…And From Sudden Death..

I was driving back to hospital campus when the accident happened.
The small road into campus opens at a 90 degree angle to the main road, and we can almost never see if any vehicle is coming into the road from the hospital courtyard. I rely on a generous use of the horn and creeping along [...]

Fin.

There is something about going back to the place where you’ve spent 5 years of your life – You could, and I did wax lyrical about how much i missed it – from the treeless hills that surround the place to the sheer melting pot atmosphere that you get only in a truely great college [...]

Sempre In Excreta, Solo Profundum Variat.

Today is one of those days when I remember exactly why I named this blog Wasted Years and added the bit about the bonded slavery too.
Today’s been one of those days when despite having nearly 40 odd days in aggregated leave, I got told I could take 3 days off for Christmas, instead of a [...]

Love Letter Time

Right now :
I’m listening to Celine Dion singing Surprise, Surprise. Nice new album, by the way, Taking Chances.
I’m also trying to compose a half good love letter. No, dear readers, this is not for any significant other in my life. Rather, a local mag is running a love letter contest, and with my distinct lack [...]

Do Not Do This To Your Doctor

I have had a bizarre couple of weeks.
First the guy who was supposed to alternate night duties with me upped and left.
So have been doing an inhumanly long series of duties.
During which I have had patients for whose explicit use the best selling guide : Do Not Do This To Your Doctor 101 was written. [...]

Up !

Life is.. weird.
I spent the last weekend at home – kind of a long weekend – 4 days, ‘cos it is Onam in Kerala right now, and everyone and everything goes shopping and home during onam. So I did too. This is the longest I’ve spent at home since coming to Kerala.
And coming [...]

Cow Under My Window

As for the rest of my life post my I-escape-by reading-and-all-I-do-is-read lifestyle, I have finally come up to a decent livable BMI.
From being 17 in Final year, I have now, in the 4 months that I have spent in this place, gained 4 kgs in weight, and that in my standards is a thing to [...]

Yes, I have voices in my head. What ? Don’t you?

So.
I have been called escapist in private for the last 2 months, and now I have been duly certified by my favorite shrink. What can I say.
Let me introduce you to the voices in my head.
There’s the wry one, let’s call him Rye. He’s the one with the smirk and a smart answer to everything. [...]

A Wedding And A Funeral

One of the nurses that I worked with is getting married today. I’ve been looking forward to this for quite a while – nearly a month in fact – she’s a lovely person : funny, sensible, smart and dedicated to her work. Not to forget the fact that she played a really big role in [...]

Why I Am Not A Professional Bungee Jumper

This post is primarily because a reader asked me why I was having doubts about being a doctor for the rest of my life, after ostensibly slogging my ass off to get in.
My first instinct was the thought that I hadn’t asked to be a doctor, that I had stumbled into it, writing the entrance [...]