my week #237

This week was my last on my surgery assistantship and I felt super sad about it! I loved the team I was with and I really felt like I was useful during this time, doing discharge summaries, taking blood, scrubbing in when they needed someone, etc. It's made me all the more excited to do this next year and get paid for it all :)

My sister and I went to the Science Museum Lates on Wednesday and it was a lot of fun. They had a lot of interactive stalls and as someone who gets bored easily, this was a good thing! I would definitely recommend going to one if you're interested in a free (!) educational evening where it is acceptable to have a drink or two whilst still learning ;)

How has your week been?

my study week #17: revising revision notes

As a student, we all try and make revision notes that see plenty of use right before exams. However, I like to also revise these revision notes by making more focussed and condensed ones. I'm not quite sure how I do this (but once I figure it out, I'll share the process) but as a result, I have a few notebooks full of really random notes! I'm not sure how handy this all is for me but it seems to work. I'm quite an active student - reading alone does nothing for me - so making notes, rough or otherwise, seems to work well in aiding information retention.

During this note making process, I also use post-it notes and in fact, go through loads of them! They are handy for condensing little chunks of information, of which there are many in medicine.

What revision techniques work for you?

book review: harry potter and the cursed child

This summer, I read Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (HPATCC) and it's taken me this long to write a review! As a huge Harry Potter nerd, I read this in a few days and it didn't disappoint. I had heard rumours of various plot twists and whatnot but to me, it had a perfect balance of the unexpected coupled with some more predictable moments. If you didn't already know, HPATCC is in a script form so this is why it can be read so quickly. I was okay with this format but my sister didn't like it.

The description from Amazon.co.uk reads as follows:

"Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The play will receive its world premiere in London's West End on 30th July 2016. 

It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn't much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and father of three school-age children. 

While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places."

It was weird thinking of Harry as a father of three Hogwarts-aged children but it was fascinating to find out what himself, Ron and Hermione were doing. The plot twists that I referred to earlier kept me hooked and I liked the darker edge of the play compared to any of the seven novels. I've not yet seen the play but I definitely want to after reading this script. Overall, 8/10 for this from me because even though I didn't mind the script form, novels are more my thing.

my week #236

This week was a busy one - one of my friends was left the country on Thursday and won't be back until Christmas so we met up on Wednesday. My Swedish learning on Duolingo is progressing well and I noted down a few phrases in my planner this week :)

How has your week been?