mumbai attack

In one of the most violent terror attacks on Indian soil, Mumbai came under an unprecedented night attack as terrorists used heavy machine guns, including AK-47s, and grenades to strike at the city's most high-profile targets -- the hyper-busy CST (formerly VT)city rail terminus; the landmark Taj Hotel at the Gateway and the luxury Oberoi Trident at Nariman Point; the domestic airport at Santa Cruz; the Cama and GT hospitals near CST; the Metro Adlabs multiplex and Mazgaon Dockyard -- killing at least 80 and sending more than 900 to hospital, according to latest reports

A reporter talks on her phone as smoke is seen coming from Taj Hotel in Mumbai November 27, 2008.

my heart felt condolences for the people dead and injured!!!!.....

update today-8.00am-Fresh firing erupted early on Thursday in Taj hotel as commandos moved in to flush out terrorists holding some foreigners hostage.

young boy and a great teacher

this is one of my favourite stories by Robin Sharma.....
enjoy.....

once a young boy travelled far
from his home to study under a great teacher. When he met the
wise old man, his first question was, 'How long will it take me
before I am as wise as you?'
"The response came swiftly, 'Five years.'
"'This is a very long time,' the boy replied. 'How about if I
work twice as hard?'
'"Then it will take ten,' said the master.
'"Ten! That's far too long. How about if I studied all day and
well into the night, every night?'
'"Fifteen years,' said the sage.
"'I don't understand,' replied the boy. 'Every time I promise to
devote more energy to my goal, you tell me that it will take longer.
Why?'
'"The answer is simple. With one eye fixed on the destination,
there is only one left to guide you along the journey'"

"Be patient and live with the knowledge that all you are searching for is certain to come if you prepare for it and expect it."

this happens to my 251 post!!...:)...

Marfan syndrome

Marfan syndrome (or Marfan's syndrome) is a genetic disorder of the connective tissue affecting about 0.02% of the population....People with Marfan's are typically tall, with long limbs and long thin fingers.

Although there are no unique signs or symptoms of this syndrome, the constellation of long limbs[arm span being more than ur length by 5cm], dislocated lenses[one inside ur eyeballs], and aortic root dilation is sufficient to make the diagnosis with confidence. There are more than thirty other clinical features that are variably associated with the syndrome most involving the skeleton, skin, and joints

Olympic champion Michael Phelps [swimmer] is rumored[!] to be suffering from this though not proven yet!...

thumb sign[Steinberg sign]-is said to positive when completely opposed within the clenched hand, projects beyond the inner border..... patient in the pic below has been admitted to our paeds wards with a cardiac problem and is diagnosed to have this syndrome[he is almost 6 feet tall and is just 14yrs old]......

nostalgic moments...

our paeds hall where i wrote my last internals

Randomness

i have been tagged by fellow blogger friend Mariposa

Here are the rules...

1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag six people at the end of your post and link to them.
5. Let each person know they've been tagged and leave a comment on their blog.

ok then here are some of the random thoughts about me...

1) when i was young i had this betwetting problem...used to pee on the bed quite frequently and had to cope up with this problem till 8-9 yrs!!!

2) just love bakery items and have tasted items of all the bakeries[ 9-11] present in malleshwaram[place i stay]

3) have had about 9 crushes till now ....[is it more or less??]

4) just love to wear my Reebok cap[not a duplicate one:P] and make sure that i wear it every time am outdoors...

5) always wanted to be a chef[upto 9th std] but nevertheless landed up doing medical[dont regret abt it now!]

6) am not a money grubbing spirit[ not one of those who is after money in their life]....:)!!!

guys who want to take up this tag are welcome!!..

last but not the least

tomorrow am going to write my last internals[pediatrics] of my ug [mbbs] life!!.......
its for 100 marks and the whole syllabus has been included this time.......wish me good luck!..:)


will defenitely miss them when i do my pg!!!

lolzzzz......

punctuality

day before yesterday-power went off from 9.03pm to 10.02pm
yesterday-same thing happened,it was cut from 9.03pm to 10.02pm

exactly for 59 minutes...

atleast here our government are showing some punctuality[or time sense]

Quotes

“ Enthusiasm* is that ingredient of vitality mixed with a firm belief in what you are doing that ensures the success of any project you undertake. ”

- Dale Carnegie

*it has worked for me

another strike

another strike has crippled the services of government hospitals....this time its by government doctors demanding the regularization of all the contract based employed doctors and protection for doctors against atrocities and assault[by patients]!...it was effectively started from monday ....many government hospitals has been effected by this and all the opd,wards and emergency services have been suspended there....
in our hospital[Victoria and Vanivilas] only emergency services have been functioning this week and hence many referred cases from other govn hospitals have been coming here....in fact on friday they even refused to conduct mtp[medical termination of pregnancy] on a 4 month lady[unmarried] since it was not an emergency!!.....

happy children"s Day

Children know laughter They know tears Children know peace They know chaos Children know acceptance They know rejection Children know joy They know pain Children know abundance They know lack Children know health They know illness Children know fulfillment They know emptiness Children know hope They know dismay Children know love They know hatred What they don’t know is WHY! Faith Deskins source-poemhunter today is also WDD[world diabetic day]....wish u guys a very good health

5 stress busters

my top 5 stress busters[every sane person needs one]

chocolates
movies[dont ask what type:P]
music
going for a walk alone!
chatting[sms and online]

whts urs???

mission impossible-4

aim-to study [and revise atleast once] 250 pages of medicine..

duration-28 hrs [from today morning to 12pm tomorrow]

current status-still incomplete...............

ortho....

our orthopedics has been postponed for tomorrow...we have 2 continuous papers of one hour each from 2-4!....hope i study well and regurgitate it out properly tomorrow..:D....

post 007

yesterday 17 of us went to watch the newly released bond movie "Quantum of Solace"....after much hype[from rediff!] and publicity we had really good expectations from the movie..but after watching i realized its a just an ordinary overhyped action[??] movie...really disappointed with the story line[half of which we couldnt follow] and also the action sequences weren't that great[which reminds u of Bourne series]....

only plus point in the movie was the theme song which i liked it!!

really miss those old bond movies especially "die another Day"...:(

"copied"

many of us would have copied in exams atleast once in our life....
when i was in high school myself and my twin bro[in case u forgot i have one!:D] used to copy a lot[i admit it] and infact we used to work as a team[a successful one:D]..later when i entered college[11th] i realized the unimportance of it and hence that habit of mine gradually wore off and fortunately it has continued till now....
but today when one of my close friends requested me to share the answer sheet with him during internals[surgery] i agreed instantly being unaware of the thing what was abt to unfold there....in the class the examiner on seeing us conversing thought i was the culprit and calmly signatured "copied" on my ans sheet!.....

i could have requested him[i just hate him] after internals regarding this but didn't do it since it wasn't my fault and to be frank don't blame my friend either for what happened!...

"boredom"

due to my internals preparations right now am suffering from so called "boredom", so just to come out of it am having a small treat......:D..[i just need an excuse to hog something!]

DExter

have a look at this new teleserial aired in fox....have watched the first 8 ep of s01 and i liked it very much[pretty much addicted!]...
brief summary of the series-
During the day, Dexter Morgan is a jovial employee in the Miami Metropolitan Police Department's crime lab, but his meticulously crafted life masks his true nature. In reality Dexter is a disciplined and murderous psychopath (a self-admitted "monster"), and he slakes his blood lust at night by carefully killing the serial killers he tracks down during the day

dwnd it here...

Happy Kannada Rajyotsava

today November 1st is kannada Rajyotsava day...my heart felt wishes to all the kannadigas....This was the day in 1956 when all the kannada speaking regions in south India merged to form Karnataka

2 down

2 down[surgery clinics and obg theory]...and 3 more to go[med,paed and surgery theory]...
my surgery clinics did not go as expected..mine was a case of mesentric lymphadenitis and i presented it as it is but unfortunately it turned out to be a case of intestinal tb![according to our prof]

saw ghajini movie"s just released trailer yesterday..it looks quite impressive!!...

will relax a bit today..and may be from evening[hope so!] will start my preparations for the surgery theory internals[its on wed]


happy weekend!!!

updates

at present nothing interesting happening in my life except for the internals and the festival....

1) found this quote yesterday-life is like a black guys left ass...its not fair and its not right....:D

2) my surgery clinics internals has been preponed for tomorrow...:(..there goes my precious holiday!!...

3)fired the firecracker pistol today[my nephews] after 6 long yrs...felt good. [have many sweet memories of playing with it in my childhood]....!!...

happy diwali ...enjoy :)

the calm before the storm

there is a saying in english "the calm before the storm" which means a peaceful and quiet period before a period of activity or trouble...thats exactly is the thing happening in my life right now...for past few weeks we didnt had any internals[other than clinics of respective postings] but now all of a sudden we have quite a few internals coming up back to back in just a short interval ...

30th of this month-obg full portions!!
31st of this month-surgery clinics
1st week of nov-surgery theory internals full portions!!
2nd week of nov-orthopedics internals full portions...

am so dead!!..wish me good luck[need lots of it!]

library

our college library...ideal place for relaxing[music etc] and sleeping[unwinding urself]...:D

nice music

luckily got hold of just released audio album of Yuvvraaj composed by A.R Rehman..must say its pretty awesome...check it out!....[its available for dwnd in mininova.org]

a nice song....

check out this song..its really nice..:)...enjoy

check this out

came across these 2 websites....check them out...

apple Quack-for medical people
study hacks-for students...

criminals suffer too

to our opd[out patient department] today came a convict in police custody..he had complaints of acute abdomen pain with vomiting...we had to examine him and an intern prescribed him some medication..[not sure whether he was faking].............

such things are really common to us since a prison ward is closely attached to our campus ....[remember telgi of Rs 30000 crore fake stamp paper scam fame??]

all abt love....

got tagged by Satish
RULE #1 People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blogs and replace any question that they dislike with a new question formulated by themselves.

RULE #2 Tag 6 people to do this quiz and those who are tagged cannot refuse. These people must state who they were tagged by and cannot tag the person whom they were tagged by continue this game by sending it to other people.

1. If your lover betrayed you, what will your reaction be?
will ask her the reason for doing so and will move on....u wont get anything by brooding over it...

2. If you can have a dream come true, what would it be?
to be happy

3. Whose butt would you like to kick?
my elder brothers...[coz cant do it in real life:P]

4. Why do you blog?
to express myself also its a good timepass...

5. Will you fall in love with your best friend?
thats not possible..my best friend is a male and am not gay:D

6. Which is more blessed: loving someone or being loved by someone?
both!!...2way traffic is better than one way no!!

7. How long do you intend to wait for someone you love?
wont wait..will just tell her my feelings and will know her exact opinion...

8. If the person you secretly like is attached, what will you do?
will be happy for her....am not a selfish fox!!..

9. If you could root for one social cause, what would it be?
poverty!!!....it really kills people!

10. What takes you down the fastest?
showoff!..[by girls]

11. What resurrects you the fastest?
good food,friends

12. What’s your strength?
frankness

13. What kind of person do you think the person who tagged you is?
frank and hard working:)

4. Would you rather be single and rich or married and poor?
the former!!

15. Whats the purpose of such Tags?
the same purpose parties serve in real life....strengthen the relationships

16. If you fall in love with two people simultaneously who will you pick?
2 people??...guess thats not possible...even if it happens it just lust or attraction...

17. Would you give all in a relationship?
yes!!!!!

18. Would you forgive and forget someone no matter how horrible a thing he has done?
may be.....cant say....u wont get anything with the grudges

19. Do you prefer being single or in a relationship?
its a double edged sword!!....difficult to decide

20. Tag 6 people.
rajeev
akshaya
debasish
vani
jane
rahul

Blog action day

Blog Action Day is an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day. Our aim is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion....the theme in 2008 being "POVERTY"....

as a mark of respect to the poor people am giving some money to the beggars nearby my house...:)

patients

today we got to hear a really wierd history from one of our patients in the wards ...
it goes like this...

me[m]: whats ur chief complaint??[the symptom which made him get admitted]
patient:in low voice "my right testis has split into 2"
m: WTF[in my mind]!!!!!!!!??
patient: howdu saar[yes sir]..eidu varsha kelaga dana vadditu.ad aad mele nan bala gade ire beeja[means testis] yeradu aagide[5 yrs back had got kicked by a cow after which my right testis had split into 2]..adre one tingala nantara adu vondu aagithu[after a month or so it was of one piece]
m: are u sure of what u are saying???
patient: howdu saar!!![yes sir]
m: was abt to burst into a laughter but fortunately didnt do it...:D

then we decided to elicit his history more and on examining him found out that he had developed a cyst[cavity with fluid inside it-called spermatocele] just above his testis on the right side and this swelling had made him believe that he had got his testis split and after a month or so when the swelling subsided[due to absorption of those fluid] he had thought that his 2 pieces had got united]!!!...lolzzz