Things you don't want to hear during surgery

"Better save that. We'll need it for the autopsy."
"Accept this sacrifice, O Great Lord of Darkness"
"Bo! Bo! Come back with that! Bad Dog!"
"Wait a minute, if this is his spleen, then what's that?"
"Hand me that ... uh ... that uh..... thingie"
"Oh no! I just lost my Rolex."
"Oops! Hey, has anyone ever survived 500ml of this stuff before?"
"There goes the lights again..."
"Ya know, there's big money in kidneys.. and this guy's got two of'em."
"Everybody stand back! I lost my contact lens!"
"Could you stop that thing from beating; it's throwing my concentration off."
"What's this doing here?"
"I hate it when they're missing stuff in here."
"That's cool! Now can you make his leg twitch?!"
"Well folks, this will be an experiment for all of us."
"What do you mean he wasn't in for a sex change..."
"This patient has already had some kids, am I correct?"
"FIRE! FIRE! Everyone get out!"
"Oh no! Page 47 of the manual is missing!"

Have you been paying attention?

Every day we observe things that we scarcely notice. Our brains automatically attend to the important and ignore the incidental. From the rush of incoming stimuli, they filter out the repetitious and insubstantial, allowing only the "important" information to pass. But sometimes, even the most trivial details may turn out to be significant.

Take this quiz to find out how much you have been observing.

1. In which direction do pieces travel around a Monopoly board - clockwise or counterclockwise?
2. What is the lowest number on an FM radio dial?
3. On a standard keyboard, over which number do you find %?
4. Do books have their even-numbered pages on the left or the right?
5. Which way does the red diagonal slash go in the international "No Parking" or "No Smoking" sign?

Disgruntled? Complain!

Saw this little snippet in the 12 Sep edition of Sky Post. I think it applies to Singaporeans as well.

“香港人没有太多机会面对大型灾难，小事不满便立即投诉。相反日本人面对灾难时的安然和自律很值得大家学习。”
~ 香港前天文台台长林超英为《日本.再出发--在日港人311地震后感》撰写书序

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Everything I need to know, I learned it from Noah's Ark

1. Don't miss the boat.
2. Remember that we are all in the same boat.
3. Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark.
4. Stay fit. When you're 60 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big.
5. Don't listen to critics; just get on with the job that needs to be done.
6. Build your future on high ground.
7. For safety's sake, travel in pairs.
8. Speed isn't always an advantage. The snails were on board with the cheetahs.
9. When you're stressed, float a while.
10. Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals.

Before you study, you see...

...similarities?



Let's hope studying in the UK is no longer a nightmare now that the British Pound has taken a pounding.