updates

Sorry for the radio silence the past weeks. So I had my first mid block exam on Monday and Tuesday. It was in Gross Anatomy and Microanatomy. I did really well in the multiple choice sections. I'm waiting for grades for the essay sections and the written portions of the practical to be graded. The grading goes Unsatisfactory, Satisfactory, High Satisfactory, Honors. I've done nothing much other than study lately. We've gone out regularly with friends or had BBQ's or house parties every weekend and have been generally having fun through all the stress.

I went to chinatown clinic last night and we had this little girl come in with her mom who was there for a checkup. The kid was Indonesian and she was asking me about medicine as a profession. I asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up (she was 8) and she said a doctor, but she thought she could only be a nurse instead. So I told her that she could be whatever the heck she wanted to be. I told her there were plenty of women docs and that the medical student who was caring for her mom was going to be a doctor and that there was a woman doctor who went to an Indonesian medical school working at the clinic. She was totally surprised, I guess she thought only guys became docs and girls became nurses. So I introduced her to the girl med students and the indonesian woman doc and she had a good time. That was memorable. Her mom said that she liked taking care of and helping people, sounds like she's a good fit for the profession.

I'm going to a home for seniors tomorrow to interview/have a chat with them. It's not a medical interview, it's just practice talking to people and connecting with them. Personally, this is the part I really like, it's why I go to the Chinatown clinic every week.

A little about med school life. So I spend most of the day from 9 AM to 10PM at school and I usually pack a lunch because the food sucks there and it's expensive. But some days there are after school activities such as interest groups for medical specialties. It's there to get students acquainted with the fields of the medical profession they're interested in. They get people to come in and talk about that particular field (plastic surgery, internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics etc). But the best part is they give you free food. It's not usually the healthiest selections though, more often than not it's pizza. But hey it's free and they say that on any given day in a hospital, there is a free lunch to be had.

I haven't ridden my bike in a while and I feel like a lazy bum. I need to get out there. I'm planning to move soon to a cheaper place. I'll be paying half of what I'm paying and I'll be closer to school/my riding spots. So we'll see how that goes.

Sorry for lack of pics lately. I'll try to fix that...