January 2012
12 posts
The Husband →
by Joseph Mills
He comes every day to eat lunch and sit with her in the sun room. Sometimes he reads letters out loud from their children or friends; sometimes he reads the paper as she sleeps. One day the staff makes her favorite cake to celebrate their anniversary, and he tells how, to buy her ring, he worked months of overtime at the factory, so she thought he was seeing someone else. “As if I...
Exactly 50 days.
We’ve got about 5 weeks more to our ward ban, 7 weeks to THE exams. Get a grip and get on with it.
“Buy a blank notebook. Draw a huge heart on the cover. Don’t write anything...”
– Kim: Advice from a Mermaid in a Manhole (via julie911)
December 2011
11 posts
After booking our flights this morning :)
Me: yayyyy boooooooked!!!!!! whoooooooooooooo
P: yay!!!!!!!! hhaahahahah now u r excited too!!!!! heheheehhehhe wheeeeeeee!!! ahahahahahahhahehehehehehehehhohohohohohohohhhhuhuhuhuhhuhhihhihiiiih!
Me: hahhahahahaha yayyyyyyyyyyy so excite!!!!! hiakhiakhiak
Trying times ahead.
Playhouse was over last night; thank you for the experience everyone :) Back to reality, and back to studying for MBBS.
Notes to self for the trying times ahead:
Everyone’s stressed.
A measure of a person is not done when everything’s fine and dandy, but when things aren’t going right.
Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.
That said, do not expect others...
November 2011
15 posts
Finally have the time to blog because...
I am down with the flu. Well done. Not entirely surprising, considering the 15-hour days over the past 2 weeks which ended off nicely with a 36-hour shift with no post-call. The mum is itching to say ‘I told you so’ cos I spent half the weekend in school and the other half gallivanting. In short, I need rest.
Surg SIP reflections:
I understand now what they mean when they say that...
“There’s one sad truth in life I’ve found
While journeying east and west -
The...”
– Ella Wheeler Wilcox (American poet and writer 1850-1919)
observando:
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
-Confucius
October 2011
26 posts
“Your biggest liability is your need to succeed, your need to always find...”
– Conan O’ Brien (via atomsandspace)
Be assured. Be confident. Be resilient.
Onward onward onward!
