Day 2 of 30 Day Writing Challenge

Write something that someone told you about yourself that you never forgot.

Hmm, this one is a bit difficult I'd say, partially because I have the memory span of a demented goldfish, but also because.. I don't know. I don't mean to be self-deprecating, but I don't generally believe any compliments given to me. Two things on opposite sides of the spectrum though are:
-"Hmm what an interesting apathetic shell I need to break through!' [this was recent, about two months ago..]

But also:
-"You're one the most caring and genuine people I've ever met; your heart is made of gold."

Shedding some light onto both though, I do agree that I've developed an apathy incomparable to anything else, but the one thing I absolutely cannot get apathetic over is my friends; all of them. And hence, the latter was told to me by someone I absolutely adore.. Who lives in Pittsburgh.. And has blonde hair. You should know who you are if you're reading through my blog (which you probably aren't, so I'm forwarding you a link to this post XD)

In other news, today is my day off work (already! HA) and I'm going to dinner with none other than the amahzing Dr. Sinead Cronin, and a few peeps from the summer gang.. (Mitwalli, you're missed.)
Time for a power nap because I'm lazy like that.

Till next time!

-R

Today marks the first day of me starting work as a junior physician. I think I've mentioned before that I start in the emergency department, and I'm on evening shift. Let's hope this goes well!

Today also marks the first day of the 30 day writing challenge! So I'll get right to it:

Day 1: list 10 things that make you really happy.
1) Genuine people.
2) Good coffee.
3) My favorite friends (you know who you are..)
4) Good music alongside a good book.
5) Appreciation.
6) Animals (various species.)
7) Orchids.
8) Traveling, and wandering around.
9) Finding a monetary bill in a pocket or an old wallet.
10) Ice cream.

Alright so the extra info promised:

-Job wise: slowly it unravels, the moment we've been waiting for, and with work starting on Sunday, I went to ask about where I'll be put. Honestly speaking, I wasn't happy with the group I was put in; then again, who gives a crap at this point, I've been through far too much this year to care about something so petty. That aside, I'll be starting with surgery, and my first subgroup is emergency! Should be fun, dealing with bellyaches and ..more bellyaches in the ER, and also experiencing shift work, so I guess it's not all bad that I'm starting with this.

-Nose wise: do you need a septoplasty? Do you feel like you can't breathe half the time? Get one. Much recommended. It's not that bad at all. Healing is iffy, stitches are annoying, but hey, I'll be able to breathe through my nose and run for over a minute without dying!

Also, I mentioned last time that I'd be starting the 30 day writing challenge, and this is what it's going to entail:

Looking forward to that as well, starting the 1st! Let's hope I keep up with it!!


Till next time x

-R

New Beginnings

It's been a while, a pretty long one.

Last time I'd posted something, I was excited about finishing a previous chapter in my life and  starting a new one. Unfortunately, one comes to learn that not everything that's expected will necessarily happen. Not because you're a bad person, not because you didn't work hard enough, not because you're any less deserving than everyone else, but because God knows what's best for you. God is kinder to you than you are to yourself. And although the direct apparent reason behind something you dislike happening to you may not be that obvious at first, one must believe that what fate has delivered is truly for the best, in a mystical way that's unknown to us mere simple-minded hyoomans.

That aside, most pertinent updates are as follows:
-I don't think I've ever mentioned Yoko, have I? Yoko is my baby (cat.) I haz cat now.
-Officially done with medical school!! Woot!
-Starting work in hospital as junior physician (shmancy for: glorified secretary) on the 1st of November.
-Finally got my septoplasty done last Tuesday.

More shall follow on each soon enough, but not now.

Also, in an effort to bring this dead blog to life, I decided to take up a 30 day writing challenge. More on that will follow as well, and I'll probably officially start it on the 1st of November.

With sleep slowly seeping into my system, I shall depart in an abrupt manner putting no effort whatsoever into making the transition seamless.

-R

Happy Birthday Chris Martin!!

Once again, it's March the 2nd, which is Chris Martin's birthday! I've written a birthday post back in 2011, and it's scary that four years have passed since then. However, I don't think I can alter much in what I wrote last time, because it was concise and clearly illustrated how I feel. So, bringing that back again, HAPPY 38th BIRTHDAY CHRIS! Wishing you many many more to come. Thank you for all your lovely music, I’ve been a fan since 2000 -I was 9. Seriously, thank you. You’re splendid, and I can’t imagine how the last FIFTEEN years would’ve been without you (and Coldplay, that is!)


Here's a cozy acoustic version of Shiver [a favorite], recorded way back in 2000, when Chris and Johnny were only 23 and 22, respectively:

It's amazing seeing them come so far.

In other news, my cat just burned her paw casually strolling over the stove. Brilliant. Yes I got a cat and her name is Yoko.

Oh, and I have my first final exam of the year this Saturday. It's the beginning of the end guys, countdown to finally graduating uni! These exams will make -or break- me, so lets hope all goes well. One thing I need to majorly improve on is my self confidence, or lack thereof. Consultants keep shoving it in my face that I'm very self conscious and that could potentially lead to me not getting a mark as high as I want it to be on my oral exams (which has alwayyyyyss been the case, but this time the exams are life determining..) and I do understand that body language goes a long way, but I've just never been that overt confident person..

"BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE A DOCTOR!!!! YOU MUST BE CONFIDENT!!!"

I know. I hope I become a doctor too. But I'm still not, and even if I do manage to become one, it'll still take me ages to be the physician I want to be. I don't think I'll ever reach that level of knowledge and confidence where I just spit out info effortlessly. In regards to the little confidence I have which stems from the inadequate knowledge I have, I try my best periodically to change that, but I ultimately end up at square one. Anyhow, here's an interesting TED talk which gave me my life motto -for this year at least:

"Fake it till you become it."

I guess I'm going to need to do a lot of faking XD But it's a really eye-opening talk if you're like me, the type of person who's generally closed off and not that social, lacking major self-confidence. I'd urge you to watch it if you've got 20 minutes to divert from your work/studying/etc..

Anyhow, I hope that was enjoyable and beneficial :) I need to get back to studying before it's bed time, which is pretty soon..

Till next time xx

India in T - 10 Hours!

Good evening.
It's 1:52 AM and I'm exhausted. I'd intended this to be a post about me leaving to Chennai tomorrow tp work in a hospital there for a week, but thanks to my friend Juman's persistence to get the address to this blog, I spent the last 40 minutes editing the look of it and the title and whatnot. I loved the old one, but I decided it was a bit too old for me.

Anyhow, I'm leaving to India later today. Updates will hopefully ensue soon. Further updates must be in place for my past two weeks doing my clinical elective, that was pretty interesting too.

Before I go, to get a more descriptive feel of what I look like at the moment, watch this. The start of it was me for the past two weeks, but at 0:39 is when it starts to get accurate to this particular moment. Hence, I must bazzounce.

PEACE OUT.