Yesterday, the socio lecturer was talking about work..... and he said during his time as a counsellor he brought someone who came to singapore for some work visit to Night Safari....
This reminds me that I never been to night safari before..... and I haven't go to my Tree top climbing @ Bt Timah!!!
Anyone interested?? =)
PLS MSG ME!!! haha....
Today, I took 969 from Tampines to Khabti, then a train ride to YCK.
Hmm... after I alight from bus 969, as I walked towards the train station, I saw this mother and child.
She was carrying this little boy, I think he is around 3 years old. This little boy turned around.
I saw him and I smiled. He smiles back! It was so sweet..... I continued smiling and he continued smiling too.... So sweet isn't it?
So I decided to take a photo of the little boy.
But because his mother is walking and I am walking too.... And well, Our speeds were different..... so the picture turned out alittle blur..... =)
Hurray..... after so long.... finally time for some form of leisure tml!!!
Gonna go and meet up with Jace and H2o, then gonna buy some ingredients and whip up a meal for our lunch!!!! =)
Pam, Feran and serene gonna join us abit later too...
Gonna have our mahjong session too!!!! hehe.... still remembered the few sessions that we have at H2O and MX's place.... lol....
That was like after exams and b4 our clinicals??
Let's see how long we take to prepare our meals this time round.... ;)
Will take photos and post up tml....
Have a great weekend my friends!
"Doing research is like scratching a itch. It can be an itch that you created yourself or an itch that people gives you. But you must control the itch well. If not, it will become unmanageable and becomes rashes."
"I am always not bothered by people not knowing what is occupational therapy. Instead, it provides me an opportunity to tell people what occupational therapy is all about!"
"Instead of using the standard definition to tell people what occupational therpy is, I will say, I help adults to be as independent as possible for them to get back to the community."
"I am glad that you say there are bricks between us and not cement walls. I will try to bring the bricks down slowly one at a time."
Today, I went back to SLH. Reached YCK MRT at ard 16 30hrs. Luckily not too late. Reached Bt Batok MRT at 17 00hrs.
Decided to go to the gym 1st to look for the TAs and therapists cos they will be leaving at 17 30hrs while I can visit the patients (as a friend) anytime after that.
I think I really miss the place and the people la....
Photos with the TAs and Azilah(OT)!!!
oh ya....
Yati was mentioning that after we left, the gym seemed to be quieter.
是我们吵，还是少了我们的活泼？
安静的 gym是否让你们想起当时的我们？
Today, we had our sociology of work module.....
hmm... as usual, it was erm.... boring.... and the slides were wordy....
Thus, I doze off for awhile.....
Anyway, we had tutorial after that 2 hrs of lecture (luckily with 1 hr break before the tutorial).
Guess what? The class suppose to do a debate during that 50 mins of tutorial with 10 mins of discussions and then get 10 ppl out to debate.
Well, we were against the idea of debating as only 10 ppl can participate and we told suggest that we wanted to have open discussions where all of us just throw in our thoughts. He seems to give in to us, or rather, he cannot "control" us. I was wondering, are we that rebellious? Haha...
The following are the points we came out with regarding work as a:
Blessing:
Curse
Were the above familar with you guys?
Hmmm... well, whether work is a blessing or a curse depends on the following:
The above are all from today's lectures and tutorial.
My thoughts:
Well, the most important thing is to define what is work. If you think work is just a job and something that you do for money only, then you may not enjoy it.
On the other hand, if you think that you work not just for money but to find meaning in life and self discovery. Then it is more than just an occupation. (an occupation is something that keeps a person occupied)
Thus, if any of you are frustrated at work. Stop to think, why do you choose this job/work at the first place? For the salary that you are drawing? Or for the interest? Or because it gives you a meaning in life? Helps you to find what you are finding in life?
You cannot change what you do at work (or maybe you can) but you can change the way you view them. There are always 2 sides to a coin.
"Life is like a rollar coaster. There are times when it is up and times when it is down. You can dread about the journey or enjoy every moment of it. The choice is yours."
- From my inspiration poster
In an email from CSM:
Dear OT 3's,
Pls note that your NAPFA test is scheduled for Week 12, Thursday, 21st Sept @ 1700H. NAPFA is compulsory for all medically fit final year students.
Oh, time to train up again. Long time never do much physical exercises le....
Maybe train twice a week from next week onwards. Are we? =)
Aiming for my GOLD!!! Don't know can or not... so long nv run le....
Time to use some carbo metabolism le... ;)
"Knowledge is universal but it is how to make it ours."
"Mentors should be soft and nuturing to mentees. But mentors who are critical also provides mentees to grow. "
"Mentees, on the other hand, should be flexible and versatile. They should not just able to work with nuturing mentors but with other mentors."
"It is good to have mentors who are nuturing and yet critical."
Those present all knew that the above is "arrowed" towards clinicals and students. There is no other day better than yesterday for him to mention the above as we the yr 3s have just finished our clinicals. When he was mentioning the above, the theathe was filled with laughters as all our memories are still fresh with all our clinical experiences.
- (Lim H.B, 2006)"We should not assess what the doctor want to know. Instead, we should assess what the doctor need to know."
H.B is still H.B. His words are always that inspiring and motivating. =)
Though clinical has been over for nearly a week, it is not difficult to hear us sharing our experiences.
I guess whether the clinical experience is good or bad, it is an asset.
Hmmm... ... some enjoyed their placements, while others were glad that it is all over. Some of my classmates had supervisors who are demanding, non-nuturing and critical...... I understand how hard it is to have supervisor who are non-nuturing.... I once had the experience too.... though it was like 4 weeks... but it seems like months.....
I'm glad that my 6 weeks placement were good and memorable (for me at least). Learnt alot I guess.... far more than I expected to be. The 6 weeks seemed to past so fast.... and now, we are back in school.
And I guess, Life will never be the same again.
PRAY HARD and HOPE I will get nuturing xperience in my CE3B and CE3C.
Hmm... I think I need to decide fast which are my area of interest before HB and HL call us for our CE3B and 3C placement.
Seriously to think about it, as some of my classmates had mentioned,
"We may like children but it does not mean we can work with them."
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