This essay will be in two parts, here is the first one. There is this common question that is supposed to be introspective. “What would you do differently if you could go back in time knowing what you know now?” My answer is very simple: “I will not be applying to study medicine and surgery.” I got the inspiration to write this on the day of my class's official picture day. The pictures are supposed to be in our class yearbook, which is supposed to serve as a reminder of the time we spent at UNN College of Medicine. I don't want a reminder of my time here, and I don't want anyone to remember I was here. This is not borne out of the fact that I refused to allow people in or that I had no friends or people that I am not grateful for. This was not borne out of the fact that I do not have happy memories from my time here. It is just that when it all comes down to it, I ask myself, at what cost? Remember that scene in Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame , where Wanda tells Tha...
Hey! How has the new year been? Pretty awesome, right? And I thought of what better way to start this year than with a book review. I got to read this book, last year after I read someone’s commentary on the book of Esther which spurred me to look for other stories or commentary about women in the bible. While I was searching for another book, I stumbled on a work of fiction by Francine Rivers(FR), “The Lineage Of Grace” . She did a retelling of this story based on biblical accounts but filling in the outline of those stories with dialogue and helping us take a step back in time and to understand the culture and environment these women find themselves in and how they ended up being the only women mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus. Unveiled: The story of Tamar (Genesis 37:1-38:30). She started the story by giving us a backstory of Judah. Tamar was a Canaanite married to Judah’s son, Er. She was faithful in service to her new family, to the point of embracing t...
Something I was conscious of doing this year was to write down the things I learnt in the year, even if the processes involved in learning those lessons were not served in platters of gold or found on the smoothest of rides, I am so grateful for these lessons because they helped me in the process of becoming. This is going to be a long list, so strap yourself in. Source: Pexels.com Ylanite koppens 1. Burnouts are inevitable if you don't know when to rest. I would say this is the most important lesson I learnt this year seeing that I was burnt out early in the year after concluding my exams and to be honest, I will say I am still recovering from the aftermath of that burnout. I will say maybe it became a transition of sorts, it was so bad and exhausting, and I hope to never find myself in such a situation again. 2. Rest is not a luxury, it is a necessity. Just to show how important the first lesson was, I learnt to stop saying I can’t afford to have a rest. I mean, burnout i...
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