Swine flu outbreak

Pandemic potential?
It is code yellow alert now....
The hospital, and ward is running stress and mad.
Everyday roll call on PAPR demonstration.




Pray it will never get into singapore.....
Or it would be really hectic.
sigh
How well prepared are we actually?

Saturday the 26th

I was supposed to work pm shift today and am shift tml..
But Sis Leong gave me my ph and al for these 2 days, unexpectedly =)
I was so shag even after my 2 days off on wed n thurs.
She said after looking through my roaster, I need to work 7 to 8 days before my next coming day off, for the next 2 weeks.
So she pity me and manage to schedule me for 2 more rest days..
I am so grateful =)
especially when I never requested for that.
And even better, it is weekends!!
I seriously need a LONG break.



So today, I showered Jovial.. sparkling clean and he smells nice...
Right after I dried him, he dashed to the living room and jumped onto his bed.
And PEE. ARGH



Afterwhich played majong at home with Ragu, Ziyang and ming...
Majong is one of the favourite pastime =)
Evening time went to Tampines for movie, friday the 13th
WOoooot... They said the previous one was more gruesome...
haha... Anyway it is nice la... the psychotic killer never seems to die.
Ate at Tampines one Manpuku restaurant.... it is the highlight of the mall.
Similar to shokudo japanese restaurant concept...
But... The food is really bad.
Not worth the price at all. small portion, awfully salty & expensive
I would say shokudo is much better.
Disappointment.



Currently watching the last episode of The king of snooker 桌球天王 online...
So nice =)
Wondering why HongKong dramas are always so successful???? haha

An extra mile

Today went to visit an ex-patient with Lina in the evening...
She was hospitalised for almost 3 months and was discharged only recently.
Used to be DIL in the ward, and for palliative management.
But she looks well n refreshed when we visited her today.
=)
Lina said there's sense of satisfaction when patients are discharged n well taken care at home.


The patient's husband fetch us from the hospital and even intended to send us home from queensway!
We told him no need to travel so far but he said there's nothing to do at home also.
funny uncle. haha.



Went to Vivocity for dinner at Carl's Junior with Lina.
Yummy.
She had to go for classes, so we left after that.
She looked so stress with school work, poor gal.
I can foresee myself in the same stage some day too. sigh



Before we left uncle's house, he actually gave us ang bao each.
We rejected because we never did much.
But he insisted.
Uncle said his this is yuan fen, fate.
And a shock when I opened it at home.
Why so much? *speechless*
too much for that extra mile.



Do u believe in fate anyway?

Advance birthday gift

May is not here yet, and I already receive my first bday present.
Haha.
It brings out my birthday mood!
-_-''
I have my first carlo rino bag from roger.thank u
Can I say my first step to being a lady, and not gal anymore?
Shucks.
Shdn't that been the case ever since my 21st? -_-''



Was receiving lots of informations on dogs from Jasmine for the past 1 hour...
I am so eager to try it out on Jovial haha!
Wonderful...
I have someone professional to approach next time haha!
Thanks lovely! =)

More of Jovial and K dining

JJ came over to my place to see Jovial before our K dinner last Saturday.
HE brought along his camera to capture the moments -_-''
And I got many nice pictures of Jovial courtesy of him =)




*slurping* something yummy up there?








teaching him to say 'hi'


glowing***so bright*



too indulged in Jovial liao -_-
I guess the next few months of post would be mostly on him hoho.
Skip them if bored =p
Every Sat/ Sun is shower day for Jovial.
And we would brush his teeth and clean his ear daily...
Dogs need oral hygiene too....
Somemore we use toothpaste which is edible, recommended by the shop owner.
We are semi- pro liao =)

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*Later part of the day*

Went to Cineleisure K dinner for advance 22nd bday for Sharon.
So fast rite... Seemed to be only recently we celebrated our 21st bday...
shucks. *getting old fast*


THe bday gal n I =)


hogging the mike


Kelly, Evon, me and Sharon


my 2 sweet pals


The 5 of us holding a mini concert hoho








This is... sh*t from the toilet bowl.
REally.
See it urself.


hmm.. k box new menu?


really that smelly?



Hoho.
I love k dinner! Especially the singing session.
Never have enough of singing...
K box again, anyone? =)
The best day to k boxing is Thursday- ladies nite




Ming and I went for dessert at Kovan's Xin Wang.
The mango is SSSOoOO SOUR!
BBBBbbbbbbrrrrrrR.



____________________________________________________________________
*work issues*

I am down on luck lately.
Whatever shifts I am, it would always be extreme busy.
Especially morning shifts.
I anticipated today morning would be hectic.
True enough, it really was.
To add on, I have an unexpected discharge of a problematic patient.
Everyone is waiting for this day to send her home.
And I became the hero suddenly.
*headache*
And today I sent 3 bedbound patients home.
Everyone cheered. But me. (the long list of appointments and vexing arrangements gave me headache)
I am always in charge at the wrong time BBBrrrr.



I need to shower in flower petals.
Does it help? haha.

Changes can be detrimental

2 guys and 1 gal in a conversation-
only to know the 3 of us think the same way of someone.


Changes are inevitable.
And of course worth the hard work if the change is optimal.
But...
It becomes terrible when a change in personality is involved.


I feel guys are able to understand such feeling better than women do.
They observe, and are unbiased.
When I thought I might be the only one to notice that change,
they agreed with me.



Sometimes ppl whom u think are quiet and neutral, might surprise u when they voice out.



I am someone whom changed a lot too.
I might like something one minute, and the next I could have forgotten it and start looking for another again.
But my argument- Changes are harmless if I remember my roots.

Sleepy.
Slept late at 2 am and woke up at 9am! Early can?
I would usually sleep for 10 to 12 hours and more....
Wohoho...



Was telling ming about panasonic lumix lx3,
and he told me not to buy it.. yet.
Wassup there?
Well.. I shall wait.. like he said.
Moreover I am not intending to get it any sooner... -_-



And I am finally playing with the PSP.
Many thanks to Ragu for downloading so many fun games inside... =)



Sunday--> Going to bring yong to the newly established swimming complex opposite my house to swim.. WOOT!!
=)
I am going to wear my new red adidas suit =p

I was surfing web and came across this...

Panasonic Lumix LX3

Cool ain't it?
I fell in love with it.. hoho.
Right. I aim to buy that.
Not that soon. Months later perhaps? Or maybe next yr?
By then, I might have other loves... lol



Went to the newly opened Tampines One with JJ today.
Crowded as expected. Long queues everywhere.
Ended up going to Billy Bombers for dinner.
They are developing Tampines into East Town.
Ain't it nice? =)



Last week in you-tube,
I saw this video of a gal playing 小酒窝 - Lin Jun Jie & Charlene Cho on the piano.
Captivating
I tried looking for the piano scores online.. But couldn't seem to find the full piece for free.
Wanna try learning that song, though it does seem difficult.
Can someone inform me if u have the piano scores for that?? Deeply appreciated =)

I was called back to work for the 4th nite because Azliya took family leave...
I was kinda reluctant.. but eventually agreed.
Tired.


I learnt my lesson.
I will never help Drs to give their first dose of IV med.
It was an hour of frightful experience!!!
SHIT.
Thanks God nothing did happen.



Lately I am watching another new HK drama,
桌球天王 The King Of Snookers.
Cool =)
HK dramas are always full of surprises...
Reason why I have long given up on local film. sigh.

Code blue

I dread hearing CODE BLUE.
Especially in the midst of passing reports to the next shift gals...
Just when I thought the nite was ending.
It was a very bad nite.
Terrible.
SHUCKS.

I need to transfer out fast!!

The ward is hectic lately...
Many DIL (dangerous ill list) patients, bed bound patients and also the nonsensical troublemakers, whom double our usual workload.



At moment like this, how I wish Sister Janet is still with us.
She has the authority to fight back for us and bring enough manpower to ease our burden.
SHe used to scold me for my stubborness when I was busy and insisted of getting my work done before going for break.
She would say nurses are always busy. but we have to eat.
I am stubborn but I do get softened easily when persuaded.
Thus I need her to be around to push me....

Not forgetting the way she can twist and turn when facing difficult patients and relatives.
ANd always protecting us... and giving us chances.
She is so admirable.

Our new station sister is good too...
but in comparison...
I do hope it was sister Janet whom stays.



Yesterday went to bugis new shopping mall, lluma for movie with ming.
Nicolas Cage, Knowing
The story was captivating, except it's ending is kinda fictional.
Speaking of lluma,
it's huge and has many nice restaurants and shops.
Not many shops are open yet, but it was already crowded.
The most attractive is it's cinemafilmgrade, movie at $6 everyday =)

Went to the arcade and saw something interesting.
It is common to see ppl putting tokens into the machine and using it's metal hands to pick up assorted sweets and chocolates.
But in that arcade, they replace sweets & chocolates with ice creams!!!
ben & jerry tub, magnum ice creams etc...
AIn't it cool?!?!



It was a lovely evening with ming....
Especially when I worked till I almost cried. haha.
HECTIC.
And was stuck inside my patient's room for 2 hours just to do his complicated burnt-like dressing. OMG.
Aren't I glad I'm on night shift coming monday.. Can escape from morning craziness!!
Looking forward to my long weekends off =)

Jovial's ears

On the day we bought Jovial, his ears were down....
like this.




Few days later, we were puzzled when one of his ears stood up.
Look awkward but cute.. haha.


The lady from the pet shop said it is their puberty stage.
And true enough, few days after that,
the other side of the ear stood up too...
Like that.




A handsome boy now =)

My cozy family

One of the best thing in life is after a busy day at work,
there are piping hot homecook food laid on the table at home =)
The house which is always bustled with people and dog. what a description. haha

I am so happy n proud of myself =)
Practice makes perfection woohoo!!

Monday Blues

Worked 4 days straight of morning shifts... so sleepy!
My greatest problem is not having enough sleep.
Minimum 10 hours and more. That would be perfect =)



Today the ward was so HECTIC!
Started from the moment I served medications,
to attending the nonsense patient's issues,
followed by a chain of problems....

i.e. onco patient's cvc line blocked, dermatology patient with complicated dressing and need to loan burn bandages from burns ward, gastro patient whom needs blood transfusion, and helped my junior with the messy dressing of a contracture patient.
Not forgetting attending promptly to the complain queen around the clock!

And worst of all.... 2 new admissions in the midst of all workload on a BUSY monday!!!

KAOZ!
And there are only 2 of us in the team. WTH!
And I only got to complete doing my changes and reports at 4pm plus!
Jone and I ended up going home at 5pm!
Poor Junior and in-charge.



*I hope, and I pray I am not first half in-charge tml.. CAN DIE AR!!*



Back home, brought Jovial downstairs for a walk....
He knows what is gai gai liao... haha

It is not a simple task to train a dog.
Jovial is always eliminating in the living room for the past few days.
1 out of 10 times he got it right only.
Shhheeesssh....

Another run of nite shifts..

Weekends night shifts completed again. WHEW
It is the season of resuscitation and death again...
Imagine, 3 patients collapsed on the same day in the 3 stations.
And 2 E-trolley are not enough...
And my very sick patient passed away on the morning of my last nite.
I am quite lucky honestly...
My 1st 'packing' case in the 1st quarter of the year.
While some of my colleagues, already 'packed' 3 within a month.
So.. I am not very experienced when it comes to death....
Which I seriously need to improve so as to provide more information and help to the grieving family.


However my 3 nites were quite free... despite the commotions haha.
Maybe we are too efficient liao..
Completed our work fast and the remaining of the time was eating with Azliya, Rasha and Su Jing.



Finally met up with CF on my sleeping day.
Still feel so sleepy.... But trying to revert back to the correct timing. -_-
Back home at nite,
carried Jovial out from the cage and allowed it to run in the living room for a few mins...
He is so hyper and happy to be out....
Few more days and we can allow it to roam freely in the house... =)



I told mum to let me do the feeding,
so that Jovial will recognise my importance lolz.

An eventful car ride

A day of car ride with sis, mum & ting ting yesterday.
Intention was to send yong to sch for his remedial, and morning tea at chinatown.
We were planning to shop for shoes and a new tv set after that.
Ended up home with an unplan purchase.



It started when sis mentioned about her cheap bargains in bangkok,
and the cute doggies for sales in the weekend market.
And how much she wanted to buy it but not allowed to bring it back to sg.
The topic became more interesting and I became so tempted to own one again.
So I suggested going down to the pet shop in Simei after meal to have a look,
and crazy sis agreed so.



So many years since I last went and the pet safari has already shrink into a small shop.
We didn't stay long as the choices are limited.
Thought our dog hunting has come to an end,
until sis mentioned there are many pet shops in thomson.
We drove down without second thoughts and ended up in a shop.



We saw a terrier and it was so cuteeeee!
This is a terrier.


Mum said 'EEEEeee.. so black. can't see the eyes.'
Then mum pointed to another pup...
It is a corgi.
She said it looks more like a puppy, n it's cute.
I set my eyes on it and no deny, it does has the cute lil pup look.
I fall in love with it instantly too....
So did sis, though she still thinks the small black terrier is much cuter.
I told her that terrier is cute, but the cuteness might bored us in the long run.
Whereas the corgi has an unexplainable cutesy look. lol
So was the price difference.

The price of that terrier is $1950,
and $2400 for that corgi.
KAOZ so expensive I said.
The thought of buying disappeared instantly.
The boss of that shop intro corgi to us, and even brought it out for us to touch n feel...
It resembles the smaller version of golden retriever, my ideal dog -_-
He is only 4 months old. Still a baby =)



Mum noticed we were so hyper enthu in that puppy,
and asked 'not thinking of buying it now right?'
I gave her the sly smile..


And guessed what?
We bought it haha!!
Shared the cost with sis...



We brought home some of the necessities and took out some of the items in the store room that used to belong to BiBi.
And evening time, acc sis to fetch yong from school and drove straight to the pet shop to collect the puppy....
THey had showered and trimmed his nails before we reached...
We were so thrilled!!!!



But we were told to keep him inside the cage for 1 to 2 weeks, and cannot allow it to come out to play or sleep even for a few mins.
That is to train them to pee at the right place.
They said we have to endure for that 1 to 2 weeks or we would have a tough time training it when it grows.
They also taught us the amount of food to give, and their need for vitamins.
Even dogs need vitamins... healthy bo?


My 3rd time having a dog,
the previous 2 puppies were passed down by many other owners and their temper were either too crazy or quiet.
But he is the 1st dog that truly belongs and whom will grow up with us =)

Call him Jovial everybody.
It brings joy to my family and may it be a happy dog in my home too =)





sleeping like a baby.... oh-la-la...

Jovial

Helen has a new love call Jovial.
She is so in love with him.
Jovial will spend the rest of his life with helen.. and her family..
Till death do us part. wohohoh.

Trips pending

Sis came back from bangkok with bags of new clothing, and goodies...
It makes me look forward to my own trip coming yr end...
And also the query penang trip in dec...
So excited...
I have so many ALs to claim wohoho.
I hope to celebrate christmas elsewhere. Far away from singapore this year with dear =)