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Present the case

"Present the case." said the specialist as he stood by the patient's bedside, staring at me. Yes, I was the junior house officer who reviewed the case this morning, and yes, I am supposed to present.  So I did, with my heart pounding inside. "This is a 48 year old gentlemen, came in yesterday with....bla bla bla.  I opened up the patient's case notes, trying to look for my review this morning, but suddenly the file was grabbed by the specialist. I was stunned.  Speechless.  "You reviewed the patient this morning right? Why do you need to look at the case note? You should remember what you reviewed!", said the specialist while staring angrily at me.  Another senior houseman chimed in, trying to help me in the situation by presenting the case too, as she knew well about the case.  "Did I ask you to present?" ask the specialist to the senior house officer. The senior house officer kept quiet and looked down and looked at me, sig...
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Wake up at 3.00 AM

It was a cold morning, still dark outside, with my air-con blowing out cold air at twenty degrees.  I woke up, searching for the air-con remote, fixing it to a more bearable temperature and went back under my thick comfy blanket.  I thought, "Is it five o'clock already?"  As I checked my phone, it shows 3.30am.  "Owh.. it wasn't the alarm then.  It is me."  Dear readers, waking up early in the morning at around 2-3am I believe happens to some, if not all of us.  I used to have these wake ups frequently before, and it made me wonder, why does my body wake up so early, when it should be resting? This post is my personal opinion, so feel free to accept or reject it as you read along.  There were times when I continuously wake up at 3am.  Exactly 3.00 am on the dot.  When this happened, it scared me,  Scared me so much that I was afraid to go back to sleep.  So I end up listening to gospel songs until I didn't realize I over...
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