my life abroad: June 2009

So, I’m back. after 2 weeks of hellish exam. Thank God i'm still alive. Started off by cramming pathology for the whole study week, exam on sat; study orthodontics for one day then exam; study general medicine for one day and exam(that one was insane - going from kidney to liver to blood vessel); then back to staring at microscopy slides and bottle; pharmacology 4 days after (that one was the worst- all the drug names and stuff- might hv failed that one- but hopefully it’s not a must-pass exam) and one day for dentures, crowns and bridges(that one was ok - coz even tho it covered everything from every single 20+ lectures, it was rather general- like list 2 (out of the 5-6 in the lectures) of advantage/disadvantage/indication/contra-indications)…and after that exam- everyone was high. Don’t think anyone else will appreciate this short break as much as we will. I'm actually sick of staying awake to study- but now i'm waking up at 10am- because i can afford to.

And that was all just a glimpse of wat’s to come next semester. 10 units + patients(I’m actually so sick of seeing patients). But hey, I’m half way thru- (just half way- unlike other people-either almost done or one year left).

2 weeks of holiday will start next week. Got one group assignment, assignment and online assessment to do. And I need to go back into clinic tomorrow to check on my patient who came in today for emergency (a fifth year student told me that through facebook- how cool..lol).

Random photos from the whole sem+ this exam:

we had to bend wires- according to the shape drawn on the paper- with different sizes

Got myself awesome (-ly cheap) highlighters to coordinate my clinic sessions

candies from royal perth hospital where i had lectures once a week (blue stuff are called clouds and they are awesome and they are only 5 cents each)