#thingswhichhavebecomemuchmoreinteresting

I am fascinated by dandruff. I am this much over studying and it isn't even study week yet. In other news, here is my wall. It is about to get much worse

 

also, i was flicking through some fictionpress stories when broadband was down (because it was the only thing that would load) and i realised three things

(1) unrequited love tugs at my heart strings 

(2) i miss the heady rush of when you first fall in love

then i was like, nah. i wouldn't give up what i have now for that. i think the process of falling in love is fun enough, but when you're happy - you take it for granted and you don't realise how happy you actually are until you read some romance novel written by a 16 year old who probably has never actually been in a relationship before. 

that was an odd epiphany. 

#studytime

Time to make a dedicated list of things I want to do once exams are over because

a) I like lists because they motivate me

b) my life is currently revolving around a list of things I need to study

c) my brain is currently filled with more pressing things and so there is less room for such frivolous details

d) this is a list within a list. Inception anybody? whoaaaaaaaa

- watch Thor before watching Thor: The Dark World
- catch up on ALL newly starting TV shows: Elementary, New Girl, Grey's Anatomy and Arrow
- purchase HP on kindle
- purchase A Voice In The Wind on kindle

I thought I had more on my list.

In other news, my new found love of felt tips has meant that there is an advancing wave front of cardiovascular notes bluetacked to my wall. 

whywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhy do I put myself through this?

#nobroadband

These next days are going to be the longest three days of my life: I want them to pass by as quickly as possible, yet I dread their passing because
a) broadband renews in three days and
b) it will bring my final exams three days closer

-cryface-

(first world problems obviously, but I seriously need me some broadband).

#bringiton

Dr. J, I am soooo ready for your OSPE questions:

BRANCHES OF THE AORTA
1. Aortic arch
(i) brachiocephalic trunk/innominate artery (it just sounds so much more romantic as the latter)
(ii) left common carotid
(iii) left subclavian

2. DESCENDING THORACIC AORTA
(i) bronchial branches
(ii) mediastinal
(iii) oesophageal
(iv) pericardial
(v) superior phrenic
-> also note that on the posterior, branches also present such as the posterior intercostal arteries and the subcostal artery

3. ABDOMINAL AORTA (once the aorta has passed the diaphragm through the aortic hiatus at T12)
(i) celiac trunk
(ii) superior mesenteric
(iii) R and L renal arteries
(iv) R and L gonadal arteries (testicular if you have a Y chromosome and ovarian if you have none)
(v) inferior mesenteric
(vi) R and L common iliac arteries
--> posterior branches such as the R and L lumbar arteries also present

postscript: I NEVER GOT TO USE THIS/SHOW OFF MY KNOWLEDGE. disgruntled noise.

#toobloodyearly

damn it, peaked too bloody early. i have a month to go over lectures for the umpteenth time. and i'm not absorbing anything because i am like, oh hey - i have a month. there is no panic.

#aaaargh

why do i do this to myself? why do i start a new tv series a month out from exams? it's like oh hey - this is your 6th year studying and you'd think that by now i would've figured out what not to do. and yet, i am still delusional as my 18 year old self - who believes that i have the self restraint not to go on a Community watching rampage.

#can'tbelieveididit

Class started at 2pm today. And I dragged myself out of bed at 7:40am to go to the fricking gym. SEVEN FORTY AM. Why do I do this to myself? Also, I wish for the first time in my life (yes, I've never really cared about my height up until this point) that I was taller. By just even like 3 or 4cm. Because then I'd be okay with my weight. Fuck, I'd be friggin stoked.

#asianmother

My mother amuses me. Background to this story: in Chinese medicine, it is thought that drinking tea made from red dates (because it is red in colour) is supposedly good for replenishing blood lost during menstruation, and is thought to be good for improving one's concentration and alertness. So, my mother has been trying to get me to drink this tea daily and obviously, I am failing at this because I simply cannot be bothered making it.
Anyway, after E. left yesterday, I called home as per my normal weekly call.

Mother: You've been crying
Me: ... yeee-ss?
Mother: Ha. I knew it - could tell from your voice. Drink some of that red date tea. You can replenish the blood lost from your broken heart.

Thanks, mother.

#cryface

screw you, E. i swear i wasted two weeks being resentful and shit. and now you're gone. and i feel alone because i was so used to you being here. four weeks went by waaaaay too quickly.

at least my room is actually tidy now. and there aren't bits of paper or clothes scattered on the ground. one time when i got back home, there was literally a trail of clothing from the front door to the computer desk, where E. was sitting playing final fantasy x in nothing but his underwear.

#technologyftw

Loving the fact that I can write my lectures on my iPad mini and then transfer the notes to my laptop magically through the interwebs. No carrying a heavy laptop around, no messy pen and paper, no USBs and best of all, so time efficient! Why did I only discover this after I had completed one degree already?! Honestly, had I known this - I would have advocated the iPad's cause much sooner.

The only problem: now that I've come home, my laptop keyboard seems so much bigger and I'm having issue readjusting when typing. Bah, first world problems/proprioception obviously sucks.

#haveonemonth

instead of pining for E. like some lovesick fool when he leaves, i am going to relish having my room to myself again! and also, time for myself to do some solid work. also, in this one month leading up to exams, i aim to
- shed those remaining two/three kilos (it varies depending on which scales i sneakily use in the clinical skills demonstration rooms)
- study like a bitch to pwn exams: feeling positive about exams seven weeks out from finals. except this is probably going to change to panicked weeping in six weeks or so. but i hope to minimise that crying by doing some solid work now
- stop pigging out on baking. no more baking!

also, feeling a wee bit indignant in pathology that my tutor told me to stop answering questions after i had merely answered two in succession and had kept my mouth shut for the entirety of the tute up until that point. it is not my fault that people don't know what Addison's is. oh, and Pott's disease. damn youuuuuuu tutor.

also, progress test win... fifth year styles.

there are a lot of alsos in this entry.