Friday 26 October 2007
Haha...ok...I am not here to complain about some people again...
Had my EBL session today. I miscalculated and thought I am going to be the chair person next week. To my horror, I am the chair person this week. So I had no choice but to 厚着脸皮 and lead everyone to discuss about today's case, which was a 53 year old lady who had B rhesus negative blood type and suffering from heavy periods, haemorrhoids, iron deficiency anaemia and microcytic anaemia. It was frightening as everyone was so quiet. In the end, my EBL tutor commented that everyone should applaud for me because it is quite rare to have a chairperson to answer all her questions herself. (A chairperson has to ask questions and everyone should contribute some answer.) So can you imagine how embarrassing I was to ask questions about the case and everyone was so quiet that I had to answer my own questions? Haha...don't know whether my questions are too hard or my poor English is just to hard for them to understand...but never mind, at least everything is over now...
So for the pictures...tada...here they are...and don't laugh at my bad photpgraphy skills. I don't have much experience in taking photographs...
A dayrider bus ticket and a movie ticket stub...went to watch Stardust...
This is me on the linkway to Manchester United FC Stadium
This is a statue of Sir Matt Busby at the front of Manchester United FC stadium
Theatre of Dreams...
Manchester United FC Megastore
Rasa at the Megastore
This has got to be my favourite picture...:P
A teddy souvenir...feel like getting one...
A public toilet for men that I saw on my way to meet Trina who is visitng me from Southampton...When they say "public", they mean it seriously...:S
The central library at St Peter's Square
The arch of the Central Library
The front entrance of the Central Library
Trams at the St Peter's Square tram station
Katherine and her sister, Leila (Leila is a anime fan like me!!!)
A pretty autumn tree...
Royale Theatre
A picture of myself at Deansgate
Katherine is trying to be creative...
End of the day...cheers!
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Thursday 25 October 2007
I just hate it when some people missed out on lectures purposely and they are not even feeling ill.
For all my lectures and tutorials, we have to take attendance so that we can take exams at the end. However, some people took advantage of the lecturer's trust. They signed the attendance sheet and left when the lecturer left the room for a while to get something. Without attending the lectures, they still have the cheek to come and ask you how the lectures have been and later borrow your notes to copy. Get off! If you guys only care about getting drunk at the pubs at night and finding lame excuses to not attend lectures because your are having hangovers, then don't be a nurse! How can anyone trust their loved ones to be taken care by you people, who do not even take your nursing studies seriously?
Great! Now I have a few more people to ignore...
Today is really a busy day. Must get to Gateway House Piccadilly (which is the furtherest University building) by 9.30am and Pharmacology lecture only ends at 5pm todae. In the middle of the lecture, I was feeling drowsy, giddy and nauseous. On the way back, I am practically numbed from the cold and hunger. When I reached the dining hall, my hands just trembled uncontrollably. What a bad day! The only good things that happen were I had sweet and sour pork rice for dinner and there were conchielles (or however you spell it) at the salad bar. They are conch-shaped pasta that are so chewy and nice!
Ok...wondering if I am going to have more things to complain tomorrow...getting incoherent myself...
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Wednesday 24 October 2007
Haha...Kwanie says I am not blogging enough...so here you see me again...
Like the title, today is just another day. Had Epidemiology in the morning in Renold Building (which means I have to get out of my room earlier). Trying my very best to like the subject, but my motivation seems to be trailing off...:P
Then in the afternoon, after my Subway lunch (seriously, if you are in Manchester, choose Subway over MacDonalds because it is cheaper, healthier and you will be full for the whole afternoon), I had my Basic Life Support training. Let me recall...
1) Assess the surrounding for any danger
2) Assess the victim for any response. If not, shake shoulder to test for response
3) If there isstill no response, call for help
4) Check for breath and pulse for 10 seconds
5) If there is no pulse and no breath, perform CPR
6) Give the victim a head lift and chin tilt so that the tongue will not be obstructing the airway
7) At the position two fingers above the sternum, stack hand above one another, elbows straighten and do a fast compression 30 times
8) After 30 compressions, give 2 rescue breaths. Carry on until help arrives or until you are exhausted.
I hope that is correct... then later on, my lecturer showed us how to use a defibrilator. It was way awesome, though you seriously don't want to be in the wrong place when it is giving the victim a shock. If not, you might be the next one having to receive a shock.
Then during dinner time, the person I am angry with and trying to avoid came and sat at the same table where I am. So why am I angry? Because he brought his friends over on three occasions and make so much noise till 5am in the morning that no one in that corridor had a good sleep. My friend tried telling him that he is being very inconsiderate. And you know what he said? Instead of saying sorry, he said "Yar I know. My friends are the ones who want to come over and I have no choice.." At that moment, I feel like putting arsenic into the next thing that he is eating. Seriously, did he not have any brain or mouth to ask his friends to leave? Did he not read the handbook which says all noise are to be kept to a minimum after 11pm and all guests must leave after 12am? Thank goodness he is going to move out next school year, if not I have no idea what I might be doing...
Ok...after the angry post, here is a nice story that my lecturer at Communication for Nursing Practice told us.
Once, after a storm, thousands of starfishes were swept onto the shore. A guy walking along a beach covered with starfishes saw another guy throwing the starfishes back into the sea, one by one. He ran up and told the guy that it will not make any difference, since there were so many starfishes to be rescued. However, the guy looked straight into his eyes and said, "Perhaps. But I am making a difference to this starfish."
Till then...enough of my rambling...
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Wednesday 3 October 2007
Ok...I know I am guilty of not blogging for close to 2 months. Call me tired or lazy...whatever.
Still trying to adapt to Manchester, coz the weather is absolutely freezing. And winter is not even here yet. Way to go!
Lots of things happened ever since I came here. Firstly, as some of you might have heard, I lost two of my lugguages (one of them containing electronic stuff and the other my parents' clothings). I was promised that the lugguages will be sent to the hotel by the same day. As expected, there was no news of it. So my parents and I stormed down to the airport the next day (Hooray for Bus 43!). The same guy told me that the lugguages are still in London Heathrow. A little angry, I asked him if that was an assumption because he could not locate the lugguages in Manchester Airport. He blatantly said it was not an assumption. And guess what? Just as we are about to leave the airport, I saw another staff carrying one of my lugguages. I swear that person could be my saviour. So can you imagine the expression on that guy's face when he saw that I had reclaimed all my lugguages? I am so not impressed!
Seriously, all the things that had never happened to me all happen at the same period. When I arrived at the Manchester Airport, due to 911 incident, the airport is holding an evacuation drill. I was like :S The next night at the hotel, the fire alarm went off at midnight and everyone had to stand at the streets with the chilly winds around. I was fortunate enough to bring my jumper with me. Some of them just came out in bathrobes.
Staying in Dalton Ellis hall now. Not too bad a place, except that it is in a leafy conservative area. So all of us had to be wary of our surroundings when we come back at night. But I liked the fact that I am able to see squirrels everyday frolicking in the green grasses, with or without acorns in their paws and mouth. I even saw red foxes on several occasions. Now, how cool can that be? I met some really nice people around in Dalton Ellis hall - Rong Rong who is from Malaysia, a brainy girl studying Medicine; and Katherine who is half Iranian, half English but lives in Scotland (seriously, she had to repeat this sentence for so many times), a talented girl who loves languages. I had to rely on Katherine to help me interpret my sociology articles.
In class, I've made some good friends as well. Thuy, Rachel and Katie. A good beginning, considered that fact that I am afraid of not making any friends because I am the only Asian international student. The only other international student I know in Nursing is from New York. I feel weird initially because people in my class dressed as though they are going to Orchard but I am only in my jumper and jeans. But I don't really care because later when we are doing our clinical placement, we are not allowed to wear any watches, nail polish and other accessories. (Now this is one part I like about being a nurse!)
The leaves on the trees are slowly turning red and yellow. When the wind whistles, the leaves rustle and slowly, one by one, they fall to the ground ever so gracefully. Isn't the image pretty?
Shall end my (long) post here with pictures I took.
My small but cosy room...:)
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