The Institute of Mental Health is not as bad as you think. im currently having my attachments there and i would say that it is not boring but it is not that great either. when i first stepped into the place, i was expecting something like patients pissing or shitting every corner of the ward or walking around naked. hahah! but being in a B2 class ward, we do have the chance to see the REAL side of a mental disorder. you'd probably be worried how you will be like when you are old and all alone because this can happened to anyone and certainly it can happen to YOU!

to tell you the truth, i don't really think that mental illness or disorders can be COMPLETELY cured but maybe to 65%-95% level. why i say this because when they have that certain disorder, they had forgot how to or cannot, for example, bath, eat, watch tv, write certain words and do some other familiar things or talk properly. so when they recovered, they still have to learn these 'new' things although their symptoms have long gone away or they are told by the doctor something like - 'okay, you have recovered' which i dont think they will say. i mean, the case manager told me that one of my patients are in the stage of better recovery so i figured that he just reached the stage so still needs time to fully recovered right?? right. haha.

last fri, one of my patient approached me while i was watching a channel 8 drama in the ward. he was showing me numbers on his fingers but i couldnt figure out what the numbers interpret. so he showed me his hands which is like holding pen and a palm underneath it which took me quite a while to figure that he wanted a pen and a paper. so i gave him that he started writing down the numbers. the numbers were - 5 4 3 2 - and it turns out that he wants to tell me a 4d number lah okkk... LOL! so anyone wants big money, here is the number from our friendly inmate in woodbridge hospital :)

then suddenly he pointed to my friend joyce who was also watching the chinese drama and i figured that he was talking about a girl back in his past. then he showed me a pointed finger ( i was wondering wtf) then he proceeds to show me a hole made by his thumb and index finger. then he poked the hole. he was talking about sex laaaa.... hahah! but the funny part was he showed me the face impression of having sex. if i have the camera i would have taken a picture of the face! funny sia!! then he laughed to himself.. like HE HE HE. hahaha!

okok... now i dont know whether some ppl notice this but my guy colleague is kinda restless and always touch things in sutiations where you should not touch things. this guy touches and 'play' everything that he could find. okay this is what happened...

me and ying xian were listening to the doctor's consultation round. so naturally u will keep quiet and only asked questions when there is a need to or when the patients have left. so this guy TJJ went inside the room to listen to the consultation too. BUT he went straight to this x-ray thingy where u switch on the light so that u could see the x-ray films. then he starts fidgeting with the switch. wth... then i told him to come near me and listen to the doctors. then he came to the door (where i was) and starts playing with the DOOR KNOB! eh alamak... this person's hand cannot keep still or what! all i know that his hands need to touch something that can be turned, twisted, pulled and pushed.

oh one more thing abt him. after the shift ends right, you will notice that he would be the first person to dissappear. that i know since the first attachment but i did wonder how come he could be gone from that builing that fast? coz he RAN from the lift all the way to the bus stop!!! yeah i really saw him running! i always say that he ran home so that he could eat the porridge that his mother cooked for him on that day. but i still dont know the real reason.

ask him if you have the chance :) ( only applies to hsn students)

the one with his 2nd neoprints

after many months, cass persuaded me to take neoprints. yes it's been a long time since we last took them. we were supposed to do it 2 weeks ago after we had our jalan-jalan and dinner at some haji lane. if u guys don't know where haji lane is, it is at bugis near a big mosque which can be seen from the raffles hospital area. that is if u guys or girls want to look for some vintage stuffs over there. hehhe.

anyway, i said we were supposed to do but it didnt happened coz the neoprint shop had closed.

so a few days later we went to bugis again to take it and finally we did. this time i dressed abit better unlike last time where i wore an LSCT camp tshirt for the neoprint. it wasn't that horrible but it's kind of appropiate. hahah whatever lah.

here goes...
i looked immature in this pic. my smile is too wide.

cass said she looked really pretty in this pic. hahaha!

heheh. no comment.

so exams is in 2 weeks and i hope to do well in it. this also goes for all the people who are going to face the nursing exams, driving tests, or any interviews for a job.

basically, good luck all :)