QuaintR is all about two young healthcare professionals on their bumpy way to find the road to balance, happiness and nice recipes in life. This blog is a way of sharing their everyday adventures.
Queck Curious. Strong headed. Bubbly. Passionate. Creative. Medical Doctor. Still a bit diffident.
Roosje Medical Herbalist. Huggable. Floaty. Enthusiastic. Creative. Energetic. Stubborn. Medical student.Elementary school: 8 years
High school A-level: 6 years
Medicine (university): 6 years
And now in the first year (of three) to become a nursing home physician...I've spent 84% of my life so far on a school!
Lees verderMe: my brother picking me up from the station and driving me to where i needed to go
She: going with her brother to a college to check out new courses
He: burying his rat (which had been in the freezer for over a month)
Okay, i know i don't always pronounce things the right way... But sometimes it might not be me... I mean a z is pronounced as 'zed' not as 'zee' (at least from my point of view). By the way, it makes it easier to distinguish between the z and the v... Luckily more people seem to struggle with this difference.
So even though they didn't get my conformation number first time round i finally managed to get my e-ticket no!!!
I believe we make a lovely team: I decide we're going to prepare dinner for his parents. I make suggestions about what to cook. He chooses what it'll be this time. I make a shopping list. He does the shopping. We prepare dinner together. The dishwasher takes care of the dishes.
Easter dinner:
spring spinach soup with buttered salmon and chive cream;
honey roast lamb;
broccoli and paloise sauce;
orange-glazed carrots;
new potatoes;
white and dark chocolate cake.
Yum!
He confirmed it last week: "Yes, you've got a test next Friday." So we studied. We checked our teaching-schedule and our e-mail the day before. Yes, it was still on, and we arrived at the hospital at the crack of day (okay, well, 8am), only to find it deserted. We waited for about an hour. Nobody showed up. We went to the ward. No tutor to be found.
Mmmm... bank-holiday weekend you say?
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Sometimes it's more humane to give one insulin instead of morphine.
Lees verderOne used to be able to get a new, clean white coat from a lady behind a desk. One would just go up to her, and ask her. Normally her reply would be: "I'm sorry, but i haven't got your size anymore. Would you like to get a different size?" And one would get a small instead of an extra-small.
But 2 weeks ago they dispersed themselves of this lady, and got themselves a machine. Saves a lot of hassle... of course. First of all, they had to issue my pass, and issued me with the wrong coat ("no machine, i don't need the uni-sex, i need the doctor's one"). Then, last week they ran out of my size, and i couldn't get a different size (of course). Yesterday, there were NO coats whatsoever. And today, i could actually even change my size (cos my size wasn't available yet again). But unfortunately for the machine i'm not going to swop my ES coat for an EL one! I'll prob drown...
"Hello?"
"Hello?"
*silence*
"Who am i talking to?"
"Well, i've just been called by this number 4 times..."
"Oh, yeah, i was trying to get hold of my wife. But i dialed the wrong number... just about... yeah... 4 times... You must be thinking: 'what is this old man calling me for?'"
"Oh well, that doesn't matter... you're not the first one."
Okay, i might be a bit early, but hey, it's an early spring anyway... And i've already seen the Galium and Urtica appear...
It is amazing how much stuff one (ie me) can collect in about 4 wks! I went to my nana's place with one bag and i returned with 5! But i managed to get her house cleaned in about 2.5 hrs, and now i'm unpacking and cleaning my room (again). Let's hope that, for once, i'll manage to clean the whole room...
"Reception, how can I help you?"
"Hi. One of our residents is not well, can you page a MD?"
"There are several MDs in today, which one shall I call?"
"Don't know her name, but it's the young one..."
I guess it's a compliment... 
I've just finished a beautiful green skirt. Comfortable. Sporty. Black stitching. Asymmetric seam. Tunnels and black stoppers. Typical 'queck' skirt. Except for one thing... it's a European size 38 and I'm a 36.
Whoops. Anyone interested?
"George's Marvelous Medicine" "Danny the Champion of the World" "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator" "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" "The Twits" "Mathilda" "James and the Giant Peach" "The Witches" "The BFG" and "The Fantastic Mister Fox", all written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.
"The FoodDoctor" by Vicki Edgson and Ian Marber.
"Massage in 10 lessen" any volunteers?
"Spoedeisende hulp in de huisartspraktijk" edited by dr.Keeman and prof.dr.Schade.
(I didn't buy a lot of books, just the most expensive ones it seems...)
