4 days 3 nights that i would never ever forget.

my very very 1st rotation as a medical student.
i had loads and loads of fun, not forgetting bout the knowledge achieved.

michie drove kris, becky, shan and me to Kuala Kubu Baru a.k.a KKB.
was terrified after hearing from shiong qi that we would need to bring 10 maggie mee to survive. gosh. that's totally way too exaggerating. okay, maybe that's because we have got michie to fetch us around for nice dinner.

the hospital is totally out of my imagination and expectation, nevertheless, it's not too bad after all. many lives were saved there and many new lives being delivered there.
am really lucky to have got Dr. Lim taught us on history taking and physical examination. i really did learn a lot. =D

back to the 1st night, we had awful dinner, as we got to KKB later than everyone else who took the bus. the mamak there sells freaking expensive indian rice and a hair, was found in kris's and beck's cheese nan. that's utterly disgusting.
anyway, that night itself, after dinner and settling down at the house, we went to the boys' house to partey!
p.s. all the girls are supposed to stay at the nurse hostel but we (michie, min yi, becky, kris and i) figured that we would have way more fun staying in one of the houses IMU prepared nearby the hospital, so we got the boys to help us get a house, and we girls stayed there for 3 nice nights illegally. LOL. that's naughty but incredibly fun.
found out that the hostel is dusty and sticky. ewk. one of the reason we wanna run away from thr hostel, but the house's actually not very much better. loads of spider webs and hair's everywhere on the floor around the house. that explains why we had to walk around the house with our slippers on. anyway, the condition's STILL bearable.

i am going to practice complain-less-than-every-yesterday attitude.

back to the partey (man! i always got deviated from the main point.)

no alcohol, only sky juice, chips, my beloved twisties and poker cards.
IT'S SO EFF-ing FUN! i laughed so hard that my checks went numb.
the boys were so funny! we played bluff and heart attack on the 1st night; bluff and heart attack again on the 2nd night; and bluff and mafia on the 3rd night.
and we nearly got ourselves heart attack/myocardial infarction/hear failure for real.
and for the game bluff, all of us were really good at bluffing(lame)! hahaha. it's so funny that people whom i thought to be very honest and dumb dumb (kidding) can bluff like no one else's business.
i haven't been enjoying myself for a really long time and i haven't been really laughing so hard for a long long time.
thanks guys. to be honest, i haven't been happy after staying away from home for quite a long time and after not seeing my bffs for even a longer time.
the 10 awesome people made my 4 days and 3 nights at KKB an unforgetable one.

on rotation, the 1st patient me and my mates got was a 19-year-old indian boy who's working as a garbage collector (surprise no.1). he started smoking at the age of 9 and can smoke up to 2 packets a day (surprise no.2). he accidentally cut off his first toe on the right while cycling at the age of 2 and luckily got it attached back, but the toe lost all the sensation after that accident (surprise no.3). He has got leg cellulitis due to glass cut on his toe...and GYNAECOMASTIA (surprise of all)!
i have never EVER ever seen any guy with BOOBs till that very fateful morning.
anyway, he's one very cooperative patient, who helped us a lot throughout the history taking and physical examination.
patient no.2, a 12-year-old asthmatic girl, very co-operative and have been really helpful at giving information and examination too.
patient no.3, a 27-year-old nepal guy, got dengue fever and measuring his liver span is a fun one.
was really lucky to have 3 co-operative patients throughout the 3 days of rotation.

i can't really describe how great this experience is, but it really means a lot to me. the very 1st time i am so close to what i would be doing in future, it's beyond special.
i really have to thank my parents for the path they prepared me to, i have no idea that there're so many things to see, to learn, to feel and to enjoy while learning, and working hard, until that 4 days and 3 nights.
now, i finally have faith that i will enjoy what i would be doing in future. i really do.

too lazy to upload the pictures for the time being.
gonna have EOS exam in 4 weeks. have piles of notes to memorise and i am wayyyyy behind my fellow friends. will have to work real hard.

oh, i am, SO motivated to study hard right now. LOVELY LECTURE NOTES, HERE I COME.

p.s. thought of the moment: 'you know your life is screwed when, on your mind, LV doesn't stand for Louis Vuitton but Left Ventricle.sigh'

think about it again, maybe, maybe, it's not bad having a life being screwed by medical programme than nothing. gosh. maybe, maybe i am prone to self-abusing, happily abusing my poor brain with jargon. psst, maybe, maybe i am just too lazy to study that i am whining.

too much of ttms-ing. i have got to stop doing it right now and go study.

chaoz!

love, katherine.