爬山论

三年前，我很清楚自己一定要去做的事情。所以我不会多加理会别人如何看我，因为我知道自己要走的方向，要攀那一座山。现在到了山顶，看了日出日落，我得到了什么？站在山顶上，想不到我接下来该做什么。因为我做到了我要做的，突然之间，目标达成了，又没有了目标。原来只梦想攀上一座山是不够的，因为我不知道山上是否有我想要得东西。原来，那一座山并不重要，重要是‘为什么' ??
远处还有好多山脉啊。。。但我必须先下山啊。。又是一条漫漫长路啊！
我会攀上属于我的高山， 然后在山顶上和你对喊。。。你在那里好吗？

Half Price

One thing I like England....or the supermarket in England.

Every weeks, every supermarket will do promotion on certain product. So every week you will find something on half price, or buy one get one free. This week you got Ferrero rocher half price, next week shampoo and conditioner, and maybe the week after some fruit!

This week somersfield is doing a promotion for 'hardy's wine' Half price...

Dog also celebrate ester

During easter, many people like to buy easter egg...or chocolate egg..
Some of them hide those eggs in the garden for 'easter egg hunt'. That's something to play to celebrate easter.

So, easter has gone. Many house will left with many egss....
so that's where the problem comes.

We have a dog came in, after consuming 7 big easter chocolate eggs (each about a size of medium papaya!). For your information, dog cannot eat 'human chocolate' as it will kill them if them consume a large quantity. This fella ate 7 big chocolate eggs!!! and absolutely fine.He might have died already but he is fine, walking into the clinic with his wagging tail.......??!! :)

Vet's job- all creatures, big or small......

EM is my colleague. A vet from Czech Republic. We work together, stay together under a same roof and seing each other together.

Today is Saturday and we are not working. I thought we will not have to communicate. At least give each other some private time (私人空间). But she asked me to go to visit a Bees shop because she is going to start her bee keeping plan....

Bees.......yes..it is bees...
I can't see is there any fun seing a bee....well, maybe they just keep the bee but not watching them like you take care of your dogs or cats. Mind you, they are not pet...they work and produce HONEY!!! That's why I am willing to go travel with her in this lovely saturday morning.

Suddenly I have a question, so I asked her: You might want to keep your bees in the garden so that you can keep an eye on them. But if they fall sick, who is going to treat them??? us??? Bring to clinic?? How?

Seriously, we have patient like gold fish, snake, mice, CHICKEN (not bird, it's the chicken that you will eat) etc....but I don't expect to see a bee coming for treatment!

Good friday

Today is good friday.
Well, it does not seem to be a good day to celebrate? or relax. It was a typical depressing weather of england, cloudy, windy, no sunshine, cold, and depressing atmosphere in the air. What to do? Where to go? The weather suppress me to even cook some lunch for myself.
I can feel that this is an Holiday! Not just the normal weekend holiday. Eventhough I have to work to morrow but I still feel relaxxxx.......Plus, today I finally can 'hardly' online 'a bit'. Even the wireless connection still disconnect occasionally and sometime limited connectivity or physically connected but cannot browse, I am still very happy that I can sit in my room and browse the internet for a little while, then re connect again and browse again. You may think it is silly, but you cannot imagine myself without wireless internet in my OWN room. I have to go to the dining room, Pasang the wire/cable then only I can go online. And everytime when I do that, I forgot what I want to search for, I have no mood to 'browse' net. I can only search for the information I want, then offline then back to my room again. Cannot imagine my life without wireless....!!!
So I assume that I am going to spend my good friday in the room. Anyway, nothing to regret because I have been to somewhere nice last sunday. It is called 'Manor farm'. A victorian working farm not far from where I stay.

Manor Farm

The entrance of the farm.

The view of the farm from the garden. The white buildings were the house for the farmer and the teacher (also including a small class room)

Farmers' wife doing their house chores and making bread....

They were sewing the string fromthe sheep's wool.

It is really a good place for a day out with family.

Meet the animal. I dunno why the birds want to be in the sheep shed???

Why it is called' Victorian working farm' ?

It means the farm still in used. Vitorian time is a great time in england's history in which the development took place. Many technologies were invented?improved? Whatever. I know it is a very important time lah for some reason.

And in this working farm, you can see farmer's wife doing the house chores, farmer were farming, the animals- sheep were lambing, cows were being milked, chicken running like dunno when they will be slaughtered.....

There were so many visitors and most of them are families. It is definately a good place for family as the children can see the animals, learn about, cuddling it...very good for educational purpose as well. THere were many places in England which is very good for children's education. This is one of the reason I enjoy living here because you can find some good environment for the development of your child if you want. Many museum and programme in some english heritage site etc...

Mycotic Rhinitis

To share with all my friends especially all DVM......

Tassy is a lovely Greman Shepherd dog. Looks scary but freindly actually. Did not moaning when I try to sedate her with intramuscular injection. But she made some noise as we wanted to put a muzzle on her in which it will touches her nose. She can't afford to have anything touching her nose because she had an rhinitis!! With all the mucus drooling out like saliva. She has been scoped (rhinoscopy) and confirmed to have mycotic rhinitis (aspergillous) by testing the Asper. antibody titre. We were not able to swab the plague inside the nasal wall because contaminated liao lah..what else..only blood in the swab....So have to take some blood sample.

So she was arranged for an 'nose operation' we called.

Everyone in the clinic was very happy and excited to see the surgery as this is our first attempt to carry out this kind of surgery.

As everyone watching, the surgeon carefully drilled 2 holes on the frontal bone (in between both eye orbit), so that we can get access to the frontal sinus. And then, we run the fluid with some antifungal agent into the sinues for half an hour. Finally filled the sinus with antifungal cream. Can you imagine some creaam in your sinus????

After the surgery, Tassy was doing well except occasional drolling of the antifungal cream in the dog cages. The cream was so disgusting !!!

Tassy was sent home. She come back for a recheck after two days and the sneezing and drooling of mucus was gone...Amazing...

My recent hobby

I have registered in ebay for a while but never really buy or sell anything on the web. Recently, I was thinking of buying something but as you know (or maybe you dunno), sometime you can't just buy what you want from the shops around UK. Hardly find stationary shop, computer shop, book shop except in the town. So I started to look for what I want online.

Wau, that's brilliant. Eventhough I know it is very convenient to search for something you want but still doubt about e-business, afraid of being tipu lah....but luckily I got several things from ebay and all not too bad lah. The things is not bad, the only bad one is I have choosen the wrong item to buy loh...

Bought a 'Veterinary student dictionary' instead of 'veterinary dictionary' because it is thicker so maybe it contains more infomation. When I got the book, my goodness....it is 'kindergarden veterinary student dictionary' lah....very very brief and general description, can't even find the meaning of 'abduction', 'scaling' etc....It's now kept on my study table, useless!!

Then got mobile, it was noted 'unlocked', but it cannot read any simcard except 'three' (a mobile network here)....:( so have to unlock the mobile again!! Sigh.

Got three cactus for myself. two of them were so mini than I expected. but the other one was really nice,ofcourse it cost more money! And I now I am bidding for a series of story book from James Herriot, and looking for a PDA...:) I am more and more addicted to ebay now.

My cactus ! :)

春天花开

忘了有一首歌怎么唱了，说的就是春天了，花开了。。

现在春天了，因为到处花都开了，很幸福的感觉。四季的变化，让人感觉很深刻呢。。上一刻还下着雪，现在花开了。。

从自己做起

今天不开心， 觉得明明是别人不够谅解，明明我是被气的嘛。。回家时还闷闷不乐的。后来想呀想的，每件事都要从多个角度去看嘛！ 可能人家没心的lei...可能人家性格是这样子的lei....自己实在不可以太在乎，要以平常心看待，要学习如何圆滑面对这些事嘛。。哎哟，怎么到最后变成自己必须检讨了。。算了，早点成长吧。。。
为什么地球不绕着我转啊？那世界就以我为中心。。。发梦吧！！

大家请update blog

每当我不想念书，又没有什么重要事做时（通常是有重要事也不想做时）就会想上网看看朋友们的blog. 可惜平时不怎么写blog 所以也没有很多blog友。就只有那几个，所以看来看去就拿几个blog。 不过最近大家都没空写blog lei....有的忙着生孩子，有的忙着甜甜蜜蜜，有的可能还在公司压力着。。。害我没有blog 看，而且最近又不下雪。。闷死了！再说，诊所里来了一个locum 兽医护士，拥有多年的经验就霸气十足，气死我了！又不知道对什么alergy,双手很痒，都把手给抓得红肿，手指头也弯不了。。。天啊， 看来这个星期不好过了。。。

Snow 下雪了

等了很久，以为不会遇到了，但是它出现了！
一大早起床，眼前看到的只是一片白，雪白白道路，汽车，树木。。。眼前的世界全是白的，可是心情红得不得了。。
英国的冬天本来就不常下雪，加上我又待在最南部，想看雪更是难上加难。可是我觉得我还是很幸运，二十几年来下得最久，最多的雪天，竟然被我碰上了。我实在无法形容我那几天的心情，就算有人不小心‘踩到我的尾巴’， 我想我还会笑嘻嘻说没关系。。太开心了。听说过几天还会下雪。。。嘻嘻！！

新年快樂

今年的新年一个人过， 也没什么特别， 就一整天在聊天，和家人视屏， 和朋友谈天。。工作。。可惜大家都很忙，根本没空睬我！原来发现没有家人的新年不是新年。

新的一年，该有什么样的新希望呢？
希望今年快快成长吧，心想事成。这一阵子才发现自己在慢慢的长大。
都快老了吧， 怎么现在才发现自己是那么的不成熟，才发现还在学习一些很早就该懂的东西。一直告诉自己，没关系，就重新学习， 慢慢来。但是自己不年轻了呀！为什么这么多年来还是没有进步呢！如果连自己的目标还不明确的话，那什么时候才能实现目标啊？唉哟，很烦。好像很没用耶。连自己都有点看不起自己了。。

加油加油！！新的一年，一定要有新的开始！

当你觉得很乱时

有没有试过感觉心跳很快， 好像很烦但是不是很暴躁； 好像心情不怎么好但不至于想要发脾气；有时好像想要哭但是不知道为什么哭；甚至想要做点事情却不知道想要做些什么？

有点不知所措，有点心乱如麻，就连去睡觉都觉得是一种负担。
是不是忧郁症的征兆？ 好像说着说着，自己都有点担心。。不会吧？
我还很年轻耶！！
我很想快乐， 快乐其实很简单。
世间上每样东西都有因某种原因而存在；每件事都因某种原因而发生；
而它们存在与发生的原因都很简单！
有时，生命就像落叶跟着流水，随遇而安。。。

讓女人一輩子無法懷孕的藥...要注意! PLS READ‏

I got this forwarded email,

各位您好： 尤其是女士們，請警覺這個主題及小心保護妳自己。 對於老是往舞會 (PUB)裡鑽的女士們，請小心 ..， 當妳飲用由男生 (陌生人or女生)提供的飲料時，請多警覺及多留心 。 各位好男人，請好心地轉送這個訊息給你的女士朋友們。 有一種新的藥品在那種地方被使用了不到一年了。 一種 黃體激素製劑 (Progesterex) 這種藥基本上是一種 避孕藥丸 ， 這個藥現在被強暴加害者在舞會上用在強姦受害者以及 使受害者避孕。 一位朋友的母親在藥局工作， 而她說 這個藥只由 獸醫 開立在使 大型動物避孕之用， 但我聽到這個藥被與 Rohypnol(roofies)一起當作 約會強姦藥 來使用。 因為Rohypnol的關係，強姦加害者們只要將它放入她們的飲料中， 被下藥的女孩在第二天早上 不會記得前一晚所發生的事情 。 現在 Rohypnol不單單被使用著。 Progesterex 在飲料中容易溶解 ， 而且與Rohypnol一起使用， 所以強姦者不必擔憂幾個月後 ， 警檢單位以父源關係 [胎兒]來認定強姦加害者 。 但是這藥的影響並 不是暫時性的 。 Proges terex設計給馬避孕用的 ， 任何女士吃了這個藥將 一輩子無法懷孕 。 所有混蛋只要跟任何在 ' 大學唸獸醫系的朋友'拿這個藥即可遂其犯行。 它是如此地 容易取得， 而 Progesterex即將在各個校園裡 出來。 不管妳相不相信這個警告， 甚至在 網路上都還有人教導別人 如何使用它 。 譯註： ＊請轉寄這個警告給任何妳(你)認識的人， 　 尤其是年輕又天真的女孩們。 ＊馬來西亞很可能不久就有歹徒會使用此種藥品犯罪， 　 請各位女士朋友們，多加提防。(Anyone who doesn't read chinese please go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progesterex)

I feel a bit frustrated, are they saying they can get this drug from any vet student and malaysia would probably having this kind of problem...There's only one vet school in Malaysia...I strongly feel it affect all of us DVM from UPM...I need to make it clear. so I replied to all that has that forwarded email, as below:
(May be I am a bit overreact but it happens not only once....yes VET is able to get access to certain dangerous drug, but we are profesional, we took oath, we know what we should and should not do...we have our ethic!!)

Dear all whoever read this article,

I strongly agree that girls need to be very careful and cautios in the party or club regarding what they have taken (drinks or food) from anyone. However, I would like to bring your attention the the statement made towards the drug being mentioned ' progesterex' as : Proges terex設計給馬避孕用的 ，(these drug is being used to sterilize horses), 所有混蛋只要跟任何在 ' 大學唸獸醫系的朋友'拿這個藥即可遂其犯行 (it can be easily available with any vet students in the university).

Highlight is to be made that vets sterilize horses through surgery and not drug, and all VET STUDENT is not able to get access to these drug or anykind or drug until they get licensed. Besides, I doubt the existance of these drug 'progesterex' .

Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progesterex to know more.

I highly respect the rationale of the forwarded email to give kind advises to all ladies which is very important. But I would just like to correct the statement to make sure correct info is delivered to the public as it affects vet's professionalism.

Thank you.


Dr. Teoh Soo Ming
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M) UPM

cycling

cycling in the UK is a leisure activity.
I went cycling today, for a distance of 16 mile. It took me 1 hour plus to arrive the destination and another hour to come back, at 12 degree celsius? more or less...

Well, as the day still bright, it is truly a leisure as the scence is wonderful. However, thinking of I am going to spend 2 hour everyday cycling to work, plus the first frost is coming...I dunno am I still be able to enjoy the cycling. I have to cycle to work at 7 am and come back at 6.30pm. You cant imagine that 6.30pm the sky is just like 8pm in Malaysia....and I have to go through a short distance of forest area...plus there's are less than 10 farms(house) along the way...scream also no one will hear me. Can't believe I am going to do this in next 3 weeks! I think tomorrow the weather is something like 9 degree celcius maximum.

Well, c'est la vie!! need to survive so I have to do it!!!

Outdoor pig farming

I got a chance to visit an outdoor pig farm...wonderful.You just can't imagine...how happy the sows are...(well i think they are happy)..
When I first saw these....

I thought I entered to a camping site...keep asking the vet: Dun tell me there's pig living in the hut!!!....wow, can't believe it...each of the 'camp', well we call it pen, is about 20 meter square, with the mother pig and her baby in it...Piglets live in the hut because it is warmer and they came out to graze with their mother when they are big enough.

Have you ever see pig grazing?

Piglets with the mother....

I sent the pictures to one of my friends, who deal with pig farmers, and he said, he wanted to be a pig too....hahahaha...no just kidding. Being a pig will never better than a human being. :)

Think!!

Don't start with something you can't finish...Dun do something that you can't afford, Don't ever simply give up....

Goodness.....I need to be motivated...think I am in dilemma....still in dilemma....

There's a saying that I love it very much!!
It said:

'Twenty years from now,

you will be more dissapointed

by the things that you didn't do

than the ones you did do.'

So...go ahead....when I lost in direction while driving I just go staight or simply turn anywhere I want until I see the signboard....I never get lost, just a little bit more time to get to the destination....So go ahead....go....

坐飞机

8月26 日下午5时25分，我又踏上这个领土了。没有特别的感觉， 因为她是那么的熟悉， 我才离开不久啊！
12 个小时的飞行还真累人。 刚刚起飞的时候， 机身在某个高度时，突然向右倾斜45度。 那时我的心理在说：老大，小心点啊， 机上那么多人，会不会平衡不了啊？
看来， 我真的老了， 哈哈， 那么怕死！！

一到家， 就开始打美食主意， 和哥哥嫂嫂吃了一顿巴生肉骨茶。。。太好了。

我要当聋子

那天， 脑子里的思绪又乱了， 好烦。
都不知道为什么要烦？ 其实嘛，只要放开了就好！
看了功夫熊猫， 那只乌龟大师说了一句，听过好多次， 但每次一听到， 都会想通的话
： 'Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is Mistery, Today is a gift, that's why it is called 'present'

然后又看到朋友的blog 里的一则故事， 也是很久以前听过的：现在看了， 就
另有一番想法。 这就是为什么失恋的时候听悲伤情歌特别感触。

这则故事是这样子的：

从前，有一群青蛙组织了一场攀爬比赛，比赛的终点是一个非常高铁塔的塔顶。一大群青蛙围者铁塔看比赛，给它们加油。比赛开始了。老实说：群蛙中没有谁相信这些小小的青蛙会到达塔顶，它们在议 论：“ 这太难了！！它们肯定到不了塔顶！ ”“ 它们绝不可能成功的，塔太高了！ ”听到这些，一只接一只的青蛙开始泄气了，除了那些情绪高 涨的几只还在往上爬。群蛙继续喊着：“ 这太难了！！没有谁能爬上顶的！ ”越来越多的青蛙累坏了，退出了比赛。但，有一只却还在越 爬越高，一点也没有放弃的意思。最后，其它所有的青蛙都退出了比赛，除了一只，它费了很大的劲终于成为唯一一只到达塔顶的胜利者。很自然，其它所有的青蛙都想知道它是怎么成功的。有一只青蛙跑上前去问那只胜利者，它是哪来的那么大的力气跑完全程？它发现这个青蛙是个聋子！这个故事的寓意：永远不要听信那些消极悲观看问题的人。因为他只会粉碎你内心最美好的梦想和希望！总是记住你听到的充满力量的话语，因为所有你听到的或读到的话语都会影响你的行为。所以，总是要保持积极、乐观！而且最重要的是：当有人告诉你你的梦想不可能成真时，你要变成 “ 聋子 ” ，对此充耳不闻！要总是想着：我一定能做到！

奥德赛时期

那天在报纸上看见了一篇文章， 与其说被她所说的道理打动， 到不如说这篇道理恰好可以让我好好安慰自己， 文章的大意是说：奥德赛时期。作者怀疑自己正处于奥德赛时期， 而我呢， 正徐徐地进入奥德赛时期。。。

“社会学家说， 人生的阶段有六个：
童年时期
青少年时期
奥德赛时期
成年时期
活跃的退休时期
老年时期

“奥德赛（The Odyssey Years) 指的是后20岁， 30 出头的年轻人， 大学之后在工作与学校之间徘徊来徘徊去， 时而工作，时而上学。推迟工作，推迟结婚，推迟生子。从大学毕业到成年的档期被拉长。。。”

你是不是也有这种症状？
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/09/opinion/09brooks.html