Cool weekend

my patient realtime 

Nothing really spectacular happened during the weekend. I suppose the big news in the Malaysian circle would be the suspension of Tan Sri Isa ; the vice president of UMNO. Imagine , the top gun of UMNO found guilty bribing the delegates during the election last year. The official announcement is suppose to be tomorrow but Hmmmm.. not really good is it ?

Haks.. well , though i do agree with this crackdown , it is disturbing to know that there were lots of voters ; among the members WHO ACCEPTED THE BRIBE. Giving is one thing but accepting and fulfiling the bribe obligation until he won handsomely rings few bells and flaws in the party circle.It just shows that corruption is part and parcel of politics and power. This definitely contradicts with the hopes and aspiration of "rakyat"...


brachial block , ni picutre from the net.. 

I was on call on Saturday. It was cool and nothing major really happened so my cases then was more of the "cold" ones. Saleh , one of the kewl new specialist spent some time with me teaching me about doing blocks. HAks !! and yes , i managed to do 2 on my own ! one functioned well the other one i had to give the LMA !! well , regional block anaesthesia is a skill on its own , not everybody can do it.

Regional local anaesthesia has its advantages. Patients do not have to undergo General Anaesthesia which has its own set of complications. Usually patients who undergo simple procedures with injuries like closed fracture of their arm bones ( ulna , radius ) would benefit from local anaesthesia. The trick is to paralyse the nerve roots which innervates the supplied area. Yesterday , i did the brachial block via both supraclavicular / infraclavicular approach. The procedure was simple , Incision and Drainage of wrist abscess. Haks.. its difficult to know whether you've succeed doing it as one has to wait for about 30 minutes before the arm is totally paralysed !! haks.. it was kewl when the boy suddenly complained that he can't feel his left arm at all !! I need to practice lots of time to be good at this.. haks.. memang kewl..


the machine of my life.. hehehe 

Went to the TTDI pasar malam at night. Haks.. well , its the routine activity on Sunday evenings. It is a favourite past time among the TTDI boys , we were brought up with this culture. Though many people would think that TTDI is an elite area ; but the pasar malam survived with regular show ups by the hawkers and loyal customers like me for more than 25 years !I used to go with the kamcheng guys without fail.It was like a social event , meeting and seeing people there ; and our buy was usually air tebu , soya , burger and apam balik. haks..

I met MAfiz and Megat there just now ! haks.. that just proves that eventhough we've grown up , pasar malam is definitely a must on Sunday evenings !!