Quite amazing, thinking that this is my 100th blog post! I think it started 4 years ago (or 3 and a half) - so that's about 1 post every 10 days or so, which is remarkable seeing that I haven't posted anything since January!
The first half of the year has been quite fun - settling in after marriage, Sal going away to China and seeing a whole different health system, moving to a new place, and working in ICU (finally, a place at work where I actually feel like I belong - so I might be looking at a career here long term).
It has been a great time of experiencing God's grace and mercy - in his providence he has given us a feeling of settledness about our relationship, a sense of direction about career.
The second half of the year will be interesting - and we will be deciding and finding out where we'll be headed next year (in terms of jobs, specialisation etc). I'm hoping to do anaesthetics/ICU - this is offered at most hospitals in a package called a critical-care year, combining jobs in emergency, anaesthetics and intensive care - and have applied to several different places, in hope of finding one that will take me under their wing, and train me up.
Anaesthesia seems like a good long-term option. I really enjoy ICU - but then, with the vision of participating in the medical missions field down the track, anaesthetics seems like a more portable (useful) specialty. Anaesthesia also serves as a great co-specialty and pathway into the ICU specialty. I guess I'll find out what the whole scene is like, and see whether this is for me. Sometimes, finding your role in this world (career-wise) is not a matter of a dramatic calling - it may be as simple as falling into an area where you feel comfortable, and I'm sure that God can (and does) use this as a means of saying that one can serve well in this way.
Watch this space!
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Thursday, January 10, 2008
New Year...
Another new year, another blog entry, time to turn over a new leaf. I don't know about you, but I'm surprised that I'm writing in my blog again! Consumed with busyness over the past few months (yes, ever since starting that dreaded neurosurgery term) I never thought I would see the day when I would have both the time and mindset to compile thoughts to bring here again. Alas, I'm here - with so much (yet so little!) to talk about.
Many of you will know the biggest event of the last year for me has just passed - about a month ago! All I know to say is that God has been smiling so much upon me in bringing Sal and I together in marriage. It has been a fun time, getting used to one another, learning to love each other more and more, and doing everything together, mundane or thrilling. It really is about being together as one, in all circumstances, whether good or bad, sick or healthy, rich or poor - indeed even when right beside one another or on opposite ends of the globe. Our identity is now the paradoxical two-but-one, one-but-two, and we will probably be constantly trying to grasp what this concept really means for the rest of our lives!
Our wedding was a truly fun-filled occasion, and it was amazing, seeing friends from all different facets of our combined lives all gathered in one spot. Thank God that things went smoothly, and for turning on nice weather for us. I think we were quite blurred and hazy by the end of the day, and sometimes it felt strange being there - almost like watching a fairytale from outside. If something went awry, I imagine I would have snapped out of this mode and back to reality - but it all went so quickly, so well, that by the time we arrived at the hotel, it was like we couldn't believe we had just gotten married, a truly ethereal state!
Anyhow, if we didn't realise it then, we had each other to remind ourselves of our husband-and-wifeness over the next week. We flew south, to Launceston, and explored the sunny east coast, settling in Swansea for a few days, and exploring the Freycinet peninsula on foot and on kayak, with stomachs full of the freshest oysters! Then we had a few days in wintry Cradle Moutain, where the weather kept us inside for much of the time. Never mind though, the wallabies came to our verandah, and we were lucky enough to get a relatively unclouded glimpse of Cradle mountain from Marion's lookout. Our way back to Launceston was dotted with raspberry and chocolate tastings, and we traipsed through Cataract gorge park alongside peacoks on our last day before coming back home.
I have to say, it's been a difficult thing going back to work. Neurosurgery is by nature a very busy job, and I don't think I was really in the right mood to return to stresful, taxing hours just yet. A few more days holiday would have been just what I needed! But, indeed I am grateful not to be trading places with those whose care I am charged with each day.
Thank God for the past month, for all the enjoyment it has brought, and for the love He gives! Thanks for His constant grace too, for us to go on. Thanks to God also that I can keep this little corner of cyberspace alive! Before I go, I want to wish everyone a great New Year, filled with abundant blessings from our Father above, from Him who knows how to give good things too His children!
Many of you will know the biggest event of the last year for me has just passed - about a month ago! All I know to say is that God has been smiling so much upon me in bringing Sal and I together in marriage. It has been a fun time, getting used to one another, learning to love each other more and more, and doing everything together, mundane or thrilling. It really is about being together as one, in all circumstances, whether good or bad, sick or healthy, rich or poor - indeed even when right beside one another or on opposite ends of the globe. Our identity is now the paradoxical two-but-one, one-but-two, and we will probably be constantly trying to grasp what this concept really means for the rest of our lives!
Our wedding was a truly fun-filled occasion, and it was amazing, seeing friends from all different facets of our combined lives all gathered in one spot. Thank God that things went smoothly, and for turning on nice weather for us. I think we were quite blurred and hazy by the end of the day, and sometimes it felt strange being there - almost like watching a fairytale from outside. If something went awry, I imagine I would have snapped out of this mode and back to reality - but it all went so quickly, so well, that by the time we arrived at the hotel, it was like we couldn't believe we had just gotten married, a truly ethereal state!
Anyhow, if we didn't realise it then, we had each other to remind ourselves of our husband-and-wifeness over the next week. We flew south, to Launceston, and explored the sunny east coast, settling in Swansea for a few days, and exploring the Freycinet peninsula on foot and on kayak, with stomachs full of the freshest oysters! Then we had a few days in wintry Cradle Moutain, where the weather kept us inside for much of the time. Never mind though, the wallabies came to our verandah, and we were lucky enough to get a relatively unclouded glimpse of Cradle mountain from Marion's lookout. Our way back to Launceston was dotted with raspberry and chocolate tastings, and we traipsed through Cataract gorge park alongside peacoks on our last day before coming back home.
I have to say, it's been a difficult thing going back to work. Neurosurgery is by nature a very busy job, and I don't think I was really in the right mood to return to stresful, taxing hours just yet. A few more days holiday would have been just what I needed! But, indeed I am grateful not to be trading places with those whose care I am charged with each day.
Thank God for the past month, for all the enjoyment it has brought, and for the love He gives! Thanks for His constant grace too, for us to go on. Thanks to God also that I can keep this little corner of cyberspace alive! Before I go, I want to wish everyone a great New Year, filled with abundant blessings from our Father above, from Him who knows how to give good things too His children!
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