and I will
keep dancing in the rain
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Thursday, October 21, 2010 @ 12:06 AM
hello school :)
it's day 3 of school!
wasn't really a good start
because i got a muddlehead course coordinator.

who talks very fast during lectures,
who will forget to come for tutorials and lectures!!
who have not finished her timetables for us.
who have problems with inviting the external lecturers still.
who throws u questions to do that you weren't taught before
who smiles at you only when u tell her u're still confused.

now i query why my nursing director say that NYP is better than NP.
gosh.. the curriculum is so messy.
today talk about the ECG, tmr is the Brain, then the next day the heart.
then we expect the tutorial be about ECGs but ended up drug calculations.
then teach us about respiratory tmr. then back to brain.
still got law and ethics, then psychology, sociology.
then health assessment.
here abit, there abit.

confusing!!

unlike my dip days in NP.
so systematic...
we'll learn the upper part of the body
then the lower part.
if we had ECG during lectures, tutorial we'll practice more and ECGs
and when we ask question, our lecturers will answer them and explain.
definitely will not say "well, when time to come, u'll know how to calculate."

roll eyes max!
Tuesday, October 19, 2010 @ 12:20 AM
back to school!
after 1 year plus, i'm back to school studying again!
first day of school was quite shocking.

1. ppl in NYP don't dress up
2. the tables in the tutorial rooms doesn't have powerpoints.
3. the module outline is shocking! super packed.
4. my lecturer is super unprepared.. she have not finalised the whole curriculum.

i missed Ngee Ann.
Ngee Ann is becoming prettier!
Saturday, October 16, 2010 @ 8:34 PM
True Love
"True love doesn't have a happy ending, because true love never ends.
Letting go is one way of saying 'I Love You'. "


She's diagnosed end stage liver cirrhosis
liver dialysis won't help her.
she needs a transplant, but she's too weak for a transplant.
and her family is trying hard to find hope.

He's diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia
cancer cells spreads to his bone marrow,
it's not functioning well anymore.
blood transfusions will only prolong his misery.
and his family is holding on to him till he leaves.

She's diagnosed hypoxic brain injury
she's in a coma.
chances of her to wake up is 0.0000000000000000000001%
long term care plan only add on to burden and misery.
and her family is prepared to take on the challenge.

these are the little stories from my workplace
and they never fail to touch my heart
brokened hearts, fragile bodys, heavy souls
i'm glad that i can do bits for them.
Thursday, October 14, 2010 @ 12:03 AM
The Old Lady and the Reaper


I thought this short flim was quite interesting...
sometimes we should really think about the patient and not for ourselves.

will you rather your loved ones to suffer while you unable to accept the fact that it's a irreversible change.
or let go of your loved ones and continue to move on in life, and to live that extra mile for them?
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 @ 9:04 AM
Perspective
“True godliness demands the demolition of any manmade construction. Exposing our failings is never easy in the moment; but when we live from the inside out, life becomes real. And our persepective becomes a great deal more accurate.”
Saturday, October 09, 2010 @ 7:27 PM
will you?



Friday, October 08, 2010 @ 10:38 PM
the work and rest pattern
work ytd, rest today
work tmr, rest the next day.
wahh this kind of work rest work rest shift
made me feel more tired..
oh nvm, very soon, i'll be a full time student again!!!

went school for orientation today.
it felt weird because the cohort is mixed with various age group people.
from the youthful, energetic young ones like me to the mother of 10 kind.
i wonder how to build rapport and dynamics when comes to presentations.

faint.

and i bought my blades! =)))
@ 12:52 AM
complicated people.
i realised that our lives are getting more and more complicated.
it's no longer that simple even though we want to live a simple life.
advancement in technology really made a difference in our lives.
informations, networks are so accessible,
communications can be established within secs

the reason why we can never live a simple life again
is because with all these high end technology,
we're much more involved in other people's lives.

people are talking to each other without the emotions, feelings, body language
such that we can't judge if one is true to another. everyone is behind their own screen.
which often causes alot of miscommunication, judgements etc.

i really missed those days when i write letters to my friends,
putting in alot of effort and hearts to it, giving out ernest encouragements and blessings.
it's so unlike now, where our simple "jiayous" for people can no longer be kept.
all deleted in to the digital trash bins.
Wednesday, October 06, 2010 @ 10:37 PM
a cup of tea latte at night.
had been hanging at coffee bean (Rail mall) at night
to read up some essential stuffs to prep for SCHOOL!
i really hope this week will end soon..

can't wait for my TP, really really hope i will pass.
can't wait for school to start! i want to do well this time round!
can't wait for Oct 16, 1735 comm retreat
can't wait for Nov 5th, cable ski trip
can't wait for Nov 8th, finally full braces on!


i wonder why people only know the importance of kinship,
the importance of maintaining good relationships
and the importance of health after they gone thru a near death episode.

my patient finally gets better
and i told him that his wife and daughters are very anxious about him
then he told me that he felt very bad,
because he always throw his temper at them, he did not appreciate what they do for him.
then i told him, actually i'm just like him.
towards my parents, i'm hot tempered, like some spoilt brat, not appreciative with what they did for me... but we all know that even so, in our hearts, we love them most.

i'm always thankful and felt blessed that God gives me this passion in nursing,
that in everyday lives, i'm always reminded of how blessed i am, how deep that grace He had given me.

to me, power, money, authority is not important.
lil relationships in my life weighs more than anything.
i want to appreciate them more.
Tuesday, October 05, 2010 @ 12:26 AM
破财挡灾
few mins ago, i've 破财挡灾
i've lost my 1 month pay over 18mths.
and got 3 medical insurance plans.

im quite surprised that im not sad about the lost of money
but i'm sad about why i'm so GULLIBLE!
always thinking about short term and not long term.

grr.
Monday, October 04, 2010 @ 12:55 AM
Pastor talks about sabbath and i need to go to work.
when i need to work on sundays,
i'll always tell myself that it's for greater purpose!
today's sermon was about sabbath
haha felt quite "guilty" cuz i did not keep my sabbath.

but still.. BO BIAN.


took care of this pneumonia uncle today.
he's daughters are anxious +++ kind
kept asking a lot and a lot of question
everytime when the machine beeps,
they will ask if there's something wrong???
and they seems like angry and lost.

so normally what i'll do is,
reassure them with the uses of the machines,
why does it beeps, tell them the normal ranges of the parameters,
what are the Drs plans,
why the patient became restless at times
why the patient always sleeping,
sometimes i'll just wake the patient up
and let their family members know that patient is awake,
i guess that's the maximum comfort level i can give for patient's members.

it's very different comfort from what the Drs will give,
Drs usually tell them the diagnosis, prognosis, findings.


felt quite happy today
because this patient's daughter
gave me their assurance too,
that what i'm doing is right.
because ever since i'm in ICU,
my sisters are concerned about what we say to the family members
we're afraid that it will not tally with what the Drs said and bring confusions.

"i can see you have passion in your work, you're very different from other nurses, you are the very few nurses who will explain to us...because most of them will ask the Drs to tell us"

then i replied, " because sometimes, the nurses didn't really know the details as much as the Drs do and we don't want to confuse the relative members by saying different things."

"actually what we want is not the details, we just need assurance to know that whether is my dad getting better or not. and the plans... it's a different kind of comfort level that we need."

"keep it up!"

i'm glad that my style of "updating" the family members
brings comfort and able to alley a lil tiny bit of their anxiety,


guess it's a new gift from God. lol!!
i can "read" people's mind quite well, or rather understand them even when they don't have to say it.

many a times i've BINGO good friend's fav stuffs etc.
sometimes, i know what my patients want even when they can't communicate with us.
and now i know the kind of answers the family members wants.


hahaha!
nway the only sad thing i've encounter today is...



MY ID PHOTO IS DAMN DISGUSTING!!! eeewwww


"He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" -Micah 6:8

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