Vampy's Weblog - Life of a Medical Officer

Well, I went to BOndi beach today.. it's a pretty good day to go to the beach... not too sunny, with a nice amount of breeze... what better way to spend the day than to go to the beach... It's not as crowded as I thought it would be but hey I'm not complaining... So I spread out my beach towel and read some books for a few hours... return home and... I had a screaming shower... Okay... fine.. .I didn't exactly scream but let's just say that it was agonising... I'm sunburnt!!! I'm red like a cooked alaskan crab! But it was nice to go the beach once in a while... Anyway... need to get some Zzzzz... See ya!

If there's one thing I have to remember - it's the damn mocha... Never drink it at night... I couldn't sleep at all last night after drinking a cup of it... And now I'm too lethargic to do anything... And I just discovered that my internet connection has slowed to a crawl cos' my ISP thinks I have downloaded more than 10GB this month... I wanted to call them today but guess what they are still on holis!!! I have keep track of what I have downloaded this month and it's at most 6-7GB so I'm going to ask them to check...Sigh...-

I have been searching through Friendster for some old friends whom I lost contact with and was amazed at how little our faces have changed over the years... God some of them I last saw them > 10years ago when we were still in our early teens... I any case, I have asked some of them to add me to their friendster provided if they remeber who I am though... and not some weirdo freak...

Hi! Seasons greetings... I went to watch a Chirstmas carol concert yesterday at the Sydney Opera House... It was a exhilarating concert performance... It was fun-filled, nicely cheorographed and full of laughter. The contest did a few classic carols like "Slient Night", "O, Holy night!" "God, Rest Ye Gentlemen" to name a few and some aussie carols. I especially like the way they intoduce the song "The Twelve Days of Chirstmas". They did it by getting someone to read a letter supposedly sent by the true love of that person and as the lover went on, it's obvious she got more and more pissed... cos' of all the fowls, and milk-ladies and bag-pipers in her house that were sent by her lover... It was hilarous!!!

On my way home, I saw a public bus-driver all decked out in Santa suit ferrying passengers home! I must say I don't see that back home... But I guess it does help that the bus is air-conditioned... or I wouldn't be very happy wearing that suit...

Urghhh! I have Gastroenteritis! Not feeling too good now... My stomach feels like someone is wrining on it... and my ummm rectum is sore... Went to see a doctor... the upside is that I have already made to see the doctor prior to me getting GE so at least I had a doctor's appointment and I finally got my last Hep A shot done... Need to take it easy for the next week or so... Hopefully, I'll be well before my parents are here...

HI, all! Wondering what I've been up to? Well, I have just finish my first week at emergency departement. How's things? You know how in ER where you see patients with bleeding head and limbs, gunshot wounds come in with blood trailing behind them and alarms going off every minute? Well, doesn't happen in realife... The most exciting thing that happen to me on my first day is seeing a patient with a huge hernia and that wasn't even the reason why she came into ED...

The other "exciting" thing that happen to me during this week was to see a patient who came in through "Bat" call - it's their way of saying it's a urgent case, possibly life-threatening (you know Batman and his Bat signal ). Anyway, the patient came in with status epileptic. On the same day, I saw another patient who came in after falling off a ladder and broke his kneecap. I was acting as a translator while the ED doctors were accessing his conditions. And I got to perform my first real-life venupuncture on a real patient!!! Yes, I know... it's no big deal... but guess what I take what comes my way... So till next time...