tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302209Fri, 11 Sep 2026 07:35:49 +0000quotesloveinspirationreviewshealthlifeTravelfoodmotivationhospitaldoctordreamsfictionclinic lifecouragehopemedicalmedicinepositivityrelationshipworkenduranceacceptancefamilyspiritualbeautydeathfaithhospital lifecafechangepersonalInfertilityNew Yeargoodbyehealingitalian foodmelbournemental healthpregnancyramadhanIslamMalaysiaMoroccoTurkeyadult relationshipsattitudesdepressiondessertsgrowinghappinessmy infertility journeyparispregnancy woesrapereflectionsexual abusethankfulweddingBangsarBe My EyesEidHospital Love StoriesMarocRendezvouzMuarOKU Sentralaccidentaddictionadviceangeranti-vaxxersbarcelonabelievebreakfastchild abusechildrenchinese foodcopingemergency departmentemotionfashionfeelingsfinancefitnessfloodfriendshipgaza warinsecurityjapanklinik kesihatanlearningmarriagemoving onmusicprayerreminderselfsensationalismsexual harassmenttravel videosviolence against womenwomen's rightwomens rights2017Air AsiaAleppoAo ThalaneArashiyama bamboo forestBaliBangsar VillageBoleroBuffalo KitchenByBidsCambodiaCarmina BuranaCasa BattloChangkatClomidCoffee CoffeaCovidDining in the DarkEmma WatsonEnglishErgg ChebbiF-conceptFIQS GastronomyFMFAFMFA 2014FlashmobFoxyBehrFrench toastFushimi Inari ShrineGamingHalloween makeupI miss youIWTFYImpressed.myItsOurLaneKinkakujiKrabiKyotoLGBTLa BocaLatin AmericaLice CentreLisa KudrowMASMajestic Hotel KLMalay pickup linesMalaysia BaruMalaysian Philharmonic OrchestraMelayuMerdekaMh370Northern LightsO&GOrchid ConservatoryPTPTNPampersPandoraParaGames 2017Park GuellPavilionPoya BoutiquePradaPrayforMH370RavelSEA GamesSS15Sagrada FamiliaScandalSheryl SandbergSiem ReapSoukaSpainStudent lifeSwedenTNBTabung harapanTunku JalilTwitterVTLVaccinatedTravelLaneVictoria BeckhamVogueWorldMentalHealthDay2018Yellow Brick Roada second a day projectabuseageingagingairlinesalice in wonderlandanencephalyarabizationbaby showerbackbitingbaked alaskabe truebeethovenbirthdayblessingsblogilatesblood cleansingbody imagebookbuffetbullyingbusinesscadburycancercappadociacar loanchamps elyseechildbearingchillchocolatechoiceschokolaitclassical musiccomicscommon coldcommunityconflictcookingcorruptioncosan's coffeecourtculturecurrent issuescustomer servicecuting sugardate ideasdesertdietdignitydivorcedomestic abusedomestic lifedoraemondoubtdrug deathsdrugsdutyefifel towerelectricityendingsexamsfamiliesfatiguefearfeminismfighting fundamentalismfitzroy gardens.flightfluflyingfreedomfunfuturegaudigeelonggendergender differencesgeniusgratefulnessgreat ocean roadgrowing old togetherhammamhealheartbreakholidayshomehomosexualityhot air balloonshousemanshiphududhumouriPadiPhone photo leaksicelandindian foodinnocenceintergrationislamic lawisraeljapan rail passjapanesejournalismjuice cleansejumpstreetjusticekarmakayakkkmlaurentlawlessonsletting golimitationlouvremadnessmagicmakeup artistmarital rapemeaning of lifemediamemoriesmethmint hot chocolatemiscarriagemistakesmodestymoon's kitchenmotherhoodmoulin rougemusee d'orsaynatureneighbourhoodnewsnewspapersnisa mazbarnostalgianutmegobesityode to joyonline etiquettepaedophiliapalestinepamperpancakesparentingparentspastpatiencepatient storiespeaceperspectivepolygamypray for Malaysiapray for Pantai Timurprocedureprotocolpublikapurposequoterealityrebelreligionreproductionresolutionrespectresuscitationreviewrightsroald dahlrobin williamsroyal jordanianrumisafetyseafoodsex predatorsexismsexual discriminationsicknesssingledomsocial mediasocial responsibiltyspaspiritstuff kids saysunrisesunshinetapastea roomteacher's daytragedytrampolinetransfusiontransporttrusttruthtwo centsunityvegetarianversaillesvictimvictoriawishwisheshttp://acekrusher.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger1040125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302209.post-5075387764006826299Mon, 25 Mar 2024 23:16:00 +00002024-03-26T10:16:02.063+11:00It feels like there’s a wall.A wall without a door, one that stops me from being able to cross over. A wall that seems to keep all the secrets in, the truths that would never be told until the truth is distilled, sanitized into itty bitty palatable pieces, pieces that no longer have those jagged edges. I do not know if this is w good or bad thing. Somehow I feel like the narrative is http://acekrusher.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-wall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ace)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302209.post-4631279503880772268Tue, 14 Dec 2021 14:01:00 +00002022-01-14T01:41:48.638+11:00VaccinatedTravelLaneVTLI recently travelled to Singapore on the VTL and compiled this list; which is hopefully useful for anyone planning to do the same! Make sure you’re traveling on a #VTL flight (only six per day, one per airline). I got the information regarding the VTL flights here. This was one VTL flight per carrier per day, but this might change to in the future, so please double check.  Download the http://acekrusher.blogspot.com/2021/12/travelling-on-vaccinated-travel-lane.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ace)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302209.post-7076053064794054120Wed, 10 Jun 2020 14:48:00 +00002022-01-14T01:50:18.063+11:00The concept of her left side is alien to her, a concept that her brain cannot process. “Is this my hand?” She asked her son. “Who’s hand is this?” The stroke has left her with a condition called neglect, where all the information around her is processed save for the stimuli from her left side, and it has left her with a much more restricted view of the world. “Look this way,” I http://acekrusher.blogspot.com/2020/06/there-is-no-left.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ace)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302209.post-5737056990410065058Sun, 05 Apr 2020 14:53:00 +00002022-01-14T01:54:32.523+11:00CovidThere’s always that moment in these times of the Covid pandemic as a health worker. That dreaded moment when you’re told you might have been exposed to the virus, and you have to go into isolation. You might not be on the frontlines. You might have tried to limit your contact to as few people as you can. You might have been compliant to social distancing measures. But that’s the http://acekrusher.blogspot.com/2020/04/that-covid-panic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ace)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302209.post-5186195557426313019Mon, 20 May 2019 06:29:00 +00002019-05-31T16:29:15.890+10:00Hospital Love Stories He cannot speak but he looks at her with hope in his eyes.  She smiles at him and points out the simple objects as they pass, asking him to repeat them the way you would ask a child, and he obediently does. He seems to understand, but part of his brain is damaged, unable to comprehend the more complex instructions, and he knows.  He struggles to find the words he wants to http://acekrusher.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-wordless-man.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ace)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302209.post-2076487230561058557Mon, 06 May 2019 06:28:00 +00002019-05-31T16:28:20.351+10:00Hospital Love Stories She's 86. He's in his 80s as well, and he's brought her in for her checkup.  She's started to forget, but her husband assures me he takes care of her medications, and that he makes sure she eats the pills every day.  He's driven her here, as he usually does for her doctor's appointments, and I ask if he's still okay to drive, and he assures me he's not had any accidents, althoughhttp://acekrusher.blogspot.com/2019/05/as-memory-fades.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ace)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302209.post-7332516340997583102Mon, 22 Apr 2019 06:26:00 +00002019-05-31T16:27:22.858+10:00hospital life We've had a few emergency cases the past week that have had to be attended by our colleagues who weren't the treating team, or the oncall team - who attended the cases didn't really matter, but two things really stood out to me.  First that it really didn't matter who attended the patient; there was no hierarchy - there was no issue around who should have attended the patient in the http://acekrusher.blogspot.com/2019/04/a-work-appreciation-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ace)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302209.post-8761661321185827582Mon, 08 Apr 2019 06:11:00 +00002019-05-31T16:11:35.527+10:00Be My Eyes Sometimes it's the most mundane conversations - today I received a call from a lady asking to identify the shampoo and conditioner that she had bought, and it just struck me that sometimes it's the very simple things that could make such a big difference.  What if you could have a physical identifier for all shampoo bottles, for instance, that would differentiate them from the http://acekrusher.blogspot.com/2019/04/be-my-eyes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ace)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302209.post-2466736658430474525Mon, 04 Mar 2019 05:09:00 +00002019-05-31T16:10:44.849+10:00IWTFY On this day, you read something that moved you and made you realise there were no more fears to fear. No tears to cry. No head to hang in shame. That every time you thought you’d offended someone, it was all just in your head and really, they love you with all their heart and nothing will ever change that. That everyone and everything lives on inside you. That that doesn’t make any of it any http://acekrusher.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-day-you-read-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ace)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302209.post-582532655616986506Mon, 18 Feb 2019 05:24:00 +00002019-05-31T16:24:57.306+10:00Gaming The relationships we forge online can sometimes be as powerful as the ones in real life, and sometimes games can be a medium towards another world.  A beautifully written piece, and another insight to the world of online gaming - even for non-gamers. Originally found here.  ------------------------------------------------------------   Robert and Trude mourned what they http://acekrusher.blogspot.com/2019/02/my-disabled-sons-amazing-gaming-life-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ace)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302209.post-2465096213551260215Wed, 02 Jan 2019 05:05:00 +00002019-05-31T16:06:01.606+10:00Be My Eyes When I first downloaded the Be My Eyes app, I didn't expect to get a call so fast - after all, some people wait ages before they even get a call; and yet just days after registering for an account, I received a call from a young Indian gentleman asking me if I could help him check if his printout had printed correctly.  Unfortunately the camera wasn't able to focus too well, but I could http://acekrusher.blogspot.com/2019/01/be-my-eyes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ace)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302209.post-8318093502686973722Sat, 01 Dec 2018 05:02:00 +00002019-05-31T16:02:54.917+10:00sexual abusesexual harassment A form of justice.  From compiling the formal complaints, to enquiry boards and interviews and recalling some unpleasant experiences, this was akin to the #MeToo movement - and it took a lot of brave individuals who were willing to step up, come forward and say, "Look, this happened to me too."  Power corrupts, and I hope the outcome will ensure a lot of other people out there http://acekrusher.blogspot.com/2018/12/closure-to-sexual-harassment-case.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ace)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302209.post-4716367591722969996Tue, 13 Nov 2018 04:57:00 +00002019-05-31T16:00:13.502+10:00Infertilitymiscarriagemy infertility journey I thought it was the worst period pain in my life.  I didn't expect a miscarriage.  Heck, I didn't even know I was pregnant, especially since we'd struggled through our journey with fertility, up to five failed cycles with hormones and IUI before we decided to give it a break for the year.  That particular day started out with some period pain, but I had errands to run, http://acekrusher.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-miscarriage.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ace)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302209.post-7845415903377139600Sat, 10 Nov 2018 04:56:00 +00002019-05-31T15:57:03.879+10:00hospital lifeItsOurLane We may not get the extent of gun violence as the States does, but I stand with my colleagues internationally with #ItsOurLane.  I have to admit following American issues with an almost morbid fascination; there’s something just so different about their approach to things that I have to wonder if there’s a disconnect between the people and the politics.  This article below http://acekrusher.blogspot.com/2018/11/its-our-lane.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ace)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302209.post-921719568756544317Wed, 10 Oct 2018 04:48:00 +00002019-05-31T15:48:30.590+10:00healthmental healthWorldMentalHealthDay2018 Today is World Mental Health Day; a day dedicated to the awareness of mental health.  When I first started studying medicine, psychiatry seemed to be very vague, something 'not quite as important' as the other acute illnesses that were meant to be studied.  Over the years, that perception changed quickly - I realized how important mental health was, and how so few people placed http://acekrusher.blogspot.com/2018/10/world-mental-health-day-2018.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ace)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302209.post-6615097029457062002Wed, 19 Sep 2018 09:15:00 +00002018-09-23T19:15:33.231+10:00beauty Watching the Emmys and the beautiful people, it reminded me of a time when you made me feel less of myself, a time when I was young and naive. You would call me ugly, and I would feel the insecurity deep in my core, at a time when I was struggling with teenage hormones and acne, and I wondered how my friends were so pretty when I was not?   You made me feel ugly with your relentless http://acekrusher.blogspot.com/2018/09/beauty-is-only-skin-deep.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ace)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302209.post-7463422899025773687Wed, 12 Sep 2018 09:06:00 +00002018-09-23T19:06:59.341+10:00hospital lifepatient stories "My husband wants me to quit work to care for him, but what can we do Doctor? This economy doesn't quite allow it." She smiles, stroking her child's head. He has severe cerebral palsy; wheelchair bound with poor head and trunk balance. His spine is already curved to the side, and he barely responds to things around him. He lifts his head every now and then, then drops his chin to his http://acekrusher.blogspot.com/2018/09/a-mother-and-her-son.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ace)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302209.post-3806633856174278544Fri, 31 Aug 2018 09:01:00 +00002018-09-23T19:01:38.671+10:00Merdeka Independence can seem like something vague, and as the years go by the idea of Merdeka changes with your experiences. It was an interesting project to walk around the workplace and interview different people on their opinions of Merdeka, and at moments, I felt like I was reminded again and again of the spirit of patriotism that lies behind 31st August 2018.  To borrow a phrase from http://acekrusher.blogspot.com/2018/08/merdeka-video-2018.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ace)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302209.post-8053355160564599221Wed, 15 Aug 2018 09:05:00 +00002018-09-23T19:05:26.865+10:00 Sometimes you have to make the magic happen.  It's easy to become disillusioned, or bored without everyday lives. I remember how things used to be so incredibly exciting, how every day brought something new, and something to always look forward to. There would be phase where I would view the world through new lenses, ones that always seemed to find something to marvel by. As the yearshttp://acekrusher.blogspot.com/2018/08/find-your-magic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ace)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302209.post-7839988780897091977Wed, 25 Jul 2018 08:53:00 +00002018-09-23T18:55:34.603+10:00sex predator “A sex predator is in the house,” screamed the headlines, the latest in a string of scandals about harassment of staff in hospitals, in this particular case, a story about one of the head of departments who sexually harassed his house officers.  This hit close to home, of the stories I’ve heard and the things I’ve seen, and I can only be thankful that I was in his department at a http://acekrusher.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-sex-predator-in-house.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ace)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302209.post-7992771776638021814Tue, 03 Jul 2018 15:20:00 +00002018-07-12T01:20:48.805+10:00emergency departmentmedicine If you see and hear an ambulance with its siren on, please get out of the way.  A siren means that there is an unstable patient that is being transported for emergency care, and it is every person's civic duty to clear the road to their best of ability to ensure that time is not wasted. Today I had the stressful experience of transferring a pediatric patient who was having http://acekrusher.blogspot.com/2018/07/get-out-of-way.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ace)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302209.post-7530986670105654063Tue, 12 Jun 2018 15:17:00 +00002018-07-12T01:18:45.807+10:00Malaysia Baru We have a new government. Initially there was a sense of optimism, of excitement with the heralding of a new era. However slowly it seemed like doubt had started to creep in; the congratulatory mood was slowly replaced by doubts foreshadowing the election of certain individuals to prominent posts who were not Malay and Muslim, and a lingering fear that change would happen that would no http://acekrusher.blogspot.com/2018/06/a-new-government.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ace)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302209.post-7131786224732402770Tue, 05 Jun 2018 15:16:00 +00002018-07-12T01:17:26.123+10:00ramadhanreminder I read this on my Facebook wall and I had to share: ----------------------------------------------- "A letter to the heart that is numb. Standing in taraweeh while everyone is weeping – except you. Your friends talk about how exhilarating fasting is for them – but all you feel is irritation; and that is if you feel anything at all. Your supplications are just words you repeat – http://acekrusher.blogspot.com/2018/06/a-letter-to-heart-that-is-numb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ace)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302209.post-6392900526298057560Tue, 29 May 2018 15:13:00 +00002018-07-12T01:13:16.272+10:00Tabung harapan Malaysian news post-election just seems is absolutely fascinating, almost like watching a country being rebuilt. Every day seems to bring change, but the change also brings to light the skeletons in the closet, especially the country's potentially crippling debt. Today the Ministry of Finance announced Tabung Harapan - a fund that came as a response to the request of everyday Malaysianshttp://acekrusher.blogspot.com/2018/05/tabung-harapan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ace)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302209.post-1429272011983896498Tue, 22 May 2018 15:11:00 +00002018-07-12T01:12:27.493+10:00health People be like "Oh you're so skinny!"  People also be like "Oh how can you eat so little rice?" 😒  ..... I don't remember how old I was when I decided that health would be a priority in my life. Was it due to the frequent hospital admissions I had as a sickly asthmatic child? Was it a conscious rebellion against the thought of weakness?  Whatever the driving force washttp://acekrusher.blogspot.com/2018/05/building-healthy-lifestyle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ace)0