I officially finished medical school. Results are out. I am glad to leave behind days of stress, photocopied notes, nights of high caffiene, panic, anger, fear, guilt and countless number of mixed emotions.

Although it is time to celebrate and relax. I can't stop thinking of what is to come …

Last year I attended the first phase of an intensive training course called Research Orientation Course (ROC). It provides training for medical students on scientific methods and research.

I learned a lot from this course.

I think we, medical students, are being taught in a negative way which is based …

Alaa mentions on his blog our purchase of a CD filled with 267 ebooks from a series published by the Kuwait National Culture and Art Council. The series contain several books in many fields, many of them are translated from popular books. Here is a list of the translated books …

I am going to Dahab for five days.

In the mean time, you can enjoy some photos of Dahab here, here and here. Also, you can read about it in other blogs here and here.

Update 2005-01-26: I am back.

I should have written this yesterday. But I was exteremly tired. I finished the final exams of the final 6th year in Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine. Few weeks and I would officially append those initials to my name: M.B. B.Ch.

The last exam was an interview …

This is a time-lapse video made from serial snapshots downloaded from a public webcam in Prague. The video goes from the 31st of December till the 2nd of January. The camera is looking towards the main old square in Stare Mesto. You …

My first post! :-) Happy new year everyone. I am a bit busy, this blog is still in beta until the second half of January 2005.