This week is normally one where I’m quite busy in the day job- apart from half day off to catch up on life admin, it’s a full 6 days week with only today for rest! But, I have decided to take a chunk of long service leave, so instead of a huge chunk of work, […]
It’s been one whirlwind of a hectic year in 2024. As it draws to a close, here are some of the lessons learnt and how that will change things going forward. There are a lot of little lessons learnt too, but I’ll keep it to these main ones for now. If you’d like more, leave […]
After the socialising of the last 2 weeks, I was essentially a hermit this week! Apart from going out of my house for work and coffee, the rest of the time, I basically hid in a cave. 😂 I came to realise that home has become that sanctuary now: it’s just a calm place to […]
It has been a social week that’s been packed full of activities. And work. 😂 On the one hand, it’s winding down for the year, but I feel that this year, things are really not slowing down nearly as much. In fact, I’m already receiving requests for extra work next year! On the social front, […]
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 […]
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 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 […]