So unbelievable
If you ask me if I have met someone who knows the human body from head to toe, and yet be able to perform all types of surgeries (including cosmetic surgeries), I will excitedly tell you "Yes, I have met him!".
Someone I salute to, someone I admire, someone I am impressed by. He's the maxillo-facial surgeon I met yesterday at Morriston Hospital. I admire his wide scope of knowledge, not just in his field, but to how much he can do which involves the entire human body. Apparently, if you aspire to be a maxillo-facial surgeon (money issues will nv be a future problem for u), you have to get a dentistry degree and a medical one, which was exactly what he did, both of which he got Fellowships in! He told me he actually spent 8-9 years as a student in University, and in total, he spent 20+ years before he became a Consultant Max-Fac Surgeon. Isn't that just impressive?! And when we were talking abt cosmetic surgery, he said he does it as well, even though it's not for cosmetic reasons, but because of reconstruction. But if someone needs him to do a face lift for fun, he has the skills to do it. I think it's such a fascinating specialty, and if only I had an interest in the oral cavity, I might put a thought to this, but nahz....I can't imagine myself studying 4 yrs of dentistry. Bet it'll bore me to death.
He gave me a really good advice abt what I should do with my future, holding a medical degree. He said to really earn big bucks, I should go and do law after medicine, and specialise in medical litigation. And because I'm equipped with medical knowledge, I can be really good at finding loopholes in cases. It's exactly the same thing as what Dad told me before. This triggered a lot of thoughts in me.
To be frank, I am pretty interested in Medical Law. Was quite tempted to buy this Medical Law book I saw when I was shopping with Lemon once..but it's so expensive! I thought about if this should be a route I should take since it's an interest I have, but I can't help remembering my purpose of going into Medicine, and what I have always dreamt of achieving personally in this field.
If I go and do Law, and end up becoming a medical law specialist, I'll probably spend the rest of my life sueing doctors. In a way, I am doing patients and the society a favour by putting irresponsible doctors behind bars and ruin their entire medical career, but on another hand, do ALL doctors who are being sued sued because "negligent" is their only quality they possess? Do they only deserve to say "Bye" to their career because of an error they made, regardless of whether it's life-threatening or not? Aren't doctors entitled to make mistakes too since they're human, despite the society expecting them to be flawless? And any doc in the right mind would not want to kill their patient and get themselves behind bars right? They most likely are gonna try to do something to make the patient better, but unfortunately, problems do crop up occasionally, and if misfortune really befalls them, they get sued! Sounds damn unfair frm the doctor's point of view..yet we cannot say that it's only fair that patients accept errs made my doctors. Oh well, I can go on debating abt this forever..shan't go on abt it for now.
Dan told me a shocking news last night too. Simon and Sophie snogged. I almost died on the spot when I heard it. Of all ppl...SIMON?! Went to msg Sophie to get the facts right, and yup..she really did snog him for the 2nd time. And she went on abt how drunk both of them got, and how she dressed like a whore for the "Back to School" party in Cardiff. I was pretty tempted to go for that party since it's a med sch tradition. The outfit's school uniform (yah lah..sound very porn). I love sch uniforms, and because it's a night I get to wear it again (if I am going, I betcha I will go buy a Jap sch uniform online). Can put make up, and don't have to follow sch rules of tying the hair...it'll look good hor?! Then again, "Uniform Night" sounds more like sex night huh...hmm...definitely not a reason why I was tempted...yucks.
Also, I found someone who has a really valid reason for having a love for the teeth. Loving teeth sounds odd but it's valid..haha. Pinelopi's the girl :) Manz..always thought that apart from the good money, there's no other reason to why someone would ever spend their entire life learning about teeth, loving it and working on it. We were wondering why she didn't go into Dentistry from Day 1. And she doesn't wanna do dentistry after med either since it's gonna take ages. She's really obsessed with teeth, and for the first time, I see someone taking every pamphlet she can find regarding oral care and hygiene.
Sianz manz. I got no fresh cooked dinner to eat tonight since Dan's on a strike. He's been really nice to ask if I wanna have the remaining Bak Kut Teh, or if I wanted him to cook fried rice for me (I have been bugging him for fried rice for the past 2 days already) *touched* Sigh..how to solve tonight's dinner problem now...don't wanna bother him either since he looks sooooooo exhausted today. :(
Someone I salute to, someone I admire, someone I am impressed by. He's the maxillo-facial surgeon I met yesterday at Morriston Hospital. I admire his wide scope of knowledge, not just in his field, but to how much he can do which involves the entire human body. Apparently, if you aspire to be a maxillo-facial surgeon (money issues will nv be a future problem for u), you have to get a dentistry degree and a medical one, which was exactly what he did, both of which he got Fellowships in! He told me he actually spent 8-9 years as a student in University, and in total, he spent 20+ years before he became a Consultant Max-Fac Surgeon. Isn't that just impressive?! And when we were talking abt cosmetic surgery, he said he does it as well, even though it's not for cosmetic reasons, but because of reconstruction. But if someone needs him to do a face lift for fun, he has the skills to do it. I think it's such a fascinating specialty, and if only I had an interest in the oral cavity, I might put a thought to this, but nahz....I can't imagine myself studying 4 yrs of dentistry. Bet it'll bore me to death.
He gave me a really good advice abt what I should do with my future, holding a medical degree. He said to really earn big bucks, I should go and do law after medicine, and specialise in medical litigation. And because I'm equipped with medical knowledge, I can be really good at finding loopholes in cases. It's exactly the same thing as what Dad told me before. This triggered a lot of thoughts in me.
To be frank, I am pretty interested in Medical Law. Was quite tempted to buy this Medical Law book I saw when I was shopping with Lemon once..but it's so expensive! I thought about if this should be a route I should take since it's an interest I have, but I can't help remembering my purpose of going into Medicine, and what I have always dreamt of achieving personally in this field.
If I go and do Law, and end up becoming a medical law specialist, I'll probably spend the rest of my life sueing doctors. In a way, I am doing patients and the society a favour by putting irresponsible doctors behind bars and ruin their entire medical career, but on another hand, do ALL doctors who are being sued sued because "negligent" is their only quality they possess? Do they only deserve to say "Bye" to their career because of an error they made, regardless of whether it's life-threatening or not? Aren't doctors entitled to make mistakes too since they're human, despite the society expecting them to be flawless? And any doc in the right mind would not want to kill their patient and get themselves behind bars right? They most likely are gonna try to do something to make the patient better, but unfortunately, problems do crop up occasionally, and if misfortune really befalls them, they get sued! Sounds damn unfair frm the doctor's point of view..yet we cannot say that it's only fair that patients accept errs made my doctors. Oh well, I can go on debating abt this forever..shan't go on abt it for now.
Dan told me a shocking news last night too. Simon and Sophie snogged. I almost died on the spot when I heard it. Of all ppl...SIMON?! Went to msg Sophie to get the facts right, and yup..she really did snog him for the 2nd time. And she went on abt how drunk both of them got, and how she dressed like a whore for the "Back to School" party in Cardiff. I was pretty tempted to go for that party since it's a med sch tradition. The outfit's school uniform (yah lah..sound very porn). I love sch uniforms, and because it's a night I get to wear it again (if I am going, I betcha I will go buy a Jap sch uniform online). Can put make up, and don't have to follow sch rules of tying the hair...it'll look good hor?! Then again, "Uniform Night" sounds more like sex night huh...hmm...definitely not a reason why I was tempted...yucks.
Also, I found someone who has a really valid reason for having a love for the teeth. Loving teeth sounds odd but it's valid..haha. Pinelopi's the girl :) Manz..always thought that apart from the good money, there's no other reason to why someone would ever spend their entire life learning about teeth, loving it and working on it. We were wondering why she didn't go into Dentistry from Day 1. And she doesn't wanna do dentistry after med either since it's gonna take ages. She's really obsessed with teeth, and for the first time, I see someone taking every pamphlet she can find regarding oral care and hygiene.
Sianz manz. I got no fresh cooked dinner to eat tonight since Dan's on a strike. He's been really nice to ask if I wanna have the remaining Bak Kut Teh, or if I wanted him to cook fried rice for me (I have been bugging him for fried rice for the past 2 days already) *touched* Sigh..how to solve tonight's dinner problem now...don't wanna bother him either since he looks sooooooo exhausted today. :(
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