tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304566Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:55:59 +0000| <a href='/search/label/medicine'>medicine</a> | <a href='http://jcyl.blogspot.com/search/label/fitness'>fitness</a> | <a href='http://jcyl.blogspot.com/search/label/classical%20music'>classical music</a> | since 28.09.2007http://jcyl.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (�??人)Blogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304566.post-78856576093624875Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:31:00 +00002009-02-04T17:34:11.043+11:00This blog has been moved to the following new location:http://hkmed.blogspot.comhttp://jcyl.blogspot.com/2009/02/blog-has-moved.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (�??人)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304566.post-7932333763141164090Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:46:00 +00002007-10-23T12:55:35.775+10:00ramblingsRemoving the Blogger NavbarIf you have a blog hosted on Blogger, I'm sure you'd like to get rid of the ugly navbar, right? Removing the navbar is incredibly easy. All you need to do is to copy the following HTML code and paste it directly above the #header-wrapper line in the "Edit HTML" view of your blog:#navbar-iframe {height: 0px;visibility: hidden;display: none;}Save the template and enjoy!http://jcyl.blogspot.com/2007/10/removing-blogger-navbar-if-you-have.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (�??人)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304566.post-2910500640107724418Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:25:00 +00002007-10-22T23:46:00.197+10:00med school applicationMed School Application - Letters of ReferenceMost medical schools require their applicants to submit reference letters (assessments which are written by referees). These letters provide an admissions committee a chance to see what other people think of you. Consequently, the letters constitute an important part of your application package.Choose the people who will submit your reference letter ashttp://jcyl.blogspot.com/2007/10/med-school-application-letters-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (�??人)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304566.post-1374335768719100993Sun, 21 Oct 2007 04:30:00 +00002007-10-24T04:46:24.442+10:00*things for saleramblingsThings for sale!I need to sell the following stuff by the end of December 2007. I'll be in Toronto from November to December 2007. If you live in Toronto and are interested in buying any of the following, please leave me a comment. Prices are negotiable. Thanks!Medical/Biomedical Books:Physiology Coloring Workbook, The Princeton Review (CDN$10; originally CDN$27.5 + tax)Anatomy Coloring Workbook,http://jcyl.blogspot.com/2007/10/things-for-sale-i-need-to-sell.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (�??人)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304566.post-364954997988588918Sun, 21 Oct 2007 04:04:00 +00002007-10-21T14:29:51.223+10:00med school applicationOrganisation of Your Autobiographical Essay for Med School ApplicationYour document must be clearly organised. If you're given directive questions, organisation shouldn't be a problem. However, if you're given open-ended questions or if you're told, for example, to write a 1000 word essay about yourself, adequate organisation is key. There're two general ways you can organise such a response: http://jcyl.blogspot.com/2007/10/organisation-of-your-autobiographical.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (�??人)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304566.post-6694115324406668129Sun, 21 Oct 2007 01:36:00 +00002007-10-21T11:46:44.652+10:00ramblingsBetta splendens (Siamese Fighting Fish)I love betta fish. This bright red halfmoon betta (it's called halfmoon because its tail makes a complete semi-circle) is simply gorgeous; it looks like a fireball.This second betta is also very beautiful!http://jcyl.blogspot.com/2007/10/betta-splendens-siamese-fighting-fish-i.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (�??人)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304566.post-4533155783168922790Sun, 21 Oct 2007 00:59:00 +00002007-10-21T11:22:38.140+10:00med school applicationIntroduction to Autobiographical Essay WritingMany medical schools require autobiographical materials as important components of the application process. Autobiographical materials include essays, letters, or questionnaires where you're given the opportunity to write about yourself. Autobiographical materials are a sort of written interview. Thus the same objectives, preparation, and strategies http://jcyl.blogspot.com/2007/10/introduction-to-autobiographical-essay.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (�??人)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304566.post-4125872809242584785Fri, 19 Oct 2007 05:02:00 +00002007-10-22T23:48:14.532+10:00CUHK med interview tipsCUHK Medicine - Choosing a CollegeIf you have started filling in the non-JUPAS application form, you'll have noticed that there're 4 colleges from which to choose: Chung Chi College (�?�?�學�?�), New Asia College (�?��?�?��?�), United College (�?��??�?��?�), and Shaw College (�?�夫�?��?�). The college system of the CUHK is akin to that of some North American universities; the colleges are congenial communities with their http://jcyl.blogspot.com/2007/10/cuhk-medicine-choosing-college-if-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (�??人)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304566.post-3543669009474443170Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:34:00 +00002007-10-21T04:19:47.076+10:00med school interviewAnswering the Interview QuestionsThe questions may be seemingly simple. The answers, however, can be a fantastic exercise in clearly demonstrating your commitment to medicine or they could be vague responses drowning in ambiguity. Within seconds of your first response an impression begins to form. At the end of the interview, usually 20 to 45 minutes long, an evaluation will be written that will http://jcyl.blogspot.com/2007/10/answering-interview-questions-questions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (�??人)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304566.post-5249663972538174642Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:57:00 +00002008-12-15T06:18:09.242+11:00ramblingsSome more nice wallpapers up for grabs!Sushi! Sushi! How can anyone resist sushi! Yes, they're risky food but who cares? Oh well....the bad news is, Japanese food here in Melbourne Australia costs a ton! In Hong Kong and Toronto, you can eat sushi at a fraction of the price! I can't wait to go back to HK and eat till I'm broke!http://jcyl.blogspot.com/2007/10/some-more-nice-wallpapers-up-for-grab.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (�??人)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304566.post-8457265972306086585Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:06:00 +00002007-10-21T04:27:13.136+10:00med school interviewMed School Interview: Miscellaneous QuestionsWhat do you expect to be doing 10 years from now?How would you attract physicians to rural areas?Why do you want to attend our medical school?What other medical schools have you applied to?Have you prepared for this interview?Have you been to other interviews?You'll do fine in this grab-bag category as long as you stick to the strategies previously http://jcyl.blogspot.com/2007/10/med-school-interview-miscellaneous.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (�??人)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304566.post-8753533147414758096Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:56:00 +00002007-10-21T04:37:26.139+10:00med school interviewMed School Interview: Personality-Oriented QuestionsIf you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?How would your friends describe you?What do you do with your spare time?What is the most important event that has occurred to you in the last 5 years?If you had 3 magical wishes, what would they be?What would you do on a perfect day?What are your best attributes?Of course, most http://jcyl.blogspot.com/2007/10/med-school-interview-personality.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (�??人)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304566.post-4028722553267234315Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:43:00 +00002007-10-21T04:28:19.252+10:00med school interviewMed School Interview: Questions on Problem SituationsA 68-year-old married woman has a newly discovered cancer. Her life expectancy is 6 months. How would you inform her?A 34-year-old man presents with AIDS and tells you, as his physician, that he doesn't want to tell his wife. What would you do?You're playing tennis with your best friend and the ball hits your friend in the eye. What do you do?http://jcyl.blogspot.com/2007/10/med-school-interview-questions-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (�??人)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304566.post-3625762999334454990Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:17:00 +00002008-12-15T06:18:09.663+11:00med school interviewMed School Interview: Stress-Type QuestionsHow do you handle stress?What was the most stressful event in your life? How did you handle it?The night before your final exam, your loved one has a heart attack and is admitted to a hospital, what do you do?The ideal physician has positive coping methods to deal with the inevitable stressors of a medical practice. Stress-type questions are a legitimatehttp://jcyl.blogspot.com/2007/10/med-school-interview-stress-type.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (�??人)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304566.post-1922841792158397151Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:11:00 +00002007-10-21T04:44:02.275+10:00med school interviewMed School Interview: Questions Related to Social Skills or InterestsGive evidence that you relate well with others.Give an example of a leadership role you have assumed.Have you done any volunteer work?What are the prospects for a lasting peace in South Africa? Eastern Europe? the former USSR? the Middle East?Questions concerning social skills should be simple for the prepared applicant. If http://jcyl.blogspot.com/2007/10/med-school-interview-questions-related_18.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (�??人)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304566.post-1257983018285216750Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:57:00 +00002007-10-21T04:45:29.304+10:00med school interviewMed School Interview: Questions Related to AcademicsWhy did you choose your present course of studies?What is your favourite subject in your present course of studies? Why?Would you consider a career in your present course of studies?Can you convince me that you can cope with the workload in medical school?How do you study/prepare for exams?Do you engage in self-directed learning?Medical Schools http://jcyl.blogspot.com/2007/10/med-school-interview-questions-related.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (�??人)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304566.post-1431143543180916634Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:43:00 +00002007-10-21T04:46:50.368+10:00med school interviewMed School Interview: Medically-Related QuestionsWhat are the pros and cons to our health-care system?If you had the power, what changes would you make to our health-care system?Do doctors make too much money?Is it ethical for doctors to go on strike?What is the Hippocratic Oath?Should fetal tissue be used to treat disease (e.g. Parkinson's)?If you were a doctor and an underage girl asked you forhttp://jcyl.blogspot.com/2007/10/med-school-interview-medically-related.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (�??人)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304566.post-5346813139510553465Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:31:00 +00002007-10-21T04:49:38.224+10:00med school interviewMed School Interview: Ambiguous QuestionsTell me about yourself.How do you want me to remember you?What are your goals?There're hundreds if not thousands of applicants, why should we choose you?Convince me that you'd make a good doctor.Why do you want to study medicine?These questions present nightmares for the unprepared applicants who walks into the interview room and is immediately asked: "http://jcyl.blogspot.com/2007/10/med-school-interview-ambiguous.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (�??人)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304566.post-7086091748085838996Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:06:00 +00002008-12-15T06:18:11.047+11:00ramblingsThese wallpapers are good for your eyes (yeah right....)They look nice though, don't you think? I've always wanted to leave the concrete jungle in which I live, and experience all that the nature has to offer. We all need a moment of silence and peace from time to time in order to rejuvenate and to cleanse our minds. Click on the wallpapers above to enlarge. I especially like the first one; it http://jcyl.blogspot.com/2007/10/these-wallpapers-are-good-for-your-eyes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (�??人)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304566.post-7647375802751783528Sun, 14 Oct 2007 01:06:00 +00002007-10-21T04:59:13.742+10:00med school interviewThe Group InterviewThe great majority of medical school interviews are either one-on-one or two-on-one interviews. Some medical schools have group interviews. Most group interviews consist of 6-8 applicants seated around a table and provided a topic to discuss. The problem may be related to health-care or it may be a "general interest" story. Members of the admissions committee may either be http://jcyl.blogspot.com/2007/10/group-interview-great-majority-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (�??人)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304566.post-6960257387620239637Sun, 14 Oct 2007 00:35:00 +00002007-10-21T05:04:28.264+10:00MelbourneThe Melbourne Aquariumhttp://jcyl.blogspot.com/2007/10/melbourne-aquarium.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (�??人)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304566.post-5228905833350712114Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:00:00 +00002007-10-21T05:05:35.972+10:00MelbourneTrip to The Melbourne Zoo Meerkats; I absolutely love these comedic animals! They're totally adorable, especially when they stand up on their hind limbs like humans do!http://jcyl.blogspot.com/2007/10/melbourne-zoo-melbourne-zoo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (�??人)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304566.post-3302590831482360581Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:00:00 +00002007-10-21T05:07:02.040+10:00classical musicShura Cherkassky (Ukraine) plays Hofmann's Kaleidoscope Op.40-4 Shura Cherkassky was considered the last great post-Romantic pianist (surviving Horowitz, Bolet and Horszowski), with a virtuosic, highly subjective style that never failed to stimulate. He was tapping out lullabies on the piano at the age of two, and gave his first public concert when he was nine. The Cherkasskys fled the http://jcyl.blogspot.com/2007/10/shura-cherkassky-plays-hofmanns.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (�??人)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304566.post-2775302683486392868Sat, 13 Oct 2007 04:40:00 +00002007-10-21T05:09:24.350+10:00med school interviewStrategies for answering medical school interview questionsAlways remember that the interviewer controls the direction of the interview by his questions; you control the content of the interview through your answers. In other words, once given the opportunity, you should speak about the topics that are important to you; conversely, you should avoid volunteering information which renders you http://jcyl.blogspot.com/2007/10/strategies-for-answering-med-school.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (�??人)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304566.post-779492278498414606Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:55:00 +00002007-10-21T05:10:57.857+10:00med school interviewPreparing for the medical school interviewIf you devote an adequate amount of time for interview preparation, the actual interview will be less stressful for you and you'll be able to control most of the content of the interview.Read over your CV and/or any autobiographical materials you may have prepared. Note ighlights in your life or specific examples that demonstrate the aforementioned http://jcyl.blogspot.com/2007/10/preparing-for-med-school-interview-if.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (�??人)0