What anaesthetists do

Okay, this is too good not to post.



The lyrics:
Everybody wonders what anaesthetists do
While the patient is asleep
Everybody wonders what we do for three hours
While that machine goes beep
Everybody reckons we drink coffee and we gossip and we're generally subversive
Everybody reckons we do crosswords and sudoku and we chat to all the nurses
But do you really think that's all we do
Oh let me tell you now isn't true

Cause we sometimes check the screen
And every now and then we write stuff
And if we have to insert in(?)
We inject a bit of white stuff [propofol]
And we often too alter the lights
Or the height of the bed
Or fiddle with the radio, change the CT
We even check the patient occasionally...
And if they move, we turn up the vapor,
And then we go back to reading the paper
Cause when the patient's asleep
We just sit and listen to the beep
We just sit and listen to the...

Once upon a time I took pride in my job
But now I think it's time to depart
Cause I just sit here everyday
And listen to bleeps of the heart

I got it from this blog. There are two other videos, one is the Drug Song, which reminds me of the Pokemon song (you know, the one with all the Pokemon names) and the other one is about a wonder drug called Paracetomoxyfrusebendroneomycin. They're good, do check them out!

Men at lunch

Here are a few photos I took since my flight to France.

In KLIA, in front of a shop selling suitcases.

Since my father came to Lyon with me, we went to Geneva for a day trip. This photo was taken in a chocolate shop there. You can see the different animal shapes.

Yummy! But it would probably feel cruel to eat them... :P

Today we went to eat crêpes (French pancakes). The weather was pretty good so we sat outside.

This isn't a crêpe...

...this is! (a galette, in fact...but then it's about the same thing)

And at the end of the road, there was a signboard with a picture of a man eating. I guess it was because there were a lot of restaurants on that road and most of them had tables outside...and the road wasn't that wide either!

The signboard isn't very clear...but this way we can see the restaurant with the tables outside. (it isn't the one we ate at, though...ours was across the street)

Bangkok

Do you know Bangkok's complete name? Turns out it's

Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit

or, in Thai:

กรุงเทพมหานคร อมรรัตนโกสินทร์ มหินทรายุธยามหาดิลก ภพนพรัตน์ ราชธานีบุรีรมย์ อุดมราชนิเวศน์ มหาสถาน อมรพิมาน อวตารสถิต สักกะทัตติยะ วิษณุกรรมประสิทธิ์

I got this from a French site (click here), and the meaning of the name given is this:

"Ville des anges, grande ville, résidence du Bouddha d'émeraude, ville imprenable du dieu Indra, grande capitale du monde ciselée de neuf pierres précieuses, ville heureuse, généreuse dans l'énorme Palais Royal pareil à la demeure céleste, règne du dieu réincarné, ville dédiée à Indra et construite par Vishnukarn"

or, in English (taken from Wikipedia):

"The city of angels, the great city, the eternal jewel city, the impregnable city of God Indra, the grand capital of the world endowed with nine precious gems, the happy city, abounding in an enormous Royal Palace that resembles the heavenly abode where reigns the reincarnated god, a city given by Indra and built by Vishnukam".

The Guinness book of records recognises it as the world's longest place name.

Interesting? ;)

RM2 toilet

When I was at KLCC some time ago, I saw this at the entrance to the toilet and I wanted to take a photo of it, but I didn't... So now Geok Ching has sent it to me:


Would you pay to go in? I didn't, I went to one of the non-paying toilets, and they actually weren't quite so bad. Better than at most shopping malls, anyway. If you ever go into this toilet, let me know how it is inside! ;)

KLCC is a shopping mall, in Kuala Lumpur (KL).

Wavy-Leaf Emerald Moth caterpillar

I came across this article and found it pretty interesting, the caterpillar camouflages itself with its food!

Click here to read the article.

How smart is your right foot?

I got this from Geok Ching:

How smart is your right foot?

This is funny and it will boggle your mind.
And you will keep trying at least 50 more times to see if you can outsmart your foot, but you can't ................
Mind control does NOT work either!!
1. While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles.

2. Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand.

Your foot will change direction. I told you so .....And there's nothing you can do about it!!
Make sure you pass this on to your friends...they won't be able to believe it either!!