Hah. From dragonboater to a patient in Tan Talk and Sing Hospital. What a drastic polar shift eh?
Anyways, when I woke up yesterday morning, I was feeling a bit heh-bei heh-bei already. I felt feverish. In other words, I am ill! Not eel but ILL! It was 7am then. My training begins at 10am.
So I thought I would go consult FREE medical services at Tan Talk and Sing Hospital to see if my condition is serious or not.
I wash my faced, brushed my teeth and took a cab down to TTSH. I was just feeling too lethargic and lousy to take a bus at that time. But I was momentarily returned to life when I arrived at the hospital entrance. Not because the hospital has a healing sphere around it that can cast cure on sick people in close proximity.
BUT BECAUSE THE FREAKING CAB FARE IS $6.00! WHAT THE HECK!
If you guys been to my place before, you would know how close TTSH is to my house. A bus ride would cost around $0.65. And if I want to take it to the extreme, I can even WALK there for FREE. Its almost a 600 PERCENT inflation when I take a cab! What is Singapore coming to? Goodness gracious me. And they still dare to say cabbies are having a hard time!? BULLMANURE!
As the saying goes "If you are a poor man, you either die or live. Because if you were to fall sick, it would be very expensive."
OK. So after that I went to registered with the counter and proceeded into the waiting room to wait. It was 7.30am.
*tick-tock*
8am
*tick-tock*
8.30am
*tick-tock*
9am
*tick-tock*
9.30am
PS: I am reminded of Gwen Stefani. "What you waiting for?"
ARGH! Hello! I am a dying patient here. OK maybe not a dying patient but still a patient patient and my patience is running thin! 2 hours passed and its not my turn yet! But there is like what - about 8 patients in the entire waiting room? What is this man. So much for being a "service with a smile" country!
"No free lunch in the world." Yeah, I second that. I get to seek free medical services but I have to pay with my time!
By then I already felt better (Maybe TTSH do have a healing sphere after all) and I am pissed with waiting. So I decided to go for my training at Kallang River.
PS: The water is freaking salty! But its too small to be called a sea. So thats why Kallang River? Why not Seaver or something.
So off to rowing I went and row I did. Yeah, feels shiok to feel the river breeze and to row again. Blah blah blah. We docked at 12pm for lunch. By then I started to feel heh-bei heh-bei again...
OK. Something's definitely wrong with me. I seek permission from my trainer to report sick and off I went to happy little hospital where the staff all have the surname Tan and they love to Talk and Sing.
I was half expecting them to ask me why did I left in the morning and why did I come back now. But none of this happened. That means they don't really keep a record of people coming in and going out? So guys, next time if you have nothing better to do, then go disturb TTSH. Just register and go then come back again and do is as many times you want LOL.
This time, I waited for 1 hour. Not bad. Got improvement.
"Yong Cheng Jin" "Yong Cheng Jin"
I went into the doctor's room and - Not bad. At least got someone nice to look at in the hospital.
Nice doctor: "Whats wrong with you?"
Me: "Fever."
Nice doctor: "Sore throat?"
Me: "Nope. just fever. No sore throat, no cough, no aches. Just plain fever and abit of runny nose."
Nice doctor: "Runny nose?"
Me: "Yeah. It sort of just infected me while I was waiting just now."
Nice doctor: "..."
Ok nevermind, the whole dialogues is gonna take pages!
So anyway, the doctor took a sethoscope and touched my back. He told me there is something wrong with my heartbeat. I was like "huh? is everything ok?"
He assured me that there is nothing wrong with me. But I need to be X-rayed to be sure. How ironic..
So he put me on a bed and agot a nurse to roll me into the X-ray room. While I was being rolled, I can see the lights and fans on the ceiling whirling past me. Interesting. I saw these scenes on TV before but now that I experienced it.. its no big deal.
So, I was X-rayed and after that, I was pushed to one corner in a room to rest while the X-ray is veing evaluated. I was put on drip and for the first time, I had a needle up my vein in my left arm!
The doctor pushed it carefully and swiftly into my vein and I witnessed the whole procedure.
Not that its very painful but it just feels funny. Its akin to someone stuffing a cucumber up your anal cavity. Yeah. Something like that. And I din't know I was dehydrated. Hmm.
The 2hours wait in that resting corner would have been boring if not for this pretty nurse! Her name is Celine and she's a trainee nurse from NYP. How do I know? I read her nametag. Surprisingly, I can still notice such minor details in my feverish state. But shes really cute. Ahhhhhh. She even took my temperature for me. How sweet. and my blood pressure. and my pulse rate as well. I bet she must be the reason my hearts acting weird.
haha ok kidding. moving on...
In the room that I was in, there were several other patients. Around 4 to 5. And all of them are senior citizens. and for some reason, they kept staring at me. I bet you are thinking what I am thinking eh. A young man... inside this resting room full of senior citizens?
Am I dying! NO. dun be dumb. WHY SHOULD THE WORLD EXIST WITHOUT ME! THAT WOULDNT BE FAIR! Someone's feeling abit godlike here.
So, after that two hours, the nice doctor came again and he told me that I can go home now because my lungs appear to be OK from the x-rays. However, the x-ray will be forwarded to a radiologist for closer scrutiny. If there is anything wrong, I will be called back again. He also added that I have an infection but he do not know where that infection is because I only have one sympton; fever. So he presribed some antibiotics and paracetomol for me and off I go out of the hospital.
Bye bye Celine.
It was around 5pm.
I was very hungry after that cause I only ate a piece of bread from morning till now. So I went to eat Pizza Hut. But hey, there is no sore throat and the doctor did mentioned "Don't worry about the food. Eat what you want." And just nice, I have a craving for some pizza so yeah.
January 24, 2008
January 22, 2008
Yay! I will be going for Dragonboat training!
I signed up for my inter-division dragonboat competition and the training starts tomorrow. So shiok! I get to re-live the moment as a dragonboater once more!
The sun, the Kallang river and the... disemboweled body parts?
Ahahahaha. Hope can catch some hunky dragonboaters tomorrow! [Winks at Ted]
EVEN BETTER! Hunky female boaters!
I signed up for my inter-division dragonboat competition and the training starts tomorrow. So shiok! I get to re-live the moment as a dragonboater once more!
The sun, the Kallang river and the... disemboweled body parts?
Ahahahaha. Hope can catch some hunky dragonboaters tomorrow! [Winks at Ted]
EVEN BETTER! Hunky female boaters!
January 21, 2008
How often do you get to see something iconic cruising through the streets at 100 kph? Not very often in real life but very often to apocalyptic and end-of-the-world movies. The day after tomorrow and Independence Day just to name a few.
The newest addition to that list would be the upcoming film "Cloverfield". The film itself is shrouded in mystery because the trailer only shows a bunch of people partying at a friend's house and then suddenly, an explosion occurs on the other end of the city. The next thing they know, the head of the Statue of Liberty came flying through the street. As you all have already guessed, all hell breaks loose next.
But we don't know exactly what that 'hell' is.
The directors show us just enough to fuel our sense of curiosity. But not enough to let us know the gist of the film. I should have known earlier that it is a scam by the directors to lure unknowing victims like me to a rather sucky movie...
All I can say about Cloverfield is it is not really a show worth watching. However, if you like to hear the narrator constantly nags and exclaims at the tiniest bit of things, shaky scenes, utter chaos, illogical happenings and a total lack of plot, then Cloverfield is the show for you. If not, it would be better for you to listen to my summary.
Rob was reveling himself in his party when an explosion occurs on the other end of the city. and Rob looks out of the window just in time to see a building collapse. The entire film after that, and before this actually, was shot on a video cam carried by his best friend Hudd. I have to give the directors credit for this because the film really look like it was shot on video cam; the shaky scenes and the occasional glimpses of Hudd's groin when he drops his hand.
To sum it up, Manhattan is under siege by an unknown monster that eats any human it sees. Rob's girlfriend, Beth, was trap in her house when the wall fell on her (how she survived that I wonder) because of tremors caused by the monster's stomping. So, as the heroic boyfriend, Rob ran towards the city centre to save Beth even though we all know that the monster is lurking around the, you guess it, city centre.
The military was called in. The military fought. Rob saved his girl. Friends of Rob killed by the monster. The military lost. The government decides to abandon and annihillate the city along with the monster. Rob and his girl got left behind. Rob and his girl died after they told each other "I love you."
End of movie. No explanations on the origins of the monster. No ending. Nothing. A total disappointment and an anti-climatical show, not that there is much climax to talk about.
To quote Sher, the film is like the 2nd episode of a trilogy. No beginning and no ending. We were guessing that there might a Cloverfield 2 and 3. But who knows how good the film will be?
In the end, its better to spend your $9.50 on better films. Le Grand Chef is a very nice show.
The newest addition to that list would be the upcoming film "Cloverfield". The film itself is shrouded in mystery because the trailer only shows a bunch of people partying at a friend's house and then suddenly, an explosion occurs on the other end of the city. The next thing they know, the head of the Statue of Liberty came flying through the street. As you all have already guessed, all hell breaks loose next.
But we don't know exactly what that 'hell' is.
The directors show us just enough to fuel our sense of curiosity. But not enough to let us know the gist of the film. I should have known earlier that it is a scam by the directors to lure unknowing victims like me to a rather sucky movie...
All I can say about Cloverfield is it is not really a show worth watching. However, if you like to hear the narrator constantly nags and exclaims at the tiniest bit of things, shaky scenes, utter chaos, illogical happenings and a total lack of plot, then Cloverfield is the show for you. If not, it would be better for you to listen to my summary.
Rob was reveling himself in his party when an explosion occurs on the other end of the city. and Rob looks out of the window just in time to see a building collapse. The entire film after that, and before this actually, was shot on a video cam carried by his best friend Hudd. I have to give the directors credit for this because the film really look like it was shot on video cam; the shaky scenes and the occasional glimpses of Hudd's groin when he drops his hand.
To sum it up, Manhattan is under siege by an unknown monster that eats any human it sees. Rob's girlfriend, Beth, was trap in her house when the wall fell on her (how she survived that I wonder) because of tremors caused by the monster's stomping. So, as the heroic boyfriend, Rob ran towards the city centre to save Beth even though we all know that the monster is lurking around the, you guess it, city centre.
The military was called in. The military fought. Rob saved his girl. Friends of Rob killed by the monster. The military lost. The government decides to abandon and annihillate the city along with the monster. Rob and his girl got left behind. Rob and his girl died after they told each other "I love you."
End of movie. No explanations on the origins of the monster. No ending. Nothing. A total disappointment and an anti-climatical show, not that there is much climax to talk about.
To quote Sher, the film is like the 2nd episode of a trilogy. No beginning and no ending. We were guessing that there might a Cloverfield 2 and 3. But who knows how good the film will be?
In the end, its better to spend your $9.50 on better films. Le Grand Chef is a very nice show.
January 15, 2008
Some, or rather most, think that my NS life is very slack because I am
an OC. Thats what I thought in the first place too.
All I need to do is to just oversee my underlings and make sure they do their jobs. Occasionally, I just need to sign one or more leave forms, authorise them to draw arms and scold them for their wrongdoings. I would just have to sit in the office all day long and make sure all the paper work and administration stuff are done. No outfield, no patrolling and no physical training for me.
Piece of cake eh? Think again.
The days whereby "I am your god-damn OC and whatever I see you follow" is over. People knows how to argue back now and they know their constitutional rights. Subordinates no longer simply take in whatever their superiors tell them. They know how to refute and argue back.
But thats not so bad because after all, I still have my rank to subdue them. Even so, using my rank to subdue them only reflects on my incapabilities to handle them personally; I can't, in the capacity as their OC, subdue them. In other words, if I do not have my rank, I would become a lame duck. What's the point then?
The Chinese says 好事成双(good things come in pairs) but I say bad things come in pairs too.
I may be a senior officer on paper but in reality, nobody gives a hoot about me. Back at training side, the instructors were stressing how significant a role we play as senior officers and that we are a very important asset to the organisation.
Bullocks. Utter bullocks.
The trend now is that NS guys are merely just NS guys. Why care so much about them?
NS guys are expandable assets. My career as a regular officer is more important. If there is any shit, I will just throw them to the NS guys. They after all will be leaving after 2 years; a tainted record will not be as devastating to them as it will be to a regular officer.
What a twisted mentality people have nowadays.
They have to wake up their bloody idea and understand that NS guys are there to supplement the regular force. Without us the bloody organisation will just crumble.
Article 10, clause 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore states that "All forms of forced labour are prohibited, but Parliament may by law provide for compulsory service for national purposes."
National purpose. Yeah, to become stepping stones for others to fulfill their ambitons in the organisation is a glorious thing indeed.
But never mind. I am still surviving. What doesn't kills me makes me stronger. At least now I know about office politics and dirty tricks that people pull on one another.
an OC. Thats what I thought in the first place too.
All I need to do is to just oversee my underlings and make sure they do their jobs. Occasionally, I just need to sign one or more leave forms, authorise them to draw arms and scold them for their wrongdoings. I would just have to sit in the office all day long and make sure all the paper work and administration stuff are done. No outfield, no patrolling and no physical training for me.
Piece of cake eh? Think again.
The days whereby "I am your god-damn OC and whatever I see you follow" is over. People knows how to argue back now and they know their constitutional rights. Subordinates no longer simply take in whatever their superiors tell them. They know how to refute and argue back.
But thats not so bad because after all, I still have my rank to subdue them. Even so, using my rank to subdue them only reflects on my incapabilities to handle them personally; I can't, in the capacity as their OC, subdue them. In other words, if I do not have my rank, I would become a lame duck. What's the point then?
The Chinese says 好事成双(good things come in pairs) but I say bad things come in pairs too.
I may be a senior officer on paper but in reality, nobody gives a hoot about me. Back at training side, the instructors were stressing how significant a role we play as senior officers and that we are a very important asset to the organisation.
Bullocks. Utter bullocks.
The trend now is that NS guys are merely just NS guys. Why care so much about them?
NS guys are expandable assets. My career as a regular officer is more important. If there is any shit, I will just throw them to the NS guys. They after all will be leaving after 2 years; a tainted record will not be as devastating to them as it will be to a regular officer.
What a twisted mentality people have nowadays.
They have to wake up their bloody idea and understand that NS guys are there to supplement the regular force. Without us the bloody organisation will just crumble.
Article 10, clause 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore states that "All forms of forced labour are prohibited, but Parliament may by law provide for compulsory service for national purposes."
National purpose. Yeah, to become stepping stones for others to fulfill their ambitons in the organisation is a glorious thing indeed.
But never mind. I am still surviving. What doesn't kills me makes me stronger. At least now I know about office politics and dirty tricks that people pull on one another.
January 13, 2008
January 06, 2008
I have been wanting to blog for the past few days but I can't seem to find an appropriate topic to blog on. Then this morning, I was browsing through the net and came across this forum which gave me ample inspiration to create a new entry! Isn't is miraculous?
Is it pure coincidence or is there something larger at work here... Anyway, lets move on.
This forum which I was reading is on " How to detect fake branded (think LV/PRADA/CHANEL etc) products. There were several interesting opinions from different people in the forum but its the final post that really caught my attention.
It is testament to the fer-ark upp country that it is. Which country I am talking about, you guys should roughly know. It is well-known for its never-ending list of imitations (they are even going to copy the city of Paris! Do a google search and you'll know), lead-filled food, pollution and many other problems.
What a disgrace... If I am the leader of the sole superpower today, I would ally myself with Eurasia to vanquish that good-for-nothing-cock-sucking-mule-ferarking nation.
Sheez. I can be quite extreme at times. Please dun mind me.
The forum is http://talk.hairboutique.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=31066&PN=2
Is it pure coincidence or is there something larger at work here... Anyway, lets move on.
This forum which I was reading is on " How to detect fake branded (think LV/PRADA/CHANEL etc) products. There were several interesting opinions from different people in the forum but its the final post that really caught my attention.
It is testament to the fer-ark upp country that it is. Which country I am talking about, you guys should roughly know. It is well-known for its never-ending list of imitations (they are even going to copy the city of Paris! Do a google search and you'll know), lead-filled food, pollution and many other problems.
What a disgrace... If I am the leader of the sole superpower today, I would ally myself with Eurasia to vanquish that good-for-nothing-cock-sucking-mule-ferarking nation.
Sheez. I can be quite extreme at times. Please dun mind me.
The forum is http://talk.hairboutique.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=31066&PN=2
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