Friday, September 23, 2005
` Friday, September 23, 2005
Woah! Just came back today from a week at Port Augusta. It sure has been a great experience over all. I'm now more aware of the aspect of rural medicine and its workings. Well just a quick look at what has been going on...
Day 1(Monday 19 Sept)
Arrived at Port Augusta and had a quick orientation of the Hospital and a bus tour of town facilites. Checked in at accomodation: Standpipe Motel. Had a sumptuous dinner with choice of beef schnitzel or indian curry or fish fillet.
Day 2(Tuesday 20 Sept) Visited Nerrilda Nursing Home and Ramsey Village. Had an afternoon of suturing, cannulation, venipuncture and intubation at the old hospital. Continued by drug and alcohol talk and a geriatrics talk. Followed by dinner bbq and had a chat with guest speakers at Standpipe. Really good talk with Fiona who introduced us to the world of Aborigines.
Day 3(Wednesday 21 Sept)
Had an entire day of Cultural Awareness Day. Spent a whole day at the Port Augusta Yacht Club. Ended off with a indian dinner again!! Life sure is good eh..
Day 4(Thursday 22 Sept) Split into multi disciplinary teams: Attached with Johnny, physiotherapist under Acute and Rehab at Port Augusta Hospital. Spent the morning with him. Visited Flying Doctor Service Base and IMVS for the afternoon. Had a farewell dinner with rural doctors, 4th and 5th year medical students. Interacted with them and found out a lot more about rural medicine. Enjoyed this thoroughly.
Day 5(Friday 23 Sept) Packed up and back to Adelaide!
Basically, looking back at the week, it has passed really quickly but it was really enriching. Got to know a lot more about the Aboriginal people culture. Changed my perspective of rural medicine totally!! Well, another week of holidays to go before school starts again!!
` Friday, September 23, 2005
Memories of Port Augusta 
` Friday, September 23, 2005
The guys: George, Tom, Phil BJ, Arthur
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Standpipe Motel
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Singapore Gang: Cultural Awareness Day
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On top of the Historical Water Bucket
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From Left:Browyn, our coordinator and Angela from Pika Wiya
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Flying Doctor Service
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Our Coach: Miss Lindi!!
Sunday, September 11, 2005
` Sunday, September 11, 2005
Us and our winnings!
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me and the soft toys
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i really like this shot of the ferris wheel.
` Sunday, September 11, 2005
its been one week of non stop action and work in school that i've got barely enough time to sit down with some peace and quiet to reflect on whats been going on in my life. anyway, caught up on sleep over the past few days. that sure helped a lot. the politics and aboriginal essays seem to be driving everyone up the wall nowadays... it seems to me that this term has passed really fast and the mid term holiday is like one week away!! oh my oh my....
i was just having dinner downstairs in the kitchen when mike had his 21st celebrated by some of his frens. happy birthday mike! and welcome to the 21 gang. :) anyway, it just daunted on me that tomorrow's yuqiang's bdae! happy birthday qiang!! i know its pretty rough to have your birthday falling during the prelims' period but hang on k? i'm sure u'll do just fine...
just got back from badminton at hackney. badminton nowadays seems to be less and less fufiling. maybe its an indication that i should go pursue soccer and basketball instead. "random thoughts flowing....." i need to work up a sweat! went to the royal adelaide show on friday night. was a really good experience overall. basically its sort of like a funfair with the usual stuff around like games shops with those enticing large soft toys to attract pple like me to go play them when the odds of winning are simply low... the rides and showcases of dogs, cars, flowers and showbags with fireworks that don't really match up to the ones u see during NDP. hahah! just overspent slightly in the end cos everything there was so expensive... oops! but seriously i'm not joking... one game costs around 10 bucks and a ride is like 6 bucks. however, the show's something that u won't really get to see in singapore happening. so i guess its pretty much worth the experience. everyone was happy in the end i guess... eugene got his kermit frog in the end, i won a kermit frog, gau with her cool facepaint and white tiger(though it looked like a zebra initially...) , tiffany with her orange dragon(i think the dragon was nice.) and youwen with his big purple dice.
well, another week of school to rural week at Port Augusta... can't wait...
yufeng-out
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
` Tuesday, September 06, 2005
i guess i've not been blogging for nearly 1+ months now. well, basically there hasn't been much happenings around though. currently occcupied with a mppd aboriginal health essay and politics tutorial essay though. i must say that looking for journal articles aren't fun at all.... just had the rural week video conference session yesterday and i sure am looking forward to that one week of "fun". fyi, i will be headed to Port Augusta where it is supposed to have a GP who plays the guitar during dinner and nice sights to see! we have two resource sessions this week--not everyone's happy with this kind of arrangement though.... well i guess its just MEU...
i'm now happily seated in Huxley typing this entry. nice place, air conditioned, nice computers, working printer, not too many people come here--basically its good! what more could i ask for. But i guess after this entry goes up, more people will be visiting Huxley....
YUFENG-OUT