Best day so far

Today is the start of another new week. Will be doing one week of cardiology starting from today. Went for ward rounds this morning and had quite an enjoyable time. Saw cases of mitral stenosis secondary to rheumatic heart disease, aortic insufficiency etc. All the patients have beautiful murmurs and thrills to examine. The doctors in cardio are very pro teaching, quite a stark difference from medicine.

Just came back from our weekend trip a few hours ago. We arrived at Bangalore at 3.30am after lots of bumps, cold wind in the face, and butt flying off the chair. We reached Mysore on Monday, didn’t like the place very much because they have very persistent hawkers who like to harass girls like me who look so obviously like a tourist. We went to the maharaja’s palace which was very pretty and grand, but the locals say taj mahal is way better. We traveled up to Ooty (a hill station) on Saturday, it is a beautiful place. The weather is excellent and the people are nice. That day has been my favourite day in India so far. Went to this lake (in the middle of the hills, dunnoe how it’s possible), and played bumper cars and Viking. The funniest thing is the guys are all so scared! Nathan, who so bravely purchased the tickets, backed out last minute when the ride was starting saying that he ate too much for lunch. He gave his ticket to kok pin who was equally scared. Pinakin wasn’t that brave either. Haha. It’s really quite hilarious. Bought lots of tea back home (ooty is famous for tea), and bought cute little Indian outfits for my little cousin and nephews. Haven’t bought anything for myself yet, surprisingly.

On Sunday, we went to coonoor, it was ok. The weather was still great, but nothing much to see. I have to talk about my bathing experience in Ooty! On Sunday morning, everybody had to wake up at 730 am to get hot water to bathe. It’s really cold there and they boil water using firewood on the roof for us to bathe. So it’s really precious and stressful. I bathed first and I was so worried that Yvonne won’t have any hot water to bathe all throughout my shower. It’s really one of the most stressful bathing experience man.