Hi. it's been awhile MIA-ing these days as I've recently just started my full time job back at my attachment place - NHC. Asked me about my first job, I can only describe it in two simple words. Stressful and stressful. Since the first day I've started work til date, have had some really 'interesting' or eventful incidents happened, I guess I shall share some with you guys.

My first week was quite alright for me as basically I was mostly learning the workflow and performing practically on the non-invasive procedures like doing Holter (24-hr ECG) and Treadmill tests. It was a really whole chunk of stuffs to follow and in any case should I mis-do it, trouble may come knocking onto my door. At least for the first week I have with me my seniors guiding. But it wasn't so smooth sailing when it came to my second week, which is from monday til now.

'Coz for this week, I'm supposed to be on my own to handle procedures. Which I felt I myself weren't confident yet to be independent. Shruggs, no choice. Its either I survived in this big ocean or I drown in it.

And all my eventful incidents started from yesterday morning. Having to help out to remove the Holter devices from patients, I did my part and went to the Holter room to transfer the data from the device to the controller and memory card. Colleague X was doing Holter and told me to help her transfer the rest of the 3 devices, waiting to be transferred, after the current device was done. So I was about to transfer device B after A was done when Colleague X came out after hooking a device on a patient and asked why I transfer the data from device B at this moment when she needed the controller now. I was immediately pissed by what she said. Because firstly, she can start the device on the patient without using a controller (short cut way) and secondly, she WAS the one who told me to help her transfer the data over. I was like, what-the-fuk-?, shot her back saying she was the one who asked for my help and I went away carrying memory card of device A out to analyse. I never stepped back to that room for the rest of the morning to transfer the data for her.

Today was worst. I was scheduled to do treadmill with her. There were 10 listed patients for today's appointment. I was preparing my patients one at a time. I swear I wasn't dily daly-ing, wasn't slowly preparing the patients. She was preparing her patients too. And there she was being stressed up by the number of patients turning up together one immediately after another. She got so stressed up that she wanted to finish the patients fast and claimed that I was being very slow. I was doing my paperwork while she preparing her patient and kept mumbling 'you are really slow, very slow.' Eh hello, its not like you are super fast anyway.

Then came a patient with positive result for treadmill and needed constant monitoring to ensure his stability. I had to monitor and Colleague X told me to go prep another patient. I told her I can prep but only after my patient had stabilised. She nagged at me saying I can't multi task. And at the end of the session when we had settled all the reports ready, Colleague X was flipping through the reports so I assumed she was checking. I offered to put the reports into the doc's dip and even asked her permission for it. She said ok. But went complaining to my friend in the aftnoon that I did not check the reports thoroughly as there's one report with changes that need to be amended. She also went complaining to the treadmill in-charge that I did not photocopy the right pages of report when I was used to be taught the old way, when I was an attachment student and now changes had been made, she did not inform me about it. Everything she maligned or assumed, she complained to the in-charge. n I had to stay back during lunch for a talk wif in-charge who asked me what happened.

So there's a short 'counselling' and I was told that every new comer having to partner with her went through the same situation as me. I felt relieved but yet still angry. Colleague X was also one who gets and makes herself stressed whenever numerous patients turn up at the same time. Kan Cheong I should say. So it's all about adapting to her way of doing things. So long as I've nothing for her to nag or pick on, I'm definitely safe. Sometimes gossips and rumors really spread fast. By knock-off time, some of my seniors came asking me for details. All replied the same thing to me. Colleague X has an unique way of doing her things. We have to adapt to her unique way of handling procedures. (For this, i felt it's really, Fuck la. Big shot. Can't she quit this weird habit of hers instead?)

My senior told me. For this, I have to be fast in spreading this kind of incidents for Colleague X may be faster than you in spreading bad and untrue statements about you. There's still more details I haven't blog about. How amazing. So many unhappy stuffs can happened in these 5 hours. Worst still, I was arranged to be in charge of ECG machines with her. Great. I'll have a hard time trying to adapt to her UNIQUE way of doing things.

Haha, hope my eventful story had not brought you guys to sleep. I was almost angry to tears this morning. WU LAI!! The feeling of being maligned is terrible. Really.

I've to learn to adapt to this masked working environment. I guess this is what people usually call it as Se Hui Da Xue (The University of Society). Looks can be deceiving. Really true. T_T

Haiz. Endure!