Year: 2011

Yes, a lot happened after those tense two weeks. No, I didn’t go home. But I went around Karnataka with friends. Tumkur, Bangalore in 2.5 days. Thursday, past lunch you leave, Sunday for dinner you’re back at hostel. Then obviously there wasn’t so much of what could be called a break, as there would not…

10 o'clock. I slept.10.55 ran to anatomy hall.One sheet of paper. 2 questions, 5 spotters.Study shoulder joint. Study tibia. Dr Dakshayani, HoD ma'am came for my viva!Tibia is one bone i didn't know very much about, the other bones include humerus, radius, ulna, femur, fibula, pretty much every bone 😀but somehow i managed to tell…

Gave up last night. Stopped studying after doing mammary gland alone, slept peacefully.Went inside exam hall expecting sure failure. But! Long essay – breast.Short essays – fertilization!, femoral sheath, obturator nerve, long saphenous vein, lumbricals!All of them, i had faint memories of. Started the serious studying with biochemistry. Gerrad's quadret is alkaptonuria, cystinuria, pentosuria, and…

Was feeling less tense than ever going to physiology test. Went for jogging in the morning. Was ready with A4 size paper and all to write. But special notebooks were being provided.And though 'blood' wasn't given the prominent status as we thought it'd be, i guess i did well. Running to Biochem practical hall from…

Just out of biochemistry exam hall. The questions were not all unexpected. And the answers were meager as expected. Lesson learned: Don't study for an exam, study for life

These are two of the various byproducts of preparation for exam 1. How is antibiotic resistance formed? There are some resistant bacteria, and a lot of non resistant. Then the weaker ones are killed by tablet. Stronger by lymphocytes or macrophages. If tab stopped halfway, immunity can't wipe out all those rest, and they'll start…

Here's the resolution that's doing its round: "I'll study systematically after this exam" well I've been telling that ever since 9th standard. Let's see, how the habits formed during stress conform during relief. Not to forget the "6 pack abs before human experiments in physiology" resolution. As a part of it I've been jogging 6…

It was very tough for me to close one eye alone, without using my hand. But turns out that when you're viewing even a monolocular microscope, professionals prefer to keep both their eyes open! www.labessentials.com/Microscope_Compound_Basics.htmland luckily this was easier for me.Here's how to view a single eye piece microscope with both eyes open.In the beginnings,1.…

The magazine of year '10-11 was just released from the auditorium.. Plus, the secretaries, committees, etc have rolled over to the new one.. All sports and cultural achievements were recognized. And we're now waitin for cultural activities

Here's what we learn in the first year of MBBS… Touch any point on your body, we're gonna be able to tell what structures lie underneath (anatomy), what reactions occur in the microscopic picture beneath it (biochem) and what the implication of these reactions are, in other parts of the body (physiology)…that is knowing every…