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Friday, October 27, 2006

more random stuff in the midst of mountains of mugging.

so many things to know. drowning. is it really necessary to remember that singapore has 11,820 hospital beds, or that there are 8 public hospitals (5 acute general, 2 o&g & psychiatry, and 1 community), 6 specialty institutes, and 13 private hospitals? or how about the multitude of different viruses, each with their own clinical presentations and treatment mthds; or all the various drugs available for HIV treatment, which are commonly used, pathways of action, others that are used in various special circumstances? the tracts and pathways in the spinal cord and brain for all the different kinds of sensory and motor stimuli to run through during transmission? i guess this knowledge is important, to a large extent. its just super difficult to cram all these little random details in such a short space of time. 1 more wk to 4 CA papers, then 2wks of more lessons, and then another 2 papers. and i still dont know what the difference between COX-1 and COX-2 are. or why aspirin prevents platelet aggregation and causes bleeding even though 2 of the intermediate factors involved in this have opposing effects, without refering to the notes. i've already been revising religiously after lectures consistently, and it still amounts to this last minute panic and cramming. great.

us at lunchtime today. we're going to mirri's house tmr for some function where i'll be the only chinese girl in the house full of indian muslims celebrating hari raya. mirri wants me to wear a cheongsam too! should be really fun =)

public health screening tomorrow. toa payoh hdb hub.

oh yes and please do:

artwork by celene, huilin, marcus and liyana =)

back to work.

lin~*
5:16 pm