To all my friends who are celebrating Christmas,
just wanna wish you guys a blessed Christmas and God Bless you heaps.

And of course Happy New Year to each and everyone out there...

cont from previous post....

The dog that I mentioned in my previous entry was diagnosed with UROLITHIASIS (urinary stones in the bladder)last week!! The owner brought the dog back as the hematuria didn't resolve completely even with the antibiotic.He was shocked to see the stones in his dog's bladder on x-ray and ultrasound. I supposed he was speechlessat that point of time.

It was still vivid in my mind the day when the owner shouted at me and said that he wanted to sue me for causing his dog to have bloody urine after the spay. Anyway, the owner didn't apologise to me face to face. He asked my collegue to pass the apology message to me.

I learn something from this case."Do not simply accuse or blame anyone until you have proof or evident for doing so."

It's all about money!

The hardest part being a small animal practitioner is THE CLIENT. I meet different kind of clients every single day. Some are nice, some are ok and some are really unreasonable as well as fussy. Something not very nice happened today. A client called me up and told me that his dog having hematuria(bloody urine) for 3 days post OHE(spayed).Happened I was the vet who had spayed his dog. I told him to bring the dog and urine sample for urinalysis. He brought the urine sample without bringing his dog. Thus, he was charged for the urinalysis.He immediately shouted at me and front office people. I knew it would happen.

"You were the one who spayed my dog and now causing my dog to have bloody urine,you want to charge me for the urinalysis??!!YOU WANT ME TO SUE YOU??!!!"
I was dumbfounded for a few sec.Then, told him that the bloody urine might not because of the spay. He screamed again "You're unreasonable, asking me to pay for the urinalysis? It's all your fault.who else can I blamed?" I was like err...hey excuse me,do you have proof to say that? I hate arguement. By stopping the arguement, I apologised to him and told him need not to pay anything. Urinalysis showed the dog is having cystitis.I informed the owner about it and his dog need to be on antibiotic for 2 weeks and of course its FOC. He didnt argue with me after I told him everything is FOC.

I had spayed so many dogs and I have never encounter this kind of problem before. Where is the source of infection?

I am just so stressed up.Sigh...Life is just so difficult!!Everything is about money. Money control our lives emotionally. This was not the worst senario actually, I had met some extremely hard clients. Vet is not God. He/She sometime will fail to treat sick animals. Sometime it's not vet's fault when the animals unable to pull through from a disease. I feel upset when some of the clients blame all the faults to vet when their pets died. It's just ridiculous I reckon when pet owner makes this kind of assumption.

Phuket

Just came back from Phuket 4 days ago. It was a fanstatic trip. The itinerary for the whole trip went smoothly. It is monsoon season now in Phuket. Weather was warm and bright in the day time. Fortunately it was wet only in the late evening. We were lucky as well to see how the Thai people celebrating 9 days of Vegetarian Festival in Phuket. It was kinda big celebration for them.Many vegetarian food stalls were set up along the Ranong Road in Phuket town(that's where we stayed).We had 2 days of vegetarian foods consecutively. That was a bit too stressful for me as you know I am not a vegetarian. I need to eat meat!:)However,we had really delicious thai food for the rest of 3 days.

Accomodation was awesome this time. We stayed in a backpacker located in the centre of Phuket town called Phuket Backpacker (www.phuketbackpacker.com). It is a dirt cheap,nice and extremely clean backpacker. This is the best backpacker I have ever stay. I would highly recommend for backpackers to stay there.

We spend the 1st night in the town. On the 2nd day(24th Oct,2006), we followed one day tour to Ko Phi Phi Island. Stunning and magnificent white sand beach and translucent water. Snorkelling was fun but the corals are seriously not nice compare with the corals in Perhentian Island.

On the 3rd day(25th Oct,2006), we again followed one day tour to James Bond Island which located in Phang-Nga(north of Phuket province).James Bond Island rock in The Man with the Golden Gun. On the way to James Bond Island we went to Elephant cave(we were not allowed to take photo in the cave).In the Elephant cave,we were toured by using canoe,bamboo raft as well as walking in the water.Various of imaginary and impressive architectures in the cave. Visiting to Monkey cave is one of the itinerary also. Tour to James Bond Island was the best among all. The scenery is breathtaking. On the way back from James Bond Island, we stopped by at a Muslim fishing village called Panyi Village which is located at the island itself. Met a Muslim Thai man who can speak fluent Malay.

We went to white water rafting on the 4th day(26th Oct,2006) which is located in Phang-Nga as well. It was a level 2 and 3 water rafting.The water was not so rapid. The friendly rafting instructors made our day fun and exciting. After the rafting, we spend time in a clear white waterfalls and did some stunt too by jumping down from about 7m height of rock into the water...hehehe.. Then went back to the camp for 10 minutes of herbal sauna.Headed back to Phuket town.

On the last day, we had our breakfast in a coffee shop near our backpacker. Coincidently we saw proccession along the Ranong road as well in conjunction with the Vegetarian Festival. After the heavy breakfast(fried rice pork ~wink), we went back to backpacker and took a cab to the Phuket International Airport.

Missed my pets at home. Rested at home for 3 days before I start work on Tuesday.Feel refreshing after the break. I started working today. On night duty(emergency oncall) this week.

Anyway, will upload some photos later.

The Phuket backpacker. Huge, nice and cosy room.


The Vegetarian Festival with vegetarian food stalls along the street.


LtoR Sophia, me and Audrey( on a boat to Ko Phi Phi Island)


One of the scenic view when we were on our way to Ko Phi Phi Island


Ko Phi Phi Island


Another view of Ko Phi Phi Island


Patong Beach


Muslim fishing village(on the way to James Bond Island)


James Bond Island


Took at James Bond Island


The white water rafting-level II and III 


The rafting team-mates 



Went to the waterfalls after the white water rafting.


The muscular rafting instructor..hehe..

Hey there ppl, I am heading to Phuket later this afternoon with 2 of my friends. This vacation will be 5D4N. I have long waited for this trip. Finally,I get to go now after working for so so long....Hurray!

Cameron Highlands Trip

It was a last minute decision to take leave on Merdeka Day(31st August) after I was told that I still have 2 more public holidays to take.Thinking to relax at home and do some shopping. Anyhow, I followed Sophia and her sisters headed up to Cameron Highlands for a day trip since I've not been outing for "so so long"(longing for long holiday really).This is my second trip to Cameron Highlands. The journey took up about 2 1/2 hours.We left home around 715 in the morning. The hills road was extremely long and winding. I had motion sickness but was okay after that. We passed by few small towns, Ringlet, Tanah Rata and Brinchang.Unfortunately the weather was bad on that day, raining on and off. The temperature was just nice..it's a comfort zone for me. However, we managed to go to strawberry farm, butterfly garden, Boh Tea Plantation, vegetables and fruits market as well as cactus valley. The vegetables are dirt cheap and fresh. I bought like 13 packs of different fruits and vegetables for only RM10 and some sweet potatoes too. Beside that I bought a huge and long white carrot for only RM2!!! Tried some passion fruits and strawberries that we plucked from the strawberry farm. Cameron apple tastes sucks though its really juicy. Boh Tea plantation is awesome. The tea trees are greenish and beautiful.In cactus valley, I saw various type of weird and funky cactus. Although the journey was a bit harsh on the hill road, I enjoyed the most out of it.

This is about half a kilo of strawberries we had plucked from the strawberry farm.Red and juicy!


see that hairy strawberry?


A row of strawberry plants


Butterfly Garden


Bunga Raya


Vegetables Farm


Nice landscape huh?


Boh Tea plantation


closer view of the tea plantation


Boh ada Ummh...!!!


funky and weird cactus


warn you, dont ever try cameron apple if you happen to visit Cameron Highlands. It taste sucks!


Tomatoes


:)