Before I Move On

sip has been an interesting experience. the people, the lack of responsibility on my part in terms of making clinical decisions, the patients...these factors and more have made the 2 months seem more like a muted holiday rather than part of the curriculum. my most recent team had the most varied personalities, including a female mot who's very jovial and a reg who cracks the most whacky jokes (with a straight face i must add) whenever he is tired. we have this silent communication language with our eyes, and some of us have er...a common trigger for laughter, which today would have spelt disaster for me if i hadn't managed to run off in time. i think the other doctors around me must have been wondering why i was in stitches while aurora-ing an lft. haha.

the down side of sip is of course finding out who's what and who's not amongst your batchmates. the reality of working (hospital) world is introduced to us, and it's disappointing to see how some people have reacted to it. i guess it's unavoidable right? i'll just have to learn to work with people like that.

and to add to my cryptic comment (which might not be so cryptic after all): witnessing first hand how easily a guy can loose himself of emotional attachment to a specific person overnight is scary. always knew that men are better at such things than women (duh) so i shouldn't have been surprised, but seeing the change made my head spin for a bit. mumbler is rather unscathed (not completely, despite being detached from the situation) so don't worry, but in summary, men are -cryptic-. and that doesn't change with age and marital status. haha.