September 2023 - THE ROVING DOCTOR

I.II.IV – Reality Check

I.II.IV REALITY CHECK It only took a few days in med school for me to swallow my words and realise that I was completely wrong about everything. There I was, surrounded by the crème de la crème of university students, these overachieving brainiacs, struggling to keep afloat after I was thrown right into the deep end. Being the socialite that I am, […]

Added on September 25, 2023 A Year in the Life , Mexico

I.I.II.II – Puebla de Zaragoza: Day Two

PUEBLA DE ZARAGOZA I.I.II.II – DAY TWO 11/08/22 As charming as Puebla is, I gotta admit that the highlight of my stay there was by far an adventure I had outside of the city – a hike to Iztaccíhuatl. On my second day there I’d be trading in my trainers for Blister – my long-time travelling companion slash best friend […]

Added on September 21, 2023 First Year , Alive

I.II.III – Starting Line

I.II.III STARTING LINE Picture this. It’s a crisp, sunny September day in 2015 and it also happens to be this fresh-faced idiot’s first day of med school, staring brightly at the battered, dilapidated building that would hold me hostage for the next two years – all full of goals and dreams and aspirations. Aaah – how amazing it all felt! […]

Added on September 18, 2023 A Year in the Life , Mexico

I.I.II.I – Puebla de Zaragoza: Day One

PUEBLA DE ZARAGOZA I.I.II.I – DAY ONE 10/08/22 One stop down, so, so many to go. Even so, I was very conscious of the fact that every check on my list meant I’d be getting closer to the end of my trip. A very bittersweet feeling – wanting to see more but not wanting it to end. But that’s the […]

Added on September 14, 2023 First Year , Alive

I.II.II – Fellowship

I.II.II FRIENDSHIP September 2015 was a month of many firsts for me. I was nineteen, making my way downtown, strutting my stuff and painting the town red. Me and my trusty leather jacket, all hip and trendy. Like what the cool kids say. Cause I‘m just that cool. I’d be a med student in a few weeks’ time and I was […]

Added on September 11, 2023 A Year in the Life , Mexico

I.I.I.IV – Mexico City: Day Six

MEXICO CITY I.I.I.IV – DAY SIX 09/08/22 As I already said, there is much to say about Mexico City. But if I were to choose one thing that stands out on top of every other thing, it’s the pyramids of Teotihuacan. It was there that I felt as if I had been spiritually awakened. I’m not a religious kinda guy. I’m […]

Added on September 7, 2023 First Year , Alive

I.II.I – Anticipation

I.II.I ANTICIPATION My path to getting into medicine? Oof. It was just like a game of Pac-Man. Only the maze was more convoluted, the dots I had to eat were books and Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde were my assignments, exams, anxiety and a feeling of impending doom. In order to get into medicine, I’d need to sit for […]

Added on September 4, 2023 A Year in the Life , Mexico

I.I.I.III – Mexico City: Day Four & Five

MEXICO CITY I.I.I.III – DAY FOUR & FIVE 07/08/22 & 08/08/22 Apart from the city itself, CDMX is also used by many a tourist as a base to go around surrounding locations. I’d be using the few days I had left there just for that. My first stop was at the caves of Tolantango. It took a four hour, very […]