Nah-tion building

Don't seem to find anything interesting about this module. I went in unprepared, wrote as much as I can, and left the place early. That's all I remember from this exam paper. I think I didn't managed to bond in the tutorial classes enough. There were only 4 and I think Jack was kinda ok. Just too bad it ended a little tad too fast. I didn't really contribute much in the forum, I hope what I've done so far is enough to give me a B or B+. I also hope what I did would give me that grade. This is one arts modules that I eventually got to dislike, too much boring details. But it'll probably leave a very old question behind for many people to wonder, "What if PAP were not the ones leading the country? What if they did not managed to persuade Tunku to merge by 1963? Would PAP have been dispersed or would they still continue to strive for independence?" Hmmmm.... I guess I'll leave these questions for historians or other students taking this module in future..

The Mixed Boy

LSM3211a - Fundamentals of Pharmo-"cock"-logy

This blog is dedicated to all who took fundamentals of pharmacology today at MPSH1. You know how much stress we all feel studying for all the modules we're taking right? But don't worry guys and gals, read the article below. It shows how we can have a simple drug to relief the stress level.

"Stress, part of the process whereby adredaline and noradredaline is released from the adrenal medulla and pre-synapses respectively. The adredaline keeps your heart pumping and pumping like a horse racing against time on a race. Sometimes the blood pumped up to your brain gets too much and causes extreme headaches, and if it persists, clotting can happen and stroke will be next. Ya, you can take aspirin to bring down the hyperalgesic levels and headaches, but you'll probably bleed out of your anus far faster than having a proper subsiding of the painful effect. How about clopidogrel? OH ya... that drug... You think that will help your problem? Unlikely... Maybe we can tackle the problem from the root. We can take reserpine, but that would make you some dull, sad man thinking that his life's in the dumps. Guanethidine? Bretylium? Tell you a simpler, safer method...

Introducing FUN-crolimus!!! It is a nasal spray that reduces adredaline levels as well as increase 'fun' factor gene transcription to induce a lighter mood for the user. It is a steroid that is relatively easy to be absorbed and resides in the lipid membrane for long lasting effect. It also increases bronchodilation so that the user can breathe smoother and slower with abundant amount air. Because it is a steroid, there will probably some side effects like hyperlipidemia, craziness, psychosis and hyperglycemia. However, it is tested that a spray per day is enough and not dangerous enough to induce a relaxing, happy time.

If nasal spray is too cumbersome for you, why not get Fun-butomal. It is an inhalant and is relative easy to use. It has almost the same effects and side effects as Fun-crolimus. It has been tested with 5000 over testers and have has a good significance, p<0.5.>

P.S. Information applied is not entirely true. I sincerely apologise to anyone who misinterpreted the information. It is for entertainment purposes only...

Article provided by Dr. Jo
The Mixed Boy

Ho Bo? BO HO!!!!! AST should be done on the lecturers to check for resistant of sidetracking.

Ho Bo - Feeling good; Bo Ho - Not feeling good

Thia marks the end of MicroB and all it's nonsensical rat race around the module trying to find the real theme. It's not clear until you read it yourself and from the text book. But it amuses me how the lecturers actually try to illustrate their notion on trying to appreciate MicroB as it is. No matter how large or general the field is, they manage to repeat the same thing again and again, "You have to appreciate the beauty of the microbial world", "they may be small but they are very tough and much tougher than us, so we cannot 小看 'small look' them". OMG, all these drilling words actually come into play from them. Oh well, no matter how much they try, it wouldn't interest me one bit. However, medical microB is still the most interesting. I expected malaria to come out for the exam but it didn't. So sad. It was one of the topics that I was fully prepared. In fact, the whole paper was screwed up. I didn't expect them to come out with such questions, either ambiguous or never thought of. Can't believe that I even forgotten to add in the oxidase and catalase test for identifying Streptococcus epidermis and Staphylococcus aureus. Oh well...

Come to think about it, don't you think it's rather fascinating on how the microB world is quite similar to ours yet so different? If eukaryotes are able to evolve to become what it is, then why not prokaryotes? What got me thinking was the illustration of a virus or bacteria cell penetrating a host cell. Under the penal code of 375, Chapter XVI of Singapore law, it is stated that :

A man is said to commit “rape” who, except in the case hereinafter excepted, has sexual intercourse with a woman under circumstances falling under any of the 5 following descriptions:

(a) against her will;

(b) without her consent;

(c) with her consent, when her consent has been obtained by putting her in fear of death or hurt;

(d) with her consent, when the man knows that he is not her husband, and her consent is given because she believes that he is another man to whom she is or believes herself to be lawfully married or to whom she would consent;

(e) with or without her consent, when she is under 14 years of age.

Explanation.
Penetration is sufficient to constitute the sexual intercourse necessary to the offence of rape.
Exception.
Sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under 13 years of age, is not rape.

Punishment for rape.
376. —(1) Subject to subsection (2), whoever commits rape shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 20 years, and shall also be liable to fine or to caning.

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(2) Whoever, in order to commit or to facilitate the commission of an offence of rape against any woman —

(a) voluntarily causes hurt to her or to any other person; or

(b) puts her in fear of death or hurt to herself or any other person,

and whoever commits rape by having sexual intercourse with a woman under 14 years of age without her consent, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term of not less than 8 years and not more than 20 years and shall also be punished with caning with not less than 12 strokes.

Just imagine........ Just imagine if the penal code inflicts on virus/bacteria on cells.

A virus/bacteria is said to commit “rape” who, except in the case hereinafter excepted, has sexual intercourse (conjugation?) with ...... another bacteria??? under circumstances falling under any of the 5 following descriptions:

(a) against ... its will;

(b) without its consent;

(c) with its consent, when it consent has been obtained by putting it in fear of death or hurt(e.g. Plasmodium falciparum having a 'gang bang' in one of the RBC);

(d) with its consent, when the virus/bacteria knows that it is not her ....??? rightful mate? , and the former's consent is given because it believes that the latter is another virus/bacteria to whom the former is or believes itself to be lawfully married??? or to whom it would consent;

(e) with or without it consent, when it is under 14 years of age( don't need lah, micro-organisms have very little life span anyway, it should be throughout it's life span... hahaha...).

Just imagine how many prosecutions the Public Prosecutor and Judge has to handle? Haha... probably about errmmmm a few KA-ZILLION!!! I guess that's why viruses and pathogenic bacteria are considered harmful and unfavourable in our society. They do 'bad' things... Ahaha...Hopefully I'll score in this module...

Reference:
Penal Code. accessed on 26/07/2007 @ 1208hrs.
http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/non_version/cgi-bin/cgi_retrieve.pl?actno=
REVED-224&doctitle=PENAL+CODE%0A&date=latest&method=part

P.S. All information that is used from the penal code is for entertainment. I sincerely apologize to anyone who is offended or misinterpreted the rightful connotations of the law itself. Amendments made in the law is not official and is for entertainment. I.E. IT IS NOT REAL. Besides the actual law of rape itself. If anyone knows that I can't place the penal code on the blog because it's against the law, pls do let me know, because I'm not sure whether it is possible to regurgitate the code and rectify it. Thank you very much.

The Mixed Boy