Wednesday, May 28, 2008
the ten least-celebrated traits of medical students
of medfac05.
aka: wah, i didn't know you guys could do that too.
1. able to speedwalk continuously for a distance of at least 1km while listing the causes of spondylolisthesis/ differentials of chest pain/ management options for patient in bed 32.
2. able to flatten self against wall and blend in, chameleon-like, with the hospital wallpaper / concrete.
3. professional, brisk curtain-drawers.
4. able to lip-read conversations conducted at bedside from behind registrars, A/Cs, MOs, HOs, nurses, and visiting fellows.
5. able to play puzzle fighter and install MAME32.
6. able to annoy nurse clinicians from a distance of 500m.
7. when in groups of two or more, will invariably block the most-used corridor/ entrance/ exit.
8. will always have a pen/ senior's notes/ textbook/ handbook somewhere on their persons.
9. have mastered the art of looking as blank as possible so as not to catch the eye of tutors
10. still don't believe they're going to be doctors in x years' time (where 2< x <5)
+ fictions&fires
11:01 AM
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plangere, latin: to strike, or to lament.
in the depth of winter i finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.
--albert camus
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to be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best night and day to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight and never stop fighting.
-- ee cummings
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