Got an sms from my old boss offering me a position in WHO. Unfortunately, it's a full time position from February to April. Again, med school gets in the way of life.

Update: He told me he has a lot of projects on hand and is interested in hiring me this summer. He's hinting that I can be involved in more than one project. This means more experience, learning and money! Japan doesn't seem so unreachable any more. hello summer elective equivalent!

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Post-LRDR duty. Got to "catch" a baby, deliver 2 placentas (one on my own), rupture a bag of waters, IE a dilated patient, perform labor watch, perform toco-monitor, "manage" hypertensive patients, insert a Foley catheter, "assist" in laceration repair. High yield indeed but am not looking forward to doing it again next school year.

and still I am surprised. Thanks.

I should stop. But I can't and I don't want to.

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Adele sings too much about my life.

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My tasks for January has overflown and drowned March. Can I not have a month of a normal ICC life?

OB please end soon. Then again, the end of OB signals the approach of tons of things: AMSEP, Flash mob, NMSC, Finals, Compre, Grand OSCE and clerkship. Feels like being stuck between a rock and hard place.

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Something surprising happened today but I shouldn't be reading too much into it.

performing internal exams, not fun. as much as I accept the fact that I am still a noob at these two subjects, I want this rotation to end. Or maybe it's just life getting in the way of studying.

not turning in early last night might just have been one of the best decisions I made this week. this and deciding to switch duties with my blockmate.

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So I say goodbye to pedia with a sore throat heralding in upper tract infection. Kids, disease incubators you can't stop playing with. I'm still investigating why kids (mostly 3 years and below) have this weird, almost in awe look when they see me and my big head.

Despite having a very disorganized learning paradigm, pedia was a good rotation to train your history taking and physical examining skills. This is one of the rotations you get to develop your style in handling difficult patients and their mothers. Lastly, brightly colored clean blocks can save save your ass in pedias, that and a good supply of breastmilk.

just talking is good enough for now.