Away With The Fairies

That's me, when I am stuck with 57 pages of hardcore notes that I have to get through by today. FRICK.

Went for an interview today for Melb Uni's host orientation program. Sat around in a circle and answered little questions on a sheet of paper. Mine said: Tell me about a time when you had to deal with a difficult person. SORRY ****, I had to use you as my example.

Sheesh I thought I had it down pat. And my nerves got in the way and it pretty much ended like the time when I had to present my findings from a respiratory exam, 3 days IN hospital, after a 1 year hiatus from cough, medicine. FRICK again! But the hubby said I went well, in fact he said I went really well, but he lies to me all the time anyway cause he finds me amazing, tis' said in a non-bitchy way, of course.

PFFFT. I HAVE TO WIN!!!!

Heehee, who ever said it was a competition, right? But my life is about setting goals!! Goals aren't malignant, right? Especially when I'm planking next to yellow-shirt girl in combat class and right at the point when I feel like giving up I get a stare that said, I triumph! OOOH not so fast you little twerp, I was born to fight!

TOTALLY DEVIATING.

4.12pm and the day is balmy. Oh, HAPPY BEEDAY JP! :) I bought a dress for your wedding, and can't wait to wear it!

YAY tis the season for weddings! Don't ask about mine yet, peeps. You'll know when I know.

Gotta head back to the notes!

ADIOS!

xoxo

Mad (Med) Adventures

Diary of a 23 year old medical student, sister, daughter, and wife to a v. loving family and bimbo friend to one a many girlies.

It's the start of a new rotation. This time, it's Renal, Endo, Thyroid and Vascular. All in 6 weeks. Yes, I haven't even mastered the knowledge from last block and here we go again! Whoosh!!! Everyday we are exposed to such a steep learning curve. This morning, I learnt the difference between Type 1 and 2 Diabetes, and in 2 hours, I was standing in a room with 2 other meddies, interviewing a 68 year old man who just had his 38th surgery and his toes amputated from complications of Diabetes. Isn't is amazing how this art is applied?

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Half an hour later, I meet a man with an extremely rare condition, and with it came an hour's worth of being someone's confidante. In this field, we see into our patient's world, we get to experience their anguish, their desperation, and live through so much raw emotions. When I see tears welling out from a grown man's eyes, I am lost. Do I prod more, or do I gracefully divert his anxieties? Each time I speak to a patient with fears and concerns, I feel this exasperating need to reach out, to take a little bit of pain so it becomes bearable, but at the same time so blessed to be able to learn so much about life, from my little daily experiences.

We, with able bodies and sound mind, we are lucky.

This world bears infinite boundaries, and part of life's adventures, especially mine, is to explore it's cavities and hopefully one day make little sense out of it.

So looking forward to tomorrow.

To Let in Sale

Hello!

This past week has been glorious. We never had a break since clinical school commenced, and it has been months of learning and discovering and long hours in hospital...So we decided that enough is enough...........and took a Friday off. (HA.)

7 am Friday morning, the alarm bell goes and off the hubby goes to send the car for its service

9am I wake up to the sun-rays creeping through the sides of the blinds, and feel a surge of joy, that I am able to enjoy this wonderous moment in MY own house ;D

10am We catch the bus to the city!

11am Breakfast at my favourite coffee place, they ran out of almond croissants so a pistachio torsade it is.

12pm Bought a dress at Gasp for the bro's wedding

1pm Lunch at this Taiwanese joint in the city. XXL crispy chicken for me, yummm

2pm I quick rest to freshen at the Westin. Heehee

4pm We bus back to Doncaster, made a few customized Coke cans!

6pm Drive to Sale!

10pm Movies and catching up with Liz and her amazing housemates! Horror movie was a let down.

What a beautiful day it was!!!!

:) If only every day was like this.

I heart good conversations with good people. Such a rarity from where I come from, sadly.

Red Velvet!

What's baking?

Chocolately Lurvee

Hoola hoop

Ola!

Currently doing my block in Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Dermatology, and with each passing day I grow increasingly grateful that I so blessed to be doing what I do ♥

One day, I will grow up to be a doctor.

THANK YOU LIFE.

Gwen's recent splurges include a beautiful camel coloured Tilkah Ditzy Sling Bag..for my stethhoscope and long case paraphernalia to be carried around the wards!

Pretty, No??

xoxo

Welcome to what seems like eternity

I'm sitting here in my new house.

It's so perfect, I'm cherishing every moment. THANK YOU, LIFE.

Preparing for PBL tomorrow, and there will be more days like this, learning and cramming, feeling mighty one day and rotten the next, crashing and burning, whoever said Medicine is glamorous?

But I am ready for it :)

We are give one short life. If you imagine yourself as an astronomical creature looking down on earth, and you see buildings and bridges, mountains and men, millions of them, where do you stand?

Would you be so afraid, like me, of how significantly small my presence is?

Would it matter if my nail polish isn't chipped, that my wardrobe is bursting with designer clothes and I have at least 10 pairs of shoes that are brand spanking new, yet to be worn?

I feel so damn guilty sometimes.

But I have Medicine, my purpose, to be able to reach within my very own limitless scope, to help whoever I can, the best I can. I have my family, this precious, wonderful mist of pure love, and within the parameters of bountiless love and purpose, this little bumblebee shall work her wonders.

Watch. This. Space. I will not let anyone down.

Second Holiday with Jon- Bangkok

We were deciding between Bintan in Indonesia or Dreamworld, but I was more keen on a more vibrant destination, plus I dislike water sports so Bangkok it was! I drew inspirations from a few random blogs I read and was instantly attracted to the shopping in Platinum Mall.

Platinum Mall is a mega huge mall with 2000 stalls focusing on wholesale shopping and it blew me away. Although the sizes in Thailand are pretty small, I managed to find a ton of pretty clothes that were decently priced and pretty!! Poor baby had to tag along for 3 days while I shopped like a woman possessed. 10,000 Thai bahts was not enough, so we experienced a mild dilemma and were scavenging for hidden Aussie notes to exchange for more Thai bahts!!

We stayed at Baiyoke Suite hotel which was strategically located in the heart of Pratunam, with the hustle and bustle of Pratunam Market right in front of our doorstep. The density of Pratunam Market felt like 5 people per square metre, in other words it was really, really crowded. But I loved it!!! My five senses were so turned on.

We ate at Platinum's food court a few times, food was pretty decent. My husband came with a mission to eat kilos and kilos of Pad Thai and by the time we went back he was green from it.

JY inside Platinum. He is the sweetest baby in the world and I am not saying it just because he is mine. He really tops the whole universe of guys because when it comes to shopping, he waits patiently for me, offers fashion advice, seeks out pretty clothes for me, carries my heavy bags, and pays for everything. Seriously the best baby in the world!!

And he booked us the best hotel in Thailand for our last night. I was grumbling ( ok, i was fuming) when we had to switch hotels because it was so troublesome and we got ripped off by a bad cabbie but when I stepped foot in Ariyasomvilla, I died and went to villa heaven.

Yep.. That was our two room suite for the night. Best room in the house!! I wished the night would never end but I was so knackered from the shopping that we fell asleep pretty early ( 1 am.)

The living area.

JY loved the sinks- The products smelled so good!! This is me washing my bathing suit with the amazing pandan scented soap.

The Pool. I managed to drag him up at 6.15 am and we took a dip and it was gooooood. He didn't feel too good but who would after a pint of Asoka at 6.15am??

One of the many highlights was the Ladyboy Calypso show at Asia hotel, as recommended by Bangkok.com. Most of the tours and shows were booked through this website and I give a double thumbs up because the tours are cheap and good.

My fav Kahtoey. Seriously fab body and face. SOO pretty.

Our dinner the last night at the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit.

Love Bangkok!! Will so return!!