Suddenly Popular.
Today was… amusing. Most weekends are spent with me trying to find things to do, or staying at home moping/cleaning up/surfing the net/attempting to study. Today was a very strange exception to that… Without my asking, I suddenly have a very full, very busy weekend.
Gods, it’s scary. And tiring.
Back To Basics.
Just got home from watching Evangelion 2.0 : You Can (Not) Advance with Senpai, which we managed to watch only with a ridiculous amount of difficulty… and with almost divine intervention, it seems. I got sent out early to see premeds, and managed to finish around 6ish. Senpai was stuck at a meeting, but managed to finish around 6ish too. That left both of us about an hour to frantically scramble to Cineleisure to catch the 1920 show, and when you throw in crappy traffic on long journeys, the frantic hunting for parking, the desperate acquisition of food and drink… we were convinced we were going to be late.
We walked in two minutes after time… when the trailers for A Christmas Carol were finishing. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I LOVE TRAILERS. And whatever higher powers deigned to intervene? SANKYUUU~~~
With regards to the movie? Two words: EPIK WIN. [and if you hate spoilers, don't continue reading...]
Empty Roads.
… really strange just now. Encountered the APEC motorcade on its way to SUNTEC, I guess, on the way home.
First time I’ve EVER seen the highway so damn EMPTY. Completely devoid of any vehicles for a long stretch before the motorcade, complete with minibuses and police escorts came hurtling down the road. Pity I couldn’t get a picture… just seemed so surreal that my side of the highway was so choked up we were barely moving, and the other was so glaringly empty it seemed… almost like another world.
Spit and Polish.
Call last night was more conventional, I guess. More adults than kids, and… although the time is the same, I somehow feel I did less during the time than I did in my old place. Kinda weird. Then again, there seems to be a lotta lag time in turnover, and the overall speed isn’t great to begin with, so…
One rather memorable guy yesterday was in for a pretty bum leg, after falling off a forklift, and had to go for an ORIF. Wasn’t much, but he fought like mad when he woke up, and kept spitting at everyone… or trying to, anyway. Gobs of spit everywhere. *sighz*…
Decisions, decisions…
On call again. Given the manpower shortage, this is likely to be a recurrent theme… For a while, at least…
Read more…
Black Rock Shooter?…
… well, not unless Lockon decides to use an onyx quarry as a target practice range…
1/144 Gundam Cherudim GNHW/R. Put together relatively fast. Not my best effort, but it’ll do, I guess. =_____=
Lazing Around At Home.
… This feels rather atypical.
Spent the entire day lazing around at home doing exactly… nothing. Interesting feeling. Worried a little about whether I had to see premeds, but after calling, and asking one of my juniors to check, it seems… I don’t have to go to work today. Freaky feeling.
Ah well. Am on call tomorrow, so that kinda makes up for today, I guess…
Life’s Little Adventures.
And I do mean little.
Had to handle some paeds cases when I was on call last night. It got kinda silly. After deal with the cardiac cath in the morning, which thankfully went pretty well, I went around relieving other people in their theaters for breaks, and then managed to get some rest before starting call at 5ish. Onslaught started about then, with a whole slew of cases which seemed to be getting… progressively younger. o____o… It sorta culminated in… a 4 1/2 year old coming in for a finger fracture… a 20 month old coming in for a nail bed repair… and an 11 year old coming in for perforated appendicitis which had been stewing for 2 weeks almost… and required a limited small bowel resection as one part of the small intestine had perforated.
Ouch, I believe.
Still, managed to get some sleep, at least, so things weren’t too bad… Just feel kinda stoned. Haven’t inhaled that much sevoflurane for some time… While we were trying to gas down the kiddies, I was staring at my nurse and both of us were wondering who was going to fall asleep first – the kid, or us…
Anomalies.
Today was the first day I stepped out of the new workplace before 7. Granted it was 6.30pm, but it was STILL before 7. The sun was still in the sky. That’s a good sign…
And I’m on call tomorrow. Mebbe it’s a sign that I should go home and rest while I still can…
Wipeout.
Third day I’ve finished work at 7.30pm. Not really used to the longer hours, but I’m adjusting, I guess… At least I’m seeing more interesting stuff now… paeds cases amongst them.
2.2kg baby was having an operation done. Popped my head in to take a look. As my boss put it… this is the kinda case that’s nice to see, but you’d hate to be the one doing it… Was an eye opener. And it’s sobering tor realize that at some point, I’ll probably be assisting in cases like these.
*shudder*
