FROM THE EDITORS Hello everyone!Welcome to our final synapse of the year. Twenty Eighteen sure has been a wild one. End of year exams keeping you down? Don't worry, we've packed this Utopia synapse edition with plenty of motivational quotes, too many jokes and unforgettable memories from this year. All the best to everyone with your final exams for 2018! Try your best but also make sure to look after yourselves! Eat, slee p, study, have fun and REPEAT. Goodbye for now, not forever. Your Communications Team, Alex Zheng Wisura Munasinghe Claudia Ho Daphne Wang Krishna Doshi Ashneet Sethi 2
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Year in Review
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MIPS
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WALSH
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Medrevue
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Accomodation Review
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Christmas SNACs
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Subtle Medicine Traits
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Mental Health Blue Week
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Motivation
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What do you want for Xmas?
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Accomodation Review
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Humerus
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after yet another fantastic year of performing our hearts out, the MedRevue cast thanks everyone who came and supported the show! We can't wait to keep making our productions more and more amazing, and we are so excited to see what 2019 has in store for us!
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What did the girl who visited the farm get for Christmas? cryptosporidiosis with diarrhoea
All I want for Christmas is.. triple choc fudge brownies, Oreo cheesecake, 1kg of Nutella, some cash dollar bills and 3 weeks of sleep + a summer bod.
"BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE" is a cute song until you read the lyrics
Indigenous camp was by far the best experience of my life
Anvesh Chalasani I want you NOW
It's really quite simple
Cant forget HAP if you never learnt it in the first place
FEATURING YOUR FAVOURITE
A T B O ND U N I V ER S I T Y MED I C I NE . TH ESE SW EET A ND S PICY GU YS AND GALS ARE H ERE NOW TO SPR EAD THEI R JOY WITH AL L!
Merry Christmas! glad that while all the other unis are out having a holiday, we're all slaving away like santa's elves studying and WITHOUT THE GIFT (jokes the gift is walking out with a med degree paid by our parents) HAVE A GOOD HOLIDAY
The only thing I want for Christmas is to pass my Ps test
What do Africans get for Christmas? Hungry
You're looking like a snacc today
What did the boy with no arms and legs get for Christmas? Cancer
Hey everyone, What do you call a reindeer with no eyes? Blind. Have a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wholesome year at Bond For those of you going through drama, here’s some advice from Kanye – “Love your haters, they’re your biggest fans.” Stay safe and enjoy the holidays!
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MENTAL HEALTH BLUE week
It’s that time of the year again. 2018 is coming to a close and exams are approaching. We have all felt the stress of exam time, from school to university. There can often be a lot of content to revise, and time can be limited. As a result, we may become stressed. However, it is important for our health to manage this stress and prevent it becoming detrimental. Felicity Miller (HSM Student Health and Wellbeing Manager) kindly provides us with 10 tips on self care, to help us cope with academic stress: 1. KNOW YOUR WHY: know your purpose as it is your compass, it gives your life it’s meaning and direction. 2. EAT: eat healthy meals and snacks, including a healthy breakfast, and keep an eye on sugar and junk food intake. 3. DRINK: drink lots of water and not so much caffeine, energy drinks or alcohol. 4. MOVE: do some physical activity most days- walk, swim or stretch. 5. SLEEP: ensure you get enough sleep and set up a regular sleep pattern. 6. Be KIND and UNHOOK: unhook from your self-talk that makes you doubt your ability, second-guess yourself or undermine your purpose. 7. KEEP IT REAL and EMBRACE MISTAKES: have a realistic study plan (don’t try and do too much at once) and ‘have a go’ even if you may not get it right 8. CONNECT: connect with the people and things that are important to you. 9. HAVE A GP: keep an eye on your general health and have a GP you’re comfortable with. 10. FOCUS ON NOW, RIGHT NOW: slow down, be mindful, if you’re in the moment you’re less likely to be hooked by thoughts or behaviours.
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