I was pretty tense when I woke up this morning. The preclinical subjects which would be covered in today’s exams were subjects taught about 10 years ago. I’d tried recramming a lot of those in the last few days.Took an autorickshaw to Bagayam where the exams were held and made a nervous entry into the exam hall.The first 40 minutes were multiple choice questions and they were a little tough. But I went through it peacefully.The next set of questions were then given to me and voila…. I couldnt help smiling. At least 2 questions I had hoped would come were staring me in the face. The rest of the questions were a mixture of stuff I’d read, I could…

The seconds tick past and every hour means less time to cram / daydream / vent / get psyched out by the exams. Time is zipping by at 3600 secs per hour while knowledge crawls at one page per hour. And in 34 hours more the cramming will turn to vigorous writing, scrawling, drawing and underlining as I try to prove my worthiness of an MD degree. Heck… why cant the hours and hours I spent in the wards with the babies simply be enough to convince these dudes about my ability! Guess not… so exams it will be…34 hours – 18 hours of sleep plus 3 hours of eating/coffee, 3 hours of daydreaming/empty thoughts, 4 hours of wwwebbing (uh!)….

I was reflecting on this week and realised that so many people are actually praying for MY exams and keep on encouraging me. The list is endless and I wont attempt to mention it all.Boopalan uncle and aunty from church told me “You are on our regular prayer list Benji. Now that we’ve retired and have no work, we have taken up praying for people as our job. WE PRAY FOR YOU EVERYDAY!”Everybody I bump into enquires if studies are going on OK.Today there was a paper reading in the department on a topic quite relevant to my exams. It almost got cancelled because the Nursery was really busy, but simply because it would be useful for me, everyone took…

Today raw fear about the exams hit me quite hard just before I packed up from the library to return to my room. I am pretty nervous about the exams, but for a few minutes I experienced how unprepared and worthless I seemed. In a way it’s good, but I hope that it spurs me on to study more…The best part of today was bumping into Santosh – my classmate at college. He’d been in Australia for a 6-month fellowship and had come back just a week ago. We talked in hushed tones in the library where we met and caught up on happenings. His career looks all set to take off and I hope he does well. I pondered…

I tried to read some Endocrinology today (that includes all stuff like your thyroid glands, adrenals, growth hormone, puberty etc etc) and it seemed quite volatile. I tried reading from 3 books and managed to cram in some knowledge. Will I remember it tomorrow? That’s the million-dollar question during this time of cramming and studying! I actually regret all the time I wasted before. I should advice my juniors to hit the books the day they join the course!! SMS of the day (courtesy Gladwin): Morning is God’s Way of saying: “One more time!” Live ur life… Make a difference…Touch 1 heart, encourage 1 mind.. & inspire 1 soul. Have a blessed morning..!Time Sent: 6-Sept-2006. 07:15:48Thanx for the great start…

Yup…. the title says it all….With just about 10 days left before my grand finale and exams I trudge on with a confused study schedule and trying to pick up every scrap of knowledge that I can get! Unfortunately sleep, the internet, daydreaming, music, laziness seem to think otherwise and the ultimate amount of time spent studying seems frightfully less. Today I got a call from Dr. Jana requesting me to help out with the afternoon OPD and I gladly agreed. It felt good to see babies again, examine them, flip them over, auscultate them, make faces at them and then speak to their moms about them. Unfortunately, rules state that to pass exams you need to writes long answer…

Been looking for innovative and newer ways to get my sites noticed more on the wwweb. I’ve never tried pay-per-click search engine placements, but finally I got tempted with this site – iNETTING.com which gives $5.00 free for advertising! So technically if I bid 1 cent for my site keywords per click, then I get 500 targetted visitors to my site. There are no extra fees or stuff – so I get debited only when someone searches for a keyword attached to my site and then actually scans the replies and clicks on my site link based on the title and description. Hopefully this means only genuine visitors will actually visit my site and spend time on it. What attracted…

The band that has really caught my attention the last week has been DOWNHERE.A couple of months ago Arpudh bragged about the band and then I listened to this awesome son called “The more” on air1’s radio station and I got hooked. As usual none of their CDs were available in India and finally I caught a great deal on Ebay and received 2 of their albums. Last week, I finally got down to listening to their self-titled debut album and it blew me away – both musically and lyrically. These guys have in-your-face lyrics that do not dilute or mask the message they preach. Catchy vocals and riffs and a strong message run through the whole album and I…

Another month has flown by!That means I need to decide what my favorite music for this month was. Lol… this month flew by so fast that I dont even remember what all albums I listened to. Lemme try to make a list though…Top 10 Songs for August1. Grace Like Rain – Todd Agnew2. Raincoat – Downhere3. Matchless – Aaron Shust4. This Man – Jeremy Camp5. Calmer of the Storm – Downhere6. Winds of Change – Kutless7. Only one thing – Todd Agnew8. God is Great – Hillsongs9. Good People – Audio Adrenaline10. Made to Worship – Chris Tomlin Top 5 albums for July1. Downhere – Downhere2. Grace Like Rain – Todd Agnew3. SonicFlood – SonicFLood4. Bloom – Audio Adrenaline5. Shout…

I’m not much of an astronomer. In fact I’m quite knowledgeless when it comes to anything beyond planet earth. Guess I’ve forgotten all the Physics I learnt in school. But recent debates about whether or not Pluto is a planet caught my attention. Ok, even now I can rattle off the nine planets in a row in one breath. And now I may have to remove that list etched in my permanent memory cells and relearn a different set it seems. It doesnt seem to be a new debate though. I picked up these links from 1999 about Pluto: 1. Is Pluto A Planet? Copyright 1998, John A. Stansberry 2. Ask an Astrophycisist (or however you spell that word!) I…