Thursday, April 26, 2007

Paolo Nutini Brixton 24 April 07













Ne-yo feat. Fabolous Make Me Better. Sick Timbo production again. You by Lloyd feat. Lil Wayne is also on heavy rotation at the moment. My friend and I enjoyed a bottle beer each feeling like prisoners who had been unchained from our revision desks for the day. Shock horror, the world does not revolve around medicine and the rest of the population is enjoying their lives.


Paolo made us wait two hours for him. Ghost who I am not familiar with entertained the crowd in the interim. The crowd was dominated by pre-pubescent youngsters some of whom had clearly never been out in public let alone to a concert. Screaming,sitting on the floor, being rude to people and pushing is not normal behaviour. Despite the distractions Paolo with his distinctive voice proved himself as a quality Brit act. The band were dispensable and I'd have preferred an acoustic set.


Why should trainees go overseas because the government chooses to spend more time and effort on an IT system than the future of it's medical trainees? Why were the personal details of F1 applicants available publicly on the MTAS website?

Let us set an exam of a high standards so that successful candidates from our school are seen as top notch. It makes sense but MTAS gives no preference to those who sit more rigorous finals. Why after six years of training are we feeling so unprepared for finals. External revision courses should be a choice but the huge attendance from our school would indicate the majority of us see them as a necessity. There should be more emphasis on hands on experience and clinical anatomy teaching as opposed to comm skills. In a couple of years I hope I will be one of the lucky few with a job and all this hoo ha will be a remote memory.

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Time of No Life Again


Curse of the Golden Flower was an aesthetically pleasing disappointment. After months of anticipation on my part I was embarrassed by the film. It was an oriental soap opera lasting 2 hours. I love Hero, Crouching Tiger et al but Zhang Yimou lost his directorial flair this time. The action scenes were sparse with the emphasis on melodrama and time needlessly wasted near the start of the film.Other reviews.


It's that time of year again. The bright warm days, packed libraries with poor air conditioning and the looming threat of exams. The consensus of most of the revision courses is you don't have to be a neurosurgeon to pass finals, just perform slick clinical examinations. Easy? How many hips have most final years examined? Anyway it will be worth the effort when we graduate and become F1 doctors/ward clerk-phlebotomists. I tried skinny cow's mint and chocolate ice cream. The chocolate bits were alright but the other parts which made up the majority of the 500ml tub reminded me of something. I thought I was hallucinating so enlisted my flatmates to taste. Toothpaste. I would encourage anyone who likes eating toothpaste to try it. In the ethos of fairness you can find out more about Skinny Cow ice cream.

So many birthdays in the run up to exams shame I can't go.

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Nokia N95


It's gadget time again. I am a huge fan of the Nokia N73 music edition however the new Nokia N95 is pure gadget heaven with a 5 megapixel camera, GPS and Wi-fi. T3 review Cnet Asia review

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Primark World

It is official Primark, the store that no one would freely admit to frequenting a few years ago has taken over marble arch. Every other person has a Primark ox street carrier bag. I passed the huge crowds of bargain hungry shoppers, only controlled by a heavy security presence on Thursday. It was a less dramatic affair early Saturday. The marble arch branch has more stock and small sizes something of a rarity at other branches. It is all hype which unfortunately I am also contributing to.

I am loving a few tracks on the Timbo album: Fantasy,Bombay and Apologise. Check out Trey Songz's new video Wonder Woman with Timbo (he is everywhere, even madonna is jumping on the band wagon) and Danja on production.

Sunday, April 01, 2007

Hot & Fresh

Die Hard Returns-Brucie is back. Watch trailer.

Polow Da Don has done it again for Kelly Rowland's sexy comeback, Like This. The beat is sick.
Rihanna feat Jay-Z Umbrella

Mims feat. Marques Houston This is Why I'm Hot Remix

Timbo album Shock Value is released tomorrow. Where I Are feat. Keri Hilson has a weak rap solo but ridiculous production.
Read reviews:Byron Crawford, sputnik music, bbc music, certified hip hop

Elliott Yamin (former American Idol contestant) does r'n'b.

Going back in time when the don Carlos Santana released Maria Maria with that hot spanish guitar.