Well i promised to write

WOAH (oddly enough, it rhymes with woe)

Its the dizzying pace of life thats beginning to pick up again - just after the last CA's too! Im actually not quite sure whether i've personally come to terms with the last one, but then again, YLLSM seems to think otherwise. Who am i to disagree?

Still, the CA's have started to Loom. Its really the quickening of pulse rates, kanchong behaviour and the merry popping of Nescafe's "New Improved Flavour Arabica Bean" poptops that are telling markers for whats about to transform MD5 and its surroundings into another all day, all night, all holiday and all weekend war against the ultimate sin in Singapore, failure.

Long story short, once again the motley crew comprising of medsoc and peri-medsoc drifters are going to be strengthening our bonds via dota-ing, chatting, bitching, mugging it out (impt) and yes, drinking a whole lot of medicine's favourite drink in the process. Im salivating at the thought, so try me!

Still, this CA promises to be better than the last - both in terms of emotional and intellectual preparation:

First off, im happily missing the post-prandial, post-holidatory and pre-amourous mood that set the tone for the last CA. Its going to be a huge bonus in the "intelligence" skill points allocation. Realistically speaking, the timing couldn't have been worse for the last CA.

Secondly, while i did PASS patho, i did horribly badly - got 50 to be exact. Its a wake up call that perhaps attending 0% of lectures for a subject, (yes thats a FACT :) ) isn't exactly well tolerated in Medicine with the capital M. Im heeding that call and i'll be redoubling my efforts for this one.

as a summary of whats happening to date: most projects seem have died down - MIF is gradually crystallizing into a forseeable timeline, float handover seems emminent and my personal house has been in greater order than its been for ages. Im happy!

I think i'll be alright.
and i hope you'll be too.

replies:
Sunder: thanks man... you are the light in my dark hours! i was cursing the human race till you pointed out that you would no sooner curse a tree for being green then you would for a human engaging in momentary tardiness.

natw: yups. as good advice is meant to be acted upon, i did post the update on the MIF. Presto, no more queries! hehe. actually not really. but at least it brought the queries down to a much more tolerable level.

p.s: on a mildly interesting note-

todays lecture on diagnostic radiology was pretty dry until up popped this queer looking slide of the pelvic area.

being the warped person ive built my reputation on, i gasped and chortled immediately...
10 seconds latter, the similar minded began to gasp too...
a further 10 seconds later, mr radio prof decides to reveal what the oddly shaped object is:
its a vibrator for crying out loud!

Heavy groaning of the entire LT rapidly ensued.

still, the best part has yet to come:

student: um.. so prof.. was it still working.. when.. uh.. you know.. the X-ray was taken?

prof: No

prof (as dry as dry can be!): As you can see, the borders are distinct... which indicates a lack of motion... *uses pointer* you can clearly see the batteries *here* and the motor *here* with the attachment which causes it to vibrate.. and the head *here* is a radiolucent structure... any questions?

student: *quiet cough*

rest of students: *ahhhh*