slip of tongue

i have this problem of slipping tongue... often we're paged by ward nurses and we get to answer them... skilled people wouldn't give a hint where they are and what they're doing... they just talk like "ok", "coming soon" and that's it... but for me, there's this tendency to tell people where i am... instead of "i'm coming"... i usually say "i'm coming up/down/over/out"... i tried to remind myself not to mention the "direction" but i just can't help...

random pieces

"36 canoeists dumped into Shing Mun River after boats overturned by large waves..."
yingyingbird said this happened because the hungry wolf was blowing down the eldest little pig's straw home in that direction... hence came this heavy wind which was not forecasted...

am very hard working this weekend... on call saturday plus sunday ward round... it was a very terrible call... i was working essentially every single minute until 5.30am...

home painting tomorrow... a biannual home event... have to pack things and move around the funitures... poor yingyingbird... momochung should be back to help him...

happy birthday momochung... i was thinking of you each time i put down 28/1/07 on the notes today... miss you...

yesterday

i was in the middle of mortality meeting when a nurse paged me... i answered the call with my cell phone trying to speak softly...

bigtail: hi this is dr. poon...
nurse: a patient complains of constipation and requested digital evacuation...
b: (stunned) ha??? which bed...
n: bed 12
b: where's the houseman???
n: she's in a tutorial and cannot come back before 4pm
b: (raged!!!) i'm in a meeting... i'll see this patient later... (my meeting ends at five)
n: or... (and hungup)

(bigtail's nerve got on, therefore call up the nurse again...)
b: would you please give that patient fleet enema
n: (as if it should never be ordered) ha??! or... (hungup again)

ha??? are you ok??? paged me and informed me to go and digital evacuate??? without attempting any enema... are you sure the patient requested it out of the blue??? would you request for yourself a digital evacuation when you're constipated??? and it's so urgent that u need to page the MO right away??? i wouldn't like the intern to do it either... if somebody's looking for an example of common sense, this is the contrary... sick...

back to work

am feeling a slightly better today...

am back to work today... not too bad... now i'm gonna truly enjoy my time with the respiratory team... people have been very nice...
o u're back... o long time no see... o how's exam doing... o never mind, everyone had gone thru' it... o i'm sure u're fine...
o thank you very much my dear and supportive colleagues... it's really good to see you guys again...

read lion mama's blog... lion mama has excellent English... i think it's partly related to her education in her prestigeous school... she writes vividly... lion mama, i tell you, every time i read your blog it's like you told me things in person... it's like i've been through all these with you... miss you loads... it's good to see you and many others yesterday... that's the only nice bit about yesterday...

post examination stress disorder

finished exam... it's so fast... it's over before i'm aware of what's going on... not happy... i had this helpless feeling while i was sitting in this examination hall today... having to make plenty of guesses hoping luck will help me to get these guesses right... the feeling that i'm nowhere... didn't know what i was doing... scary and insecure... today was only marginally better than the day when i had my psychiatry final MB... that time i passed... the difference is psychiatry was my most hated subject while medicine is my favourite... it's a pain to realise i know nothing about what i like most... there's nothing to blame really.. think i'm unprepared... there's not much room to go either... given there's no syllabus and things are so vague... i cannot imagine i might be the only one who will fail in my hospital... i wanted so much to ring up all my soulmates and tell them i'm despaired... i gave up the idea knowing it's not nice to have my friends listen to my boring murmur...

so holiday is over... did nothing... what a waste if i don't pass in the end... i have already took my leave in May... perhaps i really need to take it for the second time before my italy trip... will be working mane... no weekend... forgot everything about the ventilators...

back to school

visited my alma mater today... sr. margaret (whom we called "mami" amongst ourselves) said it's "home of our maternal family"... to be honest i do have such a feeling... this is the place where we had a lot of memories... the school has developed under the same leader in a way i imagined... but much faster... we're guided to tour around the school... there're more and more special activity rooms which are very spacious and extremely well decorated... it's not only technology gadgets these days... they even had a room in very traditional old chinese style... the young girls are really fortunate... the work load of my poor teachers must be pretty heavy... didn't have the time to visit and chat with the teachers... actually there're many of them whom i missed... i must find another day to visit them...

took the golden ying to wax as well, dropped him in CARS motor beauty service in times square before went to school... am very satisfied... i'd really like to recommend this shop... i joined this package for $7000, which includes 10 full services with special waxing and steam cleaning over 3 years... and the man there gave me an extra service for free today... (bonus marks added!!!) plus ordinary washing and waxing at cheap prices... it's would be ideal if you have 2-3 cars... in the past i used Wilson wax and wash... CARS is more expensive but i think the quality is better... the golden ying became very handsome and the body was so smooth that i couldn't help smiling while i took the golden ying home... i even peeped at him from my balcony after i'm home!!!

study leave

am having annual leave... nothing much exciting... since i have my part one examination next week am trying my best to cram as much information into my tiny brain as possible... am not going to repeat about unconfidence... too little time is left for me to change anything or to regret really...

the scene is complicated by grandma having a minor stroke... well i have convinced myself that this is really not a great deal since she's probably having pretty bad vessels at this age... i've seen many more debilitating strokes... still it's bitter to see my dear grandma having to learn walking again with her halved vision...

just an additional piece i promised myself to post... one fine day i was wandering around causeway bay... saw this very attractive belgium waffle stall in citysuper... since my appetite has been pretty good lately, i treated myself with the hope to recall memories in brussels... nah... it's literally a piece of baked dough with a miserable thin syrup coating... this is genuinely not belgium waffles... disappointed...

respiratory team

am working with respiratory team this month... i only see cases in the specialty ward and no emergency cases... quite like it... things are more predictable... lots of new things to learn and funny things to see... i like working as a team... what's more, i have a senior who's nice as an angel... freetime was not as much as i was told... probably because i'm slow and lacking knowledge... still i enjoy it very much... am gonna maximize my gain during these few months...

few more days to go before exam leave... my confidence is dropping daily but hasn't reached the trough yet... some 12 days to go... am totally unprepared... am very much looking forward to my italy trip in May... am so excited about it, can't quit thinking about it... but before that i'll first go through the "trough" plus the upset of failing my part I exam... sigh...

veda

good to have real weekend... ie no work saturday and sunday... been doing online past papers the whole day... am "embracing the buddha's leg in the last minute"... i have no idea how to pass... this is probably my worst exam preparation ever since... sigh...

went to veda yesterday... a comtemporary indian restaurant... it's a spacious and decent place serving really nice indian food... i like indian food but sometimes i find it too strong and heavy... the food there doesn't appear to have this problem... apparently there're lots of new restaurants nearby...shall try them one by one... hee...

happy 2007

finally able to login blogger... the earthquake further slows down internet which is already slow... life has been rich and contented before 2006 ends...

went to a very grand wedding on silent night... it's not only the love between the newly wedded that moved me, but also the effort they made in making it such an amazing one... the kind of wedding every girl has dreamed about... one which takes plenty of money and plenty of cool friends to have... but nono i have no plan yet...

i bought this chocolate fondue set with a bottle of bailey... something ideal to keep at home... simply get a bar of chocolate and a bunch banana, you'll be able to serve your friends with something decent and nice... it's already been used 3 times in the past 10 days... super worth buying... momochung also celebrates the new year with his friends and bailey fondue... they took some bailey too... they mixed it with green tea as if it's chivas!!! am i so outdated???

had a disastrous call day on new year's eve... we used up all the ventilators and bipaps in the hospital... grateful to the interns who're super helpful on their last day... am so proud of myself for covering the whole M&G that very night... had plenty of new year night food... and nurses were very nice... i had only a few drips to set...

met my cousin who came back from new zealand every year... he left hong kong when he's small... we don't see each other often... but there's some kind of bonding between us... i just luv to see him... each time he returns to hong kong he brings his girlfriend... met his new girlfriend yesterday... guess what... this girl was my classmate in primary two!!! better say buddy... the kind of classmate i sat next to and i play with during break times... o poor me, i didn't recognize her until she asked where i studied... useless tail... it's a small small world...