Random Thoughts
Having an Open Identity, Friendships
Open vs. Anonymous?
One of the things I thought about when I started this blog was whether I should be open about who I am, or whether I should be anonymous. Of course there are pros and cons to being open about my identity. The pros of being open is that people who know [...]
Reflection on 1st Week of Medical School
I woke up at 7:50am on this beautiful Saturday morning after sleeping at 2am. I was exhausted from the entire first week of medical school, and I was looking forward to finally sleeping in. Of course, my biological clock is apparently broken now, and I woke up around the same time I normally [...]
Why You Need to Think Critically about Advice and Who You Get it From
Sometimes I read advice online for medical school admissions from medical students that I think is fundamentally wrong. Of course this would seem counter-intuitive – how could someone be wrong about advice if they got in?
Consider a game of rock, paper, scissors (yah yah, how many times have I used this example now?). [...]
Medical School Admissions: Pointless Complaining
Pointless complaining is something that we are all guilty of at one point or another. When we get frustrated or upset about things outside of our control, we often end up making it personal, and just vent and whine.
Human beings are selfish by nature. We do things that makes us happy and avoid [...]
The Meaning of Life vs. a Meaningful Life
I don’t claim to know the meaning of life because I don’t know whether such a thing exists, and even if it does, I don’t know how one could discover it. Every type of opinion on the meaning of life is essentially a belief – an idea that you might live your life around [...]
Theory on Friendship
Many people would agree that an essence of being human is our need to form meaningful relationships with others. We are born into a close knit group known as a family, consisting of very strong relationships of many types. Spouses depend on each other for love and support, and sometimes, to work collaboratively [...]
