| Sunday, 13 July 2008 |
| its been a while... |
I just found out that lectures start at 11:00 am tomorrow. Hence I decided to not catch up with much needed sleep and risk a little facet of my sanity by staying up to blog.
I just got back from Kheng Wee's 21st birthday party... the thing about 21st birthday parties, is that its always more fun to be a guest than to be the host of the party itself. You don't really get to enjoy your own party, because it always ends up to be a logistics nightmare. Plus, you have so many guests to entertain that you often find yourself hard pressed for time to even get to talk to all of them. But when you are a guest, you have all the right in the world to engage in crazy merry making. You don't have to care if its awkward or not, just go ahead and party your life away!
I enjoyed myself at Kheng Wee's party today, because I got to see so many members of 71 today, especially the people from overseas! Ailin and Huilin were both there! Haven't seen the two of them in ages, and I must say it always feels great to be able to talk to the two of them. Both of them are very sensible, and always have a calming and positive effect on my rather erratic thought processes and moods. I must say very few of my friends have that kind of an effect on me... hmmm. But yes, the Econs S people owe me a birthday celebration! Econs S should just meet up for a celebratory dinner for all the birthdays that we had missed! Hope I have time to squeeze out of my busy schedule...
I was complaining to Ailin about how I sometimes feel so demoralized at the end of every single day because of the sheer exhaustion of clinical work. Its strange because I really really enjoy clinical work. When I'm in the hospital, I don't feel tired, or demoralized at all, mainly due to the fact that I hate to waste my time in the hospital complaining about the workload or how tired I am. I really do feel my best in the hospital, but its the lecture sessions and the nights at home that are truly the worst aspect of the whole business of clinicals. I was telling her how I sometimes feel that I've entered an industry that seems to lack in appreciation. I must say that she said some stuff that really made me feel much better about my current situation and that she reminded me that its all a game of perseverance! And she's right: I think we do need friends who aren't from medicine to remind us about such stuff. At the end of the day, its all about reminding ourselves that our lives aren't just about medicine and that there's something more than just books, patients and procedures.
I am supposed to do something that Geraldine tagged me to do, but I'm feeling lazy right now... We'll see if I have the time for it in the upcoming week. My entries are becoming more and more sporadic and mundane... but I guess I'm just not getting the level of inspiration that I used to have.Labels: friends, soul |
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