Useful Advice

Well sometimes many gives you many advice and you just forget it..

Sometimes its worth remembering forever..

I think I ll write some of the best ones that I got recently..

Both were true to an absolute extent..

--> "You are a spendthrift.."

--> "Not everytime but you tend to do what you like & overhear pple's advice"

Well both are so true for me.. The reason to pen it down here is cause this is the place I access the most.. May be that will be a gud reminder for me to be aware of these two things..

Well Its up to me though to make these changes in me..

I can only say I will definitely try..

And most things that I honestly try definitely succeeds..

Imprinted Fossils

21st July, 2008

.. My this years b'day party..

.. And the moment when The Gang gathered..

.. Once again..

.. But for one last time together..

.. Memories is all that remains of all that we have done in past 5 years..

.. It will be a fabrication if I say I will pen down all those memories in this post..

.. Because Google doesn't have sufficient space to occupy all that..

.. Consider this a tiny little Memoir..

.. A Memoir which by no means is reminiscent because what we share will always keep us fresh and driving all throughout our lives..

30th Septemeber, 2002

.. Orientation day

.. Our first day in a medical college, which considers itself one of the best medical college in Gujarat, which by the way is true(Consider how poor other colleges may be)..

.. The day when no one ever thought we will end up making a group like this - full of potentials, full of exuberance, overflowing with candor, abundance of special talents and most importantly unexpressed yet strong emotional attachments with one another..

.. I guess first time we gathered was at a party of RD and Donnis combined.. With almost 20-25 people there in..

.. That was just the origin of Gang and start of one memorable 5 and half years..

.. First and the only time I guess we used snow sprays in the party(Much to the irritation of hotel staff.. lolzz)

.. First year was all about knowing each others good and bad nature, all about break ups and make ups, only Donnis and Anuja got lucky to hook up with each other though..

.. Dissection tables were always fun.. Those delicate touches which were a feature on my table, you better ask Rushyal though he experienced it only from second year.. hahaha...

.. Talking about Rushyal - He shares some memorable!!! experience with one of our surgery sir too, I hope you remember, huh??(Hydrocele..!! Lolzz)

.. Bunking lectures was also quite a feature, especially with Anatomy department being as it is..

.. Though our attendance can never fall down.. Each one was an expert to pull off an attendance of atleast 7-8 people..

.. Biochem was probably the best department at that time.. We were lucky to study under HOD like Harry Potter(Haridas sir) for first six months after which he left for US.. Though Chaku and Shobha maam were gr8 too..

.. Who can forget our hyperthyroid sir in phyz.. Yeah, Rao sir.. Whether his over-excitement to teach was because of his passion or just a symptom of disease, we will never know.. No offenses though because there is no match for him and his enthusiasm really..

Second Year

.. Come second year and the so called Gang disintegrated into few sub gangs(for the better)..

.. I dont even remember when exactly this core group of 9 pple was formed..

.. Have you ever heard, when talents come together, they always tend to identify each other much easily.. May be that was the case.. Second year cul-fes was fun.. From organizing to winning as usual..

.. Champions came to know each other even more.. 

.. No need to boost about individual performances, cause there is no single field which we din't conquer..

.. May it be in sports - Chess, TT, Carrom, Badminton, Pool and ofcourse Anuja's Rangoli every year..

.. Or May it be  others like SUDOKU, Quiz, Treasure hunt, Singing - both solo and band etc..

(Sorry if i miss many things, we have achieved so much that its difficult to remember even)

Mahabaleshwar

.. There came a trip at Mahabaleshwar, which I was unfortunate to miss(Or fortunate as Me and Sam discussed, cause there is one memory less to look back to which reminds us that we can be no longer together enjoying the same way as we did.. Valay is even more lucky that way as he missed AULI trip which was the most memorable of all without any doubts)..

Journey Continues..

.. Days and years went by..

.. Dont even know when we actually developed some habits common to each other..

.. Rush started sayin "What is" for quite some time which was infectious to whole class..

.. Anuja developed this habit of hers to start punching my deltoid..

.. We have a very common trait between us.. When we started a discussion on something, it was never ended and infact was always diverted to something rubbish.. Exactly from the habit by which all in the group became Hathoda Masters..

.. One more thing about us all, We never gave up for what we thought we were right..

.. And pretended not to give in even in those things jeni ame jid pakdi hoy..

Nick-names

Some funny nick-names we gave to pple in the group as the years passed by -->

.. Rushyal - Rush, Pamto, Scroti (sorry for writing this one here, couldn't stop from writing it.. Guys, I hope u remember why we called him this, lol) and Most important of all, Creep..

.. Nikunj - Nicks, Natu, Nuts, Niku, GM (My list of nick-names is by no means exhaustive)

.. Vaishal - Bali, that just about justifies him.. Remind urself that Kaante's dialogue.. Plus Bali starts from B (I dont need to emphasize more on B with so many associations to it, Right??)

.. Dhwanil - Donnis, Don, Adonis (Only he was the one who called himself Adonis though, a narcissist, lolzzz)

.. Anuja - Puncher, At times some of us called her schizophrenic (Sorry to expose u, lol, I know i will get punches of my lifetime for this, but I am missing your punches already)

.. Simit - Sam, Simcity was given by Patwari i guess hehe..

.. Rohan - RD

.. Urmil - Bond

.. Valay - Vali, Valley, Rich Man

.. Shachee - Rich Woman(Aapdi party udhar che yaad che ne??)

.. Shehzad - Rusti

.. Pooja - Dida, Diii

Navratri

.. Personally being a garba freak, I have always been waiting for those 9 days..

.. And I always had fun with Diii, Sam, Ravi and Nidhi around.. Not to mention, joined by Bali, Rush(When he came, it was definitely fun unlimited...!!!) and Rd at times..

Final year

.. They say its the most stressful of all.. No-one knew what lied ahead of us..

.. Thats when we were together most of the time, as we developed a habit to read in college, right till the closing ceremony of reading hall at midnight..

.. I can still remember Me and RD gathering on the day before university exam, making a list of 10 of our personal hunches for the paper.. And no one can deny how good our hunches were, I remember atleast 3-4 questions every paper out of our hunches..

Uttarayan

.. With so many being kite flying crazies, Uttarayan was real fun every year..

.. Only RD, the B'day Boy, Potani B'day par kalank che not to like Uttarayan..

.. 15th Jan, 2007..

.. Surgery Paper 2..

.. In our bags there were no books..

.. Instead, it was full of firkis..

.. Imagine giving university exams, with kites and firkis in our bags that are placed outside exam room..

.. And that 15 min ride breaking all signals to Bali's place after exam to utilize every bit of light was too thrilling for having a fun of one hour Uttarayan..

Internship

.. Final year ended and Internship started..

.. Though I can't figure out how it ended, just seems to be yesterday that it was the first day..

.. Earliest of shock just before our internship started was Valay disclosing his committed status in front of all, which they claimed was not more than few days(I am still spying to get the real duration though & I have succeeded in finding some clues timing back to second year..!!!!)

Uttaranchal

.. Then came the best 10 days of our lives..

.. Yes, Undoubtedly.. 

.. The Uttaranchal Trip..

.. I don't think I can ever pen down all that happened in Uttaranchal  here..

.. But few of those memories are definitely worth mentioning..

..Train Collision..

.. Our journey started in a train, which took 12 hours more to make us reach Haridwar..

.. A truck collided with the train just outside our bogey(They say the truck driver died on the spot), but the point of interest is not that, what is amazing is all of us were asleep and nobody even knew till the morning that such an accident ever happened, even though train was stationary for more than an hour.. 

.. Masters of Sleep..

..200 meter Sprint..

.. Me, Rd and Simit(I guess, or may be Donnis) got out at Delhi station.. 

.. That for us was a coffee break, turned out to be a 200 meters sprint.. 

.. Cause our train started leaving and we three had to run behind it to actually not miss it.. 

.. If we missed that, we had all our luggage in train.. But that sprint was fun, Isn't it?? Lol..

..Food Attack..

.. We reached Haridwar very late, but amne to Srinagar pohochvani utaaval hati..

.. We reached Srinagar at around 10-30 that night.. Not to mention by a Qualis journey..

.. Man, Those rooms of GMVNL hotels were amazing for the minuscule rent we paid..

.. Nobody can forget the dinner that night..

.. Between 8 of us, this was the total order..

.. Around 15 plates of Paneer Sabji(Could have been more but unfortunately hotel wala e aai ne kahyu ke have khali thai gayu lol)

.. Imagine the no. of Rotis needed for that much of Sabji..

.. So many papads before that..

.. Dal fry and rice, atleast 5 to 6 plates, after eating that sabji..

.. And When everything in that hotel was over, Sweets took over, courtesy Rush, who actually insisted we should taste it.. Finally it never ended as to just taste it..!!!!

..Crazy Ride..

.. How can I forget mentioning the ride from Srinagar to Joshimath..

.. And that we actually gave an additional tip of 50 Rs. to driver just to drop us safely to Joshimath..

.. And that Bus passing just aside the landslide was real heart stopping moment too..

..Blizzard..

.. Jumping to Auli..

.. Given greetings by a blizzard, Auli welcomed us..

.. We were never given this hard a beating as much as that sucking snow did, to reach our room via chairlift.. All faces were red far before we reached our room..

.. Skiing was real fun..

.. Don't even have words to express those days in Auli..

..A day to fight..

.. That too over a matter that could have been avoided..

.. I was all over others and others were all over me, not understanding it was not my fault..

.. But after I threw away my keys and shades on the dining table plates and went back to my room, What happened there is what I can never forget..

.. Sam came on to the room, allowed me to cry, gave a big hug for as long as eternity and finally calmed me down.. Sam, Thanks for understanding my anger and calming me down the way you did..

..Joshimath - Prisoner's den..

.. I bet, No one will ever forget that..

.. Holi added on by North India, A perfect ingredient for the locals, One traveller seen and he is sure to be looted by locals.. Call it their tradition or insanity, but thats true..

.. We were stuck up in a hotel, not able to leave for Kaudiyala, where our next destination - Water Rafting - was..

.. Even Worse -> Hotel was locked from outside.. We were held like a prisoners in that hotel.. Imagine hotel manager risking entire hotel in hands of strangers, so that he can save himself if local people attack us to loot..

..Motion Sickness..

.. That day in hotel, we finished up 500 gms butter with bread in addition to many biscuit packets and loads of other snacks which we had..

.. On our way to Kaudiyala, I remember very few who were not suffering from Motion Sickness, mainly because of the butter we finished up..

.. Every 10 min our Car had to stop because someone was ready to puke out all the stuff..

.. One hell of a ride to Kaudiyala..!!

..Kaudiyala..

.. If our experience at Auli was mesmerizing, Water Rafting at Kaudiyala was a tough fight for that place..

.. All I can say about Kaudiyala is this.. And all will agree this will say it all..

"Row Baby, Row Baby, Row Baby, Rooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwww Babyyyyyyyyyyyyy"

..Delhi..

.. Trip is not over by any means yet..

.. Delhi can never be missed.. Akshardham to Dancing Fountains to Delhi Metros.. 

.. Everything was simply amazing..

..Crazy Shopping..

.. But Delhi trip is not over if we don't go shopping..

.. We spent on shopping, the amount which was more than total cost of rest of the trip..

.. Forget our narrow escape at Delhi in terms of train earlier.. We narrowly missed our plane to Ahmedabad.. We went shopping at 12 noon.. Plane was of 2-30.. And we left for airport at 1-30.. Not to mention, All busy shopping meanwhile.. Only Bakra was Bali, Ek jagya e ubha ubha amaaro luggage saanchavato hato lolzz...

.. Uttaranchal is carved within us as much as we are in each others heart..

Internship

.. We learn..

.. We read..

.. We give exams..

.. We see patients..

.. We prescribe..

.. Badha ne potani aukaat khabar padi gai ti when it comes to actually practicing in front of patients..

.. But that one year was full of learning and full of maturing, not only as a person but as a doctor too..

..Academic achievements need not to be boosted, i guess.. They stand for themselves..

Rush's B'day Party

.. Time for Rush's Bday party and Salad eatery was fun..

.. Food and us, leave the rest for hotel manager to describe..

Marriage time

.. Donnis-Anuja's marriage is also worth mentioning..

.. Though there were very few of us left to actually attend that ceremony..

.. Anuja, We actually wonder if it was u who was besides Dhwanil in the ceremony?? Lol. 

.. U looked so so different in Saari.. And I can bet ke that is the only time in your life when u ever wore a Saari and it will remain so for the rest of your life..

5 and a half years

.. And finally it had to end..

.. We had to be apart..

.. All flying to different locations in US..

.. I bet those departures at airport were not fun :(

.. But one thing for us all..

.. These 5 and a half years that we shared, time that we had together, can never be erased..

.. It only lies deep within us all..

.. Never to be faded..

.. A colossal circuit of memory..

.. A circuit which is imprinted in our brains..

.. Years may pass by..

.. But they will remain forever within us..

.. Because they are nothing less than IMPRINTED FOSSILS..

But then, Fossils are dead, our memories are not and they never will..!!!!!

Never Gone

I really miss you, there's something I gotta say,

The things we did, the things we said
Keep comin' back in me and make me smile again
You showed me how to face the truth
Everything that's good in me I owe to you

Though the distance that's between us
Now may seem to be too far
It will never separate us
Deep inside, I know you are

Never gone, never far
In my heart is where you are
Always close, everyday
Every step along the way
Even though for now we've got to say goodbye
I know you would be forever in my life

I walk along these empty streets
There is not a second you're not here with me
The love you gave, the grace you've shown
Will always give me strength and be my cornerstone

(Somehow) somehow you found a way
To see the best I have in me
As long as time goes on
I swear to you that you will be

Never gone, never far
In my heart is where you are
Always close, everyday
Every step along the way
Even though for now we've got to say goodbye
I know you would be forever in my life

Never gone (gone from me)
If there's one thing I believe (I believe)
I will see you somewhere down the road again
(I will see you somewhere, somewhere, somewhere, somewhere)

Never gone, Never gone, never far
In my heart is where you are
Always close (always close, always close), everyday (everyday, everyday)
Every step along the way
Even though for now we've got to say goodbye
I know you would be forever in my life

Never gone, never far
In my heart is where you are (in my heart is where you are)
Always close (always close), everyday (everyday)
Every step along the way

Never gone, never far
In my heart is where you are :) :) :) :)

Incomplete (Without you)

a song Dedicated for the Dearest:

Empty spaces fill me up with holes
Distant faces with no place left to go
Without you, within me I can find no rest
Where I'm going is anybody's guess

I try to go on like I never knew you
I'm awake but my world is half asleep
I pray for this heart to be unbroken
But without you all I'm going to be is, incomplete

Voices tell me I should carry on
But I am swimming in an ocean all alone
Baby, my baby
It's written on your face
You still wonder if we made a big mistake

I try to go on like I never knew you
I'm awake but my world is half asleep
I pray for this heart to be unbroken
But without you all I'm going to be is, incomplete

I don't mean to drag it on
But I can't seem to let you go
I don't wanna make you face this world alone
I wanna let you go..........

I try to go on like I never knew you
I'm awake but my world is half asleep
I pray for this heart to be unbroken
But without you what I'm going to be is,incomplete...

Male Pregnancy..!!!!!

"As part of a fertility research project, a male scientist agrees to carry a pregnancy in his own body." - This is the plot outline for the movie "JUNIOR", where Arnold Schwarzenegger is in leading role and gets pregnant..

Imagine the world with all the men getting pregnant..!!

I would never have come across to this topic of Male Pregnancy, not but for Anatomy department asking a 3 marker on it..

I was dismantled when I saw this question on paper, which was so standard but for this..!!!

I tried to think for the ways this is possible -
- Implantation on some viscera in peritoneal cavity..
- If Ectopic Abdominal Pregnancy is possible then even Male Pregnancy is..
- What about the hormonal environment..!!? Give supplements may be..!!
- What if there is a rupture..!!? After all ruptured abdominal ectopic is the most common cause of death in women, so why not in men too..!!
- How to deliver? CS, ofcourse..!!

I never got so many of my thoughts right.. When I searched for Male Pregnancy, these were the exact things discussed.. Logically thinking there is no other way too..!!

This is what I was able to find out:

Mr Lee Mingwei
Yes, this is our first pregnant male ever..

In vitro fertilization (IVF) techniques were used to induce an ectopic pregnancy by implanting an embryo and placenta into the abdominal cavity, just under the peritoneum.

1. HORMONES
Oral doses of female hormones were administered to Mr. Lee to make him receptive to the pregnancy.

2. IMPLANTATION
IVF techniques were used to induce an ectopic pregnancy by implanting an embryo and placenta into the abdominal cavity, just under or into the peritoneum. There is a severe risk of massive hemorrhage when the ectopic ruptures; which as I said is the most common cause of women dying in pregnancy.

3. EMBRYO GROWTH
Once implantation was complete, Mr. Lee stopped taking hormones, because the pregnancy itself, as expected, took over. The embryo secretes sufficient hormones to maintain its own growth and development.

4. GROWTH OF THE FETUS
The duration of the pregnancy has been surprisingly normal, i.e. fetal heart monitoring, chorionic villus sampling, ultrasound scanning, and a constant watch over Mr. Lee's health and his enlarging stomach. Men, as they grow older, have already learned to cope with a steadily expanding waistline. Well, Granted, but come onnnnnnnnnnn, this is a bit different.

5. DELIVERY
The delivery will requires Cesarean section to remove the baby and the placenta. Removal of the placenta is the real danger because it forms such intimate connections with surrounding vessels that massive hemorrhage is likely. Implantation may have also involved other structures in the abdomen, including the bowel and it is possible that parts of other organs may need to be removed. Several physicians who are well-accustomed to advanced and dangerous forms of ectopic pregnancies will be on-hand to handle any complications.


Some say its about flirting with God & to do this is so unlike humane..!!
I am against those who think like that atleast..!!
If science tried develop something new, it should be encouraged, after all it was the choice of Mr. Lee himself to be pregnant..

All we can do is to wish luck for his and his baby's good health..!!

Here is an interesting conversation between Mr. Lee and Janice, who took his interview.. Its really interesting what Mr. Lee thinks about being pregnant, he comes up with some real good answers.. Check THIS out..




Well there has also been cases of Male pregnancy in cases of Intersex, but that is highly unusual..!!

All considered, Still Male pregnancy is in experimental phase..!!
Though asking it in exams is as cynical as one can get..!!
Oh someone, let them know that even 1st child by a male is not born yet..!!

Fool se Fun ka Funda...!!!!

..............................1st April.......................................

Only one thing comes in mind.. How to make a fool of FOOLS.... lolzzzzzzz...

I tried searching where was the origin of this day.. Got even more perplexed.. Wikipedia has as worst of literature written over this topic as it can get.. If you are patient enuf to go through it, do make me understand the exact origin..!!!


Nyways, So I was talking bout 1st of April.. The one that values the most its 1st April, 2008..

And there was carved the deadliest of Idea in my mind, which I managed to describe it as a CRUEL IDEA when I told Nids, another companion, who ll make this seemingly Cruel Idea a reality..

It all started in my devilish mind, thinking to screw up three fools in the most mind-breaking way (Now that they are certified, Aki, Don and Namu, I wish there was a prefix for Fools as there is for a doc)

Oh, I had a GF, Dint I?
How can she ever think of Dumping me..!!!!
Well she did...!!!
Not a good idea..!!!
See how I was broken up..
My poor heart pounding thousand times a sec..!!

They felt my pain..
They felt my sorrow..
They saw my smile getting lost in an abyss..
They tried vanishing the term abyss..
They failed..
They found my helplessness..
They found my GF's mistakes..
Only conclusion - Why not go JAB WE MET way..!!?
They asked for a photograph (I smirked in my mind as from where to produce one)
They asked for her number (I was afraid it would ring Nids mobile...!!!)
They threatened to go on fast (They wouldn't have, if they knew the chocs I had in my bag)

Andddddddd came the moment of declaration..
The Oscar(I wish there was a bigger award than this) was awarded to the one and only...



The expressions they had, surprise filled with anger(though they dint show it up to my expectations, Thank God)
I wish I had cameras everywhere..
Cause those were the best cuts for the best videos ever captured..!!!


My intention was never to play with their emotions though I did..
Probably the best way to justify is I got what I wanted..

The way they cared for me
The way they supported me
The way they defended me
Those were the moments that will be carved for ever..

I remember Nids telling them, "Tame loko e je reply kaira che last night (to support me), I am proud of u"


Even more than being proud, I am obliged..
I felt like one thing I can hold on to for this jerkish April fool is the intent of the care for me..

Couldn't have got better response from u D4..!!
Luv u all..!!

Finesse of Fortune

... Referring to my previous post, I may seem more confused than ever...
... Something is just being added to that again, to increase it even more...

... Confused in selection of my universities, their acceptances adds more to the same...

... Got my acceptances from all 6 universities I applied to (I am not counting UMDNJ, cause they are jerks not to understand that our degree certificate comes after June, only after which i can submit it, they just stick to their May deadline) ...

... What to do? What not to? Where to go? Where not to?...

... To start with I dint expect acceptances from all the unis and now that I have it, it screws me up real big as to which uni I must go to..

... I think the toss up may be between Houston and SLU (Drexel could have been there but they dint offer me scholarship, so I ll need to kick them with the fees they have)

... Houston becomes clear favourite being ranked in top 10.. SLU gives competition cause they offer scholarship + They are ranked 4th in research which may help in residency who knows...

... The best thing to do for me is not to think and do what I feel like the very last moment..
... Oh I have my USMLE Step 1, I just forgot...!!!

... M I online now? I think you are wrong..!!!!!

All set or sucked..!!!??

Here I am
This is me
There's no where else on earth I'd rather be

I think Bryan is wrong if those lines were for me right here right now..

There's everywhere on earth I'd rather be..

Baffled as I am, I see no hopes on getting better..

Take one side and I prepare for my USMLE Step 1..
Take other and I need to decide which university I would be going to for MPH..
Take yet another and I get more perplexed than ever, I need to time my Visa Interview amidst all this..

Preparations and Paperwork sucks more out of me than trying to understand Bunty's English.. Atleast those Anatomy lectures were more fun..
Adds to that is our clerk's lack of time..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now I need to peak my study flow and result too at just about the right time..

And I am all set to go this Fall.. Well who knows I am all set or sucked up..!!
Time will shout..!!!

Infact, it is, Right now.. I should be studying I guess rather than writing a post here huhhhh..!!

Well then what am I doing here..!!
I am off...!!! Way before u finish reading this..!!

Chuckle with Delight

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