went to hospital to visit yih yoong yest.
poor guy had a pneumothorax (collapsed lung) and ended up being admitted.
He's alright, thank God.
Just has a tube in to drain the air.

It was so weird walking back into hospital being on the other side
ie. not seeing patients as a professional but frm the patient's perspective.

I was hoping not to bump into my supervisors.. haha.
and it was Melbourne Cup Day ( and a public hol! like it makes a diff to me..)
so they were all not working anyway. hiaks.
and melb cup's a whole other story..

walking back through the familar wards.. its like deja vu with all the memories of patients.
and then seeing yih hoong!
He was in this 3 bed room and i think he was having lots of visitors during the day, cos his roommate, who was coming out of the toilet, pointed me in his bed direction (seeing i am asian..AND YH was the only young bloke in the rm)

I have realised 2 things
1) Hospital food reALLY sucks.
thousand times worse than plane food.
and its supposed to be nutrituous for patients?
i don't think so
i wished i brought my digi cam with me.
I always used to get SO HUNGRY when pts were having their lunch and we were still whizzing round trying to get thru the patient loads...
and then i saw YH's dinner.
and it was gross.
this whitish-yellowish greyish mass ( YES, grey)
of dead looking brussel sprouts, cauliflower, a lump of mash and some onion cheese pie.
TOTALLY DISGUSTING i tell u.
we (darren, yh and i) looked at it and went " errr..."
And the nurses know how yucky it is.. cos they offered him sandwiches instead cos he didn't want his dinner.
WAH LAU! employ me leh! i think i can cook better food than that!~

2) Guys obesession with nurses
I tell u. its a guy thing.
they were SO checking out and chatting up the nurses.
It was hilarious.

So realise how impt it is to be nice to patients!
i dunno, when u do it as a professional, u just think u are doing your job, but when u see it from the patient's and their fam and friends persective, it really really really does make a difference in their lives and make their stay juz that bit more comfortable.

alright.
enough of my crap.
gotta get back to the books.
melbourne is DISGUSTINGLY HOT today.
top of 32!
like being baked
and the sky is cloudless and the sun relentless.
melting melting melting.

2 more exam days to gooooooooooo!!!