Steamboat Dinner

A short post before I go off to bed

so that I can get up early tomorrow to pack for my flight.

(Has it been one week already?!)

Had a great steamboat dinner with

my cousins and an aunt.

Tasty...

Us!
Spot the aunt... err.. half an aunt, more like.
The waiter's photography "skills" obviously leaves a lot to be desired.



Steamy Steamboat!

Couldn't really tell if it was a

"Welcome Home"

or a

"Farewell"

dinner...

Not that it matters,

because we all had fun.

To the point where we all missed the last train home.

Beloved cousins on a "class excursion"
Boy in yellow: "So artificial!"
*Ahem*

The "teacher"

All of us...

And finally, an impromptu birthday celebration

for Reuben & myself!

We were soooo enjoying ourselves.

Check out how relaxed we all look.

Any wonder why we missed the train home?

Thanks to all of you who were there!

Thanks to all my aunts/uncles who allowed

them to be there!

(Apologies for the late return home!)

And to those who couldn't be there because of exams,

there will be future outings

(perhaps with better transport plans),

so no worries!

One Week in Singapore

I can possibly understand why some people choose to work overseas and come home a few times a year. These few days have been heavenly. Not just because I get to come home to my own home but also because I've been treated like a Queen *grinz*. My family and friends have been so welcoming that it's hard to accept I'm leaving again in 2 days... A week passes by really quickly.

And what's a trip back to Singapore without stuffing myself with food?

What I've eaten:

• Peking Duck
• Hainanese Chicken Rice
• Mee Siam
• Laksa
• Prawn Mee
• Nasi Lemak
• Abalone soup
• Kang Kong
• Soy Sauce Chicken (literal translation, at least)
• Dragonfruit, honeydew, watermelon, durian

Seriously...

If you know anybody who participated in this event,

would you let me know?

I am interested to know who participates in such events...

A Bit More About Work...

My employer

The place I work

A patient I worked with...

(Seriously... sometimes I wonder where all the more

"normal" patients I saw as a student disappeared to...)

The good...

1) Half a day off every couple of months of so for "Professional Development". It can be spent reading journals, doing reflective learning, going on courses etc etc...

2) Patient contact/interaction. Ooohhh...job satisfaction.

3) Staff liaison: team working with the physios, drs, dietician, nurses, care coordinator, social workers...

4) The pay. And annual leave... Which reminds me (and u, if you are still reading), that I'm going to be home in a week for a week :P

5) When work goes smoothly and everything goes as planned.

The Bad...

1) When patients die. Oh... that's a horrible horrible feeling... The first time I was told one of my patients died, I had to excuse myself to the toilet to have a cry. Didn't help that his passing was completely unexpected and in fact, he was meant to go home on that day. The rest of the day was just crappy...

2) The stress that everything you do/say has to be documented and documented well because your notes are legal documents.

3) The sheer amount of paperwork.

4) Meetings. Errm... precious time that can be better spent providing therapy.

5) Getting up at 6am every morning.

And the do-you-laugh-or-cry?

1) When a patient poos and puts his poo in another patient's cupboard as a present.

2) When after struggling with a patient (who also happens to be a retired doctor) for 5 mins to remove her night gown to put on day clothes and her always trying to put her night gown back on, she asks: "Isn't this the gown in which you are going to execute me in?"

3) When a patient self-discharges against medical advice and after completing the paperwork, is dragged back to the hospital while on his way home, by a off-duty nurse who thought he was a patient escaping from hospital.

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Announcement:

I'm moving.

Yes, again.

So I'll be offline the next week.

Should be back the week after.

By which time, I'll be home.

Yeah, HOME.

So till then!

See you when I see you!