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feel like goin to redang or a beach somewhere, where i can relax and enjoy myself… but i cant confirm anything yet. still waiting reply from nyp whether im selected for e adv dip. if im selected i wont be able to go for my annual leave in july. another prob is if im selected whether will SGH will sponsor me for e course. if they dun, i gotta take no pay leave and have to find part time job… sigh………………………………………………..

i also wanna bring my mum to go for a holiday if possible. she has being veri stressed up with work and family matters. too bad she dun like sun and hate hot weather so cant bring her along to rendang. and dun tink she like spa as she has never done tat before… sigh…

cant do anything or decide on anything at the moment till i receive reply from nyp..

im so troubled…

Hi guys, got some great news to share with you all. It’s being a year since I last went for my ankle operation. Recently, I started to be more proactive in returning back to sports(im very lazy de).

Had a fun time on 19th May with my frenz n colleagues at Sentosa playing ultimate frisbee. It was nice meeting up with Edison, Darren and Jonathan as we haven’t meet up for a long time. Hmmm.. a year ago? Have not played ultimate frisbee for about a year plus. And I am gald that I can now run, jump and sprint without any problem. I am embarrassed to say that I now lack of stamina. Run for a while only I was gasping for air, die la must really keep in shape le. But it was fun and I really enjoyed it. Hey guys, when are we going to KTV?

This Swatch FIVB Beach Volleyball Tour was held in Sentosa. There was a beach volleyball clinic held for those who wants to hone their beach volleyball skills. And I was thrilled when I won a pair of tickets to attend the clinic taught by Olympics coach Dane Sleznick. Actually, I filled in Veron’s particular for the clinic but she could not make it as she need to look after her son. I was so afraid that I need to pay $35 for the vacancy as I could not find a replacement. Luckily at the very last minute my cousin, Yi Kai agreed to come and attend the clinic with me.

We had a fun time at the clinic. Both of us are not experts in beach volleyball so we made alot of funny mistakes while practicing. We lost count how many times our ball hit other people. Sorry people, we didn’t do it on purpose, REALLY. After being under the sun for 3hours, we both jumped into the sea to cool down… Ahhhhh… nice feelin.. It was super hot that day and we played at the oddest time, 11.30am to 1.30pm. After a dip in the sea, we got out and had Hagen Daz ice cream.. Yummy.. Then I went over to one of the tent to have a look at the volleyball. Too bad I didn’t have much cash with me, if not I would have bought the pro beach volleyball. After that we went to the Swatch tent to take photo with the Brazil’s women team(they won 1st). Thereafter, brought my cousin to Palawan beach and showed him the latest development in Sentosa. Finally, we went back home.

But I suffered sunburnt to my shoulders only and had uneven tanlines. Now I gotta try to get rid of the uneven tanlines.

Recently, Veron and I went to learn how to roller blade. I ever skated before but not that pro yet. After 4 lessons, I am more confidence in skating. On Saturday, went to East Coast Park with my instructor and skated from the Mcdonalds to the hawker centre and back. Along the way had to overcome my fear of humps and slopes. Luckily, I had my instructor by my side if not I would have fall many times and injuried myself very badly. I realised that I can’t really balanced that well on my right leg. Must be I didn’t do much of the rehab exercise that my physiotherapist taught me after my operation. Instead I can balanced rather well on my left leg. Sigh, gotta train my right leg now.

that’s all for now.. shall update more when I can blade like an expert.. haha.. that’s a long wait.

p.s. wanna learn roller bladin the easy and safest way? try www.singaporeinline.com.sg

hi ppl, i know its been veri long since i last updated my blog.. cant help it im veri lazy to update my blog. well let me update wat happened for the past few months..

was selected by my nursing officer to go for this Clinical Instructor Course from NOV ‘06 to FEB ‘07. in this course, i was taught how to assess and guide student nurses that come for attachment in the hospital. there are several grps of trainees e.g. NYP Dip, NYP Accelerated Dip, NP Dip, ITE East, STEERs. it’s very challenging as the age gap is very big from 17 - 50 and above and each individual have different learning capabilities. from here i learnt how to plan an orientation for trainees on their 1st day of attachment and how to plan my time to assess everyone of them.i benefited alot from this course as i had to attend other courses e.g Electrocardiogram course part 1, Advanced Life Support Course for Nurses, Automated External Defibilator course. i gained alot of experiences from other nurses who are more experienced than me ( i was the youngest and only had 2yrs of experience) as they have being in nursing for more than 20yrs. the course ended in FEB and was given the certifcate on March.

While I was undergoing training as a clinical instructor, I also had to attend a course in Oncology Nursing. I was glad that I was given this opportunity as it was an eye opener for me. Though I do nurse cancer patient, the knowledge that I have was quite limited. We had lessons from oncologist(drs specialised in cancer) and Senior Nurse Clinician Lian. I had a better understanding from both medical and nursing about oncology. Now, whenever my colleagues have questions about oncology nursing I can help them to my best knowledge or I will call up SNC Lian to help me.

This year I was given an opportunity to precept a new staff nurse. During this 2 months as a preceptor, I realised that it is not that easy being a nurse. Guessed many of the nurses out there may feel the same as I do. We have a very simple goal in our mind that is to nurse and care for our patients. However, that is not the case. Nurses are being tied down by many factors e.g. lack of manpower and the never ending paperwork. It is already very tiring for a staff nurse in-charge to work with only 1 junior nurse in caring for 13 patients. On top of that, the SN may need to guide trainees or new nurses while they are working. I had suffered severe burnouts during this 2 months as a preceptor and was quite depressed. I do not know whether I performed well as a perceptor or not as till now I do not see much improvement in my preceptee. Maybe I have too high demands for her or she could not cope with the high demands in the ward. Some said I was too lenient with my preceptee, some said I was too strict with her. Sigh… I’m tired.. Wanna go somewhere for a break.. Relax myself, forgetting all the worries for a while..

Thinking back I havent had my annual leave for coming to 4 months, no wonder I getting more shoulder and back aches. Looking forward to my annual leave in July, but I have totally no idea where to go. Want to go to somewhere that has got beach where I can enjoy the sun and the sea but going there alone will not be fun. I was also thinking of bringing my mum for a holiday so that she can forget about those unhappiness in her workplace and at home. Was wondering whether my mum would want to do spa? Lolz.. Or should I bring her to Taiwan or China? Sigh.. but I do not have the money… Troubled.. Troubled.. Troubled..

Applied for Advanced Diploma in Nursing, Gerontology this year. I am still waiting for answer from NYP. Hopefully I can get in and also that SGH will sponsor me during the 1yr course.

That’s all for now folks. Sorry to bored you all with my complains..

Take care and all the best!!