National Prescribing Service learning module -

"The only other comment to make about trandolapril are the unusual brand names: Odrik, Gopten and now Tarka (as a combination with Verapamil). Sound like the sort of medications you would buy over the internet from a bloke called Borat in Khazhakstan. "

Because all you agagooga readers are geniuses of the nth degree.... who can tell me what procalcitonin is and what procalcitonin time measures (and when it is used)?

Does anyone know the significance to this song? I heard a bunch of (query sephardic?) jews singing it while standing in a circle in a kosher restaurant in the Jewish ghetto in Venice today (saturday, i.e. shabbat).

We want shayak now,
We want shayak now,
We want shayak now, and we dont want to wait!

andrew gan

and whats shayak?
footnote: visiting the jewish museum on a saturday is a bad idea- it Will be closed. Duh!

Read about a don's opinion of medical education as now taught in Australia.

Another cool website:

http://www.creakyjoints.com/

Seth, diagnosed with Spondyloarthropathy at the age of 13, is now 24, and reaches out to people with arthritis on an emotional, educational and humorous level. While other start-ups try to make a million dollars, Seth hopes to one day throw a going-out-of-business party when a cure for arthritis is found.

Bill watterson should have won a pulitzer. His works are essential to understand the spirit of the 90's.

Presenting an extract from The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes:
(oh dear, quoting lowbrow poetry on Balderdash, whatever will aga say??!!!)

Poems

From: The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes

I made a big decision a little while ago.
I don't remember what it was, which prob'ly goes to show
That many times a simple choice can prove to be essential
Even though it often might appear inconsequential.

I must have been distracted when I left my home because
Left or right I'm sure I went. (I wonder which it was!)
Anyway, I never veered: I walked in that direction
Utterly absorbed, it seems, in quiet introspection.

For no reason I can think of, I've wandered far astray.
And that is how I got to where I find myself today.

What is this recent cupcake madness around the world??? Been trawling the net for recipes and all i can find are cupcakes cupcakes cupcakes!!! At least someone agrees with me. Or not.

Check out this website!!! Isn't it cool!!!!

Cute Overload

Take pictures of your favourite pets and contribute!!!

hahaha.... aga's gonna put the obedience collar on me for this.

Andrew attempts to fill in the large (metaphorically) shoes during Agagooga's temporary hiatus.

Seven dreams before death: (i'm assuming this means things i haven't done)
1. Write a musical
2. Choregraph a 30-minute work
3. Trace my family lineage
4. Breed kribensis (blame it on my brother, he was the one who pointed them out to me in a tropical fish book). http://www.justbajan.com/pets/fish/species/krebensis/index.htm
5. Rear a colony of tree frogs. Oops, better not ... they're endangered!
6. Get a disease named after me.
7. Biological researcher on a NASA mission in outer space (far out!)

Seven things I can't do in this lifetime (excluding the ones above- well, dreams are dreams for a reason!) :
1. Take beta-blockers (asthma)
2. Own a Balinese-style bungalow with a balcony opening to a luxurious garden (would love to but doing so would compromise environmentalist principles)
3. Grow long hair (unlike agagooga)
4. Leave (anywhere) at a moment's notice
5. Eat udon without feeling nauseous
6. Multi-task
7. Undo mistakes i've made

Seven things that attract me:
1. Humour - especially ppl who cringe at my jokes but can make even worse ones
2. Nice eyes (=
3. Quiet kindness. The altruistic sort.
4. Any allusion to rabbits.
5. Bright colours. Gelati colours, if you know what I mean.
6. Intelligent and captivating writing
7. Honesty

Seven things I say:
1. Oh dear (according to my classmates, the "andrew" substitution in situations calling for expletives and vulgarities, e.g. a tutorial re-scheduled for 5pm)
2. Super-(fill in the blank)
3. , like,
4. WRRaaaaa (long story, trackback to sec 4 days of "Wrraaaa who threw the bun...")
5. Sigh.
6. That is sooo.....
7. (silence, more often than not)


Seven books that I love (books I would read over and over again):
1. To kill a mockingbird, Harper Lee
2. The chrysalids, John Wyndham
3. Dune, Frank Herbert (What else??!!!)
4. The velveteen rabbit
5. Any of Nigella Lawson's cookbooks
6. The Diving-bell and the butterfly
7. The Bible

Seven movies that I've loved:
1. The Fifth Element (the quintessential sci-fi junkie)
2. My Fair Lady
3. The Sound of Music
4. X-Men 1 and 2
5. You've got mail
6. To kill a mockingbird
7. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Seven tags:
Nah. I'll pass.

Hiya...

"The art of Parkour was born in the mid 80's in France and came to prominence in the UK in 2002. Through further development and with progression in mind, Freestyle Parkour was born. It was felt that Parkour as a discipline was starting to become too regimental & elitist and through the release of an inconsistent and out of date definition, became somewhat stifling and restrictive. The aim of Freestyle Parkour is allow for total freedom of movement, promote creativity and to encourage people to find their own way and develop their own creative license. With Freestyle Parkour, people wishing to perform flips, spins and adding flair, will not be excluded. Anyone wishing to see a perfect example of what Freestyle Parkour is all about, should seek out the 'Rush hour' video of David Belle (co founder of Parkour) performing a rooftop run using regular Parkour techniques mixed in with flips and acrobatics. This is EXACTLY what Freestyle Parkour is all about. "- Urban Freeflow

Would anyone know if parkour is still popular? Came across it in singapore (of all places) 5 months ago.

-andrew

Get this: For the last two days i've been posing outside the venue of a dance concert wearing a nametag that reads "USHER" and looking uber-cool. Okay, so maybe i lied about the "uber-cool" part.

-andrew