One Mail One Opportunity One Shot

'Dear Mr Wong,

This letter is to invite you to attend a face to face interview as part of the selection process for a place in the MBBS course (Bachelor of Medicine and Sugery ) commencing in 2007. The interview will be held at the school of medicine, James Cook University on Tuesday 1X Decemember 2006 at 2.XX pm........

Good Luck with the interview and I hope you enjoy your visit to James Cook University and Townsville.

Yours sincerely

Prof. Lee Kennedy

Head of School'

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One Mail, One shot to get into medicine.

The road lights were lit and the engine is running. Time to dash for the one thing that will determine my future, one ladder to reach my stars, one interview to be a doctor.

Keedon

Waiting in silence for this moment....

O.V.E.R

Never said this word with more joy than ever!

HSC was offically history ....

HSC TRIAL REVEALS

Look at this pen...

Guess how many days it took for it to be drained to this state.

2 weeks? 5 days?

NO

3 exams: English, Biology and Maths EXT 1

This is crazy!!!!!!

My arm hurts. Never wrote so much crap in my life.

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ALCOHOL

If you have seen someone who has had too much to drink, you've probably noticed definite changes in that person's performance and behavior. The body responds to alcohol in stages, which correspond to an increase in BAC:

1. Euphoria (BAC = 0.03 to 0.12 percent)
   • They become more self-confident or daring.
   • Their attention span shortens.
   • They may look flushed.
   • Their judgement is not as good -- they may say the first thought that comes to mind, rather than an appropriate comment for the given situation.
   • They have trouble with fine movements, such as writing or signing their name.

2. Excitement (BAC = 0.09 to 0.25 percent)
   • They become sleepy.
   • They have trouble understanding or remembering things (even recent events).
   • They do not react to situations as quickly (if they spill a drink they may just stare at it).
   • Their body movements are uncoordinated.
   • They begin to lose their balance easily.
   • Their vision becomes blurry.
   • They may have trouble sensing things (hearing, tasting, feeling, etc.).

3. Confusion (BAC = 0.18 to 0.30 percent)
   • They are confused -- might not know where they are or what they are doing.
   • They are dizzy and may stagger.
   • They may be highly emotional -- aggressive, withdrawn or overly affectionate.
   • They cannot see clearly.
   • They are sleepy.
   • They have slurred speech.
   • They have uncoordinated movements (trouble catching an object thrown to them).
   • They may not feel pain as readily as a sober person.

4. Stupor (BAC = 0.25 to 0.4 percent)
   • They can barely move at all.
   • They cannot respond to stimuli.
   • They cannot stand or walk.
   • They may vomit.
   • They may lapse in and out of consciousness.

5. Coma (BAC = 0.35 to 0.50 percent)
   • They are unconscious.
   • Their reflexes are depressed (i.e. their pupils do not respond appropriately to changes in light).
   • They feel cool (lower-than-normal body temperature).
   • Their breathing is slower and more shallow.
   • Their heart rate may slow.
   • They may die.

6. Death (BAC more than 0.50 percent) - The person usually stops breathing and dies.

Moral of the story, drink more!! One mug of beer coming up!

WHAT ON EARTH?>???

I am back from Sydney after the 2 days workshop for UMAT. It was fun, but more importantly, allowed myself to see where I am standing among all the other HSC students. After 8 hrs of flight on a small seat in economy class,..I crossed the border into Hong Kong.

Horrible month: MAY

Thursday 11th- Flew to Syd

Friday 12th- Workshop preparation

Saturday 13th- Workshop

Sunday 14th- Workshop Trial Exam

Monday 15th- Flew back to HK

Tuesday 16th- HSC Biology report Due

Wednesday 17th- HSC Biology Oral presentation

Thursday 18th- HSC Chemistry Prac

Friday 19th- HSC 2 U Maths Exam (30Hr Famine)

Saturday 20th- 30Hr Famine

Sunday 21st- Revise Chem Prac, IPT test, 3U maths exam

Monday 22nd- HSC Chem Prac part 2

Tuesday 23rd- Revise 3 U maths + IPT

Wednesday 24th- Revise 3 U maths + IPT

Thursday 25th- HSC 3 U Maths Exam

Friday 26th- HSC IPT exam

Saturday 27th- Commence work  on HSC English Assignment Director notes

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Look at the calender.... everyday is packed... some of my mates already felt the stress, strangely though, I don't...goT so numb already towards the word "HSC" that my brains failed to register the feeling of fear. Don't know if i should laugh or cry.

Better get back to my revise..gd luck to those who share the same fate.

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Keeds

PS: One of the questions the umat workshop asked-

A company produce toys. After manufacture, 99% of the stock is non faulty. It goes through a filter process where faulty toys are rejected; non faulty accepted. The filter process is known to be 99% accurate.

What is the percentage of rejected toys are non faulty?

a) 1% b) 0.01% c) 50% d) 10%