exam blues

seriously. is there any conversations that dont involve pretentious, hypocritical comments about one's "inability" to score well in tests? it does get a bit annoying at times. the world is way bigger than the scope of the next tests, im quite sure about that.

roawrrr...

today marks the start of the happy parade of midterm exams. first up, public health.

the exam went pretty alright, thanks to the pot pourri of TYS questions i did earlier. there was this one odd question though, for which i had to choose one out of four metallic elements. and since i never bothered to remember the chinese terms anyway, i decided to ask the invigilators for help.

after initially declining to assist me in translation, the lady invigilator finally agreed. following that, she tottered off with my question paper and had a lengthy discussion with a fellow invigilator about the names of the elements in question. note that i did not ask for the fullname of the element, just the symbol (whatever you call it). I.e., Pb for lead, o for oxygen.

minutes later she returned with a whopping 2 out of 4 translated. wowee. "uhm. im not too sure about the other two, so i didnt translate them" so she said. and guess what, the correct answer was amongst one of those that she DIDNT translate.

so OBVIOUSLY, i got that question WRONG.

excuse me if i find her a tad bit incompetent. such jolly post-grad public health majors!!

its no wonder taiwan's national healthcare is in such shambles.

funny

a trip to cnnmoney.com showed that two of my career choices prior to being shuttled into medical school - HR manager and psychologist - ranked in 4th and 10th respectively in the top 10 jobs in america, based on a variety of factors including flexibility, ease of entry, salary, stress and growth, amongst others.

how about being a physician, then? it ranked in at number 30. with a huge lump salary (a staggering US247000 a year) but little of anything else.

Resources

They say that Singapore's only resource is its people. But is there really any other resource at all?

The View at Taipei Games Convention 07

calorific

oh boy do i hate late night hunger pangs. and these adverts do not make it any easier for me...





--> carl's junior

Superburger

--> All Dogs Go To (Fastfood) Heaven

gee. im going to succumb to corporate advertising and eat my entire calorie intake at these places this july. dohhh i better start working out at the gym in the meantime.

... and lets not forget kenny roger's supreme cheesy macaroni and crunchy chewy corn muffins....... -salivates-

uhm. on an equally tasty note, Ryan Stiles from whose line is it anyway? puts the S in sexyyyyyy. :D what can i say? he thinks quick and has such a charming smile. hehe.