Thursday, February 15, 2007

today is such an eye-opener for me. call me jakun, i don't care.. being born & bred in the west.. i just realised how secluded my life is.. i shld go out once in awhile to enjoy the things in the east.. seriously.. they have much nicer buildings there...

so, i woke up at 5.30am just to travel on time to changi general hospital.. & i was early.. (as quoted from e boys "nurul's biological clock is different from a normal human being's").. haha.. basket! oh.. frankly speaking.. simei is really not that far.. thank god for mp3s...

anihoos.. met up with abg hanafi there coz he's doing home nursing services with me too.. so yeay, a familiar face! actually, if not for abg's car, we'd have to go public transport. so e both of us tagged along with SSN Thelma... we covered 6 houses from marine parade, eunos & bedok reservoir area..

doing home nursing is waaay different from a ward setting.. ur practically free to do whatever you want, with no one to hover over u during shifts. just make sure all e assignments are done. u can even complete ur errands, send children to school while on duty.. i mean, how cool is that?? & not to mention.. very liberating..

somehow or rather, me & abg see ourselves doing this kinda work when we reach or 50s... haha.. e pay's NOT BAD ($4000+++ gross lah! & that is if ur already a senior senior arh..) & our transport money is covered too.. office hours.. 5 day week, alternate saturdays.. goodness.. & u get to meet people from ALL walks of life.. in my opinion.. its a very "shake-leg" job..

riiite.. got excited there for awhile.. but back to my jakun story..

i felt so blardie backdated sey tadi.. or not old enough for that matter. imagine travelling in a car with a 39 yr old & a 52 yr old.. we got very VERY nostalgic beb.. they kept on teasing me about having a deprived childhood lah.. "i cnt believe u don't know any of these existed" statements.. goodness! i was literally squirming in e front seat! (or shld i say HOT seat eh?? heh!)
then we also passed by president Nathan's private house, e infamous katong laksa place, & they showed me roads ive never even heard of before..

have u ever heard of Lorong N Telok Kurau? they have e funniest road names there caaaan... haha..

ok.. there was one particular house though.. i was so awed by their hospitality. drinks were served e moment we stepped in. they even offered us kuih tarts & kuih bangkits... the aunties who conversed with us were BABAs & we all went down memory lane.. of course i cld only "oooohh... aaaahh.." & they had the 1st coloured TV set cupboard still in beautiful condition. goodness! too bad e tv is no more..

e logo says "SHARP (red, yellow, green stripes) TINITRON".. e tv is supposedly hidden in e cupboard. 1st coloured tv in singapore lah.. so must jakun abit.. haha..

abg pointed out to me that nowadays, e younger generation can never match up to the older generation's social etiquette.. seriously, its a vast difference. i have to agree man..

& today, i met my oldest patient.. she's 104 yrs old.. gawd! SERATUS EMPAT TAHUN OK! its amazing how her cognitive thinking is still very good. e only thing is, she cnt wait to pass.. haiz.. its sad actually, to see these very old, fragile patients asking us for favours to help them end their misery..

i almost cried. but i ddnt. me & abg just bersyukur that we're not going through any of that. insyaallah..
up till today, i ddnt realise there were these ppl who needed our help so much. it's always portrayed on tv how much they're suffering, but seeing it first hand is beyond words..

well, i got another day of home nursing.. & i get e feeling ill get butchered by the both of them tmr.. gawd! it dsnt pay to be a 20 yr old at e moment caaaan... -_-

check out e oldie electric board beb!!!

that's SSN thelma.. damn cool woman.. i like her alot man.. & she's very generous answering our incessant qns.. haha.. & where else cn u find those kinda steely gates??

an apartment letterbox..

abg told me in the olden days, they always do this to their beds.. to make more room to store things underneath them.. now, how ingenious!

posted by: [nurul]haya @ 6:15 pm

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