Posted in Rick's Posts on Dec 31st, 2011
Hello all. Thank you to everyone who sent us Christmas cards and apologies for not posting one on here. It’s been a busy year so let’s get cracking with the wrap-up. This year, I have: been granted (provisional) Australian citizenship completed my first year as a specialist officially graduated from the ICU college continued to [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Dec 10th, 2011
Despite the various woes and troubles around the world this is a good time to be alive. We are enjoying a golden age of technological developments with a pace rivalling the industrial revolution. Enormous resources are being invested in improving existing products, taking tangents and turning imagination into reality. Gene Roddenberry deserves much credit for [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Dec 3rd, 2011
Hello again all, Quite a delay since the last instalment. Mostly due to laziness on my part and a distraction that seems to be occupying every minute of my spare time and most of my mental stamina. I’d like to report that it was a hobby, social life or other lifestyle activity, but unfortunately we’re [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Oct 12th, 2011
This is going to be a very short rant just to achieve some catharsis. It goes without saying that some of our colleagues work under very difficult circumstances and great pressure. None more so than those in the emergency department who have to deal with some of the worst of humanity and some who have [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Oct 10th, 2011
So they say. The concept of time contraction (and or dilation) is one of the great metaphysical clichés. Yet we are all aware of the effect. For example, and the reason for this update, it’s now a year since I started my full-time job. No longer am I “the new guy”. The past year seems [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Sep 29th, 2011
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. He’s not a terribly popular chap with many members of Australian society right now, especially those residing at Her Majesty’s pleasure in various detention facilities. However I think he’s a stand-up bloke, mainly because he’s just written me a letter. And I quote: On behalf of the Government and people [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Sep 22nd, 2011
Please say it to yourself with the obligatory Sytrian accent. While on technicalities, this will be a gym-related post, but not about the now infamous class. For the majority of this year I have been working hard to reverse a moment’s damage incurred last December. For the most part the effort has been successful with [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Sep 17th, 2011
Either that or DIMA are short this month and trying to fill their quota. I’m not grumbling as it means the interview for my citizenship application is imminent. I was expecting the usual bureaucratic sluggishness so it has come as a little bit of a surprise. Mostly as now I have to revise for the [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Sep 8th, 2011
Kirk Douglas might not have sounded quite so impressive if Stanley Kubrick had named his character as above. But the relevance is there all the same. We’ve been here getting on for 5 years and it’s about time I integrated more fully into this society. As such, I’ve started the ball rolling on acquiring Australian [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Aug 28th, 2011
“The strangest thing” Credit to anyone who knows where that line comes from. And no, not the George Michael song. Although we’ve been away from the UK for less than 5 years there was still a sense of unfamiliarity. This is natural enough as Adelaide is now “home” even though we retain resonance with Blighty. [...]
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