Hello everyone, I have finally got some photos up on the site - hurrah! Not a lot else to report at the moment, we are just in the hospital all day and planning our activities for the weekend. Last night we went for dinner at one of the hawker stalls next to the flats with the girls that I live with. They ordered for us in Chinese and picked out interesting things for us to try-all good fun! We had some sort of fungus soup followed by ginger chicken and fla...

Hello everyone, I hope you are all well. It has been a busy weekend here.... On Friday night we went to a nephrology conference that we were invited to by my consultant. We thought it was at another hotel but it turned out that it was being held in the Le Meridien Hotel next to the Hilton! We were both feeling a little scruffy but this was made worse by the fact that the hotel was also hosting a beauty pagent so there were immaculately dressed women ever...

Hello everyone, I spent the first night in my new flat last night and it was all fine and dandy. I'm sharing with five 3rd year Chinese Malaysian medical students who are all really friendly and generous. We sat up talking for a few hours last night. Helen and I also checked out the terrace and pool on the 5th floor which is all very swanky :) Last night we had to head into the city centre as Helen needed a sheet for her bed and I needed a pillow (somehow ...

Hey everyone, I bet you're amazed at how many entries I'm making! Actually, we have discovered that we have free internet access here at the university hospital, so we are planning to make the most of it over the next couple of weeks. Today we set off at 7am to take our bags to our new accommodation and to attend ward teaching. I met the girls in my flat and they are all very friendly and offered me space in their wardrobes etc. We have yet to meet anyone in...

Hey everybody, I hope you are all well. Today we went to the hospital and started our placements. Mum, you will be pleased to know that we have been placed in hospital accomodation (at the almighty price of two pounds fifty per day!) in a tower block next to the hospital. It has swipe card access and security guards on the gate, as well as a swimming pool! We are sharing flats with other female medical students who seem friendly. We have been allocated to w...