death

one of our patients in the ward died today due to liver failure...:(...my heart felt condolences to his family!..

medicine

our med internals got over today.this time we are posted in Victoria hospital and the unit we are in is quite good,every day classes are taken and to complicate things even the juniors[2nd year-the year when the clinical postings start] have been posted.Its quite fun teaching the juniors for the simple reason being u know more than them :P...
case given to me was quite complicated where the patient had breathlessness,cough and one episode of nose bleeding , and to complicate the diagnosis he had massive liver enlargement[about 20cm!!], finally some how came to co-relate all the findings the reason being Dengue!![our Pg really saved me]

World Heart Day

Heart disease is going up at an alarming rate due to irregular lifestyle, obesity, hypertension and diabetes. Experts believe that by 2010 India will top the world chart in heart diseases and there will be a 200% increase in heart ailments among youth
That’s the reason why this year’s World Heart Day[last Sunday of every september] is urging people to "Know Your Risk". It’s a call to action to help people to understand their personal risk for cardiovascular disease including high blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar. There are five strategies to keep your heart healthy. These strategies include not "smoking or using tobacco products, to be active, to eat a heart-healthy diet, to maintain a healthy weight and get regular health screening"

addictions...

am tagged by evergreen grey...here are my 5 addictions!..

!)internet...i browse almost everyday [atleast for 15min]....


2) coffee..just love it...

3) mobipocket ebooks....after getting to know abt this new software..have been putting all kinds of ebooks in my mobile though dont read them..

4) prison break...this is one serial which i just love watching...season 4 has just begun and its pretty good...

i tag rajeev,akshaya,priya and lakshmi

stock markets!

It was autumn, and the Red Indians asked their New Chief if the winter was going to be cold or mild. Since he was a Red Indian chief in a modern society, he couldn't tell what the weather was going to be. Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he replied to his Tribe that the winter was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the village should collect wood to be prepared. But also being a practical leader, after several days he got an idea. He went to the phone booth, called the National Weather Service and asked "Is the coming winter going to be cold?" "It looks like this winter is Going to be quite cold indeed," the meteorologist at the weather service Responded. So the Chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more Wood. A week later, he called the National Weather Service again. "Is it going to be a very cold winter?" "Yes," the man at National Weather Service again replied, "It's definitely going to be a very cold winter." The Chief again went back to his people and ordered them to collect every scrap of wood they could find. Two weeks later, he called the National Weather Service again. "Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?" "Absolutely," The Man replied. "It's going to be one of the coldest winters ever." "How can you be so sure?" the Chief asked. The weatherman replied, "The Red Indians are collecting wood like Crazy ." This is how stock markets work!!!

source-sona

Mr Pingping

19-year-old Pingping, Born in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, measures only 73 centimeters (2.4 feet), recently succeeded in applying for the Guinness World Record as the world’s shortest man!!!
Apart from the fact of being a holder of such a unique record.. what i like about him[see pic] is the way he stands for himself[inspite of his short comings] and the confidence he exudes in doing so...lets take a leaf out of his life and try to learn and be our self for "its better to be a first rate Gershwin than to be a second rate Berlin"

If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill.
Be a scrub in the valley-but be
The best little scrub by the side of the rill;
Be a bush, if you can't be a tree.
If you can't be a bush, be a bit of the grass.
If you can't be a muskie, then just be a bass-
But the liveliest bass in the lake!
We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew.
There's something for all of us here.
There's big work to do and there's lesser to do
And the task we must do is the near.
If you can't be a highway, then just be a trail,
If you can't be the sun, be a star;
It isn't by the size that you win or you fail-
Be the best of whatever you are!

The world's tallest , Bao Xishun shaking hands with He Pingping who claims to be Earth's shortest

Cyborg

flicked this idea from grey

whats yours ????


and see this silly timewaste video!![source again grey!]

mobipocket

Mobipocket Reader software,is a universal reader for PDAs. package is free and consists of various publishing and reading tools for PDA, Smartphones, cellular phones and e-book devices (Symbian, Windows Mobile, Palm OS, J2ME, BlackBerry, Psion, Kindle and iLiad). An alpha release of the java-based version of the mobipocket reader was made available for cellphones on June 30, 2008...
using its pc version u can convert any text[adobe,word,pdf formats etc] to its readable version[in mobile] and use it in your mobile...i have put some 20 novels in my mobile now and its working outreally well....try it out guys!..:)

download it here....

Prison break season 4

Prison break season 4 is back and am just loving it...have just seen the 1st 2 episodes and so far it has been quite interesting....

Quotes....

How long a minute is, depends on which side of the bathroom door you're on
-Zall's Second Law

before u shit plz...

Three women turned up at hospitals over a 5-day period, all with the same symptoms.
Fever, chills, and vomiting, followed by muscular collapse, paralysis and finally, death.There were no outward signs of trauma.
Autopsy results showed toxicity in the blood. These women did not know each other and seemed to have nothing in common. It was discovered, however, that they had all visited the same Restaurant (Olive Garden,Western Cape) within days of their deaths. The Health Department descended on the restaurant , shutting it down. The food, water, and air conditioning were all inspected and tested, to no avail.
The big break came when a waitress at the restaurant was rushed to the hospital with similar symptoms. She told doctors that she had been on vacation, and had only went to the restaurant to pick up her check.
She did not eat or drink while she was there, but had used the restroom
That is when one toxicologist, remembering an article he had read, drove out to the restaurant, went into the restroom and lifted the toilet seat Under the seat, out of normal view, was a small spider. The spider was captured and brought back to the lab, where it was determined to be the Two-Striped Telamonia (Telamonia dimidiata), so named because of its reddened flesh color.&nb sp; This spider's venom is extremely toxic, but can take several days to take effect. They live in cold, dark, damp climates, and toilet rims provide just the right atmosphere.Several days later a lawyer from Jacksonville showed up at a hospital emergency room. Before his death, he told the doctor, that he had been away on business, had taken a flight from Indonesia , changing planes in Singapore , before returning home He did NOT visit (Olive Garden), while there. He did (as did all of the other victims) have what was determined to be a puncture wound, on his right buttock. Investigators discovered that the flight he was on had originated in India .

The Civilian Aeronautics Board (CAB) ordered an immediate inspection of the toilets of all flights from India and discovered the Two-Striped Telamonia (Telamonia dimidiata) spider's nests on 4 different planes!
It is now believed that these spiders can be anywhere in the country.

So please, before you use a public toilet, lift the seat to check for spiders. It can save your life!

Cushings syndrome

yesterday we came across an interesting case[and a rare one too!] where the patients only chief complaint was excessive weight gain[abt 30-40kgs!!] in just 2 yrs...on investigation it was found out that he is having Cushing"s syndrome-an endocrine disorder caused by high levels of cortisol in the blood from a variety of causes[Wikipedia].....it was the first time we have come across this case and its usually seen in people taking excessive steroids[usually for relieving pain,asthma or after a transplantation]...luckily he hadn't developed any complications till now[such as the ones shown in the pic above] and hope that he gets well soon..:)

surgery internals....

surgery internals coming up on this friday....our med postings started just this week and this surgery [theory] internals is eating up all the time and we are not able to concentrate on med clinics properly:(...and more over these surgery people are known to set the paper tough so u cant take this internal for granted....lets see what happens.....:)

Lord Ganesha...

today[4 days after Ganesha Chaturthi]...people were quite busy immersing their Ganesha idols in Sankey tank [Bangalore]...luckily was present there and happened to click some of these snaps...

award 2

Have been awarded honest blogger award by rahul[hullabaloo24*7]..
thanks buddy really appreciate it..hope i keep up with it...:)
would like pass this award to ceedy,princess mia, rajeev, grey, and Debasish....:)

award...

'Blogging Friends Forever' Award was conferred to me by princess mia
..thank her for the award!!:)[and glad that u think am a great blogging friend!]

Secret behind Rs 30....

WHEN THE BOY WAS RETURNING AFTER HIS MARRIAGE...HE FOUND HIS WIFE HOLDING A
SMALL PACKET;

THE BOY ASKED........WHATS THERE IN THAT PACKET..

WIFE REPLIED.....DARLING THIS IS THE SECRET OF MY LIFE...PLS NEVER OPEN IT OR
ASK ME ABOUT IT FURTHER....OTHERWISE OUR MARRIAGE WILL BE IN
TROUBLE..................................................................... ...........

THE COUPLE SPENT THEIR DAYS HAPPILY......BUT THE BOY WAS VERY KEEN TO KNOW WHAT
WAS THERE IN THAT SMALL PACKET......

AFTER SOME DAYS THE BOY AGAIN TOLD......DARLING AFTER MARRYING YOU , I GOT THE
WOMAN OF MY DREAM...BUT TELL ME WHAT THAT PACKET IS.......IT WLL NEVER AFFECT OUR
RELATIONSHIP.....AS I LOVE U MORE THAN MY LIFE....................BUT WIFE ONLY TOLD THAT
I ALSO LOVE U MORE THAN MY LIFE....THATS WHY TELLING U NOT TO ASK ABOUT
THAT..........

AFTER SOME DAYS WIFE WENT TO HER OWN HOUSE AND FORGOT TO TAKE HER
PACKET.........THEN THE BOY COULDN'T CONTROL HIMSELF....AND OPENED THAT
PACKET.................................!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HE WAS SHOCKED TO OPEN THAT........THERE WAS 30 RUPEES......AND 2 WHEAT GRAINS....IN
THAT PACKET......THE BOY COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS...AND HOW IT COULD
AFFECT THEIR MARRIAGE LIFE.........

THEN WHEN HIS WIFE RETURNED .....HE BURST INTO LAUGHTER.....AND TOLD ...DARLING
WHAT IS THIS......AND HOW IT COULD HAVE AFFECTED OUR RELATIONSHIP........WHATEVER
MAY BE......U HAVE TO TELL ME ABOUT THE SECRET...

THE WIFE REPLIED...........................

THAT'S NOT GOOD...................ANY WAY.......IF U HAVE ALREADY FINALISED TO KNOW THE
SECRET .....HERE IT.....................

BEFORE MARRIAGE ..EACH TIME I MADE LOVE WITH ANY GUY...I PUT A WHEAT GRAIN IN
THAT PACKET TO REALISE THAT I HAVE DONE A MISTAKE.............

THE BOY SAW THOSE TWO WHEAT GRAINS....AND AFTER WAITING FOR TWO MINUTES
TOLD................ ITS OK......EVERYBODY MAKES MISTAKE .......

I STILL LOVE U BECAUSE U TOLD ME THE TRUTH........ BUT WHAT IS THAT 30
RUPEES.................................... THE WIFE REPLIED.....THE BOY FAINTED........................



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THE WIFE SAID......I HAVE SOLD 6 KG WHEAT AT A RATE RS 5 PER
KG.................!!!!!!!!!

modakas

after much coaxing by my mother i agreed to help her[:P] in making kayibella modakas....it came out really well....

step1)preparing the sweet mixture and the dough

step2)putting the mixture inside the dough and shaping it

step3)frying the prepared mixture in the oil...

 final preparation....looks great!!!....:D

this happens to my 200th post in my blog and it crossed 5ooohits mark today.....thank all my fellow bloggers for dropping byall these days and hope we continue the journey..:)....

                                                                                                       

happy Gowri Ganesha Chathurthi

happy Gowri Ganesha Chathurthi

Aesops fable..1

THE MISCHIEVOUS DOG
There was once a Dog who used to snap at people and bite them without any provocation, and who was a great nuisance to every one who came to his master's house. So his master fastened a bell round his neck to warn people of his presence. The Dog was very proud of the bell, and strutted about tinkling it with immense satisfaction. But an old dog came up to him and said, "The fewer airs you give yourself the better, my friend. You don't think, do you, that your bell was given you as a reward of merit? On the contrary, it is a badge of disgrace."

Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.