Friday, July 29, 2005

I've turned into a LOBSTER!!!

Went cycling with SJ and WJ.... and i've turned into a lobster.... Very very red... and painful... feel like my skin is tearing... pathetic... haha... hopefully it wont be like the other time when i came back from palm restort... that time when i first come back was a lobster... den turned into snake... shedding off skin... this time round, lobster is enough... hee...

took some pic there... nt many... but more den enuff to post them here.. heehee...


Thanks to SJ's long hands.. heeheee... ^_^


...Bedok Jetty...


SJ and me... heehee...


going home soon.. my hands are red already....

CherrieminT

Thursday, July 28, 2005

SCHOOL IS REOPENING!!!

Didnt update for such a long time... haiz.. been pretty sick and busy... besides working, i am resting... gt bad heachache, giddy + nausea... like pregnant like that... pathetic.... finally feeling better... heehee... actually tonnes of things happened.... esp in clinic...

i called for ambulance for the third time of my life... this time rd... it's becos of snake bite... u didnt read wrongly... S-N-A-K-E... snake... Dr say seems serious... so have to call for ambulance and sent to hospital...

den came a lady... wow... got fever up to 40 degrees.... very high leh.... shiver until very jia lat... poor thing man... den cant seems to walk... so no choice... no wheelchair in the clinic.. so have to push her out to her husband's car using doctor's chair... heehee... pretty funny scene huh...

oh... today went phys tuition.. coolz man... this student's house is pretty huge... at least 4 storey... she has a rm by herself... (no big deal...) BUT... she has a toilet of her own too leh... hmmm... maybe i am poor... so was like WOW.... heehee...
BUT was a bit annoyed when i see her hse... cos they bargain the tuition fees with me... was already so low... and wants to cut further... see it's wen's dear's cousin.. so okie lor... in the end, staying in such a big hse... haiz... but watever it is... i have agreed and besides i dun have experience teaching o level phys... so just accept... ^_^

dunno if i mention before the student i am teaching in ling kwang centre... her name is the same as my sis... peisi... cant say she is bad in her work... actually... after explaining to her... she seems like she understand leh... just that she dun have the concentration... i explain, she understand but soon forget... actually in fact she is a pretty gd gal... very obedient and respect me very much... just that i guess she is pretty playful other den her tuition time... i asked her to do sth, it's never done... but during tuition, she listens and do her work... hmmm... pretty hard to analyse... heheee..

my neck is getting stiff... think have to go to bed soon... heehee...

CherrieminT

Friday, July 22, 2005

SO ANGRY!!!

Haiz... really dislike to do run errands for ppl at the last minute... the other time helped mum to go to SGH to collect medicine den another to TTSH... Yesterday help uncle to pay his bills at courts... but of course, that is nt wat i am angry abt... this just a small matter... just tt my plans for that day have to amend...

so i left home earlier to get to central to pay the bills... and thought might as well get some facial product over at Central... so went to lee wah, the shop beside lee wah, NTUC, watsons to compare prices... erm, yes, u can call me cheapskate... BUT anyway, realised that LW is offering the cheapest price and certainly i will go back and get that mah... after roaming ard, paying the bills, i went back to LW @4.30pm to get marvel gel which is written as $14.90 over the shelf... so i went over to queue for payment... i took out $14 and search for coins to make up 90cents... but apparentally only got 50 cents... no choice... took out another $2 and that makes $16... so when it;s my turn, (there were 2 staffs.. one as a cashier and the other help to pack the stuffs) the second one took the gel and the $16 one after another from me... den when the cashier keyed in the barcode, i realised there is a discount and the price reduces to $12.50.. so i tell the cashier, opps.. given u $16... but the cashier insisted that i only give her $14... and is very sure that i give her $14... cos she rem how she put the notes... wat the heck man... as though all the notes i given her are in the same manner... i stayed cool and explained that i have 4 $2 notes with me and now i am only left with 1 $2 note.. den the cashier keep insisting that i given her only $14... of course i want to pursue further as i am accused!!!! and make it as though i want to cheat money.. HELLO!! IF I WANT TO CHEAT YOUR MONEY I MIGHT AS WELL SAY I GIVE YOU A $100 NOTE AND 2 $2 NOTE.. I STAnD TO GAIN MORE OKIE!!! AND THIS IS ONLY $2... CHEAT YOUR $$ FOR WAT???? as i am very very sure that i give her $16.. and rem that i counted again before giving the other fellow.. there is no point forgetting everything as i noe i am RIGHT!! if i were to say nvm den, it will sure make it as though it's me who is making a big fuss over it.. so i decided that i must stood by my claim and see wat they do... so they kept insisting that i only give her $14.. and den i also keep iinsisting that i given $16... so the other fellow told another staff which i believe is more superior the situation.. so that fellow say have to do closing to count all the money... at the thought of that i was like WAT!! that means i have to wait... wat the heck man!!! i am going to be late for work and u ask me to wait further... COOL HUH?? i actually wanted to tell them forget it as i dun want to wait... but perhaps my principle hold me back... insisted that i stayed on and see who;s right and who;s wrong... it was TOTALLY EMBARRASSING to stand there and wait... cos everyone looking over my side to check out wat's wrong and it really make me look like an idiot that is being so calculative over JUST $2... it really quite some time to finish counting... she even have to count the coins one by one... damn it.. lucky they didnt touch their float which is like AT LEAST 100 $2 notes.... if they have to count that as well i think i dun have to go to work already... so after waiting and waiting... the answer is that they indeed have excess $$ and that senior staff returned me my $2 and a word sorry...
wat the heck man...

First of all, the money is handled by 2 person before putting it to the cash register... u mean u all dun have to check how much i give you before u give me the change!!! wat if a customer were to give u 3 $100 notes instead of just one.. wow... i pity the customer who patronised the store, who gave trust in you for ur prdts... and u ppl returned the trust with carelessness...

Secondly, when i tell them i am very sure that i gave them $16, they threw a doubtful look over... making me looking like a idiot trying to cheat $2... a person with no credibility at all.. wat an embarrassing moment of my life... a calculative fool trying to argue over $2...

Then, i strongly feel that the senior staff didnt apologised sincerely... just a word, "sorry" and case closed... BUT THAT IS NT THE WORSE... the cashier who insisted that i given her $14 didnt even apologised... although she looked as though she noe it's her fault, still she shld at least APOLOGISE!!!!!!! shouldn't that be the case????

HEY THAT IS THE BASIC MANNERS!!!

Putting customer service aside, it's really basic manners to apologise if u accused a person wrongly!!!
MADE ME WAITED AND WAITED, MADE ME LOOKED AND FELT LIKE A FOOL, MADE ME LATE FOR WORK...

if i have the time, i would have fired them there after making me wait, wasting my time...

CherrieminT

Tuesday, July 19, 2005

My joB is reaLLy interesting huh...

i am really beginning to love and hate my job... ahaahaaa.. Hate the job becos it's in the service line and nt just have to serve and accept watever the patients give u... for instance, gt a call today... this lady practically shouted throughout the whole conversation... she said that she brought her son down to see dr a few days ago and den after taking erythromycin, the son was down with diarrhoea... den this morning the husband brought the son down to see dr and the trip cost them another 34 bucks on top of the 28 bucks they paid on the first trip... so she kept asking why is it that she STILL have to pay so much when it is our fault... apparentally, first thing for most, it is nt our fault... erythromycin has a side effect of causing diarrhoea, but of course nt everyone will be affected... if it does den which dr will ever want to use that??? Den, it's just nt right for u to shout at me even if i were the one who accidentally charged an extra $10 when there isnt suppose to be any charges for consultation... and besides, the standard of living is obviously getting higher.. this amt u paid to see dr is nt wat u call very expensive and wat high class medicine... apparentally, there are clinic out there that charged ever higher!! i fully understood her prob.. but i still think she shouldnt make a fuss out of it.. we tried our best to explain the whole incident to u but u just dun want to listen.. all u wanted was a refund... and nt explaination on why is it expensive... Wat the heck man...

but still i love this job... apparentally u get to meet all these ppl... understanding human behaviour in the hard way... ahaahaa... there's always free consultation... hahaha...

CherrieminT

Monday, July 18, 2005

I'm BacKKK.... Was a short yet EnJOYabLe TriP...

Wow... I've got so much to say... but dunno where to start... haha... erm... let me start with the beginning for the journey ba... Woke up at 5am in the morning to start preparing for the trip... we wanted to avoid the morning crowd in the mrt.. so we decided to set off early... But dad suggested that he fetching us there... but we thought it's so troublesome for him so we insisted that we go to the airport by ourselves... but apparentally in the end, dad insisted that he shld at least fetch us to aljuned.. at least it's nearer to airport and that we dun have to transfer train... so we abided... but we forgotten that will by fetching us, we will be reaching the airport much much earlier than we even expect... true enough, we reached there at 7 to 7.30am and our flight is taking off at 12.50pm!! ha... after we had our breakfast at BK, we proceeded on to the viewing alley... snapping photos.. playing with the trolley which we put our luggage on.. i sat on the trolley and sis pushing me ard... think ppl there must be thinking CRAZY GALs... haha..





Then, finally we see our flight on the board...


but as u can see at then was still 9 sth in the morning... and ann was down with runny nose... rather lethargic... so we went to BK to sit down and rest... time was crawling by at then... nearly bored to death.. heee...


as time finally crawl past... we finally can check in... still 2 hours before the flight... ann was still having runny nose... so i called dr H to check if she still can take her rn tablet if she taking the flu tab... no prob.. so i gave her one tablet... and slowly, she got better... ^_^
yeah... and time went faster... soon we could see our plane...


Budget airline... but nt that bad lar... just that there is no food served in the flight... (erm.. got lar... just that have to pay $$) no reserved seats.. and apparentally we singaporeans are KS.. so in the end spent much time in the quene... it's a small plane... with only 4 air stewardesses... with little space to walk.. somehow i guess for a small plane, it tends to experience more turbulence... (haha.. my fluid mechanics didnt score well... so if that's nt true den sorry... but there were many occasion where we felt the turbulence...) haaha.. sounds bad.. nt that bad afterall... cos this is the only time u can sit so near to the cockpit... haha... cool... u could see the captain coming out to go to the toilet... ahaahaa...

We reached Thailand ard 2+ (thai time).. took the bus transfer to the hotel... reached there at ard 3 sth near 4... checked in... the room was pretty big... 3 beds 3 pillows... that definitely nt enuff... so we called the maid service to request for another 3 pillows... so that there will be enough for all of us... including auntie jane and armand.... but the maid service was so slow... called 4 times den they brought the pillows... OMG... so went the pillows finally arrive, we nearly starve to death... and so coincident, we met mavwyn when we were on the way to their train station known as BTS ... singapore is such a small cty and we hardly met in a year.. except during CNY... but in thai, such a big place, we actually met.. anyway, we went straight to Siam center to have our lunch cum dinner... and went shopping ard siam... went back the hotel ard 10++ and auntie jane called... she reached the airport already... she initally wanted to take bus and transfer BTS.. to the hotel.. but at then was kind of late... so in the end she decided to take a cab... by the time she reached the hotel, it was like 11++ cant go anywhere else... so we stayed in the hotel and chatted till nearly one... and took photos, of course...

den gradually one by one fall asleep....

the second day was a shopping day... of course, praying as well... we started after our breakfast (thought might see tricia, but didnt... living in the same hotel but didnt get to see her throughout the whole journey...) and a swim in their swimming pool.... talking abt their swimming pool, ha... the water was freezing... and the pool was small... and deep.. haha... it's like from 0.8m to 1.34m den to 2.1m... but the jacuzzi was cool... the water was very very warm... haha... to be exact HOT!!! BUT very shiok.. haha... den got the whole jacuzzi to ourselve like that... haha... cool..


this is the station our hotel is located at....


MBK... a pretty popular shopping center in thai...


waiting 'patiently' for the train...


Me and armand with thailand's paragon at the backgrd... last year when i was there... the land was just a flat grd... coolzz... fast work...


oh yar... this is my window view... kinda of sucky huh.. haha.... was very happy when the staff told me that this rm has a window... upon reaching the room... wow.. u call this a window?? haha... cant open it... and the outside is like "WALL"!!!

Lyn & me

My new flip flop.. haha...

Hee hee... u think this is 'cute' haha.. Know wat's that?? ahaaha....

but in general, had a fun trip with lots of laughter...
didnt buy much... dunno why... just didnt see much nice and worth-it stuffs.... but zhi wei and dennis's luggage was like just as big and heavy as ours... haha... really wonder wat they bought.. haha... lucky, we were with them... otherwise the excess baggage will cost them a bomb.. haha...

CherrieminT

Thursday, July 14, 2005

For U ppl out There whO missed the oLd gooD daYsss

Was looking through my files in the pc... took many pics of FTPSS old campus and the path we walked to schooL... just upload here and show u ppl ba... Heehee...





Oh yeah... my orchids are blooming...



Nice nice... ^_^

CherrieminT

Wat a daY...

HA... poor cyn... came to work 8am the morning and ling called her to work till 10pm.. so no choice, got to stay from 8am to 10pm.. and guess wat... when Dr T came in at 5.30pm, asked why is there 2 person on... he added he received ling's sms early in the morning saying that can cyn work from 8 to 10... so he thought no one was coming in at 5... but the actual fact was that i came in at 5 and there will be 2 person on at 5-7... den he told cyn if she can go out for a break and come back later... wanna cut cost... pathetic leh.... but like wat he say... cut cost... no choice... so i told cyn that i go out and come back at 7... but dr tan say let cyn have a break... so okie lor... cyn went library and came back at 7... poor thing... ha.. the main culprit s ling...so cyn said that she will make sure ling make up for it.. haha... yes... ask ling to give her a big treat... haha... but partly my fault... shld have call cyn in the morning.. but i woke up late this morning... even MISSED my "DREAM OF COLOURS"... so i thought forget it... think ling will noe wat to do... so didnt call... if i called, then i would have started work at 7... and nothing will go wrong...

yeah... it's Wed already... cant wait for Friday... heehee.... ^_^
Oh Zhiwei already in Thai... ***green eyes*** how i wish i'm there now!!

CherrieminT

Wednesday, July 13, 2005

I'm SICK!!

Lately been having a little problem with breathing.... seems like there's a congestion somewhere... and occasionally coughing in the middle of the night.... and do u noe wat "night coughs" usually indicates? ASTHMA... omg... my family has a history of asthma... so i went to consult dr... he listened to my lungs and said that they are clear... yeah... no asthma... BUT... he said that asthma might come after pregnancy... 'Coolz' huh?
but for now, one thing i noe for sure is that it's better for me NOT TO SLEEP IN AIRCON ROOM... and how can ann sleep without aircon??? (ann are u READING??) den dr tell me.. den slp in the corridors... heee.. guess that must be wat ann is thinking...
as usual, there's sure to be medicine for consumption... i really hate to eat medicines.... hee.. lucky today's medicines are all small pills... *grin* but there's a cough syrup that is dr's own creation... mixture of 3 syrups.. all at one go.. haha... it's really been very long since i take syrups... and it really taste yucky... it's so so so so so so so so so so so SWEET... although, my tooth are sweet.. *hee*, still it's TOOOOOO sweet... let u have a glimpse of my medicines...



oh and talking abt medicine makes me recalled my flu tablets.. since i'm goin OVERSEAS soon... *yeah..* got me and sisters some flu tablets that cost me $30++ (ANN pls REIMBURSE me!!)
Though this looks much bigger than wat i've taken just now... it's capsule... haha.. nt difficult to swallow.. hee... otherwise will sure have a hard time... heehee...

CherrieminT

Tuesday, July 12, 2005

FUN JOB... ^_^

Just got back from work... tiring day... many many patients... a lot of procedures.... each patient took ard 15-20 mins on average.. waiting time was on average like one and a half hours... OMG... all the patients' face = UNSATISFIED.. but wat can i do... if i have the cert dr has, i would have help out and see u ppl okie!!! so it's NOT MY FAULT THAT U PPL HAVE TO WAIT SO LONG!!! (guess this is the only place i can vent my anger though... hee)

but still i think each job has it's own satisfaction... although i get to see unreasonable ppl at times.. i do get to noe fun loving doctors... perhaps i'm working out sat night where it's normally or shld i say always, it's a locum on duty.. so i often get to know the locum.. it's nice knowing them... most will share their experience and occasionally give me advice on my future... coolz... hee... oh and one of them is pretty handsome.. haha.. even the patients that came out told me.. "wow, ur dr is so young and handsome.." haha...

remember the times when i always tell alice, pls dun put me with a locum... at then i was in my comfort zone with dr c... haha... but now... upon moving out of my comfort zone, i really think it's fun to work with diff doc...

CherrieminT

Monday, July 11, 2005

Yeah.. THaiLand.. i'll be there in another 4 days time.. WAIT FOR ME...

Yeah... Cant wait for Friday to arrive... i'll be on the plane.. flying to MY shopping paradise... haha... cheap skate one... hee... but still will be off the land of singapore.. yeah... off from work...

Forgotten to wish HWEE YI a HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!! went to 'celebrate' for her on the Friday.. a rather pathetic one... haha... but i know u wont mind.. haha... shall nt mention too much here... haha.... Just hope that u have a enjoyable one... and rem to make one even more enjoyable.. haha.. thick skin... =p




BTW, hy, me reaLLy went specially down to celebrate ur Bday.. heehee... was so bored on the bus back... and took stupid pics...







Talking abt my birthday!! CAROL.... I wanT my LAST YEAR birthday present!!!!! haha... bad gal... Heeehee...

Cant update much... off to work soon.... Sianzzzzzzzz...
BUT STILL I am looking forward for FRIDAY!!!

CherrieminT