Life's only as exciting as we make it to be.

Paediatrics is exciting, even when Im posted out of London to Queen's Hospital in Romford and even though I havent actually really started (today was my 1st day and all we did was to roam around getting access cards settled & such). Its got me excited that there is now yet another specialty whereby one can still be a generalist.

After year 3's rotation rotation through medicine and surgery, I was beginning to think that other than Geriatrics (not exactly my cup of tea), EMed (very exciting, but also very exhausting. Potentially unsustainable as a career in the long term.) and Critical Care/ ICU (Ditto as EMed), we have to be tied down to a subspecialty. But the Piscean in me really wanted more freedom to do something different everyday. Then, year 4 came by and let me discover O&G and Paeds. O&G was an amazing experience, cos for the first time I really wanted to be a doctor- like a practising one. I have loved medicine the day I started, but I was ambivalent about being a doctor- I am happy to give up being a doctor to maybe pursue an academic path in the medical field (like to be a student for life) or maybe for my family if necessary. But now, i really do want to practice. It might also be due to the fact that these specialties generally have patients who are so motivated, which does add on to the feel- good factor of being a doctor.

I shall sit tight and see what Paeds and Queen's have to offer, Im hopeful and excited (:

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Aside from starting on a very exciting posting, I have got real exciting plans lined up-

1. Billy Elliot musical finally!

2. Weekend trip to Faro, Portugal over CNY weekend with 2 really good mates of mine.

3. 10 day trip to Rome, Naples, Croatia & Macedonia

And Im planning ...

4. Trip to Morocco with some of the medics

5. Crossing my fingers and hoping that I can get a table at THE FAT DUCK in march (Pray for me!)

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Finally, I really really want to catch this real bad:

The King's Speech

Looks like a very powerful movie!

Afterall, how can Colin Firth produce bad movies eh?