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I think it has been sooooo long since I actually write something here. Had been busy most of the time, adapting to the new demanding department, and at the same time, still trying to adapt now.

Entering surgical department is definitely an experience worth sharing. It is a place which the old school houseman training is still on the go. We have to be in ward as early as 6.30am (still considered late by surgeons), review our patients deep down to the details of how many piece of bread they eat and how much water they drink, and start the whole tedious rounds until late afternoon, complete the orders, and another round during the afternoon, and if we are lucky, it ends a bit later than 5pm, but if not, drags till 7pm, and later on a short dinner before yet another round of reviews, and night round, and if lucky, get my ass back to my room by 10pm, and if not, at least around 12am.

It is a department who seldom show signs that we are appreciated by the seniors.

It is a department where when you are in it, people will automatically understand why you have a stress face.

It is a department where you train urself to do things efficiently, fast and effective, and if you are up to the game, push urself to become more and more efficient.

Even thou it seems all sober and sad, but i do find something nice during this whole time and it comes from our clients.

They see us get screwed, they see us trying to be better, they see us struggle and in the end, when they got to leave home healthily, most of the time we get words of thank you, a friendly shake from the old auntie, or the grateful eyes of the family members. Even thou those moment doesn’t last long, but at least, it is something to soothe my already stressed up mood for the whole day. It is AT LEAST a bit of something.

No matter how busy, I think when I’m thinking back about all these experience later, I will still laugh about it with all my ward-mates who had been covering each others’ asses all the time. I think by the end of the day, this is exactly like what the bosses said, there is no compromise for such trainings, and it is a must.

Taking off this week end. Hopefully the coming weeks will be peaceful ones and hopefully I get through surgical without much hassle. And most important, I hope I could still maintain this blog as a place where I complain and hopefully, serves as a very good diary when I grow older later.

Hope that the host will still be there for this website. Haha.

Would want to post up second batch of Vietnam pictures and some nice places that I discovered in Melaka lately. Laters.