updates

Being in a different place interacting with many different people seriously widened my horizon on things. People of different genres often have criticisms about eachother. They tend to find fault among themselves and make eachother into a joke in order to find entertainment in themselves. Yet, that's life. We need the elements of joy, melancholy and frustration all at the same time in order to make our life perfect.
Many often asked me the differences between Singapore and HK's educational system. Do I study even harder in Singapore compared to Hong Kong? I always tell them, primary school system in Singapore is definitely much slacker, seldom could one see children with piles of homework stacking up; they are always running around freely on standard foot-ball size fields. I couldn't make a comparision with universities because I wasn't in there before. So? I basically can't answer their question. Yet, comparing Physiotherapy course across 3 countries, including Singapore, Chiangmai and Hong Kong; the pace in HK is indeed much more intense. Despite that, students here are really active in extra-curriculum activities; which is often conducted at night.

The following is a slight comparison between HK and SG's modules for Semester One in Physiotherapy.

1) We have our own set of bones for Anatomy to bring home and Anatomy lab is opened for three nights for cadavers' exploration. There are quiz questions for us to complete. This greatly induces independent learning. Seniors are often stationed in those open labs to solve your question. Clinical Anatomy books and altas are there provided in the lab and bookstand are stituated on top of each of the 10 cadavers. This enabled us to read the text and locate the parts while exploring the bodies.

2) For Prinicipal of Practice in PT, notes are really well-organised; it states all the thing you need to prepare for each lessons. In just 3 weeks, we finished the MMT(muscle manual testing) and measurement of the ROM (range of motion) for the lower limb and moving on to the usage of equipments for excercises like the reciprocal pulley and sling. We were already exposed to the clinical assesment form and had a role play on how you go about assessing a patient. For example, how you can finish the MMT and ROM test without moving the patient into a different position each time. Moreover, our teacher likes to criticize the method in our Clarkson book and stimulate us in thinking of better ways in assessing the patients. Recently, we were told to go home and practise drawing different movements during stickman (there is a standard guide for stickman too!) so that we can draw it fast for patients when it comes to exercise perscription in clinicals.

3)For Movement Science (like Biomechanics and Kinesiology), we were exposed to all different kinds of equipments that are used in research to teach us about body movement. Things include the strain gauge and piezoelectric technology that used to view our ground reaction force in the study of human walking, the VICON machine to measure movement of the joints and the EquiTest system that test on our sensory organisation.

4) Con-currently, we have a subject called Generic Anatomy where we are given a whole general picture of Anatomy. Therefore, in some sense, we already have an idea of the structure of the whole body and hence you could find me studying the skull bones when I am actually doing on the lower limbs in Functional Anatomy.

5) As for Physiology, we have been touching on the nervous system for 3 consecutive weeks. hmm... More to go.

6) For my elective, I have chosen Traditional Chinese Medicine and Technology in China and is now struggling to understand things like Acupuncture Meridian that doesn't even exist in Anatomy. It's real interesting though. Just hope that I can get through the test next next week.

Lately, I have been attending the gym almost every mid-night. Well, I basically love the feeling of being healthy. It produces the hormone endorphins, remember? ^^

Aerobic dance started this Wednesday and it was seriously fun. It gave me the opportunity to jump about, unlike social dance that need me to control the movement, I felt a sense of freedom. At the end, there are cooling down exercises that lengthens my muscles. Bravo. Maybe, this shows that I am not at all graceful. (or everyone already knows that? haha.)The teacher looks werid with muscles and a big golden-framed spectacles but he is good in teaching. So, who cares?

This saturday was also the commercement of my Korean class. And the teacher was seriously funny and hence induced me to become funny too. I kept turning out with non-sensible answers that the teacher came forward to shake his hand with me. There are never wrong answers in a language class he said. Well, many of things he said actually stimulate me to think a lot. He told us that students shouldn't copy down notes because one will feel relief that he or she had everything down and your brain will not try to remember it. And that he despises American culture cause they do not even have a language of their own; their language originated from Rome. With a typical Korean look with squash eyes and muscular body, his humour and thinking added on to his charm. I am going to miss his lesson due to Anatomy make-up. Arr.

Tests are starting next week and I might be able to blog no more. Many activities had started and my nights are all occupied. Here is my schedule, just in case you couldn't find me. (Specially to Mummy,Daddy,Uncle Gordon and Aunt Bonnie who is always concerned about my whereabout)

Monday: Lesson Time (0830-1730)
Anatomy Lab (1800-2100)

Tuesday:Lesson Time (1330-1430)
STAR (Sport Training and Rehab) Gym Duty (1830-2100 :alternate Tue)

Wednesday:Lesson Time (1830- 1430)
Aerobic Dance (1900- 2030)

Thursday:First Aid class (1300-1600)
Social dance (2030-2130)

Friday:Lesson Time (0830-1730)
STAR (attached to Basketball) (19:30-21:30)

Yestersday was Polyu Info day. Repeated the same thing for thousand of times. Many who were very interested in our course was shocked by our intake score. Work hard and join us yea! Physio is fun! It's actually not that hard to get in.

Song of the week.


Artist: Richard Marx and Donna Lewis
Song: At the Beginning

Life is a road
And I want to keep going
Love is a river
I wanna keep flowing
Life is a road
Now and forever
Wonderful journey

GOGOGOGOGOGOOGOGOGOGOGO! Strive in Life!
Have Resilience in everything you do and started out with!!!
Love is all around.