Hiatus

It has been over a month since I last blogged and that is due to the holidays :).  This year's holidays were especially fun because of the ADSA Convention to Sydney.  It was the highlight of the holidays because not only was it a lot of fun but it got me remotivated in doing dentistry, all the challenges that I'll face, the people I'll meet, opportunities which I will be given and all the organisations which I will interact with.

It has given me a different perspective of dentistry, more than just a job, its becoming a life choice which I will be very happy with!  I would have to say the most surprising thing about the lectures was that I found out how much I might enjoy working with kids! I'm not sure exactly where it will go but it looks like building a rapport with the kids is much more rewarding and fun than building a rapport with the parents :P.

One thing that i'll remember for some time is how the paediatric dentist taught us a little trick he uses to get the kids completely comfortable in the chair.  At the first appointment he'll tell the child to press their nose which makes the chair go down.  When the child stops pressing their nose then you know they are comfortable!  This makes them sit in the chair much more easily and you build a positive experience for the next time!

Aside from the dental convention, I had a couple of dinner, friends over a few times and unfortunately no throwing chun in the pool, as much fun as that would have been :P.  People are really busy nowadays perhaps its time to boycott the every 2/3 week party.  Summer will be much more fun as it always is :).

This semester I have a few things planned. I will work towards getting a DA job which means getting references from a few of the tutors, I have 3 in mind so that should be alright.  Then I have to apply for some jobs again...there are so few though I hope I can get one.

In the mean time I'm going to learn DENT3062 according to the booklets as well as Perio(not completely sure about course code). I think I'll try to learn chinese better from the internet :) seems like a good way to learn it especially since my internet has been upgraded to 25gb and it costs the same how dodgy is telstra not telling use about free upgrades?

Last friday was sports day and instead of going to play sports, we decided to go watch batman dark knight rises. paid $5.50 and saw it in Brisbane's equivalent to IMAX, so a bigger screen.  I enjoyed the movie while I watched it but coming out of the theatre I don't really remember much of the movie ;p I remembered I wanted The Bat! Went to ben's place and chilled there for a bit before going to Ahmets because I've wanted to try it.  The drink and dinner were quite nice but a little bit pricey at 28 dollars.

Last weekend I read through lots of the ADA stuff, did my CPR course and did my washing/ironing.  Seems like an alright weekend!

So it all starts this week! LETS GO