Back in Leicester today. I now appreciate the warmth of my frumpy Kettering room. I was surprised and upset to find Leicester ground covered in a uniform layer of ice. It had snowed quite heavily in Kettering and I didn't think it could be much worse in Leicester. My lips have been cracking and sore since Tuesday as I still do not have the habit of using lip balm (or any other beauty/healthcare products for that matter). I have been putting moisturiser though, ever since the new wash-your-hands-after-seeing-every-patient-even-if-you-don't-touch-anything-within-a-10metre-radius-of-them rule.

I have no more food and so turned to my freezer for something instant. I had planned to go to Morissons today and town tomorrow, but when I actually think about it, I think I can still survive without cooking for a while longer. I will get more frozen food when I am back in Kettering.

I recently discovered something awesome. It is called the Triple Whopper. I will definitely conquer it 1 day in the near future.

Finally discovered how renal ward round runs without a renal unit. We went on quite a good tour of Kettering General Hospital to visit the various renal patients scattered around the compound. Wanted teaching immediately after that to save time but another part of me wanted to go for the infallible Friday free lunch. Sadly, there seems to be something wrong in KGH these days as even my ever-dependent free Friday lunch failed to materialise. This forced me to spend an unreasonable amount on a very mediocre coronation chicken baguette as I had, in anticipation of a free lunch, not packed any food of my own.

We arranged teaching with careful reg for 2p.m. instead. It was very distorted because he got bleeped every 10min and had to go away for considerable periods to answer the bleeps, after which he would return and jot down another job to do on his growing jobs list. I even had time to go to the toilet during 1 of these intervals. Shamelessly, Sania and I pretended not to see the growing list and pressed on for the teaching. Although it was somewhat an incomplete tutorial, I guess we should be grateful that the reg was nice enough to be cornered by us to do a 1-on-1 session and to attempt to press on with teaching us despite the numerous bleeps. Still, being enthusiastic medical students, we had to be thick-skinned again and asked for another session for next week. I think Sania and I have accepted the importance of taking advantage of people and hardened our hearts against guilt/paisehness of repititive requests.

Met our cool consultant on the way out and he asked why we did not turn up for the teaching that we did not arrange with him. I insisted that we had NOT arranged a session with him but oh well. You can never have a victorious argument against your superiors. I stupidly suggested a session on Monday although I do not have a single case to present.

The grand plan (after sacrificing morissons and town) is to get some work done tomorrow. We shall how successful that plan is. In the meantime here is Victor, my new (free) usb drive

... and his twin, Gilbert.

Had 2 bouts of diarrhoea ?cause today. My working diagnosis is diarrhoea ?sour vegetables.