Post-exam blues

I just finish first part of my exam yesterday and I've to admit the questions are really tough. The result will be announced this Friday and the not so enjoyable part is I have to come to work immediately the day after the exam day. Today, I really cannot give 100% concentration at work as i always thinks about how the result going to be like. The only thing that I can do now is to pray hard and leave it everything to God. Hopefully I can finish this strong.

Ying and Yang advocates about balance. Well I'm struggling to maintaine "the balance". After many years not having formal exam, of course it is not easy to start back the "engine" and burn back my "old" midnight candles. What can I do now is to try my best and let God do the rest.

The feeling was rather different when I come to work last Friday. One of the old patient in the ward was pushed out on a wheel chair. But he is not going home because he had no place to go. We have found a shelter for him in Semenyih. That the best that we can do for him. He came to meet us 6 weeks ago. He was very easy to look after. He never complaint about anything, even about the tasteless hospital food. Almost everyday, he had a girl"friend" pay him visit. And what they do is only talk to each other. Yeah just talk, not more than that. What they talk about is a mystery because I could not understand their langguage.

Today he is leaving the hospital to the new place. I'm not sure what he felt about that. His girlfriend still come that afternoon (she has been told earlier he might be leaving today) and she looks confused and I just felt different.........

Are You Going to Finish Strong?

For those who haven't seen this video, I would like to share it with you guys. It really inspiring me. Not all of us born physically perfect but one thing for sure, that all of us born to be a fighter. It just the matter that how you going to finish your journey.



http://www.maniacworld.com/are-you-going-to-finish-strong.html

Think BIG

Have you heard about medical speciality named Karnology? Nope? well think again he he.... Actually there no medical unit such name. Last weekend the very first family day I attended (Usually I try to find excuses not to attend it last time he he.. ) The organizer wrongly spelled Cardiology as Karnology on the welcome board. But the name seems had the potential to be famous and to be studied. Maybe I should discover new field in medicine and name it Karnology he he.....




Now I want you to think outside the box. Imagine what else you can do with hair comb, apart from combing your hair? This is what my friend and I invented when we was in Vietnam last time. The mee in the cup had no spoon attached with it. I believe it must be a conspiration he he... The manufacturer try to make more money by cutting down the cost. maybe I should investigate it. The big problem now, is how we going to eat the mee without spoon or chopstick? Then we finally come with this idea. please refer to the picture below.




Err just for your information. It's a new and never have been used comb. We found it in the hotel sanitary bag he... he... BTW the mee in the cup is quite delicious. Maybe eating using hair comb make it tastier har har har....

FRIeND?

I come across this poem from my friend's blog. I found it really interesting and I would like to share with you guys. Don't read it but understand it.

Written with a pen

Sealed with a kiss

If you are my friend,

Please answer this:

Are we friends or are we not?

You told me once and i forgot.

So tell me now and tell me true,

So i can say, i am here for you.

Of all the friends i’ve ever met,

You’re the one i won’t forget.

And if i die before you do,

I’ll go to Heaven

And wait for you.

A Sad Chinese New Year Story

Usually when the parent getting old, their children will take the responsible to look after of them. Well, this story is a bit different. Another patient belong to my team, a 27 years ole, Chinese gentleman, had neurofibromatosis involving multiple level of spinal cord with expected complications following surgery. Practically said, he had growth in the spinal cord compressing the spinal nerve which causing him not able to move all his 4 limbs. He spent his last 7 years of life lying on the bed all the time. He was admitted recently because of aspiration pneumonia. Another expected complication for those who are bed bound.

His father passed away long time ago. He was managed alone by his 60 years old mother who help him to eat, bath, doing number 1 and 2. Wait, that not all. His mother is also working as part time maid. What a hard life she had. I must respect her. She is such a very strong lady.

My team and I was managing him. He came in a quite bad condition. He had a very bad lung infection and initially we thought he might not make it. Having said that, we still try our best and explained to her mother that all the possibilities and she might need to prepare for the worse. She cried initially but after that she take it quit well. She know what she had to do is to pray hard. During the stay, she will come in the morning, then went to work and come back to look after her son after that. I'm not sure weather she had time to rest or not. At her age, I thinks what she supposed to do is to play with her grandchildren and should be well taken care by her children.

His son surprised us by showed some improvement day by day. Then, Chinese New Year came. Well it quit impossible to discharge her son at that time, so she spent her eve night with her son in the hospital. But her son is on the way of recovery. We are in the right track and we are very positive about her son this time.

Another surprise happened, after Chinese New Year, this patient bed was occupied by another new patient. The patient passed away peacefully on the night before, unexpectedly. Her mother took it quit well. She was there when her son catch few last breath. I just can't imagine that moment. I felt very sorry for her. Deep in my heart I know how much she love him and how sad she is when she lost her son. Maybe it's the best for both of them. Only God know the best....

Saigon: Part 3

I keep reminding myself to appreciate more on what I already had in my life especially after I came back from Saigon. I really did enjoy my visit but i must say life is not easy there. Saigon or Ho Chin Minh City is a famous and large city inhabitants by 9 million populations (expected population of 20 million by 2020).


What make HCMC unique, most of the people has a small body habitus and the buildings are really "thin" so that they can maximized all the space that they have. There were millions of motorbike wheeling on the road. Motorbike is the main transportation and you must have your own motorbike before you can tackle a girl he.. he..(my tourist guide told me this) and crossing road it not a simple task because of massive motorbike moving around you.


Million of bikers on the road

They work hard for living and they work with passion. I really admire them for that as compared to some of us that always take easy on our daily work. They motivate me acquired their work culprit. There nothing wrong to be good with your work field right?