Demystifying the Post Mortem – National Pathology Week 2018
Hello to all the Ordinary Decent Reader(s) out there. It’s National Pathology Week! Are you all excited for some pathology-related fun?! Or are you curious about what happens after you […]
Category Archives: Medicine
Organisation Failure and an Impromptu Shirt
Organisation Failure and an Impromptu Shirt Normally my schedule is organised. Orderly. I adopted the Microsoft calendar years ago on Windows Mobile, and migrated to Google calendar which has successfully […]
Reasons Not to Check Your Baggage
“Why not check your baggage?” You’ll get priority boarding, and your bag will go on last so it’ll come off first at the other end. I couldn’t face trying to […]
The End of an Era (Sort of)
Getting into writing mode has been difficult recently – sitting on the sofa with a laptop isn’t the most inspiring way of doing things. I’ve created a workspace for myself, […]
Growing Old is Getting Old: Why we age and immortality
The fountain of youth Throughout human history, ageing – and its inescapable companion, death – has fascinated mankind. From the very moment we are able to comprehend we are alive, […]
The SJT, and The Beauty of Bread
Today, I will be taking one of the most important exams of my life so far. That is no exaggeration. The Foundation Programme Situational Judgement Test (SJT) is a two […]
Weird and Wonderful Food, and Experiences
Weird and Wonderful Food and Drink I was complemented on my curry udon eating technique today because of the lack of curry sauce on my white coat – little did […]
Tokyo Nights
I’m slowly catching up, but still way behind with my Tokyo activities. Apologies if there are horrendous spelling and grammar mistakes, but it’s hard enough to draft a post on […]
The First Week (Well, almost all of it)
Apologies for the lack of updates, but things have been fairly non-stop since I started in the hospital on Monday. People generally don’t walk very far around these parts, and […]
The Great Vaccine Debate
This isn’t my usual area of journalistic interest, but I read a recent blog post by Linzy Browning and thought it deserved a response. While I can’t argue that we […]
