This week feels like it’s been a non-stop socialising extravaganza that has continued on from last week. There has been more coffees/dinners/catch-ups and parties than most of the previous year gone by! This was a more “work heavy” week as well. Given that there are only a handful of weeks til operating rooms shut down […]
As I write this, it’s nearly time to leave for a friend’s 40th birthday. I didn’t know what to write for the card so I was trying to remember some little joke from the first days of med school. That’s when it occurred to me that these friends, I have now known for more than […]
This week has been strangely busy but from a start-up assist point of view. I’ve been updating the i-scribe.com.au website and having meetings to see how I can help anaemate.com.au too. This along with course work has meant that even though I haven’t worked much clinically, the days really have been quite full! One of […]
It’s been only a few days since our last chat, but I do feel as though a lot has changed in the world. Even though I’m a continent away, everything you see and hear makes the US elections feel so consequential regardless where you are in the world. Interestingly, I found that it was one […]
If I had to sum up the week, it’d be pleasantly uneventful. 😊 It had the usual mixture of work and other commitments. The course I’m doing is now in full swing and requiring a decent amount of concentrated effort. I have covered a lot of this in previous short courses and while I personally […]
This week was pretty heavy on the work front since I had to pay some favours back for people who had helped me while I was away overseas. It was also a week of helping some of the start-ups with small tasks. In short, it was exhausting, especially for an old man like me! 😂 […]
This week was filled with the most amount of clinical work I’ve done since being back from Stanford. Boy, was a I getting tired! Now I know why I used to feel exhausted all the time: this amount of work PLUS working in public meant that there was at least another 30% extra work! Given […]
This was my first “official” week back to normal. After returning early, work had been fairly light until now. I’ve also hit the point where I can’t put off starting my course for the next phase of my sabbatical. It’s been a weird balance. On one hand, I’ve been indulging in the freedom—sleeping in, playing […]
Firstly, quick update for all those paying to support my random endeavours- thank you! Given everything going on in the world, here’s some donations made this week using those funds. I was going to donate to MsF but looking through their use of funds, MsF ends up using 25% for admin/other use while Human Appeal […]
As per the start of the newsletter, this week has been all about physically getting myself back to Australia and settled in. I still marvel at just how quickly we can go from one point in the globe to another. And in a way, change from one life into another. My travel was notable for […]