No More

It's over. O&G posting is over.

No more having to worry about new admissions after 12 midnight. It felt really awful to find out that I had to cover a new admission in a rush the next morning before the round started.

No more having to wake up early at 6am after a night with inadequate sleep to face a long day ahead.

No more having to face the frustration of organizing and re-organizing my history to ensure that it was concise and I had everything important included.

No more palpitations and uneasiness when I witnessed my colleague being grilled during presentation and I was up next, worrying about the same fate.

No more frustrations of being grilled after I thought I had done everything possible to avoid mistakes. How delusional I am.

No more frustrations of not getting to present what I had extensively prepared. I spent a lot of time organizing the history and thought that "yo I'm gonna nail it man", but then the next day what they want was a quick summary. A quickie. Zzz. Coulda used those preparation time to study or sleep.

No more mundane routine of covering post-SVD cases or IOL cases. I need variety man. Sometimes bed covering took away the time for me to visit other ward in order to see different cases.

Do I hate it? No. It was a good training. I am the kinda person who needs to be pushed and pressured.

Do I want to go over this again? Big NO! I think 2-week is enough. I don't want to have my life expectancy shortened further from the inadequate sleep and the constant worry, on top of my pre-existing worries about other stuff in my life. =.=

Phew!

Relax bro~

Time is running out....fast...

Yes, this is me. This is how I perceive time. You may think I have a type A personality based on that, but that's not entirely true. I am a rather uptight person who constantly worry about my performance and final exam which is around the corner. Still, I do spend a rather significant amount of time in watching drama series, running, reading blogs and also in online social networking hehehe. So, what does it make me? I'm not quite sure, maybe a little bit of type A and type B. Nobody understands me well, even myself.

After the O&G posting exams, I am mentally and physically more relieved, at least for a while. The endless bed-covering in ward has kinda drained a lot of energy out of me. Last weekend, I scrambled last-minute in order to ensure adequate preparation for the exam. Now that it is over, I finally can took some time to resume exercising, blogging and chatting. The feeling of being able to do all these things without having to worry, even only for a while, is good.

I know this relaxed, laid-back mood is going to be short-lived. Next week, I am entering my final posting before facing my greatest fear (so far) - Professional Exam. Final posting man. Don't play play. I dread to think the amount of books I will have to revise and the amount of time needed to refresh and improve my clinical skills. Time to buckle up. Looks like some sacrifices have to be made in terms of entertainment.

No, that's not all of it. Don't be silly. 

Before all the laments and worries start creeping back, I am just gonna take it easy for the next few days. 

Relax bro ~~!

Opus Bistro @ Bangsar - great dinner, great company

Despite the lack of sleep the night before in preparation for ward round, I dragged myself to Opus Bistro located in Bangsar. I was introduced to this reputed restaurant only a few weeks ago. Voted as one of the top 20 restaurants in kl in the Malaysia Best Restaurants Guide, I went there with high anticipation (and expectation lol).

nek, evets, thambi, ZT, HL

Ambience was good. The variety of food was adequate. Pricing was standard. Most importantly, the food were great. I ordered Grilled Chicken with spaghetti in mushroom sauce. The chicken breast was well-baked, rather tender for a breast; the pasta was well-cooked, and the the mushroom sauce was creamy and flavorful. I didn't get to try the other dishes, but my friends did compliment the food. Chocolate desire was a nice dessert to end the dinner.

Clockwise from left: Spinach ravioli, Grilled chicken,
Linguini aglio olio with smoked duck, Spaghetti Carbonara.

Clockwise from left: Chocolate desire, Angel hair pasta with scallops,
Chef's special tiramisu. Angel hair pasta with foie gras.

With great company plus great food, it was indeed a very pleasant night . On top of it, I got to enjoy the dinner for free thanks to them. =)