Monday, November 26, 2007♥11/26/2007 08:06:00 PM
Sometime I hope that I could have a longer working hours.
Yes, that's right. I'm still sober and nothing drives me nut.
I just hate the feeling of being alone everytime when I reach back my room.
All I have is my laptop, to keep me accompany.
It's so hard to meet up with my fellow friends when weekdays are working days.
However it's even harder for me to be with Darling, as he is too tied down by his course.
Seriously, I feel like I'm single and available while actually it's not a truth.
The same feeling strikes me, same as a year ago.
After the circle, I'm still the same.
But what can I do?
There is nothing I can do, I suppose.
I just pray hard that something could chase away the feeling.
It's invading me, deep down to my heart again.
Totally engrossed,
Scribbled by Valerie, pen down at
11/26/2007 08:06:00 PM
Wednesday, November 21, 2007♥11/21/2007 08:17:00 PM
What a great day I have today!
With fun, friendly, and approachable medical officer and registrar~ Well, not for the consultant.
Everyone has gone crazy including the main and second anaesthetists, surgeons, attendant and scrub nurses.
Haha...theatre was like a market~!
I like this kind of atmosphere, where everybody works happily and diligently.
How nice it will be if everyday is going to be like that....
Totally engrossed,
Scribbled by Valerie, pen down at
11/21/2007 08:17:00 PM
Tuesday, November 20, 2007♥11/20/2007 06:58:00 PM
I'd never thought of nursing is a stressful career.
At most I would feel disappointed on how irrespectful the public is towards nurses.
Hello, we're helping you guys out there! We shower more concerns on you than those doctors do okay? Why is it the majority of Singapore nation paying different attitudes towards doctors and nurses?!
The most heartbreaking fact is that, our income and social prestige are so much lower than them!
#@*#@@^&.....
It's definitely not a worthwhile job.
Well, let's talk about theatre life of mine.
IT IS A STRESSFUL JOB!
IT IS A DANGEROUS JOB!
IT IS A HIGH-ALERT AREA TO WORK WITH!
Anytime would be involved in a lawsuit.
Today one of my colleagues had lost a forcep. My new colleague.
Oh gosh! The first thought that stroke us is :" Don't tell me it was left in patient's body!"
That happened when my colleague was cleaning her instruments after the operation, and after I've sent patient to Post Anaesthesia Care Unit.
Hence, X-ray was conducted immediately after the incident.
Fortunately, no foreign body was detected from the X-ray film.
Scary enough??
Of course~! And that is only a peanut among all!!
I learnt a lots for the days I spend in OT.
I've to be very sure of myself, stay alert at all time, be firm on my stand, be strong to keep myself going, to keep everything right.
I have to do every single little thing correctly to avoid any mistakes and accuses.
In such working environment, you can be easily accused!
What to do? Who asks me so devoted in OT?
Totally engrossed,
Scribbled by Valerie, pen down at
11/20/2007 06:58:00 PM
Sunday, November 18, 2007♥11/18/2007 03:43:00 PM
Don't feel good recently.
Nothing goes wrong, nothing fantasizes me.
I just don't feel good.
My life goes on smoothly, peacefully, quietly.
The same routines repeats,
Absolute boredom strikes me.
Set off to work early mornings, have dinner, reach home, shower, surf net, sleep.
Cycle goes round and round.
Dare not to pamper myself anymore,
Dare not to enjoy shopping anymore,
Dare not to relax myself anymore.
I have to save up for future.
Suddenly I become a coolie of myself.
Ever after my commencement of work.
A coolie of myself.
Aren't we the coolie of ourselves??
We work, we work hard.
We save, we struggle to save.
But, we've forgotten to enjoy our life.
Who knows, maybe tomorrow is our last day of living?
Or worst still, we get no tomorrow.
Nobody knows.
When everybody plans for their future,
I'm staying up and ponder.
Does everyone have a tomorrow??
So, why we're working hard, striving to save?
We should enjoy.
Totally engrossed,
Scribbled by Valerie, pen down at
11/18/2007 03:43:00 PM
Tuesday, November 13, 2007♥11/13/2007 11:53:00 AM
I've been a registered nurse for nearly 4 months. Time flies past without me knowing it.
Working in NUH OT for quite sometime and that has widen up my preception of people, all sorts of people around me.
I came to realize all these as time goes by:
1) Being new, there are eyes around you. Be it in the cctv, across a wall, from other people, eyes are focusing on you. You may not realize it but they're floating around you.
2) No matter how frustrated you are, how busy you are, how stressful you are, DO NOT raise your tone of voice. People may find your attitude crude and not humble without assessing the ongoing situation.
3) If it's your fault, people nag at you. If it's not your fault, people will still be nagging. You better be humble and accept the comments. Or else, people view you as self-defensive, not willing to learn. DO NOT EXPLAIN YOURSELF.
4) If you skip your tea time just to offer a helping hand, people may complaint that you break the inofficial rule. Although the "tea-time" is a PRIVILEDGE not an entitlement.
5) Seniors expect you to pay them respect. Well, we should respect them of course but some of them have forgotten about RESPECT is through EARNING. When the senior is not doing her/his job, or basically the senior is capable only in front of CERTAIN people, she/he will still want the respect.
6) If you know certain procedure or knowledge, you better keep it yourself. As people might find you over-confident if you were to share the information with your peers. If your peers happen to ask you something, just dump all the questions to the senior with you.
7) If you know you are capable in doing something, KEEP YOUR WINGS. If you overshow your wings, people view it as over-confident.
8) DO NOT discuss any surgery-related issue with the surgeon in front of certain senior, if not you will be labelled as irrespectful towards senior.
9) If you're a fast worker, people think that you're very stressful and anxious. If you're working slow, people complaint.
10) If you're still under probation, die die you better be HUMBLE, SOFT-SPOKEN, SUBMISSIVE in ALL time no matter how people bully you.
** Above sayings are applicable only to the minority. I do have capable, competent, willing-to-teach attitude, friendly seniors with me, and i truefully appreciate their willingness to share and the patient guidance that they've showered me.
Totally engrossed,
Scribbled by Valerie, pen down at
11/13/2007 11:53:00 AM
