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May to May – a year in the pursuit of happiness
Sometimes people ask me what my goals are in life, to which I answer, “To be happy.” I know it’s a cheap answer because it lets me avoid saying anything concrete and specific. The real truth is that I don’t know exactly what I want in life. I know I want to be happy, and [...]
Iron Man 2, Pinky, School, and Healthcare Innovation
Last Friday I went out with my close high school friends to watch Iron Man 2. I’ve never actually seen Iron Man 1 – I heard it was pretty good though, so I was excited to see this nonetheless (on a side note, I’ve seen Dark Knight but not Batman Begins – movie catch up [...]
… And then there were two
Along with the revival of MedHopeful, there’s going to be some fresh blood posting here. I’d like you to give a nice warm welcome to a good friend of mine from class, Shelly Luu. Having skipped two grades growing up, Shelly studied biochemistry for three years at the University of Ottawa before being accepted into [...]
I’m Back
After discussions with a friend and some personal reflection, I’ve decided to sort of revive MedHopeful, and at the very least, cross-post my entries between here and MedChatter.com. The main reason being that I don’t think the target audiences for both websites necessarily completely overlap, and this is a nice personal space for me to [...]
Lunch with Alex
On Monday I had lunch with Alex Shipillo, a good friend of mine who is very smart, driven, and talented, and whom I always have good discussions with and learn a lot from. The funny thing about my friendship with Alex is that I had talked with him and formed a friendship before we had [...]
End of the 1st Semester of Medical School
I sit here typing this relaxed and in a pretty darn good mood. Although my first semester of medical school actually finished last Thursday, I’ve been too busy/lazy to actually sit down and write anything. I think this is the first Christmas break in a while where I haven’t really felt any stress or guilt [...]
So I had my clinical skills exam today…
As I mentioned previously, one of the courses I take in medical school is the Arts and Science of Clinical Medicine (ASCM I) where we learn basic clinical skills. So far this year we learned to take patient history, vital signs (heart/respiratory rate and blood pressure), and some physical exams (precordial, peripheral vascular). Next semester [...]
Roller Coaster of a Day
Okay not really much of a roller coaster, but definitely some ups and downs – sort of. This morning I did my last anatomy dissection ever. We looked at the posterior part of the forearm and dorsal part of the hand (i.e. the back of the arm from the forearm to the fingers). Being able [...]
Wow, has it really been a month…
…since I last wrote here? It honestly hasn’t felt like it. I’ll be honest, it’s not like I completely forgot about the blog. Well, I do sort of forget about it during the week with all the medical school stuff going on (it really feels like a full time job, and that actually sort of [...]
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