I was doing locum one day and saw a young lady. She came to the clinic with her father, She had sore throat and runny nose for the past 4 days. She had preceding fever which has since resolved. Clinical examination revealed nothing much. She was afebrile and her throat wasn't even injected. There was NO EVIDENCE OF INFECTION.

I told them that it might possibly be a resolving viral URTI. The father wasn't convinced.

Bagi la antibiotik doktor. Doktor lain bagi je....

It was still rather early and I still had some juice left. So I explained to them regarding antibiotics.

I think most, if not all medical graduates will understand this meme. Well, at least half of the graduates were persuaded by their parents either forcefully or in a subtle way. I don't have any statistics but there is a large portion of medical graduates who do not practice or have gone FRUST.

Today's tech savvy teenagers have got information at the tip of their fingers. Although some would rather play Pou or Candy Crash, at least they have some way of getting to know about a course before jumping into it.

During my time, in a galaxy far far away, the internet was just at its infancy. Does anyone still remember mIRC chat? That thing was whack! Teenagers then had their parents subscribe to the internet just to use mIRC (remember the modem? kukukuk....krrrkekekeekekekkkkkkkeeeeekkkk).

Tax. Its not something that people look forward to, especially with the rising costs of living. However, for the past 3 years, April is the time of year I can get some money back...from the Government (Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri)...LEGALLY.

I have heard a lot of grouses from my colleagues about taxes such as..

"Why do we pay taxes when the politicians keep on abusing it?"

"I don't want to pay taxes because I am not getting any benefit from it"

Well, maybe you are not eligible to pay income tax in the first place because according to LHDN (IRB), only ONE million out of the FOUR million individuals with files in LHDN are eligible to pay income tax.

Welcome to The University of Facebook where all your dreams can come true. You can be anything you want. We offer courses for free. All you need to do is just register online and update status and get as many likes and shares. Just look at all these testimonies from our alumni.

Mr Stem:
I used to be a school dropout but after graduating from University of Facebook, I now have a Degree in Medicine and Masters in Oncology. I can treat cancer with 10,000 likes and Triple Quadruple Stem Cell!

Recently, a patient made me realize I am a human being. She did not give me any thank you card or flowers. She didn't really do anything actually. It was just a feeling I had from seeing her predicament. I haven't felt this way in a long time. It is not exactly a great feeling but it is what makes humans HUMAN. 

Let's look at the difference between these two news highlights.