Sunday, June 23, 2013

annual updates is the norm right?

so uhhh 2 years later... im back... hah.... hey....
I completely forgot about this blog (or maybe i just said screw it) and then i was searching something in my google task bar and I saw "blogger" on the drop down and i was like OH YAAA  i knew i was forgetting to do something haha. 
Looking at this blog now i strangely feel like i'm another visitor browsing through the posts even though i wrote ALL 2 GLORIOUS POSTS. I must admit, i am ECSTATIC to see that i have 2 followers and like 740 views!! KOOL! Suffice to say that you two were my motivation to click "new post" and here i am, sitting at the biggest table in starbucks sipping on my iced coffee on an exceptionally humid day writing on my blog because im a blogger, busy blogging, cuz thats what bloggers do right?  

I am going to try to sum up the past 2 years as concisely as i can while maintaining a somewhat accurate state of affairs. Grab a beer, here we go!

First and foremost: i never became a super DJ at Ibiza, in fact i never made it to my local bar. However,  i did throw down some super killer tunes at a house party and then i got all my money back when i sold my mixer on craigslist =D. 

Med school year 1: The best thing about first year was meeting the friends that i share this road with. As the year progressed "friend circles" kind of established themselves as they do in high school, and im pretty sure i ended up with the best group of friends in the school, in fact im certain of it. There are 4 guys in particular that i probably spend the most time with. I will refer to these four as whisky, Jesus, Spoody, and Lin (roommate). So first year was essentially repetition of the following cycle: chill, cram, exam, binge drink. Sprinkle in organized acts of kindness and there you have first year. In sum, friends were made, parties were had, and exams were passed. For the summer time some people went abroad, some went home, but most stayed to get involved with research in whatever field they felt drawn to. I happened to become the president of the urology club (not sure how that happened), anyway, for the summer I took part in a urology research fellowship. This was a total fail as it was super unorganized and i basically did nothing for 2 months. In fact I didn't get to start my project until 2 weeks before 2nd year started (not good). Anyway, it wasn't that terrible because by the end i drew (very confidently in permanent marker) a giant line across urology on my list of future careers.

I'll fast forward to half way through second year because guess what!! thats when we start our clinical rotations! WHOOO super fun! right right!! no. well sometimes. you see its kind of like gambling, your mostly losing and feeling like fuck why am i doing this, but then you get blackjack! and your like omg that was super kool! thats why i'm here! so on the wards its a lot of work and you begin to miss the freedom of first year, but then you come across something really cool, like the plastics resident lets you sow a nipple back on during a breast reduction surgery and your like AWESOME and call your mom and tell her how you sowed a ladies nipple. thats the blackjack of rotations. Anyway, so far i have done surgery, neurology, radiology, Emergency medicine, and anesthesiology. Surgery was kool but not kool enough to be my thing. Radiology i dont really remember because my eyes were shut 40% of the time. My favorite was definitely emergency medicine, it was amazing actually, i felt like, no i was, a productive member of the team. Not to mention i learned the most on this rotation because it covers such a broad and practical knowledge base. The faculty were phenomenal i remember thinking "i found my people". One of the attendings is such a brilliant and well rounded guy that I couldn't help but think "i wanna be like him".



Okay concise concise concise, that shit is tough, character maximums were never my thing. we are almost up to speed though! I am currently on vacation! i have 3 weeks off somehow, unfortunately a trip to thailand fell through but being home in Toronto is GREAT, i've been having a blast being back home with all my friends and family. I was planning on going back to NY a week early for a camping trip with whisky and his group of friends (aka russian bandits) but I have to stay for my brothers med school graduation party (he matched into radiology so congrats to him!). After my much needed break, i start psychiatry, which i am excited for, i love connecting with people and i just finished watching patch adams so i'm feeling extra compassionate. 

Guys, i'm proud of my summarizing, i hope i've given you guys at least a smidget of an idea of how my life has been. there are obviously a lot of things that i completely neglected, like how our hospitals got f'd by hurricane sandy, and how i started biking the streets of NY like a badass, but you know what, thats okay, the future is just as exciting and random. I'll start updating weekly for starters, i feel like i'll have some interesting stories with my upcoming psych rotation. 

I want to say thanks to my 2 followers =D, you ignited my blogfire once again, for how long is yet to be determined.

stay tuned.