my last post was nearly 2 week ago.. well, now i'm working at alexandra hospital, at the medical records office; and basically finding patient's files and sending them to the respective departments in the hospital..

the first day i went there, i felt like quitting.. well, i felt like quitting at every job on the first day (i remember the calling at DP information and having to entertain unreasonable people; and data-entry at trusted hub and having to do really stupid things like typing what you see on the screen).. but this is different because there is just so much walking involved that made use my mother's isqueeze when i got back home! plus it's not like trusted hub when people are generally nice - my workplace has so much politics that i can't even follow suit!

but thankfully i met huiping - my BMT mate in army.. so that brightened things up a bit.. but still throughout the first week i really felt like quitting.. i don't know what got me carrying on, but eventually i did it and after the first week, things felt really nice now.. in fact, i really wouldn't mind staying on now..

well i have free-and-easy lunch breaks (i could go at 12nn, or i can go at 1pm, or i can go at 11am), and i can take as many breaks as i like throughout the day, and i can leave as and when i like without much hassle.. and my superior is so relaxed that i can check email, read online papers, while he himself checks the SGX stock-exchange and teaches me a little about currency trading and stocks..

well i guess it's the stress of being in a totally new environment when you're out of control and with no knowledge of what to do.. and there's so many thing to learn when finding files because the person who files the case-notes doesn't do it accurately all the time.. so sometimes there can be mis-filings that are really irritating.. and when you can't find a file, you're stressed, and then you start hating your job.. at least, that's true for me.. but thankfully i have my superior who would find everything for me, or at least take over the problems and solve them on his own..

and i get to meet really nice people too.. basically that's the nurses (or patient service assistants) as they call them in Alexandra hospital.. the doctors are fierce and the staff nurses are even worse, but thankfully the PSAs are great service personnel.. so that's one reason why i look forward to delivering the files.. especially to the few clinics with my favourite PSAs..

and yesterday i gave tuition for the first time, to this super ambitious chinese guy who has just arrived in singapore for 3 months and is intending to take GCE A Levels and get a good pass in GP to qualify for NUS Faculty of Science. Oh, and unexpectedly, he faces tremendous difficulty in english, he knows chemicals by their chinese names, and can't remember physics definitions.. oh and he has 7 months to get up to speed to get straight Bs in A Levels.. and my friend and I are his SOLE tutor.. oh and one last thing, tuition is once a week.. he intends to self-study.. english, physics, chemistry, econs, maths, chinese.. ohmygosh.. impossible just found a new meaning..

oh and i re-activated my facebook account which has been deactivated since 2007.. partly cos everyone else is using facebook - even friends like esther and fude; and also because facebook has became such a monopoly (sadly) that people no longer send photos and instead asks me to take it from their facebook account - and how do it do it without an account?

so that's the past 2 weeks, in a nutshell.. i'm looking forward to church tomorrow..