Christmas Wishes

Have you decided yet? What are your Christmas wishes for this year?

Exam Fever

I have 5 subjects in my syllabus for this semester. I have to study Internal Medicine (which is quite interesting though the content are so much); General Surgery (some are interesting, the rest are just okay, I had this one also in my last semester and I am still gonna have this subject in my syllabus next semester - 3 semesters in a row!) - theories are never that much fun if you compare it with practical classes, too bad I don't get too much chances to practice more, I guess I have to find a mentor for myself to teach me how to suture and other basic skills too; next is Radiology and Image Diagnostics which means learning how to read the X-Ray, CT-Scan, etc, classes are boring though, I skipped two or three classes for this subject, this is one reason I don't really enjoy Thursday this semester; the other two subjects are Traditional Chinese Medicine and Medical Chinese.

I had my TCM exam last week, so that means I still have 4 more to go! Medical Chinese will be on December 30, 2009 and the 3 will be on the second week of January 2010.
So little time, so much to remember. :((

Most of my friends will be spending their Christmas and New Year with their families, loved ones, friends without having to worry about exams. But this is just the way it is for students in China, we never have holiday for Christmas. Never.. Still, it's a blessing that we don't have exam on Christmas Day (it happened once to my senior).

I can't wait for next month, next year! HOLIDAZE..

Think Twice Before You Cheat.

I completely agree with whoever wrote this statement, sounds funny but maybe we should take it seriously..

I guess you could apply this to medical study also.

If you cheat in medical classes,

you WILL kill people later.

For your own sake and everyone else, quit or learn the meds!

Source: http://svee.tumblr.com/

How to make cupcakes?

Good evening people, I wrote this one last year, it was two days before New Year!! Happy Belated Christmas and God Bless You All.. =)
Here I am, sitting down in front of my computer, feeling a bit cold, trying to figure out what to write. After about an hour of thinking and browsing, I decided that I'll write something about cupcakes. We know about how popular cupcakes are these days.
I, myself is also a fan of cupcakes, I like its shapes (i LOVE the ICING!!, especially the Christmas edition), and I like how it tastes too. It's simple, adorable, and delicious.. So, here is the recipe:

Basic Vanilla Cup Cake Recipe
Ingredients
150g butter - softened
150g superfine (castor) sugar
175g self-raising flour
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
Method
1. Pre-heat the oven to 350oF (180oC). 
2. Line a 12 cup cake pan, with cup cake papers.
3. Crack the eggs into a cup and beat lightly with a fork. 
4. Place all the ingredients in a large bowl.
5. Beat with an electric mixer for 2 minutes, until light and creamy. 
6. Divide the mixture evenly between the cake cases.
7. Bake for 18-20 minutes until risen and firm to touch. 
8. Allow to cool for a few minutes and then transfer to a wire rack.
9. Allow to cool fully before icing.

Notes
Make 12 cupcakes

Source: Cupcake Creations

I want to eat cupcakes, it's too bad I still can't find any cupcakes here in Suzhou.
I plan to make it, but I have to wait until summer holiday I guess (6 months more), since here I don't have the appliances I need and I don't go back to Jakarta this winter holiday. I'll write some more about myself later.
         

T I M E

To understand the meaning of one year,
ask a student who failed his exam

To understand the meaning of one month,
ask a mother who is given a birth to a premature baby

To understand the meaning of one week,
ask the editor of weekly magazine

To understand the meaning of one day,
ask a daily wage labor

To understand the meaning of one hour,
ask a girl who is waiting for her boyfriend

To understand the meaning of one minute,
ask the person who has missed the train

To understand the meaning of one second,
ask a person who survived the accident

To understand the meaning of one milli-second,
ask a sprinter who won a silver medal in the olympics

I want my own library..

"I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!
How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!
When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library."
~Elizabeth in 'Pride and Prejudice'

When I have a house on my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library. 

I love books so much it's hard to resist not to buy some of them. The thing is books are getting really, really expensive. 
Actually here in China, you can find cheap English novels in many places, it's fake of course, it looks really similar except for the fact that sometimes they made mistakes on some spelling of the titles and the color is a little bit different from the original. It's about 10-20 yuan each.
I bought one for trial, well, the content is exactly the same but still... the feeling is just different. 
I prefer to buy the secondhand novels, it's not that bad really, sometimes you can even find the joy of having a secondhand novel, you get to wonder why the previous owner sell it, especially when you found a note on the cover or at the first page of the book.
Well, anyway, I am wondering what it would feel to be the owner of a library or a book store, do they read the books they are selling? Or will they become bored eventually?

I really wish I can have my own library in the future! 

My "picture perfect" thought: sitting in the centre of my library, lying down, closing my eyes and just feel the perfect ambience, me, myself, and my books. 

Ten Commandments for Blood Pressure Control

1. Know your blood pressure. Have it checked regularly.  
You can either go to the doctor to check it or just ask your family members to help you to check using the sphygmomanometer (digital one is more practical but less acurate). Keep a record of it.
2. Know what your weight should be. Keep it at that level or below.
Obesity is a big NO. I know it can be hard sometimes, okay.. not sometimes but MOST of the times not to eat those delicious foods. I will write more about this issue later.
3. Don't use excessive salt in cooking or at meals. Avoid salty foods. 
In China, this one is really hard to do if you keep on eating outside, the best you can do is eat home-cook meal.
4. Eat a low-fat diet 
Eat more veggies and fruits, less junk food. Try to eat in veggies restaurant, they have really interesting menu (looks like and tastes like meat but actually it's not, usually they replaced the meat with mushrooms). But if you really crave to eat in those famous yummy fast food restaurants, you can eat there once a month only.

 
5. Don't smoke cigarettes or use tobacco products. 
Never do any good to your health, especially for your lungs. It's a risk factor for hypertension and besides you might develop a disease called COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) after smoking for more than 20 or 30 years. It's irreversible, one thing you can do to stop the disease from becoming much worse is cessation of smoking.
6. Take your medicine exactly as prescribed. Don't run out of pills even for a single day. 
7. Keep your appointments with the doctor. 
8. Follow your doctors advice about exercise. 
You'll be healthy physically as well as mentally by doing so.
9. Make certain family members have their blood pressure checked regularly. 
10. Live a normal life in every other way!
Be happy and manage your stress.  

              

Normal Blood Pressure should be 120/80 mmHg or lower.
Hypertension is when your blood pressure is more than 140/90 mmHg.

Source: Netwellness, Consumer Health Information