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year one in med school + food spam
Thursday, May 21, 2015 @ 5:52 PM
First post...of the year 2015 LOL. The effects of a year of med school curriculum. And now it's the second week of holidays and I'm so bored that I've decided to revive this blog and do some minor tweaks to the template haha.
M1 has been a very interesting experience. New friends, new environment, new syllabus, new everything. I'm quite surprised that I've been pretty adaptable, getting the hang of the syllabus and structure quite okay-ishly and knowing my weaknesses and strengths quite clearly somehow. So in a way I guess I'm lucky in that sense cause I didn't really struggle a lot.
However, I must say the content we have to study is really quite a huge amount, and the studying and preparation for Pros has been way more challenging than preparing for A levels.
This can be attributed to the amount of time we had for A levels revision VS Pros revision, and that the amount of Pros content is almost like 2 years worth of JC haha. Plus in university there are no like topical test or small class quizzes or teachers marking your tutorials and assignment and giving them back to you, thus there's a higher sense of insecurity cause you really don't know what exactly is expected of you.
(Okay I really wonder who will read this chunk LOL after all my blog is so incredibly dead haha, nvm I shall continue typing for the sake of my memories haha)
The thing I enjoyed about M1 though, is that the syllabus really interest me. I've always wanted to learn more about the human body, thus Anatomy was something I really enjoyed.
Physiology was tough at first, but knowing about the applications of it really makes you understand everything better.
Biochemistry, is well, biochemistry haha. It's quite manageable after you get used to all the enzyme names and reactions, but unfortunately cause of the amount of content we have already from Anat and Physio, Biochem is mostly left to last-minute cramming and hoping you know enough enzymes and pathways to answer everything haha.
And then there's Ethics and Medsoc, which I honestly spent like less than half a day preparing for them for Pros LOL.
So yup that's pretty much it for M1 curriculum, plus other fun stuffs along the way like Patient-Based Programme, Anatomy Hall (cadavers!), and other stuffs I can't really remember.
Omg why has this become a summary of what M1s learn LOL.
The thing about university is that, you are independent and like a free bird, no one will chase you for homeworks or assignments, or make sure you attend all classes. So, self-discipline is quite essential, and for such an intense course, consistency and time management are also fairly important to me as well.
I think M1 has been quite smooth-sailing for me academic-wise cause I don't commit myself to a crazy amount of activities, and I don't leave stuffs to the last minute, in fact I really hate last-minute cramming la I need time to swallow and digest my stuffs, diarrhoea-ing my way through M1 doesn't suit me hahaha.
Okay abrupt transition but let's talk about the environment! I'm glad to have found a couple of close friends in med school, since most of my close friends from sec school / JC have no interest in medicine (even my very dear boyfriend LOL). School life has been a lot vibrant with these few.
I'm also really happy to have such a nice bunch of people in my CG too. To think I was at the beginning of M1 I was afraid of how we would turn out cause we were all practically strangers and I had no idea who all of them were haha. In the end, we worked out pretty well and they have provided me much laughter in med school too!
Okay I don't really know what else to say haha, so time for some picture spam of what I have been doing post-pros yay~~
First post-pros snapchat selfie :D
Marché with the house for lunch. First time eating here and I don't think I'll return there though LOL. Food is good (this wrap here was higher than my expectation, but it'll be a little gelat if you eat too much), but the price is OVERPRICED. And I think my tongue is too asian already haha.
And then my long-awaited meet-up with my favourite person! Never ever felt so relieved to meet someone omg. I rejected his Avengers 1 movie request cause I don't really know Marvel stuffs haha and he was sososo sad about it, but I decided to agree to his Avengers 2 since so many people raved about it, and now I'm regretting not listening to him for Avengers 1 hahahah!
The next day we redeemed my Groupon voucher! I ordered the salad for the first time instead of the ice cream and IT'S GOOD!!
Yumyum in my tumtum! Pepper Lunch is just so good and so cheap and so worth it!
This was taken in JB! Went over with my mum and these 2 mains plus 2 soup of the days and 2 garlic bread cost us less than SGD$10. MADNESS.
Then watched Pitch Perfect 2 with the mum and the ticket was only $4 each. MADNESS
Okay I seem to have taken very few post-pros pictures hahaha oops. Okay how about some food photo spam of the year (which I've never posted on instagram before!)
This was at a restaurant called Osaka Ohsho at Bugis Junction with GM. They had this rather interesting concept of gyozas in soup, but cause they had to make sure the gyozas don't break in the soup, the skin was quite thick and floury. The noodles were quite good and the sauce was tasty, but overall the restaurant didn't really impress us
Had to clear a manhattan fish market coupon that GM had which consisted of 4 mains, so this meal was with his other 2 juniors which was a little awkward but quite entertaining at the same time haha. Grilled fish for me then cause of my throat.
Paradise Dynasty's 麻辣 poached fish slices! One crazy huge porcelain bowl that will confirm make people turn and look at your table haha. There were a lot more fish than we expected. We got the medium spiciness level but wow the numbing was there.
Manhattan's small grill, or something grill that was shareable!
Haha yes he really likes the tomato pasta from Pepper Lunch (:
This was after CA3 part 1 with the house I think! La Nonna's one for one made the food a little more worth it, though it was still quite pricey la (I'm a cheapo haha) but the quality is good!
Llao llao with crystal at somerset!
One of my family's Taiwan meals! Omg I really miss all their 卤肉饭，红烧牛肉面 etc. and they were so affordable! Plus their rice is like the japanese kind of round one which I love!!!
A super colourful steamboat we had at Alishan. Alishan isn't as nice as I thought cause there were just SO MANY TOURISTS OMG like OVERPOPULATED with tourists, and that kinda removes to serenity a mountain should have you know.
This is so so so good!!!! One of a friday night dinner date with the boy. That day we decided to splurge a little more and actually queued for this restaurant haha. JEM's LENAS! They had so much choices on their menu that we were quite spoilt for choice haha! I had this soft shell crab pasta with spicy tomato sauce and IT WAS HEAVEN ON HEAVEN.
Haha just had to feature my favourite dish from Paradise Dynasty! Always have to order this when I'm there!
Some ramen restaurant at the basement of ION Orchard which GM and I have never tried before (can't remember the name though)! IT WAS GOOD STUFFS MAN! Such a hearty meal omg I love those bamboo shoots too!
Bishamon Sapporo Ramen at Bukit Panjang Plaza during one of his nights out! He really really love this ramen especially how thick the broth was! Unfornately this restaurant has been replace by a Volcano Ramen restaurant LOL.
YUMYUM feesh and chips from manhattan's! This was like after CA3 with the house I think!
Virgin Sanpoutei experience with Crystal at the Shaw Centre! Super super nice, and their service was mad good omg like they provided a basket for our bags and a hook for our plastic bags haha! Thanks Crystal for that birthday treat! Omg still feel so bad though cause it was really quite pricey ):
Hahhahaha cheapest food in this post but it had to be feature cause ORANGE CONE. LIKE ORANGE CONE ZOMG.
Another ramen experience with the boy! Yes we are huge ramen fans hahahaha! This restaurant in Jurong Point offers like free upsize noodles which both of us gladly took it haha! But like after eating, it didn't really feel like it was upsized leh LOL.
Miam miam's set lunch at JEM with the boy on a Monday afternoon, where the shopping centre was so much more beautiful with so few people around haha.
The spaghetti was decent, not stellar, the only thing that really made the money worth was the free soufflé that came together with 2 lunch set meals ordered!
But they served the soufflé like way too early? They served it 15min after serving our mains. I'm not a slow eater but 15min to finish a meal in a restaurant is ridiculous LOL. Then I had to awkwardly watch my soufflé flatten as I hurriedly chomp down the rest of my pasta. ._. Not very cool.
