I was very amused by 周崇庆 in the <我要唱下去!> ad, where he tried to sing 陈奕逊's <<背包>>, and he goes like "你的背包, 背到背到背到.."
And this made me remembered what I heard on Yes 933 some time ago, when a DJ commented about Tanya Chua's <<达尔文>>, about how impressive the lyrics are, and how fantastic 小寒 (who wrote the lyrics) is.

<<达尔文>>
曲：蔡健雅 词：小寒.

我的青春也不是没伤痕
是明白爱是信仰的延伸
甚么特征人缘还是眼神
也不会预知爱不爱的可能
保持单身忍不住又沉沦
兜着圈子来去有时苦等
人的一生感情是旋转门
转到了最后真心的就不分
有过竞争有过牺牲
被爱筛选过程
学会认真学会忠诚
适者才能生存
懂得永恒得要我们
进化成更好的人

我的青春有时还蛮单纯
相信幸福取决于爱得深
读进化论我赞成达尔文
没实力的就有淘汰的可能

我的替身已换过多少轮
记忆在旧情人心中变冷
我的一生有几道旋转门
转到了最后只剩你我没分
有过竞争有过牺牲
被爱筛选过程
学会认真学会忠诚
适者才能生存
懂得永恒得要我们
进化成更好的人

有过竞争有过牺牲
被爱筛选过程
学会认真学会忠诚
适者才能生存
懂得永恒得要我们
进化成更好的人

懂得永恒得要我们
进化成更好的人

进化成更好的人

I am always very impressed by how people can write beautiful lyrics for songs, and how the singer can beautifully sing out the essence of the lyrics.

here's another one. From Tanya too.
[夜盲症]
作词:小寒作曲:蔡健雅

黑夜的颜色能否黑一点
让沿途的街灯能浮现
这个城市的安静能否再安静一瞬间
让我的求救在微弱你都听的见
为何一到黄昏寂寞好深
遮住回你怀里的路程
等你的脚步声给我新生
我的夜盲症就快要变永恒
任性的泪水若洗净双眼
或许哭能恢复我视线
慢条斯里的时间若能加速到达明天
或许我的你能提早些见我一面
为何一到黄昏寂寞好深
遮住回你怀里的路程
等你的脚步声给我新生
我的夜盲症就快要变永恒
思念总是让我受困脱不了身
我摸黑找不到回家的路程
等待熟悉的脚步声给我心疼
我的夜盲症才不会变永恒

Damn.... 1 more critical case in ICU... and 1 unstable in Iso...

I was flipping through the latest issue of "Spring" (a sort of newsletter for residents), and came across this page, where 4 children (aged 8, 6, 3+ and 3 years old) are asked several questions to see how much do they really know about Singapore.
I am especially amused by the answers given by the 3+ and 3years old children.


Boy, 3 1/2 years old.
Q: What is the name of our President?
A: Huh?

Q: What animal is the Merlion?
A: Baby Lion

Q: What do you like best about National Day?
A: (Pints to book on insects) See the ants? I like the red ants better

Q: Er.. Okay. What is your favourite Singapore dish?
A: Eggs

Q: Who is the founder of Singapore?
A: Find what?

Q: Complete this sentence: Singaporean people are ...
A: Nice. Because my friends like to play with me


Girl, 3 years old.
Q: What is the name of our President?
A: Is his face on our paper money?

Q: What animal is the Merlion?
A: It sprays water from its mouth

Q: What do you like best about National Day?
A: We put up the Singapore flag at our window -- our neighbours also.

Q: What is your favourite Singapore dish?
A: Just white rice, please. I don't like vegetables

Q: Who is the founder of Singapore?
A: (With prompting from sister) Goh Chock Tong.

Q: Complete this sentence: Singaporean people are ...
A: Indian, Malay and Chinese.
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Interesting! I shall ask my 5 year old nephew the same questions too!

Medical Miracle

I always joked that one reason why I want to work as a medical social worker is because it is the next best alternative to being a Doctor. Since young, I have this interest about human body and always being fascinated by grossly and bloody scenes, such as the real organs, medical procedure.

I happened to watch this reality tv show "Surgery Saved My Life" on Channel 5 just now, and it showed case an organ transplant at John Hopkins in Baltimore. If you have watched Grey's Anatomy, there is an episode where there are 6 couples who sort of i donate my kidney to you, you donate yours to hers, and she donates hers to him. I thought that it is just one "exaggerated" scene in the drama, and who knows! such programme really exist! Amazing!

It is actually called Living Donation, which you do not need to be related to the recipient. In the show, it has 3 couples -- 3 donors and 3 recipients. There's a father (recipient)-daughter (donor), husband (recipient)-wife (donor), and dunno1 -dunno2 (i can't remember the last couple's r/s). So the daughter donates to dunno1, dunno2 donates to husband, and wife donates to father. The 3 couples are only allowed to meet one another after the whole transplant surgery ends. This to prevent any hiccups, as one person's withdrawal from the surgery, will affect the other 5 people. The surgeries are all one at the same time in one day.

In the show, they really showed the "live" surgery, like how the doctors remove the donor's kidney (and yes! they really used a plastic bag to bag the donor's kidney from the body as shown in Grey's Anatomy!), wash the kidney in cold water, how they connect the arteries to the kidneys and oh, one crucial step is to test that the urethral can pass urine before connecting it back to the bladder! Interesting!

In case u want to know how the surgeries went, the answer is: successful. All the 3 donors are well and kicking.
However, according to the show, the transplanted kidneys will still have 25% chance of showing rejection within the nx 60 days. So, in the end, out of the 3 recipients, only 1 managed to survive. From what I see, the 2 who have passed away, are of older age and seemed to have co-morbidities. One died due to a unusual lung infection (new kidney showed no rejection though), and one died about 4 months later due to heart condition.

I think so far in Singapore, Pierre Png and Andrea DeCruz would probably be an example of living donation. Not too sure if there is any other instances.
If otherwise, I doubt HOTA at this moment can make any significant improvements in expediting the organ waiting list.

In the midst of H1N1 ... ...

... ... it is very important for healthcare workers to be compliant to hand hygiene and wear mask.