"Don't ever lose faith in who you are, for that's what makes you different.
Don't try to turn yourself into someone everyone else is, for if that happens, the world is a poorer place."
- Sept 2005
Zweiundzwanzig January Zwei Tausend und Funf, Samstag, sehr Sonnig.
Heute ich zu ich Haus tun mein Hausaufgabe. Gestern ich und mein freund Gerard ging uhr muzical "Blood Brothers". Das muzik war sehr gut, die Schauspieleren und Schauspielerinen und Sangeren und Sangerinen war mehr oder weniger kompetenz, aber es gab eine Schauspielerin war sehr schone! Sie heissen "Linda" und ist Blonde. Phweet!
I'm feeling good for an alternative career other than law. I shall try creative writing in a newspaper setting. let me give a preview.
hmmmm.. I hereby summon MUSE!
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Patients arriving at the Kimia Clinic in an imposing Westminster townhouse must be impressed by the credentials of its owner. his notepaper was headed, "Professor Barian Samuel Baluchi MB ChB MSc PhD Consultant Psychiatrist and Neuro-Physchiatrist."
For nearly five years the Iranian born practitioner operated a lucrative private practice offering services ranging from advising the Government on its refugee policies to giving court testimony as an expert witness.
He had a five bedroom house in West London costing 670000 pounds, a Mercedes with the registration plate D8CTR and private schooling for his daughter. But the 43 year old, who counselled traumatised refugees and performed minor surgery, had no medical qualifications, a court heard yesterday. His PhD, which helped him obtain an estimated 1.5 million in grants and payments, came from a "Distance Learning" course in America whose academic requirements included playing golf and reading a newspaper.
Baluchi admited 30 charges, including obtaining a false medical registration, perjury and possession of a class A drug.
In reality, the twice-married father of 2 children was a former taxi driver and dry cleaner who amassed 20 false identities and faked his graduation photograph from Imperial College, London, the Middlesex Guildhall Crown Court was told. Baluchi had conned dozens of individuals, including charity officials, who gave him grants worth more than 100000 pounds and solicitors acting for asylum-seekers who had paid 375000 for hundreds of expert reports.
Louise Kamill, for the prosecution said: "He took in people from the newly arrived asylum seekers to senior officials at the Department of Health, from people practised in detecting dishonesty such as the judges sitting at the Old Bailey to his own personal acquaintances. Each believed him to be a qualified doctor and trusted him. he was completely unqualified. his identity is liquid."
The con artist provided testimony in high-profile court cases, including that of a Kurdish refugee convicted of raping and sexually assaulting 10 women by posing as a gynaecologist. Acting as an expert for the Immigration Appeals Tribunal, Baluchi is also feared to have given incorrect diagnoses of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Of the 1500 asylum-seekers on whom he reported, 1000 are thought to have been successful. The Home Office has refused to comment.
Baluchi also obtained 35000 pounds from the Department of Health for a refugee mental health service and 96000 from the Home Office for counselling refugees and their families. Such was his mastery of deception that his first wife unwittingly helped him prepare his grant applications and never knew he remarried or had children.
The court heard his Phd in counselling from the now-closed Columbia State University had been obtained by accumulating "life-style credits" for activities including watching television and keeping tropical fish.
He used the stolen identity of a Spanish psychiatrist to obtain registration from the General Medical Council. He alsoperformed several procedures, including a botched attempt to twist a patient's spine and removing a wart from a penis. Baluchi was remanded in custody to await sentence.
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Bleh. had fun? i hope so. because .... hhaaha. the above article is REAL! By Cahal Milmo, The Independent, Tuesday 18 Jan 2005. I was laughing aloud when i read it. such nonsense can only happen in England. I assure you that. it is RIDICULOUS!
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I watched Blood Brothers the Musical yesterday and i was really impressed. it was one of those more obscure west-end shows that few would really bother or hear about. but on a friend's recommendation, my friend and i took the plunge and we were duly rewarded.
For one, the plot was tight and made sense, unlike other wafer thin plots i've seen. the performance was credible and the singing pretty decent. not fantastic but there were outstanding individual performances. the music was good though, and i thought good return on my 15 pounds.
go catch it if you want a sensible evening night out, with a laugh here and there.
Ok, shall try to get on to my normal routine. will be back soon!