Diaries of An Orthodontic Resident 3

Some day in October, in a pre-covid era.

 Residents room.

“Hahahahaha…….”


“Reallyyyyyy??? No kidding, right? … hahahahaha”


Somebody walked in and started laughing with us Even before he was able to inquire the situation….. “kia hogaya bhaie….haha :S “

“Look what Dr sahiba has done!”

“ab kia kerdiya?” ek adad R7 senior tareen (not Jehangir Tareen) inquired.



A R6 resident responded: “Pehle aap batayen what do you have in your hand, ye konsi book hai? Graber ka 10th edition toh nahi agaya?”

“HAHAHAHAHAHAHA……..HAHAHA…..” and the walls shook with laughter again.



“ye mein CSS ki books dekh raha hun, aise he”; “ab batao kia hua”



R1 resident came forward laughing hysterically, “ye dekhein”. Showed a picture and some comments underneath. The picture had protruding incisors with extraction spaces showing.

“Toh...”

The senior asked trying to, simultaneously, hide the CSS course books.

“Let me tell you” The mentor of R1 resident intervened. This one was barely keeping its sanity through the third yr of residency.

“ABC was trying to use the open-coil spring, forgot to make anchorage unit. Now her anchorage is burnt and incisors flared.”

“hmm…understandable” No one was amused at the response of a sulking senior-tareen.

“aur pata hai what she was doing all this time?”

“What”

“ye scale se extraction space naap naap k khush thi k utne ki utni hai :P …..peechay molar ka haal he nahi pata ….LOL”

“molar Multan se chal k Khanewal pohncha hua” a Faisalabadi resident commented….

“uss se b agay ki jaga koi”

"Aur incisors Isloo?"

Hahahaha …..and the laughter ensued.

“And just the other day she discovered that she’s been retracting on a rectangular Ni-Ti instead of SS all along”

“Khair ye to mein b kerleta hun clinic mn wires bachany ko”

“And also at one time…..”

“Have you forgotten your own time, habit breaker ko kon Nance samajhta hai?”

“Aray wo to you said TPA……”

“Wo yaad h jab…..”



The first year resident quietly slid out of the room much like slipping out of OPD before time every day in a stealthy manner

…….

                                      

To those who fail

To those who fail


This writing is infact for those who fail miserably or happily in FCPS Orthodontics.

So, if you have passed your part 2, kindly stop reading.

Stop.

Ok, stop right now you'll ruin it for the rest of us 😋.

And those of you fulfilling the criteria kindly lift your (spirits AND) antennas and rejoice it. Why am I writing this? is probably because of a recent encounter (a series, the whole bunch actually) which lead me to believe that while we eagerly prey on people/seniors from the other side of the border (those who do pass the horrendous exam), people just tell us things to do. What they never tell, is, what I am about to write (and dedicate to y'all).

For starters I ll call all of us my favorite bunch. That's the first dose of positivity. The second one will follow shortly sire. Each attempt teaches you something. Call it a teacher. Nature's calling. Don't make it a missed call. Just buckle up and start working on the ground already made. Realize the mistake correct it and grow past it. Don't cling to the "oh but I already did THAT or THIS or THAT". It doesn't matter how many attempts you give or how many hurdles you've crossed. Connect yourself on a deeper level after everything has passed. Learn and move on. Moving on is the most lethal weapon for survival for the millennials, from what I've heard.

Resolution 2020 ☺️.

Third: Remember! (in mufasa's voice), when you ask and go to a person asking for help and that person has cleared, just focus on the "to-do list". Don't pay heed to the "Tum ne time waste kerdia"
"Mein ne to goals banaye huay thay k iss saal tak pass hee kerna h"

OR

The master of it all "20 kitaabein aur 10(in some choroo cases 15) saal k articles yaad kerlo. "

You'll never be able to do it. Don't overburden yourself. Go back and check your basics every now n then. If they're being compromised just revise what you need to, read what you need to. Be it an article or a book or a parchi laying somewhere in department. Just focus and read yourself. Every trick is Not meant for you and most definitely won't work for you.

Passing an exam is more about your hardwork (this one's outta question), sheer amount of luck and your stars aligning in the right time, at the right moment. Just because you missed something by whiskers doesn't mean you are not deserving. You are much more capable than that. It's just that life likes to play funny games and nobody is going out of this life Alive anyway! So why worry.

Fourth. Don't loose focus of what you already know. Academically and spiritually. Things you know will make you stronger, weigh your thoughts and anchor your soul.

Fifth. Take yourself out for dinners! Alone! Sometimes. You need it.

Sixth. Wrap a cloth around your ears tightly when someone says "log apni ghalati se fail hotay hain". We already know that one. How else one will fail other than this?
It is so absurd just like saying:
"Sooraj ki waja se dhoop hoti hai"
Or
"Fanoos (chandelier) gol lagaye hain to plates b gol hee li hain" (makes no sense!)

Seventh. Family is important.

Eighth. Family is important.

Ninth. People back stab all the time. Don't focus on people. Also, this one's old news. Also improve your editing skills and cut the crap out real quick.

Tenth. Family is important.

Lastly, you are your own heroes ladies and gentlemen. Stay foolish. ☺️

What the ocean teaches us?

If you happen to live in the city of lights i.e. Karachi or ever visited this metropolitan city you Must have visited anyone of the beaches the city is famous for.

I went to Mubarak village recently. It is an engrossing place for two reasons. The road leading to the place has some interesting developments going on and secondly people get a chance of fishing or snorkeling.

However, I don't plan to write about how cool the place is. Or how exciting my visit was. Someother day may be.

What I do intend to write about is the mystique things I learnt that day, things "no one ever told me" 🙂

So, here you go:

1: Whatever is yours will come back to you

 Why I say this? Well here's why,

 A simple shoe was lost, And it came  back to us! With the high tide! Not once, but twice.

 I'm sure none of us thought about it this despite seeing countless picture narrations on old book classics, like that of, boys playing football with the sea!!! The sea, the waves throw things back at us!

2: Don't run after what is lost

Things which weren't ours.... never came back to us, when they were taken away by the sea waves. So I'm guessing the ocean was spilling beans on the lines of turning in the illusion i.e. don't follow the mirage! 

 3: Don't chase something which is slipping away 

If you are witnessing a loss. Try and save yourself. Minimize the damage but don't go overboard and destroy yourself in the process.

4: A good conversation by the seaside has no alternative

Well, this one is sans phrase.  Has no explanation. 

Grabber pe Pakoray (Fritters on Grabber)

“A.C.nahi chal raha kia!” I asked as I entered the tandoor (resident’s room :P)

“ayein, ayein Dr sahiba ap b khayein”

“kia” I asked while breaking away extra plaster from my dental model (not the actual ramp wali model ! of course)

“Ye…..cake” somebody managed to clear the clutter around a smudged chocolate mousse cake which tried maintaining its integrity like the Notre Dame but was destroyed to be Chand Nawab nevertheless.

Me: “Plate hai?”

“Plate ki zarorat apko aglay saal nahi pare gi INSHAALLAH”

Me: “Kyun”

“B.C.Qs ayein gay ab part 2 mein” ek adad first year resident responded beaming with joy.

ME: “Toh…?”

“wo articles se ayein gay to ap ki grabber, profit faaltu hungi, plate bannein gi ab barri ho k”

Everybody started laughing quite hysterically……

 I had a quick glance at everyone falling off their chairs and secured the biggest slice of the cake destroyed like a Colosseum, in my plastic ka dabba and delved in the creamy, soft, fluffy sponge of this heavenly delight.

“Acha toh kitaabein nahi parhni waqai mn ? aaap batayein” I asked a zindagi se bezar senior.

“No, you’ll have to read them, of course, why wouldn’t you?”

“haan zahir hai, grabber pe pakoray rakh k khanay se to rahay” I spilt some pearls of wisdom while licking the cream off my sleeve.

Khichhdi in Jannat (Risotto in Heaven)

I was watching MasterChef Aus a couple of years ago when some contestant struggled in making a "Risotto" (sounding like George). I inquisitively asked a friend, "what's that?" 

The reply I got left me ROFL. 

"Ye italyion khichhdi hai"

(This is Italian Khichhdi)

The reason I remembered this "italiyon ki khichhdi" is ....

Yesterday Khi and Hyd were hit by a khoobsurat mausam and duststorm. I was travelling from Hyd to Khi and the highway had this Grand Canyon feel to it. But I was brought back to reality by the powerful lurch in my stomach which reminded me that I have had food poisoning and I'm still recovering from it. So, throwing the idea of pakora ( not the actual one) and halwa puri nashta outta window (the bus's window and my mind's window all at the same time) I tried thinking what can I eat in this weather. 

The answer amused me as it did in the past, "italiyon ki Khichhdi".....

 "Risotto! " I exclaimed (to myself of course! Who talks aloud to a bus full of sleeping beauties!! (and a few beasts) :p

This picture is not showing Risotto ofcourse, it depicts chai which I can still have! :)

Tears And Tantrums

Every passing year unfolds a thing or two which means something was missing in my life and it should be duly added. 


 2019 is, I believe, the yr of change or the metamorphosis. Something which gives me anxiety. What I do not wish it to be is the year of loss of loved ones. It scares me. Well I never knew that the change, scared me so much till end feb. Little did I know my birthday this year will be so eventful. And that I will loathe the whole process. I don't really know how to put it. At one point in time I was this adventurous soul taking decisions at the drop of a hat and by the end of the same day I was scared as a lil kitten. What the incident told me was we are who we are because handful of people influencing us, investing in us and contributing to our well-being. And our value is diminutive when those backstage characters are gone. Only tears remain. 


 We throw tantrums at our pillar of strength knowing that it won't backfire. At times we take this blessing for granted tills the tears roll in. 


 I believed that the "People are seasonal, Miracles are real" is true but it's the other way around when you hit thirtees. Now my biggest fear is the loss of loved ones with whom I've grown as they know you better. They can sense if something is wrong with you. And you need that kind of unconditional support. There's just so much I want to write about but I'm in a writing slump may be. There's so much on my mind right now. 

 Hope I recover.

Sympathy for Empathy!

In a moment of grief what you cannot do at times is to retort back at a person, what you Can do (and is more destructive I think) is that you don't forgive the person for who he/she was in that very moment. You simply can't convert your remorse into revenge so you mentally
1)  kill them
2) block out their presence
3) do not acknowledge them

Doing that does take a part of you away, emptying you .....But its important my dear.
Whenever you were bullying someone or manhandling a situation just remember you are creating a baggage for yourself or your kids/ parents/siblings to carry. The negative energy comes back at you in the most mysterious of ways.
Do not sympatheize with yourself,  empathize with others that is exactly what lasts. Walk in someone else's shoes every 15 days, you ll get
1) a taste of what others go through Or
2) what their journey is all about Or
3) you ll get the other side of the picture , the grey zone will be clearer.

The next time you kick someone's chair, shout at someone because YOU were in a tough situations or you just wanted to misbehave to take out your anguish, trust me you have created 1000 megawatt of negative energy coming your way, multiple times. You loose your worth just like that.

We wanted to make  Earth a better place some years ago, no?

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