received the confirmation letter for my elective posting today... ermmm.. 6 months after i posted the formal application.. watch out kids, i'm coming home!!

one odd thing in the letter. written in BOLD print

"Please bring along your hospital coat and name which must be worn at all times..."

Hospital coat? that white coat thing in a tropical environment? heheh...

the last time i wear a white coat, was like 3 years ago for anatomy dissection.. the memory of yellow juices from the cadaver and the smell that wont go away even though you soak it with 2kg of 'lavender washing powder..that pieces of skin/meat/muscle that made you feel that eating red meat is just ... somehoew, i do enjoy the experience; cutting up people; well, dead people..

i just dont like the idea of wearing white coats in the hospital.. imagine the GERMS that would certainly been drag all over the hospital...and m'sian weather is a good culture for bugs to grow added with the body's own way of cooling method in hot tropical weather [read: sweats]..

and i would beat that no one would wash the coat everyday!! that is not hygenic at aLL..

plus, it impose the authoritative figure towards the patient; like having stethoscope hanging around the neck wasnt authoritative enough to show who's the Boss..

well, i should be thankful that there is no rule of wearing baju kurung as hospital 'formal' attire.. that certainly a challenge for my walking skills and my wardrobe...