old getting....

William had invited me to his house for a gathering last weekend. For the past 30+ years, William had been inviting Malaysian students to his house for a freshman gathering party annually. There were 30+ junior(all the year 1 and some of the year 2 students) had gathered in his house. William had supplied food, liquor and lodging...
I had a chat with some of the junior and found that the tuition fee was still one of the cheapest in the world.... well, paying < RM150k for  medical course is worth every penny as you could secure a resident job easily upon your graduation...
Looking at those young chaps who are 20+ years of age, I told myself - old getting, I am.....

Heart which is rotten....

The was this news regarding a major cooking oil supplier who mixed its product with non-purified cotton seed oil. The owner was so rich, but yet do whatever he could to gain profit....the bottom line, walk anyway you like and don't get caught is the WAY.....this  country too freee and corrupted. The ministry had gotten complaint letter indicating such fault 1 year ago but yet was unable to get any evidence....crap n crap n crapsssss
No wander there are so many bbser/forumer described this island as "ghost island"....

Good Choice 2

I had read the blog of Dr Paga lately and found out that most of the GP in Malaysia are making RM 7000-9000 per month, not a shocking news as I could see GP clinic flourishing around on each of my visit back to Malaysia. The down sloping of GP income would definitely made the Govt. Medical Officer post less and more difficult to enter the govt. service in the future.

When we were young, we used to see a general practitioner around downtown Klang. He owned a very huge bungalow (with a big swimming pool and garden) near our school. From time to time, I would cycle and pass by his big house. Doctor = big buck making was the equation which scorched in my mind during my childhood…

Doing medicine would changes one lifestyle is another way of saying making bucks being a doctor and honestly it was one of my reasons to pick medicine, I had never come across the great idea of saving lots of life but later as I cruised along the career path, I was reassured by the LORD that it is my destine to do so…

I had come across my Form J lately and saw that I make RM36k+ during my third years serving in the MOH, the bucks making myth was crushed during the service and I knew even working as a specialist in MOH the figure could only be double and unless I make my way up to JUSA(which was impossible…), I would still be stranded…

I made a choice than…

When I looked at the life Yun and Xian lead, I am glad that I make the right choice, I should be a specialist posted in a secluded area should I continued with my training with the MOH and Xian might not have stepped out from his condition and it would be a thorn in my back…

Good choice 1

There are some occasions when we had to make some crucial decision. Half of the time, I regret my choice – of coz that is house back canon ( it is not firing a canon behind a house – but is a scenario during a Chinese chess game)

 the general is unable to move and it is check-mate...

Recently, I had these 2 occasions where I made a good decision with the lead of the Holy one…

Well, Xian had this fever since Sunday afternoon after the church session. He had noted with loose stool 2 days ago. I was doing my sat –sun 24 hrs shift and I had told Ving to give him some syrup paracetamol… Both Xian and Yun was pampered and they are still reluctant to take any pills. Xian is almost as tall as Ving and he is 44kg when I asked him to weight for dosing, children grown fast and reminded me of getting older.

He was feverish and unable to settle with entry dosage of paracetamol… I had added syrup ibuprofen and the his body temperature hovered around 37.9C…

When I reached home by 7pm, his fever had spiked up to 39.3C… I had then given him paracetamol and ibuprofen alternately every 3hrs but yet his temperature was fluctuating at an uncomfortable level…

In the morning, I had decided to treat him as influenza and started him with Tamiflu and miraculously his fever subsided to an acceptable level the next day (just as expected..).
He had a good 2 days leave from school…

After all these years of struggling with influenza we had gained much experience withe "flu"….the introducing of Tamiflu and rapid test had allowed us to confirmed and treat patient according to guideline with more confident in ED.

I was reluctant to performed rapid test for Xian as the positive rate was only 60% and if the test came back negative it would be difficult for me to make any decision, and luckily I was right….I had some messed up episode in the past – Yun’s pneumonia was one of the worst and I took it as a very good lesson, I started to act more aggressively and most of the time I tends to overact...

Well, nothing happier than a good ending and I thank the Lord's guidance on this matter…

envy...

Yun had survived her examination (not with flying colors of coz, with c low attitude fly by….)… she had experienced pressure, both from her peers (very competitive in a private school…) and from us. She had misunderstood that I had wanted a good result despite of me repetitively telling her that I am not interested in her result….

She is a caring person….Whenever she need something, she would considered the pricing, trying her best to lessen our burden. She would try her best not to trouble us…

She is not perfect, a little bit sluggish when demanded, stubborn, net addiction…

Well, no matter what, she is still our beloved daughter…

Xian had improved greatly both in study and his personality development. I did a cycling tour with him last week and he is ready for another long distance ride...

As for me, I envy them…….

Price hike...

After my visit to Hong Kong, I began to think about the price hike matter…

The locals have protested, shouted and done a lot of activities to express their feeling regarding the increment of gasoline and electricity over the past 1 year. The increment had led a price hike throughout the market. The average salary and entry salary had however dropped and the local people had, under the influence of opposition party and media, expressed their disapproval and the govt. supporting number had fallen to a recorded low..

The rich become richer, the poor had a very slim chance to flip over. The rich by buying and selling real estate gained without labor but the middle class worked like cow and hardly could afford a house. A very sad situation.....

Well, I think the govt. is on the right track allowing everything to return to the grip of freedom market to guide. I am lucky that I am not affected by the current situation…..