My work today...

ahhh....been thinking of wat to write...i have so many things to say...anyway, wanted to write bout wat i did today...
so....i woke up, had breakfast in my car(as usual) and reached the office on the dot 9.00am(use punch card wan...). My 1st patient for the day was a 9 yr-old boy.oh boy....he came in with this man that could look like his father (if his father married a 2nd wife) or maybe uncle or guardian or atuk...i proceeded in explaining the procedures of the test in English...neither of them replied and i got frustrated because i dunno if they understood wat i've just said and asked if they prefer if i speak in BM.only then i get a response...oh!...he can understand English...his atuk said...well...good...i thought..so i did everything i have to do for him and the most frustrating part was waiting for him to fall asleep(cos me doc dun like to sedate her patients) AND most IMPORTANTLY they dun come PREPARED!!!(which means they have to sleep late the nite b4 and wake up much earlier than usual in the morning of the test day)so they din't do it( i presumed cos i din't bother asking and based on my investigations, he said he slept at 11.15pm and since he stays nearby...wouldn't take long for him to get here!=/)....so that fella wasted my 2.5 hours..Finally...oh finally after eating Squiggles and drinking choc milk and i took away the blanket under his pillow and off the lights, he fell asleep...yay! for me....1 down....

next, was a 5 month old baby....easy peasy...no talking required just reassuring the parents that it doesn't hurt a bit...this chap kept crying and wouldn't sleep...i asked the mom if the baby can sleep with lights on and she said yes. so i let her be and he kept crying....finally, i thought why not just switch off the lights and leave the night light on?maybe the baby would sleep.....so i did and he quietens and finally zzzzzzzz......yay!another 1 down....asleep i mean...

ah.....finally i can have my lunch!! at 2.30pm..i hate it when i can't have my lunch anytime from 12-2pm....cos if i have late lunch, by the time i'm back...it'll be like 2-3 more hours to goin home...so i got back at 3.40pm(yes...makan a bit longer cos we drove out. and we dun get tea breaks anyway...and we work thru lunch time!!!not always mar....) got a message to do an urgent EEG...i tell you...these ppl really misuse the word urgent....really hate it when its false alarm....and 80% of the time it is!well...maybe 70%...anyways, my 3rd patient is a young lady...and did the same thing to her...explained the procedures, answered her questions and again reassure her that it isin't painful.....ahhh...this one is a breeze...she sleeps when i tell her to and stays awake when i tell her to!haha....excellent patient...
so my final 40 mins b4 it turn 6pm, i quickly printed out the rest of the results and cleared the room and put back the things i used and locked the cupboard and at 6.02pm i clocked out!amazing....i tot the printing of the result would hold me back cos it normally takes 30 mins to do it...but i did it in 15 mins!record man....
ah.....went home....had my dinner and watched movie on my comp...and man...time just flies!and here i am recording the events of the day in my life.....sigh....i wish i dun have to work on Sat.....shucks....it may be just half day but i still have to get up early....duh....no longer a comfort to me...oh well...did i mention how good GOd is in my work....many mistakes happened thru the day and if i tell u any of it, u maybe be shocked or REALLy shocked....but thank GOd for His grace that things would just turn out fine...really...

i've been challenged!....

i"ve been gently 'challenged' to update my blog by a friend....somemore wan to race me to publishing it...tsk tsk...boys nowadays...anyway, blogging takes time wan...must think thru wat to write.....i would like to write every single details but i think it won't be fun reading it then...

anyways, been thinking bout studying MBA. a few reasons why....get more money, support my lifestyle and my family and get more money...hehe..
problem is, i dunno if it would do all the above cos when u're more qualified, ppl tend not wan to pay you so much....and since i'm in the medical line now...doing something very technical with hardly any managament or business experience, where am i gonna start? then i've been thinking about changing job and if i do that, would i have the time to attend the lectures and i would need to sacrifice my free time and social time and i can't do wat i like to do now!-_- my parents said they would sponsor for my MBA....ok...i dun really wan to take their money cos its their retirement fund...and i dunno if investing in me is a good idea cos i dunno if it would bring good returns...
another reason for hesitating is bcos i tot of becoming a clinical research associate(CRA) and that job requires a lot of travelling and meeting docs in diff hospital or universities's medical faculties to ask them to try out a new drug and then gathering the data.how to study lar kan....so i'm stumped....
back to MBA, to my parents delight, i told them i'm gonna check out the class that a friend of mine is currently attending.so i went....and to my horror....i felt so diff from these ppl when i first stepped into the lecture hall(classes hasn't start cos we're early)as time pass by, i observed how a coursemate talked to another coursemate and they were talking bout the market share and stock exchange...my goodness....i dun talk bout those things in office, we only talked bout how terrible the clerk is for not passing on the message or how slow the nurses are when they dun send patients to us when we called them to send and how snobby and fussy that patient is for waiting for 1 hour and how irritating the customer service ppl are interrupting in our work flow...basically petty issues..
i tried imagining that i'm gonna take mba and i'm gonna have to do groupwork and who would i wan to work with...and suddenly...i realised...these ppl are of diff age s and some from diff country and some diff background(some full time students, some with working experiences and some none...) i dunno how to wrok with them....suddenly my scope of the working world enlarged cos all this while i've been in the position of where ppl NEED me to do the tests on them so i would have their full cooperation without manipulating or thinking of ways to get things done.now if i were to work in a group, i have to do TEAMWORK....aiyo...macam 1st time i hear that word....i just realised, i've been working very individually, i dun NEED other ppl's help and i DUN WAN to ask for ppl's help cos i know my colleagues wouldn't offer it anyway....(yes that's the culture la in my dept and can say hospital too...not everyone practices it tho)
so now i have to learn to ASK for other ppl's help...strangers somemore...learn to communicate...wah.....but its good lar...i realized there's more than just working in my little Neuro Lab in a little dept.
am praying wat to do next...in a crossroad...i just wan more annual leaves, 5 working days, nearby my house (not too far like KL or at least goin there got no jam), more pay and dun need to wake up so early...ya!its possible!i asked God for it and that's how i ended where i'm working now...tho i have to work on Sat i tot it was fine since i lived so near...but now i dun think so anymore...i need to get out b4 i get too scared to do anything or try anything and my brain shrinks...

Sick again..

yeah...sick again...the last time was in April cos i blogged about it...funny...how being sick pulls you back to reality..it doesn't have to be terminal illness to make you think about life...about who are the important ppl in your life and who would be there for you and who cares for you....

its always nice to have someone care for you when u're sick...i love it...maybe cos i feel loved..there was a time when my mom din't care if i was sick....and i din't like telling her i'm sick cos she will start to nag bout me goin out everyday....not sleeping enough..so its like saying...its your own fault that u're sick so y should i care for you when you dun even care for yourself?...so mean kan...yeah...so i remember there was one time i told her...you don't care when i'm sick!then she will start to repeat her story of when she was sick, my dad and myself din't care for her...she has to take care of herself and even have to cook for us!!so...i dunno y she's still saying all this after so long.....but she's much better now....she doesn't say it anymore but she shows by her actions that she cares for me....she prepares breakfast for me every morning except on weekend...and she does my laundry sometimes....i guess now i understand and see how she loves me by her actions...

Bloom 2007!

it came and now its gone! Bloom is the women's conference organised by Acts Church...so fast...been a tiring week...was asked to help with flower dedications...over 400 dedications...so 400 flowers..was very busy collecting money and writing down who owes how much..hahaha...the flowers were beautiful!but din't really smell great...from China..according to BW....haha..
i love this color called lipstick...also the dark reds, pink and whites..trying to get a good shot of the flowers..

This time round, i didn't actually sit in and attended for all the sessions...for the 1st session on Fri nite..was busy helping to arrange the flowers to be given out by the Blue and White guys...so nice kan...each of them carried some flowers and went to the stage and called out the girl's name..of course the flowers weren't from the guys but they helped deliver the flowers to the girls..so almost every girl got the chance to walk up the stage to receive the flowers...mine was given to me by Jason H. but he din't wait for me to go up the stage!he ran down and passed it to me at the back of everyone...aiya....well...i guess its good also lar...no need to run up...guys should bring flowers to the girls mar..haha...(anyway, Jason is just a friend).Then we had mini Magnum sponsored by Ps San's sis-in-law...the next morning had a few more sessions and workshops...the workshops were fun...taught about how to care for your car, make-me-up, healthy living and domestic goddess(learn about how to iron clothes, fold fitted sheets and t-shirts in 2-steps, how to pack your bags so u can put in more things(!), make cocktail food and drink, find out your bra size and how to wear them properly to support your breast so it doesn't sag too early..hahaha!)only can go for 2 workshops out of 4 ler...

We also had fun stuff like looking under your seat to find out wat u've won....not every seats got prize lar...prizes were movie tickets from GSC, Sasa gifts packs, Gap's tote bag and Bobbi Brown makeup!aaaaaaaahhhh.....and i won the Bobbi Brown makeup!!so happy!so delighted!! i remember i was telling God i wan to win the Bobbi Brown gift...haha....i dun really like to run up to the front to answer questions...some more with so many other ppl running too...so i did try to run..but cos i sat at the back...wasn't fast enough...so when the turn came for the BB stuff, i was ready to rush to the front..it was probably the most difficult question:

What is the theme for Bloom this year and which Bible is referred to?

by the grace of God and power of my PG huddles, Elaine told me to get the gift pack which Debbie had under her seat(we all sat in the same row). On it was the answer!~wah...i was the only person that walked(this was the best part!see how God works!)to the front with the gift bag and feeling every eyes looking at me...and answered the question(it was Contagious and 2 cor 2:15-16) Then, Ps San being pastor asked so...wat is the key word from the verse...i'm like...er...can i refer to the bag that i was holding? she din't say no so i looked and the key word just came immediately and i answered 'fragrance of Christ'...then she asked so...the fragrance of Christ..wat does it do?i'm like.....er...looking at the Jill and other girls who practically told me the answer(by whispering)....it influences and....er...er...wat?diffuse?i wanted to say effusion...i dunno why...i have this habit of choosing my own version of answers..but thankfully, i made me say 'Diffusing?' and everyone roared(i think...maybe its just my imagination) i got my gift!!woohoo!!!


i'm gonna look like some professional model on Sun service....haha..yeah,day dreaming...u see...it was a face palatte.i din't have brushes for it....so i din't really use it on Sun except the eye shadows and lip gloss.I found out later it was chosen by Sunil...shucks....wat was he thinking???the colors, i felt it was more suitable for darker skin tone....cos the blusher was bronze brown kind...oh well....if anyone knows how to put it on me..please let me know!i'm supposed to look sun-kissed with these make up.....=)

One of my nicest weekend break..

Man....after working so hard for over 1 month without any holidays in between(remember i work 5.5 days so its like working 6 days a week) and having church meetings here and there, finally i got my break on 28 July..its a Sat...
got an invite from Elaine and Janet to watch movie at the Starlight Cinema that night!i was so excited!!watching movie under the stars.....wow...how romantic can u get??anyway, i love these kinda things, nature and all and i've never been to one so i happily accepted the invitation. It rained in the afternoon and the movie was to start at 8pm. So we had dinner first at a Phillipino restaurant in Centrepoint. Ordered pork ribs and some veges and some soup which tastes soury but nice.Had a pleasant dinner and tried some food which i normally don't eat. After dinner, we walked to KBU and spread the sleeping bag and sat on it.Since it rained earlier, the weather was cooling.We watched Devil Wears Prada followed by Little Man. Tek Y and Jason H also joined us and they brought a bigger mat which all of us could stretch our legs and sit in watever position we like..Little Man wasn't a nice show.it was rather cheesy for me....The movies ended at almost 12pm.so we went home after that.
On Sun, Ps Kenneth preached a good message on repentance..He said repentance or to repent was meant to be a good message. but we often think of it as something bad. based on the Bible verse somewhere in Luke(?) Jesus said 'Repent, for the Kingdom of God is near.' Kingdom of God is a good news. He gave the analogy of having buffet for dinner. If we know that we're for a good dinner buffet, wouldn't we prepare ourselves for it such as not eating lunch so that we can have more at the buffet. So its the same with repenting. Its a change of mindset, thinking, lifestyle. So it isin't a bad thing cos by getting rid of the stuff we dun need, we're gonna receive better things. There were other things he said which i totally agreed with but i can't remember fully now.haha......
Then on Sun nite, my mom and i flew to Bangkok and we stayed for 3 days 3 nites. It was fun. The hotel was great for me cos its small but it has most of the facilities like the big hotels. I like it cos the atmosphere was very Western and there were no Msians there!We listened to jazz songswhile having breakfast. i have nothing against them but somehow, i dun really like hanging with Msians strangers esp if they are the kiasu type. I did make friends with the breakfast chef(haha!) and the front desk receptionist. She was so nice she wrote me a note b4 i left Bangkok. Actually at the last nite i was there, i thanked her for her efficiency and warm welcome when i first arrived at the hotel....yeah...so then on my flight back to KL, sat next to a Thai mommy with a 3 year-old son who was very active and talked almost nonstop. His dad is Caucasian and just started working in KL so the mother and child was going to visit his father. The father went to KLIA instead of LCCT to pick them up so i offered my help by calling her husband and telling them where we are. Amazing kan...can be a blessing no matter where you are.....
oh btw, most of the ppl in Bangkok tot i was Thai..when i was at the airport, a custom officer came to me and spoke Thai to me and told me to go to the Thai counter to get my passport stamped.I told him i'm Malaysia and he said oh!I tot you are Thai..i wonder which part of me looks like Thai...was thinking maybe its my flat nose and my hair style which i combed my fringe up and then tie a ponytail.When i reached Bangkok, i noticed most Thai girls had my kinda hair style...mainly have the fringed all tied up with hair clips or sprayed with hair spray.All the salesgirls spoke Thai to me..Even the guy selling water spoke Thai to me.Sit baht..huh?10 baht...haha...new word. khup kun kraa..means thank you...must speak with accent wan...so i look like a Thai...not bad eh....
so overall, it was a good holiday....i just dreaded going to work the next day!!=P