My Mr. Bear is just so cute I couldn’t resist putting this photo up. 😀 Our visiting professor does yoga and we got him to conduct a couple of sessions when he was here with us. It was so much fun, I can’t remember how much I enjoyed it and how much I missed it. Hopefully one of our classmates who teaches yoga can start a class with us on a regular basis. It’s high time we put words into action; thinking about it but not doing anything is just as good as nothing.
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Professor: “So. Do you know what they call those who graduated last from medical school?”Student: *shifty eyes* [silence]Professor: “They call them ‘doctor‘.” Everytime they see our stressed-out faces studying for an exam, our professors would remind us of that simple yet profound fact, and it would make me feel a tinge bit better whenever I hear that. It doesn’t necessarily change anything or make us less nervous about exams, but it cracks us up a little, or at least it does me. It’s been six months since I started school, and I have to say, it’s really different from the…
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So, very early on in our medical training, we’re taught communication and general history taking skills as well as physical examination skills with the help of simulated patients. Now after about 3 months of that, it’s time to put them in actual use. Well, kind of. We’ll be venturing out to the “real world” as we’re posted to our designated clinics once a week for a 3-hour session, observing and learning from our preceptors. Hopefully it won’t be all observing but that we’ll also get to do stuff too. I personally want to work on my history-taking and interviewing skills,…
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I must have mentioned it more than once, that I feel that Chinese songs are mostly melancholic. Don’t misunderstand, I used to love listening to Chinese songs, and still do, but I think as I grow older I can’t handle as well all this emo-ness that those songs brings out in me. What I used to embrace back then, I find myself avoiding it. It’s strange how we change in time; most of the time I feel I change for the better, but in this case, my aversion of intense emotions and feelings, I feel is not a good thing. Could I…
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Yesterday during class discussion, professor mentioned that women should start taking calcium supplements at the age of 30, because we lose calcium faster and at an earlier age than men. So if you don’t wanna get osteoporosis or don’t wanna shrink so soon, start taking your calcium pills- a minimum dosage of at least 1000mg. Conversation that followed that discussion- me: ah i have 3 more years to go before i have to start taking those calcium pills… classmate A: don’t worry we’ll remind you when that day comes! me: …!!! classmate B: yeahhh definitely! we’ll get you that for…
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Multivitamins I take every morning after breakfast – 7Number of bumps between home and school – 17 or 18 (lost count)Distance in km from home to school – 38 ishAverage time spent commuting from home to school and back every day – 2.25 hoursAverage sleep every day – 5 hoursTimes I caught myself saying “I’m hungry!” – twice/thrice per dayTimes I actually feel hungry – uhh.. probably every two/three hours Weight I lost – -1 or -2kgDays since I last went for a run – 20+ Life- there’s more to it than those numbers of course. I just find myself having very little to…
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It’s not so much the idea of being back to school that excites me, but more of the fact that I finally get to learn all that I want to learn, and do what I want to do. Here’s to another four years of late-night mugging, pots of coffee, exams, sleepless nights and interesting stories. Here’s to ‘a new beginning’! 🙂
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Almost two-thirds of the year have gone by. So much has happened since the start of this year; hopefully more good things will happen in the next few weeks. Can’t write much bout it yet until it really happens. For now, I can only hope for the best. With regard to the incident that prompted me to write the post ‘Weak’ some time ago, I finally made my stance clear and said NO. There was this lady who kept pushing her products to me, forcing me in a polite-but-pushy way (but still forcing nonetheless!) me to buy. I gave in…
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man it’s been a longggggg week! couldn’t wait for it to be over, and now- thank goodness it’s the weekend!! part of me just wanna stay at home and chill and do nothing, but another part of me wants to go out and explore. for the past two weekends I’ve been traveling to and fro KL; the trips were worth it, but i need my sleep. 😛 pardon me for the dearth of posts lately, work has taken up most of my time (and energy!) the last thing i wanna do when i get home is to sit in front of my laptop. it’s my…
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Forgot how great it is to have wifi connection, with my laptop on a proper table and chair, (and air-con!! can’t do without in this climate); it makes me appreciate this moment all the more. It’s the afterwork rush. Today is just like any other day, but I decided I should spend some alone time after work. And so, here I am, sitting in the Bishan library enjoying the wifi, surfing, reading emails and news that I have accumulated over the week. Ah, peace and quiet. This is happiness! 🙂 Last weekend was spent at the Mint Museum of Toys,…
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Last week Mediacorp aired a video they received about 3 months ago, of an elderly lady being mistreated by nurses in Nightingale Nursing Home at Braddell, SG. They stripped her naked and left her under the ceiling fan which was turned on – full-blast no less – for a good 30 minutes. Then they literally swung and threw her on the bed when transferring her from wheelchair to bed, and later on slapped her when the said lady groaned in pain. I am pissed. I’m seething!! How could anyone treat an old fragile lady like that? How could such an…
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It’s the end of March! Already! When I was four, everything was a drag I couldn’t wait for time to fly by faster. Now I would give anything for time to slow down a little. Past few months have been crazy. It’s been a roller-coaster ride, and it’s downward all the way. Sometimes life is so unpredictable, all you can do is just hang in there and ride out the storm. Now that I’m done being despondent and dispirited, I’m back to writing and fighting. I should always look at the big picture and remind myself, my problems are petty…