Rocks!

As part of my EART1105 Dynamic Planet unit, I headed out to Watermans Beach to look at rocks. Had to fight off that itch to climb them. Hah.

We looked at the stratigraphy and composition of the rocks, in order to identify previous sea levels during the Holocene. By studying the grain sizes at various strata, and the embedded fossils eg.brachiopods, we could figure out the previous intertidal range. Also, inferences were made regarding the groundwater flows and aeration of the rocks, sandstone in particular.

Sun, sea, and the wind. All made for a great day out.

Hernia

I could never have guessed. A hernia. Throughout NS, I've seen people getting downgraded for illnesses like this, but to have it happen to me?

Bulge in the groin. Something I hoped would go away by itself. It didn't, so off to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital I went. Thank goodness for insurance, otherwise I'd be in deep waters.

Before surgery, I had the 'luck' to be examined by medical students. I was the dummy for their mini lecture, right there in my ward. Kinda reminded me of the time when Jing Xin, Yee Han, and I went to work as 'casualty models' in TTSH. Having fun and getting paid for it! But here I was, getting prodded in my groin region. I'd never felt so, um, liberated.

I went under general anaesthesia. Knocked out in 2 minutes. The post-surgery nausea was horrid. No weights, no sports, no nothing for the coming weeks.

Darn.