things, things, things

my devil's curry.rainbow trout descaled and for grilling. seeds and nuts. xrays of thalassaemic bones.

my life has been a pretty poor show if i should say so myself... struggling to fit in time for PBLs, deciding and organising the mid-year ball, applications for electives, intercalated degrees, intercalated degree bursaries, ssms, going out with friends, struggling not to struggle, struggling to get to sleep, struggling to get my laundry done, struggling to find time to iron, sleep, do pbl, and all the above mentioned tasks. yup yup. diagnosis : overworked, underprepared.

so yes. the mid-way ball. happening on the 11th of february. need to get me a dress for that.

took a hiatus today from the business and utter madness of things. oh yes, did i forget to mention that i also have a longitudinal care project to submit? that's due on the first week of February. oh.. great.

that's why i screwed it all and watched two episodes of House MD. which brings me to the essential topic of my blog today:

who is carol's ideal man????

well.. these men come close!

1. Jack Shepherd from lost.

2. Gregory House MD

3. Lex Luther from Smallville

yes, as you guys can tell. i so need a break... but these are the pillars of my hope in men. hahaha... sad that they're all fictional characters from films/series... but yes...

1. jack shepherd for being a doctor, being noble, intelligent and so very yummy.

2. dr house for being a brilliant doctor, eccentric, witty and smart (i shudder in awe at the combi...)

3. lex.. for rhyming with sex... for his brilliance, intelligence, (notice a trend?) wit and confidence.

yes.. intelligence is sexy!

House MD is my latest addition to the series craze.. while weiyao is busy searching for Smallville 4, ER is showing on monday nights, SATC is getting dusty on my shelf, and lost 2 episodes 1-9 is still untouched. if only medicine were that challenging and crazy everyday. if only MRIs didn't have to be paid for and if only nurses could take care of the coughs, sniffs and sore throats.

but anyhow, life seriously takes a turn for a dry spell when you don't struggle to rest in Him. a foolish mistake made at the start of the day, that causes the rest of the day to decay. eeyucks. eww. okay. no more of this mediocrity..

doctors loose their spelling and vocab. loose? what a weird looking word. anyhow, medicine. right, yes.. ward rounds with kenny this morning. made a total foool of myself, but it's okay, i'll never forget that pulmonary embolism shows up as a right heart strain and sinus tachy on ecg again...

oh, and a quotable quote quoted by one of our lecturers yesterday:

"life is a universally fatal, sexually transmitted disease."

another one to add to the list of what i love about medicine:

egocentric eccentric old school consultants,

studying,

medical libraries,

medical books

hospitals,

differential diagnosing,

stethoscopes,

its one-liners.