House M. D. - Season 5 Episode 15 Quotes

Dr. House: This department is broken. And I'm not gonna take a real case until it is fixed. Job or relationship. You're choice.

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Dr. House: You're a wuss. Part wimp. Part puss.

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Dr. House: It's cool, the priest doesn't believe in God. It's cool that God did to him what he did to the kid.

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Dr. Kutner: If everybody lies, that includes teenage boys.

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Dr. Wilson: Since when have your failed attempts at communication through lies been by fault.

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Dr. House: So. The good news is, he didn't have a heart attack. The bad news, I apparently fired the only guy who actually knows what a heart attack looks like. So the man of God who doesn't believe in God had a heart attack that isn't a heart attack. Do I know how to pick awesome cases, or what...

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Fr. Daniel: Oh yeah. God wants life to have meaning. Life's meaningless without freewill. With freewill, there's always suffering. So God wants suffering. I got tired of that argument before I even finished saying it.

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Dr. Wilson: You always have a reason. It's usually a bad one but a reason.

Dr. House: She's being childish.

Dr. Wilson: See. That's an example from the bad category... Is it just resentment....or you just can't stand to see others happy?

Dr. House: She's trying to play me. If I let her the terrorists win.

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Dr. House: So if I happen to cure you, what happens then? You start thinking that God was working through me? That this is some kind of miracle?

Fr. Daniel: Do you think I'm an idiot?

Dr. House: That's what I'm testing.

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Fr. Daniel: Losing my faith wasn't a choice I made. It happened. It's gone.

Dr. House: But if it can magically disappear, it can magically reappear. And that's what your hoping.

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Dr. House: Why do the Lord's work if the Lord has left the building?

Fr. Daniel: I've been with the church my entire adult life. It's my only marketable skill.

Dr. House: I detect a stink of leftover faith.

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Fr. Daniel: I don't think you're looking somebody to prove your right. You're looking for somebody to prove you wrong. To give you hope.

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Dr. House: Hey! Just talking about you. Not you specifically. Whores and hypocrisy.

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Dr. Taub: Funny, how the two people in the room who think relationships are easy are both single.

Dr. Kutner: I don't think they're easy. That's why I think if you find something that could be could, you should hang on to it.

Dr. Taub: Everything could be good. Very little ever is.

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Dr. House: I've got a thing for my boss' thing. She doesn't have a thing, perse. I pick up metaphors.

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Fr. Daniel: Who wants a relationship with a priest?

Dr. House: Who wants a relationship?

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Dr. Foreman: Wow. Guess House knows me better than you do. Too bad I don't go both ways.

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Dr. Wilson: You're the hypocrite. You wanna go. You don't resent this baby. You want to be a part of it.

Dr. House: Yes. But not 'til her sixteenth birthday...

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Dr. House: Love, sacrifice, deception, and now betrayal. This is better than a telenovela.

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[After Dr. Foreman and Dr. Hadley had an argument over a diagnosis...]
Dr. Hadley: This isn't gonna work.

Dr. House: Are you kidding? I've never felt more alive!

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Dr. Wilson: I'm trying to give you a rational reason to overlook her hypocrisies so you don't feel like a hypocrite for going.

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Dr. Wilson: Even if an absolute truth exists, we can't know all of it. And you can't condemn her for recognizing that.

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Dr. House: We can know everything.

Dr. Wilson: This is medicine, not metaphysics.

Dr. House: Truth is truth.

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Dr. House: Coincidences do happen.

Fr. Daniel: That coincidence is what brought me to you in the first place.

Dr. House: You promised you wouldn't go there.

Fr. Daniel: Einstein said, 'Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous....

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Dr. House: The fact that I was wrong is not a proof of God.

Fr. Daniel: I'm just trying to understand how my life could completely turn around in a single day.

Dr. House: Don't worry. Your life will go back to sucking soon enough. Everything that happened to you can be rationally explained."

Fr. Daniel: I know. It's just... That's a lot of coincidences.

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House M. D. - Season 5 Episode 14 Quotes

Dr. Cuddy: I am gonna do my job. Doesn't me I have to do it happily.
Doesn't me I have to do it without resentment. And definitely doesn't me I have to do it without seeking vengeance on the person making me be here. Congratulations. You have officially dragged me down to your level.

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Dr. Foreman: Better look out for yourself and the people you care about.

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Dr. House: People act in their own self-interest. You're all here because you're happy to be here. Or at least because this is your best option.

Dr. Kutner: I'm here because I want to help people.

Dr. House: No. You're here because it makes you feel good to help people. Taub and Foreman are here because they've got no other viable choices, and Thirteen is desperate to make her life matter before it's over.

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Dr. Taub: So. You're happy to be here?

Dr. House: Does it show?

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Dr. Miller: Not working doesn't mean I don't have places to go.

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Dr. Miller: You can look yourself in the mirror and think I did something worthwhile today.

Dr. Taub: Exactly.

Dr. Miller: That's important. And I do miss that. But, it just wasn't enough anymore.

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Dr. Wilson: I hear Cuddy's SEAL training finally came in handy. Should I be investing in a flack jacket?

Dr. House: You're safe.

Dr. Wilson: No carpet bombing? No burning of Dresden to teach her a lesson? [pause] Well, since you're incapable of taking the high road, I assume there's some deeper, more long-term strategy in effect.

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Dr. Wilson: Cuddy's not playing games. She's not looking for leverage. She wants pure, unadulterated vengeance.

Dr. House: And your counter move is to let her have it?

Dr. Wilson: The only time to strike back is when I want something. All I want now is to get things back to normal. Which I can't get by escalating. The only way to win this war is to lose it. Let her punch herself out.

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Dr. Hadley: We've been dating for two weeks. You just broke trial protocol and risk your entire career to give me a drug we're not even sure will help me. I don't think I'm ready for that.

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Dr. House: Oh my God! It's been a whole day and her tumor hasn't melted away?!

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Dr. Foreman: I want to be able to tell her this happened to other people and they're fine now.

Dr. House: So tell her.

Dr. Foreman: I'm not gonna lie to her.

Dr. House: Too late for that.

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Dr. Kutner: Why are you asking about Foreman and not Thirteen?

Dr. House: Because both questions would are about to have the same answer. Ebony and ivory are joined... NEAR the hip.

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Dr. House: Yes, he's an idiot. He didn't ask you to do anything. You're pissed off that he did. So let him torch his career to pay for his sins. Unless, you actually feel something for the idiot...

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Dr. Cuddy: I like what he does for this hospital.

Dr. Wilson: What he does is who he is... And the same goes for you.

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Dr. House: You did it because you love her. Ironically, you never took her into consideration. Can't wait to see what you get her for your anniversary.

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Dr. Taub: It involves House, Foreman, and Thirteen, which means it's dumb, dangerous, or tragic, or a combination. I'm embracing my ignorance.

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Dr. Wilson: Im not apologizing because you're dying, I'm aplogizing because you were right. I am stuck. My girlfriend died. She was the only person I've loved in a long time and... I'm still living in her apartment. I'm surrounded by her things. I've left it all exactly where it was. I don't know how to get unstuck.

Dr. Miller: The only wrong thing is.. to do nothing...

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Fighting A(H1N1) Tips for everyone

With the soaring number of cases in Asia -- being led sadly by our dear homeland the Philippines -- the swine flu scare is causing widespread panic and concern, especially infants and pregnant women who are said to be more susceptible to illnesses.

With this in mind, now would be a great time to remind ourselves of the things we can do to stop the spread of the virus. Here's some ways, though do not limit yourself to these:

Wear facemask. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Best way to treat the flu? Not having it in the first place! It not only helps people from getting virus, but also helps infected people from spreading it to others.

Use hand soap, hand sanitizers, alcohol, and/or disinfectants. Cleanliness is next to godliness. So just make sure you use these. Washing with soap and water for 15 to 20 seconds kills whatever germs you have on your hands. If not available, having a handy alcohol or hand sanitizer should suffice. be sure to use them, especially when you use your hands to handle things which might have been passed on from one person to another... which brings me to...

Don't touch anything! Or rather, mind what you touch. Are you in the habit of holding onto handrails, escalators, door handles? Things or places that other people have handled? Better not hold those if you can help it. If it cannot be avoided -- example, you have to hold onto handrails because your balance is just way off the higher you get like yours truly -- be sure you disinfect your hands asap -- see previous item. In addition...

Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth. CDC (Center for Disease Control) experts state that this is how one gets infected. If your hands touch something contaminated by the virus and then you touch your eyes, nose or mouth, you introduce the virus inside your body.

Eat healthy foods. Studies show that the A(H1N1) strain in the Philippines is not as strong as the other flu strains in other countries such as US -- hopefully that's true for the cases in Singapore as well. You can easily beat it if you have strong resistance. So first step to building resistance is always eating the right food. This is where your "glow" foods come in -- in case you forgot your Health Education 101, your food groups are "Go" (energy), "Grow" (well, grow), and "Glow" (body resistance).

Load up on vitamins. Better consult your doctor to make sure you're getting the right kibnds of vitamins. Normally for fevers, flu, and the like, vitamin C is the first thing to consider. You get it from citrus fruits (e.g. oranges) or in capsules, tablets or pills.

Lots of sleep. Can't stress this enough. Your body needs sufficient rest to function properly. Ensuring you get at least eight hours of sleep is a good way to start.

Mind your distance from people. Observe your personal space. The closer you allow yourself to other people, the higher the risk of you picking up viruses. Sure, you may be seen as a snob. But hell, are they going to pay for your medical expenses if you get sick because of them? No? Then what the hell... :))

Stay home. Unless your home is stinkin' rat's nest, its the safest place to be. Try not to frequently go out, especially hangout places where there is sooo much human traffic. Similarly...

Limit your flights. That's primarily how the virus spreads from one country to another. We've made an observation: whenever I fly somewhere, an hour or so after getting out of the plane, I almost always start to cough or sneeze or have a runny nose. Not surprising. It's not like the flight crew actually replace the seats and disinfect each and every one of them between flights. Take note!

Check your temperature. Keep tabs on how you feel. Not feeling well? Having chills? Sore burning eyes or ears? Check your temperature. Having 37.5 C or higher temperature indicates a fever or flu.

See your doctor at the first sign of trouble. Don't wait until you're not able to walk. You know your body. The moment you sense something is wrong, have it checked out. In the first AH1N1 death in the Philippines, the victim might have been saved if only she was treated a lot sooner.


On infants and pregnant women...

Thankfully, some flu drugs are promising to be relatively safe for pregnant mothers and infants. A recent publication from the Canadian Medical Association Journal suggests that the well-known anti-flu drugs TamiFlu (oseltamivir) and Relenza (zanamivir). You can check out this article from the Canadian Press here dated June 15th for more information. This is not a definitive answer, but at least this is an option.

Still, it is best to consult your doctor. If you have doubts, get a second opinion. Might be expensive though.

I suggest keeping tabs on the news about the virus to be abreast of the latest information. Checking the CDC website on swine flu guarantees that you are up to date. Check this CDC link for pregnant women.

Let's keep our fingers crossed and hope that this pandemic dies out sooner than later.

So, it all comes down to personal hygiene and personal health. Be mindful of these, and you should be just fine. More importantly, be aware of yourself and surroundings. At the first sign of trouble, go to the doctor.

Good luck and stay safe!

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Great weekend break!

Great, not because I was relaxing the entire break, but because of the things I've accomplished plus the great news.

The great news is, of course, our baby. No surprise there as to why it's great, is there? :)

As for my accomplishments, first of all, I've passed my certification exam... I badly needed that because without it, my current certification will expire which would mean my "market-value" would severly drop. Need this to keep up with others in my field. It's already hard as it is, so no wonder, I needed the extra edge that I can get. This is a big thorn on my side that I'm glad to be rid off!

With that, I only need to pass one more exam to obtain another certification. Two more exams, and I get my third. Real resume-builder, these certifications are.

Also, we were able to pass all our requirements for our PR (Permanent Resident) application. This has got me all worked up more than most people; I was able to collate the required documents only days before the appointment date! It was quite a risky gamble, considering that if our application was rejected, we had to wait another full year before we can apply again.

Why exactly do we need this? Well, for one, security. Worst case scenario, if I lose my job, I can still stay in Singapore. No pressure to look for a new job in case I decide to part ways with my current employer. Not that I'm planning of getting off my current employer mind you! It's waaaaaaaay much better than my previous job. ;)

Also, with the baby coming on the way, PRs enjoy better benefits than EP-holders. More maternity leave days entitlement, more discounts, etc. etc.

Lastly, being a PR forces us to have savings via CPF. First year is light, requiring only 5% of your salary. Second year, however, CPF contribution jumps to 15%, and on the third year onwards, 20%. Needless to say, our budget needs to be reviewed to account for these. Of course, in the end, you always get that back plus the contribution of the company.

I just think of it this way: in the Philippines, around 30% or almost a third of your salary goes to taxes; and where the hell does that go? Probably a blackhole, aka the pockets of those damned, corrupt BIR officials, congressmen, etc. At least here in Singapore, that 20% goes a long way. No surprise many Filipinos go here.

So that's that. A rewarding break. And now I need to go back to work. :)

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