Crow's Nest...

It is so damn tedious that I have to dedicate one whole post to this section in my Kaplan Physiology book. It has been almost a week now, since I set to read it and be done with it. Initially my speed was deterred by frequent episodes of TGD then it moved on to lapses in concentration due to household chores. Now it is just psychological barrier that is standing like a giant in my way. I mean if you look at it the section is nothing but a hundred or so pages of respiratory physiology, that, I happen to know pretty well, otherwise. Perhaps the best in my whole physiology course. Just 100 pages! I have to do as much as possible in as little a time as possible. But while I am at it I have to do it in the very best way possible. Afterall USMLE is no child's play and the hefty fees that are involved in taking this exam make it much more a one time affair for doctors like myself. Almost all my friends are going to take this exam in near future. We are all hoping to do good in it...

The earthquake disaster in Pakistan is still not over. My estimate is that more than 25 hundred thousand people displaced a safe figure for those dead would be about 5 hundred thousand. The estimates given by the govt. are both illogical and incorrect. So I advise all of you to go by my estimates.    I was going through MSN's top five searches and I am surprised to see how little interest this earthquake has generated in a usual net surfer. There you can see Janet Jackson , Pumpkin carving , Sheryl Swoopes , Lizzie Borden , Nicollette Sheridan . No Pakistan no earthquake no relief. Sad.

Your Power Color Is Red-Orange At Your Highest: You are warm, sensitive, and focused on your personal growth. At Your Lowest: You become defensive and critical if you feel attacked. In Love: You are loyal - but you demand the respect you deserve. How You're Attractive: You are very affectionate and inspire trust. Your Eternal Question: "Am I Respected?" What's Your Power Color?

Home is like a heaven where you are served the best in available cuisine after almost every hour or after every fifteen minutes, if you are malnourished like I am. Mothers, I guess, are universally tuned to look at their child and exclaim with a sure touch of compassion about his depleting health. Well in my case my mother's concern is pretty much valid. I have never been bothered by my physique really. I have always belonged to the group of people who eat to live and not those who live to eat. but recently I have started taking special interest in my diet. so much so that I have carved out a diet plan to keep myself fit and busy at the same time. the emphasis is now on gathering and accumulating good portion of nutrients for later times. Let us see what I can do in this regard in the ensuing 4 to five months. After all eating healthy is no crime is it!

I tell the tale of a force that has powers beyond your wildest imagination. I came to know of this Army about a year or so ago when one day I was idling in my room and thinking, most probably, some perversion. A foot soldier on a spy mission caught my eye. It was moving with agility, yet was camouflaged to the sorroundings and made itself inconspicuous. The motion spoke volumes of the confidence that this soul held in its ability to silently explore its enemy's territory. It stopped and paused time and again to gather samples from the territory and to gather further field intelligence. The general of this army of foot soldiers must be a proud existence. Since that day I have had frequent skirmishes with the conscripts of this army and if I had a lucky day then I would be rewarded with the death of artillery men amongst my loot. But these soldiers are one resilient force. They are driven by the sin of gluttony and are active around the clock in gathering whatever blood samp...

Today I paid a few debts that were outstanding...or atleast I made an effort towards it.

The doctor that I am I had started to get used to it. Time is flying by and so are my feelings of compassion for the victims of this earthquake. I guess this has something to do with me being a doctor. We are trained to feel the pain and suffering of our patients at one hand and on the other we are taught, through gradual process of acclimatizing, to suppress the emotional aspect of human suffering. Thus in times of extreme pain we act not on the vim of our emotions and epinephrine but rely on the working of our brains. This they say promotes higher levels of output.    I was almost all set to write a long post about the recent burning of Taliban corpses by the American army in Afghanistan which, by the way, is in complete disrespect to the Geneva convention. But then I tuned my TV for the latest update on quake. The scenes were mind shattering, the suffering is immense, the pain unrelieving, the cold uncompromising and the access to help still unavailable. This ...