Medical Elective: Little Details on Arrival

First thing of course is to settle in, unpack the luggage and hang up the shirts and ties. That’s all part and parcel of traveling.
So the first thing is to head to the medical office of the university you’ve applied to. Probably there’ll be an office where one can speak to the electives officer one [...]

Hiatus for Traveling

Hello, hello. It’s been a fantastic 6 weeks of electives, but now I’m going to take the opportunity to travel about Canada. Time and internet connection might or might not be in short supply, so I’m going to just going to write entries on an irregular basis. Not that I haven’t during this busy elective [...]

Medical Elective: Final Thoughts on Neurology

Neurology and Neurosurgery are similar in so many ways. They’re like Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery. They’re like General Surgery and Gastroenterology. They’re like identical twin brothers… except they look really different, and actually have different genes.
Those are some of the most redundant, useless statements I’ve ever made.
I found Neurology both fascinating and frustrating at the [...]

Medical Elective: Final Thoughts on Neurosurgery Elective

The Neurosurgery elective was a thoroughly enjoyable experience. The focus of neurosurgery has never been about ward work, and it is reflected in the highly efficient speed rounds that are performed in the mornings. The patient care would have been impossible without the highly capable nursing staff who write down patient issues on clipboards on [...]

Overseas Electives: Meeting New Friends

J. has the remarkable fortune of having at least one relative at the place he did his overseas elective. Besides the obvious practical advantages of having a place to crash [at], a car NOT to crash, a guide to the city, presence of laundry/scrub cards, a person to share in the chores, one of my [...]

Toronto’s CN Tower

You know what they say, you go up one tallest-tower-in-the-world, you’ve gone up all of them.
Nevertheless, the day J. went to Toronto to meet JoT and girlfriend, the four of them (four? how do you do the math?) went to the CN Tower – Canada’s Wonder of the World. It’s 553 metres tall and is [...]

Review: Marble Slab Creamery (in London, ON)

The brothers met up with a lawyer friend from China for some tasty ice cream! Instead of settling for the cheap tub of ice cream in the refridgerator, they decided to drop by the North Row branch of Marble Slab Creamery (there’s another one Downtown):

The place was largely open space with a few seats pushed [...]

Church Worship Concert

Recently, at the invitation of a friend in Canada, J. attended a the North Park Community Church worship concert by Brian Doerksen (and band) with special guest Dan Macaulay (who opened the show for Brian Doerksen).
Tickets were priced at CA$21.00 at the door and CA$16.00 if pre-ordered. The show was supposed to start a 1930hrs [...]

Review: Mythic Grill (in London, ON)

Tired of eating at home, two brothers decided to go out for dinner. Looking up Restaurantica, they decided on Mythic Grill, ranked 9.3 based on 35 reviews. Most of the other highly ranked restaurants were based on 1-4 reviews, so the brothers were fairly certain Mythic Grill would turn out to be good.
The place is [...]

Adjusting to Canada: Humidity (of lack thereof)

Toronto and London, Ontario are not very dry places with humidity often ranging from 35-75%, in stark contrast to western Canada with places that can be classified as desert. Nonetheless, for someone who’s from Singapore with a humidity at or above 90%, it can get pretty dry.
And the key is to moisturise!
Hand and face moisturiser [...]