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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Stepping Stones -A career in Medicine

Shonda Rhimes is my favorite creator of TV shows. I am not a TV junkie ,but Greys Anatomy is my favorite TV show.
I have done marathons with popcorn and coffee to end up with puffy eyes ,but a decidedly happy feeling in my heart.
Doctors can work miracles.
Sometimes, they can't but mostly they try. Its not that I have a squeamish streak, I know that had I tried hard enough I could have been anything other than a baker...
I could be creating 3d ears with the new printers for crying out loud...
But when I think back , I'd rather create the ears with Fondant, thank you. 
However, baking is not a career choice that I would recommend to the children in class 9 or 10 or in the most important 11th or 12th. 
Those who are indeed impressed by Dr Derek Shepherd or Dr Meredith Grey ,a career in medicine is a very good option in india.
If you count on your fingertips, there are only 671 medical colleges in India. So on an average, we produce only about 20000 doctors yearly. For a population size of 1.3 billion human souls ,this is a pitiable number. 
I am aware that admission into medical colleges is probably the most difficult thing to get in our country ,but if students can secure 99% or percentile in their class 12 or senior secondary examinations  then I don't think cracking the AIPMT exams should be a big deal. Yes ,it needs your sweat and blood and tears and maybe some sacrifices of staying disconnected from the world ,but the efforts will pay off soon. In monetary terms and blessings and success. 
The problems most parents and children face are in getting the right guidance and correct information. 
Since my child is also at that stage where he has decisions to make and a goal to centre all his efforts for, I have begun scouting and noting information that may be useful later.
College Dunia offers such a platform where information to all Medical Entrance list and all entrance exams and to the most elite medical College in India-AIIMS is given in detail. The AIIMS entrace exam details are stated in detail here.
The entrance exams are clubbed under the All India Pre Medical Test.
Find out more by logging into the website and going through all info provided.

Remember, forewarned is forearmed.
After all this is a battle that you have to win.
If you have a dream ,have the strength to achieve it.
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Best of luck!


Saturday, October 18, 2014

A Tale of Two Tails and many Paws




Paws.
Many paws.
Well ,eight to be precise.
And a name like Moe Syzslak for a dog.
Well, those who know of all things sweet in my house ,also know of a temporarily shorn Lhasa Apso that came as a gift to hubby dear from a Buddhist Lama,when he was stationed in North Sikkim about six years ago.
He has not been the only set of paws in my house. We had a Russian Symmoid called Elvis, who loved potato peels and bananas, a huge, black,drama queen like Doberman called Caesar, who was sort off kidnapped from our back yard, and an inherited Lhasa Apso called Junior ,who had to be let go off.
I have been on the look out for another Doberman,but they seem to be even more expensive than a winged stallion...
But then they say its Kismet...
Last Sunday,this dirty ,sandy coloured pup was cavorting with his black eyed, black tipped tailed and sundry siblings ,near our garden,when Sweet Child picked him up and got him in...and gave him a bowlful of the milk that he was to drink.
Just like the immigrant from a poor third world country, the pup entered our house and our lives.
Hence Moe Syzslak.
Those of you who adore The Simpson's  like hubby dear and sweet child will understand.
Bathed,Christened and dewormed, his vaccinations start from tomorrow.
He has a bed, sweet dog Romeo's old blanket and a dirty stare from the green eyed monster that suddenly seems to have taken root in sweet dog Romeo's eyes.
Adorable.
He seems to be hungry always. PS, the vet was impressed by MoeSyzslak-though not by the name that we had chosen...four white paws and a star on his  forehead and the sandy colour of a well bred dog.
He must have had good antecedents.
Snuggling up to the warm hearted...
 Leashed for the first time today,he was disgusted.
And Whiney...
 And freedom seems to be a better prospect than a parle g biscuit.
 After a full meal and a short walk,his favourite posture...
So,that's Moe Syzslak for you.
So what if he is not pedegreed, or have a sire etc registered at the Kennel Club of India or whatever...his heart is pure.
And we have welcomed him into our lives.
I only wonder what his name will morph into...I already hear a Moe...
And even a Moes...
Our little furry baby...well ,he's the new baby at home.
So ,Cheers ...


Regular updates coming up...



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