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Start of a New Year

Holiday's over...my short 2 weeks holiday is over just like tat. Didnt do much during this holiday except recovering from my rural GP trip.

Now starting on OnG. so dowan to go to the hospital :(

2nd week of Rural GP run now. went down to dunedin last weekend..not for the graduation but the food there as well as visit the real university campus which i never been to :) it was quite a fun trip n ate lots of food..

nth much goin on here really except go to clinic every day from 9 to 5. planned to go tekapo this weekend but probably wont be goin anymore cos ppl ffk 1 by 1. oh well...considering tat i'm bit sick n weather might not be as good, i might go back to christchurch as well or i'll go explore that town/lake by myself might be more interesting.

will see wad happen tmr :)

some ppl...i just dunno wad to say bout them. doin stuff which they r not suppose to do n thinking they are tat great. well..try harder next time k?

Shouting from the wild!

FINALLY...i got back to my blog n tried to write something on it. It was quite a different experience here in rural area. ok...even now in the library..there is a bee bugging me all the time! haha.

anyway, as i've mentioned before, i'm doin GP attachment here for 3 1/2 weeks. So after bout 3 days of attachment, i kinda get used to the style of GP which is totally DIFFERENT from the hospital system. no more diagnosis but most of the time just wait n see...OR referral. and a lil bit bout my GP, He's a kenyan..but grew up in UK n graduated there. he's quite a funny and easy goin guy. n he teaches me a lot. kinda stress at times but it's not too bad. n he CREATED his own consultation software. how cool is tat? although there r some error here n there but it's a complete programme tat he created by just reading n learning from the book. n i've finally get used to the programme n do my own consultation most of the time n order tests n prescribe medication wif the guide from the GP of cos. lolz..but it's quite fun tat i can do most of the things myself!

n the life here..we r staying in a house...which is STILL under renovation! but wad to do..it's cheap for onli 150 per week for 3 ppl. but the main problem now is tat there is NO SHOWER! so i have to come here earlier everyday..to do shower in the clinic. problem solved! n no internet at home..which is expected..so with nothing to do here. i watched a few series and drama..n slept before 12 almost everyday. wad a healthy sleepin pattern there.

During the weekend, we went to peel forest for tramping and also timaru for the rose festival. They are quite nice..n the walk is fun although quite hard to walk sometimes, but..kinda addicted to the tramping and probably will do more next time..mebe at Lake Tekapo...Mt cook. planning to go Queenstown this weekend as well. see how it goes.

My GP is starting at 10am...which is kinda late for a start. but good for me...at least i got some time to com n online! haha! ok...back to work!

heading to rural!

after 2 days of teaching in christchurch for GP attachment..finally i'm goin to travel to rural area for the rest of the attachment. will be goin to Temuka tmr morning which is bout 2 hrs drive south from christchurch n staying there for 3 1/2 weeks

hope things will be good there...no internet!! goin to live the rural life n spending time wif the trees n the wild. lolz..not tat bad! at least i got my laptop wif me n got plenty of stuff to watch from there. n also..hopefully can go around to do some travelling if we got some time to spare.

oh well...

will be fun!

1st day of TI year

Today is the 1st day of our final year as medical student which is also known as trainee intern...as we r in the training of being an intern which is house surgeon after we graduated. n the 1st thing we get as TI is our yellow colour ID card..which is different from the blue ones we had for the past 2 years. but due to the lousy system they got there...most of the ID card they we got haf some prob with the photo..either it's too dark..like mine which makes me look like i had sunburn on the face or too yellow as if they have severe jaundice. therefore, most of us haf to retake our photos..to have a better looking ID card :)

beside doin that, we haf whole day of talk by the doctors from different department to tell us bit bout the process and procedures in the hospital tat we might need to do in this coming year..it's quite boring..but not too bad la..at least i manage to stay awake for the whole day!

will be starting my GP run tmr. kinda stress as the ppl in my group r all quite smart including the smartest guy ever in the class. haha...but luckily they all r nice ppl..so wont be too bad being with them. will haf 2 days of lectures and go to my rural GP in temuka...about 2 hrs drive from christchurch. all accommodation stuff sorted! which is great..i'm sure it will be fun there..mebe have chance to travel around as well :)

Maruia Springs

it's last day of the 2 weeks summer holiday we have. How short the holiday is especially after our crazee final exam just 2 weeks ago. Anyway, we still make full use of our holiday n have lots of fun when we haf totally nothing to worry about n just do things that we wan to do. After the trip to Gold coast, I spent most of the time just at home n live a life with absolutely no worries, no thinking. some ppl might think tat staying at home all the time is soooo boring, but to have tat once in a while is fantastic! it's great..watch some drama or movie whenever i wan to..play some games when i'm bored.

after bout a week of doin nth, 5 of us decided to go to maruia springs for a day trip. it took bout 2 1/2 hours to drive from christchurch to the destination. It's a japanese style hot spring which is in the middle of nowhere with no phone reception, no internet..so it will be a good place to be away from busy city n relax.

the view from the rock pool

5 of us in the rock pool

Andrew and Raenna with waterfall massage :) it's hot water and falling on the back. quite comfortable

Me after the bath

5 of us after the whole trip at Maruia Springs

It was a fun trip..although there r no very exciting things to do. but just sit back n relax n talk bout some stuff are great! after we enjoyed enuff of the pool, we drive back to christchurch and went for a vegetarian place for dinner and bubble tea...best in christchurch apparently. and also the same day..we went strawberry fair for good dessert! it was a great day!

dun think we will haf time like this in the future. goin to be TI (trainee intern) starting from tmr..which is the final year student here. will be spending much more time in the ward with the teams n do wad the doctors do in the hospital...hopefully everything will be fine!

n ya...all the best for whoever having exam soon...especially those in Australia who's having exam tmr...all the best chris and christine :D