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You know, I have no idea what's with me and rashes. I have a breakout of rashes yet again, this time, on both cheeks and neck. I seriously do not know if I'm allergic to any food or dust for that matter, unless there's a new hybrid of dust that has evolved, which I do not know that I'm allergic to. It's quite irritating because as bimbotic as it sounds, it just spoils your whole face. I've been trying to keep my complexion as even toned as possible, as pimple-free as possible, as translucent as possible, oh you get my point. And this just had to happen, AGAIN!! All I can hope for is for these rashes to vanish as fast as it had appeared.
Oh, do you know how much I just hate pimples? I think everyone does lah, but it just frustrates me because pimples leave behind scars, which of course are very hard to eradicate. It takes months for those ugly scars to disappear and somehow I find that pimple creams do not work at all.
Okay, enough of this bimbotic complaints.
I have been recapping my stuffs in preparation for my clinicals. Oh my, I am so very dead. I seem to have completely forgotten all my stuffs especially anatomy, with all it glorious muscle attachments, ligaments and the various joints in the body. How like that? Never mind, hope everything turns out all right and my classmate and I just need to help out each other. =) I'm just trying to be optimistic, you see.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Why is it that everyone seems to be leaving this course? Is it because there is really little remunerations? Well, I personally agree with that. Ultimately, I guess everyone of us will inevitably feel jaded and disillusioned to the point where we really question ourselves and most importantly, where this profession is going in the long run, especially in Singapore.
For all of her growing economy, cosmopolitan society as well as a trustworthy government, I have to say that the healthcare system in this country is very backward as compared to other countries like Australia, UK and Canada. Perhaps from a budding healthcare professional point of view. Our lives are still very much dictated by the gods and goddesses of the healthcare system - the people in white coats, mostly with specs and a stethoscope around their necks. I wonder when the allied health professionals be given enough recognition for all the work and sweat they've put in as well as the years put into studying and if the measly pay is ever justified. I'm not surprised at all if there are a lot of us who acutally end up practising overseas. The grass is always greener on the other side, most people say.
So the moral of the story - dont' join this profession because of the money but join it for the joy and satisfaction of helping people. But how long can you have this kind of mentality? Joy and satisfaction alone does not help you pay the numeorus bills thrown at you. No money, no talk! That's the mantra of all Singaporeans....the pursuit of happyness. For me, this has always been what I wanted and I'm striving for it. We'll se how it goes in three years' time alright? Gosh, I can't believe I'm going to be in my second year already!
I baked brownies today. Not the instant one, mind you, but from scratch. Come to think of it, I've never tried baking instant brownies. All I can say is it lacks sweetness and I added a little too much of cocoa powder but it's still edible. You tend to always have something to comment about the things that you make, no?
Someone commented that this blog of mine lacks entries despite the fact that I'm on holidays. I guess I'm getting lazier to update and that my mind goes blank everytime I press on the 'New Post' icon. Maybe I'm just not good at penning down my thoughts afterall. I sometimes wonder and admire how people can come up with very interesting entries on their blogs. They just have this flair for writing, which sadly, I don't.
This happened quite some time back. I lamented to a friend of mine that I had not seen a certain someone, say PM, for a very long time, for at least a year. (Oh, I really cannot think of a better word for 'lamented', Ms Wong). Not in the sense where I was really desperate to see PM or anything. Just that it suddenly came to mind and I said it aloud to this friend. Guess what? I saw PM the very next day when I was out with some friends for dinner! PM was sitting at a table right next to my friends'. I saw PM from the corner of my eyes and well, I was a bit too shocked to acknowlege his presence and pretended not to see PM, something I'm really wonderful at, I must admit. Call it fate, but I prefer it to be called a coincidence. Oh, Ms Wong, I think you know me very well to decipher what PM stands for. Certainly not PrimeMinister, hor!
I am so not looking forward to rushing in the peak hours just to get to clinicals. And I think this place is so very inaccesible for someone who lives in the east, a very ulu place to get somwhere at the outskirts of town. The very thought of being in the peak hours just dampens my mood and I hope it doesn't affect my performance for the next 3 weeks. Clinical education carries 16 freaking modular credits, the highest ever of all my other modules, and I hope, the easiest to score. A minimum of B+ should be my target.
Saturday, March 17, 2007
I think I've had a very good 4 weeks break, time for myself. Me, me, me time! haha. Spending the entire day on my laptop watching different vcds and yes watching drama series on YouTube. Let's see, I've watched Devil Beside You, The Prince who turned into a frog, Smiling Pasta and Hana Kimi. I've just started on Corner with Love and I'm hooked to it. And now, I'm watching The Classic.
Oh, I still have Just Like Heaven, The Phantom of the Opera, The Notebook, Devil Wears Prada, Which Star are You From and a few others to watch. And I only have a weeks of holidays left. Nonetheless, I can't wait for my clinical to start. It's time to put my brain to good use and start the whole process of cognition all over again! I hope I will enjoy this attachment and able to learn lots of new things.
I did enjoy my outing with my cousins on Thursday. A very focused outing, indeed. Started off by eating lunch at Seoul Garden, then to the Popular sale at Expo. Teachers, they sure need a lot of things for their lessons, and out of their own pockets too! I'm thankful that I didn't choose teaching as my career. Teaching WAS a career option back when I was in primary school, but having gone through my relief teaching stint, I realised that teaching is not my vocation. I'm just not cut out for it. Just because I realised that I cannot control a class of highly active and testosterone active boys.
Hmmm, that was a whole lot of digression! I lost track of time and God knows how long we spent at the Popular sale. $kaching$ to Popular for having the sale. Why not when my two sisters spent a whooping 350++ on teaching aids, stationery, etc? And as if there was not enough, we went back to the Tampines Popular to buy more stuffs, which were not sold at the sale. So hydrated were we by then that we decided to go to Starbucks, which was so packed, that we ended up at Coffee Bean instead! That was where all the nonsense conversations came about!
Just to sidetrack a little bit, I no longer get excited at Popular sales because I definitely have nothing to buy for my personal use. Forget about stationery as I think they are exorbitantly priced.
I'm going to my attachment place on Monday, to take a look at the place and most importantly, how to get there. So wish me luck!
Saturday, March 10, 2007
The second week of my holidays is coming to an end. Another two weeks to go, which reminds me to call up my clinical supervisor as soon as possible, hopefully on Monday during the lunch hour. Oh, I still do not know how to go to my attachment place. I will just ask my classmate to meet me somewhere on the first day. I'm seriously too lazy to go to the place first on my own. Simply because it's a waste of my money since I did not buy concession, well, until my attachment starts.
It's been quite a busy week, compared to the last, which I spent my time on the laptop, watching Taiwanese dramas, thus the lack of entries.
On Monday, I went back to school for the acupuncture lecture. Interesting in a way, but somehow, I just can't bring myself to believe it. Maybe it's just due to the fact that I'm more used to the Western theories of the human body. Let's just stick to that. On the contrary, my family still believes in going to the Malay tukang urutif they feel pain due to salah urat and other ailments. Even I go to tukang urut when i was younger and just recently, when I really had bad shoulder pain - it's more like my muscles are tight and I just need someone to release the 'knots' in my muscles. The Malays call any kind of pain salah urat although urat in Malay is vein. But it's not the vein that causes the pain, it's the muscles or ligaments (especially in the case of ankle sprains). The pain may be brought about by muscle tightness or even prolonged use of the muscle. Well, i guess it does help to have learnt all the muscles in the body, thus making it easy to hit the right spots when you're massaging yourself although it is extremely difficult to massage your own shoulders.
I had to go back to school a few more times as some of us were preparing a little performance for the delegates from WCPT. You see, WCPT (World Congress Physical Therapy) is held once in 4 years and Singapore is bidding to be the host in the next congress, in 2011. So delegates are coming down to know more about the profession as well as its infrastructure here. So being the only school that offers this course in Singapore, the delegates inevitably will come to the school and have a look at our labs and facilities. I really hope that we can be the host in the next congress. I would have already graduated by then, hopefully and well rush back here upon graduation.
Oh I watched Pursuit of Happiness and I simply love the show. It's just a sweet touching story depicting a father's boundless love for his son as well as his determination to get through hard times. And yes, I teared during the movie. Haha. It's not a sad movie, but very touching and the tears was mainly an accumulation of tears. And Will Smith's son can definitely act!
Alright, going to my uncle's house later for majlis cukur rambut for my cousin's son....which makes him my nephew.
