Just returned from the first day of the houseman orientation programme. Learnt BCLS and all that stuff. Lectures were boring, but tried to keep awake cos i realise that i would need the knowledge in the future.

Can't believe that the dummy can be so zai... can tell me whether the depth of my chest compressions and the volume of ventilation that i was given is sufficient or not. Had to take 2 attempts to pass the 1 man CPR station cos i didn't fully relax when i was doing the chest compressions. But the tester was nice enough... a Mr Tan. Gonna try to take the effort to remember more names now... think it's nice to remember ur patient's names during the ward round or if u bump into them out there in the streets, not that i will hit the streets very often from now on anyway.

Any highlights of the day?:
1) My wacking my baby dummy's head loudly on the table when trying to save the bugger from choking
2) Was supposed to be paired up wif JS during the relief of choking demo... haha... of cos she refused to act the obese or pregnant lady. Wonder what would have happened if it was Chris instead of me.
3) Freezing in the auditorium beside lihua n leslie
4) eating rice cracker coated wif pork floss wif amelia n lihua and spilling crumbs all over my new polo T. Dun ask me if polo T is real. Me comin from thailand doesn't mean its 200 baht. It's actually 140 baht.
5) The soya bean drink was lovely... esp when it's cold.

Got some thinking to do... something that has got to be done at transition points in life.

Still sinking in... the fact that i am now qualified as a doc... still got a lot to learn tho... but at least i've made the first step.

What did i do today?

Jogged with zL at cheena garden.. did 4 to 5km and ended up with stomach cramps and felt like puking. Guess i am really getting out of shape. Spotted a fat swan tt would look pretty cool on my dinner plate. Saw 4 small komodo dragons with their long whip-like tail. Pretty cute, tho i dun dare to pet them cos i've seen what i think is mummy. And mummy is pretty huge, and moves pretty fast. Heard that their bite is deadly, and they then wait for the victim to die, n then they drag it to one corner to let it decompose as they slowly savour the acid taste of rotting flesh in their own time.

Saw lots of pink flowers on the ground. Did stuff bordering on being gay, like take photos of each other wif my cam phone. Then we whiled the afternoon away killing monsters on PS2.

Went for my best fren's bday at night... ate at Al dente at the esplanade. Pretty romantic place. My fren's fam was there, and so was the sister's boyfren n her 2 kids... real cute. Had trouble ordering cos the there were too many french words man... the boyfren is a TV producer and so i tried to get myself a date with Fiona Xie, but he said she was too busy. Guess it's too bad for her then... prob zap zap zapping her fu bu4 with the U-zap.

Most of my frens are busy with work or exams. Time to get a dog... or wait... even better... get 2 dogs.

It's nice to do nothing, to wake up at whatever time you want, and to feel bored with nothing to do, like back during the hols in pri and sec school. Bet i will miss this feeling.

Swam jus now... soaked in a bit of sun to get the needed Vit D, then watched another 3 episodes of LOst season 2. Wonder how it's all goin to end.

Apart from that, i fixed up my PPC and reinstalled most of the programs that i 'd lost jus prior to the MBBS exams.

Cousin's daughter still around. Think the mummy went back already. Thought i saw her cry, she's only 13. It must be quite a frightening experience stayin in another place by yourself when you're so young.

Think i will sleep earlier tonight in my attempt to live a normal life. Maybe i'll wake up and take a jog tomorrow. =)

ok so far i din kena the viva, even tho i was prepared to go for one cos my short cases for medicine and pediatrics were really bad.

it's already the 4th of april and i have some 15 days left before the orientation for HOship starts, and abt 6 days before the release of the exam results. Dun really know what to do. Want to travel but the ticket prices are q ex to London where my fren is staying... will come up to 1.2k++ for airfare alone.

Prob go somewhere else, somewhere closer, somewhere quieter to reflect and consolidate b4 embarkin on the nex phase of my life. I dun particularly like transition periods, but i guess everyone muz go thru them.

Juz passed my notes and gave tips to my lil counsellee whom i waited for 1 hour whilst she was sleeping upstairs. In the end i had to get my black hairy fren to get the house number for me cos the handphone wasn't working... At the 2nd call then she picked up with a dreamy
"Hello..."
"Oi4, XXX here. I am downstairs."
"I jus woke up... very sleepy... I slept at 2"
Looked at my watch... nb, it's 10.40. We were supposed to meet 9.30. And i slept at 2 too.... and i dragged myself out of bed cos i am a sooper zai counsellor.
"Oi4, faster come down."
"ok... coming"
Another 10 minutes to come down. No choice lor... made her buy me breakfast while i told her how her mbbs would be like and sip and all that.

Ok, back to thinking of where to go... what to do... sianz...