state i'm in: praise for preserved persimmons.
tune: donny hathaway 'the ghetto' (always reminds me of summit restaurant... how ironic)
i had my first feeling of worry today since the start of the academic year. bit of a feeling that washes over me when i realise this course is full on, and there is a sizable chance of failure. but i remain decidedly upbeat, unlike previous occasions when this i have felt this. i guess this is MBBS 2; i know what i am in for, and have a slightly better handle on how to handle it.
at first i was a little over the idea of another lecture- and tutorial-based year of studies. i am looking forward to third and fourth year rotations - wards, wards, and more wards. but i am starting to see the progression - the lean towards more pathology this year; more 'abnormals' than 'normals'. thats a good thing! something a little more amenable to one being able to sink their teeth into. there's a renewed vigour within fast removing me from the doldrums of the old first few week blues. maybe this is all the tonic i need to cure a bit of a brief low period felt over recent days.
most of this is the result of a case of anaemia for the week, and the chance to experience a real life case of the condition on the wards, with an aetiology just as likely to come from column on the 'causes of anaemia table' as another. literally, from book to bedside.
is there a latent haematologist lurking in the depths of me somewhere? for now, i doubt it.
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off topic just a little, my local fruit store just started stocking dried persimmons. so bloody good! sure, they are brown and wrinkly, resembling something, wildly out of control, from a dermatology class last week. but tasty indeed. get some if you can find them.---
image: mine
3 comments:
LoL. The dried persimmon looks like old peoples' skin, or someone suffering from a severe dermatological condition. I'll take your word that they're delicious.
Apart from that, you're starting to turn me off from studying medicine.
medicine is great. sure it can be like a lover you have lived with for a while - you get on one another's nerves now and then, you bicker a little, sometimes you even get bitter - but there is a reason why you live with them.
i still love it!
ps. were you considering med after you're finished undergrad?
Yeah, I still am. I'm currently doing Business and Arts at QUT. Doing nothing sciency like biochem and stuff like that...
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