CaRMs

So, just finished the horror that is the CaRMs match application. Big thanks go out especially to my dad, who was sympathetic to my last minute shenanigans and helped me edit all my letters...Paul and Heather were great as well, and Nadia, for helping me with a few of my edits as well.

So, my favorite part was my Dal application opening paragraphs...otherwise things were pretty standard. I decided to share, so here they are!

" Nicholas Wong can do backflips across a football field for 65 yards. He can climb almost any tree or small building, inevitably wins every limbo contest, and has thrown girls and children as high as 30 feet in the air. He has helped suture friends into dresses, has unsuccessfully cross-dressed (Rocky Horror Picture Show), and has watched as one of his favorite shirts was cut off from the camper whom he had leant it to (and who later revealed that he faked the head injury). He has climbed a mountain and stood on his head at the peak, has faced the onslaught of 12 children playing "“tackle Nicholas"” at a time, and has never been mistaken for a mature adult outside of medicine. He has survived through apneas and bradycardias as an infant, has lived with asthma, and stands tall despite his five foot five inch frame. He is nothing short of a medical marvel.

Why is all this important? This demonstrates his little known though finely tuned abilities, things that set him apart from the pack, skills that can be used to entertain children when they get restless (and they go from zero to restless in about ten seconds). He has worked at YMCA Camp Elphinstone in BC, Camp Goodtime in Nova Scotia, and even a Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis retreat. His favorite job is getting paid to play with children, and he'’s willing to volunteer when they realize he's not worth the money. He admires children with cancer, because when they feel healthy, they're happy. He knows his time isn'’t that valuable (he just spent the last year working for fifty cents an hour as a clerk), that he's pretty far down the totem pole (he'’s affectionately known as a “"scut monkey"”), but he figures he might as well have fun while he's learning. He'’s very proud that he can put children to sleep while he'’s suturing their lacerations."

OK - so I just finished endocrinology, which wiped me out, and am starting Perinatology in Ottawa tomorrow...wish me luck! I'll try to write soon and attach some more pics...hope all is well,

Nicholas