Thinking out loud

Now that nobody really reads my blog, I feel a since of freedom. I guess partly cos I'm at the bottom and everything else is a bonus. But also, I can write whatever I like and not have to worry about being incredibly boring or negative or whatever.

To be perfectly honest, I've been feeling pretty crappy. I've spent a significant part of my day being annoed! I read the bible briefly before and that helped lots but then I got distracted. (Brief break to read my daily reading). Ok, my mind's a little clearer. It's times like this that I grow in God so I guess that I should be thankful. Hmmm, my negative mindset isn't exactly honoring God but I'm not going to pretend to be happy.

I'm having issues about putting certain ppl in their place. God has blessed me with some wonderful friends. The kind that are loyal, honest, loving, caring and will be there for me come what may. THEN there are others that are my more distant friends. I define close friends as those that have the virtues that I've discribed plus a few more. Some people haven't been blessed with some many dear friends as me. Their standard for close friendship is different. I guess I should stop complaining, show a bit of grace and be more thankful.

Ha! This blog has ended a lot more positively than I had anticipated :)

This is apparently ME!

I took a quiz and this is what I got.

You fit in with: Cool Jock, etc. You fit into the Cool Jock sort of stereotype. You're not only popular, but you also probably have a bunch of good friends who you can see eye-to-eye with.

'What highschool stereotype do you fit in with?' at QuizGalaxy.com

This is somewhat surprising. A part of me likes to think that the test is VERY silly and I really belong with the intellectuals :D

half the year is over

During a ward round this Saturady morning, there was myself, a fellow student, a trainee intern, 2 house surgeons, 2 registras and a consultant (lots of doctors). We were all gathered around a patient's bed. The patient was a little old lady who was very delighted to see me. I got called a "lovely little girl" by this very patient! A little girl??! I'm a grown woman that will be graduating as a a doctor in 2.5 years time. She was completely clueless as to how terrible her comment was. I was mortified and embarrassed :(

I'm half way through 2007. It's gone by so quickly. Apparently I've learnt half the things that I should have for 4rd year. Hmm, here's hoping.

Life has been interesting and challenging at times.

I'm on holiday at the mo. I've got quite a few things to do though
-ethics assignment
-Maori health assignment
-Pathology abstract
plus I'll be welcomed back to school with a couple of tests.

Now, the logical thing for me to do is get some of this out of the way during my holiday. The problem is... Can I be bothered?

I'm off to Wellington next Monday. That's going to be fun. I'm looking forward to catching up with people. I might be a bit of shopping while I'm there. Might.

I'm leaving for Shang hai in 4.5 months from now. I'll be there for just over 3 weeks, then I'll be in hong kong followed by Sydney. I'm be back home by Dec 17th.

I'm still got the whole of January free. I'm thinking of europe. This is my last big opportunity to travel for a month without any strings. After this, i'll still have my 3month elective which is part of our course. I can shoose to go virtually anyway in the world. One of my classmate's in planning on going to Antartica (at Scott base). As much as I'm looking forward to my elective, there'll be responsibilities while I'm away. It won't be all fun and games since I'll be at a hospital for most of the time. Like I said, this summer proper summer break.

Long time, no write

What can I say? You know me, I'm a woman of few words ;)

I know, it's been aaaages! Quite a few things have happened since my last post.
I've become fairly comfortable with the hospital setting. Life's not actually that hectic compared with last year, it's just different. I'm still adapting.

I'm got a housemate now :) Ekta, she's awesome. She's definitely a blessing to have and God's been using the two of us to speak to one another about our relationship with Him. We're both challenging each other in our walk with God in different ways which is fantastic (it's like prep for marriage or something lol).

I went to a Medical Christian conference in Queenstowm a couple of weekends ago. It was great to meet fellow medics around NZ and also catch up with ppl. It was an awesome weekend and a bit of a wake up call. It reminded us all about just how important salvation and God's love actually is. It also asked us to all think of ethics and about support around us.

Life. it's going well. i'm getting back on track with God. It's not that I was completely off target but it's a matter of knowing what matters most. School, it's busy to a degree but I'll do my best not to use "busy" as an excuse. At the end of the day, there's more to life than medicine. One of the desires of my heart is to have a home that is warm, inviting, nurturing, and a place that ppl can come to in order to revitalise. I definitely can't have that if I'm too busy to care :)

I went to Dunedin this weekend for a couple of friends' 21st. It was great to see them both all grown up and great to catch up with ppl too. I really enjoyed it and I've can to appreciate how important good friends really are.

Girl power :)

On Friday evening we had a Med Stein (afterwork drinks) in the common room. I played a bit of pool then for my last game, I found myself playing with Catherine against 2 Trainee Intern guys. We weren't doing that well. i'd sunken 5 of our balls with 2 remaining but it was no use since the boys were on the black ball. I said "well, it was a good game. Catherine and I weren't far off". The boys gave a smile which meant "yeah right".

But is luck has it, the guy missed an easy shot on the black. So it was now Catherine's go. Would she be able to go from sinking no balls to sinking our 2 balls and the black, proving that she had just been "rusty" this whole time? YES!!!! we bet the TIs!! We were overcome with joy and ended up making a bit of a seen. The boys were beaten by 4th year girls! Fun fun

I went to an afternoon conference yesterday. It was all about being "uniquely woman". It was very informative but lots of fun at the same time. I don't know if I can do it justice on this blog but the speakers included a dietian, skin specialist, image consultant and motivational speaker. The conference covered the body, soul and spirit. It challenged us all to understand who we really are and not to let our roles (eg. student, mother) to definite who we are. It motivated us to live life to the fullest and not settle for the ordinary. Pretty much to live the life that we're created for.

Finally went to chruch today, "Evangelical Presbyterian Church". It's quite a small church with a diverse bunch of people. I really enjoyed it and will be going to the girl's bible study tomorrow night. But I'll definitely be checking out lots of churchs before planting my roots down.

restless night

Now, I'm usually a very deep sleeper but last night I woke up about 4 times during the night. I'd been biten by sandflies numerous times while I was in Akaroa and the ichy bites were now at their worst last night. It was horrible :( I know that I'm not suppose to cratch them but it's hard when you wake up to find yourself scratching

At least I don't have to be at the hospital today, otherwise I'm not sure that I'd be able to function at all!

Got a friend's birthday dinner to go to tonight and hopefully I'll be able to meet up with other friends later tonight at sparks in the park


I haven't gone to church since being in Chch but I have been listening to sermons on my laptop. I know that I need fellowship but I think that I'm doing ok at the mo. Will get on to it soon.

Trip to a Marae in Akaroa

So much has happen since I last blogged so I'm not going to bother writing about everything. However, in a nutshell, Jesse came to visit and had a great time then I started clinical.

As part of my course, we had to spend 3 days on a Marae in Akaroa in order to learn about Maori health. I just got back from it. It was amazing! The setting was beautiful and the food was absolutely devine. And most importantly, the whole experience has made me appreciate and respect Maori people so much more. It's been an exhausting few days but I got a lot out of it and really enjoyed myself.

It was such a priveledge of be a part of the marae visit. The tutors that we had were all very passionate about Maori health which made the hole experience so much better. I think that I now have a much better understand about Maori health and feel more confident about treating Maori patients appropriately.