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. š I came to realise that home has become that sanctuary now: itās just a calm place to […]
It has been a social week thatās been packed full of activities. And work. š On the one hand, itās winding down for the year, but I feel that this year, things are really not slowing down nearly as much. In fact, Iām already receiving requests for extra work next year! On the social front, […]
This week feels like itās 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 āwork heavyā week as well. Given that there are only a handful of weeks til operating rooms shut down […]
As I write this, itās nearly time to leave for a friendās 40th birthday. I didnāt know what to write for the card so I was trying to remember some little joke from the first days of med school. Thatās when it occurred to me that these friends, I have now known for more than […]
Itās been only a few days since our last chat, but I do feel as though a lot has changed in the world. Even though Iām 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, itād be pleasantly uneventful. š It had the usual mixture of work and other commitments. The course Iām 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 Iāve 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 āofficialā week back to normal. After returning early, work had been fairly light until now. Iāve also hit the point where I canāt put off starting my course for the next phase of my sabbatical. Itās been a weird balance. On one hand, Iāve been indulging in the freedomāsleeping in, playing […]
Firstly, quick update for all those paying to support my random endeavours- thank you! Given everything going on in the world, hereās 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 […]