Watch the clown in action
If there's ever a medical clown, I'm sure to win the title. I actually made Sophie luff over silly things I did in hospital today. Even I couldn't help luffing too. If only there was a hole in the ground, I'll hide my whole face in there manz....
First, I ended up throwing my whole plate filled with food over the tray. I've always been careful about the plate on the tray during lunch because it's really slippery and the plate seems to slip at the slightest movement (They ought to change trays!). But today, that stupid white clinical coat of mine got hooked onto the end of some railing, and the sudden pull made my plate slip on the tray. It went flying. I saw it, and my first reaction was to close my eyes and turn my face away (duh!). The food was everywhere and the plate broke as well. Darn..I felt like some 3 year old who can't handle a tray properly. The cashier was nice, and didn't make me feel silly, but some angmos did give me the 'look'. Sigh. Sophie started teasing me when I was dining with her at the table...wah liew...boy was I totally ashamed of myself. I must be EXTRA careful the next time. Good thing is..the Consultants weren't in the dining hall yet. It would be ultra embarassing if they saw what I did. Fancy me being 23 yrs of age in December this year...sheesh.
2nd, I made the library alarm go off. There was a nurses' meeting in the Postgraduate Centre cum Library. I wanted to borrow a book, and had to get the librarian to book it out for me. In order to get to the librarian's, it will mean I have to interrupt the meeting by just walking through the meeting room, which obviously is not very nice. Sophie knocked the door and interrupted them before, and the Nurse conducting the meeting wasn't very pleased. I definitely didn't wanna anger anyone, so I decided to go by another way. But I forgot that there were alarms there (it's those sort u get at the exit of Popular Bookstore), and the library book I was intending to borrow made the alarm go off. It was FREAKING LOUD, and instantly, everyone in the library were giving me shocked stares. I just stood there stunned because I got a shock by the loud alarm. Sophie was luffing like crazy..and she told me to stand in front of the surveillance camera to show the book that I was holding, so that Salma (the lovely librarian) will know I'm taking the book to her counter through another way. No way was I gonna make the alarm sound again, so Sophie and I did some silly "dance" in front of the surveillance camera with the book.
Finally, we decided to just be mean and interrupt the Nurses' meeting, so off we went knocking and sneak in to go to Salma's. When we went there, Mrs Powell (another very lovely lady in charge of our clinical arrangements in the hospital) was laughing like crazy. She was saying she could see how shocked I was in the screen, and Salma was telling her that she's gonna go save me. Wah liew! Then she started luffing over the silly things Sophie and I did in front of the camera (waves, "dancing", book "promotion").
Sophie was still laughing when I told her how embarrassed and what a clown I was the whole of today. Gosh..imagine if the Consultants saw what I did...what will they say manz. Yikes...fortunately, only some of the Senior House Officer (equivalent to the Medical Officer in Sg) and Registrars saw what I did. I swear I will not do it again....*blush*
Anyway, it was a pretty good day, although it was tiring. I was so exhausted that I dozed off while reading a Neurological Examination book in the Library, and KO when I came home for a good 90 mins. I reckon I could slp longer, but I promised to do oral revision on Neuro Examination with Sophie later, so I definitely have to do some intensive studying (unfortunately, I can't finish...darn..shall continue with it tmr). Sophie and I did some intensive revision on the Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Abdominal system during lunch by testing each other orally. It was helpful, and made me feel that I do know my stuffs. We cleared doubts with each other too.
Last week, I approached Dr Prem (my consultant) regarding teaching by him. I am so pleased that he remembered, and was very enthusiastic to teach both me and Sophie today. We were brought round to examine patients. It was a mini "test" for us because he told us to just show him how we would do it individually if we were in the exam. After which, he will give us his comments. I was so pleased when he told me that if I did what I showed him during the exam, there was no reason to why I will fail in those particular stations during the Clinical exam. Yay!!!! He looked pretty happy about our performance too. :)
Got another teaching with Dr Prem on Friday again. Great! I can't wait!!! I'm really hoping I will have loads of such teaching. It sets my heart at ease, and making me feel more confident of myself in a way.
Oh yes...that Sophie drew out on her notepad our timeline for our future in the medical field during lunch. It was so cute. It looks kinda sad that we're stuck in only the beginning stage (it's a extreeeeeemely long route!!!!!)..but she kept consoling herself and me that we'll get to the end finally and we're definitely gonna pass our clinical exam. She's extremely optimistic manz..haha. It's a blessing to have her around to give me some morale boost.
Let me put a rough gauge of the path:
Medical School - 5/6 years
Pre-registration House Officer - 1 year
Registered House Officer - 1 year
Senior House Officer (aka MO in Sg) - 3-4 years at least
Registrar (provided you pass the postgrad exams..passing rate's like 20%) - 3-4 years at least
Consultant....Senior Consultant etc etc.
Long hor? I'll be a grumpy old hag by then manz...aiyo...
(I'll be very very happy if I hit the rank of Registrar (they r pretty big shot already, and their clinical knowledge is darn good)..haha..the route should be more or less stabilised till then...but it's such a looooooong way to even get there from where I am now...)
First, I ended up throwing my whole plate filled with food over the tray. I've always been careful about the plate on the tray during lunch because it's really slippery and the plate seems to slip at the slightest movement (They ought to change trays!). But today, that stupid white clinical coat of mine got hooked onto the end of some railing, and the sudden pull made my plate slip on the tray. It went flying. I saw it, and my first reaction was to close my eyes and turn my face away (duh!). The food was everywhere and the plate broke as well. Darn..I felt like some 3 year old who can't handle a tray properly. The cashier was nice, and didn't make me feel silly, but some angmos did give me the 'look'. Sigh. Sophie started teasing me when I was dining with her at the table...wah liew...boy was I totally ashamed of myself. I must be EXTRA careful the next time. Good thing is..the Consultants weren't in the dining hall yet. It would be ultra embarassing if they saw what I did. Fancy me being 23 yrs of age in December this year...sheesh.
2nd, I made the library alarm go off. There was a nurses' meeting in the Postgraduate Centre cum Library. I wanted to borrow a book, and had to get the librarian to book it out for me. In order to get to the librarian's, it will mean I have to interrupt the meeting by just walking through the meeting room, which obviously is not very nice. Sophie knocked the door and interrupted them before, and the Nurse conducting the meeting wasn't very pleased. I definitely didn't wanna anger anyone, so I decided to go by another way. But I forgot that there were alarms there (it's those sort u get at the exit of Popular Bookstore), and the library book I was intending to borrow made the alarm go off. It was FREAKING LOUD, and instantly, everyone in the library were giving me shocked stares. I just stood there stunned because I got a shock by the loud alarm. Sophie was luffing like crazy..and she told me to stand in front of the surveillance camera to show the book that I was holding, so that Salma (the lovely librarian) will know I'm taking the book to her counter through another way. No way was I gonna make the alarm sound again, so Sophie and I did some silly "dance" in front of the surveillance camera with the book.
Finally, we decided to just be mean and interrupt the Nurses' meeting, so off we went knocking and sneak in to go to Salma's. When we went there, Mrs Powell (another very lovely lady in charge of our clinical arrangements in the hospital) was laughing like crazy. She was saying she could see how shocked I was in the screen, and Salma was telling her that she's gonna go save me. Wah liew! Then she started luffing over the silly things Sophie and I did in front of the camera (waves, "dancing", book "promotion").
Sophie was still laughing when I told her how embarrassed and what a clown I was the whole of today. Gosh..imagine if the Consultants saw what I did...what will they say manz. Yikes...fortunately, only some of the Senior House Officer (equivalent to the Medical Officer in Sg) and Registrars saw what I did. I swear I will not do it again....*blush*
Anyway, it was a pretty good day, although it was tiring. I was so exhausted that I dozed off while reading a Neurological Examination book in the Library, and KO when I came home for a good 90 mins. I reckon I could slp longer, but I promised to do oral revision on Neuro Examination with Sophie later, so I definitely have to do some intensive studying (unfortunately, I can't finish...darn..shall continue with it tmr). Sophie and I did some intensive revision on the Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Abdominal system during lunch by testing each other orally. It was helpful, and made me feel that I do know my stuffs. We cleared doubts with each other too.
Last week, I approached Dr Prem (my consultant) regarding teaching by him. I am so pleased that he remembered, and was very enthusiastic to teach both me and Sophie today. We were brought round to examine patients. It was a mini "test" for us because he told us to just show him how we would do it individually if we were in the exam. After which, he will give us his comments. I was so pleased when he told me that if I did what I showed him during the exam, there was no reason to why I will fail in those particular stations during the Clinical exam. Yay!!!! He looked pretty happy about our performance too. :)
Got another teaching with Dr Prem on Friday again. Great! I can't wait!!! I'm really hoping I will have loads of such teaching. It sets my heart at ease, and making me feel more confident of myself in a way.
Oh yes...that Sophie drew out on her notepad our timeline for our future in the medical field during lunch. It was so cute. It looks kinda sad that we're stuck in only the beginning stage (it's a extreeeeeemely long route!!!!!)..but she kept consoling herself and me that we'll get to the end finally and we're definitely gonna pass our clinical exam. She's extremely optimistic manz..haha. It's a blessing to have her around to give me some morale boost.
Let me put a rough gauge of the path:
Medical School - 5/6 years
Pre-registration House Officer - 1 year
Registered House Officer - 1 year
Senior House Officer (aka MO in Sg) - 3-4 years at least
Registrar (provided you pass the postgrad exams..passing rate's like 20%) - 3-4 years at least
Consultant....Senior Consultant etc etc.
Long hor? I'll be a grumpy old hag by then manz...aiyo...
(I'll be very very happy if I hit the rank of Registrar (they r pretty big shot already, and their clinical knowledge is darn good)..haha..the route should be more or less stabilised till then...but it's such a looooooong way to even get there from where I am now...)
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