Ktv, clinics, profs and such

Whoo hoo! After days of ending at 5 plus with sore feet, we had a half day. So i took the opportunity to meet up with my jc best mates who had been quite angry with me for not spending enuf time with them. They were the angels who kept me sane during those mug-in-sch-till-9pm days of 'A' levels, they shopped with me till we dropped in Taiwan and they know me so well they know what i was going to say before i open my mouth. I know they'll slaughter me if they see their names on my blog so let me just call them David and Goliath. (I guess i could also call them Gao1 De4 and Ai3 De4, but i dun think that's very nice)

We met up for our favourite past time: singing. They are my favourite singing buddies because we always do crazy stuff together. Goliath and I have a talent for singing old cheenah songs, our best song being 'Rong Shu Xia' (Under the tree) during which we'll force David to be the tree. And I must say i've never seen a nicer tree. We would also howl soulfully to Celine Dion and Mariah Carey songs (during which David would go to the toilet) and dance to Dancing Queen. David and I would fight to sing all of our favourite songs and we would also drool over Pan Wei Bo together, which was a welcome difference from when i had to drool over Pan Wei Bo in front of Catecholamine who would pettily block my view or attempt to imitate him.

All in all, i had a wonderful time with them and it felt great to know that even though i only see them every three months we still have so much to talk about. It felt even better to know that i'm doing this while my friends are still clerking patients. Hmmm i wonder what Prof Thai would say if she found out i pon clerking to go singing in some dubious ktv lounge.

Hmmm, Prof Thai. A woman to be feared. The first thing she told us was we were the lowest of the low in the medicine community. Talk about a boost to our morale. She also gave us a 2.5 hour tutorial in the wards, STANDING in the corridor. It brought a whole new meaning to the term bedside tutorial.

Imagine all 8 of us, standing without moving, petrified with fear that we would be scolded for any tiny movement we make. She had already scolded our cg mate for standing slightly behind the rest of us. One hour later i was starting to feel alittle odd. My vision started to blur and i literally began to see stars (for those of you who think this is just a stupid expression, you're very wrong. You can see bright spots of whitish stuff and they really look like stars) Prof Thai's voice became softer and softer as more and more stars clouded my vision. I began to sweat profusely. As i realised that i'm really going to faint, i began to consider my options. If i faint to either side of me, i was pretty sure the girls would be flattened under my weight. If i lean back, i'll head directly into the cart and its sharps bin. If i faint forwards, i'll topple into the arms of my beloved Prof Thai. That thought was so hideous i started to send a desperate plea to heaven and miraculously Prof Thai, after spending 30min talking about this patient who fainted (oh the irony of it all!), suggested going to the patient's bed, and my fainting spell passed after walking a few steps. It was a scary experience and i hope i would never have to go through it again.

Apparently, i wasn't the only one who got freaked out by Prof Thai. Our medicine tutor who took us for CVS sounded really familiar when he started a speech about "Never create trouble for others". His history taking and examination was meticulous and his attention to details was alarmingly familiar. It was like deja vu. And then he started saying how Prof Thai was a good tutor and we all thought, 'Aha! So he got trained by Prof Thai too!'. From then on, every other sentence out of his mouth contained the words 'Prof Thai'. When my cg mate was examining the patient, he told him, "Treat this like an exam. Imagine that's Prof Thai from 20 years ago", unfortunately, he was pointing at poor Wenkai. Hmmm, i wonder if maybe she bore a slight resemblance to her? (Oops, joke! Pls say you'd still be my friend!)His devotion to Prof Thai was almost fanatic, she must have traumatised him alot.

Either that or he has a crush on her.