My 50th Birthday

I turned 50 years of age, three days ago. Thanks guys!

My family threw a fun party for me. It started with crackers; each member pulled one party popper. Note that Aya's cracker did not work well, as shown in the left girl on the video (no big deal, though).

I am very happy because I have no complains about my current conditions. My wife, three children, parents as well as my job, health, socioeconomic status --  Everything is perfect. Couldn't be better! I cannot find anything I want to make better.

I've got to recognize again that I have been supported by tons of wonderful people. So, at least from now on, I am going to devote myself to support others back as much as I could.

Anyway, looking back, it is super true that time has wings, as the proverb goes. I do not know how long the rest of my life would be. However, I always have a rose picture in the future. I am looking forward to seeing myself surrounded by cheerful grandchildren and grown-up children another half a century later.

P.S.
When I was searching for English words related to "50th birthday" on the Internet, I happened to come across an interesting phrase, "You are 18,262 days old." I am not sure that the figure is correct when considered leap years.

Physical Examination

Recently, I have been into physical examination, especially cardiac auscultation.

It was last year that I published an e-book entitled "Practical Handbook of Phonocardiography: 50 Case Studies with Embedded Audio and Video." What has made me proud is that the digital book is written in English. I did it for everyone in the world to use my book, since little is available regarding phonocardiography with audio files as well as echo movies. The book is not selling like hotcakes, though.

Luckily, the other day, I had an opportunity to perform a lecture about physical examination of cardiomyopathy in the 15th cardiac physical examination seminar. The meeting is a well known annual conference and I had attended the 2nd or 3rd seminar more than 10 years ago, when I did not image I would be a presenter because the contents I learned at the conference was beyond the reach of my imagination.

I suppose that my presentation was not perfect with some trouble in audio and mouse control. I was, however, really honored to make a presentation in the session. I was still wondering why I was chosen as a speaker for the conference, but my guess is that the select is associated with my e-book about cardiac auscultation.

I am going to keep on learning and enjoying this field. Thank the heart!