raya or work??

it's a week before raya..and most of my friends here have gone home for raya..i somehow don't feel the aura of raya..

now it's like a routine to me..go to work..do some doctoring..either by 1 or 5 i'll be back home..since i'm fasting i'll spend the whole day at the hospital and do the work assigned to me..yesterday i drew blood from patients for the first time..eventhough i've been an intern for nearly 6 months..i rarely get a chance to draw blood since i was posted in a private hospital..now in the government setup..i can do what ever i like..

the feeling of drawing blood for the first time was so exhilarating..now i'm looking for veins on everyone..like a vampire..today i had a chance to do fractional curettage..i felt the grating sensation..no longer learning theoretically..now i'm doing it..

since we're in a government hosp..not everything is provided..so when supplies are available..we run around flicking things from the labour theatre, ward, lab..now my bag is full of syringes, vaccutainer, slides, pap smear jar..lab forms..anything u want..i might have it..heh..

and u know what..my family is coming here for raya..how do i feel?? hmmm..mixed feelings..first i have to apply for leave from my prof..whom i don't know would approve or not..then..on raya day is my OT day..i'd rather go to OT than celebrate raya..if it weren't for my parents coming..i think i would have continue working..and i wouldn't mind it..i even told my mom this..i think i have a workaholic attitude..maybe it's because i am posted under a great surgeon..i want to learn things from her..and this opportunity rarely comes..i really admire her meticulous work..

we'll just see what happens..for my family's sake i hope the prof approves my leave..i wouldn't want to disappoint them coming so far just to find me still working..anyways they were the one who wanted to come n visit me..i will show mangalore to them and what's it like living in india..