Is It News?

Recently, a few people have asked me - how long is your housemanship?

Why the question?
Because of this article here.

Now, I wonder...why was this news a news?
We have known for a long, long time that housemanship is a 2 year thing.
In fact, it has been 2 years for at least a year now.
So why the sudden 'announcement'?
Or is he just making a statement about what is being practiced in Malaysia?

Just to clarify things - housemanship lasts for a minimum of 2 years - minimum of 4 months in each department (Medical, Surgical, Ortho, Paeds, O&G, A&E).
Nothing has changed.
Yes, previously it was about a year and half, but that was quite some time ago.

Anyway, will be starting O&G tomorrow.
Am SO NERVOUS!
Hope I can sleep tonight.

Here's a joke I received today :

The Wedding Ring

A man went to the hospital in Gympie, Queensland to have his wedding ring cut off from his penis.
According to the nurse attending the operation, the patient's girlfriend found the ring in his pants pocket.
She didn't know he was married and she was so mad she used petroleum jelly to slip the ring on his penis while he was asleep.


I don't know what's worse:

1) Having your girl friend find out you're married.

2) Explaining to your wife how your wedding ring got on your penis.

OR....

3) Finding out your penis fits through your wedding ring.

Nonsense

Another week has passed.
How fast time flies.
I've been working for almost 8 months now.
Doesn't seem like it's been that long though.

If everything goes according to plan (i.e I am not extended) I will be finishing Ortho soon.
I can't believe I am saying this, but I think I will miss this department.
There are some really nice people in this department (although there are some I will not miss AT ALL).

A friend of mind pointed out - it's easy for us to say now that we kind of like the department, 'cos we are already leaving it.
I remember hating this department when I started out.
Eventually things turned out quite well.

Maybe it's because when I first entered the department it was an entirely new thing (trust me, Ortho and Paeds - 2 different world), and so it took me quite some time to adjust.
Maybe it's the different way the department is run.
Maybe it's the different people (Specialists, MOs, HOs) that I had to get to know.

Well, right now, it all doesn't matter.
All that matters - I'm leaving soon and I am looking forward to it.
(I have one week of holidays before my next posting :P)

One thing I am sure of though - I do NOT want to become an Orthopedic surgeon.
It's not that I hate it or anything, but I don't think that the job is meant for me.
My luck with ILNs is one proof.
By the way, today I assisted in another ILN - this time, the guide wire refused to go in for some reason.
Haih....

It was a rather slow day - went for passover, then breakfast, then OT, then waited for 5pm to go back to the hostel.
For the past few days, I have been going out here and there after work, and all of a sudden I felt like I had a lot of time on my hands since I came back right after work.

I finally cleaned up my cupboard, folded all my clothes and arranged it properly (after a long, long time).
I even had an urge to iron all my clothes and hang them up.
Thanfully, I managed to talk myself out of it.

This post is full of crap.
I wanted to write about a more serious topic, but my brain refused to co-operate.
Some other time, maybe.

Today, I would like to share a story/joke with you. It happened quite some time ago, about 5 years back (maybe more).
My cousin sister, who was about (?)5 at that time, was trying to get me to play with her. She wanted me to hold the end of a skipping rope.
Cousin : Chechi, hold here.
Me : Say the magic word first.
Cousin : (thought about it a while) Abacadabra!

Well, I then had no choice but to hold the skipping rope and play with her.

Don't Mess With Children

A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales.
The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small.
The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale.
Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible.
The little girl said, 'When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah'.
The teacher asked, 'What if Jonah went to hell?'
The little girl replied, 'Then you ask him'.


A Kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they were drawing.
She would occasionally walk around to see each child's work.
As she got to one little girl who was working diligently, she asked what the drawing was.
The girl replied, 'I'm drawing God.'
The teacher paused and said, 'But no one knows what God looks like.'
Without missing a beat, or looking up from her drawing, the girl replied,'They will in a minute.'


A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six year olds.
After explaining the commandment to 'honor' thy Father and thy Mother, she asked, 'Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters?'
Without missing a beat one little boy (the oldest of a family) answered, 'Thou shall not kill.'


One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink.
She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head.
She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, 'Why are some of your hairs white, Mum?'
Her mother replied, 'Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white.'
The little girl thought about this revelation for a while and then said, 'Mummy, how come ALL of grandma's hairs are white?'


The children had all been photographed, and the teacher was trying to persuade them each to buy a copy of the group picture.
'Just think how nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown up and say, 'There's Jennifer, she's a lawyer,' or 'That's Michael, He's a doctor.'
A small voice at the back of the room rang out, 'And there's the teacher, she's dead.'


A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood.
Trying to make the matter clearer, she said, 'Now, class, if I stood on my head, the blood, as you know, would run into it, and I would turn red in the face.'
'Yes,' the class said.
'Then why is it that while I am standing upright in the ordinary position the blood doesn't run into my feet?'
A little fellow shouted,
'Cause your feet ain't empty.'


The children were lined up in the cafeteria of a Catholic elementary school for lunch.
At the head of the table was a large pile of apples.
The nun made a note, and posted on the apple tray:
'Take only ONE . God is watching.'
Moving further along the lunch line, at the other end of the table was a large pile of chocolate chip cookies.
A child had written a note, 'Take all you want. God is watching the apples.'

Joke

Here's a joke that you might have read before, but hey, it's funny..it's worth another read. :P


During one of her daily classes, a teacher trying to teach good manners asked her students the following question:

'Michael, if you were on a date having dinner with a nice young lady, how would you tell her that you have to go to the bathroom?

Michael said, 'Just a minute I have to go pee.'

The teacher responded by saying, 'That would be rude and impolite.
What about you Sherman, how would you say it?'

Sherman said, 'I am sorry, but I really need to go to the bathroom. I'll be right back.'

'That's better, but it's still not very nice to say the word bathroom at the dinner table. And you, little Johnny, can you use your brain for once and show us your good manners'




'I would say: Darling, may I please be excused for a moment? I have to go shake hands with a very dear friend of mine, whom I hope to introduce you to after dinner.'