Fusion of long bones

Below is one of the lecture slides from my lecture (like, duh?)



Okay, do you see a long bone labelled femur?

That's supposedly the longest bone found in our body; around 18 inches (45 cm) in length.

"Long bones fuse at age 21 years old"

And when we grow taller, this bone is the lengthening-bone. There is this thing called the "secondary centres" or the "growing centres" in this bone. In other words, once they're fused; NO MORE GROWING.

I just turned 21, so....

-.-"

God vs Scientists

MbrLike I've mentioned in the previous post, I love science.

I wasn't born in a Christian family and I only accepted Him in Dec 2001. That's like, almost 6 years now?

Before that, I never believed the existence of God.. just like other scientists (tho' I wasn't and still not a scientist YET). I always doubt and ask questions like... the existence of dinosaurs and whatnot, which was not mentioned in the bible. I haven't read the name "T-rex" in the bible, all I hear is cattle, cow etc. God mentioned bout how He created the earth, the world.. but He forgot to mention other planets in the bible?

To me, "proof" is everything. They explain everything. Just like in a court, a suspect is innocent until they are proven guilty. I want to see it, then I'll believe it. That's not faith. Because faith is something that you believe although you couldn't see it. I can't see God, thus I don't believe. That was last time. Now it's a different story altogether. I can don't believe anything and anyone BUT GOD! He's my best friend!

If any of you know me since young, I DON'T STUDY BEFORE EXAMS. Well, this statement only valid till primary school and prolly lower secondary.

To me, the definition of exam is "Testing the level of your knowledge, till which level you have understood".

Because if I study before exam, the results will be considered as bias already, since I studied for it. Reminder: that was for primary school. Even if I study now, that doesn't guarantee a pass. What a contradiction.

My whole family weren't believers back then. I remember mom would make us kneel down in front of the Chinese altar and the same prayer would be uttered, "God, keep me healthy and help me to grow" (something like that, translated from Canto). Well, it didn't work. I often fall sick and I'm still SHORT!

I was exposed to Christianity when I was in standard 6, aunt Jessica will bring my sister and I to the children's rally in Grace Church, Klang every month I think.

There was once, I secretly uttered this prayer, "Jesus, if you are the real and true God that the people here proclaims, show me yourself. Let me be in the first position in my class".

And true enough, I got the first placing in my class. (Reminder: I don't study in primary school) I didn't believe it straight away. I asked for confirmations and time after time, God is always faithful with me and He answers ALL my prayers. God is good!

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There was once, when this conversation took place in Heaven between a scientist and God.

Scientist: Lord, we don't need You anymore. Science has finally figured out a way to create life out of nothing. In other words, we can now do what you did in the "beginning"

God: Oh, is that so? Tell me..

Scientist: Well, we can take dirt and form it into the likeness of You and breathe life into it, thus creating man.

God: Well, that's interesting. Show Me.

So the scientist bends down to the earth and starts to mold the soil. God interrupted..

God: Oh no, no, no... Get your OWN earth.

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That was a good one from God! LOL. We still need God.

Well, many time we all tend to play God. Most scientists do. They would come out with theories that go against what's preached in the bible to show that God doesn't exist or so.

But I personally believe that God do exist and we learn science to help to upgrade the quality of living; to explain what God has done and not to create life. For example, the more I learn the molecular genetics, the physiology, the human health anatomy; all I could do is to stand in awe of God's marvelous creation.


Taken in Port Dickson by Yuan Ding (Sept 2006)


Taken in Penang (May 2007)

God, I stand in awe of You.

Lastly, would love leave you readers with these 2 questions that my brother once asked me. I have already told him the answer, but I would love to hear from you. Drop the answers at the comment box please.

Questions:

1) Darwinist believes that evolution has taken place by natural selection. The theory said that from our DNA and fossils, our forefathers/closest relative is of Chimpanzee (I think). So, are we descendents of that? But in the bible, it says that Adam is the first man God created (he's not a chimp or anything). So, who is our real forefather?

2) Explain the existence of dinosaurs which was not mentioned in the bible; whose fossils were found at the seabed.

I'll leave you with an article (Click here to read) hoping that you will not be misled while in search of the answers. I believe the bible is the answer to everything. Pray for revelation from God as He reveal the answers to you.

Be blessed and enjoy.

Till then, signing OFF

I love Science!

Since young, I love science.



When I was a kid, I don't play barbie dolls or masak-masak like other children. Neither catching-catching nor hide-and-seek too. Not that am abnormal, wait, okay, I'm unique.

When I was 5 years old, mom enrolled me into a Chinese kindergarten hoping that I could read and write a little bit of Chinese. I disliked learning Chinese, I don't know why but I just dislike it. In less than 2 weeks, I dropped out quitted. I even bit my teacher's arm when she grabbed me so tightly while asking my mom to drive off quickly every morning. Yes, I literally bit her arm and ran back to the car. From then on, am unschooled. I don't know any ABCs or 123s. Prolly I was the stupidest person of my age.

So, I loitered for another year at grandma's place, under her care. I have nothing to do, so I'll just lie down on the sofa and laze around. I remembered watching grandma switching on the ceiling fan for me.



And am amazed. It got me thinking.

"Grandma just press the switch, and the ceiling fan starts to turn. How can this happen? What makes it happen?"

So, I started checking what connects the switch to the fan. And I realise, there's a cable that connects both the main switch with the fan. And grandma mentioned that fan cannot be switched on when the power supply is cut off. Meaning, there is something called "current" that moves via the cable from the switch to the fan? And guess what? I was just 5 years old at that time. Thinking a little too deep huh? I find it freaky, now.

Mom finally found an English kindergarten. I like it there! Finally, I learned how to read, from scratch. I was already 6 years old; the final year before I stepped into primary school. I was placed in the last class (Pre-school 4), of course. I love English. I learned well, and thank God, in less than 2 months I was already the top reader in the class. My teacher had to leave for Makkah halfway through, so the students in my class were streamed. I was streamed into the first class and graduated there. So, thank God am no more the stupidest, prolly the second. =P

During my lower primary school days, I usually follow grandma for "walking" sessions around the neighbourhood in Teluk Pulai. There was once when I found bird feathers on the ground. I'm amazed by it. And idea came to me again.



I cleaned those feathers, and I insert my broken pencil lead tip through the hollow end of the feather and making it my feather-pencil. I always watch olden days people writing with feathers (in televisions) thus, I also want the same. That was the start of my innovation ideas.

In standard 4, we were taught about electricity and the conduction of electricity. A simple electric diagram was taught by connecting wires to batteries to the light bulb. I received a revelation there.

I was not tall enough to switch on the lights in my room at that time, thus making it difficult for me to find stuff at night. So, I designed this instead.


My head-lamp



It's consist of a bulb, bulb holder, switch, battery, battery holder and wires only.




And it works! It shines at night, when I switch it on.


Mun Sheung with the head-lamp

I was just standard 4 back then! Mun Sheung (pictured above) is currently standard 5. Our size and height were similar, so, yours truly was about there?

I love innovating unused stuffs. Mainly from recycling unused items, modifying them to be a brand new useful stuff. For example,


a watering can!

You will be amazed on how an empty-unwanted-Milo can could do to your plants. They can help to carry water, watering the plants. During standard 4, every class was assigned a kebun (yard) to plant vegetables. I was put in-charged for this by my class teacher, Pn Giam. And I came out with this milo can thingy, sticking something to the front end as the head, with the help of some nails and screws; they worked!

Also, Hydroponic Garden was an "in" thing at that time! Every family wants to have a set of it! My family was exceptional though. Somehow, revelation came to me and I designed a mini hydroponic garden using these..



along with polystyrene as it's cover. It looks exactly the same, just like a miniature version of the real one. This design was placed in the Pameran Sains (Science Exhibition) as a creative innovation.

But mom calls all these junk anyway. Guess I was a little too nonsense when I was younger.

I have a secret, I wanted to be the first person to step on planet Pluto last time. I vowed that I would be the first scientist to invent my transport there. But it's sad that that it will NOT come true. Anyway, Pluto is not even a planet anymore. Sigh.

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Nevertheless, I still love science!

I'm never disgusted seeing these. Any internal organs is nothing for me, I'm sure for you too. You can see them heaps in Grey's Anatomy.


Left eye ball


Uterus/Womb



blood is never an issue. But, no amputated limbs for me please! It's gross. Can't take it for the moment.


Trained for CPR. Competent!

During my first year in Monash University, we were allowed to play with toads and mice.


Yours truly at work, dissecting with aid of pretty girls


The cut-opened toad, the membrane.



Now that you know which is the heart, take a look at the following video. The heart still beats!
Reminder: The toad is already dead



We were learning about the nervous system, and you know how muscle twitches when a certain nerve is stimulated, right? Oddly, toads' nervous system could still respond eventhough they are dead up for 2 hours. And here, I stimulated it. Pay close attention to the jaw part of the toad to see the muscle response.

Hint: Muscle twitched during flash lights, because my friends were taking photo of it with flash on!



Wonderful right? God's wise creation.

Next, we also played with mouse. White mice.


Descendants of Stuart Little


We crucified him. We prayed before we started dissecting him. What a worthy death!


His internal anatomy. Cool huh?

By the way, he's really smelly when it's cut-opened. Because of the big intestine.



I brought mask (curi-ed from Mun Sheung, that time got haze ma), thanks to the advanced information by Elaine, my (pretty) lab demo ^^.

EDIT:

Forgot to include this picture that I've uploaded. Very important!


Pik yi with the naked mouse; Sheena and Li Hua with the skin!

My friends, other group literally DESKINNED the poor mouse!!

Right, if XiaXue ever happen to come across this blog post, she'll prolly nominate me as one of the most disgusting blogger. Right..

So, after all these I could boldly conclude that..

MUN K LOVES SCIENCE.. definitely NOT the lab reporting part.
Urgh~ Talking bout it, have to get back to my reports now.

I thank God I'm not in any other faculties like Business. I'm not very good in science but I know I'm lousier in others.. So, if I take them...



you'd need to visit me there.

Signing OFF,


future Medical Scientist wanna-be

Note:

Xue Wen said I looked like a guy in this picture, an annoying one.
Yoong Kang says I looked like a long-haired leng zhai; but not his style of gay partner. He prefer short hair with built-body.
When Joeanne first saw this, her first sentence was "bergaya!" -_-"

Do you think that I'm annoying too? Ahh I'm such a paranoia!

Look At The Bigger Picture!

Credit: Picture sources obtained from a forwarded email by Sue-Li

This simple comic strip speaks so real about us, somehow.

We pray, very faithfully for something, prolly everyday.

Days, months or even years.. time passes, but that something doesn't seem to take place like how we ought to see.

We think that God has given up on us. We concluded that He has forgotten our little prayers. We get angry at Him. We think that He loves us no more. We felt like giving up on Him, on the same-old-routine-prayers. Especially when things are not working right, things seems to be coming against us, not the same flow as us. Maybe some of us even start to doubt if He's for real.

But how many of us actually realise that in the end, God always choose to give us the best? He doesn't want to give us the insignificant-inferior-petty-stuff that we prayed so much for (things we think super good dy), He wants to give you even more!

For example, you prayed so much for a mobile phone.

A nokia 3310 is more than enough for you. You think it's just a small request and surely it's a no problem thingy for God. But He kept you waiting... He said nothing but wait..

1 year..

2 years...

Then you get a N95 instead. Isn't He good? God's intension was not to give you an okay-la-it's-enough-for-me kinda thingy. He wants to give you the best. A mobile phone that works like your computer built-in with 5 Mega Pixel Camera. He's a canggih-ed God. He kept you waiting because the designer of this phone hasn't received the revelation from Him yet, to design this phone.

He heard us and will give everything we ask for, in His own way and His own perfect timing. He's not a selfish God, He's the God of abundance! He's the El-Shaddai! He's the Provider!

We tend to look at the small picture because we're of the world. Only if we set our hearts to look beyond all these, looking at it from a different angle, through God's eyes. We will be able to see the continuous shower of blessings and favours upon our lives. Therefore..

ALWAYS LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE!

This something could be a relationship, finances, health, studies or prolly salvation for your love ones. Just anything. Whatever you pray for, do not give up. Jesus is the bigger picture, He wants to give you EVERYTHING you pray for. It's His promise in Matthew 21:22 (Click here to read the verse)

Be blessed. Till then, signing OFF

Storm

Jolene and Ryan during the class

Today in Children Church, we were learning about Noah's Ark


Teacher: Does anyone know what is a STORM?

Ryan: I know! God's playing drums!

Teacher: Ohh.. God played so well huh?

The innocence of a child.. =)

Anyway, I STILL think that God's taking a picture of me whenever there's lightning. So, I usually smile.

The same goes to speed trap.

Enjoy your day, be blessed!

Till then, signing OFF

B o n e s

I always enjoy Anatomy.

We were given REAL bones to play with in the previous lab session. I repeat, REAL HUMAN BONES.


These are the collection of bones for the upper limb. Basically the arm, this is the right arm. Like some Chinese Word Character, right?

These bones are preserved and varnished for the use during practical exams for medical student where we need to feel every inch of it, and describe if there's a dent, or a projection, sharp, blunt, rough, smooth, the anatomical terminology and so on... for each part of each bone.


Humerus

The bone extending from our shoulder to the elbow.


Ulna (below) and radius (above)

The fore arm extending from the elbow to the hands.


The entire fore limb (right arm of a deceased)





My friend and I, we were hand-in-hand

This is the fake dummy skeleton where we also learn from.

Nice right? Enjoy!



Yours truly. In the eerie-looking laboratories corridor

Till then, signing OFF

Of Burger and Korea Town

How many of you like/dislike our very own local burger -- Ramly burger?

According to the researches done in US, the raw burger patties (McDonalds etc) has high coliform (a type of bacteria family) count. But from my research and similar chemical test done (my project for Food and Industrial Microbiology) on our very own local burger patty (Ramly) production, it contains NO coliform count eventhough we repeated our experiment. Hence concluding that our burger patty is quite clean. Yes, it's clean compared to McDs'.

Gosh, how could that happen?

Anyway, personally... I DON'T REALLY LIKE Ramly burgers, anywhere. I find their bread too dry, and the patties are hard. Except for this particular stall.


Ramly burger stall

It's just directly outside the old Monash campus, the current Sunway University College campus. It somehow tastes and smells VERY nice. Students like Sue-Li and myself were much attracted to it in our second year.


Beef special burger.

There's just something about the burgers in this stall that other Ramly burger stalls do not have. It's just.. good!



And it's only like RM 2.50 for patties wrapped with eggs? If you don't want the egg, each chicken/beef burger costs only RM 2.

Cleanliness wise, they are way CLEANER (Coliform-free) compared to the western burger patties.
Economy wise, they are way CHEAPER than those western burger patties.

So, support la Malaysia.. =)

No jokes la, only this stall. Don't come and scold me if you taste a not-so-nice one from other stalls; I only recommend THIS particular stall okay.

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Moving on, if you study abroad in other western countries etc, you will see "China Town" in most countries; a place for the chinese that craves for their pork supply, the chinese cuisines, the bah kut teh?

Oh well in Malaysia, we have everything. All sort of mouth-watering local cuisines. Anyway, Ah Sian brought us to this place in Ampang where for the first time I see a "Korea Town".

Practically, it's ALL Korean Restaurants in the ENTIRE street. This is one of them..


Korea Mu Jin Jang Restaurant.

We ate here. The food is not bad, and I dare not rate as I haven't tried other Korean restaurants.


The seatings. Note the bbq "pit" in the middle of the seatings.

We had BBQ as one particular dish. Marinated pork.


BBQ pork. *Thumbs up*

It's like those, on-the-spot-bbq thingy, and I like it much. Would say that this is the best dish there.



I know I've said it, but I want to say it again. I LIKE IT. Wait, the sentence isn't complete. I mean, I LIKE IT VERY MUCH.


Kimchi soup

I don't fancy kimchi. I don't really like their taste, especially when it's cold. I know it's so bodoh to don't like kimchi in a korean restaurant. Yeah, but this soup is exceptional. I like the taste. And its sizzling hot (and spicy). I like it! There are cabbages, other vegetables and sliced pork in it.


A scoop of the kimchi soup with my spoon.

Do I remind you of the soup prepared by Jang Geum in korean series, Jewel In The Palace?
Or the soup prepared by Ji-Eun for Young-Jae (Rain) in Full House? Awww~


Chap Je

This is somewhat similar to kimchi, but it's not cabbage. Mixed vegetables, there is actually a whole hard-boiled-egg in it too. My friends like them, but I don't really like the taste. Maybe its just.. me.


Dok Bok Gi

This is some sort of glass noodles with sliced pork, shredded omelets and vegetables on it. I like this too. The taste is somehow, different. Slightly oily, but I like the seasoning taste. Maybe because of some sesame oil seasoning. Unsure though.


The VERY thin and flat chopstick.

Okay, you got it. I had a GREAT problem handling it and this slows down my eating process.


The side dishes. They are FOC (i.e. free of charge)

Overall, the food is not bad. The portion is quite big and if you go in a big group, can try out a wider variety of food. It costs around RM20 per person.



Anyway, this is the name card.

Print this out, flash this card to them when you're there and say you're Mun K's friend, you'll be discounted.

Okay, I'm just kidding! Btw, did you notice the owner's surname is also "Lee"? I somehow much attracted to the "Lee(s)", I don't know why, be it in uni or church or just, anywhere. All my Lee friends. Haha! Somehow.

Anyway, if you want to get there, geographically, it's just opposite of Ampang Point.
Alright, the address is on the name card, give it a try!

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Korean Mart.

There's this korean mart at the end of all these korean restaurants, the entire stretch! And they sell ONLY korean stuffs, with korean writing on every product and I don't what is it. Everything imported from Korea. Korea groceries. Not all, but most goods are quite pricey, double of those we can get in Malaysia.



These are some of the junks sweets I bought from there. Can't afford anymore, only these. The purple colour thingy, I don't even know if it's a chewy sweets or a chewy gum. Have no ideas, can you read Korean Language?

Note: The red-coloured packet is given by Ah Sian, I bought only the purple and blue.

So folks, if you need some supply of korean noodles (a few brands), korean drinks, korean ice-creams, korean sweets or korean-whatsoever; you can get it there.

That's all for this time round of trip to Korea. Be blessed.

Till then, signing OFF.