the way to "i want out"

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Shhhh.. Do not disturb!!

That's what's written on the back of our jacket which we need to put on during medication rounds, expecting no one to disturb us while dispensing medicines to prevent errors. But does it work?

Patients, patient's relatives and doctors still walk up or call us from faraway .. disrupting our medication rounds. Worst still if it's our very own nursing officers or clinicians. They are the ones who wants us to put on the jackets , and yet, they are the ones who would come interrupt with our work flow.

Maybe they can't see that we are wearing the jacket. Well it used to be lighter blue, close to our blue scrub.. that could be the reason that the jacket is now changed to dark maroon, so that people can notice it better..

but what's the use if these people kept coming to us. So who needs to change? the people around us or the jacket?

there's actually no need for any jacket to be worn since no one reads the message behind my back.. and most of the time, we are facing the patients , so how can we expect them to know what's written behind my back. Well of cos, they will be able to read it once i turn around.. but then we won't have the same patient everyday. Somemore, most of the patients cannot read English!! No matter how big the sign is, it won't help!

I don't blame my patients or their relatives. they are not part of the system. whenever they come to us during medication rounds, we would not turn them down. and at the same time, we will explain about the use of the jacket on us.

but to those who are in the system, who created this system for donkey years.. They have no excuse..

Anyway, still i feel there's no need to put on the jacket, since we can't stop these people from coming to us. Super blind they must be.. isn't the medicine trolley big enough to indicate that we are serving medicine?!

Magic leave

Already applied leave on this day, 02 Dec, still pending for approval, but if not granted.. no choice la... have to take "magic" leave.

Sometimes, in some cases.. the leave not granted.. report for work.. then, u find out that one of ur colleague called up during ur shift to report sick!!!
That happened to me once before.. and i hate it... heart pain!

almost 1 yr in this service, and i still hate this place. me and yf been saying it, showing it but still we are here, while half of whom we know have already left !!! Felt stupid actually.. talked and showed so much anger and frustration but still we're surviving..!! Well, it's ok la.. it's not that we hate nursing .. we love our job. I think, the more me and yf talked abt our love hate relationship with our work and stuff.. it has actually kept us going.. until the day we actually leave for good.. only God knows when..

Why are our polar bears green in colour?

oh.. i enjoy driving now.. been driving to work for the past week or so, fun..
i am loving it. But then, i have to learn to relax while driving with kev next to me.

Drove to the zoo yesterday.. wasn't sure if it's per entry charge or not ..
it only states something like this on the gantry.. " FRee Parking? Join the Zoo Friend ... "

but u know, the park so big.. surely take time to walk.. anyway.. it's a once a lifetime visit.., so it's ok. Cannot be too calculative hor..already got free admission .. so I paid $3.90 for parking.. get to see the white tiger, polar bear, lion, giraffe, pig!.. except the sun bear! every time, cannot find the sun bear... and the map size getting smaller.. don;t have to open map big big..

like yesterday.. but better..

no matter how busy.. we still get to do what was already been planned.

Ran for that 15km New Balance Real Run last weekend, after 2 nights of super back2back heavy metal concert.. Megadeth and Black Sabbath .. at Fort Canning Park,was great. Bigger turnout for the latter. Bought their latest CDs .. and Megadeth T-shirt.

did not train for the run.. in fact i never been serious.. jus whack. though i went for the trial run on 14th Oct, i did not complete the 15km, skipped the beach and trail. The thought of facing the hot sun, running that stretch of the runway.. was a real torture!



But i finally made it.. and of cos, kevin is so proud of me even though i took 2hrs.
the results and photos not out yet.. hopefully the photographers got take snaps of me! i want to see how tired i look.. must be ugly-looking!

next, will be full marathon on 3 Dec.

time to train? if i have the energy, i will..

after work, usually too tired to do anything.. except for movies and eat.
most times, i slept in the movies too..
what a waste of money!

tried a couple of times, running from work to home, but never get to reach home..
called kevin to rescue me or continue with MRT.

to leave or, to stay..

some nursing friends have already resigned. how i wish i am in their shoes.
for breaking the bond might cost me 17k to 20k, equivalent to about 10mths of pay..
been thinking .. work hard next 10mths,with higher pay to pay off the bond and then, back to normal..and seek for other opportunities.

.. or suffer for the next 26 months, handling as many as 10 to max 20 cases?

we were asked: why the high MC rate?
for "she" who have worked for over 20yrs.. doesn't she know the answer?

"tired" was the only answer we can think of.. but it was considered as just an excuse. But the 1 day rest is and can never be enough. We're encouraged to clear our annual leave.. but there's no slot for clearance.. so how? encashment? i want my break.. long break.. if possible..
i got abt 13 days to clear ... of which, can only bring forward four days over to 2008 AL. so how?