Run In Sarong

I did it last year.

I'm doing it again this year.

This time with a few friends.

You can join too.

Just show up in a Terry Fox t-shirt and a sarong and look for us.

It's really not difficult to spot us that morning.

Haha. This is going to be fun.



Read more about the movement here.

Terry Fox Run is BACK!!!!

The annual Terry Fox Run for Cancer Research is back! This year it will take place on 2nd November 2008 (Sunday) at the Lake Gardens.




This year's Terry Fox Run t-shirt:


Thanks to Aoi for the picture. [I don't really know who she/he is, but all the photos on the internet are credited to this person]

2006 t-shirt was a bit too serious. 2007 t-shirt was plain ugly. 2008 t-shirt is simply awesome.

Please buy the t-shirts. They're priced at RM25 each. T-shirt purchases will be your contribution. Contributions will go to Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation (CARIF).

Click [here] for the event page on Facebook. You're free to extend the invitation. Click on 'Invite People to Come' located below the poster thumbnail and start inviting!

Purchase of t-shirts can be made at these locations:

1. Ms Chan Siew Wan / Ms Lee Siew Bee at the Canadian High Commission, 17th Floor, Menara Tan & Tan, Jln Tun Razak (6th October onwards)
2. Ms Yoon / Mr Peter Kang at the Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation (CARIF), 2nd Floor, Outpatient Centre, Subang Jaya Medical Centre (6th October onwards)
3. Ms Tila at the Foyer, Ground Floor, Menara Citibank, Jalan Ampang (12.00 to 2.00pm, 20th October until 24th October)
4. 1 Utama Community Booth (25th & 26th October 2008)
5. At the Lake Garden on Run Day (2nd November 2008)

Take it from me. Terry Fox Run is the most enjoyable run in Malaysia's running calender. I enjoyed the 2 previous runs I've been to. The vibrant atmosphere is something to experience. It's just simply awesome.

So remember!

2nd NOVEMBER, SUNDAY
THE LAKE GARDENS

SEE YOU THERE!!

Be there at 8am to soak up the atmosphere and ambik-ambik gambar.

Read more about the event here:

1. Terry Fox (Wikipedia)
2. Terry Fox Run (Wikipedia)
3. The Marathon of Hope (Wikipedia)
   
4. My Terry Fox Run 2006
5. My Terry Fox Run 2007 (The Sarong incident)
6. Map to The Lake Gardens, Taman Tasik Perdana
   

Disclaimer: I am only disseminating information. In no way I earn benefit, direct or indirectly, from this other than getting to meet a lot of cool people at the run.

Professional Doctors? How About Professional Patients!!??

Preface:



Electrocardiogram (ECG) is an investigation that allows physicians to 'visualize' the heart based on the direction the electrical impulse travel in the heart.

This is achieved by placing the ECG leads on the limbs and the chest. There are 6 chest leads and their locations on the chest look like this:



[End of Preface]


Last week I had the 'opportunity' to take an ECG from a patient. Normally doctors would simply say to any of the nurses "Kak, ECG bed ini ah." But us medical students don't get to speak to nurses that way. So we tell the student nurses instead (heheheh. This is how we pick up bad habits from our seniors). But the batch of student nurses in the ward that day was a new one. None knew how to do ECG. So it had to be yours truly lah.

I have to point out that this patient is different than the one depicted in the picture above. She is about 60 years old and weighs around 90kg. So a proper representation of her would be something like this:


Don't act innocent lah.
(Photobucket disallowed the original picture. So here is a more viewer-friendly version)

A student nurse was there to chaperone me, but did nothing more than clipping the limb leads. I had to be the one who apply the chest leads on.

It was tricky. The left breast was really in the way. However, throughout the years of training, I've managed to keep my cool and maintain a striaght face. "Makcik, saya kena letak sensor pad ni kat bawah ye. Boleh ye Makcik." She agreed.

Leads 1, 2 and 3 was easy. 4, 5 and 6 were the difficult ones, and in ascending order. Clearly I was short-handed (pun inteded! WAAHAHAHAHA!). I had to alih the breast upwards a bit, and still the celah was still too deep. Leads 4 and 5 attached. I moved to the last and most difficult lead, lead 6.

This was very very tricky. In the end, I had to resort to just pushing the lead with my hand as deep as possible.

It was heavy, warm, and sticky (nak termuntah aku ingat balik benda nih). Finally the lead was in place. Just as I was about to move my hand away and thought that things were ok, this Makcik gave me a quick, discreet, naughty, smile. OH MY GOD!!! ARRGGHHH!!! Why????!!!!!!!

Quickly I pressed the buttons on the ECG machine and print the reading. I told the student nurse "You cabut semua balik cepat-cepat." I stashed the leads in the drawer and pushed the machine away. No thank you. No good bye.

No amount of chlorohexidine can wash the guilt stain I have on my hands. Tidaaaaaaaaaaaakkk!!!!!!!!!

Kisah Sa-orang Kenya

Aku takleh tido. Jadi secara semulajadinya, waktu-waktu beginilah amat sesuai sekali sekiranya kita berpujangga.

Kisah ini telah berlaku lama dahulu, diungkitkan semula dalam salah satu sesi berlabon bersama kawan-kawan semasa raya (pergh, ayat cilok Hishamuddin Rais tuu).

Maka adalah seorang student yang berwarganegara Kenya, belajar di Malaysia. Rassam namanya. Jika dikira susuk tubuh, seperti orang Malaysia. Cuma wajahnya yang banyak seperti Pak Arab yang terlebih kena matahari.

Alkisah, si Rassam pergi bermain futsal. Berhampiran padang futsal itu terdapat sebuah restorang masakan Thai. Makanannya boleh tahan. Atas alasan convenience, maka seorang lagi kawan bernama Faiz yang sedang melepak di rumah, telah memesan makan daripada Rassam.

Faiz pesan melalui SMS: "Rassam, can you buy me telur bungkus?" Faiz memang suka makan telur bungkus. Telur yang digoreng nipis dan garing, membalut kuah pekat yang berisi daging cincang dan kentang. Memang sesuai sebagai lauk dimakan bersama nasi yang dimasak sendiri. Lebih-lebih lagi waktu sengkek akhir bulan duit Mara tak masuk lagi.


Telur bungkus

Bergeraklah Rassam ke gerai masakan Thai itu sambil membawa hajat rakannya. Bila tiba di gerai, Rassam cuba menguraikan permintaannya menggunakan Bahasa Malaysianya yang suam-suam kuku itu. Seketul-seketul perkataan yang keluar, pekat dengan hembusan nafas Kenya yang berangin-angin. "Tulurh bhungkus. Satuh."

Bergegaslah abang gerai tomyam itu menyiapkan pesanan. Diberinya bungkusan itu kepada Rassam, dan dibayarnya duit. Rassam pulang membawa plastik merah berisi makanan yang dibungkus surat khabar beralas plastik, diikat dengan getah.

Di rumah tibanya Rassam, dia menyerahkan bungkusan itu kepada Faiz. Dalam keghairahannya, Faiz juga bingung. Bungkusan itu jauh lebih kecil dari apa yang dijangkanya. 'Ah, mungkin balut style orang Kenya.' Dengan mata lapar, satu persatu gulungan getah itu dirungkai. Bungkus surat khabar itu diselak perlahan, seakan mengintai sesuatu yang nakal.

'PAP!' Faiz menepuk dahinya yang lebar itu. Tersentak, terdongak sedikit kepalanya ke belakang. "What is this, man?!" bilang Faiz, sambil menunjukkan tapak tangan kirinya yang berisi:

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Sebiji telur rebus yang telah siap dikupas. Cantik, licin, putih melepak.

Moral cerita: Kalau nak pesan barang, jangan pesan pada orang Kenya. Ha ha ha.

Gambar dicilok dari: wordsofmyheart, DKimages