Thursday, July 09, 2009
My Love
This is one of my favourite songs when I was young. Of course my elder cousins were playing it and I also enjoyed this fantastic song as an early teenager. My dream was the girl from the song. But never happened in my life.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Holiday makers and their health
Nowadays, holiday means going somewhere. My domestic lady spent 2 weeks in Spain. My colleague came back from Barbados last week after taking a bargain deal from lastminute.com . Sarah is a nurse from work. She was visiting Sidney according to her email. It can be said that going holiday is part of a human right. People do it regardless of their social and financial status. People with medical condition also enjoy their holiday.
A week ago, I saw a 78 year old man at emergency medical department who came in with acute breathlessness. He was recently diagnosed as lung cancer. He was from Lincoln, northern England. In east, once diagnosed as cancer, they are not willing to go far away from their home. They may stay inside the house. They may be praying for their health. They may be waiting for their time quietly. But in west, people try to live in their normal life style as much as possible.
Yesterday, a noisy air ambulance landed at hospital heliport, bringing a 69 year old man from the cruise ship which just arrived from Mediterranean with over 200 holiday makers. He had a heart surgery previously. His doctor advised him that air travel was not suitable for him. He did not stop and he kept going by cruise ship . Now he is in hospital with a massive collection of fluid around the heart. Of course, there is little or nothing relationship with travelling and his condition. But he might die if his condition deteriorates in the middle of an ocean where it is out of reach of air lift.
Coast guard
A German tourist is also in hospital. We had to use body language before interpreter arrived. The language barrier might lead to something went wrong. Anyway, he is fine now.
The most annoying holiday maker was from Lancastershire. He is 72. He has a long term air way problem. He drove his car along with his partner . He came down to see his daughter in Poole. He had a shortness of breath while staying at hotel and he needed hospital admission . He brought his medications with pill box. Unfortunately, there was no name on it. We did not know what tablet/capsule is what medication. He did not know either. We tried to contact his GP. But only answer phone as it was out of hour. The issue was sorted only after 12 hours when his GP was available in next morning.
Some people appear to consider their health condition briefly when they prepared for their journey. This might impose a risk. Personally, I would advise those with medical conditions should get a copy of their medical summary including medication list from their GP before going holiday.
A week ago, I saw a 78 year old man at emergency medical department who came in with acute breathlessness. He was recently diagnosed as lung cancer. He was from Lincoln, northern England. In east, once diagnosed as cancer, they are not willing to go far away from their home. They may stay inside the house. They may be praying for their health. They may be waiting for their time quietly. But in west, people try to live in their normal life style as much as possible.
Yesterday, a noisy air ambulance landed at hospital heliport, bringing a 69 year old man from the cruise ship which just arrived from Mediterranean with over 200 holiday makers. He had a heart surgery previously. His doctor advised him that air travel was not suitable for him. He did not stop and he kept going by cruise ship . Now he is in hospital with a massive collection of fluid around the heart. Of course, there is little or nothing relationship with travelling and his condition. But he might die if his condition deteriorates in the middle of an ocean where it is out of reach of air lift.
Coast guard
A German tourist is also in hospital. We had to use body language before interpreter arrived. The language barrier might lead to something went wrong. Anyway, he is fine now.
The most annoying holiday maker was from Lancastershire. He is 72. He has a long term air way problem. He drove his car along with his partner . He came down to see his daughter in Poole. He had a shortness of breath while staying at hotel and he needed hospital admission . He brought his medications with pill box. Unfortunately, there was no name on it. We did not know what tablet/capsule is what medication. He did not know either. We tried to contact his GP. But only answer phone as it was out of hour. The issue was sorted only after 12 hours when his GP was available in next morning.
Some people appear to consider their health condition briefly when they prepared for their journey. This might impose a risk. Personally, I would advise those with medical conditions should get a copy of their medical summary including medication list from their GP before going holiday.
Friday, June 19, 2009
2 days in Bristol
ALS means Advanced Life Support. Yesterday, I took ALS course. It is an intensive course under the management of UK Resus council. We have to retake every 4-5 years. I took a few years ago. So it was the time to take it again. It is a mandatory course for the professionals working in Acute and emergency medicine. Fee was £390. There are many centres across the UK. I chose Bristol as I had never been there before. I booked at Premiere Inn for £68 a night. After 2 day extensive practice and the test at the end of the course, I got exhausted physically and mentally. I thought it was more tiring business than PLAB and MRCP exams.
My mentor congratulated as I passed the test. There are many causalities. I mean some candidates did not pass. They have to redo after some time.
For me, only pain was parking fee. I left my car in NCP (Natinal car parking), costing me £30 for 24 hours. Premier Inn provides parking place (£8 for 24 hours), but no space on my arrival. Anyway, I am happy. I have done a task successfully. My course fee was funded by my deanery. :) Well, I still need to claim it.
the Premier Inn where I stayed over night. Fortunately my room was at the top floor (17). So good view.
inside the room
A view from my room. That is Bristol
Another look
University Hospitals, Bristol . A view from Education centre.
Some candidates
My mentor congratulated as I passed the test. There are many causalities. I mean some candidates did not pass. They have to redo after some time.
For me, only pain was parking fee. I left my car in NCP (Natinal car parking), costing me £30 for 24 hours. Premier Inn provides parking place (£8 for 24 hours), but no space on my arrival. Anyway, I am happy. I have done a task successfully. My course fee was funded by my deanery. :) Well, I still need to claim it.
the Premier Inn where I stayed over night. Fortunately my room was at the top floor (17). So good view.
inside the room
A view from my room. That is Bristol
Another look
University Hospitals, Bristol . A view from Education centre.
Some candidates
Monday, June 15, 2009
My cottage photos
During the last few days, I have been trying to organize my things. Still unfinished yet. Here are some photos of my new place in village. Hopefully, I can publish countryside photos after a couple of weeks. I have to attend a course in Bristol this Wednesday and Thursday. After that, my nights are from Friday to Sunday. Next week Tuesday is a long day again. :(
My cottage entrance
I start using my kitchen
Dining table
My fav roast duck
It's a mess. Now I've already kept tidy
My temporary sleeping place while waiting for my bed.
I still need to buy a proper TV stand
Someone's gift
Stair case to upstairs
Zoom in view from upstairs
Updated 02/07/2009 21:50 hours
My bed room အေလာင္းစင္နဲ႕မတူဘူးလား?
My cottage entrance
I start using my kitchen
Dining table
My fav roast duck
It's a mess. Now I've already kept tidy
My temporary sleeping place while waiting for my bed.
I still need to buy a proper TV stand
Someone's gift
Stair case to upstairs
Zoom in view from upstairs
Updated 02/07/2009 21:50 hours
My bed room အေလာင္းစင္နဲ႕မတူဘူးလား?
Monday, June 08, 2009
Moved to village
Last weekend, I moved to a village which is 5 miles away from my work. It is a very quiet place with organic farms around. House moving is a stressful business. I had to sort out a lot of things from removal of my belongings to address change. Royal mail redirect service cost me over £40 a year. The Internet is not available yet. I had to transfer my Virgin account that I left in Yorkshire last year. Since I moved in to Dorset, I have been using hospital Wifi network as I live in hospital accommodation.
Now I start enjoying England's rural life. There is a tiny pub in 3 minutes walk. That is the smallest pub in England, according to a neighbour. I may have some time to go there next week.
The only issue today is that I had to get up earlier than my normal time for my travel. (My regular bed time was 2AM and my radio alarm went on at 8 when I lived in work place). Later I learnt that it was only 10 minute driving time from home to work, which is quite good.
By the way, the name of the village is Godmanstone!
Fireplace at my new place. I did try last night.
Now I start enjoying England's rural life. There is a tiny pub in 3 minutes walk. That is the smallest pub in England, according to a neighbour. I may have some time to go there next week.
The only issue today is that I had to get up earlier than my normal time for my travel. (My regular bed time was 2AM and my radio alarm went on at 8 when I lived in work place). Later I learnt that it was only 10 minute driving time from home to work, which is quite good.
By the way, the name of the village is Godmanstone!
Fireplace at my new place. I did try last night.
Saturday, June 06, 2009
Some old photos
These are some London photos found in my computer. Just sharing my memory.
London underground
A London passenger
London police
London shoppers
A London bus
A London girl
London trishaw
London Geese
London cheap panties.
Update:
London underground
A London passenger
London police
London shoppers
A London bus
A London girl
London trishaw
London Geese
London cheap panties.
Update:
Rita said...
06 June 2009 07:00:00 BST ဒါေပါ့ မဆန္းပါဘူး။ အစက ဓာတ္ပံုနဲ႕ပါတ္သက္တဲ့ story ေတြေရးမလို႕ပဲ။ ေနာက္။။။။စိတ္မပါတာနဲ႕ ဒီတိုင္းပဲ ထားလိုက္တာ
Steve Evergreen said...
06 June 2009 07:07:00 BST
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Never Had A Dream Come True
The old songs always remind me of my past.
It was in nearly 10 years ago. We were in London. We enjoyed this song while sitting down in the living room at one late evening. And, we talked about our plans. We discussed about our future. Fortnight later, She moved out to midland. I moved to East of England. We are still friends. We see once a year. But we do not talk on the phone.
Lyrics
Ooh...
Everybody's got something they had to leave behind
One regret from yesterday that just seems to grow with time
There's no use looking back or wondering (or wondering)
How it could be now or neither been (or neither been)
All this I know but still I can't find ways to let you go
Chorus
I never had a dream come true
Till that day that I found you
Even though I pretend that I've moved on
You'll always be my baby
I never found the words to say
You're the one I think about each day
And I know no matter where love takes me to
A part of me will always be with you
Somewhere in my memory I lost all sense of time
Amd tomorrow can never be
'Cause yesterday is all that fills my mind
There's no use looking back or wondering
How it should be now or neither been (or neither been)
Oh this I know but still I can't find ways to let you go
Chorus
You'll always be the dream that fills my head
(Yes you will, say you will, you know you will, baby)
You'll always be the one I know (I'll never forget)
There's no use looking back or wondering (or wondering)
Because love is a strange and funny thing
No matter how I try and try
I just can't say goodbye
No no no no
Chorus
A part of me will always be with you...
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Pay day
It is not uncommon that Burmese fellows working abroad grumble about how much they have to pay tax to both Myanmar government and the country where they live. Someone from Singapore claimed that he had to queue at Myanmar embassy for tax purpose since mid night. Weird!
It is true that Myanmar passport holders in Britain do not need to pay tax to Myanmar embassy in order to renew their passport. But every month, the PAYE (Pay As You Earn) tax taken from salary is too much for me. It is a sort of pain with the appearance of news about members of parliament (လႊတ္ေတာ္အမတ္ ) are using our tax payers' money for their luxury items and mortgage payments.
This is the income tax rate for 2009. If you earn more, you have to pay more.
After tax, another deduction is NI ( national insurance ) contribution. I think it is about 11% of salary. According to the law, you can claim benefit if you are not capable of working or if you become jobless after an enough NI contribution. But I saw many people who are entitled to claim such benefits without working properly before. Fine, this is the democratic country with full of human rights.
Anyway, for this month, the total deduction from my salary is over £2000. I still don't know how much Burmese double tax payers across the world are paying tax. For me, this single tax makes me suffer enough. I have loads of bills to pay every month. So I have to work extra hours when I have a plan to go holiday nearby country. That is one of the reasons I can not visit Burma for many years. I still believe that some people, such as KOM , are still lucky wherever they work at burger shop or warehouse. They can go back home regularly, spending packs of currency notes. Really nice life style.
It is true that Myanmar passport holders in Britain do not need to pay tax to Myanmar embassy in order to renew their passport. But every month, the PAYE (Pay As You Earn) tax taken from salary is too much for me. It is a sort of pain with the appearance of news about members of parliament (လႊတ္ေတာ္အမတ္ ) are using our tax payers' money for their luxury items and mortgage payments.
This is the income tax rate for 2009. If you earn more, you have to pay more.
| 2008-09 | 2009-10 | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting rate for savings: 10%* | £0-£2,320 | £0-£2,440 |
| Basic rate: 20% | £0-£34,800 | £0-£37,400 |
| Higher rate: 40% | Over £34,800 | Over £37,400 |
After tax, another deduction is NI ( national insurance ) contribution. I think it is about 11% of salary. According to the law, you can claim benefit if you are not capable of working or if you become jobless after an enough NI contribution. But I saw many people who are entitled to claim such benefits without working properly before. Fine, this is the democratic country with full of human rights.
Anyway, for this month, the total deduction from my salary is over £2000. I still don't know how much Burmese double tax payers across the world are paying tax. For me, this single tax makes me suffer enough. I have loads of bills to pay every month. So I have to work extra hours when I have a plan to go holiday nearby country. That is one of the reasons I can not visit Burma for many years. I still believe that some people, such as KOM , are still lucky wherever they work at burger shop or warehouse. They can go back home regularly, spending packs of currency notes. Really nice life style.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
A small Tesco and me
I am talking about Tesco branch in my place. I should not say this is a small Tesco. But it is rather small to me as in London, I normally go to Tesco Extra from where I bought foods as well as electric and electronic stuffs when I needed, instead of going other places.
In fact, the Tesco in my town is medium sized store . All foods I want are available there. So that is fine for me.
One thing I like most is an animal charity. Really appreciated. At the entrance, there are 2 boxes for pets.
I picked up cat and dog foods to my trolley while shopping and left in those boxes. Thanks for Tesco for this charity.
In fact, the Tesco in my town is medium sized store . All foods I want are available there. So that is fine for me.
One thing I like most is an animal charity. Really appreciated. At the entrance, there are 2 boxes for pets.
I picked up cat and dog foods to my trolley while shopping and left in those boxes. Thanks for Tesco for this charity.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
One thing you need to know!
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Myanmar's surprise trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has dashed already slim chances that President Barack Obama's administration would ease U.S. sanctions against the military government of the South-east Asian country. Source
A funny news to me. One thing you need to know..... The U.S and EU's economic sanction against Burma is not going to work, obviously. Some facts of Burma's real situation are as follows.
1. Burma never depends on the USA's economy in the history since it became independent. Burma is not Thailand. Not Philippines either.
2. The required technology and resources for Burma are available in Russia, China and possibly India. Yes, the US technology could be well advanced compared with its rivals. But for Burma, it looks Ok . Burma has a close ties with Russia.
3. For the time being, the US has been struggling for its own internal financial crisis. Its power could still reach beyond its boundary while there are also unfinished businesses with Iraq and Afghanistan . But it would be a tough time to do so.
4. If Burma is invaded by US and UK forces from south, China would capture northern part straight away. This could end up this country with a battle field, like Vietnam. There would be a likely confrontation between the allied forces and China in that situation.
Now we are in 2009. not in 1999. not in 1988. Do you think a policy will be right for 100 years?
A funny news to me. One thing you need to know..... The U.S and EU's economic sanction against Burma is not going to work, obviously. Some facts of Burma's real situation are as follows.
1. Burma never depends on the USA's economy in the history since it became independent. Burma is not Thailand. Not Philippines either.
2. The required technology and resources for Burma are available in Russia, China and possibly India. Yes, the US technology could be well advanced compared with its rivals. But for Burma, it looks Ok . Burma has a close ties with Russia.
3. For the time being, the US has been struggling for its own internal financial crisis. Its power could still reach beyond its boundary while there are also unfinished businesses with Iraq and Afghanistan . But it would be a tough time to do so.
4. If Burma is invaded by US and UK forces from south, China would capture northern part straight away. This could end up this country with a battle field, like Vietnam. There would be a likely confrontation between the allied forces and China in that situation.
Now we are in 2009. not in 1999. not in 1988. Do you think a policy will be right for 100 years?
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