Come take a walk on the wild side...

Lana Del Rey is just a little bit beautiful, just a little bit sensual, and MY GOODNESS she has an amazing voice.



As well as that '80s covergirl' appeal, her voice is soothingly alluring, and very similar to that of Nancy Sinatra. Really loving "Video Games" and "Born to Die" right now. Have a listen to both, and while you're there, have a listen to the rest of her album (Also called Born to Die). Just amazing!
Looking forward to hearing more from this incredibly talented woman.


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La Notte




“If conversation was the lyrics, laughter was the music, making time spent together a melody that could be replayed over and over without getting stale.” 
-Nicholas Spark


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Year 3 MBBS BSc

Ladies and Gentlemen, First Blog Post Of 2012! 
Oops.


Once again it's back to that time of year: Exams. Revision. No life outside of Medicine! I always seem to remember I have a blog at this point of time.


At the end of this academic year, if all goes well and as planned, I will actually be half a doctor. Scary thought!


Third Year of Medical School has definitely been the best so far. 


Having learnt about the science behind medicine and medical conditions for the last two years, putting this into practise has been an incredible experience. 
Having had three different medical and surgical placements at three different hospitals over the course of this year, I've learnt how to diagnose patients; I've learnt how to interpret ECGs & X Rays; I've learnt signs, symptoms, causes, investigations and management for over eighty different disorders/conditions!!
I've seen how important empathy and the doctor-patient relationship can really be; I've learnt that relationships and emotional well-being have a massive impact on a patient's recovery; I've witnessed how so many people turn to God in their time of need. 
I've seen patients cry, I've seen patients laugh, I've luckily not yet seen a patient die. 
I've seen children with appendicitis; I've examined adults with Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinaemia. I've been up till early hours of the morning in A&E; I've assisted in emergency surgical procedures. I've fallen asleep in clinics after sleepless nights; I've finished bedside teaching on a Friday evening at 8pm. I've ventilated unconscious surgical patients, I've cannulated conscious ones. (and had to recannulate - fail)
I've been taught by world-renowned professors; I've been taught by junior doctors. I've even been taught by patients...


What third year has taught me is truly invaluable. 

With only five weeks left to go, I can say that I'm going to be quite sad to see this year finish so soon. 
The only real positive about finishing a clinical year, and moving on to a BSc, is that I can finally wear nail polish again. 
:)




'Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose.' 
-Lyndon B. Johnson






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Don't Give Up.

Au milieu de l'hiver, j'ai découvert en moi un invincible été..




In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me, there lay an invincible summer...
-Albert Camus

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Dreams

“Hold fast to dreams,



For if dreams die,


Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly,



Hold fast to dreams,



For if dreams go, 



Life is a barren field, 


Frozen with snow.”




-Langston Hughes, American Poet




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Eeeeesh!

All my life I've been good, but now,




I'm thinking WHAT THE HELL?






(I can't get this damn song out of my head)


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My Heart Is Where My Treasure Lies..

“You turned my wailing into dancing;
you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
that my heart may sing to you and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever.”

-Psalm 30:11-12

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