To be seen, not to be heard?

The hierarchy in the wards/hospital:

Head of Department > Consultant > Specialists > Medical Officers > Sisters > House Officers > Staff Nurses > Medical Assistants > Janitors > ...

And then there's us students. Sometimes we couldn't help but feel like we're in everybody's way, and that nobody even bothers to look at us with a second glance. Yes, they say that in this dog-eat-dog world, you have to be someone higher up then people will start recognizing you. Maybe that's why TVB shows like 'Goong Sam Kai' is so famous. Perhaps the underlying theme is quite similar to what people face even today.

Ok, enough of emo-ness. Well the negative perception actually changed when I was in the Orthopaedics ward, when a HO is actually kind enough to talk to us, teach us so many things about how to examine patients, what are the important things to study etc. Phew. At least there's still some nice people around. And I think surgeons are generally nicer in that they are more willing to teach, more jovial, more relaxed.

Mr S: What investigations would you like to do for this patient?
Friend: I'd like to do an X-ray of the forearm with 2 views
Mr S: Oh... What views? Sea view, swiming pool view, garden view?

Orthopaedics is the Rempit ward, people usually come with all sorts of fractures after a motor vehicle accident, and I was trying hard to resist laughing when they tell me they've hit a buffalo or a cow. Haha.. evil, i know, but I found it amusing at first. And I actually dreamt that I was involved in an accident after hearing all these stories.


Oh... and I think that A&E is so overrated, perhaps we had too much dose of shows like ER and Grey's anatomy that shows how hectic and exciting the department can be. Me and my classmate even stayed over one night in the department hoping to see interesting/rare cases of severe accidents or an emergency delivery of a 'blue baby' but alas, we only managed to see minor cases of heart attack etc. Slightly disappointing for us, I know, but good that everybody was fine and healthy on that night.

Classmate: I wanna see sepsis case! (So nerdy)

Reliving my deprived childhood

Happy new year!

The exams which caused me to stay back in KT for the Christmas and New year holidays were finally over! Kinda depressing you know.. with a whole mountain of books to read, which after reading also I can only retain about 10% and forget the rest; knowing that failure was never an option; and also thanks very much to our schooling system that has holidays in December every year, so when December comes everyone is already in a mood for enjoyment.

Well to give myself some motivation, I promised myself to do something fun after the exams; so after the exams me and a bunch of friends went to fly kites along the beach. Yay! (Yes, it might sound sad but this is one of the few sources of entertainment here. No Avatar all ok)

Which after all wasn't too bad. Couldn't find any 'wau's so I got myself a small kite which could make all the other children go green with envy:

Ben 10 can fly! And it's legs can move too!

It really did because as I was flying it a small kid passed by and exclaimed 'Ayah, ada wau Ben 10!' Which the daddy quickly denied.. hmm.. perhaps he's scared the son will pester him to buy one.

I did play kite once or twice before but last time I remembered that to let the kite 'take off' I'd have to throw up the kite and start running like there's no tomorrow. Kite flying is a little different here, no need to run but the challenge is learning to navigate it as the wind is real strong.

Up, up and away!

The condition of the waves for today. I love monsoon!