So let’s begin with some theme music.
Placement results were out sometime last evening, pretty much a culmination of my rather horrific day. Despite putting Frankston pretty low on my preferences, that’s what I got. Really not happy about it, but I suppose at this point, there’s nothing I can do. I still think there’s something fishy about how there is a disproportionate number of international students there, both grad and undergrad (most of us put Frankston as close to last choice). But conspiracy theories won’t do anything to help my situation. I’ll be stuck in Peninsula Health for an entire year.
I was really looking forward to living in the city at last, after 2 years of countryside. I’m really not a country person and my need for a 7-11 close by is almost at ravenous levels. But alas, Frankston won’t have a 7-11.
The placement decision was like the sour icing on top of my shit cake. Begun the day late for rounds. Then went to practice OSCEs which I didn’t get to finish and hence got a fail mark for. Then went home to find out my idol Steve Jobs passed away.
Today was a little better and gave me a small sliver of hope in the distance. A friend who just did the past year at Frankston mentioned that he commuted from Clayton and the travel time was only 30 minutes door to door. Plus little to no traffic since he was driving against the flow of morning traffic. I’m considering living in Clayton since it’s only 10 minutes further than the other place I was thinking about. And I would have the option of living there for 2 years instead of moving again at the end of next year.
Additionally, I just got an email from the surgeon I was attached to during my June break, confirming my second attachment with him at the end of the year. Just will have to drop him an email again when I’m back. His email was like a shining light through all the crap on my day.
Here’s something medical for the day. A graph detailing your risk for developing lung cancer.
And a series of pictures of people riding the Splash Mountain ride in US
