What a productive day!
Today's been productive for me.
I stayed indoors as usual. The weather wasn't good today anyway. Was raining in the afternoon and there wasn't much sunshine. More of dark clouds. I didn't want to get caught in the rain, and besides, I was thinking a lot about my project, so decided to postpone my shopping trip.
I managed to force myself to get down to starting my project type-out. Did some research on the internet, which was indeed interesting and enriching. I was so amazed to realise that hospital acquired infections actually cost the NHS £1 billion per annum for the need of additional hospital stay, antibiotics supply, additional labour costs, litigation etc. It's a big sum of money!!!! Gosh, if only medical professionals were more careful and paid more attention to maintaining hygiene in the hospital, then maybe this amount would be reduced drastically. What an unnecessary financial drain it is for the NHS.
Was analysing my data collection too. And the surprising result was that only 9 out of 21 students who replied to my questionnaire practise the venepuncture and cannulation technique correctly!!!! That's like only 43%! To think our uni still emphasise so so SO many times, and gave us clinical skills lab sessions to learn it properly. I was wondering if we were not able to even correct ourselves now while we're in medical school, how are we gonna do so when we start working and everything becomes a habit? It's no wonder why approximately 100,000 cases of hospital acquired infections occur every year.
Enough said about my project.
Let's talk about the MOST interesting thing that happened to me today!
Hahaha...it's FOOD!!!! I had a really really fantastic dinner tonight, so much so that I must call home and tell mum all about it after I finish blogging this entry. I went to Bistro116, a restaurant which is about 5 mins' walk away from my house. I love the surroundings. It's very homely and the red colour coated bulbs were the most attractive part of the restaurant. The decor was modern, but everything blended in so well. A mixture of red, yellow, brown, beige and orange.
I ordered the Soup of the Day for starters. I had no idea what it was until the waiter told me it's Carrot and Orange soup. Yup, ORANGE. Soon came this bowl of 'orange' soup (duh..). I was thinking that this soup's gonna taste weird, but I wanted to try it because I've never heard of such an odd combi before. How can you make soup out of orange..ok..orange juice? Took my first slurp and MY OH MY...it was DELICIOUS!!!!!! YUMMY!!!!! The carrots were boiled till they turned so soft and become 'powdery'. The orange gave a slight sourish taste, but the combination was just fantastic. Thick enough too!
My main course was Ravioli with Salmon and Prawns. I have been craving for pasta since I came back to UK till now and despite talking about it for the past dunno how many weeks, I have not yet made the effort to walk to Ask to have it. Naturally, I got excited when I saw any main course to do with pasta. I love raviolis because they seem like a pasta surprise to me..haha. They usually contain either vege or meat in them. In case you don't know what ravioli is, it's a squarish pasta with edges like a stamp..ok..it looks like a stamp. Then in the middle, there is a pouch. In this pouch contains the meat or vege. However, Bistro116's ravioli was great! It was extremely special. I've got a feeling they did it themselves. It wasn't the usual ravioli containing the usual ingredients. Theirs contained mashed salmon!!!! How good is that?! Then it was served with prawns and creamy sauce. I enjoyed it so so much!
Now comes the best part..hahah...DESSERT! I ordered their dessert of the day. Hazelnut and Chocolate Roulette (dunno if this is the right spelling..but it was pronounced 'Rulard' or something..). It's the best dessert I have eaten in my life so far. It was this big dunno wat made of hazelnut and chocolate. It contained praline fillings, moose and some cream. It was then served with melted whipped cream (yeah..MELTED...meant to be this way), with chocolate and icy sugar sprinkles. I reckon no one..yes..NO ONE will disagree with me that it taste really good. Not too sweet, yet not bland. Just right.
Oh..it's 9+ am in sg now..hehe..shall ring mum to tell her about it now. I'm getting excited. Shall heck it even if she scolds me for not slping at this hour. I'm just too eager..hehe..
I stayed indoors as usual. The weather wasn't good today anyway. Was raining in the afternoon and there wasn't much sunshine. More of dark clouds. I didn't want to get caught in the rain, and besides, I was thinking a lot about my project, so decided to postpone my shopping trip.
I managed to force myself to get down to starting my project type-out. Did some research on the internet, which was indeed interesting and enriching. I was so amazed to realise that hospital acquired infections actually cost the NHS £1 billion per annum for the need of additional hospital stay, antibiotics supply, additional labour costs, litigation etc. It's a big sum of money!!!! Gosh, if only medical professionals were more careful and paid more attention to maintaining hygiene in the hospital, then maybe this amount would be reduced drastically. What an unnecessary financial drain it is for the NHS.
Was analysing my data collection too. And the surprising result was that only 9 out of 21 students who replied to my questionnaire practise the venepuncture and cannulation technique correctly!!!! That's like only 43%! To think our uni still emphasise so so SO many times, and gave us clinical skills lab sessions to learn it properly. I was wondering if we were not able to even correct ourselves now while we're in medical school, how are we gonna do so when we start working and everything becomes a habit? It's no wonder why approximately 100,000 cases of hospital acquired infections occur every year.
Enough said about my project.
Let's talk about the MOST interesting thing that happened to me today!
Hahaha...it's FOOD!!!! I had a really really fantastic dinner tonight, so much so that I must call home and tell mum all about it after I finish blogging this entry. I went to Bistro116, a restaurant which is about 5 mins' walk away from my house. I love the surroundings. It's very homely and the red colour coated bulbs were the most attractive part of the restaurant. The decor was modern, but everything blended in so well. A mixture of red, yellow, brown, beige and orange.
I ordered the Soup of the Day for starters. I had no idea what it was until the waiter told me it's Carrot and Orange soup. Yup, ORANGE. Soon came this bowl of 'orange' soup (duh..). I was thinking that this soup's gonna taste weird, but I wanted to try it because I've never heard of such an odd combi before. How can you make soup out of orange..ok..orange juice? Took my first slurp and MY OH MY...it was DELICIOUS!!!!!! YUMMY!!!!! The carrots were boiled till they turned so soft and become 'powdery'. The orange gave a slight sourish taste, but the combination was just fantastic. Thick enough too!
My main course was Ravioli with Salmon and Prawns. I have been craving for pasta since I came back to UK till now and despite talking about it for the past dunno how many weeks, I have not yet made the effort to walk to Ask to have it. Naturally, I got excited when I saw any main course to do with pasta. I love raviolis because they seem like a pasta surprise to me..haha. They usually contain either vege or meat in them. In case you don't know what ravioli is, it's a squarish pasta with edges like a stamp..ok..it looks like a stamp. Then in the middle, there is a pouch. In this pouch contains the meat or vege. However, Bistro116's ravioli was great! It was extremely special. I've got a feeling they did it themselves. It wasn't the usual ravioli containing the usual ingredients. Theirs contained mashed salmon!!!! How good is that?! Then it was served with prawns and creamy sauce. I enjoyed it so so much!
Now comes the best part..hahah...DESSERT! I ordered their dessert of the day. Hazelnut and Chocolate Roulette (dunno if this is the right spelling..but it was pronounced 'Rulard' or something..). It's the best dessert I have eaten in my life so far. It was this big dunno wat made of hazelnut and chocolate. It contained praline fillings, moose and some cream. It was then served with melted whipped cream (yeah..MELTED...meant to be this way), with chocolate and icy sugar sprinkles. I reckon no one..yes..NO ONE will disagree with me that it taste really good. Not too sweet, yet not bland. Just right.
Oh..it's 9+ am in sg now..hehe..shall ring mum to tell her about it now. I'm getting excited. Shall heck it even if she scolds me for not slping at this hour. I'm just too eager..hehe..
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