Halloween?

As it was Wednesday morning today, the absence of morning clinic allowed me to do errands and other things. A nice break mid week. One of the things I built into my timetable, until the SDMC branch at Desa Parkcity is opened of course as I would be having clinics there then.

This morning, I had breakfast in Bangsar and couldn't help but noticed the decorations at Bangsar Village II. Was it part of their Halloween thing? Too late for loo cake festival either.

Not Done

It was a frustrating evening actually. I had been trying to sort out my visa application for the coming Atlanta trip in December, but the website crashed. The sad thing was, it did not save my applications details, and I ended up having to start from the beginning. I also realised that I needed a few more documents, ass well as new set of photos to be scanned and uploaded.

With me being on call tomorrow, it looked like I had to delay it until Friday at the earliest. So, it won't be ready before this weekend. Sigh!

It was a good thing as well, as it would allow me time to get the other documents in order. I am not getting apprehensive about entering the US with all the stories about the interrogation at the Immigrations. I would think that entering Myanmar might be easier .....

More on my Atlanta trip here.

The New Viaduct

Saw this now famous photo from yesterday afternoon on the Interweb. Unfortunately I couldn't tell who I should credit it to. But I was caught behind this. I was halfway up the ramp when I had to stop and turn back. It was pouring down yesterday, and I planned to escape early as Tuesdays were supposed to be my free afternoon.

It was sunny until about 2 pm. And then the it became suddenly dark and heavens opened. And it was torrential! I managed to get things sorted out and was about to leave the hospital at 4, when the road started to become waterlogged.

I made a U-turn to go up the ramp to join NKVE, when I had to stop halfway up. Apparently some poor soul had his car caught in the water, and despite efforts to free him up, the engine stalled.

A few makeshift traffic wardens the helped clear the traffic for us to reverse back onto the main road, and put up signs to stop people from entering the ramp.

For the last week, since it started raining heavily in the afternoon, that stretch of the bridge had been clogged with water. It was due to the rubbish wing strewn onto the road, and blocking the drainage. But it was still funny to see the ramp tubes into a viaduct!

I hope that the MPSJ folks would clear the drain fast as that stretch was one o the main artery road feeding into either the NKVE or Federal Highway. As for me, I better not take that ramp the next time it rained .....

Need Motivation

Not sure if I should take a snooze or just watch the TV. I was so sleepy after lunch and wished that I stayed at the apartment instead of just waiting at the lounge passing time. I was not in the mood to read either.

I knew I have a paper to review, but I was just too sleepy ......

You Got Balls Sir

I went to bed extra early yesterday, and missed the historic jump by Felix Baungartner. I mean, you have to give it to the man. To free fall from 120000 feet, hitting supersonic speed, and staring death on the face, this man has balls!

He had been planning the jump for the last 5 years, and with the amount of sponsorship he acquired, he was able to get a solid team behind him, including the very man whose record he broken, Joe Kittinger.

So, I woke up this morning, scanning the web and frantically reading my RSS feed. He made it. He had come scary moment with his visor fogging up and being temporarily caught in a potentially deadly spin. His base jumping experience told, and he managed to reach the Earth in one piece.

He broken a bunch of record, but missed out on the free fall duration record. I guessed he went supersonic and called down much faster than he reckon, and burned out the altitude faster than he thought. Either way, it was still great achievement. Well done Mr Baungartner. Datukship for him surely ….