Great Minds Think Alike

A couple of days ago, a friend of mine, a Malay girl, and I went to KFC for lunch. She was not puasa-ing that day, so we thought of just eating in.

After we ordered, the cashier asked her if she was a Muslim.
She said yes.

He then proceeded to tell her that she cannot eat there and pointed to a letter that was pasted on the counter.

The letter is from the Perak government, presumably sent out to all food outlets, saying that the owner of the shop will be sued if they allow any Muslim to eat at their place.

I was quite shocked.
My friend, the poor girl, really felt bad.
We then proceeded to just tapau the food back.

I really don't get it.
Religion is something you embrace, you love, you willingly do.
How can you force someone to do something they don't want to?
I mean, you can, of course, but that is not what religion is all about, right?

What is the use of making someone pray if they don't have faith?

I really dont' have a problem with any religion.
Do whatever your religion says you should do, as long as you don't hurt another person.
But I still don't think that a person should be forced to do something they don't want to.

Religion is not to be followed, it is to be embraced (can't think of any other words to use).

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About a week ago....
Me : Hey, I bought new bedsheets yesterday. (yes, I have a thing for bedsheets)
Room-mate : Really? I bought new ones a couple of days ago as well.

Thursday, Roomie was oncall.
I changed the bedsheets.

Friday I was oncall.

When I got back home on Saturday, she had the same bedsheet I had on her bed.

Although I know that fools seldom differ, it is also said that great minds think alike.

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Unfortunately, the passover didn't go as well as I hoped.
I answered the question that I was asked to present, but I was then asked on how LAs actually work and about it's toxicity. So, that is my homework for today - to present tomorrow. I don't really mind actually, at least I will learn something.

I am oncall tomorrow.
Every call is a stress.
Every call is a challenge.
Every pre-call is a depressing day.

Anyway, I heard Ipoh was quite a happening place today.
I have no idea what happened.
I have no idea who is the MB, who is the government.
Our day in the hospital is no different.
Admissions, clerkings, discharges.
Life goes on as usual.

Just the other day, there was a news article about a 6 year old boy who probably died of Paracetamol (PCM) overdose.
Supposedly, the doctor prescribed 2 tablets of PCM to be taken 4 times a day.
I wonder how such a mistake could happen.
A 12 year old would probably generally know that kids take 1 tablet of PCM while adults take 2.
(As a doctor, you calculate the amount based on the child's body weight - 15mg/kg)
They have set up an inquiry for this case for now - let's see what happens next.

Have to study my LA now.
Till later!

Today, I learnt that carbon dioxide in the blood stimulates the respiratory system - the carbon dioxide drive; which means, that the reason we breathe is because of high carbon dioxide level in our blood stream.

However, as we live in a polluted world, by the time we get old, our body is almost resistant to carbon dioxide drive (I don't know why) and we depend on oxygen drive - which means that when there is low level of oxygen in our body, we breathe in more.

When someone has trouble breathing and we give them oxygen, then the oxygen drive does not work (as there is no hypoxia). And so, if we prolong the supplementation of the oxygen, we are basically not helping the patient as we are surpressing their oxygen drive.

(p/s the things that I learnt may not be very accurate, it is just what I understand from what I hear/read.

Useless News

Ever since I started working, I have not been following the Malaysian news.
I didn't know about the cave collapsing in Ipoh until about a week after it happened.
I didn't know the economy was getting worse until about a month after people started getting retrenched.
The only reason I knew about BN taking over the Perak state government was because I happened to be examining a patient in a room where the TV was on and the news was aired at that time.

Now, even with the internet, I don't feel like reading the newspaper because it is so full of shit useless stuff.

The day I choose to read the newspaper, there were a few articles about the new Perak MB (I have no idea who it is) who is having some problems with the Speaker or something like that - didn't really bother reading about it.

And then there is the whole issue with Elizabeth Wong. How many times have we seen things like this. Someone having a successful career and all of a sudden some video or nude pictures of them comes out and they have to resign or leave the country or hide. Come on la..let people have their privacy. What is it with us Malaysians? Why are we SO concerned about what people do behind closed doors? If A has sex with B, how is it going to affect your life? How is it going to affect their capability to do their job? It's not like they cheated someone or killed someone.

I think it's time we moved on. The only reason why this kind of pictures and videos keep coming up is because some people choose to make a big deal out of it. So what if she has sex? If you ask me, we should punish the asshole person who took the picture and spread it around. Why is it that we never do that? Why do we allow people like that to get away with it?

So, tell me, is it worth reading the papers when all I read are petty things like this? I might as well sleep or read story books or reply messages in facebook.

p/s if you ask me, Elizabeth Wong SHOULD NOT be allowed to resign.