December 2010
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christmas pause
it’s not quite the end of the year.
but i’m sitting here, in a reflective mode, thinking about the last four years.
studying medicine has been a bit of an endurance test. i’m wondering if practicing it will be the same. i’m not expecting it all to be, but i am wary of the bureaucracy of hospital systems and the glacial speed in which change occurs in such settings....
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The 100 Bestselling Books at Readings in 2010 →
literarypiano:
And the top ten are…
10. The Family Law by Benjamin Law 9. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel 8. The Brain that Changes Itself by Norman Doidge 7. Indelible Ink by Fiona McGregor 6. The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets’ Nest by Stieg Larsson 5. The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson 4. Solar by Ian McEwan 3. How to Make Gravy by Paul Kelly 2. Freedom by Jonathan Franzen 1. Quarterly Essay...
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graduation
a couple of days ago was our gradation. as part of the ceremony our cohort had elected to read the geneva declaration (in it’s fourth amendment from 2006) as our oath. it was surprisingly reaffirming about why i decided to head into medicine - and the experience was quite unifying for our year group, which had become more fractured over the four years (the levels of cynicism seemed to have...
