Intern's Intern

hello world! it's been a month since i've updated my blog. seems like i've been abandoning it quite a bit recently. mainly because there's always facebook which seems to be more exciting than a blog. but anyway, just thought i should come clean up the cobwebs here once in a while. 

for those that didn't know, launnie sort of flooded a few weeks ago which was a little scary. not for me but for people in other areas. they had to evacuate some people from longford and the inveresk uni campus was shut down. we were basically whining why didn't it flood at the hospital because that would mean no uni! although it would probably be pretty disastrous. 

that's the cataract gorge flooding. it was intense! loved it! i think half of launceston was there on that day! we went there the day before because we thought it would be like this but the gorge just looked really full. like high tide sort of thing. who knew that a day later it would be raging! they had to close off bits of the park because the water submerged the picnic area, the pool, the playground and was up till the level of the toilets! which is pretty damn high up! the only way across was to take the chairlift. first time seeing a queue for the chairlift to be honest! but so scary! i keep thinking that my shoes will fall off if i take the chairlift. hahaha! irrational fear. gotta thank twitter that i got to see this. my classmate tweeted about it and i exclaimed to my housemate 'eh the gorge is flooded!! LET'S GO!!' XD so random. 

moving on. we had dinner at buddha tha1 one random saturday night. we had the roast duck which was OH-SO-GOOD. nothing like what i've tried before. the curries were alright i guess. but the duck was YUMS. $27 for it but MUST TRY. ok now that i've gotten your hopes and expectations up, hope you don't end up disappointed. I would be sad. It was nice having a meal at a cosy little restaurant with friends. Went to coles after and then we had OSCE practice with the seniors. =) we are so kiasu. exams are so far away yet we're starting osce practice already! but there seems to be sooo much to learn! that it never seems to end! yikes! especially since we have no idea what is being tested! sobs. 

we were studying in the library as usual when sha7 asked me to google this website  and omg once i saw it, i was sooo hungry! he made me look at the foccacia and said 'looks good right?'. and that was it. i HAD to make it. regardless of how i think it might turn out. hahahaha! since i'm i don't usually bake and all i've made are steamed cakes. like the ji dan gao. XD anyway, off to coles we went to get yeast and after 2h of preparation, rising, baking etc. it was ready! it tasted so good fresh. like when i just pulled it out from the oven. would have been better if we actually had sea salt. did not sprinkle enough salt on it but still. i'm hungry while typing this. 

we tried making pumpkin soup/mash yesterday because we had pumpkin and we had to finish it before it went bad. so we microwaved it for 10min to cook and then mashed it up. we sorta free-styled from there. added honey, cream cheese spread (really anyhow sia!), mixed herbs, water and bring to boil. it tasted not bad actually! but i guess pumpkin is naturally sweet so it can't be that bad anyway. =) 

we've been practicing cannulation on each other! been poked twice already. i think ive got some vagovagal response when i see my own blood in the cannula bung. ugh. but not to the extent of passing out. venepuncture's fine btw. it's just cannulation. 'drank' 20ml of water yesterday through the cannula. hahaha! 

moving on to more boring stuff like uni. finished respiratory last week and currently on cardiology. it's so fun! i dunno why people said cardio wasn't as exciting as it sounds. the people are nice and friendly. been doing admissions, discharges, examining patients, mini tutorials on the run etc. more tiring than respiratory actually. i REALLY feel like an intern on cardio. hopefully i'll be able to hone my skills further. loving it so far. respiratory was good too! excellent consultants, reg and intern! miss them already! very inspirational people. wish i can be as charismatic as some of them. they just establish rapport so easily with patients! *grumbles* oh did i mention that i've changed my perspective on respiratory? HATED it before i did my rotation! stupid CAM201 made me swear off it for 1.5 years! it's actually not bad! might consider it to be honest. *ponders*

(off topic: the food during handovers every morning is yums. raspberry muffins, croissants, egg and bacon muffins, hot cross buns, fruit, yoghurt etc. it's enough to make me wake up at 7.30 for handover at 8) 

but i have to say that i have become more outspoken this year. trying to get the most out of my rotations! just stick my head out there. haha! but one thing for sure. probably not gonna do psych in future. not my cup of tea for now. =S 

time's going by so quickly! before you know it, it's EASTER!! 3 more weeks! btw the time difference between singapore and tasmania is now 2h instead of 3 because we just had daylight savings last weekend. of which i regret not going to bed earlier to enjoy extra 1h sleep. mehh.