I'm a SUPERVISOR.. should I be LATE?!

11:23 PM Posted In Edit This 3 Comments »
At any given day.. anyone of us will wake up early in the morning.. get dressed.. scrubs of course.. come to school.. attend the lecture.. & set off to the clinic.. everything is set.. Infection control.. Instruments.. Lab Work.. Patient.. You!!
But still something/Someone is missing?!!.. So you wait & wait & wait!
it's almost half way through the sessions' working hours.. still not there!
So you eventually give up & you either start working on your own or ask an unassigned supervisor to check your work.. then the real problem begins!
He/She either doesn't like your work & wants some adjustments or simply tells you to go to your original assigned one who doesn't exist!
And once your supervisor appears out of  no where.. you hear the bells that cry out: "DISMISS YOUR PATIENTS!!"

Seriously.. they try to teach us the concept of not being late.. to attend the lectures on time.. 8:00 am or 1:00 pm sharp.. but they themselves lack this discipline!! You don't demand something.. you yourself DON'T do!
The time we waste on waiting in lines or wondering around searching for the "missing without a trace person" is so much & gets to a point that's very frustrating!
Sometimes a procedure that might have took only half an hour.. takes literary two hours! for God's sake! Our patients are people too.. they have families.. homes.. work.. like anyone of us!.. not because they can't afford to pay for private dental care means that ANYONE should make their dental experience more difficult!!

They teach us so many things that we don't see in them.. if these people are supposed to be our role models & we see them do this.. do you think we'll be any different in the future??..

Being a SUPERVISOR.. big or small.. does NOT give you the right to be late.. when it's time it's time! everything stops.. your job in these three hours is to be by my side.. teaching me.. guiding me.. giving me hints & tips.. NOT.. talking on the phone.. saying hi to long lost friends.. meeting with representatives.. giving consultations to other students.. interns.. board students!!! In these three hours.. you are my mentor.. nothing else!

Or is there another definition for the word.. SUPERVISOR ???

I'm Back!!

10:07 PM Posted In Edit This 3 Comments »
So I'm back, I really missed this place, I thought it was just a phase, a reaction to the stress but now as I type these words I notice this feeling that I really truly missed this place.
We've decided, both of us me & soso, to change the title to "Dental Gossip" because.... well we have our reasons :P.

Let's talk about the new trend we've got in or college shall we ?
we're all supposed to wear the same color, style, shape, (and size if they had a hand in it!), and this hideous color it's as if we're like preschoolers or something. I know and almost everyone else too that every working place has a dress code.. but not a dress color! or are they just jealous of grey's anatomy, they all were those ugly scrubs to show how cute they are?!
We've became this known group wherever we go.. Dental people wear navy scrubz! it's like we're labeled!!!
serious invasion of our individuality I must say.. and a little tip I learned lately..
this whole scrubz idea was inspired by a little group of known students that started the business with this particular scrub company a year ago.. one must think that for sure their intentions was to calm dawn the "Ministry" that mentioned our college on it's all so empty agenda !!

I know it's like ancient news.. but I had to say it out loud and spit it!

The 5 Sandwich Flavors

2:06 AM Posted In Edit This 0 Comments »
Yesterday or should I say the day before it since it's after midnight.. We
finished our 5th final exam.. which means we're halfway to the end.. 5
down 5 to go..
But since we study under a very wonderful system.. the exams we go
through are.. what can I say.. Unique & one of kind each.. but I do
think that they may be grouped into 5 types in some way or another..
Personally I like to call them the " 5 Sandwich Flavors "... Let's
meet them shall we :D

1- Pick & Stick Flavor:
Here you must memorize the ingredients of the recipe exactly with no
alterations as in.. bread, mayo, cheese, meat, ketchup & bread.. and
once again place them in that exact precise order on the plate.. or
else it will fail.. this flavor is very good when you add aged
ingredients & weird ones..

2- Mix & bake till your hands ache:
In this flavor.. you keep on mixing & mixing & mixing & mixing for 180
min. straight till you get bruises all over your hands.. I really,
truly, deeply hate this one..

3- Sweat & Deceiving Flavor:
This one has the ability to give you this sense of euphoria mixed with
"I'm on top of the world" feeling once you taste the first bite.. but
when the meal is over get this sharp sting of pain through your
stomach.. coz you've been poisoned..

4- Is it beef or is it chicken?:
In this case you take the first bite & know for sure it's chicken..
then you take the next.. and WHAT????.. you ask yourself is it it??
or is it not??.. you stay in this point of confusment.. until you
recheck your card for your own name!!!!

5- You speak French.. then I am French:
I saved the best for last.. and I don't know why many people hate the
French.. Once you talk their language they respect you.. all the food
etiquette they created.. you're always right and as much as you give
you get.. or even more.. Everybody should love the French quizine..
and try it every time.. :D

So.. we went through the 5 flavors.. Will there be more??.. Let's wait
& see :D

In the mean time.. tell me.. what's your flavor????

Good Luck y'all :D

The price we pay...

9:15 PM Posted In Edit This 2 Comments »
Being a dental student is NOT a piece of cake.. it requires hard work.. hard core.. and plenty of empty brain space.. and because it needs all that.. many sacrifices must be made..and many normal life luxuries must be forgotten.. it really leaves you depressed and unhappy most of the time..and might lead to the point of breaking down.. which I've seen alot..

One of the things is that u're constantly loosing or gaining weight.. ur body lives in a weight roller coaster.. u're either too thin or too fat.. since all we eat is junk food or have no time to eat..that we simply forget that we need food for energy untill we stand up and almost faint!!!

Another thing is that u're almost always emotionally and mentally stressed out.. and u're brain is storming with stuff that needs to be done.. seriously.. if u track down the things we do everyday and compare it to how things work outside ( i mean by post grads. ).. we litrarry do the work of four people all at once.. which means one mind functions as four.. the 1st is the dentist or clinition as they call it who does the work on the dental chair.. the 2nd is the dental assisstent that is supposed to be two extra hands in alot of procedures.. the 3rd is the person responsible for the dental files and records that deals with the details of opening the patients' file and booking the appointments.. the 4th is the college students that's supposed to study.. do researches.. present presentations.. and attend lectures fully awake!!..
don't u see.. four-in-one... what a package!!!

The last sacrifice I personally experiansed it a couple of times and I've heard many girls feel the same way.. it the loss of ur social tolerance& adaptability with people outside the college and the sever mood swings (this I've almost managed it :) ).. u sometimes really get the point that u can't stand shallow people who only care about what should i call them.. stupid stuff???... and u also forget how to tolerate some social formalities that u end-up rejecting alot of invitations just because u don't have the time nor the energy to do it..

To be honest.. for a girl of our age this price is too high.. and somethings that are lost may be unrestorable.. I really can't blame anyone for what we are dealing with.. coz we did choose it with our fully functioning brains.. although many girls do regret their choice after they learned the fact that our profession is not that profity as it used to be (i think u all know what i mean... balash nitkallim fe alsiyasa :P )..... lol

have a nice thursday night :)

A disaster in the making..

8:43 PM Posted In Edit This 2 Comments »
Hello everyone..
Soso has taken the microphone for a while.. now it's my turn :)
Today and many times before I witnessed something that left me almost speechless.. but before mentioning these thing.. I must say.. we are all human & have the right to screw-up every once-in-a-while.. but to do it almost every time.. that is being careless and stupid.. and as both of us ( soso & myself ) agreed not to generalize anything.. then i'm not talking about everybody.. just the little group who know themselves :P
The thing is when you do something either u do it right or simply don't do it.. not because you have a time limit or a number of requirements to fulfill or simply because u're not in the mood then u think u have the right to do crappy work on REAL HUMAN BEINGS!!!!..
I've seen it with my own eyes.. very very bad work and covering it with an even worse filling.. as one of my friends once said.. some girls really think they're working in a dead tissue.. they start with the high speed bur and go Herooooooo (as in going so fast so deep at once & creating a hole!!!!!!) now that's carelessness.. am I right??
And I know certain girls who work on patients that might have a severe illness but because they didn't care to ask the simple question of " are you sick?? or do u have any sort of disease? or do u take any sort of medication??" three forms with the same answer.. seriously I can't help but think that maybe I'm using a contaminated clinic with some sort of fatal disease just because the girl before me was careless enough to neglect that simple question!!
Really sometimes I try not to think.. but the number of careless people is becoming larger and larger that maybe one day the carelessness will become normal & the cautiousness will become abnormal...
I hope that day never comes while i'm still in the building :P

No females allowed... male contamination!!

10:06 PM Posted In Edit This 1 Comment »
OK.. this subject really pisses me off!!

Every year there is the end of the year ceremony for the male section.. in this ceremony almost always there is a play done by the students.. it really is fun..cause i attended it two years ago.
but for the last two years if has been forbidden for us the female students to attend.
Why?? you might ask..
Because there is male contamination in the auditorium. as if the male students will flip their heads 180 degrees to watch every move of the females on the balcony. or maybe the females will dangle their head from above the rail to see the males. DAH!! (ana eash fahhamne!!)
the funniest fact I've known this year is that female INTERNS who were not allowed to attend LAST year are NOW allowed!!... ya sub7an allah I think it has something to do with not having exams!!.. 7atta one of the interns we passed by that day said.. I guess we transformed into males this year ... LOL


On Sunday I was in the elevator with a female student a female staff member.. I don't know exactly what happened but from what they were saying I figured that it had something to do with the rule that female students are not allowed in the male intern area.. one them said.. isn't there females in Saudi Board Clinics?? and isn't the only way to those clinics is to pass through the intern clinical area??.. the other one replayed.. yes there are females there.. but what could we do about alta5allof?? (ana ma 8olt shay!!)


And yesterday.. or let me say every day.. you might notice a number of females standing on the entrance of the Males College (where all the doctor's offices are located) on the 1st floor.. trying their best to pursue the security to let them in to talk to one of the doctors.. but she would refuse bikol 8owa to let them in. why??
because there are males like ants !! as if we don't deal with male doctors in the sessions!! or do they miraculously become female immune once they enter the female clinical area ...
seriously I don't know..
the funniest thing too it if I told the security I needed to visit the SDS office.. she would willingly let me in... SUB7AN ALLAH!!

I really don't know when are we going to enter the new century??
maybe it will happen when we find a pesticide or a disinfectant for this contamination..
don't you think so??

Sorry, I'm not an A+ Student

12:00 AM Posted In Edit This 4 Comments »
Hello everyone.. today I'll talk of a phenominon I've noticed and I'm sure of you all did.. that has spread between alot of doctors (not all to be fair).. once you do something good either in the clinic or in the lab and the doctor doesn't know you.. the first question they ask: "Are you from the top ten of your class??"..
what the?????.... is the fact that I'm not an A+ student mean that I'm a bad student??
does it mean that my hand work sucks just cause I can't memorize a whole book in one week??
come on people!!!
the thing that really pisses me off is when the doctors know a certain girl is in the top ten group (al2awa2el).. she gets a softer treatment and a less critical evaluation (it's true & I've seen it with my own eyes!!)... and that is NOT FAIR!!!
The other phenomena is that when a dr. likes a particular girl or group of girls.. she or they get most of His or Her attention throughout the session ( lab or clinic ).. and the rest of us must wait in the line till the stupid joke is over.. or till the student remembers she has work to do!!
For God's Sake we all have work to do!!! then they'd say you're late.. you're lazy.. you're careless!!!!
it really is becoming annoying... and it's truly UNFAIR!!!
We really should be treated EQUALLY.. despite our grade differences..we are all capable of doing the job right.
and to be honest.. the only reason why I don't make a scene every time something like this happens is because I'm well mannered & my parents taught me better.....

So, I Had A Crush On You...

1:24 AM Posted In Edit This 2 Comments »
As Soso said.. We're living in this gray-blackish lifestyle that our prestigious college made us do. The fact that girl-boy relationships are so popular is sooo true.. you might be shocked to know that many of our college Icons (students obviously) are in a relationship or two.
I even once heard a rumor of a thing between a Dr. & a student ( it's a rumor so don't get all worked-up).
The fact that our exposure to our dear male collegues is supposed to be minimal as the rules imply.. it really is obvious that who ever wants to meet whomever finds a cozy place to nest on campus .. although some are quit public of their relationships.. and some funnily act as if they don't know each other in the presence of others but you could see the way they look at each other.. shyly.. as if no one should know that they're looking.. MAN GOD GAVE US EYES TO SEE WITH!!
although I must admit.. this kind of infatuation is entertaining.. it changes your mood instantly..
and I must say.. I had my share of stupid crushes every once in a while. LOL

Even thought it's cute & funny.. sometimes people get so nosy that others might get hurt..
it's a thing to KNOW that two people are in a relationship.. but it's totally another thing to BRAG that you know about it and SPICE IT UP a bit with some imagination!!!!

and boy do gossiper have oscar-winning imaginations!!!!!

I do know several facts about a number of our dental couples.. but HUSSSSHHH... my mouth is shut.. even though they might be smiling to each other right under your nose...

So KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN to some daily entertainment....


P.S: I Had a crush on you.. I admit that.. but seeing you act the way you did after you knew...
that was the funniest moment of my life... please do.. do it again... I'd love another hearty laugh
LOL.......

A very crappy Vacation... VERY!!

3:22 PM Posted In Edit This 0 Comments »
So today's Sat. the first official day of this vacation..
It's almost 3:30 pm.. and I have nothing to do
or do I ??
My calender shows that I've got three quizzes.. a mid term.. a booklet due on the 1st Wed. next week.. a relatives' wedding ahead.. a friends' engagement.. and a flight to Riyadh for a family thing....

so pretty much i should be studying now.. not bitching about it.. but the thing is.. I'm in no mood to study.. :(
one of our doctors said at the end of his lecture last Tuesday.. girls i advise u not to study in this vacation.. have fun coz u're just days away from a storm coming ahead
Is he SERIOUS??.. have fun when i should study.... ahhhhhhhhh i hate them!!!
why did they have to put all these quizzes at the same time??
we're humans walla we are... do they really need proof????

I have this crazy idea of locking all those sheets in the guest room and forgetting they exist..
will I do that??... I don't know

Please God make them humane
make them fell our pain
make them see what their hands had made
make them know that we need a breath...
please ya rab...
pleaseeeeeeeeee

Why am I writing here??

11:50 PM Posted In Edit This 0 Comments »
Hello everyone..
As my dear friend Soso said.. we're two students... and to be specific we're dental students in one of Saudi Arabia's dental colleges..
we builded up this blog to find a place to show out our pain.. shed down our tears.. and document our ups & downs..
I do agree totally that choosing this profession was kind of a mistake ( which my yearly grade prove so well).. and if time went back I would have went elsewhere..
but as God's will is above as all... I'm now in this place suffering.. and here I am to talk about it..

So for all the future dental students... welcome to the real thing that no one will ever tell u about..
yours,
roro
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