New Year 2007
Happy new year to all of you out there. I met my new year on the shores of AD new Cornish. The rationalist in me took opportunity to reflect on past experiences and the dreamer thought ahead. I looked back at 2006 as I passed it by and decided that on the whole it was a good year. It brought new lessons about myself and the world around me that will stay with me for the coming years. I was less nice to people, less caring about what others want/think and more focused on me. I did not shed any friends purposely as far as I remember but I did not invest as much time, effort and commitment as I should have in personal relations that mattered to me. I revived my interest in comparisons between Platonic, Spinozic and religious views of the cosmos. I strengthened some of my believes and shed few I was led to adopt by a traditional education system/up-bringing. I became a more mature doctor content with the fact that some people die no matter what you do them and yourself in the process. I am now better at leaving hospital problems in the hospital as soon as I leave. I also feel I started to have a happy balance between my professional life and my personal life.
My 2007 resolution:
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- Do MRCP (Membership of the Royal College of Physicians) part 1.
- Do the Canadian entry exam.
- Finish the bloody TB audit.
- Publish a paper.
- Read all Richard Dawkins books.
- Read more about management in preparation for an MBA (which I will do in an other life maybe where I am not a doctor or medicine is not as demanding)
- Do more personality tests.
- Socialise more.
- Look after my business better.
- Do more photography.
- Actually USE my gym membership!
- Go sky diving.
- Cook a little bit more (I actually used to cook a lot till 18 months ago. Now all my kitchen ventures involve no more than accessing the microwave, and/or the takeout menus folder)
January 1st, 2007 at 5:50 pm
Happy new year doc!!! wishing you all the best in the coming year…. lol @ go sky diving, hate u!!! i wana go too!!!!
u desereve all the best… bel tawfeeeg inshallah
January 1st, 2007 at 5:55 pm
Richard Dawkins of The God Delusion? The pro-atheism author?
Why?
January 1st, 2007 at 6:29 pm
Happy New Year to you too, and congrats on your new template design..
The only two common new year resolution I have with you is
to publish a paper (which might be a little difficult now that I am preparing to my royal college exam) and go sky diving (easier once my exam is done).
Good luck in fulfilling your goal.
January 1st, 2007 at 6:36 pm
Happy new year e3ashig, take me with you when you go sky diving!
January 1st, 2007 at 6:56 pm
3eedik mbarak and happy new year…
somehow, this year, I haven’t thought of any resolutions!
January 1st, 2007 at 7:48 pm
3eidkm mbarak, welcome home, & happy new year …
Once every now and then we create for ourselves new years in the middle of the year… a point where we set new objectives, adjust the previous ones and try to move on again…
i remember almost same time last year you wrote your resolutions for 2006 … try to stick to this yeár’s plan.. ;) best of luck and happy new year again ..
p.s.
Quote:
New year resolution:
1.Get out more and do more exercise.
2.Post in my journal more.
3.Catch up with old friends.
4.Get my business up on its feet.
5.Get a D-SLR and do more photography.
6.Do more diving (and get a new logbook).
7.Find out more about my ancestors and my genetic journey.
8.Pull this together.
End of Quote
:)
January 2nd, 2007 at 11:52 am
Let me know when you will go sky diving please and good luck with the rest
of the stuff ;)
January 2nd, 2007 at 12:38 pm
Happy New Year to you and to all of ur website fans..
Best of luck in ur career as a doctor and with ur “year 2007″ plan.. May u fulfill the whole list enshalla.
May Allah lead you towards a successful life, always!
January 4th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
thanks for everyone who wished me a happy new year
robicon, yes indeed that is the guy. I am a person who likes to examin the other view point before dismissing it even when I am sure as hell of my own moral standing. We all hate cancer but we study it passionatly dont we? The God Delusion is an intimidating title that can put off alot of people. I have not read it yet but it certainly is on my list.
(…..) -> yeah I looked at those before writing my current resolution and decided not to address them in specefic itemiser manner. ;p
January 9th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
i like the new layout better than the old one…and the updating frequency has gone up, impressive! more hospital anecdotes please, those are always interesting! i just read the post about alnseem…i’m so glad to know such places still exist in the uae…i’ll try to find it on google maps :D
all these ppl finishing around me are encouraging…keep it up guys :)
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