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Last Round

V.I.III LAST ROUND Amidst all the chaos and drama, I was also embarking on my fifth and final year of medical school. Holy friggin’ crap. I was almost there. Almost. I could practically taste it, the moment I’d get to ditch my ‘Mr.’ for a ‘Dr’. I mean, duh – of course that had been the only thing I was […]

Added on November 3, 2015 First Year , Alive

I.II.V – S.W.S.D.

I.II.V S.W.S.D. “Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life” goes this famous saying that pops up on my Facebook feed from time to time. Good stuff. Tear-jerking really. A bit vomit-inducing, perhaps. Scratch that – definitely vomit-inducing. I’m this close to needing a barf bag. Seriously, this close. The […]

Added on October 20, 2015 First Year , Alive

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! […]