See. I feel sleepy already. It is 12.39a.m. in Homedom.
I was called a child in clinic today.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Back in UK for the longest 5 days ever :/ Was telling Yi Ling how these 3 weeks in Lincoln feels like an extended wait in Dubai airport alone, where I am stuck in the airport and cannot/don't dare to go out to play.
The last 4week holiday was 1 of my most awesome Uni holidays so far (: Everyone being home again and all that. To be honest it actually did feel long enough. Made full use of my time to stretch the 4 weeks to its maximum enjoyment potential. Made the same mistake as always of bringing home too many books to study. I'm driven by this keen enthusiasm at the end of every academic year, telling myself (and the people around me) how this time I have planned it all and I AM going to make good use of the abundance of spare time I would have over the holidays to catch up on my work. Definitely. I never learn my lesson...
Anyway.
Lincoln is nice. Ish. A bit anal in terms of paperwork but I've managed to creep past the 1st week without anything being flagged up (--.) I know I was pushing it, arriving in Leicester and leaving for Lincoln on Sunday after a more or less 24h journey, but every day spent at home counts. At least I got to eat pseudo-steamboat before I flew. The 1st week here, therefore, has been spent desperately trying to settle everything back to pre-holiday conditions while trying to blend in amongst those who have had a normal, uninterrupted August, and spending the remaning time hibernating.
Still getting lost in the hospital. But I'm learning to read the signs :/ 1st day back was a stack of bloods (and 1 cannula) waiting to be done. A bit of a shock seeing as I was still in transition to normality (still am actually) + I hadn't done any in my previous block. But the doctors were nice. And I used the usual "I am just a stupid medical student" defence to give myself a bit of a leg-up 1st. At least I had free lunch that day (: Which is good, judging by my very sad food rations I brought along from Leicester to tide me through my 1st week. But now I'm starting to wonder if I overdid it, because everyone seems to have really low expectations of me, and are assuming that I don't know stuff/are bringing me back to basics :/ Dunno if I should feel offended/relieved. Only the Leicester graduate seems to be grilling me (somewhat).
Wish the next 2 weeks will shoot by! Although the people here are really nice so far and my consultant is super cool and super funny. I need to be in contact with civilization again.
The last 4week holiday was 1 of my most awesome Uni holidays so far (: Everyone being home again and all that. To be honest it actually did feel long enough. Made full use of my time to stretch the 4 weeks to its maximum enjoyment potential. Made the same mistake as always of bringing home too many books to study. I'm driven by this keen enthusiasm at the end of every academic year, telling myself (and the people around me) how this time I have planned it all and I AM going to make good use of the abundance of spare time I would have over the holidays to catch up on my work. Definitely. I never learn my lesson...
Anyway.
Lincoln is nice. Ish. A bit anal in terms of paperwork but I've managed to creep past the 1st week without anything being flagged up (--.) I know I was pushing it, arriving in Leicester and leaving for Lincoln on Sunday after a more or less 24h journey, but every day spent at home counts. At least I got to eat pseudo-steamboat before I flew. The 1st week here, therefore, has been spent desperately trying to settle everything back to pre-holiday conditions while trying to blend in amongst those who have had a normal, uninterrupted August, and spending the remaning time hibernating.
Still getting lost in the hospital. But I'm learning to read the signs :/ 1st day back was a stack of bloods (and 1 cannula) waiting to be done. A bit of a shock seeing as I was still in transition to normality (still am actually) + I hadn't done any in my previous block. But the doctors were nice. And I used the usual "I am just a stupid medical student" defence to give myself a bit of a leg-up 1st. At least I had free lunch that day (: Which is good, judging by my very sad food rations I brought along from Leicester to tide me through my 1st week. But now I'm starting to wonder if I overdid it, because everyone seems to have really low expectations of me, and are assuming that I don't know stuff/are bringing me back to basics :/ Dunno if I should feel offended/relieved. Only the Leicester graduate seems to be grilling me (somewhat).
Wish the next 2 weeks will shoot by! Although the people here are really nice so far and my consultant is super cool and super funny. I need to be in contact with civilization again.
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