AHHHH!Was talking to my friend in uni earlier today. He's doing medicine in melbourne and all this and that. Aiyoo, he was telling me how AWESOME the course is in melb =(!!
x get to dissect cadavers
x already learnt how to remove appendicies, knee aspirations
x the morals / ethics behind doctor decisions
x case studies of patients and considering physiological / psychological / social aspects
x biochemistry
AAARGH! He's made me so excited about it >< He says its really really fun, and I really really cannot wait to start. But first..must study hard to get into the course. Ahhh!
But hey, I think today, I've finally picked a one-true motivation to study hard. The chance to be a future doctor / GP. All so enticing, all so fun =] Maybe later in life I can go to overseas countries and do humanitarian work. Work in third-world countries. Help the poor, the sick, the young. Give people a second chance at life. Stressful, but so so rewarding.
Maaan...but first, the big hurdle of exams. Doing subjects that are useless when doing medicine.
MATHEMATICS. Like seriously..Who's going to do anything related to mathematics in medicine T.T "oh wow..his heart is shaped like an ellipse..let's calculate the area...x^2/a^2 + y^2/b^2 = 1...~__~"
ENGLISH. "Yeh, you have cancer sorry. Hate to break it to you like that. But I did read this really awesome book the other day. Heard of it?
1984 by George Orwell. I wrote a killer essay on it in yr12"
PHYSICS. "When you talked to me during our consultation, I noticed a bit of spit that flew out of your mouth. According to my calculations, its velocity was 5m/s at 30 degrees to the horizontal. Would you like me to calculate its greatest height and range?" .......
CHEMISTRY. okay. chemistry DOES have a purpose in medicine. Understandin radioactive isotopes for patient diagnosis and tratment and chemical reactions in the body. probably the ONLY subject that really really deserves any credit.
Aye..school T.T siao le..
- jim
