Mucho Gracias Thomas Papa

After taking 3 days off to do the stupid super stressful Journal club, I was back to work on Tuesday. The first day was okay. Wednesday was soooo crappy. Patient coming was expected, but one referrals after one, and after another was super irritating. If this happened to only one patient, I guess I can tolerate better. However, this was not the case. One after another referral...... I was extraordinaryly mad, lost my temper.

"Mr Wong, I can do it no more!"
"Hang in there!!"
"I really can do it no more! People are crazy!"
"This is the psychiatric unit."

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The next day, there was a returned patient, who refused to be discharged with tones of unreasonble excuses. This is the first time I needed to enter the pantry to ventilate and to cool down myself in order to avoid any stupid behaviour due to rage. Then there was a new case who came with his son. This son was dressed educated but in fact not educated enough to ask questions while the therapist was available. Too may irrelevant questions which may lead me to answer something stupid. This was the second time I needed to entry the pantry, and I asked Papa Thomas to come with me.

"Mr Wong, I am dead."
"What case is that?"
"Frozen shoulder. Crazy...."
"Now you can first xxxxxxx, then xxxxxxxxx......"
"Okay..."
"You are competent of handling this, and very well. If there are further problems, you call me for help, like this."
"Okay... thanks."

Returning to my spot, trying my best to communicate with the client & ignoring the son, everything was settled afterwards. The client was actually pretty nice and following command. Thomas Papa gave me this thumb and said, "Very good. You are competent enough to handle these situations!"

Thomas Papa was so so so nice. I knew I wasn't good enough in a lot of aspects, but he kept on giving me so powerful encouragement. He took super good care of me, making me feel like I am experienced enough. Wanna give him a super big hug.

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The next day, I was just a lil bit frustrated about how people can get a physio appointment in only 3 days which is not classified as category I. As usual, I have no hesitation of expressing my thought to Thomas Papa. He told me that I could tell the seniors but that's a first. "I'd better not creating more trouble." Thomas Papa smiled, saying that I sounded like I have been doing this for 20 years.

Mucho Gracias Thomas Papa

The four words

In chronological order, I saw

Patient

Peaceful

Happy

Serve

Moustache-less

Lunch time today, Thomas Papa pulled down his mask to ask me if I needed to buy take out lunch. I stared at him, thinking... something's different. I noticed his lips were a bit pale but today they were even paler. How can I visualize his pale lips so easily today? Because he shaved! He finally shaved!!! A month ago, I found out that it was impossible to imagine Thomas papa's face without moustache.

Today I saw it. He looked 10 years younger and so freaking good looking. Completely resisted to have a thorough glance on him for the whole day.

Gag of the day:
Thomas papa took out a piece of plastic gadget, asked me what it is.
ML: Pump water from fish tank for cleansing
Ruby: For gasoline transfer
AN: For gasoline transfer
NC: hm... fish tank water cleansing
WH: I know I know!! For Gasoline transfer!!!
KL: Oh!!! For Soya sauce transfer
(Silence......)

Someone's from the planet of pluto, speaking the extraordinary language. Go back to your planet dude, once you're done here.

Okinawa

Highlight of the Month:


!OKINAWA!


Thanks for the relaxing trip with DBC & our beloved Jacob!


During this trip, I realized something important. These days this song "Good things" have looped around my head. The lyrics touched me a lot. It's translated like this:


Good things, even thought it ended
Touching leads to satisfying
Thank You, it's you who carry me through those times
Pain, because I am unable to give you more happiness


Good things, may be it can be repeated
Very touching even though it's blurred
Do not cry, at least both of us remember
Love, is to give blessings to each other

That's why I should stop crying, and keep praying & blessing for the one I love.

Te quiero

Dear Chiara,


You have done a very good job today! You were able to show your empathy to your patients, with lots of love and care. Your smile had not been take away. And you continuously care your patients with empathy.


Though, you kinda lost control at one point, when you raised your voice upon disturbance from uncontrolled patients. But you were able to listen to their needs afterwards, which was very much appreciated.


I knew you're happy today, even your papa by your side knew about it. Guess he was happy to see that you had so much positive energy with you and not to be driven down by the negative complaints of the patients. Papa joked with you that he should've taken some of your happiness away. Of course you were more than happy to do so, I just knew. I saw papa started to joke with you, and you were happier.


Good job babie! Keep your uplifting spirit! Carry it on so that your life can affect others. Remember this day, remember how you deal with troubles. See, you are more than competent. Your Papa on your side acknowledged that. Yes, he made compliments about you, and you were floating in the air. Papa from heaven saw that too, and He is happy with what His great daughter did on earth.


My blessings will always be with you! Animo! Te quiero!


Lots of love,
Your Papa in heaven

Different teacher

The moment I entered the school today, I noticed something wasn't right. JD was not in the classroom, it was Danny instead. Then they explained, they are gonna switch teachers from this lesson on so that the students are able to adapt to the language in different accents.

This moment, I would like to quote what JD says in FB, "Change what you can change and accept what you can't change :-)"



After the class, I thought that the change actually did no harm at least to me. Even though he won't be able to teach me anymore, I am happy as long as I know he is doing fine. And in class, I am more open to talk what's in mind.
 
Anyways, to my surprise I am actually not very disappointed. As JD says, there are things you can change, and there are things you just have to suck it up. The only thing is... I hope our friendship don't end here.
 
JD, I still have you in my every prayer ;-)

Fancy

Currently wearing......




which keeps my spirit alive :)

Think I am addicted to it.

Meaning of suffering

Currently reading......

Heart aches a lot lately.