Time for lesser sleep!

Should be sleeping soon because I am working morning shift tomorrow!!!!!! Well, I may hate going to work tomorrow in the morning but I am very sure that I will hate to leave the ward when my working time is over! Strange huh.. Haha.

And it's going to be a busy week of meetings, going out with people etc. Let's hope I can sustain throughout.

Donating blood tomorrow during the "free time"!! One of my favourite past times :D

Oh oh oh, there's a musical coming up planned by the SA office!!!!! Songs will be from all the muscials that I enjoy! I'm sure it'll be a big event! SoundCard is deeply involved and I hope I can be part of the muscial! I promise to study hard. Ok ok? Please please please. I hope I can be part of it :D Ok, who am I actually begging? @_@

My eyelids are getting heavier and heavier...

NR0811 Nurses Unite!

Quite rare to see everyone in their uniforms are we are posted to different hospitals. So decided to take a group photo! That's not all from the tutorial group though, cos different people are posted to different days of the School Health Service attachment :) Argh, I look so short beside Hawa. That's how I look like in front of my patients... They are usually shocked when they see my handphone wallpaper :)LingLi and PeiQing. *smiles* :DDDDDDDSham and Hadi.. So random right? Posting their photos here. Haha.I am sure you remember the times where you were in Primary School and nurses came over to your school to have a mass health checkup with those really fierce nurses scolding you with their black face, swearing to give you 10 more injections if you make more noise. Not forgetting the highlight of the day, having the REAL injection. *ouch!*

Today, the tables were turned around. I didn't give any injection though, I will be able to however, in a few months time! :D I had the privilege to sit in front of the Primary 1 kids individually while they were having their injection. My job was to make them as calm as possible, make sure they close their eyes, force their head to look in front if they turn their heads, count 1 to 10 together with them and give them a sticker after the jab!

Indeed, kids are like a blank piece of paper. They are always influenced by the things around them. That includes us, adults(or young adults). So we always have to becareful of the things we say or do in front of them!

I have been assured, I will be happy working in the Peads ward! :)

Having a heart

Can anyone tell me what is wrong with me?! I dread going to work, but I also dread leaving the ward... Hahaha. I simply love the patients. I guess only as a student nurse I can deeply interact with them. When I graduate and become a staff nurse, I won't have any time to do so :(

I'm really having the heart for the old. I simply love them! I think it is because my grandparents died when I was at a young age thus not having the chance to spend good bonding time with them. Well, as I do it to the other old people, I hope my grandparents can feel the exact same tender loving care from heaven! :)

Today it was an emotional moment for the nurses during general report. Though I was not related or involved in anyway(except changing diapers for him once), I could really empathise with them. Most of the time, the public has misconceptions about nurses. We see deaths most of the time, and may get immuned and get used to it. But that is not true. Every death we encounter feels exactly the same as how we first encountered any death. Though the patient's time was up, we could proudly say that we delivered the best care we could ever offer during the last stages of his life. We may not shed a tear, but we cry buckets in our hearts. We do all these to uphold professionalism.

With God's grace, I got it! :DDDD I am sure that I'm not making a mistake!!! I mean, all along I have been visualising myself looking after kids. I know exactly how they feel because I experienced it myself before. Hmmm, but if I were sent to O & G, no choice. But peads would definately be my first choice and I'll fight for it!

Nursing has indeed made my life more fulfilling and purposeful! :D

Baguita is blessed!

On Sunday, Mommy bought Avocado juice for me! Yum yum. It's great to have Daddy back with us so that we could eat Singapore's great variety of food. Looking forward to a dinner with my parents, but that won't happen for some time due to me getting occupied with so many things. Sigh... I've got a chair from Ikea as a new addition in my room! No more lousy gray office chair. Let's hope my results would improve with a better chair :P I fixed it all by myself!In the night I went to a BBQ that Fedora invited me to. I totally felt like an alien there but everyone was nice! Some remembered me, some did not... It's quite amazing to see everyone grow up so suddenly. We all grew up as kids and teenagers in Sunday school. I could not deny that it was bad of me to leave without saying anything, but I was determined to step out from my comfort zone and do something different with my life at that current time. 5 and a half years went by, and I am happy to say that I did not regret that decision. Greater things are indeed ahead of me! :) Still, these people were great friends :DThrough a nurse's heart...
We could chat all day long.
She persistantly offered me soybean milk and kaya kuay which I tried to refuse (it ended up in my stomach)
She hugged me as I brought her to the toilet.
I said "goodbye" to her before the weekends.
I wished and hoped for all the best in her operation.
She did not return.

I just hope that she can come back so that I can continue to look after her and help out in her recovery.

I will be waiting for her...

Daddy's back!

Can you see the smile on their faces? :) Daddy just brought back a winter/autum duvet he got from China. He said that it's purely made of silk and that it is very confortable. Well, I will be testing it out tonight! Ah, it's been sometime since I've last slept in my room. Honestly speaking, my room's the best! ;)

In a long time, weekends have never been so good before :D

K.O-ed

Firstly, let me tell you my shifts... Morning, morning, afternoon, morning, afternoon. Thanks PeiQing SO MUCH for willing to change shifts for me though :) I really don't know what to do without you.

So, why the change in shifts? So that I am able to attend Zoe Conference 2009! :) Well, the night session at least... Thanks to attachment, what great timing. However, I am still thankful that I could at least attend it! My my, it has really been some time since DT zone had a conference. I still remember the good old days where we would have 2 a year! Zoe Conference and Raising Up The Standard Conference. Oh yeah, I'm proud to say that during the first photo montage before everything, some of my photos were posted! Ah, really miss the good old days :)

Well, today's was good too! Resurrection of your lost dreams/goals/desires/aspirations was shared. Most of the time, we tend to give up on everything and think why it doesnt seem to work the way we want it to. In an English Oxford Dictionary, "death" is the absence of vital organs or the end of somebody's life. But in that dictionary stored in my brain, "death" is a temporary stage before resurrection. I believe, as long as one persists, have faith and never gives up, he or she will eventually reach the finishing line!

So why am I tired? There's this running nose that is irritating me constantly. Standing for 8 hours a day. Yesterday, did afternoon shift and rushed for practice after work. Today, I did morning shift and rushed for Zoe Conference and tomorrow I am having an interview with KKH before going for the afternoon shift! I promise you, tomorrow after work, I'll be a ZOMBIE @_@ But there's still a bit of supernatural strength that is making me survive :) Wish me luck for the interview!!

How's my ward? It's slightly busier compared to the previous ward I went to. I enjoy the company of talking to certain patients. Well that depends... Cos sometimes I can't click with certain people. PeiQing can though :) I think all the old people likes her loud loud voice :P Feel quite sad though. So many times I just feel like tearing just a particular hit and run accident, that could cost so much heartaches and money :(

And I have no idea why do I always get it from my CI when it comes to taking breaks. I mean, is not that I go extra or something. But just the wrong timing. There are certain things we can't just leave alone, right? I tried to rationalize. I think she took it that I was offended? She kept emphasing that she had nothing against me -__-

Lastly, I feel that foreign nurses should behave themselves. Like how I would if I am ever working overseas.

Woohoo!

My sympathetic nervous system is working up, with increased heart rate, dialation of pupils, constriction of blood vessles, increased peristalsis in my esophagus, piloerection, raise of blood pressure, etc, etc and etc... Also, a sudden trigger of noradrenaline in my body.

Ok, I have learnt to use biological terms in everyday life from the ITE students. Wahahaha.

Excited I may be, I am quite "sian" also :( I was enjoying my holidays very much and it had to end so aruptly. Thanks NYP for making my group the 2nd batch ALWAYS. Hmph! Most of the peeps are having their holidays, while I start my work.

Nevertheless, I get to meet new people, having a chance to give them a smile! And most importantly, express TLC (tender loving care). It'll be even better to see them smile right back at me. It makes my job more worthwhile.

I was in the MRT yesterday and kids were crying everywhere! It drove everyone insane. And I was thinking to myself, "You're going to work in a peads ward in future!". I imagined myself going crazy, screaming, pulling my hair and then chuckled. NAH! That won't happen in hospitals, come on! (here, i am trying my best to deceive myself)

Right now, I got to cultivate the habit of waking up early by sleeping early :)

Good night world!! :D

Moments with gfs

Everytime we have outings, we look different each time we see each other! Haha. Shall do a compare and contrast post one day :) Well well, we had our post Valentine meetup at VivoCity's Marche. Through I only spent like 3 hours with them, I enjoyed it loads! :)Had a lil photo taking session at the rooftop. Ok, I'm FAT.Candid shots!!!!!!! My favourite. Heehee.The following photos are infatuated by me!!!!!!:)

If I were a Rich Man

Gwen Stefani and her managers and whoever is related to her albums spoilt this beautiful song...

I was introduced to Fiddler on the Roof when my Dad brought back the video tape from NgeeAnn's library. I kind of forgotton the story but I wanna watch it again!!!! I was in Primary school then! He also taught me another nice song in this movie, Matchmaker...

"Matchmaker, matchmaker make me a match.
Find me a find, catch me a catch."

I didn't understand what "catch me a catch" was, so I asked my Dad. He said that it is when the bride throws a bouquet of flowers backward and ladies who are single would catch it. Tradition says that for the one who catches it, she will be married next.

From that day on, I thought it would be cool to have the chance to catch it.

Little did I know it came to pass last month @_@ But yup, I was actually humming that song on the way home after the wedding.

I've been listening to all their songs on Youtube (thank God for it). I really like the middle eastern kind of tune in all of their songs!!

Edited, with the inspiration of JingWei's blog post.

Well, he is still my brother...

Awww, it would be fun in Heidelberg(known as a love city in germany), playing with a goose that is so tame! Anyway I have no idea what my brother is doing overseas... Studying or bringing people around Germany?! I thought Malcolm is a caring guy and an animal lover...

Guess what he wrote in the comment of facebook... "Bring the goose home & pluck its feathers & roast..."

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I need to plan it soon!

Escape with Secondary school friends :)

This was one of the best outings ever!! I laughed and laughed and laughed. Thanks Carlos for organising it! :) When we arrived at Escape Theme Park, we were very happy due to the free entrance ticket. Heehee. Anyway, it was some family function kinda thing. The place was PACKED with Dads, Moms and children! First ride was viking! I was trying to be funny by screaming in a very afraid tone, trying to tell the people not to ever take the ride. But it was alright lah. I could rest my chin on my palm most of the time. One thing for sure : I will never jump down a building.Funny photo I managed to capture... ShengJie was shouting my name -___-Went to the haunted house too. I was kinda excited when queuing up. Then, when I entered, I close my eyes throughout. Haha! I kept holding onto SiShi. Yeah, I'm a timid person. Group photo!After having fun, we had very expensive Burger King and exited the park. We ended up in E!Hub's arcarde! This was the second time to the arcarde(the first time was at WhiteSand's after breakfast-__-)! Look how serious the soldier's faces are.
It was dinner time and we took the train all the way back to CCK... In the train, we were talking across the carriage about our lower secondary school times. I think we got too carried away that the whole train could hear our entire conversation. Then, I thought to myself, "Man, if only I could be naughtier and take more photos... "

After dinner, guess what, we went to the arcarde AGAIN! Occupying the whole row. Haha. All playing against each other.Decided to "gamble" 1 dollar coins on this. It hurts to see money just dropping into a machine and getting nothing in return.
What a day!

Urgh

I told myself that I had to post a photo and there I chose this! We're going out next friday! *excited* Ok, I'm more excited that I'm going to Escape Theme Park on Sunday! Woot woot!! Urgh. I'm feeling more guilty now... I keep telling myself, "Everything happens for a reason." But that is a lame excuse!!!!!!

It was A level results day... Most I know of did well. Congrats! :) I just wonder how did those in BBSS choir do. Time flies huh. Now those of the same batch as me are going to be enrolled into a university this year!

I am going to send my application to KKH. Motivation? My mom... I don't know, it is just the words she say that motivates me to do things. I won't say that she's controlling me lah. Besides, working in NUH or KKH would not be a difference right? At least I have a higher chance to work in the peads ward? To be honest, money is the motivation. I mean, who dosent like money? Well, I hope all goes well cos I had signs that encouraged me to go for it. Just that, I dont like the uniform, but that's besides the point. Haha. Oh yeah, and I'm sure this will give me the motivation to study harder :)

Forgive me please!

I seek forgiveness... I didn't do it on purpose :(

I won't be going back anyway. Let's just hope that this guilt will disappear tomorrow :)

There's a chance to sing for graduation... Of course I will be going through a series of auditions. I really hope I can make it. But first, I have to think like a fat mama. Those 3 are really killer songs!

Break a leg for all A level students tomorrow!!! :D

Childish?

I shall start this entry with rantings... In the past, people would always tell me how childish I was, in their opinion. But for once, and finally, I know how a childish person behaves. At least I know for now, that I'm not as childish as THAT person. Ok, before making wild guesses to think that the person I'm referring to is you, I reckon that you clarify things with me personally first :) Anyway, I'm expressing myself. So please don't get too personal about this...

Went to Bukit Timah Hill with JingWei, Ron, Roy, Henry and Nat! My legs are tired right now. I have never hiked so much my whole life before. But thank God for the lovely weather, with no hot sun and the cool breeze. It was really the perfect day for the trip. Not to mention, that we got kinda lost! We found ourselves in KAP during lunchtime and had Macdonalds. Uh-oh, which means that we ate back all the fats/carbo that we've lost during the 3 hour hike :(

Then, it was house visitations. First it was Nat, where I will leave it to JingWei to describe it (you can go to her blog... find her name on the left for the links). And mine, where I will spare you the details.

Off to choir it was, and I'm back... Home sweet home.

Goodness, I'm going to wake up with legs that will ache so badly! :(

Congrats to JingWei! :)

Hey girl, I feel so happy for you!!! Anyway, thanks for being such a great buddy to me ;D You've been a good listening ear, joke teller and anaylser to me! May your walk with God get better and better everyday!Being the salt of the Earth, light of the World......and an apple in God's eye :)Us who came down to support. Where's Henry?!Marcus Ong went through all the trouble to include him and here it is!!! He's beside Nat. Scary... With no legs and all.We soon went into the future. Ah, that's a better photo! He's behind Melina.Her dear friends who came all the way down the support.Girl power!And the guys...All cleaned up and ready to do greater things!!! :) JingWei, you look more radient now!
Saturday... Looking forward to it? Or not?

Ed & Angel :)

Since I am now waiting for my hair to dry, why not blog? :) Woo, I had a blast! I could not believe my own eyes...Cocktail reception first :)By the table... Rong was like soooo pretty! I could not wait to see her in real person.The doors opened and we had time to take photos until the Holy Matrimony.Isnt PeiEn pretty?! :)Zoe and I... Thanks Zoe, for *ahem ahem* :D Yay, I've widen my social circle!Miss Yee!!!! :)Finally, it was the arrival of the bride... Dosent she look gorgeous? :)Pst Yong holding the Holy Matrimony...Another walk in with some sabotages.Towards the last few dishes, we had the chance to take photos with her!!! :DThat's her cell group.And lastly, :)

Congrats to Edward and Angel!!!!!!!! I really feel happy for the both of you :)

Hmm, it actually felt so much like a reunion dinner. Those old bravo zone peeps that I didnt see in AGES. Haha, well some were surprised by the drastic change in me also. Changes are good indeed!

The last part was so, so, so, so funny. Felt really paiseh also. Because I managed to catch the bouquet of flowers as Rong threw it backwards. It was simply my reaction to stretch my left arm and catch it. Oh well... But I passed to bouquet to Phoebe anyway :) I think it'll be so funny when I read this 10 years later.. But I enjoyed myself, cos I kept giggling and laughing. Happiness to me is always the best thing in life :)