Sorry about the ambiguous/grouchy post. I'm over my funk now. My parents and sibling are still in England with "The Family" but the house is no longer messy and the cleaning lady's back to her once a week visit. The real reason for this is because my boyfriend decided he might as well live with me and keep me company over the holidays. I feel compelled to pull my weight around the house now that it's inhabited by more than one person but I'm having a pill of a time dealing with his need to assert the holiday season. ("It's Christmas. Christmas. Christmas.")
Perhaps it's because my childhood Christmases were generally a lesson in jetlag and culture shock but I've never really taken to the holiday season. I have vague recollections of trying to stay awake at the utterly terrifying dinner tables while relatives I'd never met before would thrust all manner of objects into my pockets. (When you're six years old, having sashimi, kimchi and roasted animals on the same table is like being confronted by aliens.) As both sets of my grandparents are Korean expats living in England/Japan, it's up to my parents to decide which side of the family we'll be spending the holidays with. Don't ask me how or why it works-- I've decided it's simpler just to hate globalisation and marvel at how my parents manage to stay so conservative despite it all.
Perhaps it's because my childhood Christmases were generally a lesson in jetlag and culture shock but I've never really taken to the holiday season. I have vague recollections of trying to stay awake at the utterly terrifying dinner tables while relatives I'd never met before would thrust all manner of objects into my pockets. (When you're six years old, having sashimi, kimchi and roasted animals on the same table is like being confronted by aliens.) As both sets of my grandparents are Korean expats living in England/Japan, it's up to my parents to decide which side of the family we'll be spending the holidays with. Don't ask me how or why it works-- I've decided it's simpler just to hate globalisation and marvel at how my parents manage to stay so conservative despite it all.
I'm not sure how seriously I'll be taking the Christmas thing this year. I've got a feeling I'm going to be roped into cooking and decorating a plastic tree so we'll see how it goes. We've decided to exchange gifts this year and I'm trying to... subtly... hint... that I would like a Littman Cardiology III with burgundy tubing. (Because, you know, all first years need their own embarrassingly excessive stethoscope to go with those hyperinflated egos.) A few months after this hilarious event, Partner bit the bullet and finally went to our medsoc bookshop and bought himself the cardio III in navy, giving me steth-envy. (I've been using a ratty, second hand Welch Allyn. Not very useful if you're trying to auscultate S3 with the bell but it still looks impressive when draped around your neck, a la Hollywood.)
In all seriousness though, I just need a practical student's steth.
1 comments:
You got style :-) I carry a burgundy Litmann's only mine is a classic IIE cardio 1 was a bit too expansive for my pocket. It picked up my functional tricuspid regurg, so very cool. Hope u get urs.Happy holidays :)
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