It is Finished! Last but not least!

What seemed to be an insurmountable nightmare in October has, hopefully, ended today. My annuals are officially over. Note, I didn't say second year is over. Resits are still a possibility, especially with the knowledge that 5 failed Physiology and 3 failed Anatomy. Yet, I honestly don't want to be part of those statistics. After all the effort I put in, I want to close the chapter entitled "2nd year Medicine" for good.

Pathology exam at Medical School was not so bad...at least compared with my other writtens. And I doubt my colleagues would beg to differ. Apart from the fact that most people left this three hour exam after 1.5 hrs, two guys actually decided to stay drinking beer throughout the whole thing. They wanted to start celebrating early I guess (yup! Resits are certainly not an issue). At precisely 10:15am, I got distracted by a huge "click"...they even decided to open their yellow Cisk cans together! Funny how it contrasted with the way invigilators took their job extremely seriously, following us on our way to the toilets, lest we fall into the temptation to use the library downstairs with the exam paper still in hand.

Well, I was one of the extreme few who managed to stay for the whole three hours. In the meantime, I was honoured to hear many (ex) fifth year medical students literally shout with joy at the news that they now have a "Dr." in front of their name. Sadly, there were a couple who didn't make it and will have to go through the ordeal of resits before celebrating. Well...it happens! The scariest thing is that it could so easily happen to me...in any year. The very thought that my present euphoria of not having to study anything when I wake up every morning could end so abruptly when I go on my eSIMS to view "the fruits of my labour"... it's just scary. I tried to get my mind off things by spending time with a few friends, bummed a lift home from another and got the hair cut I so desperately needed. But I can only put my mind at rest when I get those blooming results...(excuse the whining. It shall stop here).

But, till that day dawns I'll just relish the thought..."What shall I study tomorrow?... Hmmm... absolutely nothing!" xD And God, if you're reading this...please give me the luxury to keep relishing that thought daily till mid September, when I start my third year. Thank you.

The Final Countdown! (No not for elections...)

These three weeks have kept me too busy to update you with the obvious; examiners have managed, exam after exam, in making me feel like I have become the epitome of stupidity. From the 28th of May till 8th of June, the exam schedule was pretty crammed and exhausting. Nevertheless, it seems like I'm surviving i.e. still (1) breathing with a (2) pulse and (3) conscious. But all this studying has robbed me from the joys of blogging about some pretty interesting current affairs that have happened lately. Not that I'm one of those that keeps a close eye on the news, but any happenings centred around Mater Dei hospital and the new Medical School is bound to arouse some interest, even in the indifferent citizen. Luckily, this guy over here has found the time to patiently keep all his readers up-to-date with the disgraces of our country and his opinion towards the matters. For those who have been living in a world of their own: you know the 4th of June? When it had happened to rain very heavily? Well, let's just say that after my 1st Anatomy paper, I wasn't alone in ending up drenched on my way home from Uni at 2pm. Mother Nature deemed it a good idea to give our new, glorious Mater Dei a nice clean before its grand opening at the end of this month. I was in my mother's car when it happened (yeah, I didn't manage to walk in the rain). With her behing the wheel, in the traffic created by the storm outside the new hospital entrance near San Gwann, I was able to watch the nation's pride and joy (il-perla tal-"perla f' nofs il-Mediterran") putting up a new, unplanned outdoor swimming pool. Together with the meals, TV and Internet, the pool would have contributed to the creation of a hospital looking more like a theme park (click here for Ref) than a teaching hospital.

Well, exams are over soon. My Anatomy final is officially over today. True...it just had to end with a real nerve wrecking practical, containing neuroanatomy questions from the labyrinths of hell. As I tried making sense out of the pre-dissected dead carcass, X-rays and photos, some parts of the spotting test felt pretty much like a guessing game. Now, it's just Pathology (the study of disease) on the 22nd of June. And then I'd be free...free to be a pain.