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Friday, March 25, 2005

Quick update...its been an interesting week at school..I got the chance to talk to a couple of patients at my clinical session at the hospital on monday..We talked to some kidney failure patients as a group..and I was just amazed at how cheerful and optimistic they were even in the face of death. Although diagnosed with chronic illnesses, they still maintained such an upbeat outlook on life and were so happy and eager to talk to us..

On tuesday, I had to carry out an interview with a faculty member as part of an assignment..my interviewee was a physiologist/anaesthetist. I didn't know much initially about the fields but he was a very sweet old man. He told me and my partner about his experiences in his life as an anaesthetist and I was really inspired!I never really thought about specialising in anaesthetia but I'm really interested in it now. ah well, I'm sure I'll find out many other fields of interest in the next 6 years..I've still got a long time to decide:)

Anyway, its easter break now and I'm leaving for Dubbo tmr morning!!Dubbo's this place in the middle of NSW, about 6 hours away from sydney..I'll be helping to plan a camp for the aboriginal kids there!There's apparantly a huge gap between teh whites and the blacks in dubbo. So I guess we'll be trying to bridge that gap. Yep anyway the residents who went last year say it was a really fun and meaningful experience so I'm looking forward to that!:)So I'm leaving tmr and coming back monday..and I'll get to go for good friday and easter day masses in Dubbo:) I've never really celebrated easter this way before.

Oh and some aussie slang I learnt this week.
sanger--sandwich
risolle--giant meatballs
kipper--nap
avo-afternoon
sunnies-sunglasses

Yawn. Gotta go now. Still gotta pack for tmr!Have a great easter everyone!!:)

nicole:heh the hungry jacks is not too bad I guess..their servings are HUGE though!!:)
nad: seriously!domino's is lousy here!most people eat pizza hut:)

~me~ at 1:39 AM

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Friday, March 25, 2005 Quick update...its been an interesting week at school..I got the chance to talk to a couple of patients at my clinical session at the hospital on monday..We talked to some kidney failure patients as a group..and I was just amazed at how cheerful and optimistic they were even in the face of death. Although diagnosed with chronic illnesses, they still maintained such an upbeat outlook on life and were so happy and eager to talk to us.. On tuesday, I had to carry out an interview with a faculty member as part of an assignment..my interviewee was a physiologist/anaesthetist. I didn't know much initially about the fields but he was a very sweet old man. He told me and my partner about his experiences in his life as an anaesthetist and I was really inspired!I never really thought about specialising in anaesthetia but I'm really interested in it now. ah well, I'm sure I'll find out many other fields of interest in the next 6 years..I've still got a long time to decide:) Anyway, its easter break now and I'm leaving for Dubbo tmr morning!!Dubbo's this place in the middle of NSW, about 6 hours away from sydney..I'll be helping to plan a camp for the aboriginal kids there!There's apparantly a huge gap between teh whites and the blacks in dubbo. So I guess we'll be trying to bridge that gap. Yep anyway the residents who went last year say it was a really fun and meaningful experience so I'm looking forward to that!:)So I'm leaving tmr and coming back monday..and I'll get to go for good friday and easter day masses in Dubbo:) I've never really celebrated easter this way before. Oh and some aussie slang I learnt this week. sanger--sandwich risolle--giant meatballs kipper--nap avo-afternoon sunnies-sunglasses Yawn. Gotta go now. Still gotta pack for tmr!Have a great easter everyone!!:) nicole:heh the hungry jacks is not too bad I guess..their servings are HUGE though!!:) nad: seriously!domino's is lousy here!most people eat pizza hut:) ~me~ at 1:39 AM
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