Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures

I’m not a doctor and don’t plan on being one, but I know my share of friends who are in the process of being medical professionals or those that are aspiring to be one and a few of them had recommended Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures. When I first saw the book at Chapters, I thought the book had stories about the medical world and miraculous cures. And then I remembered that a friend had mentioned that it was about a few medical students and the story was set in Toronto and the title was just a fancy title.

Reading the first two chapters reminded me of the conversations I have with this particular friend about not having enough time to date when you’re trying to get into medical school and not risking the distraction (My advice, which maybe isn’t the greatest advice, is to grow up and just date someone because med school may or may not happen). But then again trying to achieve your goal sometimes gets in the way of dating. For instance: how many Waterloo architect students do you know that are in a meaningful relationship? Some programs just don’t allow for you to have a reasonable relationship, so I see her point. (Though, I did hear about this architect student who was planning on getting married this summer during her co-op term!)

Anyhow, the book is a bit of a disappointment and I didn’t like the ending very much. But I have to mention that I read the whole book in less than 24 hours, so it was a good read.. or maybe I realise I don’t have time to spend reading and had to finish it tonight before I get busy again.

Yay.. School… :s

I wrote this on 8 January 07 when I was feeling .

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