Chapters of Life

i'm BACK!!

2011-01-11T01:31:00.004+08:00

when was my last post again? oh damn! it's been almost half a year gone!
so, 2010 is gone. crazy year. been busy workin'. as usual. who doesn't when it comes to workin', right?
the month of December was probably the best month ever in 2010. i was really lookin' forward to it. lookin' forward to Christmas and New Year celebration!

first it was the Zoukout event. which was epic! met my childhood bestie, Shereen whom i have not met since i was ... geesh. i could not remember. maybe back when i was in junior high.
had tons of fun. didn't know i could dance all night! and the most embarrassing part was, i got drunk before it all even started! guess i was too excited at first. drank 4 cups all at once!
got all whoozy. just felt like crashing on the beach and sleep!! it felt so good! but i had to stay awake! had a really tough time standing still. thank god i had Shereen's friends around to support me. ^^ the whole event started at 10pm and ended at 9am the next day. i got sober only towards morning. now that's wut i call party ALL night.
when i got back, i was totally beat! slept through the afternoon. got up in the late evening with a terrible headache and neck ache!! must have been from all the dancing. refused to get out of bed. i even had to decline Shereen's invitation to yum cha that night. sorry babe. i should have went.

well next up was June's visit! brought her to Universal Studios! had to pre-book the tickets. sold out kao kao. we had loads of fun too! macam 2 perempuan giler! laughin all the way.
shared some gossips along the way as well. and we even hit the clubs! which was awesome.
then the next day we made our way to Singapore Zoo. had fun takin pictures mostly. spent the whole afternoon there and had to head back home to rest! totally beat! rested at home, too lazy to go out for dinner. so we ordered Mcdelivery! it's always the best. ^^
after munching on our burgers, we headed out with our leftover french fries and our drinks to Orchard Road. June wanted to see the Christmas decorations at night. it's beautiful. after takin a few shots of the night view, we sat down and munch on our fries and started chatting! till late at night! we didn't realize the time though. it was past midnight! and shoot! there won't be buses operating at night! we had to hail a cab home which was close to impossible because there can hardly be any available cabs at Orchard Road. anyways, we were able to get a cab after waitin for almost half an hour i guess? couldn't recall. headed home, and hit the sack! and June left the next day. headed back to Msia. leavin' me all alone... haha! nah, just kiddin' kiddo!

then my lovely siblings came for a visit. together with Lloyd. went to Universal Studios, AGAIN. must have been the 5th time there. had tons of fun! this time we went on the Merry-Go-Round! been sooo many years since we had our last one! after a whole afternoon spent at USS, we met up with Lloyd's brother, Justin and his mom and went for a yummylicious seafood dinner at the seaside! after the dinner, we headed back to the hotel, rested for a while and off we go again. to the Orchard Road for Christmas countdown! crazily packed with people! we were tryin' to avoid the massive jam of course. so we made the best out of anything!
and they went for shopping the next day of course. they left the next day; after another day of total craziness!

Dhira and Omar came on over for New Year's celebration. had a blast with them as well. took them to Sentosa and Singapore Zoo. (AGAIN for me) ^^
went for countdown together at Clark Quay. total craziness again.
guess i won't know what tired is when there are tons of fun around.

all in a nutshell, i had a blast this month. best December yet. more to come definitely. pictures are all in my FB. check it out if ya have time!

the most hardest thing to get is not money, it's time.

2010-05-27T20:52:00.007+08:00

i am sooooo grateful that i have been given 9 days to go back Malaysia and be with my family~
i was like the happiest kid then! miss my family badly. made me think why on earth did i choose to work in Singapore back then? sigh. oh well! this post is gonna be a happy one!

one more thing that i look forward to when i get back to Malaysia is the FOOD!!!! i even wrote down a list of food that i must eat before i leave! so here's the list! (the original one sudah kena conteng from which food i've eaten and which shop sudah close down!)
1. Green Leaf -a small cozy restaurant that serves my favorite American breakfast set and fluffy french toast!!!
2. Hakka Noodle- okay, this was a major disappointment. this shop closed down. sigh..
3. Yong Tau Fu! + Chee Cheong Fun. another yummy breakfast!~
4. Pan Bakery-this one closed down as well. =( no more yummy pancakes with maple syrup and milo susu anymore!!!
5. Mee Hoon Kueh!!
6. Hor Fun- even though i did not get to eat the one i wanted, dad brought me to try another hor fun from another shop. it's yummmmeee too!!
7. Food from Pasar Malam! -this one pun tak makan, because tak jadi go night market. been raining every evening.
8. Bak Kut Teh!!!-this is a must have!!!

the following 3 is written by my dad!

9. PJ old town nasi lemak
10. Wan Tan Mee
11. Popeye's Chicken!

you must be thinking that i'm one hell of a greedy girl eh? well i am!!!
well besides this, i was craving badly for sushi. begged my sis to bring my to sushi zanmai!!! i had to have the salmon mentai!!!! savor every bite!! mmmmmm....

went for seafood in Pantai Seafood with my grandma!

and we went hiking in frim. wow. i loved it. especially with my family!!

and i spent most of the rainy afternoons at my porch with my naughty doggy. i am sooo gonna miss all these wonderful time i spent with my family. when will the next time be?

well, basically that's what i've been doing for that 9 days. how i wished time could just stop there.

best working day so far.

2010-04-05T00:15:00.003+08:00

well, it was Sunday after all. all clinics are closed. only a few doctors will be kind enough to make rounds to see their patient on a Sunday morning when they could spend their Sunday morning at home with their families and have a really nice breakfast together.(well, at least that is what i would love to do on a Sunday morning.)

started my day by seeing all my patients. made sure they are all cleaned up, had their breakfast, taken their medications and sitting up comfortably on their beds awaiting their doctors to visit them. there were a couple of discharges on my side. glad they could all go home. who would like to stay in a hospital anyway? when i took over, there were 8 patients. then 4 of them were being discharged. so I'm left with 4 patients!

there was this really adorable patient. like a grandfather to me. an Australian man. joyful. happy go lucky. and always smiling. well i was helping him with his breakfast, and when i look out the window, it's raining. i love it when it rains. the scenery right there was perfect! the trees and the rain. i don't know, they just go well together. ^^ how i wish i could open up the window and let in some cool breeze. at least that would make my patient feel really good. but unfortunately, the windows are all locked in case there are some patient who decided to umm.. you know.. haha!
oh well, i really did enjoy feeding him. we talked and joke around. plus the weather has been really great.

and another great thing was, the situation of the ward is peaceful i can say. we can joke around and laugh softly. we were able to communicate with each other. everyone was helpful. we had our jokes and laughter. this is the kind of environment i would love to work in. because most of the time, we are all minding our own business, working like a robot, everyone hardly talk to each other unless it's regarding the patient and each and everyone are kinda stressed up with work. everyone gets easily agitated. then there are many black faces around. the whole environment feels tensed don't you feel? i know i won't come across a day like today very frequently. but i did enjoy working today. i actually felt happy working here for the first time.

it's ruined. all ruined.

2010-03-25T23:51:00.003+08:00

just when i thought everything is going really great, things start to take a new turn.
so this is it. planned to go Butter Factory on the 31st of March. well, what for? u may ask. well, thought i could have a little fun with my friends to celebrate my birthday. was about to make reservations for a table. then, my housemate came back with next week's work schedule.

shoot. when i saw the roster. my eyes were filled with tears!!! (exaggerating? well, it's something big for me though). felt like screaming my whole lungs out. my ward manager put me on night duty on the 31st. what a way to celebrate my birthday. what.a.way.

do i not deserve some fun after all this hard work?? i did request for a morning shift on my birthday. but she ignored it!! i mean it's fine that she ignored it, but how could she do such thing to me twice?? this is the second time that I've requested! and this is what i get?? why can't she just grant me my request??? she never grants ANY of my request. NEVER.

the same thing happened the first time i requested. the first time i requested for morning shift too. I've bought tickets for a play in the theater. and guess what??? she ignored my request and put me on night duty instead. i pleaded to change the work schedule. practically pleaded, for goodness sake. how am i supposed to go to the theater when i am on night duty?? the play starts at 8pm. she refuses to change my duty schedule. REFUSE! so i ended up not going to the play. which i really really wanted to. what the heck is her problem?? it's not like i did not help out when there is shortage of staff. i even did double shift several times just because my colleague took M.C. i could have said no. but i did not. cus she won't be able to find a staff to cover up in such short time.

i know i am getting emotional here. i couldn't help it. well, it's just a stupid birthday. i shouldn't make such a big fuss out of it. just another normal day to go by. i can do that. well at least i think i can.

lovely, lovely day~

2010-03-20T22:44:00.005+08:00

woke up at 1pm today and it is still raining!! heart the weather totally! woke up smiling. something that i haven't been doing for ages! just loves it when it rains.

been really exhausted these few days. imagine this. was on afternoon duty one day. then the next day i was on double shift, and the following day, i was on morning duty. i didn't even have the time to rest. and thank god, today is my off day. and the weather was lovely. feels so good!!

went out with my friend to the supermarket to get some groceries while it was still raining. so what happened was that while we were looking for food (i was famished!), my friend accidentally stepped on my slippers and it snapped! damn.. oh well, lost my mood for food, we just went to the supermarket, got all the stuff we needed and left. my hand still hurts from all the heavy stuff that we bought. still can't believe how both of us managed to carry all of it. thank god there's taxi to take us home!

well, we ordered pizza for dinner!! yummmeeee!! ordered my all time favorite. the BBQ chicken supreme. the chicken is just soooooo tender. yum yum! plus the cheese and the juiciest pineapple pieces! don't remember when was the last time i had pizza. think i had it in m'sia with family. missing them AND the food terribly. ^^'

oh, the main part is the ordering part. so i called up pizza hut delivery, and was talking to this operator. she's really funny. can u imagine placing an order over the phone for 20 minutes???
she asked my number for 5 times! and my name for 3 times. i was being really patient with her though. she kept apologizing for havin me to wait for so long. and in the end she told me, "please bear with me mam, I'm new here." i was like, yeah, sure. no problem. just make sure you get the right order." i really want my BBQ chicken supreme pizza. i can be really stubborn sometimes. ^^'

so yeah, after the deliciously yummy pizza, i had a terrible craving for glutinous rice ball! and so i made them! Hershey-shaped tang yuan! that's another one of my all time favorite though.
wow, you can say that i ate a lot. but it only happens once in a while. usually i don't really eat that much in one day though. not that i don't want to. i just didn't get to eat due to my workin hours. oh well, in a nutshell, i had a great day today!! ^^

how's work nowadays? it's been goin really good for the past few days. i wake up everyday, telling myself that it is gonna be a good day today. everything will be fine. and so it did! i hope it lasts. please do. i'm prayin hard for peace at work everyday!! (usually people pray for world peace). ^^

oh yeah! i've just watched this movie called 'love actually'. yeah, i'm a little bit outdated. it's a 2003 movie. it's really really good. well, the tag line that got me all crazy over this movie was "love is all around" and it's all about love.. actually". lovely movie. made my heart all cozy and warmed up. it made me laugh, it made me smile, it made me cry and the coolest part is it really made me felt like there is love everywhere. the soundtrack was just lovely. and the most beautiful part of the movie is that it is filmed in a Christmas season where it gets all snowy, and where everyone gets together. i do not know about others, but i love this movie.

finally.. i'm tired of shopping.

2010-02-02T21:23:00.006+08:00

went out early in the morning! first stop, lucky plaza. went there to get my sister's and my aunt's birthday present. Lola for my sis, and Delicious for my aunt!

then we head on to Central at Clark Quay. damn it is quiet. maybe cus it's still early.

see, can hardly see anyone at the MRT station except for the 2 person right at the end.

went with ping ping of course!

but don't know why, totally got no mood to shop today. maybe cus of the atmosphere. very little people around. or maybe cus i'm just really exhausted lately. did not buy any clothes today. suprisingly. =p

oh well, gotta get back to work tmrw. back to hell!!!!!!

definition of nurse???

2010-02-01T20:06:00.002+08:00

life has never been the same ever since i have been registered with the Singapore Nursing Board. (wa.. macam sangat serious). but yea. not even happy about earning the current basic right now. every shift has been like hell! I've been walkin up and down non stop. and have not even been eating right lately. been skipping all my meals. not that i don't want to eat! i want to! but i just could not find the time to eat. work has been really busy.

just got scolded from ward sister today. it's just a small thing. why can't she just tell me properly? why must it be scolding? I'm already trying extremely hard not to do any mistakes! but I'm only human. nothing is perfect. that's what everyone says. but that theory does not apply to my ward sister. at all. she wants everything to be perfect. and when it doesn't, there goes your day. one scolding, and it ruins my whole day.

even get scolding for something that's not even my mistake! just because a student spoke to me in mandarin, i get scolding for not telling the student to speak in English. even said want to report me to Ms R.G. what the hell man?? I've got so much to do, so little time. life really sucks badly here.

Definition of 'nurse' according to Dictionary.com "A person trained to care for the sick or disabled, especially one educated in the scientific basis of human response to health problems and trained to assist a physician."

well, my version is: "a nurse is someone who gets scolded for something that is done wrong to the patient, a nurse is someone who some patient treats as a maid, a nurse is someone who gets yelling from a doctor when something is not right, a nurse is the first person anyone will get to find fault".

well, that's just my life currently. hope everything goes well in future. everything is just beginning right now. i can still go with the flow.

one word : 'hectic'.

2010-01-28T21:55:00.004+08:00

supposed to be my day off yesterday. unfortunately, the ward sister called me back to work whilst i was happily shopping for my groceries early in the morning. don't know why, but when i woke up yesterday morning, i've got a strong feeling that this will happen. already had my whole day planned up ahead!

reluctantly, i went home and get ready for work. i prayed extremely hard that everything will go smoothly during my shift. well, my prayers was unheard.
first of all, my ward sister assigned me to be in charged of 8 patients. being in charge sucks. terribly. once i took over, everything happened at once. doctors came to do rounds, my patient had problem with the urinary tube(which caused him to have distended abdomen and it is not comfortable at all), then gotta assist a doctor to remove drains and staples, an ICU admission, gotta serve antibiotics and other medication, etc.. i mean one person can only do so much. right?

i hardly drink or ate anything! don't even have time for the toilet!!!!!!!! wanted to break down on the spot and scream my lungs out. i really hope that the time would just stop right there. man... it's really hectic. and the worst part is the report-writing. i did not have time to write or update any of the doctor's orders. i had to stay back and finish up all my stuff. i stayed back till 11.45pm. i had to make sure i've done everything. thank god there's still bus. reached home at 12ooam sharp. i'm exhausted. all drained out.

yea, i know i've got to be prepared for all this. who asked me to choose nursing right?
but i'm human too.

been so long!

2010-01-04T20:50:00.002+08:00

geez. when was the last time I've blogged? so many things happened during these 2 months! first of all my comp crashed which is why i haven't been able to blog. so obviously it's fixed now! gotta bring it back to Msia to get it fixed. cus it's gonna cost me a bomb to fix it here in spore!

well i was glad to be able to go back to msia for Christmas! spent one week at home! at least i gotta meet up with my lovely cousies! and hang out with my sis! followed her to kl to collect all her clothes for her online boutique.

and once that short one week off finishes, I'm back to the dreadful lifestyle in spore! well i can say it's hectic though. so much to do, so little time.

so, i went to The Float at Marina Bay for the countdown event. well i had fun! went with Tiffie, Loi and girlfriend. it's beautiful. the city view is fantastic. it's kinda like the stadium-seats. so we sat kinda far up though. cus the seats below was packed with people. so it started off with someone performing. i forgot who. =p

it's actually really bored to be sitting up there man! there is a section where u can stand right in front of the stage. and i told Tiffie, "i have to get down there man". it's just so bored up there! so before Tiffie and i head down to the mosh pit, we went to grab some beers and headed back up to where we sat. then we made our way all the way down to the mosh pit after gulping down our beers cus Tiffie was starting to get sleepy after takin the beer.

we asked those crews over there about whether we can enter the mosh pit. and this guy said it's full and therefore we can't enter. I'm like wut the hell! i came all the way down here and u said it's full! i mean come'on! geez! we were about to give up when the host of the night announced that the mosh pit will still be able to fit in 20 more peeps! woohoo! excited, i made my way in!! and I'm finally standing right in front of the stage! and that means a lot more closer to the stars! ^^' had tons of fun cheering and dancing! but then i realized, everyone in the mosh pit has those glowing sticks in their hands except for Tiffie and i. we had to get one too! there's this young Malay couple but they've got 6 glow sticks in their hands! so i asked whether they can kinda give us two. and they did! weeee! then performance lasted till midnight where there's beautiful fireworks! and after the fireworks, we went for dancing at this incredibly huge dance floor just behind the stage. wooo! there, loads of fun! thank god i wore my extremely comfortable heels!

went clubbing on Saturday night. went with Aretha and Parveen. phew! great night too! ^^

started off with drinks. thought of loosen up a little. drank 2 glasses of vodka. no effect on me at all!! was expecting to feel all woozy though. geez. disappointed! then we head off for the dance floor. man, now that's where all those disgusting guys come in. oh well, guys are guys after all. just wanted to go there and hoped to dance off the stress at work! had loads of fun too! thanks Aretha for being able to hang out with us!! love ya girl! =p

now, gotta sign off though. enough of all those wonderful nights! gotta head back to work tmrw morning!

A MUST-WATCH!! -A Christmas Carol-

2009-11-12T16:49:00.004+08:00

A Christmas Carol is a 2009 film adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1843 story of the exact same name and it's a must-watch!

This film is written and directed by Robert Zemeckis(who has also directed The Polar Express and Beowulf), and stars Jim Carrey in a multitude of roles! Including Ebenezer Scrooge as a young, middle-aged and old man, and the three ghosts who haunt Scrooge. Among them are, first, the Ghost of Christmas Past; second, the Ghost of Christmas Present and lastly the Ghost of Christmas Future. These 4 characters are played by Jim Carrey.

And guess what? This film also marks Jim Carrey's first role in a Disney's film!

well, watch the trailer and you'll know what i mean!

it's so magical, you've got to watch it to believe it.

“A CHRISTMAS CAROL” OPENS IN SINGAPORE CINEMAS 19 November 2009!

unpleasant day~

2009-10-28T20:07:00.005+08:00

was looking forward for the BCLS course this morning. oh, BCLS means Basic Cardiac Life Support in short. basically it's CPR. well, we've gotta be trained and tested and be given a cert to prove that I've successfully undertaken the training.

sat through the E-learning for half an hour. didn't even manage to finish up the E-learning. then we were asked to go to the skill lab so that we'll be able to do hands-on the mannequin. they demonstrate to us 4 modules. which will all be tested later in the afternoon. first module is the one man CPR, then infant CPR, followed by how to handle choking adults and infant. all were being demonstrated very quickly. i wasn't able to catch everything. after the demonstration by those instructors (which turned out to be extremely mean instructors!!) we were being separated into 4 groups. cus there were too many of us.

then we get to know that our instructor is Mr. X (let's not mention names). thought he's very nice at first. mana tau.. turned out to be a mean and strict instructor!! probably the meanest!! yeah, i know what they're teaching us today involves human lives and that we should not be fooling around. but we were sooo not fooling around! in fact we paid full attention to whatever it is that they taught!

Mr. X started teaching. and i can definitely say that he has got NO PATIENCE AT ALL!!!
he was like "why are you doing this???!!! do you think this is right??!! locate your landmark! hurry up!! why are you so slow??!! how do you expect to save a person's life by doing that?!!? why can't you understand??! put your finger here!! pump harder!! blow into the mannequin's mouth harder! i said harder!!! you're not doing what i asked you to!!, do you know your steps??!".

well, that's just half of it. there's loads more. really felt like crying there. didn't expect to get this kinda teaching. kept on rushing us to do it better. how can we possibly do anything well if you're rushing us??! felt like going crazy. and i will definitely remember this phrase of his, "go save a person's life to prove me wrong". sigh. excuse me sir. it's not like we don't believe you. it's just that we needed more time to practice.

we even have to sit for a test which consists of 30 multiple choice question and the practical test.
well, thank god i passed it all. thank god all of us passed it. the practical test wasn't exactly a pleasant one though. lots of scolding there as well. but i don't feel like talking bout it anymore. just ate ice cream to cool myself down. and now I'm blasting music into my head to get everything out!!! just hope i can sleep well tonight. tomorrow gotta do morning shift. sigh. what a day..

must-watch mooooovies!~

2009-10-26T10:20:00.010+08:00

these are some of my must-watch movies! but some of it are definitely not out yet. feel like having my own cinema. where i can watch any shows at anytime! so here it is!~

In "New Moon", Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) is devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with the irresistible Jacob Black. Suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of the werewolves, ancestral enemies of the vampires, and finds her loyalties tested.

A global catalysm caused by the collapse of the Earth's crust and worldwide floodings that leads to the end of the world and has survivors struggling for their lives, while a US Government agency called the "Institute for Human Continuity" attempts to use ships to ensure the survival of the human race.
The film explores the idea of a global doomsday event coinciding with the end of the Mayan Long Count Calendar's current cycle on or around December 21, 2012 (the northern hemisphere's winter solstice).

Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk (Gary Oldman) and his cheery nephew (Colin Firth). But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it’s too late.

Dwayne Johnson is “The Tooth Fairy,” also known as Derek Thompson, a hard-charging minor league hockey player whose nickname comes from his habit of separating opposing players from their bicuspids. When Derek discourages a youngster’s hopes, he’s sentenced to one week’s hard labor as a real tooth fairy, complete with the requisite tutu, wings and magic wand. At first, Derek “can’t handle the tooth” – bumbling and stumbling as he tries to furtively wing his way through strangers’ homes…doing what tooth fairies do. But as Derek slowly adapts to his new position, he begins to rediscover his own forgotten dreams.

another movie where the townfolks are infected with an unknown toxin and starts killing. A picture-perfect American town with happy, law-abiding citizens soon turns into a sickening asylum.

When Alice tumbles down, down, down a rabbit-hole one hotsummer's afternoon in pursuit of a White Rabbit she finds herself in Wonderland. And there begin the fantastical adventures that will see herexperiencing extraordinary changes in size, swimming in a pool of her own tears and attending the very maddest of tea parties. For Wonderland is no ordinary place and the characters that populate it are quite unlike anybody young Alice has ever met before. In this imaginary land she encounters the savagely violent Queen, the Lachrymose Mock Turtle, the laconic Cheshire Cat and the hookah-smoking Caterpillar, each as surprising and outlandish as the next.

must must must watch! why?? cus Josh Duhamels' in it!!~

When Savannah Lynn Curtis comes into his life, John Tyree knows he is ready to turn over a new leaf. An angry rebel, he had enlisted in the army after high school, not knowing what else to do. Then, during a furlough, he meets the girl of his dreams. Savannah Lynn Curtis is attending college in North Carolina, working for Habitat for Humanity, and totally unprepared for the passionate attraction she feels for John Tyree. The attraction is mutual and quickly grows into the kind of love that leaves Savannah vowing to wait for John while he finishes his tour of duty, and John realizing that he's ready to settle down with the young woman who has captured his heart. Neither can foresee that 9/11 is about to changethe world and will force John to risk every hope and dream that he's ever had. Like so many proud men and women, John must choose between love and country. And like all those left behind, Savannah must decide to wait or move on..

Four couples go to a tropical island resort. While one couple is there to work on their marriage, the others are there to play but soon discover that participation in the resort's couples therapy is not optional.

"The Lovely Bones" centers on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family – and her killer – from heaven. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal. Oscar® nominee Mark Wahlberg and Oscar® winners Rachel Weisz and Susan Sarandon star along with Stanley Tucci, Michael Imperioli and Oscar® nominee Saoirse Ronan.

there's actually a whole lot more!!! can't wait!!!!~

my big day!!~

2009-10-19T23:00:00.009+08:00

finally! the day that i've been looking forward to my whole life! my graduation convo!!! did not expect that i would have this day! kinda waited around 2 months since we left college for this convocation.

was able to meet all of my friends again!!! unfortunately, i wasn't able to talk to most of them! we were all busy taking picture!!! such a waste though. i don't think there will be another time where we'll meet everyone again. everyone has their own thing to do, and they'll definitely be busy working. so yeah, there won't be another time for us to hang out.

oh well, at least i was able to take some pictures with them!!

hope that all my former classmates will all succeed in whatever they do!! good luck guys!~

tiring but great day!~

2009-10-11T16:01:00.001+08:00

started the day by getting up pretty early and went to Gleneagles Hospital. gotta wait for the bus. and sometimes the bus comes really late!! geez!

this is where we're stayin'!

classes was only until 12.30 yesterday. so we planned to go JB to do some shopping. mainly shoe hunting. needed a pair of shoes badly for the graduation. so we took a bus to JB, slept during the journey. traffic was terrible. forgot to see how long it took us to reach JB.

anyway, we went to City Square. walked for hours till we managed to buy all of our shoes! mission accomplished!!

bought this from Bugis. sticked it on my EZ link card~

this was taken at City Square.

nearly bought this dress which costs RM 130! thank god Ping Ping and Chai persuaded me not to buy another one since i've already bought myself a dress for graduation ceremony.

this will be added on to my shoes collection~

love the frills!~

well, after shopping, we had dinner then helped out Chia Sing to search for her shoes. she managed to get one in the end though! good for her. afterall, we came all the way from Singapore to JB just to get shoes!

end of PP1O training!!

2009-10-08T23:08:00.005+08:00

wheee! it's over! no more customer service training to attend! after sitting through this training for 3 days, i kinda can't wait to start serving those patients! i mean they are our source of income anyway. so we gotta treat them well! no customers = no income = no salary = no job.

oh well, today was the assessment day. kinda reminded us of OSCE. which was our practical exams back in the college days. i had fun today though. we were being assessed individually. the assessor would act as a customer to the hospital, and they will evaluate on how we serve them. so, my assessor today was Mr. Jahan. i thought he was strict at first. but i was wrong. that reminded me again on how i should not judge a person by the looks. he was soooooo nice! nice and sweet man. too bad he's married. =( haha! nah, just joking.

okay, these are the amount of sweets that we ate!~ geez.. worried bout getting diabetes!

we had home made sandwich for lunch!!~

we even had tea break! to keep us from falling asleep~

our facilitator, Ms. Connie Wang~

say cheese!~

tmrw will be the start of a new class. nursing foundation if I'm not mistaken.
gotta go bed already! gotta be up early!! nites~

2nd day of orientation

2009-10-06T20:59:00.004+08:00

so, this is the 2nd day of my orientation. today's topic was PP10. which means Parkway Health's Perfect 10. there's 17 hours on this topic! gee~ basically the topic is about customer service. excellent customer service that is. well otherwise it wouldn't be called PP10. as the topic implies, everything has to be perfect! we covered few sub topics today. among them are 'attitude, effective communication, listening skills, and types of customers'. there's even a test for this tmrw!! damn it! did some lame activities today. lots of lame games. we played a game today where the facilitator gets someone to go in front, then the facilitator would give that person a word, eg. clown and that person has to act it out without saying a word. and we're supposed to guess. don't know what this game is called though. so mine was 'Hawaiian dance'. i was like "wut the hell??" so i did it. in front of everyone. but instead of doin' the Hawaiian dance, i did an action like I'm playin' the hula hoop. don't know why. ha ha! nervous maybe! told my parents over skype, and my mum could do the Hawaiian dance much better than me!
but i managed to get over with it did it and they guessed it right and i went back to my seat.

our facilitator gave each of us these badges 'cus she kinda start the class slightly later than it was supposed to be.

we were asked to match the expressions according to the monkey's face. see which group could finish it faster. this was kinda fun though.

tmrw is another hectic day as my facilitator told us that there will be lots of role play activities and a test. there will be a certificate awarded if we are able to pass the test.
then on Thursday there would be an assessment. overall assessment. from head to toe. individually. this is to assess whether are we presentable to the public. sigh. didn't know i had to go through all these to become a nurse.
oh well, guess I'll just have to brace up and go through all these obstacles~

ooohh.. lanterns!

2009-10-06T20:41:00.005+08:00

well, celebrated mooncake festival last saturday night actually. but forgot to blog bout it. had a great time! we put up lanterns just like what we used to do when we were kids. we celebrated my brother's birthday as well, together with a cousin of mine. they don't share the same birthday though. just that my brother's is on the 2nd and my cousin's on the 1st of Oct. so they celebrated it together.

then we put up the lanterns on a pathetic lookin' tree. 'cus we've got nowhere else to hang the lanterns. so we hung it on the tree. ^^'

yeah, was so glad that i was able to spend some time with my family before i left for Singapore. miss them so much!

back in spore..

2009-10-05T21:46:00.003+08:00

phew. back to spore in the end. refused to come back here but I've got no choice. and I'm gonna stop being so emo! ^^' gotta accept it no matter what though. oh well, went to Parkway College today for some orientation thing. took a bus from our house which is in Queen's Road. but we stopped at the wrong bus stop. and ended up walking quite a distance to reach the Parkway Coll. damn.. exercising early in the morning. when we reach there we were kinda drenched in sweat. oh! by sayin' "we", i mean my housemate! so once we were at the coll, we realize that they're not only orientating us(Pantai Students), but also all the new staffs who are being employed by the Parkway Health Group. there are those who are from the Laboratory Dept, Radiology Dept, Rehab, Customer Service, Quality Measures, F&B and so on. almost 80 ppl in the class room.

talk started at 8.30am. and ended around 5.45pm. phew.. we were exhausted even by just listening. mentally exhausted. we had activities as well. firstly was the ice breaking session. which i HATE the most. sigh.. we gotta stand up one by one. start by telling our name, followed by which hospital we serve, and which department we are from. but they made it interesting by asking what would we do if we were to have 3 million USD. phew! they even asked if we were able to choose a person to have dinner and spend 3 hours with, who would we choose. be it George Clooney or Brad Pitt. interesting huh. really got me thinking.

so my answer was... if i were to have 3 million USD, oh, when it was my turn, it was 9 million USD. the talker increased it. okay, so my reply was, "firstly i would DEFINITELY pay off my bond with Parkway. then buy my parents whatever it is that they wanted, go travelling with my family, and lastly donate some to the victims of tsunami, typhoon and earth quake. yeah, so that was it. 9 million USD is like a huge amount! couldn't think of what else to do with it. =p

then after class, we went to Bugis Junction. to get myself a pillow and a mobile broadband. otherwise i wouldn't be able to blog now. kinda applied for the 4mbps for 35.95 dollars. and it's under a contract of 2 years. well the speed is not bad though.

oh well, think i gotta go bathe now. toodles!~

requires more time, please..

2009-09-30T23:54:00.006+08:00

sigh. it's funny how great time flies. it's been 1 month since i came back from Singapore for my holiday. i know from now on i wouldn't be getting anymore extended holidays like these. but i am glad i spent the holidays with my family. we were able to go to Cameron Highlands together at least. including my extremely-busy-with-work sister. ^^'

well i want more time with my family. i know I'm being greedy. i love to laze around the house. it just feels so good to be at home. sometimes I'll do some house chores. makin' sure the house is clean so that mum and dad can come back to a comfortable home.

i am spending as much time as i could with my family. i really don't feel like goin' back to Singapore to work. but then, I'm old enough to start earning my own money and help support my family. i wanna be able to give my parents money to spend. being away from family really sucks. even though there are some quarrelling now and then and how i wish I'd be in Singapore. but a family is still a FAMILY. they are the closest to us. no matter what happens, it will all subside through time.

oh well, life has to go on. i kept tellin' myself to quit being so emotional! damn it!
i might as well start work fast and earn money, and have fun with life! there are still many years ahead of me. got lots to do. lots of patients waitin' for me to care for them. ^^'

I'm definitely gonna miss home, miss my family, my dog, my lovely bed! and the M'sian food!

it's not like i could come back any time i want though. i know it's just Singapore, but i won't be able to get off days easily. as you know, we're suffering from a shortage of nurses globally, so our hospital is definitely short of staffs. therefore, they would not allow us to take off days frequently. we even gotta have second doubt about taking an MC when we're sick! 'cus we wouldn't want our Ward Manager to think that we're one of those lazy person who takes off day and falls sick frequently. 'cus there are people who fakes diarrhea and then gets away with an MC.

well these people are kinda makin life tougher for others. the world out there is not exactly what I've imagined. never thought there would be lots of nasty people around. and those that are really selfish. they only think of themselves. not considerate at all. what would the world be if there were just nice, polite and generous people around. the world would be a wonderful place to live in. okay, I'm startin' to talk bout crap now. i should stop here. before things gets worst about how the world should be!

fun!

2009-09-26T22:26:00.006+08:00

wanna show u guys somethin' that i did out of boredom! it's funny though! but i kinda got addicted to it! here are some pics!~

i love this! the joker card~

did this 'cus i know i will NEVER have the chance to be on a billboard!

and this 'cus we'll never be featured on a magazine!

tak de 'vogue', so 'vague' pun jadi la..~ ^^'

go on! make your own ones! i'm sure u'll have a blast!

http://www.effmypic.com/

have fun while you're at it!!~ =)

went cycling again!

2009-09-26T14:03:00.007+08:00

well, i kinda forced myself to wake up early this morning to go cycling with my bro. so, i got up around 7 and woke my brother up cus his phone alarm doesn't seem to be workin' on him.

we went cycling around the housing area this time and not inside the golf course cus there are golfers playing early in the morning! i wouldn't wanna get hit by a golf ball, would i? so, here are some pics!~

love it when we go through this lane. love the trees!~

oh! and i just received an invitaion to my convocation ceremony!

sigh, as if i'm not going. paid 4oo plus!

don't know what i'm going to wear! haven't even got myself a pair of shoes yet!

a day with baby-sitter!

2009-09-24T22:46:00.004+08:00

spent a lovely day with my baby-sitter!!! well, she's my great aunt actually. lovely lady. she would go the extra mile to make us happy!! brings back lots of old memories though. remembered how i was naughty, and she would chase me with the cane in her hand. i would run out to the garden and then back into the house and all the way up the stairs and into her room! then i would lock myself in it! and stay in there till... i kinda fell asleep on her bed! then when i wake up, i would sneak down the stairs. and there she is! sleeping on a mattress. must have been tired chasing me all around. feel bad though. she baby-sits my sister and my brother as well. well, 3 of us kinda grew up there. and that is where we learn our Cantonese! geesh! forgot to thank her for that! okay, i've just put in a mental note so i would remember to thank her the next time i see her.

so, mum dropped my brother and i there in the morning before she left to work. she prepared breakfast for us accompanied with a lovely cup of white coffee. yummmmeeeee. miss having breakfast with her..

well, we chit chat about how i was doing and stuff. there is always food in between! i didn't have to worry about being hungry today though.

well, this is where I've been sleeping during my afternoon naps!~ right in the middle of the hall. ^^'
oh! just remembered! my brother and i loved it when she kinda brush her hands through our back to sleep. feels so good and comfy~

love these antique switches~

i will definitely be missing her when I'm in Singapore. don't know when will be the next time i meet her again. oh and did i mention she's a good cook too?? i love whatever she cooks! stayed there till dinner and then left for home.

so glad to have her as my baby-sitter. will miss and always love u, great aunt!~

dinner at Tony Roma's

2009-09-20T21:04:00.009+08:00

okay, so i went to ikano with my sister and brother to get my 'chops' done. needed it for the nursing reports though. cus i couldn't be writ ting my name each and every time i sign anything, otherwise it'll be hectic! so, since mostly all the staff nurses had each of this, we had to get one too in order to ease up our job.

so here it is! i made sure i double checked and triple checked so that i didn't get any of my friend's name wrong. they are kinda out of black ink. so i had to get the blue ink though. hope it's fine with you all.
and sorry chai, cus they don't have the black coloured chop. so i got you the blue one instead. hope it's fine with you too.

went out for shoe hunting too actually, but couldn't get any! damn.. guess I'll just have to buy it from spore. or maybe I'll try my luck next week at One Utama.

after getting my chops done, we went to Pet Safari to get some snacks for my dog! got him a packet of yummy chicken strips. it smells really good though. feel like taking a bite! ^^'

anyway, after buying the treats for my dog, my bro felt hungry, so we stopped by at Starbucks to grab some drinks and a banana+chocolate chip muffin! delicious!!!!

then we went on for dinner because we realize that the muffin wasn't enough for us. we went for dinner at Tony Roma's, where they serve extremely big portion of food!

i think this drink is called Pineapple Sunrise if I'm not mistaken. nice!

then we had this as starters. some sort of fried onion. forgot what it's called though.

i had this! umm.. Chicken Tenderloin Platter. man, it's so filling!

my sis ordered this. but she only ate half of it. sigh~

after filling up our stomach, of course we didn't forgot bout our dad at home. we bought burger for him. otherwise he wouldn't be eating at all.

after having all these food, i feel like a contented fat cow now.

now i gotta go to KLIA to pick up my mum! toodles~

great sunday morning

2009-09-20T11:02:00.003+08:00

good morning! had a great morning today! went out with dad and brother for breakfast. had the deliciously yummy 'roti canai' and my milo ice! after breakfast, dad suggested we go for cycling inside the golf course. the golf course is not open to public today due to Raya. this is the only day that the golf course is close to public and that means this is the only day my dad can go fishing at the lovely ponds inside the course. i didn't wanted to go cycling actually, cus I'm a bit of a lazy person. but after my brother persuaded me, i went "oh, what the hell, let's go!". and so we went. beautiful scenery and lovely whether. didn't know how to handle my dad's bike though. but i managed it well. everything went well up until my brother started to joke around. i nearly fell off the slope! i mean 'roll' down the slope. like Jack and Jill. the only difference is i have a bike rolling down with me. and it's so not funny okay. i got so pissed! so i took the bike and went off. was having trembling legs! sigh.. thanks to my brother who finds it so funny by joking around, i end up going home angrily which i thought was not worth it at all later on. ah, but hell. came home and gotta wait for my sweat to dry off before i bathe, so i turned on the TV and watch E news. can't wait to watch the Emmy's awards though. woohoo! i have to force myself to wake up tmrw morning! gotta watch it live!

the beginning of a new chapter

2009-09-19T23:15:00.004+08:00

ta-daah! welcome welcome to my brand new blog! well, i have been wanting to blog long ago, but couldn't. firstly was because i didn't have the time to blog during my college days. and secondly, i didn't have a laptop of my own! (which means i have one now! ^^ well, it was a hand-me-down from my dad though. I'm very grateful and had sworn to take good care of it! cus he's been maintaining it pretty darn well!) and thirdly, i did not have the Internet access at where i was staying during my student days which is the hostel.

speaking of the hostel, i kinda miss it though. miss the food to be exact. miss the time i had with my housemates and the times when we hang out at the mamak store. where we ordered food like thosai telur bawang, or thosai cheese(this was my all-time favourite), and to top it all, we will definitely order milo ice with some milo powder sprinkled on top of it. yum yum.. now that we've left our hostel, everyone went on their own separate ways. everyone has got their own goals to achieve, own stories to write.. nobody will have the time to get together and hang out cus they're just so busy with work, and their personal life. so girls and guys, appreciate your college life! it's where meet new friends and lots happens from there! i don't know bout you, but i definitely had a great college life.

well well, good time flies by. now that I've finally finished my 3 year course of nursing, I'm about to start a new chapter of my life which is the working life! arrghhh! working is not that bad right? i mean you get to earn money, get the freedom we've always wanted, add new people in our friends list and etc. but it's not the money or freedom that i wanted. you see, I'll be working in Singapore at Gleneagles Hospital. and that means i've gotta leave my family and friends behind(i know ppl will say "nah, it's just Singapore! not UK! u can always come back any time you want!"). but with the job that I'm tied up to, i can never leave my work! i mean who's gonna look after the patients if we're busy holiday-ing?? i realize that being a nurse, there's a lot I've got to sacrifice. I've understand this fact on the very first day i stepped into nursing. but oh well, the sacrifice is worth it. I've put it in good use! i care for those who needed help. especially the older people. okay.. i guess I'd better not start talking 'bout nursing otherwise it will turn out to be as it I'm writing a book!

i think this will be sufficient for my very first post. will put up a new one pretty soon. till then, bye!