2021-08-12 15:35
It’s second year! I actually have free weekends and time to cook and be a human. And clearly not keep up with this blog. Here’s Things I Heard in Residency: Volume 8!… Read More
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I talk about my experience in college and medical school, as well as my life as a first generation Indian living in America. I also feature cooking recipes and some photography. I hope my blog inspires others to chase their dreams and gives someone a good laugh.
2021-02-10 15:30
New year, same medical nonsense. Here’s Things I Heard in Residency: Volume 7!
Intern: “Does foreskin have the potential to grow? I mean I haven’t had any growth… Read More
2020-12-16 16:00
Have I told you all that I hate pediatrics? Well. I do. And here are some quotes from my time there to prove it, with some adult medicine sprinkled in between. Hope you enjoy Volume 6 of… Read More
2020-11-18 14:38
While I continue to drag my feet through pediatrics (also please don’t ask me how pediatrics is going… my answer will not be pretty), I figured the least I could do is post… Read More
2020-10-26 14:18
The good thing about my residency program is that I am getting such great training. But more importantly, I get quotes like these! Hope you enjoy Things I Heard in Residency: Volume 4!… Read More
2020-09-21 14:00
I know I disappeared after starting this new series, but I had a valid reason, I swear. Residency is… a lot. Especially if you are surrounded by the fools I am with! So far I’v… Read More
2020-07-10 14:00
We have officially started residency! And though I don’t get to hear the crazy things my co-interns say as much anymore, I still manage to catch a few gems now and again. But lucky fo… Read More
2020-06-26 13:00
Oh hey! I’m glad Things I Heard in Residency is off to a great start. Thank you to everyone that has asked about it! Don’t worry, I’m still collecting quotes for the next… Read More
2020-06-19 14:00
I just finished my second week of residency! Well, the second week of orientation. And let me tell you, I am way more disoriented than ever. But I’m happy because I am at my absolute… Read More
2020-03-25 17:04
Yes. You read that right. This marks the last “Things I’ve Heard in Medical School” post. Why? Because I am done with medical school!
Okay. Not completely true.
Because of… Read More
2019-09-20 14:47
Fourth year means a lot of free time. A lot of free time means time to sleep and binge on Netflix. Which means I totally forgot to update this blog. I would say sorry, but I am not. I deser… Read More
2019-08-23 13:55
Another week, another blog post. With surgery being twelve weeks long, I had a lot of time to collect quotes. So here is Things I Heard in Medical School: Volume 31 — featuring more s… Read More
2019-08-12 14:57
Wow I’m back and I’m a fourth year now. What. WHAT. Back to your regularly scheduled posts! I hope… Here’s TIHIMS: Vol. 30! Theme of this week: surgery!
Attending… Read More
2019-02-11 16:00
You know how I said that I was going to post more and keep this blog up-to-date? HA y’all should know better than to trust me on that. Since I’ve been gone, I have completed my… Read More
2018-09-20 23:13
Finally — another post! And this one features the last of the quotes from family medicine! It’s a short one, I know, but I hope you can still find something to laugh at! Hope yo… Read More
2018-08-10 15:43
I finally finished my family medicine rotation! And it is very safe to say that it was my favorite one yet. Not only did I learn so much from my residents and attendings and got to be so ha… Read More
2018-07-20 14:00
I’m halfway through family medicine! Although I am learning a lot about the field, I’m also learning a lot from my patients. And by learning, I mean listening to them say or do… Read More
2018-07-06 22:19
I just started my family medicine rotation! So far, I am loving it. The residents are helpful, the attendings are great, and the patients are all over the place. And here I thought I was go… Read More
2018-06-25 14:30
I just finished my first clinical rotation for year three! Though I will miss psychiatry, I am excited to go to family medicine! But before I start this next rotation, I wanted to share the… Read More
2018-06-15 21:13
When you get assigned to the Emergency Department with psychiatry, you imagine seeing a lot of individuals with drug overdoses and suicide attempts. What you don’t expect is the horre… Read More
2018-06-09 14:00
I’m officially two-thirds of the way done with my first clinical rotation! Psychiatry has actually been a lot of fun. Not only did I really get to appreciate the field and learn from… Read More
2018-05-19 15:00
I’m back! I took a bit of a break from blogging to focus on exams and learning how to become a functioning member of society again. And now, I am officially a third year medical stude… Read More
2017-12-31 19:08
Oh hey! I know, I know. I’ve been gone for a few weeks. Medical school and FINALLY BEING ABLE TO SLEEP can do that to you. But I am back in America (dang y’all, a lot has change… Read More
2017-12-08 15:00
As some of us finish off our last lab for Term 5 (I know half of y’all didn’t come — I’m judging you), I wanted to gift you all with the last installment of Things I… Read More
2017-11-22 15:00
I should be paying attention to pharmacology right now but….. here’s the 19th edition of Things I Heard in Medical School! Featuring, some of the last quotes from Term 4 &mdash&helli…Read More
2017-10-06 14:00
Term 4 left me really salty. Term 5 is only adding to this. Take a break from ICM by reading this volume of Front Row Views, where I let my personality shine bright like a diamond.
A girl… Read More
2017-08-31 15:00
I should be paying attention to pathophysiology right now, but I’m not. Sorry mom. While I’m starting to collect quotes for Term 5, I still have some silly things people s… Read More
2017-08-13 14:16
Before I start off my final term of basic sciences, I wanted to share some of the funny thing I heard during the Hyperbaric Medicine Selective I did! Which by the way — is AMAZING! If… Read More
2017-07-21 14:54
Last summer my parents and I visited Denver, Colorado for a Sleep Medicine meeting (yes, that is a thing) . While it was pretty dope (punny, I know) to walk around the city, we wanted to se… Read More
2017-07-14 13:00
I’m a second-year medical student at St. George’s University in Grenada. If you are also a medical student or in a similar, grueling field, you can probably relate. I’m ma… Read More
2017-07-10 17:29
I know, I know. I have no excuses this time for the delay in posts. Other than the fact that I FINALLY CAME BACK TO AMERICA AND NEEDED FAST FOOD AND STARBUCKS AND UGH. Okay. Enjoy Volume 16… Read More
2017-05-31 14:00
For this edition of Things I Heard in Medical School, I decided to take a look back at all of the ridiculous things that were said during my pathology lab. My group was not only “hard… Read More
2017-05-19 14:00
I’m bored. And I know you are too. So let’s just jump right into the 14th installation of Things I Heard in Medical School. Did I catch you saying something ridiculous? Let me k… Read More
2017-05-10 15:31
Should I be paying attention to pathology right now? Yes. I mean, I should be doing a lot of things. But why should I be a responsible student when I could be bringing you the newest edition… Read More
2017-04-28 13:00
Dang I’m getting good at these weekly posts. Don’t get too comfortable though — the school administration will find me soon enough and force me to start paying attention t… Read More
2017-04-24 13:30
We just got out of an exam. Why are we class? WHAT IS THIS?! Let’s ignore pathology and get a kick out of the final things we heard in Term 3. A lot of these are NSFMM (not safe f… Read More
2017-04-21 13:00
Back again with more snarky comments. Honestly I’m shocked y’all like reading this stuff. Which is basically all the stuff I want to say to your face, but can’t because it… Read More
2017-04-16 14:00
Time to get into the great quotes we heard in Term 3! What even was term 3? Was that even this year? What even is life anymore…? Can you guess who said these memorable statements? Let… Read More
2017-04-11 12:51
Even though I don’t sit very front and center anymore (don’t worry mom, I’m still near the front), I still manage to observe bizarre things all over the classroom. If you… Read More
2017-02-21 13:39
It’s the 10th edition of Things I Heard in Medical School! Thank you to everyone who reads and shares these — it means a lot to me and encourages me to keep making these posts… Read More
2017-02-08 15:11
To give my sarcastic mind a break, I thought I would share some of my photographs (mainly, the rather unhealthy amount of sunset photos I take) from around campus and the island. The majori… Read More
2017-02-01 14:00
Back again with another one! Since I can’t pay attention in lecture, I figured I should go ahead and edit/post the next batch of sarcastic stories for you all to see. Here is Front Ro… Read More
2017-01-25 14:35
Back for more quotes? Well, you’re in luck! I still have a bucket load of quotes from Term 2, so we can all relive that wonderful semester again (please sense the sarcasm in that last… Read More
2017-01-19 14:52
Y’all probably thought this blog died. It didn’t. I just decided to spend my break binging on cake and Netflix. I am not ashamed. But now that I am back, so are the posts! So to… Read More
2016-12-15 16:30
I’m sorry. I’ve been MIA. But I survived and I am here to share with you all of the interesting things I have heard this term. Please accept this post as an apology from me.
Wel… Read More
2016-10-21 15:30
Welcome to my new series, Front Row Views. When I’m not paying attention in class (which is quite often… sorry mom and dad), I tend to notice really random things happening aro… Read More
2016-08-25 14:30
We made it passed bioethics and CPM! Now on to the real stuff. But before we dive too deep into our doom, let’s take a trip back and reminisce about some of the funny things we h… Read More
2016-08-11 14:00
Before we start the bulk of Term 2, I thought we could take a trip down memory lane and laugh at some things we heard in Term 1. So without further ado, here are the final quotes I have fro… Read More
2016-05-24 15:00
We really wanted to see some celebrities. But since we didn’t want to be creepers (well, I should say my brother didn’t want to be a creeper), we decided it would be better (and… Read More
2016-05-17 15:00
My brother and I like going to museums, especially ones with a lot of science and animals. And by animals, I mean dinosaurs. So when we heard that the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles… Read More
2016-05-04 15:00
As we get ready to take finals, I thought we could all use a mental break and get a quick laugh in before we find our ways back to the study halls, crying and ripping whatever hair is left… Read More
2016-04-27 15:00
While visiting Warner Brother’s Studios, we were able to see two memorabilia halls for Batman and Harry Potter. We got to see all of the original costumes, props and cars (or brooms)… Read More
2016-04-20 15:00
To continue with the “Hollywood” theme, my brother and I decided to visit Warner Brother’s Studio and take a tour. We were with a small group of people and drove around wi… Read More
2016-04-13 15:00
Back at it again with the silly (and sometimes really weird) quotes. But when teachers say these ridiculous things, the material sticks better! Here is the fourth volume of TIHIMS — a… Read More
2016-04-07 18:30
Last summer my brother and I visited our little cousin in Los Angeles. We decided to make most of our four days there and do as much as we could. One of our first stops was Universal Studio… Read More
2016-03-30 14:00
Even though we are starting the second half of the semester, we still need to remember everything we learned since January. This includes random (and sometimes funny) quotes from profe… Read More
2016-03-23 13:23
It’s my last installment of “A Trip to America!” You can check the rest of them out under the “Photography” tab above. To close off this series, I wanted to re… Read More
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