Monday, December 22, 2008
Day 4
Actually the last day of the PGA. Not overly interested in sessions.
Went to Metropolitan Museum of Art. Some interesting stuff but a little disappointing. Not actually the sort of art that I am interested in.
Sculpture terrace was very cool. Was made even more enchanting by the fact that [...]
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Vancouver –> NYC/ NYC Day 1
Cathay Pacific is not a bad airline. Food was tolerable. Flight was half empty. I had a full exit row to myself. Consequently slept. Arrived JFK 0600.
Bitterly cold. Well…. minus 5C so not really but for me it was. Thank goodness for layers.
Decided [...]
There’s something about the smell of Jet-A1 fuel that sets the senses on fire and sparks the imagination. Now before getting carried away don’t for a moment think I’m espousing the virtues of fuel-sniffing. The sense of smell is perhaps on of the most primal of the five senses….and it is a powerful [...]
Well.
I’ve been to cardiac arrests before. I’ve jumped on chests. I’ve uttered the words “charging to 200 joules….stand clear”.
In fact, it’s refreshing to go to a real MET (Medical Emergency Team) call instead of the usual “I can’t believe this is not a MET call!”.
I have to admit though, I’ve never RUN a cardiac [...]
Saturday, January 14, 2006
Guess what….I’ve changed careers. That comes with the extra letters before and after my name.
Yay. Most everyone probably knows that anyhoo.
It sucks though that my hourly rate drops in the process. Not coping with that bit. Must remember the big picture stuff… Still can’t complain. Am at least employed and [...]
Thursday, December 8, 2005
The oppressive heat stifles all activity for days as the muggieness builds in intensity.
It feels as though the air has been replaced with a thick lukewarm soup that we all must wade through.
Days pass with no sign of relief from the heat.
The evenings swelter at the marginally cooler 28 degrees.
The BOM radar shows no hint [...]
Thursday, November 24, 2005
“Why haven’t you blogged in a while?”
…because I can’t think of anything interesting to blog about.
Well not entirely true. I can think of plenty of interesting things I have done since the last blog entry…but the point is I can’t think of an interesting slant that sets my writing apart from your [...]
Friday, September 9, 2005
Today is the four year anniversary of that dreaded interview that got me into this mess in the first place.
I was in the med school today handing in the orange piece of shit (thank fuck that’s out of the way hopefully for ever and ever) and I saw that they were once again holding interviews [...]
Wednesday, September 7, 2005
It’s a case of “i just don’t care enough to care”
Today has been a day of achieving almost nothing. In fact, achieving almost nothing is the only achievement I have achieved today. So if that (achieving almost nothing) is not an achievement, then… I have actually achieved nothing. That would be a [...]
It is a tragedy to assume that life has to be as it is…
I saw the above quote today….of all places…on one of those noticeboards that churches and schools have to attract the attention of passers by. Normally I find most of the propaganda on boards like that uninteresting or cringeworthy (not being particularly [...]