SEPTEMBER BLUES

Or Summertime Sadness. But summer isn't really a season here so we'll just stick with September Blues. For a good part of this month, I didn't feel quite like myself. I felt very unmotivated and disconnected from myself. At first I thought it was the usual, me being dramatic and in my feelings over absolutely …

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Razzmatazz: Of Air Conditioners and Mother Tongues

I will take you to three places. First, to an office reception, some years ago, where I sat with my aunt, shivering. I did not have a fever. I was shivering because the air conditioner was set to a temperature of 16 degrees. Please note that the average outdoor temperature is 27 degrees. When asked …

A TALE OF 2 WINTERS

My MB 2 story begins with panic. The weekend before my exams started, I got a couple of calls from my lecturers, asking if I had written some tests because my results could not be found. I was pretty shaken up as that was the last thing I needed to hear days to my exam. …

MY VILLAGE PEOPLE ARE FINALLY HERE

Ladies and gentlemen. My Part 2 Medical Board examinations are in 12 days, and research has shown that I have covered about 40 percent of what I should know. There are moments now, when I just sit and stare into space, thinking about my life and having conversations with myself. How did I end up …

TO MY DEAREST PEDIATRICS

I have just concluded my first Pediatrics rotation and I am very glad that it is over. It lasted for eight weeks, and was filled with numerous highs and lows. I resumed the rotation with a huge sense of foreboding. The glimpse of sick children I had gotten during my Surgery rotation had terrified me …