September stuff

It's a bug's life
I just link the pictures to be honest.

The other silk road

The migration of creepy crawlies in South Africa's Kruger National Park... but on a much smaller scale in comparison to the wildebeest. And I'm guessing a different pace as well ;)

Slightly strange

Lady Gaga's meat dress
Just when you thought she couldn't get any weirder...

An earthquake in London - really?

As if the floods in Pakistan, the volcano in Indonesia and the other numerous disasters of late weren’t enough, experts are theorising that London is overdue for a major earthquake. I really hope not :(

The picture below shows the currently active Indonesian volcano in background. How scary does the dark sky look and could you imagine living nearby knowing that any moment now it could erupt? Very scary!

Silent protest at it's best 

This has to be the funniest way to protest.

Question: What do you do if your bank won’t lend you any money?
Answer: Simple, just brick up the bank entrance!
The article describes how property developer Cameron Hope, built an 8ft by 4ft wall in front of the entrance to the Barclays bank in Bournemouth.

Scientists have strated talking about a sixth sense

Well, now this is weird. A  study claims that some couples have similar thoughts and are so ‘psyhcologically alinged’ and so in tune that their brains start to work in sync. This happens when they connect on a deeper level – a sixth sense - and without any physical contact. How did they prove this? By using brain scans and analysing their nervous system via their heartbeats.

Clean freak
And people say I have issues with OCD and cleaning ;)

Last picture: Where's wally?

Um, did I miss anything?

No more Windows live spaces?

I left those guys (Windows Live spaces) a long time ago when I moved to Blogger and the only thing I took with me was the blog name Saima’s Space. However the subsequent transition from Blogger to Wordpress seemed to take forever. My cousin emailed me the following link this morning – Windows Live Blogging comes to an end. Yep. Windows Live Spaces is shutting up shop and all members will be encourage to sign up with Wordpress. Hmm, do you think the universe is giving me a shove to get my backside into gear? I’m so sorry I’m such a lazy blogger!!!

Medical students given iphones

I’m pretty sure Leeds medical school hates us.

Why else would they start handing out iphones to medical students? I understand that they are trying to give us the best possible education by making key resources readily available to us and having all the tools and information we need at our fingertips. Furthermore it is a first for the University and allows them to gain publicity. But personally I feel that the money spent on iphones would be best spent elsewhere – somewhere where it is really needed. Past medical students have done just as well carrying pocket sized handbooks summarising most of the information we need. Any information that is not found those in those handy guides can be located online via the various computers that located in each nurses/ ward station, the doctor’s mess and even in GP surgeries. FY1’s can be easily be contacted via their bleeps and most of the students tend to have their own mobile phones with them anyway.

So to conclude, personally I believe that handing out iphones is a little unnecessary and also it does seem a tad extravagant in these difficult times of recession where precious funds and resources need to be well utilised. This is in addition to the negative press we would get from critics saying how the education system is wasteful, going soft and so forth. Does anyone think I am being overly critical? Please bear in mind that I am also a student in the school of medicine at the University of Leeds… and I am eligible to receive an iphone as well.