Reality Bites

tune in to channel 5 tomorrow at 9pm to catch lifewatch, a reality tv show filmed at the singapore general hospital. it would be interesting to watch a show like that - hospital life ain't nothing like er or grey's or house where patients routinely come in disemboweled or holding an arm, or where top of your list of differential diagnoses is the rarest thing on the planet. real life can be stranger than fiction, but it's more mundane than anything, and it's more raw. the last time i caught something like that was many years ago when a tv crew followed a few interns at john hopkins and even managed to film the surgical department's morbidity and mortality (m&m) rounds. whatever it is, mumbler just might appear on the show, albeit in an unglamorous way. haha.

end of posting test is on friday evening, and what i've hearing from those who've taken it is...not very encouraging. most people are usually quite happy to share their stories, but not this time. i just hope it's because the department's trying to scare us, and not because we really are THAT bad. i've been really cramming for it, and hopefully the info can be retained till march 29th.

meanwhile, choosing the hopex postings hasn't been easy, because our batch is the first to be employed directly by the ministry of health. for quite a long time, housemen were employed by either one of the two health care clusters, so no one really knows what to expect with our batch. mumbler can't really decide on her choices, and she's not helped by the fact that they intend to reduce the manpower in some specialties. then again, it all depends on the mbbs grades, so there honestly isn't much use in agonising over it.

lots of things have been happening, some happy and some sad, and involving different groups of people. it's too near the mbbs and i wished that i somehow had the clarity of mind to sort everything out, but i don't. and while the happy stuff easily bring a smile to my face, the sad things make me feel just a bit more cynical and less trusting. not good at all.

on a lighter note, i found this comic from a blog: