Starting Out My Journey As a Doctor to Be

Saturday, July 25, 2009

50th AMSA Convention - Take 2

Monday

it was the grand opening of the 50th AMSA Convention. and i was surprised that many people actually turned up for that event. especially after the very late night out on Sunday. But anyway, the point is, it was indeed a very GRAND opening.

this is the the National President of AMSA Tiffany Fulde

and the saying that you can either only have the brain OR the look is so not true. some poeple just have it all.
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and so if she the 2009 Brisbane AMSA Convenor Elizabeth Hayem

The Governor of Queensland, Her Excellency Penelope Wensley was invited to the Opening Ceremony.

and she is one remarkable woman. It will take me an hour to write down what she has achieved (and i dun have that patience) so i suggest you utilize wikipedia. :) She gave us a very inspiring talk on health issues *duh* but it was a shame that i kind of tuned off 30 mins into her speech. i was still receovering from my jet lag you see. *excuse excuse and more excuses*
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Speakers on board were:
Lincoln Hall

a famous Mt. Everest Survival who lost half of his distal phalanx to frost bite when he was left to die at Mt Everest and still doing rock climbing despite the fact that his touch sensory has greatly decreased since then.
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Nick Earls, a doctor turned writer

the funniest speakers of all. he told us stories about his life as a medical student, how he couldn't live up to his mother's expectations, who is also a doctor herself, expectations such as having a human liver thrown at him while doing dissection, expectation of not studying too hard as a young medical student. it was good fun. oh and he also told us baout how he got through med school, more specifically passed his last exam to become a doctor, by divine intervention. it somehow involved a pope. and it was the most unbelievable funny story i have ever heard.
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next up, Tania Major

the advocate for indigenous health. she is young and bold. some one who you really have to look up to.
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and last but not least.

Social Night.

Theme: Ancient Civilization

Club: The Chalk

mel was refused entry into the club. reason - malaysia ID is not recognizable in Brisbane. oh i mean the Chalk in Brisbane. we had no problem going to other venues (of course after having to point out that our birth date is incorperated into our ID number and 890307 stands for 7th March 1989 etc. every single time). Anyway, we were stucked outside the club, with a very drunk AMSA delegate so we decided to just leave and headed out for dinner instead.

and i am glad we did. it was a quiet night out with no hectic music people randomly making out.

and decent food too!

have i told u that the day before i had the worst fried rice ever. it was more like steamed rice, soaked into oil, mixed with half cooked peas and carrots, 3 prawns and some very few scrambled egg DEBRIS. that's what it was and i din exaggerate a bit. not even a bit bit. so i really really enjoyed the dinner ;)

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