i have relocated to here:


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i know i haven't said much since christmas. too much has happened and snowballed. but that's just private stuff. Christmas in HongKong where i recognized many things.

i will never be "asian" - sized
i will never be part of an "asian"- couple... i'm going to hold my own purse thank you very much
i eat.
there are a LOT of asian people in hong kong
subways are a lot cleaner if eating/drinking is prohibited on them
christmas is not christmas if it's basically a national-shopping day
gosh i'm lucky to go every few years
wow clothes are cheap! <- proof that airfare to ship the clothes over is more expensive than getting the children to make them *sigh*
an earthquake can destroy internet *nods* it's true. fibre-optic cables meaning i couldn't get north-american websites working... sites like um... hotmail and google
i heart engrish

I'm back at school and things are good. 1/2 a semester to go. gosh. 4 years man. and 10 semesters. i'd like to think i killed it. but i know i didn't haha. I don't write much here because i don't know what to say. i've been having a lot of fun :D, i've been busy, and i've been happy i geuss that's basically as good as it gets.

so basically yesh. i'm not going to be saying much for awhile. here's to growing up.
lets go dancing!

Polish industrialist and writer Jean de Bloch was the author of a six-volume entitled "The Future of War in its Technical, Economic and Political Relations", which predicted the destructive trench warfare that characterized World War I, and the futility of conflict in general.

"One of his conclusions," the Nobel organization notes, "was that there would be no decisive victories in future land wars between great powers; the armies would entrench themselves and the ensuing deadlock would last for years.

"Armed conflict," the entry concludes, "would be determined not by military success, but by the eventual economic collapse of societies."

That would be Germany and Japan after World War II, and Iraq today.

I love the sound of rain. falling asleep to it, waking up to it, hearing it bang against my window as i try to work/watch tv; the ultimate white noise. the sound of rain makes me feel all warm and safe. But that's probably because I am fortunate enough to have always had a roof over my head, mostly leak-free windows, a solid floor, electricity for lights and central heating, a phone handy in case of a black out, and nothing bad has yet to happen to me in the rain. I know how lucky I am.

3 more weeks and then there was 1 (semester left of my 1st undergrad degree that is). And as always the last few weeks (admist the lull of work btn midterms/assignemtns and finals) are the desperate catchups between friends b/c we know that we're nearing "the end" of something (even if it IS just the end of the semester) ... plus we're all burnt out and feel isolated and want to reconnect <- as dumb as that sounds. haha

It's nice. I like hearing everyone rehash their dream for the umpteenth time, or hear people with no idea abt their future talk about their frustration at just not knowing.I like hearing the different boy/girl dramas that happened while everyone was in hiding (not to be nosy, but because they make me laugh).

Sometimes i think we're so close to growing up, and other times... i think we've got it all wrong. I wonder waht it's going to be like when we jump from school into the corporate world for real (no coop job shit: real life doesn't have jobmine finding jobs for you bah.). How does school really prepare you for "the real world". No intermissions, no afternoon naps, no bad daytime television, real bills, property tax, having to work for a living (no more volunteering just for the references), no more lecture-naps, thursday/friday hangover days now spent at work, having to call in sick, buying your own lawnmower, your own set of dishes, your own spice rack. Buying stuff w/o worrying about your student loan. Taking care of the house, your parents, your significant other/or wrenching alimony out of them :P, How ready are we?

I'm gonna miss undergrad. I'm gonna miss the naps, and monday night drinking, and late night chats on MSN abt how the world is going to end, and how some girl/guy broke your heart, and deciphering "signals" while learning the game, the one-night randoms (who are still clean!), being able to meet all your friends w/n a 15 min walk, sleeping in on a tuesday until 11:30, eating 3 cheeseburgers a large coke and a supersized fries w/o gaining that much weight; We are so lucky.

:D

While taking a break from studying; i got curious and decided to take a look at what the Hippocratic Oath was. here's what i found:

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Hippocratic Oath—Modern Version

I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant:

I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.

I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures [that] are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism.

I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug.

I will not be ashamed to say "I know not," nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient's recovery.

I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of my own frailty. Above all, I must not play at God.

I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person's family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick.

I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure.

I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.

If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter. May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help.


Written in 1964 by Louis Lasagna, Academic Dean of the School of Medicine at Tufts University, and used in many medical schools today.

sidenote*
It is a common misconception that the phrase primum non nocere, “first, do no harm” is included in the Hippocratic Oath. It is not, but seems to have been derived through Galen from Hippocrates’s Epidemics in which he wrote, “Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future; practice these acts. As to diseases, make a habit of two things—to help, or at least to do no harm.”

-All found on Wikipedia amongst other (probably more interesting) information on the Hippocratic Oath :D