Nightingales

My mother was hospitalised again recently, and my encounters with nurses, doctors and health caregivers once again affirmed my view that these individuals really make or break patients' road to recovery. If I had not taken the road to teaching, I think that I might have pursued nursing. The vocation might involve lots of ubpleasant physical tasks, . . . but think of all the opportunities you have to bring comfort, ease anxieties and uplift spirits.

School's out

Ten weeks of the school term went by relatively okay. Students are getting more trying and hyper, I reckon, thanks to the new-age instant info-overload and weird food they are ingesting these days. SIGH! This dinosaur here is feeling kind of tired more easily. Yes, tired BUT not out yet!! Thank God for the one-week break! And I guess, if you look at things from a positive perspective, meeting challenges constructively does keep one on-the-toes and renewed. Hmm . . . however when things get a trifling frustrating, I do wonder if indeed the world were to end in 2010, what would all our rat-race and frenetic chasing of largely material pursuits amount to. . . Japan's big earthquake and tsunami did make me wonder if I am ready to 'go' without any regrets when my time comes. What about you?

Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Happy New Year everyone! May you have a super-fabulicious year ahead at your poly, uni, the army or whatever! Economy's looking up, so go work on your quality of life, relationships, leisure, now that settling problems with the basics of living is out of the way. Haha! Pardon my being hyper. The full workload of a new academic year is thankfully right now kicking in at a still tolerable pace.

I read the good news about the Singapore employment scene this year: jobs chasing after people, especially in the service sector! Good for us job-seekers, but I guess bad news for the tow-kays out there! Pray for a win-win situation for all, and that the economic melt-down that we all went throught just a while ago will not be repeated any time ever.

So, Dong Xi FaCai, all! May you be happy, healthy and hearty in the Year of the Rabbit!