Up and Down! (the country)
June 30, 2014
Hello dearest blog readers! You probably may have noticed I have been missing for a few weeks, this is because I really have been away travelling. These past few weeks, I have been down to London then Loughborough and just recently Edinburgh! It has been a busy time for me, packing, unpacking and then packing …
Sun, Tapestries and French Culture!
April 21, 2014
Hope all of you had a lovely Easter yesterday with lots of Easter eggs! I have been absent from the internet as I have just returned from a trip to Angers. Angers is a city in the west of France. I had this lovely opportunity as the School of Pharmacy at this university has a …
Ranting…but this is love
January 29, 2014
So this is love: So is this: And this: My mum sent me some Frozen stickers in the post after me crying down the phone about a very stressful start to hospital placement. Yes – it has actually started! I had my VIVA on Friday, then a whole weekend to relax (what …
Portugal Field Course
April 24, 2013
So here I am, after a week’s recovery in my own bed, two days waiting for my bag to get back from Lisbon and a cheeky trip to Sandhurst to play netball, I’m finally getting the chance to sit down and write properly about the Portugal Field Course. * * * A week watching crab …
Portugal Field Course: Take 1
April 10, 2013
Sat outside in the midday Portuguese sun it’s hard to believe that we’re actually here to do work. My current task in particular? Watching spiders in our homemade terratorium to see how and if they interact with one another – the fact these tanks are now outside was perhaps a winning move on our part …
Where’s Wally?
February 6, 2013
Sorry this one’s a little late; I’m still recovering (that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it) * * * Train hard, play hard. That’s my motto for just about everything; admittedly my definition of playing hard isn’t quite the same as everyone else’ as I’m not a massive fan of drinking loads, but rest …
One of those … Months.
October 22, 2012
You know the ones. Where everything is going … wrong. As if you’ve somehow ticked off the karma gods, or broken a mirror or just somehow are bringing bad things upon yourself. I should have guessed this storm of minor tragedies was looming from the day I arrived back in Nottingham, and the things I …
Till then, take care
August 13, 2012
Hello for the last time everybody! Yes, these past several months of writing for the university blog have been great. It is now time for me to write my last post. I just went to see my consultant this morning for my Mid Course Appraisal (medical students have a logbook which needs to be appraised …
I’m a 4th Year Medical Student
July 12, 2012
Hello, How’s your holidays so far? I hope you guys are having fun and doing lots of wonderful activities with your family and friends. I on the other hand, have now become a 4th Year Medical student this Monday. My first attachment is Obstetrics and Gynaecology (learning about pregnancy and conditions relating to female reproductive …
It’s the beginning of my 2 week holiday!
June 21, 2012
Hello readers! I am currently writing to you all the way from Edinburgh. Yeap, I’m currently on my 2 week holiday before the start of my 4th year. This week has been a rigorous week for all 3rd year medical students as we faced our final examination of the year. It began on Monday with …
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