Phileosophie

I am now in the MSH library - soaking due to miserable NYC weather. This place feels really familiar but I can't place my finger on the reason for this feeling. I suppose having lived in so many countries, things are starting to confluent and overlap. I heard DrF's voice today in the next room when I was talking to his assistant. In 10 years I would like to be DrF. Or at least close to being like him. By that I mean I would like to be at the top of my game. Almost every doctor is going to make a difference in life but I think the higher you climb, the greater the impact you have. I want my life to count. Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails.  Proverbs 19:21 (NIV)

Today I've been trying to work through all the different accounts and policies I have accumulated over the years. It's so annoying when the total amount you have in one account equals or is exceeded by the account's annual fee! haha Anyway, I'm trying to figure out what a 'Superannuation' account really is and where my limited amount of money is and who-gets-what if I die and stuff like that. It's putting me to sleep. Each policy has sooo many words and it just makes me feel like all these funds and companies are out to confuse me so they can steal all my money and not pay anything later. =( Le sigh. I need a man who'll look after the business side of my life.

Here's another awesome music video from Glee featuring Darren Criss and the Warblers. This guy is amazing. Great voice and his character on glee is very likeable. For more HQ videos check out Darren Criss' website. Hopefully he will stick around for a while. Entertainers tend to come and go I think - all the popular ones these days (Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars) weren't around when I was a teenager and probably won't be around when I hit 30 (which is a FARRR way off thankfully!) but I like the feel of this guy so I hope his career goes well.

It's that time of the year again! I take my new year resolutions quite seriously. At the end of each year I usually have a sit down session to think about how the year has unfolded and where I should take my life in the coming year. I think about goals I want to achieve and list five or six pretty specific ones down. This year for example, one goal was to get published. Another was to make arrangements to visit America and that's the trip that's coming up. I think new year resolutions are important because life tends to get so busy and when you're in the midst of all that it's easy to lose sight of your goals, much less set any new ones. And I think goals are important. They give you direction... and direction is important because we're all going to die someday and at least for me, I want my 70 years to make a difference, somehow. Anyway, I don't know what my 2012 resolutions will be yet.. usually I write them on my annual plane ride to wherever but tha...

MY EXAMS ARE OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (thanks for asking)... SO.. as promised, the posts should hopefully get more interesting from here on. First up, is a new reality TV show in Australia called 'Young Doctors'. It revolves around what a few junior doctors get up to at John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle. I watched an episode because I couldn't think of how my life (or one similar to mine) would be remotely interesting to watch. I was right.. it wasn't. Not any of the doctors' faults of course.. it's just, watching it on tv is like having my day recorded and then summarised in the most appalling fashion and then watching it over dinner. It was a snooze fest... and completely unrealistic. Consultant: "So Dr. X what do you think this patient has?" Junior Doctor: "I think he has appendicitis." I think the point here was for the audience to go "wow, this doctor really knows what she's doing." but firstly, that's not how ...

One day to my exams - this is how I feel. (excited and jittery if you couldnt get it from the music video)