<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Shades of Gray &#187; thought speaks</title>
	<atom:link href="http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/category/web-posts/thought-speaks/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com</link>
	<description>seeing life from a different point of hue, because not everything is in black and white</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:54:22 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<cloud domain='dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/4265c43453672becf5aed5fd6367bd19?s=96&#038;d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>Shades of Gray &#187; thought speaks</title>
		<link>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com</link>
	</image>
	<atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/osd.xml" title="Shades of Gray" />
		<item>
		<title>one more day</title>
		<link>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/07/26/one-more-day/</link>
		<comments>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/07/26/one-more-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>inkblot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[medical files]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thought speaks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[residency training]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/?p=202</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8217;sometimes 24 hours in a day simply isn&#8217;t enough time if you&#8217;re a medical resident&#8217; 
This was told to me by my senior resident while I was still in pre-residency training, and now having survived another hellish week, I see the logic in her thoughts.
Sometimes athough we may not mean to do it on purpose, it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com&blog=3895524&post=202&subd=dichotomousthoughts&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/07/26/one-more-day/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1c25f4d8eb1609ff393580ddcf224873?s=96&#38;d=monsterid" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">inkblot</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>almost forgotten</title>
		<link>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/almost-forgotten/</link>
		<comments>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/almost-forgotten/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>inkblot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[thought speaks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/almost-forgotten/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since I wrote something down here and it even came to a point where in I almost forgot my username.
Things may not be always the way I plan them to be and there are still unresolved issues that I have to attend to. But for now, I remind myself that that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com&blog=3895524&post=182&subd=dichotomousthoughts&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/almost-forgotten/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1c25f4d8eb1609ff393580ddcf224873?s=96&#38;d=monsterid" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">inkblot</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>reminders</title>
		<link>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/01/31/reminders/</link>
		<comments>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/01/31/reminders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 11:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>inkblot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[medical files]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thought speaks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/?p=179</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Rest if you must, but never quit”
I already posted a similar entry on my other blog, but I wanted to expound a little bit more here.
I happened to see those lines above on the top of my co-medicine resident&#8217;s &#8220;to do&#8221; list for the day. I guess it&#8217;s his way of gently reminding himself what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com&blog=3895524&post=179&subd=dichotomousthoughts&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/01/31/reminders/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1c25f4d8eb1609ff393580ddcf224873?s=96&#38;d=monsterid" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">inkblot</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>choosing happiness</title>
		<link>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/12/31/choosing-happiness/</link>
		<comments>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/12/31/choosing-happiness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>inkblot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[heart beats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thought speaks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/?p=175</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s inevitable. In a few more hours a new year is about to begin. And as it has already been a tradition of most, I have been receiving text messages on my phone greeting me a happy new year. Of course I try to reply to all those who remembered as well. It&#8217;s also funny [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com&blog=3895524&post=175&subd=dichotomousthoughts&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/12/31/choosing-happiness/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1c25f4d8eb1609ff393580ddcf224873?s=96&#38;d=monsterid" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">inkblot</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>genuinely happy</title>
		<link>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/genuinely-happy/</link>
		<comments>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/genuinely-happy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>inkblot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[heart beats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thought speaks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/?p=171</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just recently I learned that my best friend is getting married.  She was planning of telling me about this herself but another friend simply couldn&#8217;t contain her excitement and soon the cat was out of the bag.
I told her this was one of the undeniable proof that we have grown up, because I was happy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com&blog=3895524&post=171&subd=dichotomousthoughts&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/genuinely-happy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1c25f4d8eb1609ff393580ddcf224873?s=96&#38;d=monsterid" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">inkblot</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>pass me by</title>
		<link>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/pass-me-by/</link>
		<comments>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/pass-me-by/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>inkblot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[medical files]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thought speaks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[answers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[questions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/pass-me-by/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I could blame a lot of factors why this blog has not been updated, but truth be told, it&#8217;s just that my real life has been taking up most of my waking hours, now that I sleep less and less because of the residency training.
The sad thing about it though is that I have failed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com&blog=3895524&post=163&subd=dichotomousthoughts&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/pass-me-by/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1c25f4d8eb1609ff393580ddcf224873?s=96&#38;d=monsterid" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">inkblot</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>online again</title>
		<link>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/online-again/</link>
		<comments>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/online-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>inkblot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[thought speaks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/?p=97</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while.
I was out of town for a week on official business. Been busy with work left undone while I was out for another week. Internet connection at home was down for almost a week. Then to top it all of, my computer caught an annoying virus that requiredd me to reformat once [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com&blog=3895524&post=97&subd=dichotomousthoughts&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/online-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1c25f4d8eb1609ff393580ddcf224873?s=96&#38;d=monsterid" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">inkblot</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>excuses</title>
		<link>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/excuses/</link>
		<comments>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/excuses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>inkblot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[thought speaks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/?p=94</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was busy.
Admit it, at one time or another we all made this pathetic excuse for not letting the world know that we still exists. Well, I&#8217;m using it now but I do have a very good reason for it.
I am busy.
(will just elaborate on a later date)
       <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com&blog=3895524&post=94&subd=dichotomousthoughts&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/excuses/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1c25f4d8eb1609ff393580ddcf224873?s=96&#38;d=monsterid" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">inkblot</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>crossroads</title>
		<link>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/crossroads/</link>
		<comments>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/crossroads/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>inkblot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[thought speaks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[testimonial]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/?p=56</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The following is part of a comment I received on my Friendster account:
 &#8220;So when can we sit for a cup of coffee or two and perhaps talk about the good old days?” – 19  July 2008
 The good old days… I wonder if we still have the same notion of what those days were.
The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com&blog=3895524&post=56&subd=dichotomousthoughts&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/crossroads/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1c25f4d8eb1609ff393580ddcf224873?s=96&#38;d=monsterid" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">inkblot</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://dichotomousthoughts.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/coffeecup.jpg?w=80" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">sharing stories over a cup of coffee</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>chasing dreams</title>
		<link>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/chasing-dreams/</link>
		<comments>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/chasing-dreams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>inkblot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[thought speaks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dreams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/?p=49</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
I remember while on board a bus this thought came into my mind: when we were still kids and the issues of global warming and the environmental concerns were already present, although not yet a tangible reality, we were told to plant seeds in the hope that it will one day become a majestic tree.
That [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com&blog=3895524&post=49&subd=dichotomousthoughts&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://dichotomousthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/chasing-dreams/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1c25f4d8eb1609ff393580ddcf224873?s=96&#38;d=monsterid" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">inkblot</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3247/2706720212_33f2eef22e_s.jpg" medium="image" />
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>