Sometimes it's good to think outside of the US and be amazed by what some women have to endure: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/21/world/middleeast/violence-enters-5th-day-as-egyptian-general-blames-protesters.html
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
20 Pictures That Will Make You Feel Happy and S*** Girls Say
These definitely made me feel much happier: 20 Pictures That Will Make You Feel Happy (AS). I think my favorites are the pandas, the doggy stacking, flexible bear...shoot, I like all of them.
On a side note...this also made me kinda happy - at the very least, made me laugh. Kinda. S*** Girls Say
On a side note...this also made me kinda happy - at the very least, made me laugh. Kinda. S*** Girls Say
Monday, December 19, 2011
Reindeer Race
Hahaha, this was hilarious: Reindeer Race
Imagine all of this with an English accent:
* "And away they go!...sort of"
* "Right to the back of the field is Prancer...who's not really prancing"
* "What's Dasher doing?!!"
* "Oh! they're all having a nibbling of grass! Ohhhh this is disgraceful!"
* "The winning line's over there, everyone!"
* "Oh father Christmas is running after them."
* "They're all obviously taking a bit of break, but Cupid is still in front."
Thanks KP!
Imagine all of this with an English accent:
* "And away they go!...sort of"
* "Right to the back of the field is Prancer...who's not really prancing"
* "What's Dasher doing?!!"
* "Oh! they're all having a nibbling of grass! Ohhhh this is disgraceful!"
* "The winning line's over there, everyone!"
* "Oh father Christmas is running after them."
* "They're all obviously taking a bit of break, but Cupid is still in front."
Thanks KP!
After staying up till 4am looking up fun places to go in Minneapolis, I came up with this itinerary (google map plan): Mall of America, NWA Historic Museum, Sculpture Park, Institute of Art, Mill City Museum, Bell Natural History Museum, Waterfall at Minnehaha Park, Fort Snelling, back to Airport. This is what I actually ended up doing:
- Walked around Mall of America with random girl, went on the Sponge Bob rollercoaster, walked around mall, window shopped – 2 hrs! How in the world did I spend 2 hrs in a mall, granted it’s one of the largest in the country.
- Went to Sculpture Park and took pictures with the cherry on the spoon.
- Went to Institute of Arts – yes, I got sucked into the museum. I get sucked into all museums. Even though it was modern art, it was fascinating! There was a gallery dedicated to children’s dark dreams (yes, creepy), graphic art, informatics, clay movie, Andy Warhol (awesome!)…
What I found even more interesting were the people I came across:
- Freshman from Vietnam, studying advertisement, also had a good 3 hrs of layover before going to Seattle, so she was my guide at Mall of America. Unfortunately, I couldn’t convince her to ride the rollercoaster with me, so I rode it with a cute 9yo boy who said he rode it 30+ times already. - only person I got a name out of.
- Elderly man, smoking cigar, from Rochester, MN who I enlisted to help me take pictures at the Sculpture Park. He invited me to walk around the park with him, but I think I ended up walking too fast and being in too much of a hurry. Haha.
- A really nice man on a bike who guided me to the metro station. I probably ruined his last day of good biking in MN. He biked 1.5hr/day! How awesome is that?
- Lady who teaches kids with disabilities, wants to live in France, just bought “French for Dummies”, lived in Minneapolis for 30+ yrs, and told me the secret of mini jukeboxes and videos at the metro stations.
- Recent high school graduate who’s taking a year to just play hockey, hoping to do college hockey next year.
- ICU nurse from Ohio hospital, discussed the awesomeness of electronic records w/ONE program
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Not PC: Autocorrect Fail, S*** Girls Say, Hey Girl
Sure, some are not PC, but some really made me lol: Autocorrect Fails
On the subject of not PC: S*** Girls Say (Hilarious, and I definitely hear this around me. Fine, I'm guilty for a few). Can't forget this as a med student: S*** Med Students Say
And still on the subject of not PC: Bonjour, Girl (From the childhood fav - Beauty and the Beast)
On the subject of not PC: S*** Girls Say (Hilarious, and I definitely hear this around me. Fine, I'm guilty for a few). Can't forget this as a med student: S*** Med Students Say
And still on the subject of not PC: Bonjour, Girl (From the childhood fav - Beauty and the Beast)
Monday, December 5, 2011
45 Most Powerful Images of 2011
These are truly amazing shots that made me teary and shiver: http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-most-powerful-photos-of-2011?sort=posted&z=2NNLJ6
Notables:
1) This article made me teary: http://motleynews.net/2011/09/12/photo-of-heartbroken-father-robert-peraza-at-the-911-memorial/
8) When Joplin residents were asked what was one thing they wish to have restored, most said the trees.
12) If everyone with strong beliefs did beautiful acts like this, the world would be wonderful.
14) Irony that the standing person has a "Stitch" in her back pocket.
30) This baby is so thin he looks out of this world
33) What can one possibly do?
34) Hilarious
44) What incredible luck to be caught during an attempted suicide - or is it?
45) This is what makes kids incredible.
Notables:
1) This article made me teary: http://motleynews.net/2011/09/12/photo-of-heartbroken-father-robert-peraza-at-the-911-memorial/
8) When Joplin residents were asked what was one thing they wish to have restored, most said the trees.
12) If everyone with strong beliefs did beautiful acts like this, the world would be wonderful.
14) Irony that the standing person has a "Stitch" in her back pocket.
30) This baby is so thin he looks out of this world
33) What can one possibly do?
34) Hilarious
44) What incredible luck to be caught during an attempted suicide - or is it?
45) This is what makes kids incredible.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Whirlwind of Chicago
Finally! With a switch weekend break of 2.5 days, a few friends and I headed out to be tourists of Chicago, armored with our various forms of cameras: hand held, ipod, and super fancy + big lens kind. No coincidence only the Asians had cameras. The trip started at -2 days when I found out my long lost roommate from undergrad was also going to be there for the weekend - yay MNZ!
Day 1: Finished ob/gyn shelf, went to eat some free appetizers (complement of social chairs), packed in 15 minutes, and drove 5 hrs, to get there around 7:30p. We ate dinner at Lao Szechuan in Chinatown, which was a nice break from the same frozen pasta that I've eaten for the past two weeks. Oh man, do I miss Chinese food! With our powers combined, we ordered in in Chinese, and it was delicious.
After meeting some more friends, we went to a comedy show at The Second City. Unfortunately, the main show was sold out, so we just went to watch the backup comedians/trainees. Although not the real deal, it was still pretty entertaining (OCD bartender, black/white twins, vegan song, radio station couple, Goldfigure and Jonathan Bond, wedding songs, Dr.'s creation).
Day 2: After insistence from the coffee drinkers of the group (KL, LL), we went to Intelligentsia where all I enjoyed was the aroma. True to our tourist roles, we went to Millennium Park to observe the city through a gigantic bean-shaped mirror. And to train my stomach for going abroad, I licked the bean. Yup, I licked it. I'm hoping because it just rained, that it didn't have too much dirty hand microbes on it. I also got a deal out of it from a friend, so it wasn't too bad.
We continued across BP bridge (no sliding down the slide for me...), admired the Crown Fountain (aka faces fountain), skimmed the Art Institute, and took a bus to The Magnificent Mile on Michigan Ave. You'd think traveling with 2 guys and a girl wouldn't involve a huge amount of shopping, but I was wrong. We must've spent an hour in Banana Republic. There was another really interesting shop, that I forgot the name of. It was dark, the ceiling was dotted with sewing machines, and it had tons of leather. Man, if I had more money, I'd buy clothing from that shop.
After getting cute gifts from Anthropology, we ate lunch at Portillo's Hot Dog's - some classic Chicago hot dogs. Not supposed to have ketchup, but I put some on anyways (how can you not have ketchup?!!). They were good (probably because I was starving without bf), but I still don't understand why they're so special.
The Navy Pier was a lot of fun! The sea (okay, lake) was refreshingly beautiful, and the skyline was perfectly outlined by a sunset. We had some fun observing the slowly moving Ferris Wheel and making fun of their usefulness in trapping potential dates, and then continued to the end of the pier where I took a picture with the anchor that looked like a pelvis (don't they all look like pelvises?). The cherry on top was that along the way back indoors, we ran into a Winter Festival with beautiful lights/rides/events, and the Smith Museum of Stained Glass that's supposed to be one of the best in the U.S. (free!).
We then made our way to Kai's place, got a tiny view form the 58th floor, and ordered some Gino's deep dish pizza. While it was very filling, I have to say I prefer my cheese on top of the sauce.
Day's still young: We then went to the Zoo Lights - how can anyone not like shiny, glittery lights that synchronize to the music? And while the group (now expanded) wandered from light to light, I preferred to check out all possible paths, which often led to me being separated from the group and trying to catch up to them. I sometimes wonder if I were completely gone, if anyone would notice. Anyhow, my efforts were awarded with seeing sleeping lions and gorillas with a foot of me.
We spent a little time celebrating our wonderful host's bd party (LM), and then I split to join MNZ and YYL at a holiday party. There I realized what a small world it was, how everyone knew everyone, and our class president was as notorious in highschool as now.
Day 3: After sleeping 4 hrs, we sent MNZ off on her plane. Intending to take a short nap, we slept too long, ran into Bear's Game traffic, and didn't get to the Field Museum until 11:30. Sighs...were supposed to leave at noon for SL. It was supposed to be free for residents today, so I had a friend bring her residency info, but I was disappointed that they stamped your hand, not give you a ticket. I lingered a bit, hoping the security guards would look away, and I could make a quick dash for it, but the opportunity presented, and I was too chicken. So instead, I wandered around the building's outskirts. While I was on the phone, I followed some people into the North entrance. Before I realized what happened, I was already in the museum. Fortunate for me, my friends decided to leave at 12:30, giving me some chance to explore the exhibits: Gems, Evolution of the Earth, New Guinea, Environment, Egyptian Tombs, etc.
Fun times!
Day 1: Finished ob/gyn shelf, went to eat some free appetizers (complement of social chairs), packed in 15 minutes, and drove 5 hrs, to get there around 7:30p. We ate dinner at Lao Szechuan in Chinatown, which was a nice break from the same frozen pasta that I've eaten for the past two weeks. Oh man, do I miss Chinese food! With our powers combined, we ordered in in Chinese, and it was delicious.
After meeting some more friends, we went to a comedy show at The Second City. Unfortunately, the main show was sold out, so we just went to watch the backup comedians/trainees. Although not the real deal, it was still pretty entertaining (OCD bartender, black/white twins, vegan song, radio station couple, Goldfigure and Jonathan Bond, wedding songs, Dr.'s creation).
Day 2: After insistence from the coffee drinkers of the group (KL, LL), we went to Intelligentsia where all I enjoyed was the aroma. True to our tourist roles, we went to Millennium Park to observe the city through a gigantic bean-shaped mirror. And to train my stomach for going abroad, I licked the bean. Yup, I licked it. I'm hoping because it just rained, that it didn't have too much dirty hand microbes on it. I also got a deal out of it from a friend, so it wasn't too bad.
We continued across BP bridge (no sliding down the slide for me...), admired the Crown Fountain (aka faces fountain), skimmed the Art Institute, and took a bus to The Magnificent Mile on Michigan Ave. You'd think traveling with 2 guys and a girl wouldn't involve a huge amount of shopping, but I was wrong. We must've spent an hour in Banana Republic. There was another really interesting shop, that I forgot the name of. It was dark, the ceiling was dotted with sewing machines, and it had tons of leather. Man, if I had more money, I'd buy clothing from that shop.
After getting cute gifts from Anthropology, we ate lunch at Portillo's Hot Dog's - some classic Chicago hot dogs. Not supposed to have ketchup, but I put some on anyways (how can you not have ketchup?!!). They were good (probably because I was starving without bf), but I still don't understand why they're so special.
The Navy Pier was a lot of fun! The sea (okay, lake) was refreshingly beautiful, and the skyline was perfectly outlined by a sunset. We had some fun observing the slowly moving Ferris Wheel and making fun of their usefulness in trapping potential dates, and then continued to the end of the pier where I took a picture with the anchor that looked like a pelvis (don't they all look like pelvises?). The cherry on top was that along the way back indoors, we ran into a Winter Festival with beautiful lights/rides/events, and the Smith Museum of Stained Glass that's supposed to be one of the best in the U.S. (free!).
We then made our way to Kai's place, got a tiny view form the 58th floor, and ordered some Gino's deep dish pizza. While it was very filling, I have to say I prefer my cheese on top of the sauce.
Day's still young: We then went to the Zoo Lights - how can anyone not like shiny, glittery lights that synchronize to the music? And while the group (now expanded) wandered from light to light, I preferred to check out all possible paths, which often led to me being separated from the group and trying to catch up to them. I sometimes wonder if I were completely gone, if anyone would notice. Anyhow, my efforts were awarded with seeing sleeping lions and gorillas with a foot of me.
We spent a little time celebrating our wonderful host's bd party (LM), and then I split to join MNZ and YYL at a holiday party. There I realized what a small world it was, how everyone knew everyone, and our class president was as notorious in highschool as now.
Day 3: After sleeping 4 hrs, we sent MNZ off on her plane. Intending to take a short nap, we slept too long, ran into Bear's Game traffic, and didn't get to the Field Museum until 11:30. Sighs...were supposed to leave at noon for SL. It was supposed to be free for residents today, so I had a friend bring her residency info, but I was disappointed that they stamped your hand, not give you a ticket. I lingered a bit, hoping the security guards would look away, and I could make a quick dash for it, but the opportunity presented, and I was too chicken. So instead, I wandered around the building's outskirts. While I was on the phone, I followed some people into the North entrance. Before I realized what happened, I was already in the museum. Fortunate for me, my friends decided to leave at 12:30, giving me some chance to explore the exhibits: Gems, Evolution of the Earth, New Guinea, Environment, Egyptian Tombs, etc.
Fun times!
Sierra Leone Healthcare Updates $15million
Interesting update from Haja Bangura (Minister of Health) on new fund from Kuwait Fund to improve Ola During Children's Hospital in Sierra Leone: Hot From Press. Key updates (?=number accuracy uncertain):
- Fund used for post-grad training, oxygen/fluid factory, abroad training.
- Goal: 49 health facilities by next year, 350 nurses, 300 RN's, ?300 doctors trained; 8 doctors in each district.
- Current: 21 hospitals (18 are free).
- Only 1 gynecologist available.
- Major problem: distribution of free drugs. Now still have 140 contains of drugs worth $11 million in storage.
- Initial drug distribution losses: 6% (hope new measures decrease this stat).
Sunday, November 27, 2011
It's Raining...Pregnant Ladies!
One slow night on Labor and Delivery, one of the residents was sharing this story about one of her patients. There was a pregnant lady who was going to be arrested for something (sorry, do not know what). She went into the bathroom, and it was noticed she was gone for a while. Then all of a sudden, they noticed some bulges in the ceiling. Then all of a sudden a leg poked out, and another leg poked out. Apparently, she had decided to make a quick escape by climbing up to the ceiling and going through the crawl space! And somehow, along the way, she lost her hospital gown. So after a leg and an arm poking from the ceiling, a naked pregnant lady fell down from the ceiling. She came in with a chief complain of rule out trauma - the irony. Note to naked pregnant ladies: don't watch too many action movies.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Parents are The Best (PATB) #3
Email from my parents (poor brother...all by himself right now):
"Hi
Grandpa's ceremony was held last Tuesday. Thanks for sharing your condolence。 His ashes will be buried in winter solstice. It may be a Chinese tradition. Mom and I will go to see the cemetery this week. After we accompany with grandma during those difficult time, she seems calm and peace. We may let her go to state and stay with us after all dust calm.
We are so grateful that you can talk to Bongbong daily. When we said goodby to Bongbong during the last pray with him before his bed, his eyes were full of tears. He is really a good boy and we love you two so much. Thank God bringing you two to our family.
Love you
Mom and Dad"
Thursday, November 17, 2011
First Time Using the Scalpel
I was so excited! Today was the first time I got to cut with a scalpel! Granted, they were only two tiny incisions on the skin, but I was so happy to do so! I got to make the exit cuts for where the strips for tension-free vaginal tape goes out of the skin as seen in this picture:
It's pretty much the procedure to do for urinary incontinence (yup, I'm on uro/gyn). Yay! So exciting! Hm...maybe I should consider going into something surgery related if I'm so excited to cut something?
It's pretty much the procedure to do for urinary incontinence (yup, I'm on uro/gyn). Yay! So exciting! Hm...maybe I should consider going into something surgery related if I'm so excited to cut something?
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Cruel resident stories:
In honor of one of my favorite blogs: http://doccartoon.blogspot.com, I'm going to start my own cruel resident/attending stories so I remember ways to torture my future medical student. Or not....or maybe? :P (These may or may not be my own experience).
- Attending asked me to go from one end of hospital to the other end of another hospital to get his urine testing gadget. After walking around for 15 mins, I get back, and it turns out to be incompatible with the patient's card. blah!
- Resident makes me leave an OR case to get his ipod connection cable from upstairs.
- Residents/attendings "borrowing" my pens.
- 1st time ever in OR case, I was made to scrub in 3 times because 1) put my hands below my elbow for a split second 2) touched some equipment with the very bottom of my gown
- Told to get lunch for my resident right when I was about to eat my own home-made lunch
- Told to fax/copy something x 100 times
- Told medical students can not call consults
12 Medical Specialty Stereotypes/Choosing Specialty
It's old, but it always cracks me up: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLSC7E7Cd09MG31QUiXk_6cDv1eyQHOZABgmWHy_Z_fwl9xZRxr1wfJ5aFjU7_9wOON-9cA7s4SrVH8L2W2kg9XsveZbeqGtBuZfKj-os11SjhmrVycAbV6aHEP2hJcfl1zzLZtxhyWRo/s1600-h/12+medical+specialty+stereotypes+full.jpg
Hm...maybe I'll be the Overworked b- goddess? Or the Patch Adams and Mister Rogers offspring? How come they're so different and I'm interested in both of them? One seems to fit my personality and baby radar, but the other is just so interesting....
Here's another hilarious choosing medical specialty algorithm from another blog: http://doccartoon.blogspot.com/2010/04/how-to-choose-medical-specialty.html
According to this one I should be peds...I like kids >2min of life, and I really don't think people meow when they see me. (More like the opposite).
In this one, it all comes down to if I hate kids or adults or neither:
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-lzCTAEpVYXAsDUPPVGmsPEUmruajDsztxyBvk_5Yb1D7y0NSxUe0nmRoqrdqkKS9yPNjvJT_AXGY4zRVxe1bGN64ONLSGSKfV0TBCUUBiFyQbt7nHWj9tDvNsLtEvA-SenF_QTcz2gk/s1600/Specialty.JPG
Hm...maybe I'll be the Overworked b- goddess? Or the Patch Adams and Mister Rogers offspring? How come they're so different and I'm interested in both of them? One seems to fit my personality and baby radar, but the other is just so interesting....
Here's another hilarious choosing medical specialty algorithm from another blog: http://doccartoon.blogspot.com/2010/04/how-to-choose-medical-specialty.html
According to this one I should be peds...I like kids >2min of life, and I really don't think people meow when they see me. (More like the opposite).
In this one, it all comes down to if I hate kids or adults or neither:
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-lzCTAEpVYXAsDUPPVGmsPEUmruajDsztxyBvk_5Yb1D7y0NSxUe0nmRoqrdqkKS9yPNjvJT_AXGY4zRVxe1bGN64ONLSGSKfV0TBCUUBiFyQbt7nHWj9tDvNsLtEvA-SenF_QTcz2gk/s1600/Specialty.JPG
PHOTOS: Healthcare in Sierra Leone
Nothing tells the story better than these pictures about the healthcare in Sierra Leone where 1 in 8 women die in childbirth, water and electricity are an inconsistent blessing, and healthcare professionals are forced to extort money from dying patients.
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/medicine/la-fg-africa-health15-pictures,0,7056478.photogallery
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/medicine/la-fg-africa-health15-pictures,0,7056478.photogallery
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Alone and Ashamed
Currently doing a rotation with Dr. Wall, one of the inspirations of this article: http://www.fistulafoundation.org/press/features/alone_and_ashamed.html
"Take Mahabouba Mohammed, whom I met here in Addis Ababa. She had been sold into virtual slavery at the age of 8, raped by her master at 12 and then sent out into the bush at 13 to deliver the baby on her own. After a long labor, she delivered the dead baby herself but suffered crippling internal injuries, including a fistula.
Ms. Mohammed crawled back to the village, but the baby's father was horrified by her smell. He confined her in a faraway hut and removed the door — so that hyenas, attracted by the odor, would tear her apart at night.
This girl fought off the hyenas and crawled for a day to reach an American missionary, who eventually brought her to the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital that Dr. Hamlin heads. Dr. Hamlin was able to repair her fistula, and now Ms. Mohammed is a confident young nurse's aide at the hospital here."
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