Day 29 (22/10/09)Tomorrow we are going to Osaka! Yay! the long awaited holiday! WOOTS!So yup, met the dean at 11am this morning, gave her feedbacks on the difference in the systems and what we like. then took photo,then we were free until 6.15pm. So yup, set off for the bus stop to go downtown to get my shoes. so yup, but maw forgt her stuff so since bus not here, she ran back to get her stuff. then i went to shop around the shop in the hospital...but i ended up attracted to the sandwhich which i have seen so many times. so i bought it! i also dont know why. haha...but i love sandwhich probably thats why i cant take my eyes off them! hehe....then she came back, we board the bus, then realise she dont know have her coat with her, then she check the bus stop it is not there. so we left the bus, she ran off to get her coat and i went back to the shop to get the coffee....hehe....so yup, she made me miss one bus! haha but she was freaking tired.hehe....so yup, finally everything settled, we board the bust and head for downtown.went to entetsu, she wanted to see anytink for her mum, but ended up at the basement and we tried some cake which she love and i so-so...so yup...after that, head for my shoes! but the shoe shop fellow gave me the biggest size, i can fit in but just that it is abit tight so cannot! :(...then i want another also same...then he say another type of colour will have bigger size but so awful la the colour! and see that dumb face of him! so sleepy! never really liked him since maw got her shoes but oh well he sells cheaper shoes! anw, so i didnt get my shoes! haiz...i really liked the second pair but since yesterday have already been nagged the mood to get it also wavered! so funny! want to get it out also hard...one person say one thing! after bringing my hopes high then smashed it again! but oh well, i couldnt fit into them anyway!so maw said to go zaza and try but we ended up looking at other stuff instead and i bought a denim dress which is cheaper than the shoes and probably wear more times than the shoes! but oh well, it was a fair deal cause at least after i buy it, i know i should not go in search of the shoes cause i don't have much money left and the luggage also full...so yup...but the dress was really a surprise like the rest of the clothes that i bought! it looks tight and L size...but who knows! I can fit in! haha...so had kebab for lunch and ta pao back for dinner as well as tomorrow's dinner! so yup, went back to school...waiting for 6.15pm to come! yup yup! then going to pack and soak in my bath tub tonight!sorry...but i guess the blog is the only place i can vent out for now although you will be reading this...but it is really no fun have the hopes being smashed! and especially so when you are alone and communication is not easy with anyone. it may break your heart to see this, but i was really really really disappointed...im sorryanw dinner with the jap OT girls last night was really great! they gave us each a card that was handmade and again treat us for dinner and intro the traditional dessert to us, which was really yummy...it had agar pieces, some nuts, one scope of ice cream and red bean paste. yup, then have to say goodbye! goodness! I will miss them!
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Day 28 (21/10/09)Last day of attachment!!!!! going to osaka in 2 days! WOOTS! haiz....mt fuji still don't want to let me see him! haiz...today is like the clearest liao la! Haiz...oh whatever...so yup, today report for work...so yup, took the same no. of pt and same pt as yesterday...so did parameters, then give drip.then 10.30am go down to OT to look see look see! OMG la! we can wear normal shoes into the OT lor...so the OT is considered not very sterile? haha...but it was cool! really! yup...then walked around OT and we actually saw surgeons doing op la! After that, went back to ward, change drip and all then see my preceptor give platelets...ya then 12 plus had lunch after that was conference, then we took group photo. then i give my gift...hehe...then went to collect urine then she talk to me...then say bye. then gave maw and I 2 notebooks and a packet of sweets! So sweet la...yesterday alr gave me mochi today give somemore...so yup...not too bad for the last day. she bring me go say bye bye to the pts somemore....so yup! dinner at okonomiyaki wif the ot gals later and tomorrow feedback then im so going to get the shoes! WOOTS! HEHE.....And day after tomorrow, OSAKA! So, no more blog post. I pronouce this blog is dead! HAHA...
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Day 27 (20/10/09)
3 more days to Osaka! And tomorrow will be my last day in the ward! the long awaited day! Haha...
So today, the patients i took care of are from the clean room oralso known as positive air pressure room. to prevent themselves from getting an infection or to prevent their own infection from getting to others. for my ward's case, it should usually be the first. So yup, took vital signs...then change drip, give drip and gave one bolus! Hehe...
So yup, then that took one whole morning...of course got include report checking and all la! haha...so had lunch! I forgot to bring my own bento! I made it already but forgt to bring it along. probably too gan chiong coz overslept by 21min this morning...so had to buy lunch...but oh well, can eat it tomorrow then.
So after lunch, my preceptor just keyed in morning's information and at 1.25pm, I followed Ito san to go to one room for the whole hosp orientation. so yup, met chika in the room and followed by the deputy director. she's really bz! after the orientation, she went off liao...oh we both received 2 pens, one file, one note pad and one hanky! hehe...
so yup, went back to ward, ueda san suppose to take blood but the pt was not in bed, so did para for another 2 pts. then check on the pt we suppose to take blood from, he is still not in so another day then. mt fuji still don't want to let me see its beauty. weather from far is still a little foggy...so i cant see the snow caps! Yup...left at 3pm go changed up...
then went to pastry shop to get cakes! hehe...the shop itself smells nice lor! So yup...later will be meeting miyako for dinner for unagi don! Im going to try it...
Oh ya, this morning when i went to the locker, i open the door, inside got so many male students la! I was like, how am i going to change? and i need to go to work somemore! so i changed in the female toilet then knocked on the door again and asked to put my bag...haiz...so paiseh...then just now wanted to go meet chika but she wasnt there...so haruka said the teacher called and say 506 was the guys room, next time it will be better if we changed in the girls room at 405...haha i have been climbing one extra level for don't know how many times la!
so yup...paiseh...but nevermind, tomorrow i will put my bag in the ward...hehe!
thats all for today!
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so, weekend post again!Day 24 (17/10/09)So saturday...was raining after so many days of sunshine! And I hate it raining here! So the plan was to go to alight at the first busstop where we wante to shop then walk up, then take bus to station...so we alighted and walked on...raining and freaking cold!so we walked, jeans shop, bull dog...bulldog is a big shop that have almost everything except fresh food...but yet, i got nothing but letter paper! So boring! haha...then moved on in the heavier rain! bought mochi ice cream and green tea ice cream coated in chocolate! haha its freaking cold and yet we bought ice cream! hehe! ya, then walked on to the so called exciting amusement which i thought was arcade! Haha when I went in, it was pachinko! Something i wanted to try for experience! hehe...so we managed to get the staff to teach us how to play as well as the jackpot! haha...After that, the rain stopped! And in that place, you can smoke lor! music so loud and full of cigarette smell, but it was fun! Haha...then i bought the red bean fish pancake, but instead of pancake, its mochi la! so stretchy! think the pancake one is better!Then got on the bus to downtown...I bought nothing except coffee from starbucks and kebab for dinner and cup kebab for next day breakfast as well as donut! Oh, the kebab is really great! better than in Sg de! And it is big...but of coz more costly! So walked around and Maw got her high cut shoes that she love! Haha...its nice! but not really my type.then back home...i asked her what can i wear it with! goodness! say until my heart also itchy to get it! But its 60 plus sgd la! Anyway, she bring me go coach and burberry! wow! the wallets are great la! but is 400sgd and more! tell me should i get it?! boo hoo hoo!Wrote love letters until 2am! haha...but i wasnt sleepy!Day 25 (18/10/09)Sunday...woke up at 7am, then 8am, then 9am, and finally 10am! Haha...had my breakfast which was really good, the donut was a disappointment! Hehe...probably, the cold wind blow it hard! So i decided to go get coffee! And who knows! I SAW HIM!The him that stay above us! And i finally saw him after 11 days!Haha so yup...went to meet wakuda san at 12nn. her friend came along too! Yoshihiko! One name that I can never get right! haha...yup...we went to have nabe! Seafood and chicken nabe but not kani nabe that daron and duke always say! lol...so yoshi treated us and he is super crappy! and he drives really scary! haha...anyway, after that, we went bird park and it was a super duper long ride! The birdpark was great! the birds are all free to roam around! hehe...you can even buy bird feed to feed the birds! and those who fed the birds have so many birds standing on them, and also, quite a few bird shit! Hehe...lucky i got none although i have a few birds on me! after that, we send yoshi home, then wakuda drove us to flower park! Its nice in the night! but i think day time will be better! so yup...after that, went to have sushi for dinner!So continue writting love letters! Haha suppose to pack but abit nothing to pack so yup, going to pack tonite i guess! hahaDay 26 (19/10/09)Monday blues! alarm rang at 6am...but i dont even want to wake up! off the alarm and went back to slp...first time im doing this in Japan! Haha...but dragged myself out of bed! after showering you will feel better...i told myself! wahahaha....abit better lor!So went out at 7am wanted to throw rubbish, stupid bin never open! they dont collect rubbish during weekends but public hols will collect?! So crappy! then put back the rubbish and went to wait for bus!Haha...i had 25min to 8.30am...so decided to shop around the convience shop in the hospital until sometime then go up! so my preceptor has no pt to take care of, so she asked if anywhere i want go...so i say paeds! so arranged, then she bring me around to A8 where maw is working...no luck today, still misty around fuji, cant see the snow cape! I left 2 more days! Pls let me see fuji! hehe....then...she bring me to level 2, pass by ICU then so happen this wk is infection control week. so nurses, doctors all help to set up a small corner that have interaction! Hehe...i had fun there! super good! Then, we went to the kitchen, and a room that i thought was the chapel...but it turned out to be a room where they put the dead pt and grieving family members while waiting for casket people to come! I really had the creeps at first!then we went to the next room which is a fridge...guess you can tell whats the fridge for? in the same room, there a door that leads to a room where autopsy is done! too bad, we cant open it!So 11am, went to the peads ward to see the layout...it happen to be in the oldest building so it really looks old...and pictures everywhere...but i still prefer KK though...doctors there are hot too! haha...but overall was quite alright only i thought...not as exciting as i thought the peads ward will be. 1.30pm had a sit in at DM class, and the nurse not only taught the pt how to care for their feet, she check their feet one by one! so yup, after that, went back ward to observe doctors giving chemo drugs into bone marrow to prevent spreading of the cancer!tonight cooking dinner! hehe! 4 more days to Osaka!
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Day 23 (16/10/09) How selfish can high school kids here get?! taking a seat in the bus and the seat next to them sits their bag! they shld pay for their own bus fare as well as their bag's too! dumbass kids! Grow up man! already in high school and still so inconsiderate! Stupid bodoh idiots!so rush hour, have to leave my house at 7 plus...to get to hospital by 8.30am. Left alone cause i starts at 8.30am she starts at 9am. different wards...but oh well, its alot better than sg liao so no complains! 'chi de qi ku!' I can do it! So what if she has a locker given to her in the ward and i have to use the locker at level 5 at some scary place?! i left 3 days, it should be very fast! And I know I can do it! I can de! the whole purpose is to be independent! yes! geez...guess world skills taught me to be able to be tough, but seems like i already forgotten about it! haha...oh well, so here we go again!took the 7.20 plus bus, reached there at 8am. but the time i change and report to work, left 5min to 8.30am lor! so breathless! so yup, after morning report, i was introduced, as usual...this ward people, probably i talk to my preceptor in chi so they dont really dare to talk to me in English...so seems abit or rather very not close...haiz...oh well, 3 more days! So today, after report, do vital signs lor! as usual...just that the first patient we took super long, cause must clean then suppose to change position but yt he shitted...so change diapers and all....then...see how my preceptor gave IV...yup...then see the doctor give bolus of chemo drugs, then prepare water for patient to sponge herself...then did blood sugar monitoring...then saw patient gave herself insulin...yup...den lunch...den nurses conference den wash patient's hair!super cool lor, just put a few pieces of protective sheets that can absorb water...then wash patients hair with water and soap...then ltr blow dry hair somemore! power! haha...but today is abit boring...monday 1.30-2.30pm got DM class to sit in...then wed will be able to go to OT to see!!!! so hopefully next wk will be better!after work, went to mag and book shop to see...I found kindaichi comics lor! but only in jap no english! haiz...and their comics are super duper light la! den later going to meet chika san and shizuka sensei for dinner! and got yuka to buy fuji cakes for me!!!! yippee...lifespan of cake is 20 days...still got time to eat when i get home! haha...its really yummy lor!!!! haha....
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Day 22(15/10/09)the beginning of the last wk! haha...so erm...7 more days to Osaka! hehe...today, as the debuty director of nursing have something on, so she cant give us a briefing on how the hospital works and all, so after changing in the locker place (which was 5th storey and no lift) we head off to the hospital with Chika and Haruka san.then, met the in charge from the 2 wards, A8 and B8. I think maw suppose to go to B8 but the preceptor there speaks chinese so they posted me to B8 instead...so yup! I got a preceptor that can speaks a little chi and a little jap! Haha...maw says her ward is fun cause hers is palliative care...so cheering pt up shld be one of the main objective...but oh well, I got a preceptor that I like as well...so nothing to complain about...so chika went wif me for orientation...haha my ward sister is Ito san again...another Ito san of course...just that both of them have the same family name! haha...then after orientation, i was to follow my preceptor...ueda san...so yup, her chinese is really china chinese lor! no play play! haha...i think 20 yrs ago, she went to china for 4 mth of chinese lessons, so that's where she pick up her chinese and met her husband...haha...so cool lor, her husband is african who can speaks chinese, english and japanese! haha...she say shes jealous of her husband...and when she try to tell me her husband, she say her 'ai ren' wah...cant take it la! or biang! hehe...but yup, shes good!so after i was with her, she went through in details...really detail about the computer system and their way of assessing their patients. Japan took alot of concept from America so yup...many types of concepts and she went through one by one with me...like alot and confusing!yup...then we observe another staff giving platelets to the patient. oh ya, my ward is haematology ward...so mainly deals with cancer related to blood and some HIV patients. so there are 10 positive air pressure rooms for patients who have really low resistance. the hospital is 5-10min walk from the bus stop and on top of that, you have to go to this building to change first then go to your ward...so abit troublesome! haha...then had lunch...after that, saw doctor and the leader for the day discussing on patients condition...then saw the drug trolley...also, the nurses daily conference on different topics...and later sponge a patient...the gown is cloth, but is rewear...so first, they have 3 pails of water to sponge patient. first pail with soap is use to clean the pt body. second pail...i dont know what it is for...the last pail is for patient to soak his feets in after wiping his body...and that pt skin is really dry.so we have to scrub the legs in the pail of water...i scrub all the huge pieces of dry skin off...felt disgusted...so after that at 3pm went to see bone marrow aspiration...goodness...its so painful la! first, the doctor put this metal thing in, twist and turn, think they trying to get it into the bone...then suddenly, the thing will sink in, so it is in...then they will draw the marrow out. according to the patient, it is super painful...yup so i see 2 patients...then went off...theres one really friendly doctor...coz the room very small, so i was peering from a gap in the curtains...then after he inserted the metal thing into the bone and was about to take syringe to draw the marrow, he stop and peek through the curtain to see what the person behind the curtain(which is me) was doing...den ask me to go to the other side to see...but its just so crampy in that room...haha...so after im done, already 3.15pm...maw should have gone back...told chika san to tell her to go back first...and knowing she cant live without internet, she would have left even before i told her...so yup, i went back alone...haha...its not so bad afterall, haha...not forgting shes a directory idiot, we came to hosp with chika san...so when i have to leave, i really think hard at every junction to see where i have to turn...its abit confusing though...but i managed to reached the bus stop without getting lost! haha...and i still shop at one pharmacy somemore...then when i check my phone at the bus stop, i got 2 missed call from her, so i called but no ans, then bus arrived so i bought the bus...and haha...called back, she pick up and tell me that she just reached the bus stop! Wahahaha...i was like 'you left half an hr ago!' and she said shes lost! haha...who ask her dont wait for me! end up walking more than she should and wasting so much time!HAHAHAHAHAHA.......too bad lor! but yup, dinner home tonight...thing im going to bring rice over tomorrow...must try and finish the rice! hehe...take care and have a good day!
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Day 21 (14/10/09)Ok! today marks the end of attachment at eden no sono and the 3rd wk in Japan! 8 more days and i will be heading for Osaka! Haha...i realise suddenly last night why im so independent...haha like i wake up on the dot and at times way before...then i plan when to wash my clothes, when to throw rubbish and when to start packing for Osaka and what to pack, etc. It's like since i landed in Japan, i have never stopped planning...oh what to do, my partner left her brains in Singapore! haha...ok, so the Ot girls have returned to Sg yesterday morning...so now left 2 of us again...yup and i realise that some of the leaves have started to turn red! im so eager to see them all turn red! the autumn leaves! Don't ask me why, but i have no idea why im so eager to see the autumn leaves...heheso last day at eden no sono...in the morning, i requested to observe showering as i have not seen it yet...so she say ok, the toilet at my level is for immobile pt where they have a big bath tub. but today is shower day for mobile male patients, so its at level 2...so only have mini bathtub...:( but anyway, before that, followed hono san to send patient up to the 4th floor for rehabilitation...followed by observing foot care. In this place, foot care means to soak the pt feet into hot water for 10-15min and massage...to promote circulation as most of the time they are in wheelchair and don't really use their feet. so yup...goodness, hono san can really squat for long! i squat and stand squat and stand...hehe cant take it! then 9.30am, i was to follow kato san to shower the male pt. so we wheel them down to level 2 and shower them...it was kind of a long process. first you have to change into slippers, then fold up your track pants, then put on the apron...remove your pt clothes, bring him to the bathing seat and shower...then let him soak in bath...then dry...ya and power lor, you can bathe 2 pt at one time...i thought the pt will feel paiseh...but oh well...after its done, you have to scrub everything that comes in contact with the pt...go into the bathtub and scrub it k! and the pt shit in the bathtub la! i want cry lor!!!! but at end of everything, you have to wash your legs and hands...hehe oh ya, you have to fold up the apron if you are going to fetch other pt...looks really awful! haha...then after that, wheeled pt out for walk with kato san. then he bring us to a super nice place...i cant rmb what its called, but its super duper nice! like a small park. theres a pool with a small fountain, then in there, there are many huge koi! really nice! and they have this super nice smelling flower in level 3 as well as the park...and red leaves! its a really nice place!!!! yup, then back to care centre, served them lunch, feed one pt lunch, then went back to green pension for lunch...after lunch, cleaned wheelchair again, then hono san say 'let's going shopping with so and so' and i was like SHOPPING?! haha...so we wheeled her to the place where the shops have set up a bazzar...and first we approached the shoe shop, where she got a pair of shoes that cost 6000 plus yen...then clothes shop and she got a jacket or top for dont know how many thousand yen also...so far the most expensive top i saw was 9800 yen! so ex la! really costly! wow!after shes done and i had alot of fun, we went back to care centre and the staff said she had to go to the clinic so off we went to the clinic and i saw her got her chicken pox jab. then send her back to her room, hono san return her purchases after writing her name in them. Washed my hands and get the stuff to give them...then was the end of the day! really fun! tonight going to have dinner with yukimi and friends...wonder what we are eating! hehe...and sato san cried when we said goodbye...so sweet la she!yup my last entry for 3rd wk in Hamamatsu!!!!!!
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