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Life as an exhibitor - Days 1, 2 & 3

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Rangoli!

July 30th, 2007 1 Comment »

Vijay’s dug up some old rangoli pictures of what we did back in medical college. I was the third guy in the team of 12 - I did some of the filling in work. My responsibilities included making sure there were enough supplies (colour power, glitter, etc) on that crucial morning. Second year I remember going to the main wholesaler in Coimbatore and buying out his entire stock on the previous day - so much so that the third years, against we were competing, couldn’t get their hands on enough and had to come to us and ask if we could spare some for them. Revenge is a dish best served cold . Our team won the Rangoli competition all the three years we competed.

Drink, be merry - live longer!

January 4th, 2007 No Comments »

There’s good news and bad news for my fellow alcoholics.

Good news that will gladden the hearts of many and help many more justify breaking new year resolutions: Researchers have found that alcohol in moderation may extend life span. Yes, you heard it right scientific proof that drinking is good for you.

According to the data, drinking a moderate amount of alcohol — up to four drinks per day in men and two drinks per day in women — reduces the risk of death from any cause by roughly 18 percent, the team reports in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Read the full article for details.

Bad news: all that alcohol has calories in it.

That’s because the average serving of one ounce of 80-proof alcohol contains about 90 calories. And that’s before mixers are added. . . A Pina Colada, for example, has more calories than a Big Mac.

Not only do spirits, such as vodka, gin, rum and whiskey, contain a higher percentage of calories than beer and wine, but if you add fruit juice, syrups and sodas to the mix — for example, orange juice has 56 calories per serving and Coca-Cola has 105 calories per eight fluid ounces — the calorie count keeps growing. . . More here.

So the choice is yours - do you want to die early because you’re a teetotaler or you drank alcohol in the hopes that it’s expand your life span but put on so much weight that you still die! I choose the latter - life (and death) will be much more enjoyable that way.

Blood Donation

October 1st, 2005 No Comments »

I gave blood today. It’s the World Blood Donor Day. It shouldn’t require a special day to convince people to give blood. There isn’t a World Accident Day or a World Surgery Day. When the demand for blood is constant throughout the year why don’t people give blood more frequently?

I guess it part ignorance and part selfishness. I can forgive you if your ignorant. Ignorance isn’t restricted to the uneducated. Afterall when you’re in your teens or in college, there are more important things in life (girls, movies, drinking, lots of drinking, getting drunk, waking up the next day with a hangover, etc.)

Blood donation is probably the single most humanatarian thing you can ever while you’re alive. Forget about giving away money when you become rich or doing social service. Just donate a unit of blood every 3 to 6 months. If you’re a college kid let me put you on to a secret. Girls dig guys who’ve given blood

What do you do with people who are just selfish? I remember an incident when I was a House Surgeon. I had a patient who needed blood. I was trying to convince his son to donate blood and he just refused. His mother jumped in saying she didn’t want her son to give blood even though it was her husband who needed it.

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