2010: I was fascinated by my mother's successes. I would watch her give her all at work, then come home to do the same for us as the words "Hard work always wins" bounced around as the screensaver on her laptop. 2018: I used to watch
One of my school friends had a baby last year and just bought a house, one of my friends just got a pilot licence and is travelling the world, a random couple on the internet is renovating an age-old castle (I learnt that the temperature can only be raised by
I love how my mother's soft hands with the one gold ring feel on my face. I can recall the pencil dent on G's forefinger during exam time. My sister's hands always feel like fresh Play-Doh because she washes them 20 times/day. From
When I was younger, we went on a road trip to Scotland. It was the first time my family bought a GPS for the car. It was a Garmin, with a blue arrow showing the way. My sister and I would sit in the back seat, begging to hold it.
Hysteria is a greek word that translates to mean 'uterus'. In the past, mental illness in women were blamed on their 'wandering uterus' that was believed to travel around the body, causing problems. Throughout the centuries, there have been wild theories and practices to diagnose and
"Hey! Are you free? We could go get free pizza at Union Square. They're giving free pizza to Freshers," I messaged AS over four years ago. She responded within seconds, saying, "Yeah, sure. Should I meet you outside in 5 minutes?" We ate our
My uncle goes on walks almost everyday. I've sometimes seen the blue sky and the dangling wires of the earphones more than his face when my mum video calls him. In the summer, we visited my uncle, aunt and my cousins in the US. What fascinated me the
A few months ago, I was studying to pass my medical school final exams. This means packing food to eat in the library, trying hard not to cry when I couldn't answer questions on a topic that I had just studied a day ago, and complaining about how
I remember a gift my friend gave me seven years ago. It was a phone case with the words, "Should I stay or should I go?" It was a reference to a Netflix series that I liked called, 'Stranger Things'. I've been writing on
It has been a busy couple of days. Watching both the sunrise and the sunset on the commute to and from hospital placement. In the morning when I wake up, and when I go to sleep at night, I find myself fighting sleep. It feels like I am living my
Two years ago, during my summer holidays I travelled to India alone and visited my grandmother's house in a rural town. I spent a few days there with her. She'd wake up early to visit the fields, and I'd coop up reading in the
This is the last week of my general practice placement. We usually have little control over which clinic we are placed in, it's the medical school lucky draw. You could be placed in one which is a ten minute walk from your accommodation, or you could be placed