It was such a huge relief after I was done with my research proposal presentation last Friday. Luckily the presentation went well, I was all nerves the whole time before the presentation but when the time came and I was sitting in MPH 4, I was so calm it felt weird. There's no use to freak out when something is inevitable right? But I was happy with the results in the end. =)
I'm still not used to this whole research thing. I have not officially started yet so I am not as busy as the others and I'm not used to having free time. It almost feels like I'm wasting my time not doing or achieving anything like in previous semesters where there was no time for anything else. Guess IMU has trained us well in using every second of our waking moment working towards something. But things seem to be a bit too calm now...almost like the calm before a big storm...a bit creepy...anyway I think things will start to get busy soon...
Speaking of which, I joined the "B105 gathering/dinner" on Monday at the Overseas restaurant at Sri Petaling on Monday night. The food was terrible in the sense that it did not taste as good as those at the other Overseas branches and it was so not worth my money which is a lot for this kind of meal and the atmosphere was so-so. Plus, I was so not in the mood that day. I don't know why. Not going to comment anymore. What's done is done so I'm just going to get over it and move on.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Monday, July 14, 2008
Feelings in Speech?
Last week I had a mock presentation with my supervisor and I received a comment that I presented unfeelingly. He said that my pronounciation was fine but that I did not speak confidently or persuasive enough. This is not the first time that anyone commented that I speak unfeelingly.
The other time was when I was asking this simulated patient some questions about his health and this lecturer told me "You do not seem concerned for the patient. I feel that it is in the way that you are speaking to him." Sigh. I did feel concerned for the mock patient but I just did not project it in my speech. It is not necessary to project your every emotion into your speech right?
It is not that I do not want to but I know that I do have a problem in expressing all my feelings through my speech other than anger or sarcasm (yes I know this and some others do too) but nevertheless I am somehow always misunderstood as a cold, unfeeling person. Sigh. I have to work this thing out somehow and try to inject more feelings into my speech in the future. And I am also trying very hard to not fall sick until my proposal presentation is over. Keeping my fingers crossed for my presentation!
The other time was when I was asking this simulated patient some questions about his health and this lecturer told me "You do not seem concerned for the patient. I feel that it is in the way that you are speaking to him." Sigh. I did feel concerned for the mock patient but I just did not project it in my speech. It is not necessary to project your every emotion into your speech right?
It is not that I do not want to but I know that I do have a problem in expressing all my feelings through my speech other than anger or sarcasm (yes I know this and some others do too) but nevertheless I am somehow always misunderstood as a cold, unfeeling person. Sigh. I have to work this thing out somehow and try to inject more feelings into my speech in the future. And I am also trying very hard to not fall sick until my proposal presentation is over. Keeping my fingers crossed for my presentation!
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
I Love Spain!
Yessss!!!! Spain won the EURO 2008!! They so deserved to win it!! The goal by Torres was fab and Casillas was great! If only Villa could have played...Actually most players on this team were in great in most of the games and their games were nicely played out. Spain could have scored another goal (especially the one attempt that I can remember by Senna) and many more which were so close but Germany just got lucky.
I do watch football whenever I can and I am no expert at the game but I watch for the fun of it. Especially World Cup and EURO. They are a must-watch. And this year's game was really, really good! Except for the departure of Portugal and Netherlands at the quarter-finals due to Germany and Russia respectively, which almost made me not want to watch the game anymore. Such a waste...Too bad Italy couldn't make it to the semi-finals but I would be happy anyway if either Italy or Spain made it to the semis. Thankfully, Spain thrashed Russia in the semi-finals (again! haha I don't care, I support whichever team that beat Russia, sorry Russian fans) and Germany in the finals (same thing). I love Spain now!
Only people who watched the game throughout can understand what I'm talking about here so I can understand if anyone gets confused with my notoriously terrible and extremely brief comment of the game haha. After all the excitement for 3 weeks (and 3 weeks of sleeping almost at 5am together with complimentary panda eyes), it is back to research, research, and more research (and more panda eyes plus sleepless nights plus stress). *sigh*
I do watch football whenever I can and I am no expert at the game but I watch for the fun of it. Especially World Cup and EURO. They are a must-watch. And this year's game was really, really good! Except for the departure of Portugal and Netherlands at the quarter-finals due to Germany and Russia respectively, which almost made me not want to watch the game anymore. Such a waste...Too bad Italy couldn't make it to the semi-finals but I would be happy anyway if either Italy or Spain made it to the semis. Thankfully, Spain thrashed Russia in the semi-finals (again! haha I don't care, I support whichever team that beat Russia, sorry Russian fans) and Germany in the finals (same thing). I love Spain now!
Only people who watched the game throughout can understand what I'm talking about here so I can understand if anyone gets confused with my notoriously terrible and extremely brief comment of the game haha. After all the excitement for 3 weeks (and 3 weeks of sleeping almost at 5am together with complimentary panda eyes), it is back to research, research, and more research (and more panda eyes plus sleepless nights plus stress). *sigh*
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
First Aid
On the 21st of June 2008, I finally went for the Introduction to First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation course with Andrew the Palli and believe me it was horrible in the sense that I had to go through almost 8 hours of lame jokes and comments that at some point in the middle of the course I decided that I will no longer entertain the lame comments that the instructor were feeding the participants. But horrible as it may be I finally did my electives and am now certified as a first aide! Well..kind of even though what I learnt is just the basic of the basics but that is sufficient enough. Let me just give you a few highlights of what I had to go through (there were too many comments oozing with lame-ness that I lost count halfway through). By the way, the conversations were originally in Bahasa Malaysia.
Situation 1
Instructor: Why can't you use clean cloths to cover wounds?
Me: (Thinking what is wrong with using clean cloths to cover the wounds as it is better compared to using dish rags or other soiled cloths that may cause infection to the wounds)
Instructor: Because you can't find clean cloths anywhere and at anytime. Can you find clean cloths lying by the roadside? Hahaha.
Everyone: Hahaha.
Me: (Thinking okayyyy.....)
Situation 2
Instructor: Why can't you put an unconscious victim on a table? (the CPR dummy was on the table anyway)
Someone: Because it is harder to perform CPR on a victim that is lying on a table? (now doesn't this sound sensible?)
Instructor: No. Because you can't find a table on the roadside or in the jungle, can you? Hahaha.
Everyone: Hahaha.
Me: (Thinking okayyy again. Like, when is this going to end?)
Situation 3 (and this is the final blow for me as I was bombarded by one too many lame comments by this time and I absolutely refuse to be affected by any more of them)
Instructor: What do you do when a patient is conscious and has pulse and breath?
Someone: Recovery position.
Instructor: What do you do when there is no pulse and no breath?
Someone: CPR.
Instructor: What do you do when there is a pulse but no breath?
Someone: MTM (mouth-to-mouth).
Instructor: Then what do you do when there is no pulse but there is breath?
Me: (Thinking something is weird about this situation...I mean a person with no pulse but is still breathing?? There can be no more steps right??)
Instructor: It's CL.
Everyone: (Thinking what the hell is CL???)
Instructor: Cabut Lari la!
Me: (In my mind I am banging my head on the wall and wanting very much to kill this guy standing in front of the class)
Seriously I think this may be the same guy that answered the phone call as posted in my previous post. But anyway I have my certificate already! Thank God I made it through that horrendous class alive. Palli susahla...
Situation 1
Instructor: Why can't you use clean cloths to cover wounds?
Me: (Thinking what is wrong with using clean cloths to cover the wounds as it is better compared to using dish rags or other soiled cloths that may cause infection to the wounds)
Instructor: Because you can't find clean cloths anywhere and at anytime. Can you find clean cloths lying by the roadside? Hahaha.
Everyone: Hahaha.
Me: (Thinking okayyyy.....)
Situation 2
Instructor: Why can't you put an unconscious victim on a table? (the CPR dummy was on the table anyway)
Someone: Because it is harder to perform CPR on a victim that is lying on a table? (now doesn't this sound sensible?)
Instructor: No. Because you can't find a table on the roadside or in the jungle, can you? Hahaha.
Everyone: Hahaha.
Me: (Thinking okayyy again. Like, when is this going to end?)
Situation 3 (and this is the final blow for me as I was bombarded by one too many lame comments by this time and I absolutely refuse to be affected by any more of them)
Instructor: What do you do when a patient is conscious and has pulse and breath?
Someone: Recovery position.
Instructor: What do you do when there is no pulse and no breath?
Someone: CPR.
Instructor: What do you do when there is a pulse but no breath?
Someone: MTM (mouth-to-mouth).
Instructor: Then what do you do when there is no pulse but there is breath?
Me: (Thinking something is weird about this situation...I mean a person with no pulse but is still breathing?? There can be no more steps right??)
Instructor: It's CL.
Everyone: (Thinking what the hell is CL???)
Instructor: Cabut Lari la!
Me: (In my mind I am banging my head on the wall and wanting very much to kill this guy standing in front of the class)
Seriously I think this may be the same guy that answered the phone call as posted in my previous post. But anyway I have my certificate already! Thank God I made it through that horrendous class alive. Palli susahla...
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