Birthdays

Well as some of you know, I prefer spending my birthday like any normal day. It's nice having messages, wishes and surprises but ultimately, I like to go through it like any other day. 

I lied.

I love celebrations, I love presents and surprises etc but I don't want to expect any because things always go wrong when I expect something happy to happen. That's how 'I'm going to fail all my exams' nonsense started.

Today has been a normal day and I am not feeling sad or disappointed because I didn't expect anything. Having to know some friends remembered today really surprised me because I never see myself as a very good friend to anyone. Getting vibrations from my phone in my pocket every now and then just put a smile on my face =)

I don't have any present from anyone this year but I got myself one. A sore throat. I have no idea why but when I woke up this morning, my throat was dry and it was itchy. Just like the past 2.5weeks, I was doing all the paperwork then suddenly I got this sharp pain at my epigastric area. Yup, Mr. Gastric Pain decided to drop me a present too. Great!

I was given a stern warning shoo-ed off by my reg by 5ish pm because I have been staying very late for the past few weeks so I left about 5.40pm and guess what surprise was awaiting me? Jammed lock. Yup, my key just could not unlock the door because the lock was jammed. I felt so lonely and so abandoned at that exact moment when I realised that I can't get back in my room to just sleep off my gastric pain and sore throat. Went to the sitting room and called the porters but no one picked up the phone, so I decided to nurse my gastric pain with yogurt. Then I tried calling again and finally they picked up.

After about 10 minutes, one of the porters came and tried to unlock the door with my keys which was obviously not working. Then he went back to the hospital to get the master key which obviously did not work as well because the problem lies within the lock, not the key. Finally he threw in the towel and called the works department. It was almost 7pm and my pain has settled but I was not in the mood for anything besides a hot long shower.

Waited for another hour or so, 2 works man came and used the crowbar to open the door. Yeah, finally got in and now typing this hoping to stream off some of the bad luck away.

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To you who remembered this day, thank you so so much. I really am touched and happy that you remember.

To the sore throat that appeared from no where, you are not welcome here at all. Please leave asap.

To the gastric pain that decided to surprise me as well, please go away. I am not going to feed you anything so just piss off.

To the lock on my accommodation door, please behave? You are vital and can't do this to scare me again.

If such situation repeats again, I will get into depression for sure since it's going to be winter soon. So please don't, I'm down on both my knees, begging you...Ms. Luck, can you hang around and shoo away all the bad luck please?? Thank you so so much!! Owe you big time!!

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My 21st b'day cake....sadly, the only thing I had for today is

yup, 2 hard boil eggs with some pepper.

Happy birthday Jene =/ 

My batchmate made one for me because she went to Aberdeen today. In fact, half the batchmates went back to Aberdeen today.

winking and slavery

Winking
Everyone winks here. At first I see it as friendly but after a while, I find it quite disturbing, creepy and a little perv. The consultants, the FYs and even the porters do so. Like what I mentioned earlier, at first I find them being friendly but at certain occasions, I feel that the wink was not appropriate. It feels very wrong. Maybe I am just bring over sensitive but I trust my gut feel and instinct and they are telling me that sometimes its inappropriate. Shoot me!

Slavery
I have been working like a FY1 in my ward because the FY1 now did not study in UK and he started his FY1 job late due to visa problem. So I have been over enthusiastic and staying late for the 1st week helping him sorting out paperwork.

This week, I got to know a M'sian surgical trainee and I think he told the other registrar about me and since then, the reg in the day has been asking me to tag him and even gave me some basic teaching. Thank god! Because the FY1 is starting to get on my nerves due to his bad habit and maybe a little from the M'sian CT1 who has been kinda constantly saying that he's lousy etc. Typical M'sian right? But anyway, this CT1 studied in Singapore so that made him 90% Singaporean and a M'sian by name and birth but not the way he thinks.

Besides that, the surgeons also allowed me to go theater to assist them! Me happy =)
So basically this week, I have been in the hospital from 8am-8pm. Yup 12 hours without food and salary lol

To be honest, I like the paperwork because it doesn't involve any thinking =P

2nd week in Elgin and I'm still not bored. To be honest, I don't mind working here. even though it's small, it's alright for me. In my ward, I'm quite alright with the nurses (I believe the FY1 in my ward too) but the FY1s in other wards always bitch about the nurses like other FY1s I've known. So it's a very interesting observation =P

I'm going to Inverness tomorrow to surprise JY since it's her b'day =)
Using too much $$ d T.T