MOLIU http://blog.moliu.org Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:17:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Hong Kong Patients http://blog.moliu.org/2008/03/29/hong-kong-patients/ http://blog.moliu.org/2008/03/29/hong-kong-patients/#comments Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:17:26 +0000 jeremy http://blog.moliu.org/2008/03/29/hong-kong-patients/ Sometimes the patients that we see are pretty unreasonable. I was on-duty at the accident and emergency department last night. Throughout the whole night we had a steady stream of patients seeking help. Around 3 to 4AM in the morning a woman came to the AED with abdominal pain. Her vitals were normal and stable and she was walking around without any problem. Anyway around 30 minutes into her wait, her husband came aggressively saying his wife’s in pain and he asked to be upgraded. The nurses explained the procedure and the that his wife was 3rd in line anyway. But he kept on pushing aggressively and then started verbal abusing the staff. Eventually the nurses had enough and caved in and bumped his wife up. I had just finished seeing another patient and was writing up the papers. This man kept on standing outside the cubicle and was staring at me writing up. Naturally, I was uncomfortable because this agitated person was staring at me. I politely asked this man to accompany his wife instead of standing outside the cubicle. Instead of accompanying his wife whom he claims to be in pain, he comes yelling at me telling me not to tell him what to do. I honestly don’t understand what these people are thinking. Anyway, these are not poor people. According to their address, they’re actually quite wealthy. After the examination during which her abdomen was soft, and I was unable to elicit any tenderness The woman asked if she could have an ultrasound (because she saw the ultrasound machine in the cubicle). Anyway, I’m not formally trained to perform ultrasound so had to say no. Eventually, I gave her a diagnosis of urinary tract infection which I don’t think she was satisfied with. I gave her the option of further investigation by admitting as an in-patient but she declined.

Honestly, I don’t know what people expect from the public health care system. Our waiting time is probably one of the shortest in Hong Kong already. She probably didn’t have to wait more than a hour. They seem to expect that if they’re in pain, they have to been seen immediately. Yet if they decided to be seen in a private hospital, they don’t complain when they’re not seen immediately even though they paid way more than what they pay at the public system. I can tell you that most of the people attending the accident and emergency department is probably in pain, so it’s highly unlikely to be seen immediately even though you’re in pain. I once had a finger fracture and I was told at the QMH AED that I will probably been see in 4 hours! They demand an extensive investigation even though they only pay HKD100 (around USD 12). They don’t understand that after a 10 minutes consultation, you can only have a provisional diagnosis.

I reckon we should just not subsidize healthcare, let people know that they’re really getting a great service! (That’s just the radical side of me talking)

]]> http://blog.moliu.org/2008/03/29/hong-kong-patients/feed/ Winning http://blog.moliu.org/2008/02/20/untitled/ http://blog.moliu.org/2008/02/20/untitled/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:03:53 +0000 jeremy http://blog.moliu.org/2008/02/20/untitled/ Just another day at the Shen’s. Getting into the spirit!

Jane getting into the spirit of Winning!

]]> http://blog.moliu.org/2008/02/20/untitled/feed/ AXA Motor Insurance http://blog.moliu.org/2007/10/31/axa-motor-insurance/ http://blog.moliu.org/2007/10/31/axa-motor-insurance/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:17:11 +0000 jeremy http://blog.moliu.org/2007/10/31/axa-motor-insurance/ I was involved in a road traffic accident in mid-September. It was an unfortunate event, but accidents do happen which is why we have insurance. It was a relatively low velocity accident probably less than 10 km/hr, but the damage to my car was quite extensive. I made a claim with my insurance company which happened to be AXA. Their service was horrible. They have been very slow process my claim and after more than 1 month, my car is still at the garage. Now they are trying to reject my claim which is even worst. My insurance agent have been less than helpful. You would have thought that the agent is here to represent your interest. But the agent from Sun Hing Insurance seems to be representing the insurance company rather than me. Not only did I feel that they’re not representing my best interest, they did not follow up claim up for me. I end up making more calls than they did.

Conclusion, I highly recommend that you don’t go with this two company when you buy motor insurance!

]]> http://blog.moliu.org/2007/10/31/axa-motor-insurance/feed/ Travel Photography http://blog.moliu.org/2007/04/25/travel-photography/ http://blog.moliu.org/2007/04/25/travel-photography/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:02:14 +0000 jeremy http://blog.moliu.org/2007/04/25/travel-photography/ Just took 6 days of annual leave to go to Ko Samui for holiday. The trip was great. We stayed at a really nice resort. I managed to take over 800 photos during the trip. Here comes the work. Everytime I travel, I end up with a huge amount of photos. When I got back to HK, the work began. Sorting through the photos themselves take a long time. I wish keywording was automatic. Going through the 800-plus photos and tagging every one of them is a pain in the ass. Tagging alone takes a hell of a long time. I’ve been doing it pretty deligently. I really like the idea of tagging since I’ll be able to search through the photos really fast. I can isolate the one photo with a few keywords. I usually have to go through the photos at least twice just to tag. After tagging, I rate my photos. After rating, I have a series of picks which I then start edit. The process takes a long time. Photography is more than just shooting. You now have to go through the entire workflow yourself. The entire workflow is quite time-consuming. Sometimes, I wish someone could help me with all this. But at the end of the day when you manage to publish your photos, it is very rewarding.

I’ll be posting the photos from the trip soon. I’ve finally finished rating the photos and will be touching up the photos soon. Keep an eye on my flickr stream!

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IFC I, originally uploaded by moliu.

Recently got a new Manfrotto tripod. Took it out for a test round and was prety happy with the results.
This was taken at around 8pm.

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Was a bit surprised how this photo turned out! Pretty nice!
Taken with Nikon D200, f/7.1 1/60 @ 12mm ISO 100

]]> http://blog.moliu.org/2007/04/01/hair/feed/ 6 years http://blog.moliu.org/2007/03/15/6-years/ http://blog.moliu.org/2007/03/15/6-years/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 06:55:25 +0000 jeremy http://blog.moliu.org/2007/03/15/6-years/ I was just going through my site last night, when I realized that this blog has been online for 6 years alright! It’s been a long time. I know I haven’t been writing that much these days. Anyway, I haven’t been doing much lately. Work’s kinda tough especially when you’re on call 7-8 times a month. It seems that there weren’t any improvement since internship. I’m bascially either on-call, post-call or pre-call. Anyway, spending so much time in the hospital that I don’t really have much to do.

]]> http://blog.moliu.org/2007/03/15/6-years/feed/ Where have I been? http://blog.moliu.org/2007/01/31/where-have-i-been/ http://blog.moliu.org/2007/01/31/where-have-i-been/#comments Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:54:44 +0000 jeremy http://blog.moliu.org/2007/01/31/where-have-i-been/ Well, I haven’t been writing for a long time. Where have I been? Well, I’m now a surgical trainee and it’s probably best not to talk about my work.

Other than work, I’ve been getting into scuba diving. Been already on two diving trip around asia in the last few months. Went to Mabul, Sipidan in Malaysia in October and was just at Bohol, Cebu, Philippines just around a week ago. Bohol was a big surprise! It was surprising good! We managed to see a huge school of barracuda while we were there. The service was a different story. Comparing Mabul and Bohol, Mabul has much better service. The DMs in Mabul was much more professional and also has a better attitude.

Anyway, while underwater, I’ve been taking a lot of photos. Marine life is very beautiful and colorful. I’m hoping to take many more photos in the years to come. If you’re interested, you can check out my photos at flickr.

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  • Sea and Sea DX-D200
  • Nikon D200
  • Sea and Sea 8 inch dome port
  • 2 x Inon Z240
  • AF DX Fisheye Nikkor ED 10.5mm F2.8G
  • AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor ED 12-24mm F4G
  • Sigma Macro 105mm F2.8 EX DG

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]]> http://blog.moliu.org/2006/10/01/pelican/feed/ Apple Store in Tokyo http://blog.moliu.org/2006/04/17/apple-store-in-tokyo/ http://blog.moliu.org/2006/04/17/apple-store-in-tokyo/#comments Mon, 17 Apr 2006 04:17:16 +0000 jeremy http://blog.moliu.org/2006/04/17/apple-store-in-tokyo/ Sitting in the Apple Store in Tokyo at the moment typing out this message. It`s very nice. The keyboard layout is a little bit weird, so I`m having a little difficult with typing. Anyway, the tokyo trip is going to pretty good at the moment. Still a two more days to go. Will post more when I get back in HK.

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