How is your first aid?

I hope you all have current first aid certificate cos it's important! I can be biased and say "Ring St John" but Red Cross run pretty comprehensive courses as well! Soooooo Here is a little first aid quiz! Post your answers and if they are correct i'll send you a lollipop! Also if you know of any 8-18 year olds who want to join St John Youth Hillside Division in Dunedin let me know and you can also have a lollipop! What Does SCRABS stand for? Do does WARRR stand for? What is the shock position? What type of sling should you use for a fractured clavical? Why is it a good idea to put gladwrap on burns?

It was Jesus week this week at uni

It seems like a cool idea, but really, how can one week be Jesus week? Aren't they all suppossed to be? Yeah all the guys gave out lollipops and chocolate fish (and I did eat some chocolate fish-is that supporting them?)and occasionally stuck a pamphlet in your hand at the same time. Fish-cool, it's symbolic, was that their reasoning? Cos they never mentioned it! Pamphlets-well one I got had a picture of 'Jesus'reminiscent of a catholic idol, personally not my mental image of the big guy, really not a 'cool uni student'type picture, so not too sure what their market audience was supposed to be. The pamphlet didn't actually give me any information except telling me it's Jesus week. However sitting on the table in front of me is a pamphlet which actually contains information! I think it has sureptisiously been left by the guy who has been 8 different religions in the past 2 years and is currently catholic. I dunno who he's been talking to, but he gets right into the symbolism of the religions and seems to ignore the personal relationship aspects. They were playing Planet Shakers on a TV in the union corridor whist giving out sugar, nice, but why? Is it to allure students to church cos it's not all 'old' music? That's okay, but hype from music doesn't do a lot for a lasting relationship with God. I love the music, great for worship, but I don't care if music is new or old, it's the meaning that counts! So it was Jesus week, did it really have any impact?

Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus and Karen is from Pluto

Well it's a bit like that, all of the time!Don't change your round hole just to fit in my square peg, no really, I like to be different! Drug trials? Yeah if you have a death wish, sure somebody's gotta do it but you really need to weigh up the risks along with that large alluring paycheck. If you die from multifocal leukoencephalopathy just cos you happened to sign up for phase 1 of the trial, the first human trials then maybe the money wasn't worth it! Yeah it's not nice aye!

Do I have to be a girl?

Been mega busy lately so blogspot has been a bit neglected. Dissertation is going well, but I need sleep, so exhausted. Well my brain in not quite with it so i'll leave this as a short sharp sweet post!

Suzy is autistic

Quite a while ago I came up with a post about how Suzy, my flatmate Sarah's cat is autistic whilst whiling away the time of yet another sleepless night. Now I will actually write it! Suzy is autistic because: She uses palilaia (repeats what she says over and over) She does not like to be touched in certain places She lashes out because she doesn't have the communication skills to tell us what she wants She lacks transference-she knows you can come in the cat door but is yet to work out you can also go out the cat door! She will only eat jelly meat of a specific brand (not the cheap one!) She liked Ocean's bounty for ages then suddenly stopped eating it She has stereotypical behaviour She often will only sit on the VCR or in front of a heater She will howl in the middle of the night for no apparent reason (communication probs again) She seeks out company but doesn't want to be touched When she uses the dirt box she runs away really quickly straight afterwards She is extremely hypersensitive to touch She is impaired in social situations- she can sit by and watch another cat eat her food She has a lack of emotioanl reciprocity and is not against biting when you're feeling down and just want the company She has a preoccupation with and special interest in food (with a very limited palate) She will dart around the house for no apparent reason She has a persistent preoccupation with the slightly warm region of the VCR, and heaters (especially if she can lie on a bed and in front of a heater at the same time) The list could go on but I really should do some constructive work now.

Especially for Orangemen day!

Your Irish Name Is...

Nicola O'Mahony

What's your Irish Name?

Calling all Neuropharamacologists!

I am presently reseaching my my presentation and report on ethosuximide. For those who don't know this is the drug of choice for absence (petit mal)seizures, a form of epilepsy most commonly found in children. So anyone who can shed some light on good journal articles, books, websites etc or know where I can get cool diagrams on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of ethosuximide are most welcome to contact me to pass on the information. Writing my dissertation at the momemt while juggling many long assignments, uni is so fun!

Randomly assigned

My supervisor is extremely impressed with my dissertation work thus far, way ahead of scedule and done a much larger sample than required and previously done pilot study as well. I'm loving it! I'm off away sailing yonder on Sunday so I need to finish off these two assignments by tomorrow. Should be fine! Cool stuff: Here is an interesting one for you...... Open a new Word document and type: = rand (200,99) then click on "enter" Wait for three seconds and look again...

One of my fav songs!

I first heard this song on Christmas eve sometime when I was a teenager! I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas Words and music by John Rox performed by Gayla Peevey (1953) LOOK!! "Hippo Song" FAQ I want a hippopotamus for Christmas Only a hippopotamus will do Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy I want a hippopotamus for Christmas I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you? He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue Just bring him through the front door, that's the easy thing to do I can see me now on Christmas morning, creeping down the stairs Oh what joy and what surprise when I open up my eyes to see a hippo hero standing there I want a hippopotamus for Christmas Only a hippopotamus will do No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses I only like hippopotamuses And hippopotamuses like me too Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then Teacher says a hippo is a vegeterian There's lots of room for him in our two-car garage I'd feed him there and wash him there and give him his massage I can see me now on Christmas morning, creeping down the stairs Oh what joy and what surprise when I open up my eyes to see a hippo hero standing there I want a hippopotamus for Christmas Only a hippopotamus will do No crocodiles or rhinoceroseses I only like hippopotamuseses And hippopotamuses like me too!