germy.

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

tired..and the whole kitchen smells of cheese now! thanks to my mom. i tell you, she is a hazard in the kitchen. haha when i tell friends that my mom is visiting me here, their first words are often along the lines of "oh cool! you must be happy that she's here to cook for you!" haha..would you believe, in my entire 22 years, my mother has never cooked a meal for me before? quite the opposite, i've been the one doing the cooking for her here...sighs. she just asked me how to turn on the stove.

i had a rather unsettling tutorial today :( it was supposed to be a bedside tutorial for lung examination..and the poor patient obviously didn't want to be a part of the class..she was a kindly old lady..and the whole time the tutor was telling her it would just take a few minutes..but her english wasn't too good and she didn't seem to understand what we were trying to tell her, but from the squirming and mumbling and her body language it was clear she just wanted us to stop and to let her rest. i don't know why my tutor carried on like that..i felt so bad for the poor old lady..maybe there is something to this new course after all; they've been highlighting to us the entire time the uttermost importance of communication and of making the patient feel comfortable..but i wish sometimes the tutors would demonstrate that lesson to us as well. i really don't like the idea of walking up to patients and asking them if we can practice taking histories and doing physical examinations on them..but then, how else will we learn? it just feels like so much of an intrusion, and its obvious that some patients are plain irritated (and i really don't blame them), but still nice enough to agree to talk to us..though of course there are the truly nice ones who are honestly happy to help us:) i almost wanted to tell my tutor to leave the poor lady alone. but i guess i was too chicken to say anything :(

xinli: haha when i say halfway under my desk..i mean that when i sleep, my entire left side is under the desk, and the right half isn't! haha so technically, i guess i should say i have to watch out for banging the left side of my head against the desk if i sit up in bed. heh:) and i haven't done a thing to my hair! i think the colour's just fading :p

~me~ at 11:51 PM

my search for verve

Tuesday, October 09, 2007 tired..and the whole kitchen smells of cheese now! thanks to my mom. i tell you, she is a hazard in the kitchen. haha when i tell friends that my mom is visiting me here, their first words are often along the lines of "oh cool! you must be happy that she's here to cook for you!" haha..would you believe, in my entire 22 years, my mother has never cooked a meal for me before? quite the opposite, i've been the one doing the cooking for her here...sighs. she just asked me how to turn on the stove. i had a rather unsettling tutorial today :( it was supposed to be a bedside tutorial for lung examination..and the poor patient obviously didn't want to be a part of the class..she was a kindly old lady..and the whole time the tutor was telling her it would just take a few minutes..but her english wasn't too good and she didn't seem to understand what we were trying to tell her, but from the squirming and mumbling and her body language it was clear she just wanted us to stop and to let her rest. i don't know why my tutor carried on like that..i felt so bad for the poor old lady..maybe there is something to this new course after all; they've been highlighting to us the entire time the uttermost importance of communication and of making the patient feel comfortable..but i wish sometimes the tutors would demonstrate that lesson to us as well. i really don't like the idea of walking up to patients and asking them if we can practice taking histories and doing physical examinations on them..but then, how else will we learn? it just feels like so much of an intrusion, and its obvious that some patients are plain irritated (and i really don't blame them), but still nice enough to agree to talk to us..though of course there are the truly nice ones who are honestly happy to help us:) i almost wanted to tell my tutor to leave the poor lady alone. but i guess i was too chicken to say anything :( xinli: haha when i say halfway under my desk..i mean that when i sleep, my entire left side is under the desk, and the right half isn't! haha so technically, i guess i should say i have to watch out for banging the left side of my head against the desk if i sit up in bed. heh:) and i haven't done a thing to my hair! i think the colour's just fading :p ~me~ at 11:51 PM
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