Medical School on the Brain again...

Oh Lovely...

It's been indeed a lazy and up most quiet day at work and I decided to stumble on some old medical student blogs that I have always read in the past.

With my previous postings about people who I have known have passed away, I am thinking to myself that I am entering make or break mid-thirties and what I am going to do with my life. I got a beautiful girl who I love dearly, marriage and family plans and of course world travel. We agreed to each other that we cannot strive in once place for long as the boredom will extirpate us both.

What will I do with my life-long passion of entering the field of Medicine? These questions have been floating around in my head since my darling has finished her University Degree.

Volunteer in the ER again? Talk to my family Doctor? Plan a road map?

Perhaps being older and more diverse in my personal and professional life will give me the tenacity to reach such ambitions.

Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

It's been almost a whole year since I have composed a blog so I might as well start again cause it is the only way that you can look back on and review things that have crossed path with yourself...

I finally took upon myself and watch this famous last exuberant lecture given by Randy Pausch. For those who don't know Randy, he has recently passed away with pancreas cancer. He dedicated his last lecture to achieving your childhood dreams which has been a tremendous inspiration to people around the world.

You can watch the lecture online at Youtube or read the online transcript.

So the big question pounders my thoughts... What are my childhood dreams? (in no particular order)

1. Climb Mount Kilimanjaro - I always wanted to climb one of the world highest summits and looking back to the adversities and accomplishments to make it to the top
2. Become a Medical Doctor - I remembered the day that a relative came up to me before my grandmother's funeral and asked me what I wanted to be when I grow up because it would be the best time to tell her before she rises to the heavens. During my speech, I told my grandmother that I will become a doctor so I can cure people and ease their pain and suffering.
   
3. Travel on every Continent in the World - I am not there yet however I have managed to experience many different cultures already and my task is not done yet.
4. Give an Inspirational Speech to People that I don't know - I always felt that I was very different and faced many challenges / adversities. I just want to pass on the information to others and let them know that they are not alone.
5. Trek the West Coast Trail - Canada has lots of mountains and trails however there is this particular one that I want to do because of it's vast landscape views and the history.
6. Meet Michael Gannotti in Person- Michael is a teacher who converted to IT and has passions and has unbelievable followers located around the world with his Sharepoint position at Microsoft.

Patient Care...

While I am working in the trenches of Information Technology ER department at Unis Hanoi, I am indeed pulling 12-14 hours shift like hours, 7 days a week making sure that all my computer-patients are stable, on their medications and completing their treatment program before the school's opening on August 21, 2006.

In the real medical industry, an article in the LA times has shown me a big need for medical doctors as patient care is becoming more in demand. Click here to read the article.

mmm (scratching the hairs of wisdom).... I was studying pre-medicine... perhaps a time to think about finishing it.