48 days

I'm thinking how this might possibly be the best time of our lives. We have enough knowledge to appreciate what goes on in the acute management of a patient, probably enough skills to get by as a junior doctor, and have some insight into the planning and execution of medical treatment. Yet, we have absolutely no responsibility, have the liberty to wake up at 9am and decide to miss the first class, leave the hospital at 2pm and have an extended lunch break at Coffee Bean. Sitting in the cozy new Medical Library sipping kopi-O and eating snacks while reading leisurely sure beats running around writing discharge summaries and clerking new admissions. If not for the dark cloud that is the MBBS looming over our heads, this might actually be a phase of life I would love to stay in for a prolonged period of time.

Nonetheless, the future beckons.