Crow's Nest...

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The table with this piece of writing is simply hilarious. Very interesting. You have access for one week so click or loose. haha! The link is from British Medical Journal Website.

I was just wondering about my cellular network service vendor's latest offer for its valued customers. They are offering reduced call rates for their customers. Since Mobilink is the most expensive network out there they must be loosing their customer base and that is precisely why they have reduced their call rates. The revised call rates are nothing but a far cry from giving relief to their customers, which this company never has on its agenda, by the way.    According to the new call rates all on network calls are charged at a rate of Rs. 2.75/min. However this tag is exclusive of any taxes. Adding taxes at the rate of 15% makes this charge Rs. 3.17/min. Now the company felt over generous and provided added benefit to its already bestowed customers. It offered to further subsidize call rates for 3 customer specified numbers. Now any customer can call any three mobilink numbers at reduced rates of Rs. 2.25/min. When we add the taxes at the above rate the actu...

It is getting unbearably cold for me here and this gives me headaches. I can't work with a headache. It is just impossible to accomplish anything fruitful when you have you head throbbing with pain. the end result is ending up wasting another day. another eight hours of studies down the drain. Bad feeling when you have a lot of money on the line in terms of hefty exam fees.    then again I was thinking there is little I can do to assure that everything goes as planned in my life. Or for that matter there is little any one can do to make things go his/her way in life. At every step and in every instance lies hidden a scare, a probability, a chance. We are left out here at the mercy of fate so mercilessly that my heart shivers with mere thought of anything going wrong at any point in time. What is the guarantee that I will be able to sit for my Step 1 exam as flawlessly as I have thought. What if I get fever just before the exam or Hepatitis or pneumonia, anything...

I am upto my throat in peanuts. No, actually they are coming out. That is what happens when you have home grown edibles. I have enough for the whole winter. Not the best quality but the best quantity for sure.    In other news my backache has returned. This time with some considerable bang. Its really frightening since I will have to sit and work on my chair for quite some time to come. I think this time around I will kill it in its infancy with adequate analgesics in my system.    I just can't do more than three chapters a day from my Pathology book. Yea I know pathetic speed but can't help it. Not that I am a very big internet addict just that I tire easily and need distractions to keep my brain engaged. Maximum concentration span has thankfully increased from a few seconds to a little over a minute. No, I am not kidding. I passed medical school with these attention spans. There are no under or overstatements. If you don't believe me ask any...

Dr. Z has started blogging just very recently. If i were you i would be visiting her Zzzz blog more often!

Yea I never said I wouldn't be posting again. I just said expect shorter posts. Anyways I think life is all about setting targets and then striving to get them. Yea I know you have read it before but still. I am running after one single target these days and my marathon has just started to heat up. Time is running by so fast. For the first time in my long life I wish day was a bit longer so that I could do a little more of this thing called studies. I know I know I have changed for the good and just for a change I am trying to study these days. Why shouldn't I? Its my dad's hard earned money on the line and more so the result will be there in his hands to see and lament over! to add to all this he is not the very forgiving kind either so I am getting on my toes.

Yea i am busy these days so don't expect long posts.

My USMLE Step 1 is in 5 month's time. I have revised only one subject up until now. The second one was a half hearted try so I am doing it again side by side with the third subject. Since there is little time left I have to put in some extra to get to the point of perfection. I InshaAllah hope to reach there in time to save the day. It is pretty hard to concentrate on a book that you know is part of your syllabus. Such is human nature that I would otherwise read hundred pages a day of something that is irrelevant and is not going to be tested at all at any platform but when it comes to reading course material prescribed for the exam the progress gets annoyingly slow and agitating. Anyways by my age all doctors have learnt to take all this in a stride; so I believe have I.    I will not be listening to all the lectures for Step 1. Will go through only lectures for Behavioral Sciences and Biochemistry and that too selected portions of the subjects. Most of my senio...

Got one have one!

I am back in town after a week long hiatus. Tried posting from the university but every post got lost in the blogger window...just vanished in thin air! Anyways its over. The big day has passed as swiftly as it arrived. I have the degree in my hand and boy am I glad that I have graduated with the rest of the class. A true feeling of elation and dignity had me overwhelmed the very moment I laid my hands on this white piece of paper that has my name and signatures of Aga Khan (The chancellor) and David Taylor (The Provost) and Shams Kasim Lakha (The President). My amman was there to witness the event and I am sure she must be a proud mother. The oath taking was one hell of a scene when all the doctors were pledging in one single voice to uphold the sanctity of their profession and act by the laws and ethics of their field. When everyone pledged that he/she will bring health and happiness to this world. It was awsome. I hope Allah accepts our pledge and gives us the courage to f...

Landed in Karachi yesterday night. Came to the hostel and met old friends. Went out for food and sat and had a chat. Went to sleep and woke up in the morning. Got some certificates attested and the invitation cards. Then went to the rehearsal of the convocation. Was a big mess there. No one knew what was going on and how things should be handled. After five years i had to see this face of this place. Wasted my time walking up and down the aisle and sitting and standing up. Got my convocation regalia. Have to go to a dinner tonight. I am all tired and wasted though. And i dont like this place anymore. I want to go back to from where i came. I don't want to just stand here and there and pretend that i fel like talking when i don't. I don't want to waste my time tlaking to anyone infact. Everyone sucks big time! The sense of belonging has thankfully vanished in thin air.