I was so worried that I will miss this trip that I set both plastic and human alarm clock..... The plastic ones meant to be my iphone and my table clock, whereas my human one was Ho....my dear senior colleague....
I had been working morning shift for the past 2 days and was worried that I will oversleep... Fortunately, both plastic and human ringing managed to wake me up at 0530hrs, it is the usual time when I wake to get ready for my morning shift. In fact, I reached the hospital early at around 0645hrs, and managed to have a glass of milo and biscuit for breakfast in the ward tea room before going down to the meeting place. We were supposed to meet at the main lobby of IMH at 0715hrs.
My nurse manager Sister Tan and Nurse Ho were too going on this trip... Ho message me on 28th Jan to ask if I was interested in going visiting to the new mental hospital in JB, I returned call to her, mentioned of my interest, the next moment, I was calling the ward to my NM and asking her to register for the both of us..
However, at the start of the morning was not so successful, there was some miscommunication and the bus that was supposed to arrive at 0730hrs ended up arriving at 0830hrs....
The transition through both Singapore and Malaysia checkpoints were smooth, and we managed to reach JB at around 0915hrs.... We then alighted somewhere in JB for Breakfast (Sorry , unsure of the street name...Hahaha). The breakfast shop looked like a coffeeshop style of the 60-70s..with 2 storey. Our co-ordinator actually told us that as we were behind time , we only had 20 minutes to eat... We then went up to second floor, sat down, ordered half-boil egg, egg and chicken sandwich, coffee and tea. Then my eye caught something on the menu.... it was shown at the top right hand corner : 20 minutes of waiting time to be served
OOPs , How to complete our meal in 20 minutes when they required 20 minutes to prepare....!!!
Anyway, we were taking our own sweet time to enjoy our breakfast.....Finally we finished and somemore we " took away" the egg and chicken sandwiches onto the bus... and I "finished" them up....
We managed to reach the hospital around 10plus....we were then wisked to the hospital auditorium for a short orientation on the history of the hospital, presentation about Singapore Nurses Association by Dr. Xie H.T, Eating disorder by SGH Dr and team and research presentation by APN Mao. R.
After the presentation, we were then invited to have a short makan break just outside their auditorium and the makan: Mee Soto were prepared by the independent working patients of the hospital... I was so impressed. While we were enjoying the presentation, Ho was meddling her camera, it seemed that the camera battery cover was loosen and was unable to close.. We came to a conclusion: we required a piece of scotch tape to stick the cover close.... Ho was unable to concentrate on the presentation, she was so occupied with "where to find scotch tape" I had to reassure her that we will be able to find scotch tape in such a huge hospital....
Thereafter, we were brought around the hospital for a tour.... it was huge...... I was enjoying the wind that blown into the path that we were walking.... I felt so unrestricted...it had vast space ......I felt that if I was a patient who was feeling agitated or frustrated......I would have been 'defused' naturally .....
It was true, there hospital have 'No' rates of assult on staff, patients and visitors.... They don't even use physical restraints.... only chemical restraints were available...
The 1st shop was to the OT department Job Club.....we were introducted to them going down to the basic of helping patients not only obtain a job and most importantly to sustain a job.... They even allow independent working patients to return to a home (similar to a 3-rm HDB flat-F-O-C from their government) that was just next to the hospital... no no I should say, they are more condo, rather than HDB..... Each patient share the apartment, and each have their own room...This will not happen in Singapore... They also have their own plant nursery, the patient have their own 'botanic garden' (big big courtyard for them to also roam around, lie around, relaxing their day....
I was enjoying myself during the touring of the Job Club, when suddenly Ho pull me by the collar and I was pulled out from the crowd backwards..... I was so puzzled, looking at her blankly when she pointed at the office desk of the staff and exclaimed: " SCOTCH TAPE" .. I then saw a tape holder and I proceeded towards the desk, feeling like A thief......!!!! Unluckly, I was unable to take out the tape, I could not find the tape opening......I was nervous coz I was worried I might get caught....
Suddenly I realized the staff was standing behind me AND I just smiled...and asked " Can I have some scotch tape? The staff smiled and offered another scotch tape on another desk... I managed to tear off 3 pcs to secure her camera battery cover..!!!!
During the hospital tour, we saw the acute admitting wards, psycho-geriatic wards, forensic wards..... we were very surprised of their care..... the wards were all on ground-level.... with courtyard fenced up but you don't really feel that you are locked up... the geriatric bed-ridden patients were sleeping a a cot-like bed and not restrained... we are surprised and the staff had told us that there was never fall incident present...which means those bed ridden patients had never fall off the bed...
We even found a small little kitten resting on the sofa in the psycho geriatric wards, they allowed pets there.....!!!!! Their weighing scale was even newer than what we were using....Haiz....
Their nursing counter was spaceous and comfortable, most importantly- air-conditioned while outside non-aircon (patient 's area).
U sure can't believe: their stay in hospital is all F-O-C
There is paying class, they only pay for the difference of Food!!
We also went to the forensic wards, and I was surprised.. their door to the wards were wide-open and we linger around the wards with the patients pacing around us...of Course outside the ward were all fenced up but they did not even attempted to try.... I even asked the staff and they of coursed smiled and confidently said that the patients will not run and it was true..... They had double security of fencing while transporting forensic patients in and out of the hospital... There are 10 types of forms available...
Towards the end, we had a group photo...
After the tour of the hospital, we went shopping in JB and thereafter we proceeded to having seafood for dinner by the sea...Unfortunately, I was disappointed, coz the food served was not fresh..... the crab, fish did not really tasted up to standard... and at the same it was low tide by the sea, thus not really enjoying the view.
After we finished, it was time to return to Singapore.... Again everything was moving smoothly and i was home by 9.15 pm.
(My photos will be available on facebook) - Anita Ng
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Thursday, July 05, 2012
男左女右的典故
从古至今，男左女右是一种俗成的规则，人们仍遵从这个习惯，比如：结婚照上，
新郎总在左新娘总在右。
在中医，当医师为病人把脉时，也严格遵守“男左女右” 的规则。
男患者先搭左手，取其气脉。
女患者先搭右手，取其血脉。
如果不依这规律，将会出现“阴错阳差”的现象，绝对不可以颠倒。
专家认为，这源于古代哲学思想- 阴阳
最初“阴阳”指物体对日光的方向，朝着太阳一面为“阳”， 背对太阳一面为“阴”。
然后又用这观念解释宇宙中一切相互对立，同时又相互消长的事物。
自然界的一切事物都能用阴阳来解释。
比如：天与地，日与月 等等。
但从男女两性来说，一般认为，
男性较刚烈，被定为阳，排左。
女性较温柔，被定为阴，排右。
久而久之，就形成男左女右的习惯了。
Reference：李朵（2006）历史面面观。台湾企鹅图书有限公司。
新郎总在左新娘总在右。
在中医，当医师为病人把脉时，也严格遵守“男左女右” 的规则。
男患者先搭左手，取其气脉。
女患者先搭右手，取其血脉。
如果不依这规律，将会出现“阴错阳差”的现象，绝对不可以颠倒。
专家认为，这源于古代哲学思想- 阴阳
最初“阴阳”指物体对日光的方向，朝着太阳一面为“阳”， 背对太阳一面为“阴”。
然后又用这观念解释宇宙中一切相互对立，同时又相互消长的事物。
自然界的一切事物都能用阴阳来解释。
比如：天与地，日与月 等等。
但从男女两性来说，一般认为，
男性较刚烈，被定为阳，排左。
女性较温柔，被定为阴，排右。
久而久之，就形成男左女右的习惯了。
Reference：李朵（2006）历史面面观。台湾企鹅图书有限公司。
过生日吹蜡烛从何而来？
这个问题恼了我好久。每次家人朋友的生日都有蛋糕，然后吹蜡烛，许愿。可是，这个习俗从哪来？我终于找到了答案。
由来：（Ancient Greece）古希腊
古希腊人非常崇拜月亮女神，Artemis。
所以每年在她的生日，古希腊人将会举行庆祝活动。他们会把面粉和蜂蜜做成的蛋糕摆放神祭坛上，还会在上面插满点燃的蜡烛。因为古希腊人们人为蜡烛的光芒代表月亮的清辉。这样也代表他们对女神的崇敬之情。
在后来，古希腊人就在庆贺孩子的生日时，也在蛋糕上插上点燃的蜡烛，并增加吹蜡烛的习俗。因为他们相信燃烧的蜡烛又神秘的力量，如果这时寿星默默的许愿，并且一口气吹灭所有的蜡烛，他的愿望便能够实现。
直到今天，这种有趣的活动仍在全世界流星着。
References: 李朵（2006）习俗样样通。 台湾企鹅图书有限公司。
由来：（Ancient Greece）古希腊
古希腊人非常崇拜月亮女神，Artemis。
所以每年在她的生日，古希腊人将会举行庆祝活动。他们会把面粉和蜂蜜做成的蛋糕摆放神祭坛上，还会在上面插满点燃的蜡烛。因为古希腊人们人为蜡烛的光芒代表月亮的清辉。这样也代表他们对女神的崇敬之情。
在后来，古希腊人就在庆贺孩子的生日时，也在蛋糕上插上点燃的蜡烛，并增加吹蜡烛的习俗。因为他们相信燃烧的蜡烛又神秘的力量，如果这时寿星默默的许愿，并且一口气吹灭所有的蜡烛，他的愿望便能够实现。
直到今天，这种有趣的活动仍在全世界流星着。
References: 李朵（2006）习俗样样通。 台湾企鹅图书有限公司。
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
无缘
从小，母亲这个两个字对我来说是无缘的。当我懂事以来，"母亲”以不和我的生命有任何关系了。
曾经有朋友问我，你会想找回‘母亲’并于她相认吗？我的答案是：不会。
并不是我恨她，而是我们是无缘的。
我的父亲对她还是有怨恨的，我不能说服他放掉因为我不是当事人，我不能体会夫妻离异的感受。
我是个冷血动物，不会把爱表现出来， 但是，我很爱我的父亲，奶奶，叔叔，姑姑和婶婶们，因为他们含辛茹苦的把我们抚养成人，教导做人的道理，更重要的是他们抚平了我的伤口。
曾经，我问我自己为什么‘她’不要我，这个问题搞得我好痛苦，却没有了答案。
想了好久，就不想了，没有了母，却有了其他亲人的爱，我已经是很幸运的。
有人说母爱是无可代替的，我倒不着么认为：因为母爱是可以被替代的。哈哈哈。
当你没有了那份爱的瞬间，你会很彷徨，无奈，生气，伤心，难过，我可是费了好大的奶力说服自己：我不是一个被母亲遗弃的孩子，而是天注定母亲是我生命的一位过客。一位给了我生命却和我没有交际的陌生人。这样看待事情却让我松了一口闷气。这口闷气待在我的心里好多年，我终于把这口闷气给吐出了。
当然，时间是最好的疗伤药。
谁说单亲家庭的孩子是不幸的， 这样想是错。
琪芳的‘智囊’ ： 开朗，知足的心智才能带你远离悲哀。
哈哈哈，我觉得我好像个老头子，可是老实告诉你：我有了这种‘开通’
我现在过得更快乐，幸福。
琪芳的至理名言：疯疯癫癫的过日子。
曾经有朋友问我，你会想找回‘母亲’并于她相认吗？我的答案是：不会。
并不是我恨她，而是我们是无缘的。
我的父亲对她还是有怨恨的，我不能说服他放掉因为我不是当事人，我不能体会夫妻离异的感受。
我是个冷血动物，不会把爱表现出来， 但是，我很爱我的父亲，奶奶，叔叔，姑姑和婶婶们，因为他们含辛茹苦的把我们抚养成人，教导做人的道理，更重要的是他们抚平了我的伤口。
曾经，我问我自己为什么‘她’不要我，这个问题搞得我好痛苦，却没有了答案。
想了好久，就不想了，没有了母，却有了其他亲人的爱，我已经是很幸运的。
有人说母爱是无可代替的，我倒不着么认为：因为母爱是可以被替代的。哈哈哈。
当你没有了那份爱的瞬间，你会很彷徨，无奈，生气，伤心，难过，我可是费了好大的奶力说服自己：我不是一个被母亲遗弃的孩子，而是天注定母亲是我生命的一位过客。一位给了我生命却和我没有交际的陌生人。这样看待事情却让我松了一口闷气。这口闷气待在我的心里好多年，我终于把这口闷气给吐出了。
当然，时间是最好的疗伤药。
谁说单亲家庭的孩子是不幸的， 这样想是错。
琪芳的‘智囊’ ： 开朗，知足的心智才能带你远离悲哀。
哈哈哈，我觉得我好像个老头子，可是老实告诉你：我有了这种‘开通’
我现在过得更快乐，幸福。
琪芳的至理名言：疯疯癫癫的过日子。
Friday, June 22, 2012
Six month of extra stress
Hi hi, long time no see......Lately I had not been able to write my blog.... The first six months of 2012 was a stressful period for me, coz I was assigned with a project and it was a brand new thing to me. It was a brand new experience for me but I don't enjoy that feeling at all. I was then told that this type of project is not something new and it will be considered in part of our working life in the future. This is really easy to be said then done. Everyone have has their own assignment and priorities, the workload itself is enough to burden you down and this project is considered as an extra. BUT we should be positive in our working attitude. " If you don't have overwhelming work assignments, I am very sure that we will be extremely positive"
It is very sad when you are struggling to do your very best in this, someone else whom they are very good at it, prosposed extra theme and work for you. How should I deal with them? The " who" even wanted report every month on how the project was progressing......... This is totally inhumane.... hahahaha..... Anyway I ignored... Everyone ignored...
I actually learned that.... you are a perfectionist but others are not...... you want to achieve the best outcome...... you gotta work extra hard in a positive mind set, coz you cannot impose the same value on your team members.
It is never easy to do a project that required 6 months of intense discussion, thinking, calculation and data collection.
But anyway, it was a great learning process but I wished I have the chance to work as a member instead of a leader. Very tiring.
Hahaha, I had finished presentation and finally I can enjoy my next half year in a Stress- Free state....
It is very sad when you are struggling to do your very best in this, someone else whom they are very good at it, prosposed extra theme and work for you. How should I deal with them? The " who" even wanted report every month on how the project was progressing......... This is totally inhumane.... hahahaha..... Anyway I ignored... Everyone ignored...
I actually learned that.... you are a perfectionist but others are not...... you want to achieve the best outcome...... you gotta work extra hard in a positive mind set, coz you cannot impose the same value on your team members.
It is never easy to do a project that required 6 months of intense discussion, thinking, calculation and data collection.
But anyway, it was a great learning process but I wished I have the chance to work as a member instead of a leader. Very tiring.
Hahaha, I had finished presentation and finally I can enjoy my next half year in a Stress- Free state....
Sunday, March 04, 2012
My Empress Dowager Nearly went lost in TTSH
I nearly suffered a emotional heart attack........
I had brought my Empress dowager to Tan Tock Seng Hospital for her follow up appointment . It was a swift appointment, just spent only an hour registering, consulting the doctor and proceeded to payment. I was feeling kind of hungry, so both of us went to the atrium to get food, instead of B2 level to await for my uncle to fetch us....
As usual, anyone who are related, knows that she is a very thrifty person. When she heard that I wanted to buy food, she suddenly got angry with me! " Why spend money to buy food, we are going home, go home and eat!" I was angry too, I surely have the right to choose whatever food i want to eat, and Today, I don't want to eat at home, and anyway I wanted to have some snacks before my dinner and before I feel faint!
I practically ignored her anger and insisted to buy ....... thus I told her to rest on the chair and sit there before i come. I turned my back and went to queue for the snacks.
Just after I bought my snacks, I went to look for her, to my horror! She was not sitting there. I turned around , hopping that I will catch glimpse of her before she venture even further!
To my disappointment, she was now where to be found! I started to panic! I started to mumble to myself " Where did she go! Toilet ? .....???? My mind went blank!....
" Ok, Anita, don't panic! she can't go that far!" I was trying very hard to reassure myself that she might have go to the place where we had arranged to wait for him there to fetch us. But My head rejected that possiblitity that she was able to go down two escalator level on her own., but I still followed that trail and run up and down like crazy !
Again, I told myself to stop panicking, cool down and think where she could have gone to!
Finally I decided to walk towards the opposite direction and I might find her !
True enough, I found her at the main entrance lobby of the hospital ! I was so mad when I saw her and she some more said " Ah yoh, why are u so slow!''
I tell you, I heaved a sign of relief and I started to ventilate............ at her! I wanted to really yelled at her, but I can't do that with so many people around!
I hold her, took multiple counts of deep breathing exercise before I lowered my voice and started to scold her!!!!!! (in teochew)
" Ah ma, I told you to sit down and wait for me, and why are you so disobedient, ignoring what I told you!
She still talked back : " I told I am going to wait for Ah Swee ( my uncle), wait he can't see us!"
" You are standing at the wrong place, so no matter how long you stand here, he still can't see you!"
" I am definitely standing at the correct place, everytime he fetch us from here wat!"
" I am sorry to inform you that you are wrong and this is the wrong place!"
I was practically scoldng her and nagging on our way to the correct place to await for my uncle.......
" Next time, if you don't co-operate, I will bring a rope along and tie you on the chair when I go and buy things!"
She later admitted her mistake and promised to listen to my instructions the next time!
See, this how dangerous it can be, when you bring a stubborn elderly who always asume she is always right, you are always wrong !
Elderly person can get lost, especially when they seldom go out on their own and every where look similarly the same to them ! Different place, but they can view them as the same.
I had brought my Empress dowager to Tan Tock Seng Hospital for her follow up appointment . It was a swift appointment, just spent only an hour registering, consulting the doctor and proceeded to payment. I was feeling kind of hungry, so both of us went to the atrium to get food, instead of B2 level to await for my uncle to fetch us....
As usual, anyone who are related, knows that she is a very thrifty person. When she heard that I wanted to buy food, she suddenly got angry with me! " Why spend money to buy food, we are going home, go home and eat!" I was angry too, I surely have the right to choose whatever food i want to eat, and Today, I don't want to eat at home, and anyway I wanted to have some snacks before my dinner and before I feel faint!
I practically ignored her anger and insisted to buy ....... thus I told her to rest on the chair and sit there before i come. I turned my back and went to queue for the snacks.
Just after I bought my snacks, I went to look for her, to my horror! She was not sitting there. I turned around , hopping that I will catch glimpse of her before she venture even further!
To my disappointment, she was now where to be found! I started to panic! I started to mumble to myself " Where did she go! Toilet ? .....???? My mind went blank!....
" Ok, Anita, don't panic! she can't go that far!" I was trying very hard to reassure myself that she might have go to the place where we had arranged to wait for him there to fetch us. But My head rejected that possiblitity that she was able to go down two escalator level on her own., but I still followed that trail and run up and down like crazy !
Again, I told myself to stop panicking, cool down and think where she could have gone to!
Finally I decided to walk towards the opposite direction and I might find her !
True enough, I found her at the main entrance lobby of the hospital ! I was so mad when I saw her and she some more said " Ah yoh, why are u so slow!''
I tell you, I heaved a sign of relief and I started to ventilate............ at her! I wanted to really yelled at her, but I can't do that with so many people around!
I hold her, took multiple counts of deep breathing exercise before I lowered my voice and started to scold her!!!!!! (in teochew)
" Ah ma, I told you to sit down and wait for me, and why are you so disobedient, ignoring what I told you!
She still talked back : " I told I am going to wait for Ah Swee ( my uncle), wait he can't see us!"
" You are standing at the wrong place, so no matter how long you stand here, he still can't see you!"
" I am definitely standing at the correct place, everytime he fetch us from here wat!"
" I am sorry to inform you that you are wrong and this is the wrong place!"
I was practically scoldng her and nagging on our way to the correct place to await for my uncle.......
" Next time, if you don't co-operate, I will bring a rope along and tie you on the chair when I go and buy things!"
She later admitted her mistake and promised to listen to my instructions the next time!
See, this how dangerous it can be, when you bring a stubborn elderly who always asume she is always right, you are always wrong !
Elderly person can get lost, especially when they seldom go out on their own and every where look similarly the same to them ! Different place, but they can view them as the same.
Thursday, November 03, 2011
Ng Residence Empress Dowager on a short trip to Genting Highlands Casino
When my dad informed us that he will be going to Genting Highlands with granny, the first thing that enters my mind was "Casino!" I started guessing that dad could be the one playing in the casino for some time, while my granny could be resting in the hotel room, as she get tired easily when travelling for some distance or period.....but................. (to be continued later)
When both of them were not at home, i thought i could create havoc, eat tibits, watch Tv programs until late night, unfortunately..... they were not accomplished..... I was very occupied with work and training courses....... instead I slept early....... if not resting in bed....just don't have further energy to do anything else.... I was then also in charge- of looking after my brother N wife's dog: Senior Citizen Hobs........ I got to ensure he take his meals and medication for his skin, clear his toilet (poo poo n wee wee).
while On duty nursed psychiatric patients, Off duty do veterinary nursing!!!! (of course 姑姑help around to prepare his food.....) Senior Citizen Hobs is a vegetarian....... he ate only rice, carrots and long beans + a table spoon of olive oil that acts to be his lactulose.... to help him to poo poo....
Lets come back to my granny........
When she returned home , I was very shocked and overwhelmed by my dad's content of granny's behaviour in Genting..... She had enjoyed herself very much there, especially in the casino....hahahaha
She had actually spent a long period of time inside the casino playing the jackpot machine....there were lots of different theme of games......her favourite was the cats one, and it is the five lines jackpot, one line cost 5cents...five lines 25cents.... anywhere i can't imagine.... can u ? Can! if u know the rules of the jackpot........
My dad said she actually refused to return to the hotel room despite being late at night.....lets guess? what was the time ??? nono it should be wee hours .... in the morning ...... okokok...... the answer was: 0230hrs......
Dad reminded her once at 0100 hrs.... her relpy was : " (in teochew) " i long long time come once, so i must play to my hearts content!"
Poor dad got to sit down beside her to watch her play...... Imagine granny is the Empress Dowager.... Dad is the servant ( 太后与奴才）
Granny was enjoying herself because she was winning money ( we sponsored some )....... poor dad.... he was very tired and bored already but he had to be there, otherwise it was dangerous to leave an elderly lady to leave the casino and returned to the hotel alone.......
Dad has no choice but to 舍命陪太后。。。。
she was having so much fun , played until both her arms was aching...... used left hand to press.... tired.... used right hand....... both hands tired...... used my Dad's hands ......hahahahaha
(In Teochew)... "my hands are tired, u help me to press a few times!!!!"
When my dad imitate her behaviour and words, all of us broke into laughter......
I was very glad that granny enjoyed this trip...... and I earned a gift from her....... the gift was not cheap...... but i love it...... my granny won a lucky draw dip gift there..... A Guess Watch....hahahahah and she gave it to me as a present!!!! Beautiful Watch!!!!
i don't have this kind of luck...... so many years of participating in dinner and dance lucky draw..... there was never my chance to win anything, 连个屁都没有！
When both of them were not at home, i thought i could create havoc, eat tibits, watch Tv programs until late night, unfortunately..... they were not accomplished..... I was very occupied with work and training courses....... instead I slept early....... if not resting in bed....just don't have further energy to do anything else.... I was then also in charge- of looking after my brother N wife's dog: Senior Citizen Hobs........ I got to ensure he take his meals and medication for his skin, clear his toilet (poo poo n wee wee).
while On duty nursed psychiatric patients, Off duty do veterinary nursing!!!! (of course 姑姑help around to prepare his food.....) Senior Citizen Hobs is a vegetarian....... he ate only rice, carrots and long beans + a table spoon of olive oil that acts to be his lactulose.... to help him to poo poo....
Lets come back to my granny........
When she returned home , I was very shocked and overwhelmed by my dad's content of granny's behaviour in Genting..... She had enjoyed herself very much there, especially in the casino....hahahaha
She had actually spent a long period of time inside the casino playing the jackpot machine....there were lots of different theme of games......her favourite was the cats one, and it is the five lines jackpot, one line cost 5cents...five lines 25cents.... anywhere i can't imagine.... can u ? Can! if u know the rules of the jackpot........
My dad said she actually refused to return to the hotel room despite being late at night.....lets guess? what was the time ??? nono it should be wee hours .... in the morning ...... okokok...... the answer was: 0230hrs......
Dad reminded her once at 0100 hrs.... her relpy was : " (in teochew) " i long long time come once, so i must play to my hearts content!"
Poor dad got to sit down beside her to watch her play...... Imagine granny is the Empress Dowager.... Dad is the servant ( 太后与奴才）
Granny was enjoying herself because she was winning money ( we sponsored some )....... poor dad.... he was very tired and bored already but he had to be there, otherwise it was dangerous to leave an elderly lady to leave the casino and returned to the hotel alone.......
Dad has no choice but to 舍命陪太后。。。。
she was having so much fun , played until both her arms was aching...... used left hand to press.... tired.... used right hand....... both hands tired...... used my Dad's hands ......hahahahaha
(In Teochew)... "my hands are tired, u help me to press a few times!!!!"
When my dad imitate her behaviour and words, all of us broke into laughter......
I was very glad that granny enjoyed this trip...... and I earned a gift from her....... the gift was not cheap...... but i love it...... my granny won a lucky draw dip gift there..... A Guess Watch....hahahahah and she gave it to me as a present!!!! Beautiful Watch!!!!
i don't have this kind of luck...... so many years of participating in dinner and dance lucky draw..... there was never my chance to win anything, 连个屁都没有！
Thursday, October 27, 2011
2nd Day in Thailand
Our second day in Bangkok, Monday 26th September 2011, it was a well spent day . We had joined a half day tour to the unique temples and the grand palace in Bangkok. We had learn brief Thailand history, and it had brought back some of history knowledge we had learned during our secondary school days..... The morning was a peaceful and quiet trip, especially to the temple, with the morning breeze brushing across our face, that was so relaxing. Most importantly, no crowds.....just the few of us. Oh ya, both of us was joined by two caucasian couple, and our tour guide gave us not only history lesson, but also knowledge about Thailand 's monks and how it is important for the young generation of Thais to become a monk for a short period of time and it was a honor to their family......!!!!!! And plus some the teachings of Buddhism. We managed to learn that there were no mafia, gangsters around the streets of Thailand, as they had changed their job scope......
" u will find them working in the parliament !"
"The people only respect and love their king but not the government"
We managed to see the Royal monastery of the Emerald Buddha, but this was the only one that photography was prohibited ... It can only be stored in one of my memory brain cell at the back of my head, luckily I was able to capture most of them in images.
But to me, despite quiet and peaceful, most importantly, I was very lucky too, " To Step On Shit!" It happened at one of the temple, I was going to the toilet before we set off for the next destination. When I finally got to the toilet, it had shown a sign "Female toilet under renovation! Please use the Men's toilet" I just went in, doesn't care if there were Men using the urinal..........my only thoughts, will any man look????? Aya, think too much...... I managed to complete my micturation, when suddenly I saw stains on the floor ..........
A crow suddenly flow past my head.......... " oh no, is it shit? Oh yes, it was........ I immediately took out my alcohol pack to wipe my shoe.......
when we finally got to the palace grounds, it was full of tourists......... And the weather was quite warm, every one was noted to be perspiring .... My friend then said " it is better than rainy day," Her words strikes me and I am totally agreeable with it.....
Not only, the grounds was full of people, it was like as if I had entered a GOLD Smith shop.....the roof top,side of the building, it was gold plated......and very very 'bright' 金光闪闪
Thereafter, at the ending of our tour, we were brought to a place where they sold Thai silk, Thai gems stones...... Both of us apologize silently to the sale personnel who followed us like glue...... Coz we did not buy a silent item....
We managed to ask the tour guide to send us to the Siam paragon and MBK instead of returning to the hotel...... We had spent some time from 11am to 3pm there .... We had forgotten the Venue to wait for the shuttle bus provided by the hotel, thus in the end we took the BTS (Thailand Sky train and the airport rail link back to our hotel,,,,,,,,
We needed to rest as we were very tired with all the walking......we must rest as at 5.45, we are going for a international buffet candle light dinner cruise at the Chao Phraya River ............
At 5.45 pm, we were joined by a family of six from Indonesia via the hotel transport made our way through the evening congested traffic of Thailand .......I just found out that despite the traffic, they are still able to sped through small roads and traffic jam .....and the best part is that they love to honk each other.......
We waited for almost 1hour for the cruise ship....... The cruise turned up quite dramatic with her staff... The waiters and waitress lined up and stood saluting us while the cruise was preparing to dork and to allow us board the ship... There was even red carpet rolled out to welcome the guests.
When we were about to board the ship, suddenly heard a lady (Caucasian black) talking.....then shouted..... When I turned back, I saw her fallen on the steps , she was like lying diagonally towards the bottom of the steps. (which means her two feet was on the fourth step, while her head was at the bottom of the steps), luckily she was not hurt and was still talking excitably while boarding the ship.
We had chosen to sit out on the ship deck, in order to view the scenery and feel the evening wind.... Can u imagine that while the ship is moving, you are walking around the buffet trying to take our portion, but the ship was steady.... So steady that you don't at least feel seasick....
However, there was not much variety for the international buffet, the funny part is that while queuing for the buffet, I saw a group of people, and they seems to be Chinese VIP guests, I heard translation and they were dressed in black suit. There were cameras filming and best thing, we were queuing around them ....... That was very very weird......
Imagine u are the VIP and there was a long queue behind u, watching u at all times while queuing for food. The best is, all of them were so stiff.... I was queuing for about 10 minutes and they did not even move an inch..
As the queue was too long, we were invited to the end of the ship for similar choice of buffet.... Thus, I got to walk all the way from the front deck to the back and return....( actually not far)......
The food was not the best, but the night scenery was still acceptable ... Just basically enjoying the calmness and the wind.........
" u will find them working in the parliament !"
"The people only respect and love their king but not the government"
We managed to see the Royal monastery of the Emerald Buddha, but this was the only one that photography was prohibited ... It can only be stored in one of my memory brain cell at the back of my head, luckily I was able to capture most of them in images.
But to me, despite quiet and peaceful, most importantly, I was very lucky too, " To Step On Shit!" It happened at one of the temple, I was going to the toilet before we set off for the next destination. When I finally got to the toilet, it had shown a sign "Female toilet under renovation! Please use the Men's toilet" I just went in, doesn't care if there were Men using the urinal..........my only thoughts, will any man look????? Aya, think too much...... I managed to complete my micturation, when suddenly I saw stains on the floor ..........
A crow suddenly flow past my head.......... " oh no, is it shit? Oh yes, it was........ I immediately took out my alcohol pack to wipe my shoe.......
when we finally got to the palace grounds, it was full of tourists......... And the weather was quite warm, every one was noted to be perspiring .... My friend then said " it is better than rainy day," Her words strikes me and I am totally agreeable with it.....
Not only, the grounds was full of people, it was like as if I had entered a GOLD Smith shop.....the roof top,side of the building, it was gold plated......and very very 'bright' 金光闪闪
Thereafter, at the ending of our tour, we were brought to a place where they sold Thai silk, Thai gems stones...... Both of us apologize silently to the sale personnel who followed us like glue...... Coz we did not buy a silent item....
We managed to ask the tour guide to send us to the Siam paragon and MBK instead of returning to the hotel...... We had spent some time from 11am to 3pm there .... We had forgotten the Venue to wait for the shuttle bus provided by the hotel, thus in the end we took the BTS (Thailand Sky train and the airport rail link back to our hotel,,,,,,,,
We needed to rest as we were very tired with all the walking......we must rest as at 5.45, we are going for a international buffet candle light dinner cruise at the Chao Phraya River ............
At 5.45 pm, we were joined by a family of six from Indonesia via the hotel transport made our way through the evening congested traffic of Thailand .......I just found out that despite the traffic, they are still able to sped through small roads and traffic jam .....and the best part is that they love to honk each other.......
We waited for almost 1hour for the cruise ship....... The cruise turned up quite dramatic with her staff... The waiters and waitress lined up and stood saluting us while the cruise was preparing to dork and to allow us board the ship... There was even red carpet rolled out to welcome the guests.
When we were about to board the ship, suddenly heard a lady (Caucasian black) talking.....then shouted..... When I turned back, I saw her fallen on the steps , she was like lying diagonally towards the bottom of the steps. (which means her two feet was on the fourth step, while her head was at the bottom of the steps), luckily she was not hurt and was still talking excitably while boarding the ship.
We had chosen to sit out on the ship deck, in order to view the scenery and feel the evening wind.... Can u imagine that while the ship is moving, you are walking around the buffet trying to take our portion, but the ship was steady.... So steady that you don't at least feel seasick....
However, there was not much variety for the international buffet, the funny part is that while queuing for the buffet, I saw a group of people, and they seems to be Chinese VIP guests, I heard translation and they were dressed in black suit. There were cameras filming and best thing, we were queuing around them ....... That was very very weird......
Imagine u are the VIP and there was a long queue behind u, watching u at all times while queuing for food. The best is, all of them were so stiff.... I was queuing for about 10 minutes and they did not even move an inch..
As the queue was too long, we were invited to the end of the ship for similar choice of buffet.... Thus, I got to walk all the way from the front deck to the back and return....( actually not far)......
The food was not the best, but the night scenery was still acceptable ... Just basically enjoying the calmness and the wind.........
Monday, October 17, 2011
1st Day in Thailand........
On Sept 25, 2011, my friend and I was in Bangkok, Thailand.... I was kinda of having mixed feelings.....excited and homesick! This is the very common feeling that i usually experience whenever I go on holiday in other countries. I started to miss my bed, my bolster, my grandma! This is also my first time to go free and easy in a country with different language....I may not want to try again.....some may like it, but definitely not us......
I got some tips of how to move around in the country from my friends and dear colleagues.
From the airport, we took the airport rail link to the hotel.....when we reached we actually took a shortcut to the hotel through the back lane, it was quite scary for us.....But we managed to reach the hotel grounds safety.... The lobby was located at level 18th.
Before checking in, we check out the tours available and managed to book a short tour to the places of interest. We managed to check in at 2pm, before that we actually had our lunch at the sky coffee shop.... the food was worth the money er paid... Best is they serve very big portion to u and it was delicious....
Thereafter, we went up to our room, it was on the 48th level: the hotel staff told us that it was the ladies' floor (Sky Zone). Before check in, the staff told us that our room was actually not ready, thus they upgraded us to a suite: Junior Suite-Sky Zone.....not bad, spacious.... and we were able to view the vibrant night lights of Bangkok......
After putting and arranging whatever that is required, we started our shopping path....As my friend and I were not the types that love shopping, but we managed to walk and scan through the street markets and shopping centre. It usually take the ladies to never finish shopping, but the two of us just took about one and half hour to finish our walk..... ( and we managed to buy some special items from there)
Most of the street vendors were selling clothes, but not my kind! To us, they are still not cheap as compared to the quality and the design, we actually felt that we as tourists were still slaughtered by vendors.... Basically bargaining is the trick, however it was very tiring.....
Howver we managed to laze around, until we felt it was time to have our dinner. Since tonight was the first night, we decided to have our dinner in the hotel... we went up, however they were all serving buffet and that was too much for us....thus we changed our mind and went to the observatory deck to view the lightings of Bangkok.... After a short round of viewing, we saw the transparent observatory elevator, and decided to take it down to the ground floor...
However, it was very very disappointing and shocking trip down to the ground level.... At first, only two of us waiting for the elevator, and after both of us entered inside the door, suddenly a guy rushed in, as usually we will pressed the 'open door' button, he was practically blocking the elevator door with both hands and legs..... 1 person came in, 3 people came in, 5 people came in, suddenly the whole elevator was clamped up, with the two of us stuck to the side of the elevator.... Instead of viewing the night scenery, we were viewing a bunch of ' high roudy group of men' they seemed to be Thais but may be from some other provinces.... They continously spoke to us in Thai.... There was one of the man whom I could smelled his alcohol breath, was talking to and and at the same time poking me.... I can't do anything else but just smile...... (Inside my head, i was thinking, if he poke some other places other than my shoulder, i was going to BREAK HIs finger) My friend, L was basically staring at one of the man, coz he was basically pressing against us.... The man got the hint and put his hands up in the air (surrender mode).... She was kinda !!!!!!!!@#$%^ when he even started to take pictures of himself in a packed elevator with various sardine fishes...
Two of us were praying in our heart " Pls let us reach the ground level fast!"
But thereafter, I thought about it, they were basically harmless people... The man kept poking me because he wanted me to look at the view outside the elevator ! BUT I CAN'T coz our view were totally blocked!
All i could do was to smile and pressed the 'OPEN DOOR' for them to leave (无奈的微笑）
Simply put it, we required a personal space even in the elevator, but not everyone knows it. (保持一个距离）. this was the thing about different cultures...But I got to learn to 随遇而安，入乡随俗。。。 哈哈哈。
We the proceeded to buy some bread, drinks and returned to our room to rest for the night, as we got to go to the grand palace the next day at 0730am....
(To be continued)
I got some tips of how to move around in the country from my friends and dear colleagues.
From the airport, we took the airport rail link to the hotel.....when we reached we actually took a shortcut to the hotel through the back lane, it was quite scary for us.....But we managed to reach the hotel grounds safety.... The lobby was located at level 18th.
Before checking in, we check out the tours available and managed to book a short tour to the places of interest. We managed to check in at 2pm, before that we actually had our lunch at the sky coffee shop.... the food was worth the money er paid... Best is they serve very big portion to u and it was delicious....
Thereafter, we went up to our room, it was on the 48th level: the hotel staff told us that it was the ladies' floor (Sky Zone). Before check in, the staff told us that our room was actually not ready, thus they upgraded us to a suite: Junior Suite-Sky Zone.....not bad, spacious.... and we were able to view the vibrant night lights of Bangkok......
After putting and arranging whatever that is required, we started our shopping path....As my friend and I were not the types that love shopping, but we managed to walk and scan through the street markets and shopping centre. It usually take the ladies to never finish shopping, but the two of us just took about one and half hour to finish our walk..... ( and we managed to buy some special items from there)
Most of the street vendors were selling clothes, but not my kind! To us, they are still not cheap as compared to the quality and the design, we actually felt that we as tourists were still slaughtered by vendors.... Basically bargaining is the trick, however it was very tiring.....
Howver we managed to laze around, until we felt it was time to have our dinner. Since tonight was the first night, we decided to have our dinner in the hotel... we went up, however they were all serving buffet and that was too much for us....thus we changed our mind and went to the observatory deck to view the lightings of Bangkok.... After a short round of viewing, we saw the transparent observatory elevator, and decided to take it down to the ground floor...
However, it was very very disappointing and shocking trip down to the ground level.... At first, only two of us waiting for the elevator, and after both of us entered inside the door, suddenly a guy rushed in, as usually we will pressed the 'open door' button, he was practically blocking the elevator door with both hands and legs..... 1 person came in, 3 people came in, 5 people came in, suddenly the whole elevator was clamped up, with the two of us stuck to the side of the elevator.... Instead of viewing the night scenery, we were viewing a bunch of ' high roudy group of men' they seemed to be Thais but may be from some other provinces.... They continously spoke to us in Thai.... There was one of the man whom I could smelled his alcohol breath, was talking to and and at the same time poking me.... I can't do anything else but just smile...... (Inside my head, i was thinking, if he poke some other places other than my shoulder, i was going to BREAK HIs finger) My friend, L was basically staring at one of the man, coz he was basically pressing against us.... The man got the hint and put his hands up in the air (surrender mode).... She was kinda !!!!!!!!@#$%^ when he even started to take pictures of himself in a packed elevator with various sardine fishes...
Two of us were praying in our heart " Pls let us reach the ground level fast!"
But thereafter, I thought about it, they were basically harmless people... The man kept poking me because he wanted me to look at the view outside the elevator ! BUT I CAN'T coz our view were totally blocked!
All i could do was to smile and pressed the 'OPEN DOOR' for them to leave (无奈的微笑）
Simply put it, we required a personal space even in the elevator, but not everyone knows it. (保持一个距离）. this was the thing about different cultures...But I got to learn to 随遇而安，入乡随俗。。。 哈哈哈。
We the proceeded to buy some bread, drinks and returned to our room to rest for the night, as we got to go to the grand palace the next day at 0730am....
(To be continued)
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