Semester Break

Just came back from auckland this morning. Landed at christchurch in a misty, 6 degrees celcius morning. Really glad that eng ann picked me up at the airport and gave me a ride to school where our class commenced at 9am.

Holiday in auckland was really enjoyable. Catching up with mates, eating gourmet food, watching movies with takeaway pizzas, playing games at cafe and etc. However, fun time passes fast, and now it's time to start second semester of the year and be ready for studies.

Thank you guys for the warmest hospitality. Hope to see you soon!

Mid Year Break

Hooray, it's holiday!

2 weeks of break is just nice, not too short and not too long. I'm so not going to do anything that required intense brain activity. Study for final? Maybe half an hour per day, do you think it would be enough?

Feel like learning flash, but i'm not sure if i have the patience to do so. Just in case you don't notice, i added a flash banner just below my main blog banner. Wish i have the creativity to do nice art....

Snooze in the cold weather is the best thing ever to do at the moment!

Bump On My Hand

Mantoux test (one of the investigations for tuberculosis). Fyi, that's my hand, i took the photo right after the person finished injecting the antigen into my skin. After one week, the bump has slightly subsided but had turned into a rash. Not itchy or painful. Just not right cosmetically, haha!

The result of the test was positive!! Duh, i had BCG vaccine in the past, of course it will be positive. That's why i don't understand what's the purpose of doing this test in the health check up. Waste my money and make my arm looks uglier, sob sob...

p/s: psychiatry exam on next friday, scary scary....

Self Diagnosing

Some people say medical students are generally hypochondriac. They like to exaggerate some minor symptoms of theirs and figure out a long list of differential diagnoses. It's weird, isn't it?

I never have this problem since early this year because my previous 2 attachments were O&G and Paediatrics, so i couldn't relate anything back to me.

But now, i'm doing Psychiatry, and i think i'm abit crazy, are you scared? Muahahahaha....

Drive Myself Crazy

Psychiatry, it's a very interesting specialty. Dealing with people's mind and emotion is definitely not easy, especially with the sick ones.

I am assigned to Mothers and Babies unit, specifically cater for mothers with mental health problems, so it could be depression, psychosis, anxiety, you name it. A switch to motherhood apparently is not an easy task. There are so many things going on in their mind and it takes enormous strength to be tough and go on with life.

So my fellow brothers, please be more understanding when you become a father in the future. Bringing home money isn't your only duty as a husband and father. Spare some household work from wife and spend more time with the kids will make a huge difference to your beloved one.

Lots of study to do, even though not many assignments in this run. Gotta prepare well for final exam too, argh....

Have a good weekend!

母亲节快乐

五月的第二个星期日，你打算如何与你心爱的母亲度过呢？

我没有骇人的文采，不懂如何以语句来表达我的心意。刚在网上看到一些感人肺腑的母亲节寄语，不禁感叹自己的语文能力不及他人。无论如何，我在此向我敬爱的妈妈说声： ‘母亲节快乐！’。 儿子不孝，都已经好几年没有和你一起度过这意义深重的节日。你一定回答说：‘哎哟，求学要紧，有心就好啦！’ 对吗？ 哈哈！

我答应，日后事业有成，必定让你天天过母亲节。

Kia Ora

Just finished paediatric run, so i'm allowing myself to chillax for the next couple of days before i need to start studying for my Maori exam. Just in case for those who don't know, Maori is the indigenous people in New Zealand, and our medical school in Christchurch has a comprehensive teaching block specifically on their health. Next week we have a case presentation and a few station exam, including Te Reo (Maori language). Hopefully it won't be too hard.

James came over last week and we celebrated his birthday in advance. We went to Kaikaoura for whale watching and had uncountable meals at Osaka, haha! It was really amazed to look at the gigantic creature in such a close distance. Definitely a good experience, hope he enjoyed it too. Another one thing to tick off in my must-do list in NZ!