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Ramblings of a young Filipina doctor in quarter-life crisis, wandering through her life for the first time without a map. Random thoughts on life and medicine; being a doctor and being human.
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Nosebleeding in English
Yes, I have been raised bilingual. Yes, I have been instructed in English since I've been old enough to read. Yes, I have used it in academic discussion for just as long and everyday conversation for ...
Walking the WOC
See one, do one, teach one.There is only so much medical knowledge that you can glean from reading the books. An internist's clinical eye can only be developed by actually seeing. A surgeon's hands ca...
Lucky Country
the healing hands fountain in front of the hospital where i work (photo from flickr)I've been working here just a over week, and I still can't get over how lucky "public" patients here are. I know th...
Blue Monday
those i'm friend-sick forPeople warned me it would catch me unawares. And just like that, it did.I've had a bad day at the hospital today. I can't go on a comfort shopping spree because there's nowhe...
Mission Impossible
This is not even half of it...It was hard enough packing up three years of my life away in the callroom last December, when all I had to do was throw things in my car and drive them to storage at home...
Disasters and Miracles
This past week has been a whirlwind of activity - what I get for being a pessimist and putting off everything that needed to be done until the very last minute. Exactly one week to my fly day, and the...
Hitting Panic
photo by KrystenI already have a flight date, almost all of my papers are in, and it seems as if all systems are really go. I've completed most of my shopping, and I have enough time to finish sorting...
Off the Edge
photo by timwillisThis is how I feel at the moment.The visa is in, and suddenly I am careening full speed ahead. While I know I have been planning this trip for months, I feel like I've been suddenly ...
Under the Influence
my co-resident Jill during teaching rounds with her students Up to my 4th year of medical school, I was going to be a pediatrician after I graduated. Since I'd always enjoyed kids, I thought becoming ...
Laid to Waste
So Sick of This by aperfectfailureDue to incredibly bad luck, the three hectic days I spent attending my specialty society's annual convention - full days of lectures by day and living out of various ...
I Don't Smoke
photo from flicker I don't smoke. I've never touched the stuff in my life, and I never plan to.I don't drink often - maybe once or twice a month at most - but when I drink, I pull out all the stops. B...
The Lucky Ones
I grew up in the art and practice of medicine in one of the largest tertiary charity hospitals in the Philippines, the UP Philippine General Hospital.As a leading charity referral center, we received ...
It's Out of My Hands - and I'm Going Nuts
Now that I've more or less made my immediate future plans more public, everyone has been asking me when I am leaving for Perth. My standard response used to be, "Probably some time in May to early Jun...
The Blog Rounds 3 - At a Crossroads
Welcome to the Middle of Nowhere and the 3rd Edition of The Blog Rounds!Before anything else, I'd like to thank all the medical bloggers who participated in this edition of The Blog Rounds for their e...
The Blog Rounds Visits the Middle of Nowhere
The Blog Rounds, a blog carnival for Filipino medical bloggers, will be coming to my middle of nowhere next Tuesday, April 1st, at 12am (Philippine Time).As doctors, nurses, or members of the allied m...
Frozen Feet
photo by Sandi1947After months of waiting in uncertainty, I finally got a definite job offer from this hospital in Perth, Western Australia.Yes, it's true. I have decided to join the Great Filipino Di...
Pinay MDs on Singlehood
While I am no longer living in the bitter barn this morning, the touchy topic of impending spinsterhood is still on my mind.I've blogged about this topic several times, in varying moods, both in a pos...
