About

Introduction
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Brain Grooves?!
The brain consists of depressions and elevations making the characteristic grooves. In these grooves, all the nervous processes of thinking and higher mental activities take place. It has been claimed that the more grooves you have, the more mentally powerful you are.

So it goes like that: Blood is being pumped. Nutrients are being delivered to the most vital station; the Brain. Millions of nerve cells are up and ready, for an intense process is about to take place.

Thoughts and Ideas are being produced. Motor orders are being sent to the muscles of the hand.

Eventually, words are being written or typed for all to see…

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About Me
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I’ve been receiving a lot of inquiries lately on what my nickname ‘Haisook’ means. Well, I know it’s a lil bit weird, that sometimes I was mocked for it on the web. My real name is Haitham, a very popular Arabic name that means an Eagle’s offspring. In the Egyptian accent, the name is pronounced Hai (as in why), Sam (as in some). A common calling alternative is Haisoom, Soom (as in Hook). While I was in highschool, my French teacher somehow came up with modification, which is K instead of M, to be Haisook (Pronounced Hay-sük). I liked the nickname for its uniqueness, and my friends used to call me with it. I’ve registered on all website services with it. When I entered the medical school, I added Dr, to be Dr Haisook. That’s the whole story.

Would you like to try searching for Haisook in Google?

I was born in Egypt, and as early as a year old, I went with my parents to Saudi Arabia, where I lived for two years. Then I returned to Egypt with my mother, and when I had grown up a little bit, I was enlisted in a school nearby. I finished KG 1, and 2, and then my dad went to the United Arab Emirates to work as a physician in UAQ, one of the main emirates of the country, along with the very famous Dubai. I stayed there for more than ten years, finishing my highschool. Eventually I returned to Egypt for my medical school.

So this is me, Dr Haisook, or just Haisook. I’m a 19 22-year-old guy from a city north to Cairo, Egypt, Africa, Middle East. Currently I study Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine, YouGuess University. Not doing very well though started to score better in the last clinical years, but it doesn’t matter. For I long to have a successful medical career in the US, and I’ll work for it.

“I’ve tried so hard and gone so far,
But in the end it doesn’t even matter…”
– In the end, Linkin Park

Myself In Detail

Some authors disdain describing their characters in great detail, thinking they take a lot of imagination away, but other authors prefer the opposite, because they think this way they make their characters more realistic, and thus the readers could relate to them in a way or another. Below is a more detailed information about me. If you believe in the former opinion, you can let this go, but if you believe in the latter, you can read these bits.

• I’m 1.73 m tall.
• I’m white, green-eyed, but still not your typical Caucasian.
• I’m of Egyptian, Turkish (grandmother-side), and Armenian/Azerbaijani (grandfather-side) ancestry.
• My eyesight is really terrible. Without my glasses, I’d be as blind as a bat!
• I don’t go to a barbershop. I do my own haircuts using a specialized machine.
• I have a blood disorder known as Thalassemia Minor. Unlike the Major type, it does not cause perceivable health problems. However, recent research suggest its relation to mood disorders. *may be that’s why my mood fluctuates all the time?*
• I don’t like people in real life. Really. Most of them are loud-voiced, conceited, or just annoying. I try to overcome this though, because my future profession as a physician (mostly) requires a lot of contact with people.

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My Interests
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I like a lot of things. Actually I like everything that is beautiful. I like to wander through knowledge books, and get to read about almost everything this universe contains. Beautiful things if you ask me. Animals, plants, locations,..etc. I get a lot of precious info from the fantastic free encyclopedia, Wikipedia.org — you can read about almost anything you might think of. I am a contributer and editor there. Please check out my user page.

I love technology. I cannot imagine how I would live without my PDA, my phone, or my PC, not to mention the other wide range of equipments like TV, VCRS, Microwaves, Automatic Washers. God! We live in a paradise now!. A hundred years back, none of these were present. Oh my poor great grandpa…!

I also happen to like digital art creation, be it web-design or just some abstract art. I spend some time in Photoshop, FlashMX, and Ulead GIF animator every now and then. I’ve actually made stuff like those in my DeviantART page.

I love movie making, and story telling. I’ve always longed to be a movie director, but sadly this won’t happen as I persue a totally different career now. I like the movies where the director turns into an auteur. One prominent example is M. Night Shyamalan. The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, the Village are all examples of excellent story-telling experiences. I also like cinematography (my favorite is Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events’s), and the work of camera and how it captures different emotions. I also like epic movies, and some Comedy films.

I am a fan of Gothic Rock music, very potently appearing in the music of band Evanescence. Add to that the heavenly voice of the lead singer Amy Lee, the unbelievably astonishing lyrics, and the very well-done music, and I’m already taken.

I’ve been a video gamer since I was 8 months old! Yes, don’t be surprised. My parents tell me about how interested I was in the Atari console they bought. Randomly playing with the joystick and looking at the screen became a habit of mine. My first console as a kid was the Nintendo Entertainment System. My first handheld gaming device was a Tetris clone. I used to play in the Arcades like every week. As an adult, I still find video gaming to be one of the most entertaining activities ever. I think Sega is the best developer (or used to be) of video games when it comes to the fun factor. I prefer retro games or retro-style games. I prefer games with short playing sessions where I can beat my own high scores. I also like those wacky Japanese games that you just can’t categorize. In my opinion, and in general, Japanese-made games are superior to any other. RPGs to me has become less interesting although they always seem great in the beginning, because they are always long, repetitive, and require more dedication than what I would like.

I’ve recently become interested in Manga, the Japanese term for comics. I’ve come to conclude that Japanese comics are much more diverse and interesting than their American counterparts.

I’ve even developed a deep interest in everything Japanese. I have great appreciation to that wonderful nation, Japan. Their struggle to be what they are today is just phenomenal. The way they think, the way they work, and the way they entertain themselves, is nothing short of genius. I’d love to visit Japan someday.

Specifically speaking:-

• Favorite Movies :
  Signs, Unbreakable, The Village, The Pianist, American Beauty, Road Trip, One Night At McCool’s, The Grudge, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, Sideways, Phone Booth, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Dumb & Dumber, Corpse Bride, Building the Great Pyramid (documentary), Walking With Dinosaurs (documentary), Jumanji, Home Alone (1, 2), 300
  Animated:
  The Lion King, Mulan, Monsters Inc., Toy Story 1, Toy Story 2
• Favorite Movie Triology :
  The Lord of the Rings (I, II, III)
• Favorite Movie Directors :
  M. Night Shyamalan
• Favorite Music :
  Linkin Park, Billy Talent, HIM, Hoobastank, Limp Bizkit, Evanescence, Alien Ant Farm, Backstreet Boys, P.O.D., Michael Jackson
  
• Favorite Video Games
  Age of Empires (PC), Metal Gear Acid 2 (PSP), Work Time Fun (PSP), Winning Eleven (PS1), Virtua Striker (Arcades), House of the Dead (Arcades), Sonic games (Genesis), The Lion King (Genesis), PacMan (NES), Road Fighter (NES)
• Favorite Women :
  Britney Spears, Liv Tyler

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My Activities On the WWW
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I’m a regular contributer (or used to be) at the these forums:

• Dr Haisook’s Medicopedia, User: drhaisook
• Dr Haisook’s Medicopedia’s Medical Forums, User: Dr Haisook
• Wikipedia English Edition, User: Haisook
• Brighthand Palm Forums, User: Haisook
• Prep for USMLE Forums, User: Haisook
• IMDB Forums, User: haithooma

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My Awards (mostly in school)
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• Ranked 1st in my class from elementary school through high school.
• Given the title ‘best writer in the whole school’ by my English teacher in grade 5. He also called me, “the candle”.
• Received the award “the ideal student” in grade 10.
• Received the award “One of WordPress’s Best Blogs” for my current blog. [+]

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My Beliefs
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• I believe in Human evolution from earlier primates
• I believe in creatures we cannot with current technology perceive
• I believe in Cryonics
• I believe in Information-theoretic death
• I believe in inhabitable planets other than the Earth
• I believe that God as we know Him, is not a single being. Rather, He is a collection of natural and imperceivable forces that change the world, including the force of evolution, for instance (see post Nature is God)

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My Views
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I strongly believe that we all have to behave ourselves, and not others’. Unfortunately, that’s not the case nowadays. Almost all people put faces and masks according to the situation they are through. Even I, myself do so, but it’s just because I’m obligated. I live in this life and I have to accomodate with it. I’d like to quote a poetic verse said by the lebanese poet, Eeleya Abu Madhi:

I don’t know anything about my past life
I don’t know anything about my coming life
I have a self, except that I don’t know what it is

That’s exactly what echoes my situation in life. Depressed? I don’t think so. It’s just what life has put me into. Don’t forget I’m talking about life in one of the most underdeveloped countries in the world, Egypt — a country of the 3rd world.

I believe it’s a good thing to think in a gothic way, at least at some times. The world has the good, and the bad, happiness, and sadness. And in no way one wouldn’t experience both of the opposite contraries. Sometimes life is very kind to you, and it keeps on being kind for a long time until suddenly it strike you right into your head with sad news. It’s very immature at such time to be unaware, or inexperienced about such situation.
Gothic thinking give you the opportunity to experience such tragic events before they occur (that definitely will one day happen). It makes you aware that life’s not only happiness, but also tragic moments that one must trespass successfully in order to return to happiness again.

I’m sorry about that dark introduction Anyways, you can now head on to my blog ‘proper’ here.

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Contact
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If you want to know more about myself, have an off-topic question on your mind, or if you just want to rant, you can always reach me via the contact form in that page.

Thanks!