Thursday, April 27, 2006

i'm so tired

today is thursday only... i'm so tired... perhaps i've been playing too much haha... today me on call admission... (am very fortunate to be able to sneak here and post to my blog...) tomorrow i have to do out-patient-blood-sucking, followed by division dinner... i'm so excited becoz i'm meeting different people each day... i think i need my weekend break... but i have no 1-in-7-day-off this week... i'm so tired i'm so tired i'm so tired...

did a little experiment few days ago... i had to do a little shopping after work... but i felt sad to have dinner alone... so i scrolled down my phonebook and started calling people to dine with me... the response was excellent... 2 out of 2 friends were able to come out... i'm the kind of person who likes planning so much... and it usually takes weeks before busybodies like us can find a time to meet up... think i should consider meeting people impromptu instead... much easier...

Monday, April 24, 2006

untitled

ward call tonight... let's pray that it'll be peaceful... people gathered at K2 as usual, in the 4th rotation...

have a pretty contented schedule this week... gonna meet my dearest-boy-teacher and his family who just welcomed a new life... very happy... i'm thinking of getting the baby a little gift... i have an evening tmr to do the shopping... plenty of things to pick for a 1-year-old... clothes, hats, toys, baby cutlery... anything will be cute and sweet... shouldnt be too difficult...

later in the week i'll meet my qe buddies... good... it's been too long since we last met... i have swapped call to join the gathering...

just learnt that my soulmate has (finally) found himself a girlfriend... am thankful for him... think he has overcome this little thorn in his heart... he's such a kind man, who deserves a sweet and happy life... what i don't understand is why do all, ALL, the nice doctors pair with nurses, why??? ai...

Sunday, April 23, 2006

gonna work mane

last day of my vl... um... 7 days is just too short... and i can't foresee when would the next one be... how sad... tmr i shall be on call again...

count down... 10 days from now... amy will return... order will restore... chaos will be over... my loo, my kitchen and the yings will be clean... everything will be fine again... hurrah...

Friday, April 21, 2006

post office

there's a tiny post office in my neighbourhood... went there to post a pair of shorts to momochung and pay some bills... it's very small, only staffed by a postmaster and another staff... the postmaster is an old gentlemen with a humpback... i like the post office... think it has a role in the community... it makes the area so human... becoz we have our own post office... where people drive there and interact... makes it a quiet and peaceful neighbourhood... a notting-hill-kind-of neighbourhood... only a post office can do it... not a gas station, not a supermarket, not a bank... but this little post office...

Thursday, April 20, 2006

the hong kong disneyland part II

i can write endlessly about yesterday... i think i made a right choice of bringing the golden ying... poor golden ying had to stay under the sun for the whole day... but he made our way back more comfortable and we're home swiftly after the firework... what's more the golden ying has a disneyland ticket, too... it must be his bday present... he'll be 12 next month...

the hong kong disneyland

trip to disneyland was fab... i dare say it's a trip... it's not that far away but i felt very much away from town... because there's nothing like a city there... the park is small and it's not too crowded... we managed to go through all the rides and we even rode on space mountain and buzzlightyear and watched the lion king show twice... and i was super happy to meet chip & dale... i was going to take pictures with all the casts but rabbit thought it's a little too much... then the firework was great too... the sky was so clear... and the place was dark enough to make the sky a perfect screen... i wanna say for the 10th time that i'm superduper happy to spend the day with rabbit... it's like going on a trip with him... we last did it a year ago...

one little thing that disappoints me is there's no drinking fountain in the park... it costs $10 for a small bottle of water... rabbit and i spent some 200 on crap food and drinks... and still we're kinda dehydrated... how can there be no drinking fountain in a theme park which is mostly visited by children... they're discouraging people and children from rehydration... of course they make us pay for expensive drinks but where is the corporate conscience... many theme parks around the world have drinking fountains... people will buy other drinks happily... but there it's like forcing people to buy bottles and bottles of water from the park... and the bottle is so small... and they dont allow bringing own water... plus weather in hk is kinda hot round the year...

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

mtr rules

read the news about MTR's measures to make sure people follow their regulations... there's a list in the paper... a fine of 2000 for eating & drinking, kinda reasonable... speaking foul language costs 5000, woh... improper dress, impaired cognition also costs 5000, erh???

i asked dad whether i should dress mickey or not dress mickey in order to be "proper"... dad said i better drive to disneyland mane... if i dress like a jellyfish plus i look sleepy becoz i sleep late... i might lose 10000 on the mtr train...

Monday, April 17, 2006

garlic perfume

had pretty bad calls over the holiday... it's pretty depressing when i had to work till 2pm on post call public holidays... but that doesnt matter anymore... becoz that's over... mono is back... now i'm officially on leave... for 7 bigbig days...

feels so good to be resting... i played mahjong, monopoly and watched vcd... this week i'm gonna go to movies, treat my faceface, get my smart id, and most importantly, visit chip&dale in the disneyland!!! have been looking forward to it... hope that people are all diverted to see jelly fish and less ppl in the disneyland...

look my life is back... i'm living... horhorhor... o but i'll have to work as a housemaid too... becoz amy is still taking care of her mango farm and playing with her children in the philippines... miss her so much... tmr i'm gonna wash car wash clothes ironing and prepare dinner for my family... der...

had this funny thought today... how about a garlic-flavoured perfume??? perfect for hospital staff... it kills germs and it exorcises... one stone hits two birds... smart huh?

Saturday, April 15, 2006

on call OT

today me on call OT for the first time... started off with 2 Cat A surgeries... both were pretty interesting actually... there're 6 doctors around the table... the patient doesnt look like a living person at all... the whole of him apart from head and limbs were all exposed... it's more like an anatomy dissection session...

it's so tiring... and i was doing nothing in there... i'm reassured that not doing surgery is the right choice... it's so right... and i can further confirm that i really really hate surgery... i'm glad that i'm going to tung wah and there's no OT call there... i still have a lap chole to go... i think i've had had enough for the day... hope it will be good tonight...

Saturday, April 08, 2006

life in the USU

the USU is not as bad as i imagined... there're something to learn and something to do... and for the first time i have some time for naps and was treated coffee in clinics...

but somehow i'm not too easy working in this department... especially during on call times... well they gave me the impression that we should call them early... but when it comes to things that i think they should be informed... they don't seem very interested... and i get pretty pissed when people disregard what i've seen and what i've written... and then there're these ward complaints and abnormal electrolytes... i mean it really annoys me when i have to recheck the K+ after replacement when it's near normal... to me, somebody with a serum potassium above 3 cannot go into arrhythmia...

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

upset

i feel so sorry for my rabbit... after all the efforts... my mission of being his angel has failed... he was taken to heaven and then dropped to the ground... perhaps this is not really for him... perhaps God has arranged something else... perhaps he has greater things to do... i hope he'll eventually love what he's going to do... and i have all the faith that he'll do it well... remember mum said what looks huge in front of us now will become tiny with time...

Sunday, April 02, 2006

longlong diary

when did i last posted? if i took an elevator since i last posted here... i'd reached Mars now... below is what happened in the past 3 weeks... ups and downs... me not good at living in uncertainties... and i'm glad it's kinda halted... and again loads of thoughts came up...

had been very obsessed about job hunting... had been dreaming to do medical for years and yet was asked to attend all kinds of OG interviews... heard that i had a high chance to be hired in pm... that makes it even worse... isn't it quite funny... i can easily tell what i really wanna do... i was so relaxed in front of the OG bosses... forgive me but to some extend those are really like mock interviews... some bosses could actually tell that i'm more a medical person... then the medical departments began their selection processes and the week was hard... think i'm so stressed becoz i care so much about it... when i really mean it and was so serious about it... becoz i had such a high chance and i thought i've really done it to my best... to tell the truth i rarely perform to my best, not during hkcee and not even during final mb... and this time even my rabbit agrees that i strived for something...

am really delighted that i shall go back to pmh in july... and i'm gonna work with a nice colleague whom deserves an offer... i was about to congratulate tong yeh for his excellent insight to pick such a good trainee... =))... had lost this feeling of being acknowledged and of being the best... i'm really really glad and i'm gonna treasure it... i had a lot of angels who helped bringing this dream come true... i have their names on my mind... MOs had been so nice there and i think they like we three little girls too... we treated them lunch on the last day... and one of the MOs told me he's kinda moved... haha...

am happy that my rabbit can finally get what he want, too... i've been around him all these years and i have seen how much he wanted it and how much he put into it... think everyone has his/her angels... and if i'm his angel... it's one of my mission to standby him and make this dream of his come true... to some extend i'm happier to see him getting his offer than me getting mine...

me back at qmh this rotation... thought it's gonna be the smoothest change since i worked there before... plus very happy to see many old friends again... really happy to work with mono... we knew each other so well and there's no chance to work with him since we entered med school, not in any pbl groups... urology ppl are okay... nurses are quite nice... pity i still got a bit mad about things...

went down to advance an CT appointment and met this very rude clerk followed by an impolite -gist... look it's the fourth quadrant... think i'm a polite person and i always started my conversations with "please..." but my tolerance has really dropped... and i don't see a reason why i have to respect people who never respect interns... that's the problem with qmh... i've never "ordered" someone to do anything at work and i shall never be ordered to do anything... esp when u're staff of another department... pls don't irritate me when u don't have the rights to or i'm gonna "give u a bigbig piece of my mind"...

and then there's supra-ridiculous division of labour... i'm prepared to fax consultations and even filing the case notes myself... but i didn't know i have to remember the number of porters and call them up myself... what??! they called porters to send astrups for me in OG... later on i may carry the specimen down to labs... prepare night food... arrange NEATS... and mop the floor...

had collagen facial today... i usually do vitamin C facial, coz i was told that helps whitening, u can tell it doesn't work.. collagen facial is cheaper and better... felt like de-shelled egg this afternoon... hee... the lady was so nice that she recommended it to me... think she's always so sincere and she spends time on my bigbig face... unlike others who keep pushing me to use the costly stuffs... u know when u're good ppl know and they appreciate it...

my maid's on leave and it's disastrous... mum challenged herself (and us) by not hiring a part-time... i wash dishes every time i'm home... i last did that a decade ago... and we have a new toy... her name is miele... she is a washing machine... she's so nice and so quiet... so much so that momochung doesnt mind washing clothes... tonight momochung and i bathed the golden & silver yings... i've never bathed them before... think it's kinda sweet to do that with my brother... had a good time...

this is so long becoz i had so much thoughts... thanks for reading up to this line and i think u deserve a kisskiss... muah...