Sunday, April 29, 2007
Hasta Luego...
I will be disappearing for 6 weeks to cleanse and prepare my mind and body for taking the Boards and allowing myself to go through the process of "BECOMING a DOCTOR".
Friday, April 27, 2007
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
"Mind the Gap"
"Mind the Gap" you hear the automated female voice say several times when you ride the tube in London. It has become a phrase that is brought up in conversation during harmless, joking banter as well as a phrase that has increased the sales of London tourist shirts sold on the streets. You wonder why don't they just fix the gaps themselves rather than risk a lawsuit by someone who fails to see or hear the continuous reminder that is voiced to every rider at every single stop. What about the blind and the deaf who ride the tube?
It turns out that there might now be a more compelling reason to revere the gap rather than just to scorn the poor architectural design. The gap between the train and the platform in India actually saved a man's life...
...but then again; if there was no gap, would he have ever fallen in the first place?
Excerpted From Mid-day Mumbai
"Like you, this man too, had a dream. Like you, he too pushed his way into the crowded train. Like you, he too wanted to get going before he got delayed. Unlike you, he slipped and fell in the gap between the train and the platform at Kandivli station. The man obviously has a guardian angel and supportive bystanders who told him exactly what he shouldn't do - move. And so, the man lay absolutely still as eight bogies of the train passed over him centimeters from his head. Within seconds the 12-coach train passed and the man clambered out, unaided, unhurt, but too shocked to speak to us after his near-death experience. Untidy safety habits Can trip you up."
(For real, --who writes like this?)
Bless Him!
It turns out that there might now be a more compelling reason to revere the gap rather than just to scorn the poor architectural design. The gap between the train and the platform in India actually saved a man's life...
...but then again; if there was no gap, would he have ever fallen in the first place?
Excerpted From Mid-day Mumbai
"Like you, this man too, had a dream. Like you, he too pushed his way into the crowded train. Like you, he too wanted to get going before he got delayed. Unlike you, he slipped and fell in the gap between the train and the platform at Kandivli station. The man obviously has a guardian angel and supportive bystanders who told him exactly what he shouldn't do - move. And so, the man lay absolutely still as eight bogies of the train passed over him centimeters from his head. Within seconds the 12-coach train passed and the man clambered out, unaided, unhurt, but too shocked to speak to us after his near-death experience. Untidy safety habits Can trip you up."
(For real, --who writes like this?)
Bless Him!
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Wedding Pictures
THE BIG GRAND WEDDING!
sorry boys! she's taken now...
WOW! Have you ever seen anything more snazzy?
I'm not one to get fanatical or star-eyed over film and pop stars. They're just average people doing their jobs. Some choose to use their fame to outsource to charity, which I respect tremendously, while others (ahem...not pointing any fingers here...) choose to take the more selfish route and enhance their popularity for their own growth. I do feel that one who is revered as much as Ash can do a lot more for her country than just dance around in skimpy clothing for entertainment. But then again who said that she is responsible for making the world good? I'm sure she's done her fair share of "sewa" for more news and publicity but I certainly hope that if I achieve that amount of respect and fame in my profession that I do something great for the world, unselfishly, before I pass my time.
I've always been in awe of the intricate nature of Indian Weddings and really proud to be part of such a distinguished culture and Ash's wedding doesn't seem too fall too far from anything but "elaborate". I have to admit that she does look very pretty with everything tucked flawlessly and without a hair strand out of place--a perfectly decorated doll! She has the beauty and definitely has the intelligence to make it up this far; as far as to even get attention on my blog entry and to even get you to read it, so I do give her credit for that! :-)
Congratulations and Good Luck to them for a prosperous future!
sorry boys! she's taken now...
WOW! Have you ever seen anything more snazzy?
I'm not one to get fanatical or star-eyed over film and pop stars. They're just average people doing their jobs. Some choose to use their fame to outsource to charity, which I respect tremendously, while others (ahem...not pointing any fingers here...) choose to take the more selfish route and enhance their popularity for their own growth. I do feel that one who is revered as much as Ash can do a lot more for her country than just dance around in skimpy clothing for entertainment. But then again who said that she is responsible for making the world good? I'm sure she's done her fair share of "sewa" for more news and publicity but I certainly hope that if I achieve that amount of respect and fame in my profession that I do something great for the world, unselfishly, before I pass my time.
I've always been in awe of the intricate nature of Indian Weddings and really proud to be part of such a distinguished culture and Ash's wedding doesn't seem too fall too far from anything but "elaborate". I have to admit that she does look very pretty with everything tucked flawlessly and without a hair strand out of place--a perfectly decorated doll! She has the beauty and definitely has the intelligence to make it up this far; as far as to even get attention on my blog entry and to even get you to read it, so I do give her credit for that! :-)
Congratulations and Good Luck to them for a prosperous future!
Friday, April 20, 2007
420 Cannabis Culture
So what's the big deal about 4/20 that has students rushing behind buildings to light marijuana joints at exactly 4:20pm and has cops on high alert at every major high school parking lot? Many classmates of mine in high school would plan for this date weeks in advance and try to master a plan to avoid any encounter with the law and authority that would potentially spoil their fun. (If only they devoted that much preparation time to their final exams; perhaps our world would be a better place!) I've always known that April 20th was a much-awaited date amongst middle school and high school students to light up and get high but I had never questioned its origin; here's what Wikipedia had to say:
"It is widely accepted that in 1971, a group of teenagers at San Rafael High School in San Rafael, California, calling themselves "The Waldos", used to meet every day after school at 4:20 p.m. to smoke marijuana at the Louis Pasteur statue. The term became part of their group's salute, "420 Louis," and it eventually caught on more widely. Many cannabis users continue to observe 4:20 as a time to smoke communally. By extension April 20 ("4/20" in U.S. dating shorthand) has evolved into a counterculture holiday, where people gather to celebrate and consume cannabis."
"It is widely accepted that in 1971, a group of teenagers at San Rafael High School in San Rafael, California, calling themselves "The Waldos", used to meet every day after school at 4:20 p.m. to smoke marijuana at the Louis Pasteur statue. The term became part of their group's salute, "420 Louis," and it eventually caught on more widely. Many cannabis users continue to observe 4:20 as a time to smoke communally. By extension April 20 ("4/20" in U.S. dating shorthand) has evolved into a counterculture holiday, where people gather to celebrate and consume cannabis."
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
The Value of the Mind-Body-Spirit Training that I receive...
A communication from Dr. Tooke-Rawlins:
Dear AACOM and AOA friends,
I am sorry but this is the first time I have been able to respond to the many mails. Please share this with the many osteopathic colleges and friends from the profession who have sent their support.
We are happy to share the news that we have lost NO VCOM students or faculty, however many have lost friends, and all have lost the feeling of safety we once had on this beautiful campus.
The VCOM students have assisted in the ERs, and they were thanked today in the national press conference. VCOM students have volunteered with the Red Cross, and supplied food to the families and friends of the victims. Our students who were EMTs responded to the scene.
>From noon on Tuesday throughout the night and until this evening, I along with Dr Willcox and Dr Kauffman, and many VCOM students provided care to the parents, spouses, and other family members. We were with the families at the Inn at Virginia Tech as the slow process of removing them from a crime scene and providing positive identification occurred providing counseling and other medical assistance as needed. The last family learned of positive identification at 3 pm today, and it was a long and painful night for these families. The mind-body-spirit training we receive as osteopathic physicians was so valuable. We watched the convocation with the parents and families, most of who were too distraught to attend, and wept with them. Additionally many of our faculty were the physicians caring for those who survived in the emergency rooms.
This is a literally heartbreaking time for our campus. Our campus will be closed through Sunday as we assist others. Keep VCOM and Virginia Tech in your prayers, as we try to help our faculty and student body to heal.
Dixie Tooke-Rawlins D.O.
Dean, VCOM
Dear AACOM and AOA friends,
I am sorry but this is the first time I have been able to respond to the many mails. Please share this with the many osteopathic colleges and friends from the profession who have sent their support.
We are happy to share the news that we have lost NO VCOM students or faculty, however many have lost friends, and all have lost the feeling of safety we once had on this beautiful campus.
The VCOM students have assisted in the ERs, and they were thanked today in the national press conference. VCOM students have volunteered with the Red Cross, and supplied food to the families and friends of the victims. Our students who were EMTs responded to the scene.
>From noon on Tuesday throughout the night and until this evening, I along with Dr Willcox and Dr Kauffman, and many VCOM students provided care to the parents, spouses, and other family members. We were with the families at the Inn at Virginia Tech as the slow process of removing them from a crime scene and providing positive identification occurred providing counseling and other medical assistance as needed. The last family learned of positive identification at 3 pm today, and it was a long and painful night for these families. The mind-body-spirit training we receive as osteopathic physicians was so valuable. We watched the convocation with the parents and families, most of who were too distraught to attend, and wept with them. Additionally many of our faculty were the physicians caring for those who survived in the emergency rooms.
This is a literally heartbreaking time for our campus. Our campus will be closed through Sunday as we assist others. Keep VCOM and Virginia Tech in your prayers, as we try to help our faculty and student body to heal.
Dixie Tooke-Rawlins D.O.
Dean, VCOM
1 more for the Abortion Foes...
What? Are they going to force a woman to carry something inside of her for 9 months when she doesn't want to? Obviously, what else would they pull out of their asses with one woman in the court house? So ridiculous! What happened to individual freedom? Can you imagine what kind of doctor I would be by not offering my female patient the best healthcare possible? Denying her of her rights in such a sensitive situation would be like sentencing her to suicide! I for one am not going to allow that to happen to my patients! We're about to undergo one of the biggest turning points affecting Women's Health since Roe v. Wade! We need to fight back and allow MEDICINE to take control of HEALTH, not the GOVERNMENT!
Read this article...
This is sad...
These are the same idiots who think that everyone should be armed. Yea, like that's a way to make less people die! Everyone carry a gun; sure that'll drop the killings! STUPID Idiots! Don't forget to carry your guns with your pencils and pens college go-ers! "Get different color snap-ons to match your outfits--Now on SALE! Yeesh! It's called Education-You Republicans! -Go get one!
Read this article...
This is sad...
These are the same idiots who think that everyone should be armed. Yea, like that's a way to make less people die! Everyone carry a gun; sure that'll drop the killings! STUPID Idiots! Don't forget to carry your guns with your pencils and pens college go-ers! "Get different color snap-ons to match your outfits--Now on SALE! Yeesh! It's called Education-You Republicans! -Go get one!
"I'll do it tomorrow..."
The Cloud
In the sky, the cloud’s dark, gray hands crept,
and then to show its mourn it wept.
Over my house they stood,
sending gushes of wind on its hood.
I can still remember the day,
the cloud had out powered the sun’s ray.
It had hovered my house
as quietly as a mouse.
Until it got mad, that’s when it made a frown
and threw rain, that was as noisy as downtown.
The wind tapped at my windows and roared at the door,
as I quietly swept the floor.
It had been enough for two days,
until finally, the sun came out giving off warm rays.
Oh! how glad I was to see the sun,
now I could go out and have some fun.
Middle School Girl Wins 3rd Place Nationally!
Oh my gawsh I can't believe I found this on a little red floppy disk (what's that?--I Know right!) But, yea I wrote this at some point in middle school when we were learning about "personification" in school and this sweet Uncle, who was our neighbor in Marlboro and absolutely the smartest man used to come to our house as my parents wanted me to learn higher Calculus from him. This man was absolutely brilliant but I got distracted from math when the alphabet started intervening numbers and I never shied away from using the ample of excuses I had to not sit and learn. One day he saw this poem amongst my notes and had asked me if he could submit my poem to a contest and I said sure and never really thought about it after that. But indeed, he was an excellent professor and a fantastic teacher and I kept telling myself that I'll go and visit uncle again at his house and learn Calculus from him. But, life got busy after that as it often does and I didn't make an effort to make time for moments to smell the roses. One night, my mum told me that Uncle had come to see me that evening but I wasn't home and that there was an envelope waiting for me on the table. I went and picked up the white sealed package from the table and opened it. My jaw dropped with disbelief; inside it was something that I hadn't thought about in weeks! I reached in and took out the red 3rd place ribbon that I had received for placing nationally and carressed it with my fingers. In it was also a check prize and a copy of the book that my poem, "The Cloud" got published in! I was so very thankful and grateful that Uncle had submitted this for me! I had never been published before and I told Mum that I'd definitely go tomorrow and visit him when I come back from school. I got off the bus when I came home from school the next day, ready to put my heavy book bag down, and skip along to Uncle's house to benefit from the great knowledge he had to share with the world. I opened my house door casually as I did everyday, knowing that mum had just unlocked it minutes before my bus was to pull in and was ready to barge in but mum was there; behind the door; she was just standing there in the doorway. She hugged me tight right there at the door. I knew something was wrong... I looked at her questioningly and she said, "Uncle passed away this morning, Pari..."
In the sky, the cloud’s dark, gray hands crept,
and then to show its mourn it wept.
Over my house they stood,
sending gushes of wind on its hood.
I can still remember the day,
the cloud had out powered the sun’s ray.
It had hovered my house
as quietly as a mouse.
Until it got mad, that’s when it made a frown
and threw rain, that was as noisy as downtown.
The wind tapped at my windows and roared at the door,
as I quietly swept the floor.
It had been enough for two days,
until finally, the sun came out giving off warm rays.
Oh! how glad I was to see the sun,
now I could go out and have some fun.
Middle School Girl Wins 3rd Place Nationally!
Oh my gawsh I can't believe I found this on a little red floppy disk (what's that?--I Know right!) But, yea I wrote this at some point in middle school when we were learning about "personification" in school and this sweet Uncle, who was our neighbor in Marlboro and absolutely the smartest man used to come to our house as my parents wanted me to learn higher Calculus from him. This man was absolutely brilliant but I got distracted from math when the alphabet started intervening numbers and I never shied away from using the ample of excuses I had to not sit and learn. One day he saw this poem amongst my notes and had asked me if he could submit my poem to a contest and I said sure and never really thought about it after that. But indeed, he was an excellent professor and a fantastic teacher and I kept telling myself that I'll go and visit uncle again at his house and learn Calculus from him. But, life got busy after that as it often does and I didn't make an effort to make time for moments to smell the roses. One night, my mum told me that Uncle had come to see me that evening but I wasn't home and that there was an envelope waiting for me on the table. I went and picked up the white sealed package from the table and opened it. My jaw dropped with disbelief; inside it was something that I hadn't thought about in weeks! I reached in and took out the red 3rd place ribbon that I had received for placing nationally and carressed it with my fingers. In it was also a check prize and a copy of the book that my poem, "The Cloud" got published in! I was so very thankful and grateful that Uncle had submitted this for me! I had never been published before and I told Mum that I'd definitely go tomorrow and visit him when I come back from school. I got off the bus when I came home from school the next day, ready to put my heavy book bag down, and skip along to Uncle's house to benefit from the great knowledge he had to share with the world. I opened my house door casually as I did everyday, knowing that mum had just unlocked it minutes before my bus was to pull in and was ready to barge in but mum was there; behind the door; she was just standing there in the doorway. She hugged me tight right there at the door. I knew something was wrong... I looked at her questioningly and she said, "Uncle passed away this morning, Pari..."
Monday, April 16, 2007
Massacre at Virginia Tech
Officials thought killer left campus after first shooting
More Stupid Cops!!!
and the Republicans still want less gun control...
sigh...
More Stupid Cops!!!
and the Republicans still want less gun control...
sigh...
Starry Night
Burkitt's Lymphoma- A cancer of the lymphatic system, associated with the Epstein-Barr virus and also the cause of mononucleosis as well as other cancers. It is characterized by a large osteolytic lesion in the mandible or by a mass in the retroperitoneal area. It is a high-grade B-cell neoplasm and has 2 major forms, the endemic (African) form and the nonendemic (sporadic) form. Burkitt lymphoma is a childhood tumor but it is observed in adult patients. It is one of the fastest growing malignancies in humans, with a very high growth fraction.
Pathology- tangible body macrophages scattered throughout small round blue lymphocytic background yielding a "starry sky" pattern.
Pathology can be educational as well as pleasing to the more artistically attuned;
(See the macrophages cells with the abundant cytoplasm, giving them a halo appaearance, sprinkled amongst the b-cells lymphocytes? --Now take a look at Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night!)
Pathology- tangible body macrophages scattered throughout small round blue lymphocytic background yielding a "starry sky" pattern.
Pathology can be educational as well as pleasing to the more artistically attuned;
(See the macrophages cells with the abundant cytoplasm, giving them a halo appaearance, sprinkled amongst the b-cells lymphocytes? --Now take a look at Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night!)
Remember the Holocaust...
One word for everyone: REMEMBER. April 15th is a very important day to acknowledge for all religions and cultures alike. We must take aside a moment to honor those who survived one of the greatest tragedies in human history: The Holocaust.
April 15th is Yom Hashoah, the day established to remember the Holocaust. The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews and millions of others deemed unworthy for life by the Nazi regime. The Nazis killed two-thirds of Europe’s Jewish population, along with the Roma (Gypsies), the handicapped, and many Slavic people (Poles, Russians, and Romanians). Also targeted for their lifestyles were Communists, Socialists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and homosexuals.
Remembrance of the Holocaust is particularly important in the medical community. In order to carry out Hitler’s vision of a “perfect race,” doctors and scientists were given free reign to perform experiments to cleanse the German race of perceived impurities. This allowance created a slippery slope of devastating medical procedures. Among the horrific pursuits were hypothermia experiments, infectious disease injections, testing of interrogation and torture thresholds, testing of pharmacological agents on prisoners, and infliction of traumatic injuries for the study of effective treatments and surgeries.
Sterilization was forced upon those with hereditary conditions such as schizophrenia, manic depression, epilepsy, Huntington’s chorea, blindness, deafness, physical deformity, and alcoholism. Hundreds of thousands of innocent victims were tortured and killed in “the name of medicine and discovery.”
Thanks to the Nuremberg Trials, today we have laws in place and guidelines to follow as physicians and researchers. No longer will such experiments take place on innocent men, women, and children.
It is important to remember on this day and on all days, the atrocities committed only decades ago. As we continue on in our careers, we are given the gift of knowledge and power. It is up to us to remember the past and ensure medical care is given to all patients equally.
Please visit the United States Holocaust Museum website for more information at http://www.ushmm.org/. Please take some time out and REMEMBER. Thank you.
April 15th is Yom Hashoah, the day established to remember the Holocaust. The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews and millions of others deemed unworthy for life by the Nazi regime. The Nazis killed two-thirds of Europe’s Jewish population, along with the Roma (Gypsies), the handicapped, and many Slavic people (Poles, Russians, and Romanians). Also targeted for their lifestyles were Communists, Socialists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and homosexuals.
Remembrance of the Holocaust is particularly important in the medical community. In order to carry out Hitler’s vision of a “perfect race,” doctors and scientists were given free reign to perform experiments to cleanse the German race of perceived impurities. This allowance created a slippery slope of devastating medical procedures. Among the horrific pursuits were hypothermia experiments, infectious disease injections, testing of interrogation and torture thresholds, testing of pharmacological agents on prisoners, and infliction of traumatic injuries for the study of effective treatments and surgeries.
Sterilization was forced upon those with hereditary conditions such as schizophrenia, manic depression, epilepsy, Huntington’s chorea, blindness, deafness, physical deformity, and alcoholism. Hundreds of thousands of innocent victims were tortured and killed in “the name of medicine and discovery.”
Thanks to the Nuremberg Trials, today we have laws in place and guidelines to follow as physicians and researchers. No longer will such experiments take place on innocent men, women, and children.
It is important to remember on this day and on all days, the atrocities committed only decades ago. As we continue on in our careers, we are given the gift of knowledge and power. It is up to us to remember the past and ensure medical care is given to all patients equally.
Please visit the United States Holocaust Museum website for more information at http://www.ushmm.org/. Please take some time out and REMEMBER. Thank you.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Sunday, April 08, 2007
"A man's word is his honour."
Not too long ago in our society, this statement construed our everyday lives.
Does it still have the same meaning today?
A man would say that he would rather give his life than break his word of bond and he meant it! For going against his word would demote his character and shame him!
Does your word mean everything to you or are we living in a world without honor today?
Are you a person of your "word"?
(This is a yes or no poll; please reply.)
Does it still have the same meaning today?
A man would say that he would rather give his life than break his word of bond and he meant it! For going against his word would demote his character and shame him!
Does your word mean everything to you or are we living in a world without honor today?
Are you a person of your "word"?
(This is a yes or no poll; please reply.)
Take me for a getaway...
...and of course no matter where we go in the world, we will always spot a sardarji sitting on the corner of a bench somewhere... :-)
Saturday, April 07, 2007
I've found my calling...
That's it.. they're calling me.. They WILL pamper Pari.... what am I still doing here? I'm tired of packing and moving and packing and moving and packing and moving all the time... I need some TLC.... I've found my calling...
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
KHANDA LOOKS LIKE GOD!
so it's 2:22 AM, i'm in the middle of studying sickle cell genetics and then my mind starts to wander as it often does while trying to study hematology and i began doing some doodling and graffiti,... while staring at my Shoprite calendar in front of me that i had so diligently now changed from February to April.... and then as we often do,.....i thought about GOD, .....and then i realized while drawing,... that the Khanda looks like the word, "GOD"!
...either that or my brain is frying...
so i computer graffitified it for you... it's hard to draw it on the computer with the mouse, it looks better on paper... but pretty cool huh?
can get an artist to perfect it, patent it, and it can be on T-shirts, Necklaces, car bumper stickers, posters, etc... think of the possibilities... :-)
~i'm sooo in the wrong field!
...either that or my brain is frying...
so i computer graffitified it for you... it's hard to draw it on the computer with the mouse, it looks better on paper... but pretty cool huh?
can get an artist to perfect it, patent it, and it can be on T-shirts, Necklaces, car bumper stickers, posters, etc... think of the possibilities... :-)
~i'm sooo in the wrong field!
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
My 100th Post! --I'm MOVING THIS WEEKEND!
Kind of sad leaving a territory that one has known and grown in for the past three years! Going to a new and strange place always makes one anxious yet excited about the new beginning. I will miss my friends, my apartment, and the memories I've created here a lot!
Monday, April 02, 2007
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