Been thinking about the title of my last post... Life is indeed contradicting. While doctors are said to be with no social life, their job revolves around their patients most of the time! So i guess patients and their families ARE doctors' social circle in COMPENSATION to the loss of their normal social circles.
Patients + Patients Families in exchange for Friends + Own families.
Wow! Doctors really have to sacrifice A LOT!
Then again, i can't help but to feel that even at the current moment, i began to loss touch with human interaction (well, most probably because of my quiet nature) ; sometimes i feel it's harder and harder to understand how a person thinks & acts (is it because i've seen deceits, selfishness, misunderstandings and backstabs that i am losing my faith in human, in myself perhaps?) ; how is that going to help me in dealing with patients in the future? Will i become a robot doctor? A doctor that will only be determine to discover the underlying disease my patients have? Will i just go to my patient, ask relevant history, perform physical examination, identify disease, give treatment, full stop; without any empathy towards how the patient feels? Is that a healthy human interaction?
But which is better? A more competent yet apathy doctor or A not-so-good-with-skills doctor that is able to soothe your pain? Can i get the best of both worlds, be a very competent and empathic doctor?
I feel that my personality itself does permit me to gain the best of both worlds; seriously i feel i am totally bad at soft skills and it has to be the hardest skill to acquire and learn, you can't possibly learn it through lectures or course or books!
Anyhow, I am trying to change myself in order to walk that very path to reach that very destination.. just that sometimes i need more than average motivation to keep me going..!
Well i guess the path of a medical practitioner is tougher than tough but in the end, when you know you can make a difference in other people's lives; to be able to put an end to others miseries, however small it is; these are good enough reasons to lighten up the spirit a bit!
Lastly, a phrase worthy of the posting's theme that every medical practitioner have heard a zillion times,
"You must treat patient as a whole not just treat the disease itself..!"
Anyway, been having headaches for a few days now... Don't know why all these thoughts spurt out of my mind when i am having a bad headache..!?! Weird.
Sunday, November 19
Thursday, November 16
Doctor = No Social Life?
Had a nice chat with 2 of my friend yesterday night (or rather today early morning!?!) from 2pm to 3.30pm... We realized that compared to previous years in university, the interpersonal interactions among us had greatly reduced...
We attribute it to the increasing amount of workload, have to study back 1st year's basic sciences: physiology, biochemistry, and (Grey's? : p) anatomy in addition to current clinical sciences, pathology (not pak-toh-logy) and other -logies i.e. haematology, endocrinology, parasitology, and the list goes on; added to these, we have to clerk case, try to perfect our clinical skills while trying to squeeze a huge amount of knowledge into 1 tiny brain... TOUGH.
So naturally, less and less time for chats, less and less people go for club activities and less and less interactions... It's mostly about studies, homeworks and patients... I guess it's true to say that a doctor is bound to it's life long profession and does not have (or rather couldn't have) a brisk social life.
It's really very hard to juggle between study load and social life. More time spent in social meaning less time to study meaning less knowledge gained yet knowledge is very important for doctors as they are dealing with precious lives that's entrusted to them.
Wonder how will my future life will be like???
We attribute it to the increasing amount of workload, have to study back 1st year's basic sciences: physiology, biochemistry, and (Grey's? : p) anatomy in addition to current clinical sciences, pathology (not pak-toh-logy) and other -logies i.e. haematology, endocrinology, parasitology, and the list goes on; added to these, we have to clerk case, try to perfect our clinical skills while trying to squeeze a huge amount of knowledge into 1 tiny brain... TOUGH.
So naturally, less and less time for chats, less and less people go for club activities and less and less interactions... It's mostly about studies, homeworks and patients... I guess it's true to say that a doctor is bound to it's life long profession and does not have (or rather couldn't have) a brisk social life.
It's really very hard to juggle between study load and social life. More time spent in social meaning less time to study meaning less knowledge gained yet knowledge is very important for doctors as they are dealing with precious lives that's entrusted to them.
Wonder how will my future life will be like???
Sunday, November 5
My niece's Full Moon
I have the cutest niece in this whole wide world..! = )
My niece, named Yu En, had her Full Moon celebration marking her 1st month into this world.
I finally got to see her and her face is just the cutest thing in this world! Round face, large eyes, single eye-lid (but my brother claimed it's doubled?), very nicely-shaped lips. I'll post her pic when it's available..
She will grow up to be such a fine lady with lots and lots of people showering their love on her.. evident by the amount of presents received; enough to bury 1 adult beneath the whole pile! And of course my dear brother puts ALL his attention on hes dearest daughter: he feeds her, bathes her, sings to her until she falls asleep and he's the 1st face she'll see everytime she wakes up..! She's totally immersed in the power of parent's love!
By the way, i had a lot of goodies to eat too! Happy.
; p
My niece, named Yu En, had her Full Moon celebration marking her 1st month into this world.
I finally got to see her and her face is just the cutest thing in this world! Round face, large eyes, single eye-lid (but my brother claimed it's doubled?), very nicely-shaped lips. I'll post her pic when it's available..
She will grow up to be such a fine lady with lots and lots of people showering their love on her.. evident by the amount of presents received; enough to bury 1 adult beneath the whole pile! And of course my dear brother puts ALL his attention on hes dearest daughter: he feeds her, bathes her, sings to her until she falls asleep and he's the 1st face she'll see everytime she wakes up..! She's totally immersed in the power of parent's love!
By the way, i had a lot of goodies to eat too! Happy.
; p
Thursday, November 2
Back in Kampung
Yesterday, my group went to our community study area to visit our adopted families' homes for Raya celebration...
Started our journey around 2.30pm... it was raining. One of my coursemate, LL was complaining, 'Oh dear, what's gonna happen to my car? All the muddy roads... *sigh*'.. Well, we haven't realized by then what's gonna happen to our STOMACH after a few hours..!
We went house by house...
1st house: 'Mari makan!' 'Baik!'
We ate kuih raya and drank air kelapa wangi blend (a famous product of this family, Shiok!)
2nd huse: 'Mari makan!' 'Ya..'
Again we ate kuih raya, drink orange juice and while we sembang, we didn't realize the ultimate danger... the host cooked an enormous portion of friend mee!!! Of course, we can't refuse so each of us ate our little share leaving quite a lot untouched...
By the time we are leaving, we realized it's already 4.30pm!!! 2 hours past! Bearing in mind, we decided to act fast, eat fast, drink fast, talk less.
3rd house: 'Mari Makan!' 'Ok...'
Yup, again we ate kuih raya... by then, we politely refused drinks before the host even begun to prepare.. the witty LL (who stayed there previously) went into the kitchen to check on her mek (mother). Suddenly she came out, asked us 'siapa nak minum? Semua tak mau kan?' (we didn't even have to answer..) in a split second, she rushed back to the kitchen and mission complete, no drinks!
Yet, her mek still came out with 2 plates of mango cuts...
4th house: 'Mari makan!' '....'
By then, i already became a muruku specialist comparing murukus from different houses.
'This muruku taste better hor?'
' Ya lor, just like the one in market... you know, the white colour packet with the baby picture!'
'Ya lor, ya lor'
So, we just ate the muruku, ignored other kuihs and drank tea.
5th house: 'Mari makan!' 'takpe...'
Went in, greet, every kuih try one, drink, greet, out of house.
6th house: 'Mari makan!' 'takpe.. betul-betul takpe..'
In the end, we ate a lot of keropok lekor and each of us had a bowl of ais kacang! (the host opens a warung...)
Finally, we head back with a supreme ultimately full-of-kuih raya-and-water stomach..!
Went back to university, skipped dinner. = )
Started our journey around 2.30pm... it was raining. One of my coursemate, LL was complaining, 'Oh dear, what's gonna happen to my car? All the muddy roads... *sigh*'.. Well, we haven't realized by then what's gonna happen to our STOMACH after a few hours..!
We went house by house...
1st house: 'Mari makan!' 'Baik!'
We ate kuih raya and drank air kelapa wangi blend (a famous product of this family, Shiok!)
2nd huse: 'Mari makan!' 'Ya..'
Again we ate kuih raya, drink orange juice and while we sembang, we didn't realize the ultimate danger... the host cooked an enormous portion of friend mee!!! Of course, we can't refuse so each of us ate our little share leaving quite a lot untouched...
By the time we are leaving, we realized it's already 4.30pm!!! 2 hours past! Bearing in mind, we decided to act fast, eat fast, drink fast, talk less.
3rd house: 'Mari Makan!' 'Ok...'
Yup, again we ate kuih raya... by then, we politely refused drinks before the host even begun to prepare.. the witty LL (who stayed there previously) went into the kitchen to check on her mek (mother). Suddenly she came out, asked us 'siapa nak minum? Semua tak mau kan?' (we didn't even have to answer..) in a split second, she rushed back to the kitchen and mission complete, no drinks!
Yet, her mek still came out with 2 plates of mango cuts...
4th house: 'Mari makan!' '....'
By then, i already became a muruku specialist comparing murukus from different houses.
'This muruku taste better hor?'
' Ya lor, just like the one in market... you know, the white colour packet with the baby picture!'
'Ya lor, ya lor'
So, we just ate the muruku, ignored other kuihs and drank tea.
5th house: 'Mari makan!' 'takpe...'
Went in, greet, every kuih try one, drink, greet, out of house.
6th house: 'Mari makan!' 'takpe.. betul-betul takpe..'
In the end, we ate a lot of keropok lekor and each of us had a bowl of ais kacang! (the host opens a warung...)
Finally, we head back with a supreme ultimately full-of-kuih raya-and-water stomach..!
Went back to university, skipped dinner. = )
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