Tom And Mare In London

Wednesday, 7 November 2007

We're back...

Its been a while since the last update - ooops. Its been an eventful month, well not that much.

The last you heard from Mare and me, I was in Australia and on the way back to London. And damn it was getting hot in Sydney. But in London, its a bit different. It gets dark at 4.30pm... thats right 4.30. Anyways...

We were waiting for my med interview results. Unfortunatley I didnt get in this year. It sucks. But thats it. No news of why or how to improve so its back to study for me. The bonus is Mare gets to work in London for longer with a few perks :)

So now our plans have changed. As it stands now Mare and I are staying on London until 21st february. Which isnt that much different from before. But we are not going to be in the US as long. Instead we are going to be in LA for 3 days in Feb. So all our Cali friends, we will plan an eventful few days.

In the remaining time in London Mare will work at here present job which she LOVES! It give her more experience here and other advantages.

I will start working part-time, hopefully at my present job. And will also study for the 2008 GAMSAT. I can use my old score next year to get another interview or a better one. So I aim to get a better score in the GAMSAT so that I have a better chance of getting into Med next year.

Besides that, Mare and I are working and doing the usual thing. We are going to Warsaw for my birthday though! woohoo.

Im looking forward to writing some more stuff on here now :)

Cheers,

Tom

Saturday, 29 September 2007

The vampires are coming...

As it gets warmer here in Sydney - and boy has it been great the last couple of days - its getting colder in London. Last night it was about 5 degrees celcius in chilly London town while it was a sweet 27 here in Sydney.

Now before I bore you with the weather...well what the hell its so warm here and Im not looking forward to the freezing cold vampire lifestle of London :) Appartently in the London winter the sun comes up at 10am and sets a 4pm. That means we get to work when its dark and leave when its dark - its the life of a vampire - only coming out at night! It will be a new experience for sure. And so will the visits to the solarium to get a hit of vitamin D to replace what we naturally get from the sunshine.

And becuase its cold and dark outside we'll end up inside...proabably in a bar drinking. So we will be tanned, in a bar drinking and outside during the night - hell thats just like summer in Sydney anyways!! Bring it on London!

Tuesday, 25 September 2007

The Med Interview Wrap-Up

Its over!!! at 6.12pm I left the final of 8 interviews.... yes 8 interviews. It wasnt that bad though. Each station (there were 8 of them in total) consisted of a small room, a senario, question on the senario and 7 mintues to answer. There were also follow up questions to make sure we covered everthing needed.

I think it went well. I could answer all the questions thanks to the help of Mare, and my mum and dad. We went through a whole bunch of senarios in practice for this.

It was damn tense before hand with all 8 interviewees sitting in the same waiting room making small talk. The tension in that room was thinker than my big toe-nail (charming, I know). But everyone was friendly, even the interviewers who made an effort to put us at ease.

I would give you some of the senarios but we signed a confidentiality agreement to not reveal any of them while the interview process is still going - which it is. We get the results in about two weeks.

But for now its time to relax and enjoy the sun (as long as it stays out)

Tomasz

Thursday, 13 September 2007

Tom's coming home for a couple of weeks

Its weird refering to myself in the third person - but Tomasz has the med interview on the 25th and is flying in for two weeks. Im hoping to see a few of you in that time.

My old mobile number should be working if not then email/facebook message me.

Speak soon,

Tomasz