It’s the end of July 2023. I can vividly remember how 2022 was. It’s the same rhetoric, days take long but months fly and years even faster. I have never done this sort of quarterly update to track my life progress because it seems artificial. Perhaps it’s also because I believe that the best ideas … More Mid Year Check-In
There is no crowd here. No family members walking around, no patients milling about. There is silence. The only people you see are staff in uniform or office wear. There is only one place to eat here for the staff and public. Then, you enter the wards. There are no oxygen masks, IV drips, bandages, … More two weeks at a psychiatric hospital
We are all supposedly on the same boat, doing the same 4 year course, paddling towards the same destination of junior doctor. We have the same tests and competencies to demonstrate. However, I am coming to realise that I was wrong about my classmates and I having the same end points/destination and we definitely have … More Timeline of life
Your resume needs to depict you as an all-rounder. It needs to show you’ve the grades in your pocket while also illustrating your leadership skills, your volunteering heart, your flourishing small business and any extras that are thrown in are a bonus. Is this a singaporean thing or what? Everything you do must add value … More I’ve given up on the rat race. I’m average and happy
“I know this is super last minute but i thought there’s no harm in checking if you’re free for a coffee anytime this weekend. It would be nice to see you face-to-face,” that was my last attempt at reaching out to a good friend which ended in a blue tick. This wasn’t the first good … More Blue Tick Friendship
It’s ok if you are weary of Kristin Neff. I mean her entire research, books and money comes from selling self-compassion. However, it’s ok to accept new ideas. Upon hearing these words, ‘achievement based self-esteem’, I felt all of my insecurities were named and put into this container. A container called achievement based self-esteem. Words … More Achievement based self-esteem
(Here’s me in the newest hospital ) After a year of watching online lectures, attending discussions, passing weekly tests and a grand exam of 6 hour theory and 2hour practical, I started on my second year of medicine which is based fully in the hospital. You can read about my first year here. We had … More 10 straight months in the hospital – My first clinical year
Last Ramadan felt like a complete mess. I was studying for tests and had long days of uni that drained me and left me with no time nor energy for God. I too didn’t want to turn to him. The only thing I did was daily terawih prayers at home conducted by my brother as … More Ramadan 2022: Intentions
Where do you see yourselves in 5 years? I don’t know if I’ll be alive for my next birthday but you want me to think about 5 years? “I knew I wanted to be a doctor when I was 6”, I remember my classmate saying this when we were studying for A levels. So we … More Don’t bother planning your life
“You’re comparing yourself to others to feel better or worse. Life isn’t an exam and you cannot go around comparing your marksheet with others’. What’s yours is yours. What’s theirs is theirs. When was the last time you ever chose to do something not because others were doing it but because you had an interest … More The one thing I chose to do without influence
Me, God and the two of us 