It was my birthday this weekend and I was treated to a wonderful getaway in a lovely country cottage in Daylesford, Victoria. Even though it’s only about 90mins away from Melbourne, I had never been there before! It’s a well known location to visit from Melbourne, so I was a bit surprised to find that […]
The last week has been tumultuous at best. As I write this, I’m meant to be in Singapore but due to the complexities of travel during an easing pandemic, I couldn’t make it due to how long some of the processes take. Not that it was going to be a “fun” trip, but it was […]
After the work week, I slept at 10pm Friday night and woke up at 10am the next day. I normally can’t sleep in during the day but realised that apart from the day in Torquay, it had been a constant barrage of long hours the last few weeks. Totally accidentally as well! The last fortnight […]
It took me a while to figure out why the Ukraine situation in the past week has been on my mind so much rather than any other conflict of recent times. I think the main reason is this: this was a clear unprovoked act of aggression and violence. I’m not an expert in the situation […]
It’s my second trip out to the Great Ocean Road this year! You’d be forgiven thinking that I enjoyed the beach or something (I’m more a cold weather person!). This was a bit of a getaway for just 1 night but it felt much more refreshing than that… It may have something to do with […]
The bit of relative quiet from the state declared Code Brown (basically, health system overwhelmed so only Emergency cases considered) in Victoria is rapidly easing. It’s noticeably busier at work now and the phone calls are coming hard and fast about the upcoming weeks. This bit of spare time allowed me to look back at […]
The past week has been a continuation overall with working less hours even though there was an on call in there that had me getting home at 4am! Things are going to get busier from tomorrow so I’m savouring the last few days of calm. I managed to unbox the Mavic 3 I ordered a […]
While it’s definitely not ideal for a lot of patients who have been waiting months/years for their surgeries, the current ban on non-urgent surgery has meant that I’ve had so many more half days at work! Though we’ve been rostered to help out at other parts of the hospital, it’s been a lowering of my […]
It was the first week back at work for me and a relatively gentle easing back I have to say. Currently, due to the Omicron wave, a lot of the elective surgery and private hospital are cancelled or shut. That meant that I had a few half days (which my bookings person tried to fill, […]
It’s been a tumultuous 2 weeks for me with the new year. I was meant to have gone away on a proper break off to some remote island that’s still considered Australia, but Omicron had other ideas. Outbreaks in my initial destination, backup destination and lack of accommodation in the 3rd one meant I lived […]