Long post alert.
/waves/
Hey all :)
It's the end of the year again! Here's what PK does annually ; collect memories and transform them into typing words before they fade off :)
Now looking back..
Chapter January, February and March
It started off with a
Mmm.. nothing really significant happened early of the year... EXCEPT
-my first clinical posting at Hospital Tungshin-
which I have also talked about it (experiences, feelings and thoughts) here. :)
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Turning 21
The year when transformation happens, the year when a young adult enters into the world of adulthood? Being independent, legal and all that.
I didn't personally have a humongous celebration because I didn't want to [although it was still consider as one of the most important day (of turning 21)] And because the actual day itself fell on the first day of my hospital posting so it'd be tired for me to have a party after that.
On top of all that, I am truly blessed to have received all well-wishes from each friend of mine be it in the form of video, photo, fb wall, sms, whatsapp, instagram or any forms of communication that you guys used to wish me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Thanks to classmates for the 'little surprise' too at the train station just before we all proceeded to the hospital for orientation.
Countless gratitude to my highschool girlfriends as well for such a meaningful gift which I never expect at all to receive this.
This bracelet represents a lot of things, said one of them.
"Camera represents your love and passion in photography, glasses represent you, four leaf clover represents luck, key represents legal/freedom, owl represents intelligence and last but not least, sister always charm represents US."
Thank you for making my 21-year-old-celebration a memorable one, girls.
Love you all from the moon and back!
CNY this year was pretty awesome when there was a discussion about photography, gears, lenses, tips and tricks. As usual, we had our 4-day-CNY-routine-house-visiting-which nobody (even my friends) can interrupt when it comes to CNY celebration because these 4 days are specially booked to spend with families :)
.... Oh btw, y'know what?
I actually signed up for a secret little project called #100happydays which they claimed that they will send a book [of photos that we posted] if any of the sign-up users managed to complete the task.
Task?
Yeah. Basically all we need to do is to post a photo each day and #HASHTAG #100happydays at either twitter, facebook or instagram.
I was interested to join this (not because of the 'prize' as stated of course) cuz' it is like a 'tumblr challenge' thing that I wanted to do for a long time. Since I figure, I had time to do it as sem break was approaching.. I was thinking why not?
I completed #100happydays challenge and the photos are posted at instagram, you may have a look at it but I doubt that because there probably have zillions of hashtag of one hundred happy days and how are you going to search and know that those photos are mine? So sit back. Don't waste your time I'm going to delete some of the photos anyway because some are really ugly and unphotogenic, photography-cally speaking. :/
Current sem three : ECG taken on PK by dear Awin.
Quite exciting to have an ECG done on myself. I am doing fine, heart is pumping well, Ms. Azlina said. Doing a good job there, dear heart!Sem one was actually alright, EOS was not completely easy but I was glad to pass with a set of satisfying results. Could be better :)
At first, I was planning to visit the heaven-like-land filled with awesome food situated at the North (Penang, just incase I confused you) but plan failed miserably thanks to the hazy weather. /sobs/ However, outing plan with classmates after exam was switched to Shaf's house at Sg. Buloh which only me and Pau attended as the rest could not make it. It's okay, it's okay. We had equal enjoyable experiences, chattering here and there and we even did a "Counting Star" cover that day. How hilarious it was when I think back XD
Chapter April, May, and June
Out of the 70% occupied time, I managed to squeeze 15% to go for event photoshooting : IMU BALL! (Prom, in another word). I... sort of dressed up, borrowed a cam, went with a photography committee and a few members to gain new experience at a grand event :) All the guys and girls were looking extremely gorgeous and handsome with their outfits. I think I admired their dresses more than snapping group/candid photos of them hahaha /grins/
It was a nice experience, tho' no food was provided that night because we (our club) were so called 'not officially invited' to the event so meh. But it's alright. I survived and gained something more valuable than that. :]
As I have said, sem two was insane. Yet, I was offered the highest position for a club that I am active in. Knowing that I can not tolerate and due to my constant absence at uni, I rejected politely but thanks for the thoughts to have me as one of the nominees whom you think is capable, boss. :)
However, after negotiation I am still part of the committee but am currently holding a position which requires me to safeguard the equipments of the club. lol have a wild guess what post is that? :p
Anyways, it doesn't matter. I am thankful for whatever that is given. Together we bring the club to a greater heights, woohoo!
*breathes in, breathes out*
I just would like to announce that May is officially the most stressful month of all due to weekly exams and a mock OSCE. Enough said.
And then, here comes the arrival of June, the month when I had my next clinical posting FIRST at HPD, far far away from home (not that far actually. Hahaha) That month, hospital, staffs, and life there can be summed up in one word. Which is... NICE.
The beach there are quite okay (if you know which beach to find) and hands down, to our usual hangout spot,Tanjung Waterfront cuz' without this place.. we could not have lived in good shape, having food supplies and one ice-cream box, weekly. lol I just said that.
It's just.. very chillaxing and... back to the word... NICE.
Thanks, PD :)
Chapter July, August, and September
When we shifted to Seremban for another 5 weeks of posting at HTJ, things (as in life) seemed to be the opposite of 'chillaxing'. The ward is waaaay busier, waaaay crazier, waaaaay messier and waaaaay (whatever terms you want to put as long as it is the antonym of chillaxing) than the ward at HPD. Same male, medical ward.. just different location. Y'know when you come to sem two especially clinical posting, everything (MUST) kick in -things you have learnt must all come to reality. They don't go to the waste bin just like that, mind you. Truth be told, there are a looooooooot of things to learn, and a looooooooot to catch up.
-new procedure-theories-crosses-remembering the procedures-revision-6 days of works-assignments-q&a-medications-
One sentence to conclude : UGH, STRESS GILER.
But out of all the stress-world, I am extremely glad for the strict guidance, to ensure that I carry out procedure correctly and safely for all patients. Thank you for brushing up my skills from zero to something, dear tutors :) Thank you for helping me to conquer my fear in giving injection. Thank you for being very patience in guiding nooby little me who knew nothing and now who knows a lot of things :)
On a side note, (nothing related to work tension) sis in law and her nephew came to Malaysia for a short trip. Basically we went to zoo (YES. Finally I get to go to the zoo!), bird park, Malacca and a few other places where yummy food are located :D It was one of the best moment I had with them. The little nephew was very obedient (under my brother's hyper-strict-guidance, coughs) and cute! He has this very strong character in him that I admire. Hopefully, he'll grow into a strong, optimistic young man when I see him next time in the near future :)
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Apart from this, I had a great time visiting Ms. Azlina's house at Mantin with classmates. JUST SO YOU KNOW MISS, YOUR FOOD IS EXTREMELY DELICIOUS AND I AM NOT LYING! Thank you for the invite and warm hospitality :))
Also not to forget my annual babi outing with my babi(s)! Yoohoo /excited/
It was just a short meet up at Seremban. Despite where we are, we always enjoy talking and exchanging our stories. Sharing life as a student of nursing, dentistry and physiotherapy yo! who are you kidding :p
I guess the highlight of the month was OSCE and EOS. I don't know how to describe them tho'.
EOS was bad.. OSCE was worst. I had bad feelings right after the exam and for manymany times I told myself,
"Whatever the outcome is, just get ready."
When sem break started, our plan to Penang worked! /glad/
We managed to drag our busy friend, tingwenwen along like finally! Hehehe.
Overall the trip was wonderful (Y)
80's Guesthouse was awesome. Although we were being told that we made a lot of noise especially at night.. :p the hospitality and services deserve a thumbs up!
The food was undeniably the best. Also, the bonding session with my classmates were great. Lots of story exchange session, 'adventure' ride with our bikes, lunching by the beach and of course our selfie-wefie moments :))
Memories that I treasure, memories that are hard to be forgotten :)
Well, sweet things that happened aren't permanent. All of us was being called back to return to uni for intensive practice via e-mail with that extremely serious and urgent tone a few days right after our trip. It was a nerve-wrecking moment that's for sure. Stressful, even.. wondering what had happened. At that instant, the sem-break-I-was-supposed-to-be-enjoying feeling was long gone. Instead, worries came after me.
"What had I done? What happened? What had I done? What happened?"
These questions was repeated in my mind all day, all night.
A few days after, after I had gotten my results, my first feeling was : blessed. Although it wasn't a
Each of us was being told that we did not do well for practical exam, hence the reason of the sudden urge to call us back to uni immediately. After several practices for a few days, I have realized that I have so much to improve especially on health assessment, basic and common procedures. I swear that after many repeated practices with Pau and Pris, I am better at it now, not feeling like a 'newbie' anymore.
They always say,
"Sometimes it takes a hardship to realize where your mistakes are, to realize what our flaws are, then you'll improve to be a better person than you were."
I am totally grateful to have given another chance to improvise myself at such critical situation.
Be serious. Do not take this lightly anymore. /nods nods/
The practical exam was repeated on one sunny day. I didn't know what to expect because I knew I made some mistakes in two stations, in the meantime I knew that I had done my best.
I told myself,
"Alright, self. It's over. It's gonna be a determining factor. Whatever that is going to happen, accept it. Hope for the best, yet expect for the worst."
Self-comforting is good sometimes. It brings you positivity, in a good way of course. :)
So that's the end of my torturous, saddest and the most stressful story of the year.
"Expect for the worst, hoping for the best."
........................ Moving on to the remaining days before sem three commence, (sem break doesn't look like a break at all, you see) we had our first Chariorfare performance! It was a Micheal Jackson medley perfomed by.. the 93' babies! (chehh namaaa... bukan kemain glamour! lol)
I have to be honest that the performance was rather awkward because as the crowd was getting lesser, no one seemed to cheer for us so it was our 'melodious' (coughs) voice echoing out loud from the atrium. It was a good experience, standing at the stage doing something different and something we did not expect to do. /feel proud/
On a positive note, my club's photobooth was very successful as we managed to earn some profit for club's fund :)) /happy/
In the morning, I managed to get myself a 'finisher' medal (only top 200 runners can get the medals) for women category which to my surprise I was actually one of the 200 female runners who managed to bring back a....medal. Hahaha. I was giving up already the moment the rain started to pour when just began run, plus my contact lens were dropping off from my eyes - I swear it was so horrible (especially with my condition) to run under the rain! T____T
The day ended at about 3 o'clock. Kudos to the committees for the effort in organising this!
I had fun nonetheless. :)
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Sem three classes started two days right after Chariofare. The week after was the arrival of our juniors from NU114! Woohoo, we have just upgraded our status to.. SENIOR /applause/
Felt old but glad to be where I am now - old but with rich experience :P
Heh. We (classmates and I) basically went for classes as usual, teased each other like nobody's business, had our usual 'loud' sessions everywhere we go.. just being us you know, trying to do things together as much as we can before we get our resit results a week after that. Fuh, scary.
On that result
day, almost all of us was reluctant to stand in front of Academic Services. A few of the brave ones braced themselves and faced the reality. Pass or not, we still have to move on with life.
At the moment, it was crazily mind throbbing for me. I was literally shaking and hide at a corner to view it. I had heard screams, started seeing friends rubbing eyes, saw people lying on the wall and I quickly tear the envelope and...
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it was a PASS.
Holymama I didn't know what to say! :') *hugged miss K and miss S
Everybody was tearing- be it sadness, expected, dissapointment or blessed, it was one emotional day for all of us.
One result may separate us from going classes or do things together but one thing for sure is, the bond between us is totally inseparable :)
Chapter October, November and December
Sad story has come to an end. Here are some of the cheerful ones.
Sem 3
1) Everybody is being more serious and focused. It is obvious that each of us is putting effort to learn, remember and ask as much as we can, grabbing the opportunities to the maximum.
2) Cardiovascular system is very interesting! I LIKE :D
3) Passing sem two is definitely a relief but the hard work musn't just stop there.
3) Apart from studying, I did involve myself in sport activities like Frisbee and Volleyball and I engaged myself more in photographing sport events.
4) Referring to number 3, I actually joined volleyball tournament (last minute - with only two times of practice) #yololikethat but in the end we (Phoenix) got the 5th placing. I felt dumb at times for not receiving the ball properly but thanks a lot for the offer, opportunity and experience to be part of this awesome team. :)
5) I wanted to join Frisbee match BUT it clashed with standard chartered marathon so yeah :(
6) Speaking of standard chartered marathon... I ran for 1 hour and 24 minutes on a 10km route. Not sure if it's an achievement for first timer but well..I was so glad that I reached the finishing line :D
7) If there is an award of self-accomplishment unlock, I'd dedicate this award to myself for covering 7 events out of idk how many events of IMU Cup 2014 obamaself, as in all by myself, namely ; Dance, Basketball, Table Tennis, Frisbee, Swimming, Football and Cheerleading. :D It was my first attempt in sports photography, to be honest. So usually I go with zero experience, zero expectation - I hope (however) that the photos came out good.
Thanks for the constant feedback, comments and encouragement on my photos and skills. Thanks to a few friends of mine who are very kind to borrow me their cameras for this photoshooting as well. :)
Do check out at IMU Photography facebook page if you wanna view more shots!
Of course, when good times were over, stressful times passed by. When play time is over, it's time to work hard for academic, not allowing myself to repeat the same old mistakes again.
We had two class tests before officially headed to another 10 weeks of clinical posting.
See?
So many postings. Don't ask me why again. It has got something to do with my future profession. We need to be practically involved most of the time in order to brush up our skills. Am truly sorry to friends whom I rejected to go out for outing recently. It's not like I want to be so occupied, but my schedule itself already made my life busy, hope you guys understand that :)
SO, speaking of where I am now - I am currently at my 6th week of clinical posting at Surgical ward!
5 weeks was spent wonderfully at the Medical ward with Ms. V.
Y'know the male medical ward is forever busy, but if you managed to get through the messiness, craziness and the busyness, the outcome is really great. Countless of learning experiences can be attained, the sense of achievement is always there :) There were hard times, in which I was confused with myself, my wrongdoings, my mistakes but as time passes, I know that all these will be worth it in the end.
All I gotta do is to be thick face enough to face my mistakes/embarrassments, be brave enough to admit them, be strong enough to recorrect them, and be patient enough to improve them.
/I sound so philosophical lulz/
I have to say that, I am one of the very lucky fellows because I get to do quite a number of new procedures (that are newly learnt in sem 3) at Medical ward. Actually, opportunities are everywhere, one of the tutors said. It's up to us whether or not we want to be initiative to learn and grab it or waste it just like that. True, true.
The whole MIDDLE EARTH SAGA is totally awesome! J.R.R. Tolkien is truly a genius. How can he think of creatures like orcs, goblins, wizards, elves, dwarfs and make them all the characters in a few books which then turned into a movie? :O Not to mention about the plot, which was focused solely on the ring and the world of darkness!
I don't think I will get tired of watching these 6 movies over and over again, like seriously :)
2014 ;
-Is well known for its raining seasons
-Is not a good year for most Malaysians ; as hundreds of lives were sacrificed #MH370 #MH17 #QZ8501 . All the thoughts and prayers go to their family members and their loved ones.
-Is bittersweet for me.
-So many ' first time' attempt in a year. Glad to have different kind of experiences in 24 months :)
2014 changed me in many ways. Good and bad, you name it.
Sometimes in life we need to be..
bold (when encountering mistakes),
not too dependent (as long as you can do it by your own, DO IT.),
smart (to grab chances),
firm (when making decisions) ,
persistent (in achieving goals),
strong (in all situations),
passionate (in doing things that we love)
humble (in learning)
and
initiative (to start and to inspire).
2014 sped like crazy especially when you're busy, self-equipped with activities - one after another continuously. Time is always, always a better runner.
Nevertheless, I am glad that upon chasing time, all my hours in 2014 are filled with something, which kept me away from unnecessary thoughts but to treasure every single minute I have to the maximum.
So it actually took two solid semesters for me to understand what nursing is, what nurses can do or cannot. At least I am not so nooby anymore. Don't call me a nurse yet, because I am still learning, still exploring and I'm halfway there. :)
And thank you to all of you who shape me into a better person each day!
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Epilogue For this coming new year, I just want three simple things.
Be safe
Be healthy and happy
Be better than yesterday -everyday
Life is too short to plan what you're going to do for a year. Enjoy where you are now, now is the moment!
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Alright guys, I am closing these beautiful chapters of my life in another few more sentences. Photos uploaded here are snapped by yours truly except that GIF image.
Thank you so much for reading!
Farewell, 2014! /waves/
You will be remembered :)
And...
Happy new year!
Signing off,
PK
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