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Tuesday, 27 October 2009

Haematoma

Today is my 1st day of medic refresher course, and I'm having a haematoma on my right arm now... It seems that it is a norm to have it, no matter how well my buddy performed the live intravenous (IV).
Actually, i thought my buddy today did a good job. Everything was pretty fast, and the pain was minimal throughout the process. But once the catheter is ejected, i knew for sure that there will be swelling and haematoma.
Speaking of pain, i think i'm beginning to feel immune to needles. Army style of having 16G cathetar really trains us to feel immune to needles. In the past, i would look away when the cathetar is inserted. But now, i tend to look at it as it slowly enters my skin... I also dunno why, but somehow i seems to feel better looking at it. But i'm not psychopathic! Given a choice, i would rather not have live IV as training. I would rather be a blood donor. At least i'm helping people...
Anyway, tomorrow is another day of refresher. Then it's back to work on Thu. Work is piling up, but thanks to my wonderful colleagues for covering some of my duties. Also, i have been receiving a lot of calls from client regarding H1N1 vaccine. Can MOH be more clear and precise in their communication? You are making everyone confused...

Friday, 16 October 2009

Insult...

I'm proud to say i graduated from Singapore's "4th local university" (UniSIM), after NTU, NUS, SMU.
However, i was rather sad that my university was not identified as Singapore's "4th local university", as MOE announced back in Aug 2008 that they will be opening Singapore's fourth university in 2011. This added some insult to our UniSIM degree as they always positioned themselves as Singapore's "4th local university" before the MOE announcement.
A year on, i felt another insult indirectly linked to them. They enquired about our health screening services and asked for a meeting next week to discuss this further. As usual, i prepared myself well for the meeting, printing out all the necessary documents and materials needed. They wanted a short presentation, so i edited a powerpoint slide to customise to their requirements.
Then today, the admin officer called to ask who else is going for the meeting from my side. I told her i will be going myself. Less than 30mins later, she called again and said the following.
"Can you get someone of a higher position to attend this meeting? Because our directors are attending, so it is disrespectful to them if you come alone."
I totally felt like dirt at that instance. I'm confident i could make a good sales call meeting for this. This is something which we always do. In what way am i disrespectful? Am i not qualified to talk to your directors? Gahment directors, Big F?!
I tried to explain to the admin officer that we normally go for such meetings alone. I believed she is also in a difficult position, so she proposed for me to speak to her manager directly. I'm ok with that, and was put on hold on the phone. Moments later, it was her on the phone again.
"Can you get your manager to call my manager instead?"
Oh! Now i'm not even at a position to talk to manager. Maybe my level can only talk to admin officer. So be it then...
This call totally spoilt my Friday mood. I really felt so small during that instance. A small fry who will disgrace and waste the time of gahment directors and managers. Never mind. We will still meet up with them next week (but of course with my manager, cause i can't go alone). I shall do a good presentation and prove you all wrong!

Monday, 12 October 2009

Chance of Undo

Isn't it wonderful to have a chance to undo something? You know something like when you are typing, and you realise a mistake, then you can undo the mistake and correct it.
Some things though can never be undone. Especially words blurted out in a fit of anger. That is why one should always cool down and stop talking when he/she is agitated. Sometimes, silly words can just come out during that moment, and can never be undone.
Lawrence & Ivy are right. I might not think it is something serious. But putting myself in her shoes, i guess that hurts. So I'm glad i'm still able to undo my previous entry.
Oh yes! Congrats Lawrence & Ivy on the birth of your lovely big-eyed princess, Xin Ya!

Saturday, 26 September 2009

Reactivating... Resuscitating... 1,2,3 Clear!

Ok, i admit it's my fault to leave it to rot here.
After 6 months of inactiveness, my blog seems suspended! Now i'm trying to put a post, hoping to resuscitate it...
Hello, hello, please wake up!

Monday, 30 March 2009

At Least I'm Still Alive

27 March 2009 is supposed to be a happy day. It marks the end of my 2-weeks in-camp training, and also the start of the weekends. Everything for my weekends were planned already.
After i out-process, i shall drive to Funan to pick up my new desktop, and then i'll go find Meijuan later in the night. I have planned to drive to Serangoon North for our weekly soccer game on Sun morning, and drive over to UniSIM to pick Meijuan up from her project.
Almost everything revolves around a car. The convenience of owning a car for the past 2 weeks. I rented the car from my good fren, and was supposed to return the car on 29 March Sunday night. The amount of petrol, the parking coupons needed were all planned carefully to make it just enough, before i return the car.
But on 27 March 2009 itself, things went haywire... Totally haywire... ... ...
I out-process at around 5.10pm from Jurong Camp II, and i made my way to Funan via AYE. I was driving a campmate of mine as it was along the way to his house in Bukit Timah area. Traffic was rather heavy at that time, and the moving speed is around 70-80km/hr even on the expressway. Radio station reported an accident in AYE, but it was too late for us to switch route.
Then at around 5.30pm, my first serious road traffic accident happened. I noticed that the car in front suddenly jammed brakes on the outer most right lane of AYE. I was shocked and quickly jammed my brakes as well, but the reaction time was too short for me to avoid the collision. I felt a sharp pain on my ribcage area, and then my heart sank... I have crashed into the car in front! WHAT HAPPENED??!!
The rest is history, and something i would never ever wanted to experience again. The trauma and distraught is undescribable. I spent the whole of my Saturday rushing to report the case to claim for insurance.
Thinking back, my speed was not really that fast. My campmate said i was driving around 70km/hr only. My thought was 70-80. I was not tailgating as well, as i always maintain a distance between myself and the car in front. The only fault i can think of is my inexperience in such cases. Maybe i didn't jam my brakes hard enough. Maybe i was 1-2 second slow to react. I really dunno what happened, and what i can do to avert this.
All i know is i have to bear the consequences for this unfortunate episode. The car does not belongs to me, hence it makes things even more complicated. But i'm prepared to pay losses for up to $2k ( a conservative amount). It might come up to an even higher sum.
Finally, I should be grateful that at least i'm still alive and kicking. If i was driving faster, i might be flung out of the car. If i had swerved too much and lost control of the steering wheel, my vehicle might have crashed heads-on into the side barrier. So at least, i'm still in one piece, and also gained experience in handling such situation. But i'm hoping i will never ever experience such scenario again...