Thursday, December 25, 2008
London – Day One
Eventually boarded a flight to London around 0130. Arrived lunchtime.
Was supposed to catch up and spend the day with Big G who’d taken a day off work. Caught up in the afternoon – better late than never.
Staying at the usual … Palmer’s lodge at Swiss Cottage. Amazingly [...]
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 [...]
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Greetings from Vancouver airport.
Brisbane –> Sydney
Flight delayed an hour. Would have missed international connection had it not also been delayed.
Sydney –> Honolulu
Remarkably an exit row == lots of leg room
Minimal sleep (if any)
Studied. Actually studied. Amazing but true.
Honolulu
Hot. Humid. Check in counters outdoors (go figure).
Check in counters for American Airlines [...]
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
I’m not sure how or why, but I passed.
The Pharmacology portion of the Part I is mine – done and dusted.
Incredible, unbelievable and yet true – they passed me.
As a colleague said “I’m dissapointed at the standard they’re letting through these days”.
What does this mean? Well, another exam in Feb, that’s a [...]
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Thursday, August 14, 2008
Always a fan of neologisms…..
Commiser-brations ….. simultaneously experiencing commiserations and celebrations (perhaps synonymous with Bittersweet??)
So… I got a pharm viva. I didn’t get a phys viva.
Well, I didn’t exactly do anything for phys so why should I expect to.
But then… on another level, I didn’t exactly put the effort in to studying pharm….so [...]
So here I am in the middle. Not rock bottom and not over the moon. Far from the beginning but a long way to go before the finish line.
Any day now viva invitations and or rejections are in the post. Which means hopefully soon enough I’ll be able to know if I’ve been able to [...]
Better than expected. Not as good as I would have liked. Far too close to call.
Ironically most of the MCQs and in fact some SAQs I was able to answer were from the “half a textbook” I read the night before the exam.
A surreal experience not to have an exam imminently looming. [...]
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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 [...]
There are a lot of crap books written out there.
Some can just be chewed up and spat out like a used piece of chewing gum.
Others can evoke a violent emotional response.
I’ve just finished reading a book that had me bawling my eyes out even though I already knew what the ending was.
Just goes to show [...]
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Is it just me or does it seem monumentally wrong, that unless you say otherwise, potentially when you die, your organs could be taken and given to someone else.
To me the ‘opt-out’ organ donation scheme mooted for Qld is almost akin to someone saying “when you die, unless you say you don’t want us to, [...]
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