Another book review....

(Pic taken from Katrina Firlik's website)

Another book I've recently read is titled,'Another Day in the Frontal Lobe',by Katrina Firlik, a brain surgeon who shares the ongoings inside the hectic life of a specialist surgeon like herself...

The book is written in a truthful,simplistic, sincere and humorous manner... yet with several detailed medical concepts and some personal philosophical moments.... Being a woman in a male-dominated field, she shares her most challenging and unforgettable encounters yet, be it with her male colleagues, mentors, patients as well as patients' relatives and family members.

Anyone will be impressed reading this book, and realizing how self-sacrificial being a doctor is... they are so busy attending to their everyday hectic duties as well as on-call duties, they seem to rarely have free time to do the things they would love to do.... Things we sometimes take for granted...

Like watching movies, sipping a cup of coffee reading a book in a peaceful, quiet place with a loved one to cuddle with, exercising, strolling in a park absorbing the view and sounds of nature... I personally feel blessed to have personal time for myself and my loved ones... even though my monthly pay will never be on par with that of a brain surgeon's...yet my life is fulfilling

I can really relate with Katrina, and really love the fact that she shares her passions & weaknesses with readers... Coincidentally, we have the same weakness and passion...

My very distinctive weakness, similar to Katrina's, is having a poor sense of direction...Initially I felt it very unsettling & that there might be something wrong with my brain but I guess different ppl have diff strengths and weaknesses which can always be worked on though.... Passion is the love for learning new things...yearning for more challenges in life....

Here's some excerpts taken from the book:

"...What I am passionate about,more than almost anything else,I'm afraid,is learning something new.... I love life on the learning curve and my curiosity is broad. This can be a double-edged sword,though, when it comes to settling on a career...."

"... One strike against me is that I have little inherent sense of direction.... This deficit of mine is fertile grounds for teasing,again,by my husband, whose sense of direction rivals that of migratory birds....He marvels over how I can step out of a store in New York City, out onto the sidewalk, and start walking in the wrong direction....""

"... I used to think my poor sense of direction was a real liability until I read that Harvey Cushing, the father of neurosurgery, shared the same deficit. It didn't stop him from operating on the brain and pioneering a whole new surgical specialty...."

"... My husband and I can waste inordinate amounts of time in arguing over which one of us came up with a certain brilliant idea, exchanging accusations of a faulty memory....'Aren't you glad I thought of visiting this little town?' Rather than a 'yes' and maybe a 'thank you' he'll counter with:'I like your revisionist history,but I'm the one who came up with the idea,remember?'...Then I'll say,'But I'm the one who read about it.' And he'll claim,'But the only reason you read about it in the first place was because I told you about it.'And so on...."

Rating : 5/5 stars

P.S : My dear Faee, if you're reading this post, don't the 2nd and 4th excerpt sound familiar to you? I thought we're the only couple arguing over and laughing hysterically over little stuffs like that... I guess that's what happens when 2 brilliant minds fall in love with one another... No one wants to give in... haha!

For more info and updates on Katrina, you can visit her website at www.katrinafirlik.com