Packed to the brim...

i'm tired... extremely extremely tired!! the whole week was super draining... now that the weekend's finally here, i feel like all my energy has been zapped away. and yet, coz it's been so fulfilling as well as funfilled, i'm feeling a great sense of satisfaction!

surgery elective
heard lotsa legendary stories about surgery posting and tutors at a particular hospital... friends who did their surg posting there were generally full of praise and were super inspired to do surgery for their career. i finally had a taste of it... and i must say i'm enjoying it!

in case you dunno, i've been raving about how much i dislike the heck-care attitudes and all-mighty air many surgeons adopt. i'm glad to say i've finally found ONE surgeon whom i admire for his surgical skills AND physician-ship. he is a hero in my eyes man... n i believe in many patients' eyes too! he is kind to medical students, jokes and compliments nurses, cordial to his team colleagues and most importantly, caring to patients!

ok... i better stop praising him to the skies lest u think i'm infatuated with him... haha! i guess u can say i'm just pleasantly surprised... that a surgeon can be that nice too.

now about me... just 1 week into this posting, i already sensed that i've grown... both in my mindset and clinical skills. i made up my mind to start working hard from this elective posting onwards... in preparation for final MBBS. very quickly on monday, i set myself to work... clerking patients, attending clinic, forcing myself to present to ppl.

this posting has so far made me a lot more confident with myself too... more confident at presenting cases, discussing topics intelligently... nope, i'm not saying tt i'm ready to take MBBS tomorrow. i meant i feel myself improving bit by bit... tt's enough for me to know... at least i'm not stagnant at a stage of total ignorance... at least i see some progress into the bright future... haha!

Fun and Friends
this whole week wasn't just about work... i wouldn't be so satisfied if all i did was work!

on mon, i met up with xh for a chitchat and dinner. we always have so much to share and talk about! on wed, i watched charlie n the choco factory with nic n roon... really glad to catch the show! enjoyed it a lot... and of course the company too! on fri, it was the long-awaited dimsum dollies with nic n wq! it was phenomenal... i haven't laffed soooo much for very long! and today, i had tea and a chat with jin... we've been rather busy so when we finally managed to squeeze some time to catch up, u can imagine how noisy we got together! haha!

Self-pampering
every woman needs a bit of this... on thurs, i had my dose of pampering at Xtrim (hair salon... not the slimming pills). finally got sick of my boring long fringe and 1/2 metre long hair... haha! wow... e Xtrim service was so good suddenly... e lady showed me to the chair and dropped some magazines on my table. next she gave me a menu and asked for my choice of beverage. i had a relaxing long head massage when she shampoo-ed my hair too.

vincent, my usual hairstylist, was of course as good as ever! even with my demanding requests about how the hair must look good both when tied up and let down... plus i wanted a refreshing change instead of the usual ol' long hair stuff... he still managed to give me a style that i totally like! he's amazing! now i haf shorter and lighter hair with a cutie-pie fringe... haha!
when i paid the bill, i realized why the service suddenly became so good... coz the price of the haircut was almost twice more expensive!! arrgghh!! i'm becoming really broke...

Time Management
yesh... it seems impossible for me to have done all that in 1 week... meet up wif so many friends, watched 2 shows and yet be working hard in the hospital from 8am to at least 5 or 6pm.
*time management = we manage time, not let time manage us*
i love saying this... it's another principle i hope to live by... i'm given 24 hours a day, 7 days a week... how i wanna spend it depends on me! i'm feeling totally outta energy at the end of this week but i'm happee! what's the point of having so much energy to feel sad about ur life right? haha!