Today was even better. Normally during our post-call day, we have to go down to OPD to see Obs or Gyn cases. Anyway, no OPD for me today, so I managed to get off work a little bit earlier. Having this little bit of extra time is pretty damn nice. I had time to go home to get changed, and then head out for a coffee, and if I’m fast enough, I could still make high tea. I spent the time doing some window shopping and coffee. I’ve had a little to many coffee-to-go it feels nice being able to just sit down and chill. Hopefully, I’m going to be able to do more of this in the future… Post-call half day off!

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I might be getting a facial this week. It sounds kinda funny. I can’t believe I’m going to get a facial, it feels weird… But hey maybe I’ll feel better afterwards…

After the Medicine OSCE preliminary results were released, I went hotpot with some friends outside my medicine circle. It was pretty cool. We went to Ling’s for the hotpot. Ate a lot and had a little bit of beer. Afterwards, we all met up at Shelter for drinks together with people from medicine. It was pretty cool. We had two bottles of vodka plus we had a few shots. I’m seriously going to stop drinking beer before going drinking because it totally fucks me up. Every time I have beer before I go drink, I puke after drinking, and I get really sleepy. So you can tell what happened after 3 hours at Shelter. I got really sleepy and puked when I got downstairs… Sorry I had to end the night like that… But hey I had fun, and I hope the others did too.

I’ve started playing World of Warcraft again. It’s pretty cool. I’ve played for a few days, and it’s getting crazier by the day. Since the game’s been going on for so many months already. There’s actually quite a few people who has already reached level 60 (which is the top level). So these people started going out hunting for the other race. We call these “raids”. Basically it’s a bunch of high level players going deep into enemy territory and killing everything in their path. There’s been pretty crazy raids going on. I’ve seen a raid in one city, I got killed a few times, but then by the time I ran to the next city, I found out that there’s another raid going on there as well… So basically, some pretty hardcore raids going on. Someone took some pictures of a raid one of the alliance strongholds “IronForge”. The pictures speak for themselves. Check them out here.

Just a short recap on Medicine OSCE, for the general station, I had KYL and GL. KYL totally killed me. This is probably the worst station for me. I probably failed this station. I was so freaked out that I wasn’t able to answer most of his question. CVS I had KL and some GI doctor. I’m not sure what his name was. I was able to pick up a TR and mechanical aortic valve. The patient was probably a case of Marfan because KL showed me the patient’s pair of hands, and the fingers looked long to me. Anyway, this station, I think I was OK. ECG was a case of pericardial effusion, and anterior MI. Not much problem there. Respiratory, I had a lady with decrease chest movement bilaterally, and also coarse crepitation over the left lower lobe. I suspect she has bronchiectasis because she has a sputum bottle next to her. Imaging was alright. We got a pneumothorax and also a SAH. Abdomen, I got a patient with a transplanted kidney, who’s on CAPD? He also has deafness, and it runs in the family. I was asked to give a diagnosis, but I wasn’t able to give one. Afterwards, I think it might be Alport’s Syndrome? Not sure. For CNS, I got a young man with cerebellar signs. I don’t think he is the Wilson’s case, but anyway. He also had some slurring of speech. They asked me what word I would use to describe the slurring. I wouldn’t think of one. They say the word would pretty much give the diagnosis? But anyway, wasn’t able to give the answer. Ethics was on RCT again. But then this time they asked me about confidentiality and they asked some pretty difficult questions like when will the patient’s data be destroyed etc… Totally unfair… Anyway, that’s what happened in the Medicine OSCE. I think I only did poorly in one station. Hopefully the other stations are OK.

Anyway, I’m going to have to wait for 10 more days before the results are released… It’s going to be a long wait…

World of Warcraft has been pretty good. I’ve had a lot of time to play with it. Especially with no one at home, everyone gone, I had nothing to do during the day, so I played quite a bit. That was nice, though the fact that I haven’t been playing for a really long time meant that I didn’t know what I was doing for a while. I was getting tips from people a few levels lower than my character. I was so clumsy, and getting killed all the time. Feels good to be playing again. I’m going to stop for the next week, just so that I’ll be preparing for my medicine short case. It happens that a lot of people I know are on the same server, so it’ll be loads of fun playing with them. Only problem is I need to catch up with the leveling… They’re all much higher level than I am.

The car’s still sitting downstairs waiting to be brought to the garage. Come to think about it, it’s probably the generator which died. If it was the battery, then the generator would keep the car running once it’s started, and the car shouldn’t die in the middle of the road. In that case, fixing it might be more complicated than I initially thought. Might take a few days, which means I will have no car for the rest of the week. The good news is my grandparents should be out of town again, so there should be extra cars and driver around. I should still manage to travel around without any fuss. My parents have finally talked about getting a new car. It’s about time! During lunch yesterday, my father talked about getting a new car. I told him what I had in mind, an Audi A4 Avant. He didn’t really like that idea. He wants a small car which has a low fuel consumption. Anyway, I’m checking the fuel consumption of the car right now, and it’s actually pretty good (11.2L/100km). Anyway, I still have to compare that with the other cars. But I’m going to have to reconsider which car to get. He wants a BMW 318, but then I really don’t like it. If it’s going to be a 318, then I’d rather get a Mini Cooper S. Anyway, I’ll see how it goes… If you have any suggestions, let me know!

A fellow blogger in the class IMed me today. Asked about moving from Blogger to your own server. Anyway, we talked for a while, told him about all the different options, and all the different blogging platforms there is. It’s cool how there’s quite a few of bloggers in our class. I think at least 10% of our class currently has a blog. I joked around that we should have a blogger’s group or something like that. It would be nice to have one, but I think most blogger’s would prefer to be remain anonymous. Not a problem with me already. But anyway, if you’re thinking about moving away from Blogger let me know. I might be able to give you a few pointers on how to setup your own blog. I might write about this in my wiki later. I’ll make sure I let you guys now about it when I do write it up.

[Update] I’ve just written it up. Well, sort of. Let me know if I’m missing anything or you want to know more… Here’s the link.

Today I still went to the library to do a little bit of studying. I thought about surgery OSCE. Went through all the stations in my head. Thought about what I was going to said, trying to get ready for it. After library. I went to the gym for a light workout. I haven’t been to the gym for so long. I think it must have been like 3-4 months. I think the last time I went was in early Psychiatry. I still had a bit of time then, and I wasn’t so stressed. Since then I’ve been too busy/stressed to go to the gym. Finally went today, and I feel great. Even though it was a really light one, it felt really refreshing. I think I’m going to try to head to the gym regularly again. I really need to get fit before heading into the workforce.

Anyway, enjoy your weekend!

The brown one’s Pooh’s Hunny Pot.

When I get a new phone, I definitely need one with a better camera. My current camera phone sucks. Photos are really grainy!

Ok, I just came back from dinner at Starbucks. Food was a lot better, I had a bagel, a croissant and a triple grande 2% extra hot latte (again!) and it felt great. I have a feeling that the food makes me feel better as well. Instead of going for a BBQ pork rice, I’m having something lighter. So I don’t get that sugar surge (from the CHO), hence I don’t burn and crash half an hour later. Well, plus the coffee’s probably preventing me from crashing, so my work cycle is prolonged. I’m getting much more work done before I crash hours later. I really wish Starbucks was here earlier.

Anyway, this shop closes after 8pm. It’s a little early. I wish it stays open a little longer, so I can grab a late coffee before it closes. I’ve just had a coffee, and I really don’t think I should have another one so soon. I might have to change my cycle a little bit, maybe eat a little earlier say 1830, have a coffee, and then at 2000, I’ll come out and grab another coffee, just to hold on to for a while. The last coffee will easily last till 2300, by then I’ll probably be ending my day soon. All is good now! Exams here I come!

[Update] It turns out that they were handing out free coffee for the first two hours of business, which explains why there was such a long line waiting coffee. I didn’t manage to get a free coffee, but it’s still sweet