Gay Blogging and the 30 Second Rule Flowchart

You know what makes time pass really quickly on a boring day? Watching lesbo movies while studying. Okay, granted I’ve only got 2 lesbo movies on my computer, both of which I have watched so many time I can recite the lines.

I spent much of my second puberty (I refer to my maturing as a gay girl as my “second puberty”) watching these and wishing for the fairy tale endings they speak of. But honestly, which lesbian girl does not? Many of us just want to be accepted, live normal lives, find someone special, fall in love, get married and grow old together.

Here are the two titles I watch so avidly. They must be on the watchlist of many many many gay girls as well.

Imagine Me and You
Saving Face

I must have blogged about these at some point, seeing how I absolutely adore them.

Righto, enough of gay blogging. Here’s something a friend shared on facebook. If you’re ever stuck and wondering whether to eat that bit of cookie you dropped on the floor.

Year 4C week 3

So there are a bunch of these making the rounds on the interwebs these days. Just thought I would share some floating about my dashboard.

And many more.

So it’s going into the 3rd week of med school now. And to be honest, the feeling of overwhelming “oh goodness I’m midway through med school” has yet to fully pass. Hence the deer-in-the-headlights look which clearly identifies me as a med student.

The GPs have been very welcoming of me sitting in the corner of the room. Also very happy to let me interview patients on my own, do random examinations here and there.

The past week has also been quite ALMA-active with the recent weekedn at Woodend, the location of our 2012 ALMA conference. This will be the first time it’s held in winter and we’re expecting some snow!

Picture of Nadine and I at the 2012 Victoria Pride March. She obviously looks more doctorly than I do.

Picture of the steamboat we had together as housemates to celebrate the end of Chinese New Year. I’m much happier in my new house really. It’s indescribable how important having a happy home is in the preservation of mental health. I’m crossing my fingers and hoping the next two years will go much better than the last.

Some pictures from Woodend.

There were some wild raspberries growing by the side of the road. The older ALMAs taught me how to just stop and eat them right off the branch! It was awesome!

Mid stroll snacking by the road.

Got a chance to see lots of kangaroos again! The last time I saw them was also with the ALMAs at our last conference retreat in Carakalinga, South Australia. I got a picture of them hopping away like in those Quantas ads.

It’s difficult to put into words how important it is to have people who understand what you’re going through. ALMA has provided me with a group of friends I can never find anywhere else in my life. They’re an amazing group of people and it’s been an absolute honor working with them. Even as I step down as treasurer, I will never forget what this organization has provided me with, emotionally, and psychologically. It’s always nice knowing someone’s got your back.

By the way folks, new twitter. Mostly because I realized I was tweeting in my head all the time anyway, might as well put it into words. Twitter is on the sidebar.

AN ENORMOUS UPDATE

Yes I know, I have been away for about five thousand years now, but with good reason. And now, I’m back! Mostly because of all the lovely comments and emails I’ve been getting encouraging me to pick up the proverbial pen again and continue on with my journeys through medical school.

You haven’t missed much really. I just started my 3rd year yesterday.

Let’s first begin with a massive photo post. For pictures speak a thousand words, and my mind can only conjure up short sentences in it’s extreme exhaustion. It’s the sort of feeling you get when you’ve just finished with a holiday but feel like you’ve barely even gotten to sit down.

Photo from the recent Pride March Victoria held this Sunday. It’s quite a step up from my first pride march in Adelaide at the conference last year. The crowds were nothing less than INTENSE.

Lots of my holiday was spent goofing around with friends.

Hanging out with family.

And people who werent physically there

We did some traveling

Experienced Bali’s extreme hospitality

Had some awesome Babi Guling

Saw some grass

And terrifying temple monkeys

Some breathtaking views

And some fire breathing ones

Got to spend Chinese New Year in Singapore for the first time in 3 years. That was the highlight of my trip really. Being swept up in the hustle and bustle of all the festivities. Funny how you miss these things when you’re away, but find them a drag if you’re home for too long.

I got to do a short 3 week attachment with the General Surgery department in Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. It was quite an eye-opener, it being my first attachment at a public hospital and getting to interact with patients and understanding the concerns of local patients. Not to mention how to communicate in a variety of languages. Extremely useful when, just one week into my attachment, I saw a cyclist get knocked over by 2 cars. I attempted to go provide some medical assistance, but she could only speak Malay. With my extremely limited Malay, I managed to ascertain that aside from some superficial bruising on her arms, she was alright and didn’t want to go to the hospital.

But after all that, we had to go home.

I’ll sorely miss everyone back home. Especially my extremely patient girlfriend (we just celebrated our 1st year together! Yipee!) This year, I have rotations in GP, Psychiatry, Paediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynaecology. We start in GP, with my Mondays and Wednesdays at the Notting Hill campus for lectures and tutorials, and my Tuesdays and Thursdays at GP clinics.

Had my first GP session today actually. It was beyond hectic, and we got to see quite a number of patients and varieties of illnesses, including some I’ve only read about in textbooks. Some of the patients tried convincing me to reconsider my decision to pursue Surgery as a specialty and instead think about GP or medicine. Only time can tell really.

Righto. Time to print some notes and head to bed.