and so emed is over. on the feedback form i circled "6 weeks" as my preferred length for the posting. if emed integrates all the various specialties in medicine, we should spend more time rotating through it! anyway, the western hospital groups are indebted to prof ecg for guiding us through all the squiggles. he has amazing stamina when he teaches, and in the last week we had several tutorials that went all the way till 8pm! what a blessing it was to have been taught by him. heh. i must say too that the other docs in the department, including the mos, made our 3 weeks there very memorable. i actually felt a twinge of sadness when i handed over my access card after my test...

in the evening i finally had a chance to wander around the malls. i realised that i spent most of my time during this posting in the windowless er of the western hospital, and so it was such a great feeling to walk into shops to look at skirts and nail polish. went to see la sylphide by the sdt, and had dinner at thai express before that. if only the ballet was as good as my meal. i must say the male dancers are technically much better than the females - their grand jetes were better, and i did see a member of the corps de ballet fall off her pirouette and another struggle to maintain her arabesque. the sets were quite well done, and the young dancers had enough spunk to make up for any shortcomings. the last time i watched a ballet performance was in primary school, so i did kinda enjoy it.

the holidays are finally upon us. time to finish my writeup, cofm project, and prepare to embark on new things in the new year. it's time to rest.