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Tuesday, 28 September 2010

  • of courage of the past and present

    " They didn't return to their lives unscathed or undiminished. Many of them carried physical scars and neurological deficits of varying degrees and the emotional wounds they suffered were even more punishing. But somehow these kids emerged from their medical crises with a clearer sense of purpose and newfound reserves of strength. Having encountered the fragility of life firsthand, they understood how precious a gift of life is. Going forward, everyday counted for them, and for their families. No week was ever again ordinary or boring. No friendship was ever taken for granted."

    Taken from If I Get To Five. What Children Can Teach Us About Courage and Character by Fred Epstein, M.D., and Joshua Horwitz

     

Tuesday, 27 July 2010

  • My evenings end late these days ever since I've started all over. Work was rather different today. My big boss handed me a baby gorilla stuffed toy and said that it's for my project and indeed with every passerby its hairstyle changes. A small lifeless creature could bring so much joy to my fellow colleagues while it sits on my cubicle being adored at..the entire day..With all the hairstyle experiments that it has been subjected to, I ended my day looking at my table with trickles of hair all over... Gorilla will be bold soon.

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    People who are nice are remarkable. People who are nice and with power and use their power for the good of others, especially in building them up, are exceptional people. Reminds me that if I ever reach the prime of power, I would want to do the same for the humble potential ones too...

    On a simpler note, I was caught by surprised today of a very old and seasoned man in his career that offered to forsee my immediate request for access to a certain laboratory machine. And what surprised me even more that he actually printed out the form, endorsed it immediately, approach the respective person for me and I got my access within 30 minutes without questions asked. I'm still surprised on how nice people can be..

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    I've been praying that I will be able to hold a longer attention span during my exam and not feel fatigue. And the outflow of contents and comprehension will come ever so smoothly. And I hate to think that this is the final time I make it or I break it. And I really want to go back to school next year..for good..

Monday, 26 July 2010

  • Thoughts of the day as the day closes in..


    The road is long and in the end the journey is the destination.

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    Histology is like art: trim, wax, section, stain, mount a cover slip. And it irks me when I mess up the final part of mounting the cover slip with residual glue all over. The process is uninteresting and smelly. I smelled like vinegar at the end of the day.

    Histology, the final product of the slide, is beautiful..on the art side. The colours are intriguing, the shapes are abstract.

    Histology, the final product of the slide, is questionable...on the science side. And you wonder what went wrong? What could be done better?

    Histology, the final product of the slide, is histopathology...on the medicine side. You figure out the normal and the diseased. And it takes years to master the difference on what you see..

    One thing can mean so many to many others... And I think of all these 3 and try to make sense of it.

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    I will be better. Everyday I inch closer to a better tomorrow...

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    I need lots of brain food.

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    In silent reverie, you peacefully learn to fight once more..
    And pray..

vivaciouslyvivified

    • Name: Vi
    • Member Since: 4/28/2004