Sunday, December 10, 2006
~ My Sunday Afternoon ~
3:13:00 pm
Here I am, stuck at home on a Sunday afternoon... It's rarely that I get day offs on Sundays and yet, I chose to stay at home... Anyway, I'm having a really bad headache so, I'd rather stay at home, plugging to my music and hanging around on my lappy, than to head out...
Just finished my night duty yesterday morning... Felt weird doing night shift again cuz I have not done night shift for almost 1 and a half months... But I would say that it was an "OK" round... A little occupied on my first two nights but pretty relaxed on the last night... And I had this surgical patient who came in for "a stab in the neck"... Of course, I didn't see any knife stuck to his neck cuz he went for operation straight from the A&E so he was pretty alright by the time he was sent to my ward...
And I've learnt that superstitions, somehow, do come true in the hospital setting...
1)
Do not eat paus (buns)... Not unless if you want to 'wrap a body' up... Honestly, I don't know what's the connection but the Chinese believe so... But I did remember that my AN ate a chicken
pau before work and we ended up doing last office...
2)
When there's one death, it is most likely that you have another 2 deaths to complete the cycle... Apparently, the Chinese believe this too... But I did happen to notice a trend in this... Maybe the one who died wants 2 more souls to accompany him... *Hehe*...
3)
Do not hang lanterns in the ward... Wah! We ever hung lanterns in the ward before during Chinese New Year and the lantern festival... We never had any peace at work during these period... We either had patients who fell, get confused, etc... Everything got better only when the lanterns were brought down...
4)
Mind your words when you're at work... My colleagues and I just discussed this yesterday... And yes, it happened to me before while I was doing my attachment at the A&E... I just merely mentioned that the triage was so empty and within minutes, 4 ambulance stretches came... *Oops*... And don't mention the word: F-R-E-E...
5)
Leave the empty files and folders on the counter if you don't want admissions... *Haha*... But guess what? It is happened before... Twice, in fact... And I shall do it more often when I'm on night duty... *Hehe*...
Anyway, I only had 2 hours of sleep post-night yesterday (maybe that was what that contributed to my headache now)... Not that I couldn't sleep but I had a relative's wedding to attend to... After which, we cruised down the roads of Singapore in my uncle's car... Stopped by the Marina Pier (I honestly don't know the real name of the pier but it's in Marina)... Took some snapshots...
After which, we drove all the way to River Valley, the old place where my mum used to stay as a kid... Of course, the place have changed and there are flats now but both my mum and grandmum were relieving those good ol' days... And honestly, at that point in time, I felt like I was in some history class... *Hurhur*...
But it was nice driving around... Or should I rephrase it? It was nice getting driven around the roads of Singapore... *Haha*... Evil me... Soon, I will restart again my driving lesson... Probably 2 years from now... *Haha*...
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
