Archive for October, 2007

To run one extra mile…

October 23, 2007

A short introduction to all ye people: Housemanship is definitely not about a man being sandwiched between a house and a ship. It is actually a training period for a newly graduated doctor in a local general hospital. A houseman (HO) is trained in 5 departments i.e. Medical, Paediatrics, Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Orthopaedics [...]

More about work

October 6, 2007

Hey peeps, thanks for all those encouragement in my previous post. Oh I didn’t realize that I actually sounded depressed! I mean, I’m fed up about all those shit that was going on in the workplace but sometimes there are also nice incidents that leave a positive impression in me. BS gave me insight to what [...]

All about work

October 1, 2007

Six things I’ve learned over these 3 months slaving as a House Officer in HSA JB:

When your boss (Medical Officer, Specialist, Consultant) asks you a question, you do not reply even though it was a QUESTION and you have a reasonable ANSWER coz if you do, YOU ARE TALKING BACK. So just shut up and [...]