Wooh, look at the dates! 4 years since I last posted anything in this blog.

I guess things really changed a lot for me in this 4 years. And now I decided to give this blog a certain makeover.

4 years of ups and downs in life. And finally, I've graduated! Proud to say I survived the deemed impossible to live in, place called Simferopol, Ukraine.

When I came back to my good ol' motherland, yeah, I'm glad to be back but somehow I miss the life in Ukraine. Its like my 2nd home. I grew up to be a much better person there. Just missing all those memories of us growing up.

Now, I'm just waiting for my work to start. Hopefully, I get the hospital I wanted. Seeing friends working and complaining about their worklife is just making me more anxious about working at the same time worrying if I have enough knowledge and skills to sustain by myself in the wards alone.

Till then, I'm just gonna enjoy the holidays! Watching movies, going out, dating, yum chas etc etc...haha its all chillin' and bummin' till after raya!

Paris: The doctor purses his lips, looks at you pityingly over his half-moon spectacles and quietly writes something on his clipboard, something short, sharp and authoritative. He turns away to answer the phone and you seize the diversion to sneak a look at your case notes.

He has written: "Plumbum oscillans."

What disease can this be? It sounds contagious... maybe even fatal... Is it time to phone friends and family and say farewell? Is your will up to date?

Relax.

Plumbum oscillans is no threat to health. It is Latin for "swinging the lead," and it is the doctor's discreet way of concluding that you are a malingerer, someone seeking a sick note to take time off work.

These and other terms are part of a secret language, indecipherable to outsiders, that doctors use with each other to convey a truth that is otherwise unsayable, especially to the patient.

The slang can be cruel, insulting and highly inventive, says Adam Fox, a specialist registrar at the Child Allergy Unit at St. Mary's Hospital in London, who has put together a dictionary of the terms.

Medical acronyms
CTD - Circling the Drain (A patient expected to die soon)
GLM - Good looking Mum
GPO - Good for Parts Only
TEETH - Tried Everything Else, Try Homeopathy
UBI - Unexplained Beer Injury
ATFO - Asked To Fuck Off
GOK - God Only Knows
FLK - Funny Looking Kid

Digging for Worms - varicose vein surgery
Departure lounge - geriatric ward
O-sign - is very sick, lying with his mouth open
Q-sign - when the tongue hangs out of the mouth, when the patient becomes terminal
Pumpkin positive - the person's brain is so tiny that a penlight shone into his mouth will make his empty head gleam like a Halloween pumpkin

They include British emergency-room acronyms such as UBI (for "Unexplained Beer Injury"), PAFO ("Pissed And Fell Over") and ATFO ("Asked To F... Off"), not to mention Code Brown, referring to a faecal incontinence emergency.

Then there is DBI, for "Dirtbag Index." This is a formula which multiplies the number of tattoos on the patient's body by the number of missing teeth to estimate the total of days he has gone without a bath.

Relatives of patients on the critical list may blanche if they knew what CTD, GPO or Rule of Five mean on their loved-one's records.

The first means "Circling The Drain", the second signifies "Good for Parts Only" and "Rule of Five" means that if more than five of the patient's orifices are obscured by tubing, he has no chance.

A patient who is "giving the O-sign" is very sick, lying with his mouth open. This is followed by the "Q-sign" -- when the tongue hangs out of the mouth -- when the patient becomes terminal.

General practitioners may use LOBNH ("Lights On But Nobody Home") or the impressively bogus Oligoneuronal to mean someone who is thick.

But they also have a somewhat poetic option: "Pumpkin positive", referring to the idea that the person's brain is so tiny that a penlight shone into his mouth will make his empty head gleam like a Halloween pumpkin.

If a doctor is stumped for what is wrong with his or her patient, they may record GOK, for "God Only Knows."

As for genetic quirks or inbreeding, FLK means "Funny Looking Kid" and NFN signifies "Normal For Norfolk," a rural English county.

Fox says he has a list of more than 200 terms used by medical practitioners in Britain but his collection shows that doctors around the world make up their own versions.

In Brazil, for instance, physicians use the acronym PIMBA for what can be translated as "swollen-footed, drunk, run-over beggar."

Fox agrees that some terms are offensive and even cause confusion to other doctors who are not in the know.

But he asks at least for critics to understand the stress that doctors face every day. And in any case, the colourful language is under threat of dying out because of fears of lawsuits.

"The use of medical slang helps to depersonalise the distress encountered in doctors' everyway working lives," Fox told the British Medical Journal (BMJ) last year.

"It is a way of detaching and distancing oneself from patients' distress through loss, grief, disease, dying and death. Often someone else's pain is too much for us, so we cut off."

Doctor slang is a dying art

The inventive language created by doctors the world over to insult their patients - or each other - is in danger of becoming extinct.
So says a doctor who has spent four years charting more than 200 colourful examples.

Medicine is a profession already overflowing with acronyms and technical terms, and doctors over the years have invented plenty of their own.

However, Dr Adam Fox, who works at St Mary's Hospital in London as a specialist registrar in its child allergy unit, says that far fewer doctors now annotate notes with acronyms designed to spell out the unsayable truth about their patients.

The increasing rate of litigation means that there is a far higher chance that doctors will be asked in court to explain the exact meaning of NFN (Normal for Norfolk), FLK (Funny looking kid) or GROLIES (Guardian Reader Of Low Intelligence in Ethnic Skirt).

Dr Fox recounts the tale of one doctor who had scribbled TTFO - an expletive expression roughly translated as "Told To Go Away" - on a patient's notes.

He told BBC News Online: "This guy was asked by the judge what the acronym meant, and luckily for him he had the presence of mind to say: 'To take fluids orally'."

Quaint up North

Regional dialects abound, even in the world of the medical acronym.

In the north of England, the TTR (Tea Time Review) of a patient is commonplace, but not in the south.

And the number of terms for patients believed to be somewhat intellectually challenged is enormous.

From LOBNH (Lights On But Nobody Home), CNS-QNS (Central Nervous System - Quantity Not Sufficient), to the delightful term "pumpkin positive", which refers to the implication that a penlight shone into the patient's mouth would encounter a brain so small that the whole head would light up.

Regular visitors to A/E on a Friday or Saturday night are also classified.

DBI refers to "Dirt Bag Index", and multiplies the number of tattoos with the number of missing teeth to give an estimate of the number of days since the patient last bathed.

A PFO refers to a drunken patient who sustained injury falling over, while a PGT "Got Thumped" instead.

This is an international language - Dr Fox's research reveals that a PIMBA in Brazil can be translated as a "swollen-footed, drunk, run-over beggar".

Doctor insult

And much of the slang is directed at colleagues rather than patients.

Thus rheumatology, considered by hard-pressed juniors one of the less busy specialties, becomes "rheumaholiday", the "Freud Squad" are psychiatrists, and "Gassers" and "Slashers" are anaesthetists and general surgeons respectively.

Dr Fox is keen to point out that neither he, nor the other authors of the paper, published in the journal Ethics and Behavior, actually advocate using any of the terms.

He said: "It's a form of communication, and it needs to be recorded.

"It may not be around forever."

He said: "I do think that doctors are genuinely more respectful of their patients these days."

If that is the case, perhaps the delights of a "Whopper with Cheese", "Handbag positive" or "Coffin dodger" could be lost forever.

Top medical acronyms
CTD - Circling the Drain (A patient expected to die soon)
GLM - Good looking Mum
GPO - Good for Parts Only
TEETH - Tried Everything Else, Try Homeopathy
UBI - Unexplained Beer Injury

Medical terms - A glossary
Digging for Worms - varicose vein surgery
Departure lounge - geriatric ward
Handbag positive - confused patient (usually elderly lady) lying on hospital bed clutching handbag
Woolworth's Test - Anaesthetic term (if you can imagine patient shopping in Woolies, it's safe to give a general anaesthetic)

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A's and B's - apnea and bradycardia...sometimes, particularly when referring to a neonate. A note to the dictator might be in order here, especially if dictated in the diagnosis or if the meaning is unclear
appy - spell out appendectomy
art line - arterial line; spell it out
amp and gent - ampicillin and gentamicin; spell them out
banana bag - acceptable term; an IV potassium drip
bili - bilirubin; spell it out
bili lights - an acceptable and long-used term, dictated usually by neonatologists in reference to lights used in treatment of neonatal jaundice (hyperbilirubinemia)
bovied - you can substitute "Bovie coagulated"; however "bovied" has become an acceptable corruption of the proper noun. Do not capitalize a term whose part of speech has been changed, even if it has been derived from a proper noun. Such terms are referred to as "back-formations." A back-formation is a coined verb which was formed from an already existing noun, and the result is technically not a dictionary term. Medical dictators love to make verbs out of nouns which are about as acceptable as the bastardization of the noun modem into "modemed" a term many of us use in our everyday conversation. Follow the guidelines of your employer with regard to usage of these back-formations. As long as the meaning is clear, it may be an exercise in futility to attempt to convert such commonly dictated terms into the deathless prose we would like our transcription to be. Aside from that, many dictators do not take kindly to our changing their dictation style. As author/teacher, Vera Pyle was fond of saying, "Doctors dictate, transcriptionists transcribe."
bruisability - not a word in the true sense, but used a great deal by dictators to indicate that the patient bruises easily. Okay to type as dictated.
cap gas - capillary blood gas; spell it out
cathed - catheterized; spell it out
coag - coagulation (time)
consented - Statement is often made "The patient was consented for surgery." What is actually meant, of course, is that the patient signed an Informed Consent form. However, the misused form of "consent" is becoming quite popular, and the meaning is not distorted by this phrase. See "bovied" and "double-doc'ed" for further discussion on such terms.
crit - hematocrit; spell it out
DC - discontinue (or) discharge; when the meaning is obvious, as it usually is, spell it out.
decels - decelerations; expand to full word in reports
dehisced - actually, a wound does not dehisce; it is in a state of dehiscence, but here again the word has become acceptable through usage. See "bovied."
DeLee'd - a better way would be to substitute "DeLee suctioned"
dex - spell out dexamethasone
di-di twins - spell out dichorionic-diamniotic
diff - as in "CBC with diff." It's best to spell out the word differential; however, the short form is acceptable in most facilities.
dig ("dij") - spell out digitalis. Even if the doctor is indicating digoxin, both are digitalis-derived drugs, and "dig" by itself is confusing and interrupts flow of thought.
digitalized - not a proper term, but widely used. See "bovied"
digitation - Aside from the dictionary definition(s), ED doctors sometimes use this to mean amputation of a digit. When the meaning is clear, it should be transcribed as "amputation of digit" to avoid confusion with the legitimate definition.
double-doc'ed - Meaning that two procedures are planned to be performed on the patient involving two surgeons such as an orthopedist and a plastic surgeon requiring two consents to be signed. You could possibly change the statement to say that the patient was consented (or signed consents) for both procedures. This one is a dilemma, and quite often we resort to putting this spurious term in quotes.
echo - echo what? echocardiogram? ECHO virus infection? echoencephalogram? Be certain of the meaning if you are going to expand the term. Otherwise, leave the prefix as dictated.
epi - epinephrine; spell it out
exam - an acceptable short form of the word examination.
ex lap - spell out exploratory laparotomy
fluctuance - used to indication the presence of a fluctuant mass. (not "fluctuants") This particular non-word has been hotly discussed on MT chat pages on the internet. It has become acceptable through usage.
glyco - hemoglobin
H. flu - okay to leave the H. as an abbreviation, but spell out influenzae
heparinized - same principle as "bovied"
histo - histo what? histoplasmosis? histiocyte? A note may be in order here unless the meaning is absolutely clear.
impossible meningioma - okay to transcribe as dictated; refers to meningioma near the optic foramen
incentaloma - okay to type; means a mass discovered on sonogram that was not previously palpable
jake - can refer to one of the Jako instruments or any instrument the surgeon wants it to. See joker.
joker - may refer to any instrument a surgeon or ED doctor is used to being handed at this point in a surgery or repair procedure.
junky lungs - nonspecific lung disease/noise; worthy of a note to the dictator.
lab - laboratory/laboratory data; an acceptable short form
laboring - in OB/GYN usage, labor should be a noun; the patient is in labor, not laboring (although many women would disagree). If dictated as "The patient was laboring satisfactorily" this should be recast to read "The patient was having satisfactory labor."
lytes - electrolytes; spell it out
mec, mec-staining - referring to meconium, which spell out
mets, metz - can mean at least two things; metastases and/or Metzenbaum scissors, and should be typed out in the proper context of the report.
mikes - micrograms; spell out in a sentence; use standard abbreviation when dictated with a quantity
nitro - used for many types of nitroglycerin; an acceptable term in most medical facilities. Aside from that we cannot assume WHICH form of nitroglycerin is being referred to.
olive - not really slang; a term meaning a hard knot found in the right upper quadrant in pyloric stenosis
osteo - osteoporosis? osteomyelitis? osteopenia? Here again we cannot second-guess the dictator, so we must leave the prefix stand alone
oxy hood and oxy tent - oxygen hood, oxygen tent
peds - spell out pediatrics
pee - Unless the doctor is quoting the patient, please substitute the word urinate for pee.
peristalsing - Peristalsis is a noun and should not be back formatted to become a verb, even though often dictated that way. Recast the sentence to use correct format; e.g. instead of "Bowel sounds are peristalsing normally," it should read "Peristalsis is normal."
pulse ox - acceptable, as there is only one meaning, but "pulse oximetry" is better spelled out.
pneumo - pneumo what? pneumonia? pneumothorax? pneumocentesis? pneumocystis? Do not spell out the entire word unless you are absolutely certain of what is meant by this dictated prefix. In this case I would attach a note for the dictator.
preemie - premature infant; best spelled out in medical reports
primip - type out primipara
ROMI, romied - meaning "rule out myocardial infarction," which may be spelled out or the acronym used. For the dictated "The patient was romied," it is usually safe to type "The patient was placed on a rule out myocardial infarction protocol." or "...placed on a ROMI protocol."
sat, satting - In the proper context, "sat" or "sats" refers to saturation of oxygen. The term "satting at..." is certainly unacceptable. Substitute "having saturations at..."
saucerized - corruption of the word saucerization, and an acceptable term.
skeletonized - an acceptable back-formation used in surgery dictation which means that an anatomical part (usually an artery) was stripped of surrounding tissue.
segs - segmented cells; acceptable abbreviation
Smurf sign - slang for Chadwick sign and/or Jacquemier sign ("Smurf" because it refers to a blue discoloration of vaginal tissue in pregnancy). Okay to type as dictated.
swiss cheese - a colorful descriptive term sometimes used in radiology to describe severe osteoporosis. All we can do is type as dictated.
temp - better to spell out temperature
tet syndrome - tetralogy of Fallot syndrome; spell out
theo level - theophylline level; spell out
trach - spell out when the meaning is known, which should be obvious; tracheostomy or tracheotomy
twisted gut - volvulus; decision to be made on an individual basis as to the advisability of using this rather unprofessional description
UA - an abbreviation which can be used in laboratory data for urinalysis or for uric acid; better to spell out for clarity
vanc - vancomycin; spell out in reports
V tach - spell out ventricular tachycardia
white coat syndrome - This is a perfectly acceptable term. The patient is anxious/nervous about being in the doctor's office which results in benign temporary hypertension.
yuppie flu - okay to transcribe as dictated

Last Sunday the student council of Taylor's College organized a Prom for the Jan'03 batch of A-levels. The venue? Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel's Grand Ballroom. I was virtually impressed by it. At least it was much better than my high school prom.

The food was not bad at all. With some exception to those prawns. Seem to be a little difficult to remove the shell without using hands as the washroom is like 200m away. Anyway,here's what they served.

Appetizer : consist of jellyfish, fishcakes, glass noodles, and baby squids
Main Course : Vegetables (I am not a fan of delicacies so I don't really know what it is), Steamed Fish, Braised Chicken, Prawns in some red sauce(Looks oily), Glutinous Rice, Sharksfin Soup
Dessert : Snow Jelly Soup

Well, I think that the MC of the prom is really lame and a little rude. We were sort of threatened to get back to our seats when we are in the middle of posing for photoshooting! All in all, its a great prom overall. Everyone is so different from what they looked during A-levels. Looking forward to the next prom. Till then, chaoz!

1. WHAT IS YOUR FULL NAME?
Choo Tze Yong

2. WHAT COLOUR PANTS ARE YOU WEARING?
Grey

3. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
5566-Easy Come Easy Go and the Thomas Cup's commentator for the match between Korea and China. (Really bad commentator...no life at all..LOL!)

4. WHAT ARE THE LAST 4 DIGITS OF YOUR PHONE NUMBER?
4368

5. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE
Fried rice at Quan's Ice Cream Shop...=p

6. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOUR WOULD YOU Be?
Half of it would be White and half of it would be Black...haha...I am half Angel and half Devil. Cool ain't it?

7. HOW IS THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW?
Yeah! Walking on Sunshine! (LOL!..its raining ping pong and golf balls now.)

8. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE
Jessica Saw

9. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX?
Their eyes...*_*

10. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT YOU THIS?
Hmm...like as in as a normal friend, close friend, or a special friend? Anyway, I just liked her as a friend. Wasn't so close to her yet.

11. HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
Near dead with tonnes of information in my head...

12. FAVOURITE DRINK?
Soya bean! Its sweet and its simply irresistable!

13. ALCOHOLIC DRINK?
My fave? Maybe Shandy

14. FAVOURITE SPORT? Badminton! I just LOVE aiming for my opponent's heads! Haha...Sai Cheong, better protect your head or just do that Matrix move! =p

15. HAIR COLOUR?
Black...and a tinge of white =p (Not that much I think)

16. EYE COLOUR?
Brown.

17. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
Definitely not. My vision is not perfect and I am not afraid to admit it.

18. SIBLINGS AND THEIR AGES?
None and none! I rule the house! Muahahaha =p

19. FAVOURITE MONTH?
September...The beginning of the shedding of leaves...The season called autumn...

20. FAVOURATE FOOD?
Anything that is edible and is NOT spicy..

21. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
Hmm....last movie *recalls* I think it was Along Came Polly =p....pretty long ago.

22. FAVOURITE DAY OF THE YEAR?
New Year's Day! Lots of fireworks! Yeah!

24. ARE YOU TOO SHY TO ASK SOMEONE OUT?
That depends if I wanna go out with that someone or not =p

25. YOUR BIRTHDAY? 14th September.

26. DO YOU LIKE SUMMER OR WINTER BEST?
Winter of course! I just love being cool...LOL!

27. HUGS OR KISSES? Hugs...Then Kisses

28. RELATIONSHIPS OR ONE NIGHT STANDS?
Haha...not now...

29. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?
Vanilla...Yeah!

30. DO YOU WANT YOUR FRIENDS TO WRITE BACK?
Err...to the blog? Maybe...=)

31. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
True friends

32. WHO IS LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
One who is really busy.

Today, the 14th of May 2004, is the last day of college lessons and classes. And what a coincidence! Taylor's College is celebrating Teacher's Day today! I am gonna miss those college days...especially the Orientation Day. Anyway, next Monday will be the official starting of my final examination. Time sure flies...

Teacher's Day celebration is nothing particular, the normal feasting for the teachers, some games and tonnes of speeches. A few friends of mine didn't want to waste our time in college eating the "NORMAL" food around there. So we decided to go to Taipan for our brunch. The problem is..Who's gonna drive? There are only two cars available, Calvin's and mine. Played the "1..2..JUS!" game with Cal to decide who is driving...and I won! LOL! (Can't help it..childishness is always in me)

Okay, sat in Calvin's car for the first time. His driving skills are good! A speeder and a skillful driver when it comes to cornering...haha. Ate at Ampang Yong Tau Fu in Taipan. (Ironic isn't it? Ampang in Taipan??) We chatted, joked, "char"ed and talked about anything and everything there. On the way back, tuned in to WOW FM and it was playing S.H.E's Bo Shi Mao. OMG!!! I knew Calvin was a great fan for S.H.E..but didn't expect him to "dance" in the car while hearing that song! Talk about fanatic!

Hmm..then we managed to get back to college in time for Chem. Ms. Rathi gave us a free period since its our last "lesson" of A-levels. So, we gossiped...Yeah...Ms. Rathi and US gossiped about the upcoming prom night. Who is going and who are their partners or dates. Seriously, if Ms. Rathi were to laugh like what she did in Chem in the dark, I would've screamed and ran for my life! No joking! Her laughter was scary...more like a banshee. LOL! After that lesson, did nothing about Chem at all, we went down to the "ZOO". Ya know...the so called park right outside the labs in Taylor's. Took some photos there for remembrance. Yeah, all in all, today is the last day for 0301PM5 students to be friends. Starting next week, I am sure all of us would think of each other as their "enemy" for the exam.


Nice memories have their own scent. Whenever you're veiled in the scent, your heart can always go back to the unforgettable past together with your own scenery that will never fade...

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Ivan, your subconscious mind is driven most by Imagination

You have a deep desire to use ideas to change the world around you. This drive influences you far more than you may realize on a conscious level.

You love to brainstorm and imagine new possibilities. The world is a fuller, richer place because you can contribute new ideas to any experience. Your natural curiosity inspires those around you and encourages them to come up with ideas they wouldn't have discovered without your help.

Your psyche is very rich; the more you learn about it, the more you will understand who you really are.

Just came back from college. Took my bath and spending time checking mails and updating my blog as usual. What makes this day different from all other days was I am so CRAZYabout complex numbers! Since the time I woke up till not long ago, my mind was full of z = r(cosθ + i sinθ), z = a + bi and blablablah... Since my seat in class is like the NORTH POLE of the class, I quietly "conquered" Mei Fong's place (Phew! Luckily she has MUET today...Or else Class War II will start) Yeah, well, basicly I was like so into complex numbers that I didn't realise Eugene was walking beside me.

Here goes the 'blur'est conversation I've ever had :

Eugene : Hey Ivan!

Ivan : Hey! I didn't realise u. When did u sneak up beside me?

Eugene : Hello...I was walking beside u for like 20 secs. By the way, who are you looking at la? Your old flame?

Ivan : Huh? Old fart? What're u talking about?

Eugene : I said OLD FLAME! Man, you must be thinking of a girl la.*Looks behind*

Ivan : Nah, not thinking about girls now. Oh ya, speaking about Farts....I have to go release some weight.

Eugene : Tokyo Bomb?

Ivan : Yeah, more like Tokyo's Water Gun!

I rushed to the toilet beside the Taylor's Placement center (Have been holding it since about half an hour ago)...*thinks* Shouldn't have drank so much just now.
*What in the ^%&(*&!!!!* Since when this toilet is only for staffs???? Rushed to the next floor and found out THE CLEANERS BLOCKED THE ENTRANCE!!! *Opens Jaw* Its just my reflexes to ran as fast as I could though the ever conjested Taylor's corridors to the toilet next floor. WHOAH!!!!! I couldn't tell how glad I am to find a toilet that is available! I could almost kiss the toilet bowl if I had to hold my bladder any longer.

Okay, after the dramatic sequence of toilet visits, its finally time to go to Biology Lab 2. Met up with my classmates and Wen Ming and Jessica tried to stand on the bricks to show that they are taller than me and Calvin.(NOT!) Anyway, we did this potometer experiment (which was really a failure). First, Ms. Vanitha said we had to do this experiment in twos. As the weather outside can barbeque a sausage in seconds and I had no idea what happened to the air-con. I just HAD *sarcastically* to shift to the back of the lab for the fan. And since I was alone there, Vanitha paired Jessica and I together. *I think we make the worst team in history* Did this lousy experiment 3 times with 4 different syringe + capillary tube.
1st experiment : We are supposed to add some vaseline to the connection between the syringe and the capillary tube. And Jessica was like so afraid that the petroleum jelly were to smear on her hands. The tube ended up leaking and the whole experiment was foiled. Had to do it again. Fine...

2nd experiment : Frustrated with the last experiment, Jess added more vaseline to the connected parts of the tube. Okay, went back to the table right at the back and re-do the experiment. JUST TO FIND OUT THAT NOW...THAT RUBBER TUBE HAS HOLES!!! As we pump the water from the syringe to the tube, water starts spraying out. We ended up getting even more frustrated and changed the entire apparatus.

3rd experiment : This time I was so mad at the tube..I decided to smear the entire rubber part of the tube with vaseline. BIIIIGGG MISTAKE! I ended up clogging the tube and water can't even pass through it....&(^*&&^!!! BAH!!

4th experiment : Did everything correctly this time. Only thing...or should I say its this "thing" which causes all other groups in my class to fail this experiment today. As I pump the water down the tube, I seriously think that something is very wrong with the apparatus. Air starts to flow back into the syringe. Hmm...Well, at least I am not the only one who experienced the same thing today.

In the end, the entire class got sick of doing the experiment and surrendered. So we just gathered around a table and chitchatted. From exams to class trips to sex education. *oh well..some of us may be future doctors someday..learning something extra wouldn't hurt*

Thats all for today. Guess I better finish up with my complex numbers. Have A Nice Day!


The color blue has a calming effect on people. All the daily stress and troubles are absorbed by the blue. Awakening honest souls which have no lies. Summer... Summer... is the season that is colored by blue...