Well, I bought a bone a couple of days ago for our tournament that gonna happen this Saturday at the University. Yesterday I made soup with it. Put it into a huge pot and starting boiling the thing for about 3 hours. Added some seasonings, salt, pepper, etc. I whisked away the fat that formed [...]
Apr
23
Wake Up Call
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I love the Swedes and Norwegians at my school. Even when at 5:07 am they call you because they need a translator because they got in trouble with a couple of Poles and the authorities were called and ask you to come to the cop shop because our registrar/translator is unavailable for some unknown reason.
So [...]
Apr
21
Detergent
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In the last couple of days I had some neat experiences.
As I was getting on the bus to go to Auchan where I bought laundry detergent, softener, and this big-ass cow bone for our soccer tournie, this retarded kid came on board and started kicking me. I moved to the side and the kid moved [...]
Apr
19
Guitar Repairs
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Justyna and I were at the music group we go to and during warm-up I left my guitar on top of its case and one of the other members accidentally (I hope) knocked my guitar down which resulted in it chipping some laquer. I’m not sure if there are more structural damages. It’s nothing big. [...]
Apr
18
Pope’s Visit and Medical Care
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So the Pope (Benedict) is coming to Poland and there’s the question of medical care and who’ll take care of him. JP II never brought along a Vatican doctor as he had trust in his people and doctors, Benedict might be different and bring along a germ-an. I’m reading a back issue of a medical [...]
Apr
13
Constant Studying
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It’s not easy being a medical student or having a blog that tries to describe one.
The most interesting thing that happened (is happening) right now is studying…during my Easter break. I wake up, eat, study, eat, study, eat, waste time, repeat. Doing lot of anatomical stuff at the current moment. Exams are happening in 1.5 [...]
Apr
12
A Time of Reflection
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I am a happy person. I couldn’t ask for more. An awesome girlfriend, an amazing school, a chance to observe & assist at surgeries, and a promising future (or atleast I think so).
Sometimes I think why. If I hadn’t gone to Poland back in 2003 and met Justyna then I wouldn’t be here. I wouldn’t [...]
Apr
10
Palm Sunday
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Yesterday day (Sunday) was Palm Sunday. Here’s a picture what palms look like here. I was shocked too but I got over it. We probably make something like this because palms don’t readily grow in Poland and people wanted something special for this today. Not a bad idea eh? They’re nice and I got [...]
Apr
10
Playboy…
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Although the pictures inside showed less skin than U.S. issues 50 years ago, copies were being passed from desk to desk in Jakarta offices, high demand was reported, and newspapers and broadcasters dwelt at length on the Indonesian issue.
no nipples were exposed in the photos, let alone anything approaching full nudity
Wow, [...]
Apr
9
No more Hg
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Hospitals in Poland are starting a 5 year program in order to eliminate all mercury equipment such as thermometers and sphygomometers (I know I got that wrong, too lazy to search up how its correct spelling). This good as it is healthier not to work around mercury but electronic equipment in blood pressure measurements can [...]
Apr
7
Another Shitty Company (FedEx)
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I have just added FedEx to my list of shitty companies that I have had to put up with. So far that list comprises of…FedEx. That is all.
I ordered a skull from lww.com (which is an amazing website and source for medical and educational stuff). The skull was shipped March 28, 2006. I received it [...]
Apr
5
New Moves
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I was at karate today and we started doing some of the Heians. The instructor enlightened me with the new JKA (Or atleast I think it’s JKA now, might have changed) standards. Some moves are different then the old versions. Sensei said that in a testing/practice setting it doesn’t matter too much but a lot [...]
Apr
3
Going for Black
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Today at karate I learned that I have a semi-set examination date for my black belt…January 2008! Well, that gives me lots of time to prepare. Tell ya the truth, I didn’t expect it faster. I know I need to brush up on some things.
I was at church with Justyna for Easter recollections in the [...]
Apr
2
Scurvy
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Scurvy is a vitamin C deficiency. It is also known as ascorbate. It is necessary for the function of prolylhydroxylase and lysylhydroxylase. Without posttranslational hydroxylation of proline and lysine, the hydrogen bonds essential to the final structure of hte collagen molecule cannot form.
What’s this mean?
Usually words with -ase at the end are enzymes. Enzymes do [...]