The Story of Stuff

Something which all of us should be concerned about. Do take about 20 mins to watch this clip.

The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

It never ceases to amaze me that the orthopaedic team just waltzes into each and every room, have a minute discussion (or usually less) about the patient and waltz off into the next room.

What's even more amazing is they completely ignore (or are completely oblivious) to the big signs on the doors that say "STOP! Additional Safety Precautions Required".

And we wonder how MRSA and gastro bugs are spread around the hospitals...

*No I'm not dissing the ortho team. In fact I'm quite enjoying the rotation. It's just an observation*

Friday, March 14, 2008

Adelaide, the (literally) melting pot.

Summer ended a couple of weeks back, yet the expected relief with the expected autumn weather never materialized. In fact, quite the opposite happened. The unexpected has occurred with the last 2 weeks being hotter than the summer I've been experiencing so far. Daily peak temperatures hovered between 37-40 degrees with the nights barely offering solace. This is what my room and bed feel like most of the time:








<-- My room










<-- My bed






In fact, this is the first time I can remember in Adelaide that I've been sweating profusely in the house. It is so annoyingly hot that I can't study or sleep for that matter...ok that was an overstatement. I can only sleep after much tossing around on a hot bed or I just knock off if I'm too tired from lack of sleep due to the 1st reason. Add to that the fact that the heat just drains you of your energy just worsens the whole situation.

I so can't wait for the cold weather to arrive. That would probably make me the happiest person on Earth, if just for a minute or so. At least when it's cold you can just put on more clothes to feel comfortably warm. Pity the opposite doesn't work. After all, there's only so much stuff you can take off to cool off. Plus one of the greatest pleasures in life has to be crawling under a nice warm quilt in the heart of winter.
This is one of the rare times that I actually envy the Villagers with their unlimited use of aircon, however damaging it is to the environment.

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Mega Pwnage

A gem I found on Youtube :)