another occupied weekend...

30 - 31st may 2009 - we had quite a bz weekend but im also
not sure is buzy the right word to describe it. we started
our saturday morning by following our shi gu mama to the
allocated wards. i am allocated to the cardio ward and i
have two shi gu mama, i only remember one shi gu's name
who is Chen Mei Yu if im not mistaken. of course i didnt
know how to read, managed to get some help from my hou
ban standing beside me...didnt actually do much in
hospital except to talk to the patients, asking them how
they are doing, how they are coping and let them talk
anything they wish to talk..its more of accompanying and
comforting them. when its time for lunch, we helped the
nurses pack their lunch boxes and then helped to
distribute the food to the patients. after that, we will have
our lunch.. the volunteers do not have to pay for the food
as there are special vouchers. after lunch, its resting
time..we allowed the shi gu to sleep and chatted outside
the room.. after lunch, we went for a round at the ward
before proceeding to the garden for tea break with the
patients..hehe..it was this time that most of us were more
energetic. we were given the slot to perfom the 'shou you'
and we did quite well..hehe..everyone was praising us but
the secret is we already prepared well the night before as
we know we will have great chances of being called
unexpectedly to perform..the patients also had some great
time with us and after a final round at the ward, we headed
to jing si with our shi gu mama as we would be staying a
night at jing si.. upon reaching, we ate dinner. we had some
nice rice, 'wasabi+peanut fried noodle' and a few dishes. we
loved the corn soup the best..its quite stressful eating at
jing si...they ate so fast and everything is moving so fast
than we expected actually...even we needed to que for
some time to take our baths as there are only 4 bathrooms
with attached toilet and were shared by like around 20-30
people...at nite we had sharing session with the 'she fu' but
thank goodness i dont have to fen xiang ady..my scary
moment for this weekend is not that bad..just was pulled
out on the bus to fen xiang by the shi gu while we were on
the way back..aiyo..really so paiseh..
we slept at around 9pm plus and had to wake up around
3am plus..hmm, i really didnt sleep with so many noises
around me. pretty sensitive ears, so basically i was
turning about on the mattress until its time to get
ready...another unforgetable experience, joining in the
morning prayers for about 1 hour plus, 'bowing' up and
down til i felt the blood gushing to my brain each time my
head landed on the ground..i was so worried that i
collapsed half way but thank GOD i didnt...after that, we
had breakfast at around 6am which consisted of rice,
wheat broth, some preserved or salted vege with tau fu..i
sat beside a shi gu who kept filling up my bowl until she
left the table, so i was basically eating as if i havent eaten
for days..really not used to the concept of eating rice
early in the morning...after breakfast, we followed our
shigu mama to help clean up certain areas in the jing si.
after that, we went to take some tea and get ready to go
inside the main hall for shi gong shang ren's morning
talk..its really a memorable event to be able to be part of
the live audience there and to see her with my own eyes for
the past 1 and the half hours..after the talk, we lined up to
get the 'bracelet' from her..i kinda made a blunder as i was
paying attention to her wearing the bracelet on my hand
than to hear her asking me 'where i am from' until the other
she fu told her i was from malaysia..opppsie...only after
that, i replied again, yes im from malaysia...hehe..really
really paiseh leh..but thank goodness i still know how to
say gan en shi gong... after that we went bk to
hospital..went to the ward again and talked to the patients
again..but there were many emotional events there that
really touched me though..my prayers to the families... i
met a new 'fren' hehe..an indonesian worker who was so
happy to talk BM with me..she has been in taiwan for
almost 7years and her mandarin is better than me oo..shy
nia..we were using BM to communicate and everyone
looked at us with one kind and one of the nurses thought i
was from indon..hehe,, after lunch we went back to our
hostel ady..all are tired and tomorrow will be allocated to
new department..i will be in cardio this
week..so..gambateh...2 more weeks to go..

my 3rd day in chinese medicine

27 may 2009 - my third day in chinese medicne.. hmm, today we followed the HoD of the department (dr.kerk) for his clinic..i really respect him for the way he greets, treats, explains and talks to the patients..its really so soft and full of respect. its something u hardly see and he even bows at a 90 degrees level when the patients thanked him.. he uses more of the massaging type as well as acupunture to 'treat' those patients who are in need. we are lucky to see some of the techniques used. they looked gross but the patients felt better after that.. he is also very open to his patients and think most of them felt very comfortable attending the clinic session...
in the afternoon, we went over to the 'pharmacy' area to learn about the medicine used.. there are so many types of medicine, each has different function but of course i cant READ..goodness...many people already know that im really really banana with my blur look...aiyo..so cham ler..but if i dont speak, i wont be able to learn mah...just see how loh...me and xiao pek was bz taking photos also..hehe.. just see wat i learnt at the end of the week...hehe...

second day in chinese medicine...9th day in taiwan

26 may 2009 - second day in chinese medicine... quite ok lah..get to have some first on experience doing acupunture on the patient with the dr's help..then, as usual there's some joke for the day...when the dr knew that i didnt know how to write mandarin, he said no wonder my name in english is correct while in mandarin is wrong..hmm hmm... haih..wat to do ler...we also learnt the 'function' of the ears which could actually controlled many systems including appetite and even constipation..kaka..ok..will try it as we already photocopied the points for acupunture...hehe..will learnt about massaging also..just see...

neway, we went for dinner together..i was undecided to see so many types of vege food and end up my total meal costing 80 taiwan dollar as i took so many types of food..they count using weight..so can assumed how much i took...keke..haih..really really fat fat loh...then to add to my tam chiak ness, we stopped by the 'popiah stall' which was the first reason we went for dinner together and i wallap the whole SUPER HUGE popiah..its super super nice and special..like it and it cost 35 taiwan dollar oo...then went bought grapes lagi..forgot to buy my breakfast for tmr..but.eh..stil have my cornflakes milek in the fridge..hehe..so can eat that tmr...goodness..everyday also about food...

first day in chinese medicine

25 may 2009 - it is my first day in the chinese
medicine..really really so blur..we followed the clinic
session this morning after reporting to the head of
department..the dr specialized on acupunture i think as he
did acupunture on so many patients..thank god the
patients were speaking in hokkien, if not im sure super
super lost... after lunch, we had a teaching lesson with the
HOD..so paiseh lah, everyone was bz writing while i just
stare, as if im so keng and no need to write..keke.. but
those i can understand, i will write down loh.. if those i
dont, i just write those in mandarin term and wil ask my
partner or check my dictionary..haih..really hope to learn
more thou its really so so hard...sometimes just want give
up coz its really so tough..haih..
anyway, there are 5 new elective students from IMU who
are doing their electives as well..two of them also joined
the chinese medicine..ok lah..thats a short report for today
:)..bit lazy ady..trying to upload as many photos as
possible in FB...

aiyo..paiseh again

24th may 2009 - we went for the pei xun today which was
meant for the shi bo and shi gu and xue jie..really kebluran
..know a bit but dont know alot..keke..there were a total of
4 speakers..the first was the hospital director who
explained about the hospital stuff to us, i think..seriously i
dont really understand the whole content of the whole
event, just a bit here and there, and try to link up the
whole thing..and the presentation was also fully mandarin
with a bit of alphabet here and there..really gaolat today...
the second speaker talked about things about pathology
or something like post mortem..he also shared his
experience in which he accidentally cut himself while
dissecting a patient and it turned out the patient had
hepatitis c..its good to hear that he is allright after all the
follow up investigations as there's still no vaccine so far
for hep c..
after that, we had a lunch break..the lunch was nice, i reall
like it but it was too serious that we didnt dare take any
photo and we communicate through eye contact..keke..
after lunch, we had sharing session..i was so lucky loh, the
first 2 to fen xiang.. i can go think of using shou yu..lau
eh..so tiew lian..more and more ppl know im super
banana..but thank god with all the help, support and
encouragement from fellow members, im ok..everytime in
tzu chi activity, my worst and fearful moment was during
sharing..oh my god...anyway, the shi bo who accompanied
us was very nice..he kept praising us and didnt believe that
we are 5th year medical student..keke..many other shi bo
and shi gu were actually praising us till we so paiseh..but
the 3 malaysian shi gu(s) which have been accompanying
and arranging activities for us kinda know our 'belang'
ady..we are like super guai students in tzu qing uniform,
but without tzu qing uniform, we are really in different
world..keke..
after that, the pei xun continued with two other speakers..
one was sharing with us on the topic of organ donation
and encouraging us to be organ donors in order to
'save'others and it is also a part of 'recycling' as it is
better than to leave our organs to rot..kinda true the
philosophy but she also emphasized on family issues and
proper discussion should be done..it kinda hit me as that
was also my setback when my parents couldnt take the fact
when i wanted to pledge to be an organ donor.. just see
how things go then...then the last speaker was the
supervisor for the 'volunteers' who shared with us alot of
the minor minor phrases or words that could actually
make a difference if we said it wrongly..he also pinpointed
that we should always do something willingly and
wholeheartedly, not just do for the sake of doing..we ought
to be caring and share our love to those around us
despite of who he/she is..we also must have a smiley face
and never put on a hatred, worried, annoyed or irritated
face to those whom we wanna help..another point he
pointed out was we must not be discouraged by the bad
remarks or tantrums shown by those whom we are helping
but just do watever we intended to do..its really a good
sharing..learnt a bit here and there and hope i will be a
better person with all of this 'pei xun'
then we had dinner at li hua shi gu's home..we so tam chiak
oo..ate so many things and kinda finished all her
food..keke..she fried koay teow for us, plain and tomyam,
vege, egg, and second round was tomyam fried rice, third
was the spagetti and third was lasagna..kaka..not
forgetting the banana, lychee and mango..keke..ate till all
of us so full..and also curi makan her titbits and went bk
to our hostel with some of her titbits and
sweet..goodness..really so paiseh oo..and she's planning
for our dinner nex weekend if she's free..really so gan en
to her and the 2 other shi gu..thanx so much..really made
me not to miss home ady..so warm the hospatility...very sin
fu..

embrassing nia...

23may 2009 - last nite we went to a nice vegetarian
shop..really gan en the shi gu for treating us and i think
our meals cost more that 1500taiwan dollar..13 of us
leh..however, the amount of the food was appropriate for
the price thou. i had the 'pork rib' noodle and most of us
ordered differently..there were 'kong poh' chicken,
spagetti, pan mien, mah poh taufu rice etc etc... we had a
really really contented dinner and then went over to the
fruit stalls to get fruits.. we bit 'sua ku' when saw
durian..keke..paiseh nia, but the durian is actually from
thailand..kakaka...the prunes here are small in size and
very sweet...
today we went over to 'jing si' the place we master
stays..we had the honour to greet her but all of us were
too stunned this morning and frozen when we saw the real
her when we stood in front of her..it was a pretty bad
blunder, something really embarassing.. probably
everyone was shocked...keke...other shi fu just smiled at us
including master as she knew we were shocked
also..keke..just hope we wont make the same blunder as we
will be going there quite often. the shi gu said we might
even have the chance the 'fen siang'/ sharing with her one
of those weekends..keke..of coz i will not do ler, it will
make the whole world laugh or faint with my broken
mandarin..goodness...the shi fu made a nice 'milky tea' for
us and the fragance is wonderful..they used jasmine tea..
we were brought around the 'jing si' and saw the vegetable
garden managed by the 'shi fus'.. there's even rosemary
and lavander..we were introduced to a few of the tzu qing
there and a bit happy when we were praised..keke...we also
had the chance to eat lunch with master (of coz not the
same table but quite near her) and the rest of the people
there...we were quite shock to see the crowd..and learnt
more table manners today..there's always room for
improvement :) after that we had sharing session and again
ler..my stress level shot up, there;s the session i always
fear..i guess i still have so much to improve...
ok..wan eat my maggi for dinner as later we will be
attending a concert..another unexpected activity..keke...till
then...

last day in endocrine...

22 may 2009 - we didnt have much to do for today as our teaching was brought forward on wednesday..we only went to hospital around 8.45am..when we reached the ward we didnt see the interns around, so we just wander around here and there not knowing what to do.. we met the xue jie on the way and gave her the evaluation form..hopefully she will help us in the marking..if not i will be dead disappointed again.... then, we went to find the 'takayasu' patient. he was sent for angiogram and it seems that they are ruling out Takayasu and now investigating him for phaechromocytoma..there's a lot of interesting cases here and patients usually have multiple condtions...

after lunch, we went to the library and goodness, i fall asleep in the nice sofa..we went back after that as our evaluation forms were not ready yet..so..nothing much for today but going to walk around the area we are staying tonite....will see what happen later then...