Favourite Places

Monday, May 01, 2006

~CSFC and Siti's Bdae Lunch~


In OT scrubs with the silly shower cap all blur and excited!

CSFC started off on a pretty exciting note for us kids at TTSH... you see we had this wonderful plan that we thot was pretty much infallible, which was to meet on the train (me at JE, Huilin at gombak and Rustom and Bishan) but after a long wait for Rustom she realised that she got onto the wrong cabin. Alas our coordination fell flat. Still we were upbeat about the day to come, so we walked hurriedly towards the hospital full of anticipation.. however a time check revealed that we had only 5 min left to find our seminar room and actually get there. So then it was time for proper panic as we all ran around the lobby from one end to another in our heels which was rather difficult i asure you, only to realise that the lift lobby we needed to get to was the one we were originally at. So we ran back much to the amusement of a passing M3 and when we finally got to our room, the briefing had started and we were ten min late! How embarrassing!
Then we received our schedules and saw to our dismay that life was not gonna be so free after all. After some SOC and trooping down to United Square for some free Ben n Jerry's ice cream with the rest of our CG we returned to our first ever OT session. It took us ages to get out of the changing room coz firstly we din noe wat to wear, and after we did figure it out and put on the proper OT gear we spent a great deal of time laughing at each other and taking photos. OT was a pretty basic procedure of GB removal but of course we "oohed" and "aahed" at every small movement and even when they were stitching up, much to the amusement of the nurses and docs.
The rest of the week was spent pretty much trying to get settled into this new lifestyle. We realised that it was indeed tiring starting off so early and ending off at 5 plus, standing on your feet for most of the day and going home only to find out you have heaps to read but cannot read it for the life of you coz all you wanna do is sleep. I guess its still gonna take some time getting used to and trying to figure out a way to work around getting all the readings done on time. I must say that clerking and meeting patients is pretty fun tho. You get to meet all sorts of people and most of them are really really nice and compliant and dont mind answering all the questions once more tho they had already been clerked barely 5 minutes ago. And when you start looking at the people around you and listening to their problems and ailments, you become so much more thankful for what you have right now and you understand why its such a privelege to be able to study medicine. Its most touching when they trust you with all their heart and open up to you, and it makes me wonder whether i can be a good enough doctor one day to deserve all that trust that they so willingly place in me when i am only a blur student.
Which brings me to my next point. Boy does it feel horrid to be so blur! I feel like we are the sorriest lot in the hospital... the blurest of them all. At least I know I am. All that mugging for 2 straight years and when we are out of it all and into practical stuff, we realise we have forgotten so much. And its always so embarrassing to freeze up in front of a doctor when he asks you a question even if it is as basic as 'why do we measure amylase levels in pancreatitis and what is amylase'. I remember Rustom and I freezing on the spot, the word amylase was dancing in my head singing 'you know what I am but you cant remember me now!' It was most frustrating and we felt so silly afterwards but the doc was nice enough to be understanding and tell us to go home and read up. But I guess thats how we learn coz after that incident we can never forget the symptoms of pancreatitis no matter how hard we try!
Oh yes and we and our CG mates have also established our Favourite Places in TTSH that we will gladly introduce to Hamid, Fang and Asroe once you guys get posted there. Basically its a nice corner in the Kopitiam and for short breaks this bench area outside Mr Bean as we sit and watch people queue up for the lovely ice cream. But thinking of them as Favourite Places is so bittersweet coz it we miss all our other Fav Place kakis! We keep saying 'wonder what the guys at NUH are doing now!' Oh but i must say it was so fun to bump into you guys and the rest of the fac in the wards at NUH, like Huilin says its like a reflection of our life in the future... bumping into colleagues around the hospital.
All that aside today we celebrated Siti's birthday (very belated tho) at this place most of us were new to called Olive n Fig where i learnt that Fig is something you can eat and not the wood that the table was made out of. We had a good time with Hamid adding in his laughter soundtrack every now and then and we realised that Siti's laughter has changed! As Adila describes it its now low and husky compared to her previous high pitch giggle! Haha wats up Siti?? (she still not telling us but methinks she might have found her Mr Darcy). Oh well I have made you read more than enough rambling. I ought to hit my Browse ( i really do feel like hitting it!) Have a great week ahead guys and see you soon! Love you all and miss you lots!

the 3 ladies in pink

cheery smiles from yvette n me!

the prize presentation ceremony that followed lunch (it was so pro that it actually took place on the stage!)

and here we have a group pic at Olive n Fig- Hamid the thorn among the roses

and yet another group pic outside the doby ghaut mrt station as siti tried to capture the beauty of the flowers that we are all blocking

siti and aisyah do a bollywood number around a tree as they search for their beloved Shah Rukh

they ended it off taking a romantic stroll while taking in the sights and sounds of the entrance to doby ghaut mrt

a far shot of us and Hamid says its all good

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