Orthodontic Residency--- Nicknames Edition

 

Hi,

I am Sadia Asif. And I casually write blogs about different things, but writing about Orthodontic Residency from a resident's perspective is one of them. I am 10 years ahead of my orthodontic residency and hence I feel extremely safe about writing about the fun stuff I encountered during those 4 years (which were not fun at that time, of course!).

As a method of survival in a different city with no friends circle whatsoever, I made up a few survival hacks. One was to imagine everyone how they looked when they were a child (3/4/5 years old) and the second was I kept nick names of everybody who pissed me off. 

Fun Fact: The numbers of those lucky people are still saved as their nicknames in my phone to date :P. 

I will share a few of those here (because I have nothing better to do today). So, let's begin 

1. Inspector Khooji: 

The one who would follow all your moves. Even the lunch breaks and reports them to the supervisor.

2. NSJ (Not so Junior) 

Someone who refuses to act like a junior and is after your life even after you have left the institution and talks ill about thinking they are giving a motivational talk by back-biting about someone they don't like (And if GOD is on your side you get to read the text they are sending around about you :P).

3. Didn't know it all 

Someone who is always pretending they don't know stuff, when they do know it. Only to gain sympathies. The epic classic rhetoric used by them is mostly, "mjhe pata he nahe thaaaa"

4. Bobby (Orange Bob....like Sponge bob)

AHA! it is someone who is wearing NIKE joggers meant for Heavy training, daily, to the hospital in order to look Cool. And the shoes are mostly neon colored; in my case they were Orange.

5. The 8th year Resident

The one resident who just never leaves.

6. The Philosopher 

The one person who will give you a new perspective about life and things. Bascially everything Not related to Orthodontics.

7. Kind soul 

The ones that pulls you through on your darkest days lifts when you are at your lowest with no expectation of a return favour.

8. Botox 

The artifical ones. easier to smell even more easier to sight.

9. The Enablers

 These are strangers. Mostly do not belong to your institution. And they offer you a life changing help something which will change your status in Dentistry.

11. Crammer v/s Crammer

 The one who will tell you edition of Graber with the page number for an answer

Will add more ......GOD willing 

But that's all for now