It has been a Year

Around this time in 2011, I was packing my stuff, leaving the good old Taiping to my new working place. It's been almost a year now, though the memory in Taiping is still so vivid like everything happened just yesterday or not too long ago.



I did not spend the whole year in Renal medicine as I wished. Due to some requirements that I need to fulfil, I had to make compulsory rotations to some

US Trip - San Francisco

Our last stop - San Francisco.





SF street view.




With my sis Madelyn, an Art Director, in front of her artworks.





Steep street is very common in SF.




Inside City Hall.




Shot from SF's Twin Peaks.




The famous Lombard Street.




Palace of Fine Arts.







Fisherman's Wharf - time for seafood! Huge crab & lobster!




Sea lions at Pier 39. Looks like they're on vacation too.

US Trip - Las Vegas

Spent good 3 days in Las Vegas.





Arrived at airport - slot machines are the first things we saw. What an unique place.




A creative poster by Penn & Teller.




Watched Mystere. A spectacular show by Cirque du Soleil. Highly recommended!







Going to fly to Grand Canyon - to airport by Limo. NICE.




Ready to go!




Breathtaking view.





Hoover Dam.




Here we are - Grand Canyon.

US Trip - Los Angeles

Finally has got time to arrange the photos taken from my recent US trip. Just picked a few with short captions:





Depart + our first American breakfast.





Welcome to Hollywood!




At Grauman's Chinese Theater. MJ's handprints are there!




Beautiful Beverly Hills.




Her favourite Disney characters.








Mickey's Soundsational Parade is awesome!




Someone has posted a video on

Berglas Effect

In EMC (Essential Magic Conference) 2011, Lu Chen performed the world-renowned "Berglas Effect" - an effect of ACAAN (Any card at any number) which was created by David Berglas.

The effect is a perfect combination of card and mentalism, to the highest level, and Lu Chen has executed it flawlessly.

"How is it possible?" - This is going to be the question in every magician's mind.

International Magic Festival 2012

Coming soon - International Magic Festival in Genting. So tempting - but seriously doubt that I'll be able to take any leave for it.

Would love to watch Nesto's Live performance!

Guideline for Glomerulonephritis

Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) has just published the guideline for Glomerulonephritis. This is definitely a long-awaited one in the field of Nephrology. Have a read if you're interested! You can download the guideline here.

Shin Lim's Tribute to Monarchs Cards

This is a tribute vid to Monarchs playing cards by Shin Lim, champion of card magic in FISM 2011. For those who are not familiar, FISM is one of the most respected organizations in magic community, hosting magic championship once every 3 years which magicians compete for the highest honour.

You can see his extraordinary sleight of hand in the vid - and has definitely brought colour change to

David Copperfield's Live Performance

Back from my US trip a week ago. One of the biggest highlights is of course, to have watched David Copperfield's live performance, in Hollywood theatre in MGM Grand, Las Vegas.







Happy to purchase his book and autographed picture.

Being the biggest fan, I was deeply thrilled by the show. Masterful performance, his captivating charms, mind-blowing illusions - the whole experience is