shouldn’t have left the derm presentation till so late. desperately trying to figure out wat i need to put in and wat can be left out. i guess if it’s insufficient, the group can go and do the extra research right? right?
then again, i finished reading the entire sword-dancer series by jennifer roberson.
*head desk*
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH
need motivation!!! need to study like ~!@#$
and need to do lots of memory work!!!!
sigh.
i got to play doctor in clinic today.
as in, i got to write the notes.
ya ya, cheap thrill. everyone’s done it already but it was my first time so ya. ^_^”
screwed up my first report, so after that i was copying allan’s style cos he got complimented by the reg for the way he presented the notes
it’s… stressful. hehe. and then there’s the whole reading other ppl’s handwriting. hmm.
but overall, it was fun. it was orthopaedic outpatients, so lots of fractures and stuff. got to do some random examinations and ‘discharged’ a patient too. but we ran away before it ended cos they were going to go till 7 and there’s a meeting after which we really didn’t want to go for. hehehe
funky. XD
need to go study so much. i just realized i’ve checked 5 books out of the library already. O.o
speaking of which, the librarian scolded me today cos the book i returned was ‘overdue’. but it wasn’t, i’d only borrowed it on tues and it was due today. so i told her that and she realized that the person who checked it out had put in the wrong return by card. -_-” oh well.
anyway. dinner, a snack and more work. exams are coming!!!
and btw, my puppies are growing cuter everyday. and it’s either rocky or brandy’s b’day today. can’t remember who’s older, i think it’s brandy. and then the other b’day is sometimes before mine. 27th maybe? the lucky things are having a b’day party and CAKE. not fair. i want to watch and see wat they do to the candle. haha. hopefully they’ll video it at home and send to me…
just got back from warrnambool. drove over yesterday afternoon and then spent the nite there with the ppl doing their rotation from V’s. the drive was nuts. lots of insects imploding on the windscreen. and the hood of the car. let’s just say that the bonnet now looks more like a speckled egg. gross. ><
had A LOT of food. i think i spent abt $70 on food in less than 24h. lol! but it was all REALLY REALLY GOOD. there’s this amazing stone grill place there. i swear, if waku had the lamb there she would love it. yummy~ i had the mixed grill cos i couldn’t decide, so i got to have chicken, lamb and beef. mmmm. and of course, with pat’s encouragement, tim actually managed to finish a 400g. steak. with half an ice cream. -_-” i’m impressed. but the ice cream was good. and overkill. imagine a waffle cone… and a tower of ice cream extending the width of a cone all around… like how on earth did they get it to fit without falling apart! lol
after that we went back to the hostel and played burnout revenge till abt 2.30 cos the boys were trying to beat the 1.11.00 time for the burning lap. was quite mad cos they eventually played so many times that they’d memorised the track and could practically steer blind but kept missing by a couple of msec. lol. finally we found all the shortcuts and managed to chart a route and then pat managed to clear the level! hahaha turned out that there were more shortcuts that we’d missed, so i had a go this afternoon before we left and i got thru in 1.05.?? altho i kind of suck at burnout cos i haven’t mastered the drifting. hahaha
anyway. we went to port fairy and had a sort of nature walk this morning. then we went to time & tide for lunch. the place is beautiful, like a villa with a wonderful view. we went down to the beach after that and froze our toes off and took a photo where everyone jumped. like the jet star ads haha. then we went to buy cake (which is now in the fridge cos too full!!) and started the loong drive back where we killed more bugs. and then we had laksa king for dinner. XDXD
oh and then there was PFA on friday. it was quite crazy cos almost our entire group showed up so we ended up shoving ppl ard and taking really random photos. haha. then we ended up at allan;s house singing karaoke. which was the most random thing ever.
so in short, whole weekend was spent doing absolutely nothing. as with other weekends. but i feel so much better now. prob cos we haven’t had a holiday for so long. lala. but it was nice to get away i guess. oh and i now have a very random sunburn on my arms from the nature hike. wtf. -_-”
photos up on facebook soon! need to go and stalk the dryer to collect my clothes and then go to sleep. idnd’t sleep much yesterday cos my arm cramped up and the sofa cushions were a bit too soft to sleep on… don’t ask. i don’t understand how they can be great to sleep on when on the sofa but so weirdly uncomfortable when dragged down onto the floor….
i officially vote the amy-chan no. 1 supplier and corrupter of me.
hee
yes, i have STORY BOOKS!!! yay~!
ok. maybe not so yay. considering that i’ve been slacking lots
(and found a new addictive online game. go play desktop tower defense on msn games. it looks and sounds stupid but it’s actually pretty tough. and very addictive)
ahem. so now i have some kushiel series thingo (which according to amy-chan is good) and 4 of the valorian series by mary herbert (which has been out of print forever. aka the first fantasy books i ever read!) and the sword dancer series by jennifer roberson!! yay!!!
hmm. need to space out hte reading. and MUST FINISH WORK. bleh.
holiday mood is coming on. why why why
add oil en^2! and concentrate dammit XD
so much work! contemplating eating my books again haha.
need to see more patients. i keep forgetting to do the heave and thrill bit of the cardiac exam. but other than that i swear that i can do the perfect pre-clinical cardiac exam.
we were listening to the various heart murmurs the other nite. yay for those sites that have audio files lol! but err. i forgot which murmurs were wat the next day. -_-”
tutes keep getting cancelled and re-scheduled. yesterday and today were insane. found out abt the re-scheduled tutes abt 1h before they happened. yesterday wasn’t os bad cos i’d already showered, but this morning was hell cos i literally woke up to someone calling to ask if i was going. and that was followed by the fastest i’d ever showered and got ready to go to hospital lol! made it there 15 min late but hte the guy started late so it wasn’t that bad after all.
need to go figure out wat to eat for dinner now. don’t feel like having curry. hmm. oh well.
need to snap out of the slackness and get back to work!
playing fashion dash has given me a wrist ache. i swear i need to learn to become ambidextrous soon.
is it possible to sue the schools back home for giving me pseudo-carpal tunnel after years of abusing my hand during exams??
i miss my puppies. they’re turning 1 soon. and apparently they’re going to have a PARTY. well. they’re going to have cakes. at each other’s b’day. which means they get 2 cakes each. what a life. i swear that at this rate, they’re going to be having a full-on party with other dogs invited by the time they’re 3 lol.
concentrate! absorb!
i am a sponge. *meditates*
no idea what’s wrong
need to get out
a general feeling of…
omg, that girl who gave the talk on friday was crazy lol!
but anyway, time to think about electives. and time to start e-mailing pple. omg, it’s like AMS all over again…
“Dear so-and-so, i’m a *insert year* medical student and I’d like to express my interest in *insert topic here*. and by the way, since i really want this placement, let me proceed to suck up to you as to why this is my lifelong desire”
-_-”
right. well. so. where to go. hmm.
don’t want to stay in australia. well, not in melbourne at any rate. but somehow, i think i’d feel a little ripped off if i went to the other states? i dunno
and then, there’s the overseas option… UK sounds good, i actually kinda want to go back there, haven’t been there since my 2nd sis graduated. which would be… 7 years by the time it’s time to do electives.
but i have no idea how much it would cost! and the exchange rate is like, 3:1!!
although, there also is the fact that i’d get to see snow! XD
USA… canada… i dunno. not much interest.
of course, i could og home, but i heard that the application to go back home is really stupid and ocnvoluted. -_-”
and i’m wondering if church is doing any missions that i could tag along for and be counted as an elective. highly unlikely it would be acceptable though. hmm. oh well.
plenty of time to think about that. after i get some study done. i’ve been re-reading cassandra clare’s draco series. sigh. finished the first ‘book’ and am now about 1/3 thru the second. *head desk* why i do this…
want to sleep. and eat lots of choccie. heheheh
wednesday is almost over!
so sleepy. but there’s a certain satisfaction from starting early everyday. sort of.
now i just need to get into the habit of not wanting to fall asleep halfway thru the day. -_-”
and i need to go read PBL now. we were at officeworks for an hour today photocopying madly. nyuk nyuk nyuk.
i’ve amazed myself at how much i can actually get done if i put myself to it. wow. i haven’t been this hardworking for a long time. hee.
and i’m trying to sleep by 12 everyday. trying. wish i could sleep more but oh well. friday is coming! XD
first day!
OMG SO TIRED
i haven’t woken up at 6.30 ever since JC. -_-”
and then the sub-dean goes: you think 8-5 or 9-6 days are tough? well, i hate to break it to you. it’s only going to get worse when you graduate
and then i’m sitting there filling out the form where one question is “why do you not go to hospital”
ans: becos i stay up too late at night to study and i can’t wake up the next day
*falls down*
hahaha, incorrigible. XD but i’m trying to get back in the habit of waking up early even on weekends. so i’m trying to wake up before 12 now. will eventually try to go ard 10 or 11 i guess, but given how late i can stay up on teh weekends… hmm. **shrugs*
and why is it so bloody cold at the other hospital! i mean, seriously, the temperature drop and wind chill is glaringly obvious. i should go and dig up my butt length coat. my butt was freezing on teh way to the carpark today lol. and why are all the buildings built so low there? i don’t think there’s an airfield anywhere nearby… hmm. oh well. maybe they ahve too much space. haha
i got volutneered to show up for a 7am lecture tmr. if not i’d have a free day. -_-” i should go i guess. sigh.
so many 8 am starts!!! *cries*
but on the bright side, the FOOD IS GOOD. like seriously. wow. and cheap(er) too. hehe. guess who’s gonna grow fat there. maybe. and all the legendary free food that we’re going to get. apparently. hehehehe. i am pig. deal with it
timet o finish another book that i need to return to the other library. and maybe watch some dexter.
ps: i finally killed the buggy zooming ard my room lamp. HA