A Long Time Since

ooh it's been really a long while since i've been back here to give u dear frens any peek into my private life.. hee not tt private & i dun hv many secrets anyway!
wow it's really 1 mth plus according to the black & white date written on the last post!

sorry for the empty promises of updating this homeground as much as possible, cos sometimes i allow laziness to creep in or otherwise so much to say dunno where to begin..

yeah after Surgery at NUH like eons ago, i spent 8 weeks at TTSH for Medicine posting & tho it was a real stressor with the amt u need to read, to practice, to listen, to palpate, to feel within ur hearts, BUT, despite quite some tears & fears, queers & cheers, with dears & peers... overall i loved the doctors, the inspiration, the patients & the lot of things God spoke to me abt:) i learnt so much frm the beloved doctors, all whom at TTSH were more than keen & sincere in their teaching, earnest in growing u! tho now i've only been to SGH, NUH & TTSH for postings, i must say the best one is TTSH!!! wheet!

even Medicine @ TTSH is a 4 week history. cos i jus finished psychological medicine posting @ IMH & TTSH. and believe u me, it was an eye-opener, & a time when i came to understand the human mind & body more than ever before, and marvel @ the complexity and intricacy by which emotions, imaginations are weaved therein. once again, the psychiatrists were all so wonderful inspiring ppl whose words knock at ur heart & open us to the world of ppl like u & me who suffer much ostracisation & depression cos of what the powers of the mind can do.

had the opportunity too to be hypnotised as a stress relaxation exercise & coming to understand how all these are truly useful in the mission field.

definitely there are multiple anecdotes & words of wisdom possible to quote frm all the different psychiatrists who taught us, but let me share one with u, one which gave my beautiful time at TTSH a heartwarming, yet reflective close:

frm the much-respected Dr D Kwek:

be the difference between a 师 and a 匠. by this he meant tt a 匠 is only skilled at a technique, but as doctors, we shd be steps above techniques, to be a 师 who not only has technique, but more so, a love demonstration to others.

there's always this thing abt "judgement call" in psychiatry, whereby we ourselves "are our own barometer" cos we judge in rather a subjective/objective way what patient says. which means, we need more manna of wisdom, & most imptly, to love these beautiful ppl.

so i've ended this posting with tests 40 MCQs & simulated patient interview & discussion. yet to know results for both medicine & psych med postings, but watever these may be, i've been truly blest manifold. next up will find me 2 wks at a GP clinic @ upper thomson, then 2 wks at Choa Chu Kang polyclinic for Family Medicine, before the much desired 2 wk break in mid-Dec & christmas!!! tho prolly hv to study for Patho on 2 Jan 2008 then (wrinkles nose).

well in the midst of being a student, thankfully my life does not revolve jus ard academics, but been spending much time prep for different things!

1. Christmas Nite! 22 Dec 2007

this yr's going to be smtg more familiar to all of us, cos it's based on Nicholas Spark's "A Walk To Remember", produced by 2 musically-blessed youths. tho i'm not in the cast, my younger sis is in the lead-role, & i'm participating in anyway i can:)

see the poster below (sneak preview) for details & sure u r very much invited!! come join in the season of love & joy!!

2. teen & youth camp 27-29 Dec 2007 (生命舵手 aka Jesus take my wheel)
whoo this yr teens will take a bigger stake in the camp & while i'm camp commander, here's to challenging them to serve & take up roles of leadership!

ok ta-ta for now! my hands aching frm the packing already & there's a upper limb marathon i still hv to run heh:P