I’ve come to terms with the fact that I’ll probably post here less and less. I had planned on keeping this site up to date, but of course the more important things in life (food, video games, computers, and of course, video games) take priority.
My fourth year at Shifa College of Medicine is finally at an end, and I have only finals to look forward to for now. Winter break, although 2 months long, is going to be speant doing volunteer research (electives!) in ophthalmology, though I’m not sure where as of yet. Right now Duke, Michigan, JHU, and Bascom Palmer are all possibilities. Finally, I’ll get to start my long-awaited final year of medical school next February, after four long, long years. It’s now more than ever that I wish the MBBS program was also only a 4 year stint instead of five, but no such luck. Another whole 12 months to go! Continue reading ‘Updates- better late than never’
Also known as “electives,” away rotations are pretty fun. I like to do mine in ophthalmology every year, since our school doesn’t give us nearly enough of it in the current curriculum. For the past few weeks I’ve gotten to see lots of neuro-ophtho patients here in LA, all of who are suffering from some pretty interesting stuff like pseudotumors, myasthenia, and Charles Bonnet syndrome- which reminds me, of all the thing you could have named after you, why would you want it to be a syndrome? If it was me, I wouldn’t tell anyone about the syndrome I’ve discovered until I had also discovered the cure.
Anyway, I’ve only got a few weeks left now, and then I’ll be back on my way to med school in Islamabad. Can’t believe there was another bombing in Lahore the other day. That makes two in one summer. It’s the strangest thing how crazy it gets out there every time I leave. Last year there was the whole red mosque fiasco plus the Bhutto assassination, and this year- bombings. I’m really inclined to think I’m some sort of good luck charm. Then I come out here and everyone asks me, “How can you possibly go to school out there? Isn’t it crazy and wild and full of terrorism?” No, except when I come over here. It’s really amazing how I can sit in my room in Islamabad at my desk, in total comfort and forget that I’m even in Pakistan- what with the high speed dsl, online gaming, 360, AC, etc. As soon as I hit up Google news though, I see more stuff going on in Pakistan on there than I ever do by just wandering around the streets of Islamabad. My neighbor at home here in California though, will swear by it that the city “is just a hot bed for terrorism.” I think not.
Oh yeah and for medical students who are wondering about the 5-hour Energy drink and how well it works, let me join the millions of people out there by saying, it doesn’t. Red bull ftw. Thanks. I’m out.
So I was sitting around in ENT, not being productive when these kids started messin around with my steth. What else could I do but make a movie and make weird noises at them?
NOT that interesting. That’s how far I got into the above sentence in my pathology book before counting all the other things I’d rather be doing. I know what you’re all thinking, “Hey wait a minute, don’t you nerds love to study?” Well, the answer is YES, of course we do, but, I like studying on my own time, without the pressure of a test overhead, and with much better sources than one big fat book. In actuality, the cardiac myocyte is probably WAY interesting, but I’m just not feeling it from ‘Robbins,’ right now. Instead, I suddenly felt compelled to come give an update on my chronically neglected blog. I had planned to keep updating regularly this time around, so without further adieu… Continue reading ‘The cardiac myocyte is generally…’
Some people might think that going to medical school in Pakistan subjects us to all kinds of terrorist threats, kidnappings, riots, and other everyday events that take place out here. The truth is, Islamabad is a very quiet place, and very foreign friendly, or at least it was till just about last week when there was a bombing at a nearby restaurant that served alcohol. Regardless, Islamabad could easily double as a ghost town on most nights.
That might be why it’s so easy to fall into a normal routine out here– you can get everything done regularly as long as there aren’t any major holiday celebrations going, and that’s exactly what I prefer. I’ll usually follow a schedule pretty closely of studying, working out, and messing around online, but this week is a different story. Allergy season is just one thing among others which is making life difficult out here. Even though there are a good share of non-drowsy antihistamines out there, I still prefer good old benadryl despite being knocked out after only 100mg. I can’t remember another point in time where I’ve slept so much and still felt tired. I think I must’ve had at least 10 hours of sleep last night and was drowsy all day anyway. Not exactly what I had planned, with the huge ENT test I have coming this Friday. I also haven’t been able to work out since I’ve overslept everyday in the past week. Continue reading ‘Hectic Week’
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