#amusement

As E. is coming down on Friday, I went and bought some cider in preparation (because drinking cider whenever we see each other is a thing we like to do - although, I have a feeling that this will probably change to wine).

Anyway, after I had gone through check-out and was wheeling my groceries to my car that I suddenly realised that I had not been asked for ID - which normally occurs because one of the curses (blessings) of being Asian is the fact that I look perpetually ten years younger than my actual age. It was the oddest feeling in the world because I felt both happy and sad: happy that I finally looked like I wasn't still in high school, but then this was quickly followed by disappointment because I have reached an age where I would actually like to still look juuust a smidge younger than my actual age. 

I relayed this all to E:

Me: "I just bought some cider for us when you get here, but I didn't get asked for ID. Must be looking particularly mature today"

E: "MILF looking"

I had to lol at that.

#onemoretogo

That was a highly unsatisfying exam experience because I did not get to showcase all my hard work. In the end, I was being assessed on how well I could bullshit my way through an entire case built of HIC questions and bioethics. If I had known, I would not have bothered to learn all the branches of the damn trigeminal nerve. Nor would I have bothered to learn the main branches of the aorta and at what level they branch off. In fact, I probably would have spent less time studying than I already did - and that compared to last year was already quite pitiful because I spent the majority of my time on Pinterest.

fdjksdfkjsdffdjdsfkjsdf medschool. You suck.

#jinx

Thanks med school - really appreciate the curve ball you threw. I was pretty much asking for it though, wasn't I? I think my most of my guesses were actually correct and so I'm not crying - like some people were half way through the exam.

The feeling I got when I saw the five pages of CT and MRI scans (of the parts of body which we learnt about last year) was similar to the panic that I had bubbling inside of me during last year's OSPE. Except this time it was fortunate that I finished the rest of the exam early and so had an hour to calm myself down and actually look at the damn images. After a whispered prayer/silent cry for help, I actually saw that the vertebral body was damaged, which then made everything a whole lot more easier to interpret. And the CT of the brain actually wasn't too awful - even though at first, I was like wtf... the only thing I can definitely see are the lateral ventricles and about fifty shades of grey surrounding it.

At least the renal question was pretty decent (Professor W, you have my never ending gratitude - except, please don't be my OSCE marker again), as was the other CNS question.

Well, I can safely now say that:
- Maori health
- cancer
- Reproduction, development and Ageing
- falls
will definitely be coming up in Friday's exam. But I think I'm going to take this afternoon off and relax for a bit.

#motivation

Where is it? I am so complacent... the first two exams have been pretty kind to me and now I'm just like waaaaaaheeeey, I don't need to study.

Who am I kidding.

WE WOULD LIKE A DISTINCTION AGAIN, PLEASE AND THANK YOU.
Now go and study.

#letsdothisshit

Let's ace this shit.

Also, because my memory is currently occupied with a thousand things (I haven't had this pregnant feeling in my head for a long, long time... don't know if that is a good or bad thing), imma write a list of things that I am going to do as soon it hits 5pm on the 28th of October:

- catch up on the newest season of Grey's Anatomy

- get Taylor Swift's new album

- read Anne Lee Huber's newest installment

- drink the new cider (with lime bitters)

- make an asparagus frittata (I love how asparagus is finally in season! and ever so grateful that I don't have whatever allele it is that allows me to detect the smell of it in my urine)

- make tofu feta

#hiatusemilunaris

I had to quickly look that up. The word popped into my mind but it came with it no attached reference or context.

I probably am not as confident as I was for exams last year - like this time last year, I was so pumped for the first exam. This time around, I think I am 75% ready with two weeks to go, which is ample time to cover what I feel slightly lacking in.

But there's just so much to look forward to after exams. And I finally get to leave this place! Snow in October was the last straw, thank you very much.