R & R

I'm warm, rested, and well fed. For those that don't know me, this pretty much ensures that I'm happy. I'm done some work for school (which I'm pleased about). Also, I just checked my bank account. I recieved my first pay! Woo hoo! It's pretty exciting. I'm all grown up

Tired

Work is tiring. 6pm-midnight is long especially when you're on your feet the whole time (aaand when you have to get up for school the next morning). I'm feeling a little under the weather today. I've taken the day off so I should be fine by tomorrow. My feet hurt. I'm going to invest in some compfy black shoes for work. I thought that I'd hold out until I've received my first pay check, but alas, it must be done. oh well, enough with the moaning. I guess it makes me appreciate that I'm going to be a doctor some day... :) And having the part time job is helping to teach me how to cope with long hours. Since I'm not on call for Healthcare of the elderly of General Practise, I have a pretty slack timetable (in comparision to 8am-11pm).

I'm suppose to be doing work, school stuff. You know, the kind that is important for my future career. I have no excuses not to. I really don't! Hmmm, I don't want to. very silly, I know. I've got OSCEs next week and so I really should. maybe I should go in search of a motivation tool. Until then... facebook is such a time waster but so tempting.

News

I've got so many great and wonderful things to share. Shame that when this happens, often I'm too busy to blog. silly that
Firstly, on Monday - I finally went to willowbank wildlife reserve and saw kiwis! It's funny how many NZers have never seen a kiwi. We all know what they are and know what they look like. Afterall, the Kiwi is our national bird. But since they're nocturnal creatures, we actually often have to intentionally go looking to find them to actually see a real live one!

Now, here's a story unrelated to birds. There's a point so be patient... After snowboarding last weekend, my shoulders were killing me so I eventually got a massage mid-week. It's what happens when you're crap at snowboarding. Anyway, on my way from getting the massage, I walked into this expensive french reastaurant because they were looking for experienced staff. I thought it's be fun to work in a high class place. Well, I spoke to the owner briefly. She thought that I'd be good for the upstairs which is very ponsy :) had my trial on Monday night. I've got a job so now I'm working at Le bon bolii parttime. They were very impressed that I could carry 3 plates and do silver servicing without being trained. You'd hope that I could do these things after all the waitressing I've done.
Since they're going to keep me upstairs, it means that I need to focus on quality over quantity. Serving wine properly etc.... no need to rush around or any such thing which is great! Oh, there's also the bonus of getting french food too. Mmmmm

I've been sewing this week. I've made a pleated skirt and have nearly finished another skirt too. I'm quite happy with this second skirt because I didn't buy a pattern for it aaand I taught myself how to put a zip on. woo hoo! just need to do the hem then I'm done!

I'm sure that there's more going on in the life of Thida that's worthy of blogging but sleep is vital for survival and sanity. -Bedtime

Another beautiful day

I went on an Ambulance run last night. It was interesting, got to see a few interesting things. I was there from 5.30pm-2am so it was tiring. I'm so glad that I'm not a parametic! There's so much driving involved. It was good to see what they do though.

I slept in til quite late today which meant that I missed the morning. But it's still a gorgeous day now. I don't really have much to say except that I'm going to go now and enjoy the weather

the waiting's over!

it went well people. very well :) MWA!

the wait

It's 40 minutes before my Neuro OSCE. As you can tell, I'm studying very hard at the moment ;)
Oh, it's going to be so good once it's over. HOLIDAYS! woo hoo, I'm excited.

My classmate, not to mention anyone in particular Nick Laing says "this is a typical ASIAN blog". Apparently because of the enthusiasm?! does this mean that whities and darkies are boring and subdued?? I think that he's just silly.

Meanwhile on the topic of silliness, another classmate has just asked me if this is my case report...

So, what are my plans for the holidays? Well, tecnically I don't start my holidays til Saturady since I've got an ambulance run on Saturday night. I'm going to be sewing and hanging out with friends and family. Might go snowboarding again if I get the chance. Oh... there's a very expensive french reataurant that is looking for an experience part time waitress. As a spare of the moment thing, I walked in and enquired. They want to try me out on Monday night. I have mixed feelings about taking the job just that I'm leaving the country in about 2 months. Buut, I've got just over a year to work as a waitress (or other non-doctor positions). After that, it'd be inappropriate for me to do that. WOuldn't be too good if a customer came in and thought "hey, that waitress looks like Dad's doctor at the hospital" lol.

Although it'll probably be a lot of fun, it'll also be time consuming too. Soo... Monday night will be both trial for me as well as a trial for the restaurant.

now...back to the present. I'm in the computer room now where some of my classmates are walking in and out either waiting to examine a patient or has just finished examing a patient. Hmm, interesting times. Better head off now. Wish me luck!

Perspective

I was having a bit of a downer last week. I wasn't too happy or thankful for much. I did not really a good attitude at all until I went to a MAPP meeting on Thursday. What's MAPP?Hmmm, one day I'll explain it properly but til then; tt's this group where med students meet to talk and plan ways to take medical aid to developing nations. Sorta save the world with doing what we can, one human at a time kinda stuff. sounds cheesy (partly cos I've made it sound that way), but it was just the kick in the backside that I needed to remind me of why I'm where I am. Made me realise just how blessed I am to be in my situation.

I've learnt that the little, tiny annoeying things don't really matter. Oooh, I've thought of an analogy. This analogy is pretty much for everyone that it capable of reading this blog. 1- you can read! 2- you have internet access. And besides, I'm sure that there are more wonderful things in your life than this. Anyway... it's like we've been given a silver plater with a selection of over 1000 different delicately hand crafted appetizers. All beautifully created. We try the first few and they're just so delicious. Then after a countless number of treats, we come to one that looks promising, it's just as beautiful as the previous ones we've eaten. We place it in our mouths expectantly. Shocked, we find that it's actually a disguisting morsal that contains a nasty ingredient (e.g. goat cheese - I hate goat cheese!). Now, we can pull a tantrum and through the silver plater away or actually just grab another piece. Surely, it can't get any worse. Chances are, the new peice will wash away that disguisting taste. What I'm trying to say is, embrass life and all it has to offer. Don't throw it away because crap happens. If anything, be thankful for the unpleasant things, makes you appreciate the pleasant more. Stops you from taking good things for granted.

So, how am I doing? I'm very well thanks. Life is great. I'm really enjoying geriactric medicine. Old people (in general) are endearing. They sometimes require a lot of patience but most are absolutely lovely. I'm finding this rotation to be very rewarding. Not to say that I'm going to become a geriatrition but I'm not ruling it out. I guess it's a bonus that I'm enjoying what I'm doing at present.