My teenage bro!!

How hard can it be?
To sit in one place for atleast half an hour to do your homework.
To be available for lunch and dinner on the dining table with family.
To be sleeping and waking up on time so you dont miss your school bus.
Since forever, we were worried abt my younger brother sitting on computer games for hours together, about his notebooks being incomplete so we dont have to hear his teachers complain, about him eating junk food all the time rather than healthy.
After so many years, now, the worry list has a whole new level!
We are bothered that he hangs out with his friends till 1am, hoping he's not falling in a bad company. We are worried about him trying out stuff which cud be harmful for his health, about his future as for him studying is not even the last thing on his to-do list for the day!! He plays football and has literally fractured the bones in his feet 3 times or may be more!
There is not a single day when he doesnt shock us. His best friend having a girlfriend! Oh my! Look at your age kido! Driving a car without license! Mocking their class teacher! And this list can go on for a bit!
Was it that we were a better batch of kids who respected every word our elders had to say and we still do! Why is it that kids have become so difficult to be in control today. They do what they like, they say what they like, they are just not ready to take any advice!
There is a very thin line between what is right and what is wrong and my brother is not at the age to understand that now, and i really wonder if he ever will! We cant take control over someone else's life because we love them and care for them. All we can do is trust them and pray for them.
Day by day, i see my brother growing up, having more friends than the day before, being more concerned about his facebook than his homework, spending much time on his hair gel than with family. I hope he grows up into a gentleman with good values and principles. Make us proud as we have high hopes on him! After all he's my one and only 15 year old brother!!!
Love you bro!! (despite the fact that you made fun of me last night:( )

Civilisation..What's that??!!

Living in eight biggest metropoliton city in the world whre the population is 12,5 million, i learnt a lot of things about life.
One of which is about the need of civilisation in the people of my country.
Being in the 21st century, in the year 2010, its really a sad situation that there is literally 'zero' civic sense amoung the people out here.
Im not making any conclusions about the majority here, but this is just a perspective of a person working in a hospital, using public transport on a daily basis. Well.. basically having to deal with the public of the city where ever i go!!
An exapmle of the metro for now...
We have been taught to offer our seat to elderly, children and pregnant ladies. We have heard this like a million times even while we travel on the recorded tape which is on repeat mode for like every 5 minutes but the men out here dont have this courtesy. They are way too selfish to offer a seat.
Another one from the metro...
While my station is just a min away, i prefer to walk towards the door so i dont get stuck inside by the huge crowd bombarding in! There have been times when the passengers wanting to get outside are unable to get out due to the impatient public on the station wanting to get in first even before letting us outside. (As if there is free food which they will miss if they dont get in first!!) I still dont understand what's the hurry???!! The metro is not going to shut doors without notice and there is enough time to get in without punching and hitting the other poor people trying to travel in peace.
People here dont have the decency to use the words 'excuse me', the prefer hitting you with their elbows and pushing you instead.
The condition in the public buses is even more horrifying. I shouldnt even start talking about it!
We also see the ones owning cars behaving no less better. They park their car right in the middle of the road, blocking the entire lane behind causing inconvinience to many. But not 1% of sensibilty to park at the designated areas.
So its not just the poor but also the rich who behave like uneducated. This is really sad and we cant expect everyone to behave in a civilised manner.
People are aware about this but they take pride in hurting the other as if they won some medal. They take pride in the fact they own a car and can park it on any road they want.
The attitude itself is completely wrong and even if 1 changes, it'll make no difference as to survive in this city, u sadly have to become like them. Uncivilised.

Happiness

I was never a rain person. I detested the after-effects. The dirty puddled water, the mosquitoes, the humidity, the clothes getting stained with dirty water splashes and taking forever to wash them clean and the list can go on for a while!! I never related rain with something to be happy about. I had always hated it and never enjoyed. Though, i used to enjoy havin a warm cup of tea by the window n watching the rain from inside my room as long as the drops dont fall over me!!
But since the time i realised how precious life is, i feel joy in da small things of everyday life, i cherish the simple things :)
We take stress for so many useless unnecessary things every hour of every day that we forget to smile. We forget how amazing this life is and how much more meaningful it can be if our attitude and choices are right.
I feel happy when i hear the voices of my loved ones, im far away from them and i miss them so much , when i see kids from my window playing hide and seek, remembering my childhood days.
I feel happy when i eat!! and for that matter anything i eat!!! :) im a big foodie!! When i have my tea!! (i am an addict by the way!!)
I feel happy when i get a peaceful sleep, from which im deprived mostly due to the routine changing everyday!
I feel happy to see some one else happy!
And now, I actually feel happy when it rains and i would love to go out and enjoy gettin wet in it too!!!!
So i wish happiness to all you lovely people!!!! :)
Keep Smiling!
Cheers!!

Love my Job!

Officially i am just an intern at a govt hospital and supposed to be taking my work very easy as i have no responsibilities and no body judges me based on my medical knowlegde or skills, everybody around is willing to teach and give us chances to learn and not blaming us for any mistakes whatsoever is exactly opposite of wht im doin rite now!!
I have been working in this pvt hospital as a resident medical officer since 4 months now... not dat i have a huge amount of patients or good money dat they pay me but i jus cant stay home doin nothing n jus waiting for time for lunch or time for dinner or time to sleep!!! Oh.. except time to sleep!!! :)
I started off with just once a week duty on saturdays, but since one of the permanent doctors hav left, i go almost 3- 4 times in a week which includes 16 hour nite shifts as well. If i manage to catch some sleep then its great but if not i hate to work at nights as when im deprived of sleep, i get cranky and certainly not in any mood to listen to my patients complaining or anyone complaining!! The sister wakes me up saying, "Doctor!! Ward 2 bed no. 10 says he is having gas!!!" Thats when i get mad, i wonder in my head.. "why? why? oh why????? ward 2 bed no. 10 gorges up food at dinner and then unable to produce flatus.. tooooooo baddddd!! Not for the patient but for meeee!!! " and then i respond to the sister.. "yeah ill jus b thre to see him" The sister reminds me "Doctor, its the female patient who is admitted with pulmonary TB" and then i start wondering in my head... "Shittttt!! i need to get a mask first, no i need to wash my eyes first, drink water, then get my steth and then a face mask, so she doesnt end up coughing on my face, and even though examining her is of no benefit as i know she wil complain of pain if i palpate, stil i need to do so, so tht the patient is happy that she was successful in waking the duty doctor and got her meds at 3 am!! She was not even admissted for her abdominal symptoms!! Crap!!" So i ask the sister, "have u given her anything yet??" Sister informs me, "Not yet Doctor, first u should go and see her." Again in my head "Yeah Yeahhhhhh i got thattttt!!!!!" I then drag myself to the washroom and look at myself and wonder "Wow i still look fresh!!" wash my face and then get back to the table, grab my steth and go to ward 2 bed no. 10 and ask "Wht is ur problem mata ji???!!! why cant u sleeeeeep???" (and thats whn i realise i dint put my face mask on!!! but too late!!) She says, "Doctor saab, i have too much gas in my tummy and its painful so i cant sleep." I then palpate her and reassure her saying, "u will be just fine, im going to tell the sister to give u an injection for ur pain." The patient just nods. I go to the sister telling her wht she shud giv and then try to catch my sleep but just in about 20 mins the sister comes to me saying "thre is a patient is casuality." I think, "OFCOURSE THRE IS!!!!" I get out of my bed and grab my steth and a pen and go to the casualty and see this guy who's smelling of alcohol though im 10meters away from him!!!! I observe that he has multiple supeficial wounds all over his upper limbs and lower limbs. I ask him a few questions that would be my concern, "Whts ur name?" He replies,"Z" i ask him "Z, wht happened to u?" He replies, "I was walkin on the road and this car hit me when i fell and got injured" In my head.."U drunked fellow!!! cant u stay indoors instead of wandering on the roads and bumping into some car!!" Then i ask him,"Did u hit ur head?" He says, "No!" Ahhhhh.. big relief!!! I ask him,"Are u sure??" He thinks for a moment and says," No i dint hit my head." Phewwwww!! "So u dint lose ur conciousness and did not vomit?" i asked. "No madam" he says. I tell the sister, "Please dress the superficial wounds, give him a shot of TT and a Voveron and pleaseeeee send him home!" Then i head back to hit the bed and jus before i could even sit on it, the phone in my room rings and i answer, " hello!" the receptionist says " Doctor, thres a patient in casualty and looks serious!!!"
I put the phone down, tak a moment to pray,"God, whtever this patient might have, i hope to make right decisions to treat him/her without causing any harm"
So no matter how busy my duties are or how much deprived of sleep i am, i just love being a Doc!! I am thankful to God and my parents to beleive in me that i could be one. :) I am trying to be a good one. :)
I have a night shift today which will start in about 2hrs and all im hoping is that thre is no patient who falls sick between 1 am to 6 am!!!! :)