TANZANIA

Life has been different.It is simple yet complicated.

Simple in the sense that I'm living the absolute necessities (no TV, no fast internet, no PS, no shopping trip).
But yet complicated- when inferior complex within myself questions my very own existence and the life that ensues.


Its a hard life in hosp for a student/doctor. Really.
Tanzania wont be a place where i want to live/work/raise my kids. Quality of life isnt so great here.Although it does make a good vacation destination (nice beaches of zanzibar, amazing wildlife in the safari, good learning opportunity with infectious diseases).

Tanz is one of the poorest african countries. Many live in sheer poverty. TSH (thats the currency) worth next to nothing.BIG BIG gap between the rich and the poor. Worse than any other countries that I've been to.

Otherwise, all is well. I'm still adjusting to the scorching heat. I'm as dark as I've ever been.

1st day: "are you from china?"
Today: "are you from nigeria?"

So there you go. haha.

till then pen off. xoxo. p53

Yippadeduh, yippededuh....

I'm leaving for my electives today. In less than an hour.

Here are the dates roughly...
Today- leave smallcity
Tomorrow- arrival at Tanzania
Next weekend- trip to Zanzibar
Next next weekend- safari trip (Serengeti +/- Ngongororo)
The weekend after- shopping in Dar Es Salam
4 weeks from now- leave Tanzania for Borneo.
4 weeks +1 - will be in KL
4 weeks +2 - arrival at Sabah
The first weekend- beach and snorkelling
The second weekend- climb Kinabalu
The third weekend- white water rafting +/- visiting orangutans
The fourth weekend- flight back to the UK.
Fin.

Yeah! I'll be globetrotting with just the basic necessities. No laptop- so expect scarce entries from here on. All possible methods of transportation will be used so maybe this trip is like a little "By any means" imitation. Haha.

Till then, love you all.
p53 xoxo

PS: Those who want postcards please leave address as comment. Its my pleasure to sent them.

What to wear?

Apologies for the lack of post.
I'm dead busy completing all the compulsory assessments at the hospital.

I'm getting ready for my electives.

Many aspects of the preparation (i.e. vaccinations, money, accom, flights, documents, books, equipments etc). Most daunting is PACKING!

Its difficult to pack, I'd love to bring items that are both practical and nice. However, TANZANIA is burning hot, even wearing jeans might give me some trouble. Hmmm.. I was advised by many people to bring only the thinnest clothing item ever (so linen works best).

I'd love to wear my lovely pairs of jeans (black and dark blue) which work just fine in hospital here in the UK- because both of them has this formal casual look. Definitaly I cant wear any of them for Tanzania is too hot! Now it seem that even my khakis -denim material- may be to thick for safari. Haih.

I'd love to wear different pairs of flats for different occasions. My cobalf blue flats will look so hawt (hot) with my capri jeans. And my usual black and white flats will so work with my hospital attire. And my red one just for days that I feel like wearing it. But no! I dont have any space in my backpack for an extra pair of shoes. So, black simple flat it is.

Scarves: I dont want to discuss about this... too painful.

Tops- Khakis, plain white tees, beige, olive- well the plain ol boring colours. No choice really.

Do you know that its a MUST to wear labcoat in hospitals in Tanzania AND Malaysia? Argggghhhh... another impractical item i) white- so will definitely will stain like hell ii) will only make life hotter (for bad reason, not for hawt reason).

And then I need all those travel related stuff (i.e. raincoat, sleeping bag, mosquito net, torchlights, first aid kid, travel medications, water purifier, thermos, hats, socks, gosh... many more.... arrgghhh). so heavy all this stuff.

And to make thing worse, I'm climbing Mount Kinabalu in Borneo which is pretty high >4000m. So I have to pack all those jackets, thick socks, gloves, thermals.... why oh why....(pulling my hairs out!)

I love travelling but I hates to have to choose what I can bring along and what I cant.

If only I'm rich enough to have some one to pack for me, arrange all my travel details, and as I'm that rich I'll travel first class hence no luggage allowance limitation and I can bring anythg and everythg I want, and that rich that I'll buy things (read: more nice shoes and clothes) as I go along to help the local businesses, and finally to have someone to porter my stuff around and be my driver at the location. Ahhhhh.... Plus a personal chef wont hurt.

Pics from London

Hot ladies (as viewed with temperature-sensored camera at the National Science Museum)

Hyde Park
Big Ben

Eurotrip 2008 (Part 3)

OK, is anyone out there still reading this? (I mean really interested in reading the travel stories, Me myself grow tired of typing despite the stories being very exciting for me personally)

Recap: We had been to Budapest, Vienna, Krakow and now heading to Prague. As I hinted previously: Prague is where everything went wrong. Of course, time for yet another list:

WHY I DON'T LIKE PRAGUE:

i) I had my first big argument with my traveling partner. Mind you guys, I have been traveling with this particular girl since the last five years and had had many good times (nope, let me change that: many great times) trawling the narrow streets of venice, feeding the kangaroo in melbourne, awe-ing at the art of Muslim architecture in southern spain etc. Details are hard to recall but to cut the story short: I had lack of sleep while she didn't have her daily dose of coffee the morning we shouted at each other in the metro (and at its platform) in Prague. That was really a BADDDD experience, definitely something that I wish will never happen again.

ii) Prague is too crowded. Too many tourists. Blocking all the views, disturbing all photo opportunities, annoying me at every turn! 

iii) It rained. Every. Day. Boo. Me and Miss A again had disagreement: about the umbrella this time. Never thought that she was so sensitive about my usual frank comment, she was probably still geared up from the first fight (point no 1).

If there is one good thing that happened in Prague it would be going to string quartet performance in a converted church. They played crowd-pleaser renditions and I went ga-ga (as usual) over thing like this. Air (bach) and spring (Vivaldi) etc. 

From there we went to Munich on a night train (which a total killer as the journey sucked big time- 4 hours stop in an extremely cold train station)

Munich is, again, a city that excel well beyond my expectation. I could actually see myself living there. Why? I dont know. But I just like the laid back atmosphere there. We went to Deustches Museum (and was amazed with the size and number of exhibits), watched a concert of Germany famous artists (free in the town square), climbed a clock tower (and saw gorgoeus view of the whole city), ate Halal chicken sandwich (and delicious ciabatta....hhhmmm...mmm) and spoke to Munchen people (very friendly, I must add).

Then... then... then.... (ooo this is very exciting) ..

we went to a castle: Neuwschwantein Schloss. It was damn gorgoeus. This castle was used as the template for designing the Sleeping Beauty castle in Disneyland worldwide. I find it very difficult to describe the area without pictures, because it really was amazing. Even with pictures, the real thing is so much more magnificent. Info: This area is located about 2 hours away from Munich.

Then, the journey continued into Switzerland. Absolutely breathtaking. More story later. 

Ta, p53.

Eurotrip Summer (Part 2)

Aih, seasonal affective disorder is here again for this academic year.
Boo.
Since we started (we referring to 5th years) on Monday the 1st of Sept, Friday was one the only totally free day that I had. So I slept. Nothing surprising or new there but, it got to the point of worryingly more than usual. I woke up for sahur (early morning breakfast in Ramadhan) and then got back to sleep. Woke up again around the usual time 9-ish. Had my shower and got dressed. Decided that reading about liver was wee bit too boring and had a nap. Woke up at 1pm-ish and looked out of the window. Drizzling. Went back to sleep. Woke up at 5pm. Thought that "man- this is sickening!" Out of my bed for good (for this sleeping marathon session).
Altogether it was 8hours of sleep on top of my regular 8hours of nightly sleep. Shocking.
I am not depressed am I? I need to really watch my sleep (like how those on diet really have to watch what they are eating).

Anyway... after I (finally) woke up, I went out for an iftar (when you break fast) dinner with a group of friends. Food was gorgeous. The restaurant that we went to is definitely one of the best Indian restaurant around. Worth a visit any day. 15quids for copiuos amount of food- I could hardly walk afterwards. Then back to my friend's place and played SceneIt on XBOX. Good stuff although I have to say I prefer PS3's SINGSTAR.

Ok.
Back to my Eurotrip story.

Recap: We've been to Budapest and Bratislava so far. Weather had been brilliant. Hot and sunny- probably I could get back to UK with a bit of tan.

We arrived in Vienna later that day (after spending a day in Bratislava). As with all cities that we have been to, upon arrival we had to figure out how does the public transport work. Let me add at this point that:-
i) Me and Miss A are both quite good in navigating our way in new places.
ii) We always take the cheapest option (sometime we are so lucky you just wouldnt believe it)
iii) Sometime it pains me just to leave a city when I'm already an expert of its transportation system, only to have to learn a new, completely different system in the next city. For this I always say: new city new adventure.

So from the train station we got to our hostel by bus. The hostel was a proper backpackers' place. We were placed in a room of 6. Went out to survey the area (almost sunset time then) and checked out the museum quarter and the Hofburgs (official palaces for the kings and queens of Austria). I remember having McDonalds (filet o fish- in case you're wondering) while looking at the shadow of the Hofburgs fall upon the Kunhistorisches Museum. When night beckoned, we made our way back to the hostel and I had (cold!) shower- with people playing poker right in front of my shower room. Not that it matters but it was certainly weird.


There were people playing loud Indian music from the room next to ours. The use of the word 'room' is probably incorrect as the hostel was more like a long corridor with make-shift cubicle consisting of thin cardboard and curtain. And then there were people who took ages to get ready to go out partying. I slept straight away only to wake to some snoring noise around midnight time. As I opened my eyes, I was not prepared to see what lay there in front of me. A BIG guy sleeping in just his boxers. What a frightening sight. Not that it matters but it was like a nightmare that I had to look at a relatively hairy guy sleeping less then 10feet away from me. Put on my earplugs and turned over to the other side, and voila.


The next day we went to Schonbrunn Palace (summer resident) and I personally found that it is very impressive. Learnt a bit about the Austrian history- which I have already forgotten about by the time of writing. The gardens are definitely something that I'll be proud about if I live there. Not like it ever gonna happen. Ha.

Austria in comparison to Budapest and Bratislava, is a modern city despite of perfect preservation of anything historic. Hence things cost slight more here. The city is cleaner and the poeple look well-off. The museum quarter is a hip area where a lot of teenagers hang out amidst bustling atmosphere.

I regretted the fact that we were only there for 1 day 1 night, so now I would like to advise to others who are planning to visit Vienna, please stay longer (3 days at the least) as there are so much to see. I missed out on the one of the world's best museum as it was closed on the day we were there. At this point let me give some tips:
i) Beware of opening days of major attraction (most museum close on Monday in that part of world)
ii) Note that on sunday, all shopping complex/ shops are closed (with the exception of eateries and Starsbuck and its alike)
iii) Plan that journey in a way that you couple sunday with the saturday before or monday with the tuesday after for each cities. Just so you wont miss out. Not that it matters if you just want to chill out in the park and eat and drink beers (for non-muslims only).

We took our first night train from Vienna to Krakow. Uneventful journey. I slept straight away but Miss A did complaint of slight sleeping difficulties in the first few hours. Poor girl, but she was fine for the subsequent legs of journey.

Warning: Do not attempt backpacking on train ever if you're a light sleeper/ can't sleep anywhere else apart from your own bed/ like the comfort of a proper bed. You will just hate the whole trip and make thing miserable for your traveling partner(s).


Krakow is awesome, man! Seriously truly a surprise coz I wasnt expecting it to be as good. It is a developing city (with loads of construction) that has well preserved historical sites. It has this multi-storey shopping complex that can rival Arndale of Manchester. Weather was bright and sunny for each day we were there (read: loads of ice cream!) Markets are simply the bomb (with such closed-knit atmosphere) with a lot of things organic and oh so fresh. The central square is so happening like you wouldnt believe that you are in Krakow, better than Trafalgar sq. Amber comes cheap (thats why I got some, hehe, mere excuse I know) and food are reasonably priced. The castle on the hill become a photoshoot location for me and Miss A. Trust me it is THAT beautiful. Then there is this river 5 mins walk from the castle. We played many round of Uno on the river bank while watching the sun set. Miss A kept on saying "this is the life man". Indeed. That was the life.

I dont think I can praise Krakow enough. If you're thinking of going to Poland, go to Krakow instead of Warsaw (some parts of warsaw were destroyed in WWII).

Speaking of which, we went to one of the concentration camp use by Hitler and his army to mass-murder Jewish and Polish during the WWII. Auschwitz. The name in itself send shivers down my spine. Those who are interested can read more about Auschwitz in Wikipedia. I have my own stand about this issue, which I'm not prepared to talk in length about. Ask me personally if you're interested to know.

Later that day we took a night train to Prague. Prague, where everything went wrong. Oh no.

To be continued.
p53 xoxo

Eurotrip Summer (Part 1)

I have always wanted to backpack in Europe, be it on the train, hitch-hiking or road-trip by driving. Its just one of the things that I must do during my five years stay in UK (yeah- something that I promised myself). It is also one of the things that are on my to-do-before-I-die-list. So- yahoo, bring it on.

The wise thing do is to planning for the trip long before the actual trip. The idea was, but the preparation was not. Should I go alone? Or should I go with a friend? Friend- which one is better- a male or a female? Where to go? Where to start? Budget? Means of transportation? And a lot of other small things but just as important. However with all the things going in 4th year and what seems like something very typical of me- all trip-related planning was done not long before the departure date itself. Spur of a moment kind of thing.

One of the most important issues prior to the departure date was: Should we (by this time I decided to go with Miss A, my travel partner) book everything beforehand? Or should we rough it and leave it all to fate? Bear in mind this is peak summer season we are talking about (smack bang right in August!) After careful deliberation following readings of few travel books, we decided to book everything- for our peace of mind.

Details:
When: August 2008
Where: Started in the UK then the other European countries.
Means: Train (with Interrail Pass for under 26- 10 days in 22 days)
Accom: Hostels
Budget: As much as the cost of a flight ticket back to home country in peak season (roughly 800quids- trust me- worth every penny!)
Baggage: Only small backpack allowed- for ease of traveling (about 25L each- light and can be carried on cabin)

Ok now the fun bit.

Route: A smallcity in UK- BRADFORD- YORK- MANCHESTER- BUDAPEST- BRATISLAVA- VIENNA- KRAKOW- PRAGUE- MUNICH- SWITZERLAND- PARIS-BRUSSEL-MANCHESTER- A smallcity in UK

Right after we moved out of our house in smallcity, we headed to Bradford to honour the invitation of HM#1’s parents. Good stuff: we ate a lot (in preparation of halalless eastern European countries) and watch tv like there was no tomorrow (no tv in hostels or even if they have one, most likely it’ll be in a foreign language).

Then we went to York to visit a good friend. Big country house/mansion. Her dog barked every single time he saw me. Bad dog. We had so much fun doing the new York Maze. It took us hours though. I still remember the brilliant time we had having (home-cooked) dinner in her garden just when the sun was about to set. I will miss her when I get back to my home country- seriously.

From there on, we got to Manchester. I saw few good friends and complaint about how long has 4th yr been. I topped up on carb before we flew to Budapest.

The immigration officer asked me: Do you have enough money?
Me: Sure (my mouth smiled then, when my brain was actually saying: Wtf is he thinking about?? Hell yeah I got enough money- did I not tell you just now that I was there on vacation?)
Immigration officer looked at me quizzing and then decided to let me through. (After few days, I found out why: a lot of illegal immigrants from Romania wears black scarf- like I did on arriving in Hungary). Ohh…. Hmm… we did see a lot of beggars when we were there –presumably Muslims from Romania/Bosnia? - Some with kids and all. Haih.

Budapest looks nice generally but some parts do look rundown. The city area is divided (by a river) into the Buda and the Pest area. One of the bridges crossing that river looks stunning at night. Interesting place includes: the castle, the funicular, the parliament and the massive, absolutely romantic looking park in the city- lots of couple were there for wedding photographs.

We met my best gay friend unexpectedly in Budapest- what a small world, by that time he was already two weeks into his trip- looking all tan and gay-ish (meaning happy).

Then we took a very early morning train to Bratislava. See the thing about using train pass you have to really organize and plan your route so that you can maximize its use. (unless of coz you get yourself an unlimited one month pass which gonna cost you 260quids). So a day trip to Bratislava it was. After which we headed straight to Vienna on the same day.

Bratislava is even more so run-down compared to Budapest. It was practically empty at 8.30am –time of arrival. It is a small, walkable city (with maps scale of about 1 km from east to west and north to south). Some part of the castle is currently under construction, so we spent our afternoon in the castle’s garden- lunching and reading. Other tourists found us interesting (or at least that’s what I thought) or probably pretty (no doubt about this) as most of them stared at us like the new see a-muslim-person before (ala Eminem in his Slim Shady song). The big cathedral is quite impressive in term of its height and I can only imagine how the long tall stain glass will look like from the inside (imagine because it was Sunday, and we didn’t go in as there was a mass taking place). We took bucket load of pictures considering how small this place is.

Then off to Austria late that evening.
(to be cont’d)
p53 xoxo

From Morocco with Love

This is me. Pretty, I know.

**I wont upload picture(s) that can give away my identity. Or other people's. This blog is strictly anonymous.**

I'm back from Amsterdam

Hello all...
I am back from Amsterdam, safe and sound. Right at this very moment, I'm eating Dutch waffles. Super sweet. Ah... memories of eating hot waffles (and pancakes!) along Amsterdam's cold, snowy canals.

Me and my traveling partner did all the usual tourists things (like going to museums, sightseeing, shopping and eating) which seem a bit too dull in the first place considering we were raging with energy to do stuff (30km of cycling for instance!). However, I have to say that this trip was satisfying (read: not truly electrifying) getaway as we had no break since we started second semester of 4th year of medical school.

Few museums were visited, plenty of paintings commented on. (Editor's Note: p53 usually wont give a shiiite about art, but boy, impressively she stayed and more importantly enjoyed herself for >2 hours at each museum the she visited!) Canals seen and streets trodden. Cheese tasted and bought for people back home. Learned that the Dutch word for snow is 'sneuww' and good lord it snowed like hell when we were there. Apparently the worst snow since the last 40 years. Awed for a lot of flowers (and i really mean A LOT- more than enough to make my mom go crazy). And of course pictures taken. Abundant!

List of MAGNIFICENT paintings (by p53):-
i) Night Watch by Rembrandt (like wow! Infact I think I said WOW rather NOT softly, few visitors turned their head to look at me with a knowingly smile. Approving the awe to the painting not the loud WOW!)
ii) Blossoming Almond Tree by Van Gogh (I love this one big time, I seriously think and believe that this is a greater painting than the classic "sunflowers")
iii) Ophelia by John Everett Millias (frigging haunting in a very impressive way)

Flowers seen:-


Ok, enough of this flower business. Now the pictures around the city. (Last picture featuring a 3storey parking space for godknowshowmanybicycles!)

Everyone rides a bike here. Dutch or not (read: tourists). Men women kids old ladies old men. In flat shoes, in high heel, in leather boots, in Uggs boots! With/without hat, with raincoat, with winter coats. Wearing trousers, wearing sunglasses, wearing short summer dress, wearing school uniform, wearing mini skirts! I'm just simply amused. This is one very cool city! (How environmental friendly it is, not to mention that plastic bags are not in use here).

All in all, I really enjoyed my trip there. Different culture in different setting. Tulips are blossoming- so beautiful. Tall guys- also an attraction- of course I'm referring to those good looking +tall). The best selection of evening TV shows (all the latest season of US TV series like HOUSE, Desperate Housewives, CSI and many more). The best snow (read: heaviest) I had ever experienced. Yours truly.

Ah yes- I skipped the Red Light District altogether. Guys paying for sex, prostitution, women selling themselves cheap, drinking like there's no tomorrow, things people do when they are drunk: JUST NOT MY SCENE! puhlease. And I didnt try weed/cannabis/white powder/whatever name you wanna call it: I want to have control of my own mind. Why surrender everything to a hallucinogenic agent like weed.

PS: The hotel we stayed was a bit poo-poo. Do not stay at HEM Hotel Amsterdam. Way too out of the city, for backpackers alike.

PS2: How cruel can medical school be? One week holiday for Easter holiday with OSCE in next fortnight! On top of that I'm on-call this coming weekend (hell- yeah- you heard it right)- smack bang in my easter break. I'm so crossed its untrue!!!

Ranting about Random Things

There are so much things that going through my mind right now. I'm just gonna type it out in the order that thoughts train checking in at my conscious mind station.

Favourite song at the mo


So fecking love this song. Must have listen and song to it (hehe, to the repeated complaints of housemates) like a million times since last weekend. It has got the carefree feeling to it. Feel good song as a summer theme (god knows when summer gonna comes- i mean- we all know when summer gonna be here, but considering the weather right now- i am fovever hopeless). The official video clip had recently been released despite the actual debut of the song was last year (Spring 07) and gosh it is damn brilliant. Jason Mraz has slightly changed from his "you and I both" days. Still cute though. It was filmed in Africa (well at least- looks like it was filmed there). Happy days!

Talking of which- I'm certainly going to Africa!Yeehaa.. I dont think I have mention it anywhere in this blog that I'm going to Africa for my elective. Yeay- repeat- I AM GOING TO AFRICA! Few other friends and me are going to Tanzania to one of the hospitals there. The hospital itself boasts good reputation for elective placements. Initially there was a debate between the four of us about which hospital that we all should go to in Tanzania. The verdict was divided between two contenders. I managed to put my case up front and really put my feet down about my preferred choice. And to my delight, the others finally agreed to go with my choice after rationalizing the pros and cons. I like to think that I'm influential enough to get others to jsut succumb to my suggestion.

Well, at least thats what I think. Hehe (pardon me for being like this!)

We surely gonna do a lot of activities there. Of course on top of our elective responsibilities (like going to hospital, health education to locals, community projects). The most important activity (probably in the whole wide world for me at the moment of time) is climbing Kilimanjaro. Then probably safari trip and beach trips. Well- list of the activities will be finalized soon. Watch the space.

KILIMANJARO. Anyone has any idea how much it gonna cost to climb the Kilimanjaro with an experience guide? I heard: GBP700. Freaking hell! That's way too expensive for me. Will I be ever to afford it (bear in mind- I have to save up to 1000quids for flight tickets, accommodation and living expenses). Must figure out something to get extra money. (Nayh- Im too lazy to have a part time job.... should I get myself a sugar daddy who is more than willing to sponsor my trip there?)

Not only there. I'm going to Borneo as well. Heheh. We are actually doing a split elective. Might as well cramp in as much as we could in the two months time in 2009. Hah! Borneo is natural heaven- or the closest to earth can get to in term of picturing a paradise. Again: climbing is the main highlight here. Yeehaa. Then maybe diving. Scuba diving for the professional PADI certified diving lesson. And again that gonna cost me a massive lot. (Editor's Note: You probably need sugar daddy and a toy boy to be able to afford all this electives business!)

Financially- I'm ok. Living a student life rather comfortably. Managed to chip in holidays (I will talk about this later) every now and then, going on random (I'm saying this with a bit of guilt hint in my voice-as I am saying it in my mind) shopping trips, and eating out ever so frequently. hehe. Latest buy: 2 ZARA JACKETS (went to the ZARA store and couldnt decide between two gorgeous jackets- so I took both! The retail devil in me!). Dont ask how much they did cost me. Rather worth the money for the classic trench as I received a lot of compliments when I wore it the whole 5 days last weekdays. Ha! Gleaming with pride I am.

Traveling wise: I am going to Amsterdam in two days time. Honestly this holiday was booked out of desperation last January. I didnt go anywhere during winter break. Seriously, NOWHERE- was stuck in SmallCity the whole two weeks of the break. So, I thought I should, I must go somewhere during the easter. However prices of flights and hotels are rather expensive even if I buy it that advance. (Imagine me wailing to the ridiculous price for holidays in warmer location- like egypt or marrakech- absolutely frustrated!) So I went on Expedia and booked the first thing that I saw on offer. Haih. Hope this gonna turn out for the better. I'm going with HM#4 (Housemate Number 4) and earlier on today we spent a couple of hours planning the things that we gonna do (read: cramming in every possibly things) in the four days we gonna be there.

Then, I booked another holiday to Morocco (this time with HM#4 and HM#1!). That's gonna be in JUNE. And this coming summer I'm gonna travel Europe -backpacking style. Woohoo- cant wait. (I told my parents I'm not gonna go back to my home country in exchange for the backpacking trip; flight tickets are frigging expensive during the peak summer season, might as well use that money for Interrail and youth hostels and see the entire Europe!) You guys must be thinking that I'm one of those spoilt brats with the lifestyle I'm currently living. No I am truly not. I just have poor control for my money. Life is too short anyway to stop myself from doing things I truly enjoy i.e. traveling.

Note to myself: Need to sort out visa for Morocco- bugger!!!

My studies is going down hill. My mom and daddy asked me this afternoon when I called them. "It's OK" I said without further elaborating the statement. I keep on sleeping. (also part of the reason why I havent update this blog in a while. Sorry guys!) Forgetting to do my PBL work. I look almost completely clueless during teaching session, blinking over simple facts dished out by my fellow colleagues. I need to read more but I just can find the will to do so. Its either sleeping or wasting time on the internet (Do you guys wanna know what website I spent my time most? Addicted to the whole perezhilton.com shite! And lately fashion blogs. I seriously dont know what has gotten me. What ever it is, it sucks!)

I have to put a bit more effort in doing my work and revising for coming OSCE: Oh no- that is less than a month from now. Crikey!

I cannot help but compare myself with two other students of my consultant. (3 of us are students attached to the best Paediatrician in my hospital). They are fecking hardworking (I really mean this- eg- reading till 3 in the morning) If that fact cant motivate me to work I dont know what could. Life isnt that tough, I only have myself to blame for this hiatus of knowledge in my own brain. These two students are the loveliest people that I have ever work with and they are so gonna make good doctors. Even when they have opinion on everything they are so well informed about every singe fact that they argue on or talk about. No point guessing which student the consultant prefers more.

There were actually a lot of important things that had happened in the last week. MEDSIN Global Health (interesting!), visit to special needs school (truly heart-rending!!!), fabulous GUM (STIs and AIDS) lecture (frigging funny!) and bouts of malaise that surround the household (?bugs?). Will tell a lot more if I have the mood to. Otherwise, I'm gonna pen off now.

Mucha amore~ p53 x