Well I sort of had another 6 hour day today but it was at the dental school so I had an idea what was going on :) It was not that bad especially since I didn't have to do anything in the 3 hour pros session. The pre clinic session was quite intense because for the life of me I couldn't shape one of the lateral incisor composites correctly...the wedge I put in wasn't tight enough so the matrix kept slipping off. I did get it all signed in the end but its not my best work haha.
I need to get inspired to study something for next year, whether it be pathology or perio I am not too sure now, I think all I can learn is the rote learning componenet so the names of diseases and what they do etc. As for specificis I think it will be quite dodgy if i learn it all now since there is no chance I will remember it next year...they are specifics gosh!
If I think of it like that then I will look at everything with a broad overview rather than learning everything. memorising is always fun, it trains my brain a bit.
Need to exercise as well, inspiration required for that as well but that is secondary to acadmic
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
DENTAL DINNER
Dental Dinner, haven't really given it a second thought until this semester (since it is this semester). As much as I want to go (kinda ambivalent), I would much rather go for a nice dinner at ARIA which is a place on eagle street. should be fun and cheaper hahaha
Monday, July 30, 2012
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
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
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Fences
Today I went for a walk because I hadn't been out for a while. Whiles walking around, I noticed that half the houses don't actually have gates and of those half of those don't even have a proper fence...a low stone wall doesn't count (50cm off the ground who are you going to stop? gnomes from escaping?). I just walked until the end of the bike track and made my way back on the road until i saw a bus. I then walked around some more and got a golden gay time. delicious :) I also saw a cafe which seems to sell cheap sandiwches about 3 bucks a sanwich, best price i'm gonna get anywhere nearby so i will try it sometime soon.
This random walk reminds me of a time in first year when i got hopelessly lost because I had caught the wrong bus (think walking 40 minutes to get home when it would take 40 minutes to walk home from uni). There were so many nice people I met along the way from the random lady who offered me help byb finding directions on her smart phone to the other random people who would ask if i was lost while i was walking by (i didn't realise it was that obvious...either that or no one walks around where they live hahaha). I got back feeling really refreshed! It was a similar feeling when I got back from ym 45 minute walk as well hahahaha might have been the ice cream and lipton ice tea talking though :P I also know where to get toileteries now if i ever need 1 bar of soap instead of woolworth's 4 bars of soap. at a dollar a bar of soap its an alright price!
Almost finished reading the relevant parts of the textbook and have to go over my notes again (learn all the things which I had written down to learn from the textbook which were in the past exam that i had no idea about). If all goes well I should be alright!
Jennifer texted me today telling me she made prefect. Good on her...except I don't know what being prefect does for you haha.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Almost finished my notes
So from ther 34 lectures i'm up to lecture number 29 yay! should be able to finish it today I think. The renal lecture were so hard to get through wow I was surprised at them...no wonder i fell asleep in class there is too much information that he stressed. Luckily the fourth lecture was already pretty much covered in the last 3 and the pharmacology one was pretty much the same as arugarumamd's lecture.
It was quite difficult to start making all the notes (made about half of them before midsem) becasue its been such miserable weather and reading my notes is hard enough without having to type them up as well...
I have barely left the house since holidays started perhaps I will go for a jog or something sometime or other...how vague is that!
It been quite cold so I've bene wearing 2 jumpers and socks;p not up to the stage where I need 2 jumpers and a jacket with 2 pairs of pants and socks while under a blanket with the heater on hahaha lets hope it doens't come to that!
So the plan for the next 12 days before the exam is to go through past papers and then read the textbook before making a final summary of the notes I've made. Not looking forward to going over 30+ pages (at 30 right now).
I heard it was really cold and the winds were insane in sydney! hope everyone is well!
It was quite difficult to start making all the notes (made about half of them before midsem) becasue its been such miserable weather and reading my notes is hard enough without having to type them up as well...
I have barely left the house since holidays started perhaps I will go for a jog or something sometime or other...how vague is that!
It been quite cold so I've bene wearing 2 jumpers and socks;p not up to the stage where I need 2 jumpers and a jacket with 2 pairs of pants and socks while under a blanket with the heater on hahaha lets hope it doens't come to that!
So the plan for the next 12 days before the exam is to go through past papers and then read the textbook before making a final summary of the notes I've made. Not looking forward to going over 30+ pages (at 30 right now).
I heard it was really cold and the winds were insane in sydney! hope everyone is well!
Friday, June 1, 2012
End of Semester
The semester ended with 2 lectures which were quite boring to be honest. I came home and started cleaning my room in preparation for the study that will be coming! Firstly get rid of everything which isn't DENT2052 which is most things on the table due to case analysis.
This week has been raining and it is going to continue into the weekend which is fine because I am in no rush to do my washing anyway.
Yesterday I went to clinic and assisted a chris, sonya and elaine (another elaine) and it turns out she lives about 2 minutes walk from me! excellent ;p she's repeating third year so we have something in common hahaha
Winter is here and I have to wear jackets and jumpers, its troublesome but nowhere near as bad as sydney I guess. It doesn't feel like end of sesmeter, I only realised it was so close a couple of days ago when Dayea said 'cya next semester'. I was like what OH RIGHT, its last week and we have different finals to sit thus next sem.
Anyway I've been so lax with my blog posting because it is representattive of how interesting the year has been so far. half a year flew so fast! so much faster than last year hahahahaha, not too worried about assessments this year which is always awesome!
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Spontaneity
Lets start from yesterday, had to wake up early to get to the lecture. After the lectures I went to the dental school to have a chat to a course co ordinator but found out today she's on sick leave until the 8th of june so can't talk to her about the misplacement of my preclinic mark but she said that I can just get it remarked and not have to do another exam so I think it will be alright.
There was a spontaneous dinner that elaine wanted before the end of sem. It was raining though so i think that's why elaine didn't end up showing up hahaha. so we had a nice dinner and dessert at jojo's.
i downloaded and won diablo...not that hard actually, now i'm satisfied :D
did my washing today :D, it was quite cold but luckily it all dried!
studying case analysis.
There was a spontaneous dinner that elaine wanted before the end of sem. It was raining though so i think that's why elaine didn't end up showing up hahaha. so we had a nice dinner and dessert at jojo's.
i downloaded and won diablo...not that hard actually, now i'm satisfied :D
did my washing today :D, it was quite cold but luckily it all dried!
studying case analysis.
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