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The Thing of the Day is without a shadow of doubt the soundtrack of Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist. i totally know why they call it the infinite playlist..cos u can play it over and over and over again and not be sick of it! LOVE the show, LOVE the soundtrack. Thank you gods of music for some respite in such terrifying times.

Names that baffled me until i googled their latin meanings.

orchid means testicles, which is why stuff related to the testicles uses the root word orchid. eg: orchitis, cryptorchidism. The flower was named orchid becuse its roots resembled testicles.

cervix means neck, which is why the neck vertebrae are called the cervical vertebrae. the cervix of the female reproductive tract is called so because it is the 'neck' of the uterus.

this was inspired when i was reading about the cervical star in my pathology notes. hahaha

duh, but, surgery notes make so much more sense after actually doing the surgery, you actually don't feel stupid.

Thing of the day!~ Cafe: Di Bella Roasting Warehouse at North Melb. great croissants, excellent coffee, cosy interior. i like! plus, i learnt how to make "restaurant style scrambled eggs. thickened cream instead of milk, and whisked using an electric mixer. hot oil in a pan, fry for a couple of minutes. all done!

life is very relative, i have come to discover recently. in the first instance, when living in north melbourne, after having had 8am classes at werribee, 8.30 work at kensington seems pretty good. in the second instance, when you first hang out at the post-mortem room, it seems pretty dreary. but after spending 2 minutes in the dead animal cold room, it's like a freaking tea party in the pm room.

i wanna go to paris
but before i go to paris i wanna learn french

we learnt how to take blood from the jugular vein for the first time today. tried it out on some sheep..and on hindsight, i feel really sorry for all the poking and prodding that those sheep endured from us noobs. we probably did a terrible job of locating the vein, excessively palpating the jugular groove (?) and having several attempts at trying to get the needle into the vein. But, you cant blame us for being bad at something which we were doing for the first time. perhaps they should teach us how to take blood from a less furry animal before moving on to the furry creatures. or perhaps we were taught this first so that we would have had some experience before trying it out on a dog, cos dogs probably will react more to needles than those sheep did.

My Very First Patient
this platypus had an exploratory laparotomy cos it had a funky tummy. incision of the linea alba revealed pools of fibrinous material which resembled..cotton. technique was exceptionally septic.

hahahaha. hey at least i procrastinated by doing something useful =D (parasitology is a big fat blah)(and yes i know i actually missed the linea alba by about 1mm off to the right)

i wana go climb a mountain and dive in the big blue sea. (hi dad)

i think that it is complete bullshit that a Singapore PR who considers Singapore his/hear home registers for Singapore Day 08 only to be told "Singapore Day is an event primarily for Singaporeans. Due to capacity constraints, non-Singaporean registrants will be waitlisted. We will notify you when we are able to confirm your registration and attendance." So Singapore Day is not really for everyone who considers Singapore home. Its only for Singaporeans.