Happy mother's day!

2013

2013 the new year.
I already started working. Things have been fast for me. Although things have been not favourable at the start. Since all my friends went to Singapore to work and left me ans Rachel end up in together in hospital. It's not that it is not fair for me. I guess it is not my luck to go to Singapore and destined to be here with my family instead. It is a lonely start. This because rachel start later than me and I had to adapt to New environment. Then when she joined, although I also joined to stay with her, I still don't get to hang out with her much either. This is because hmm the schedule for both of us is totallly opposite. I off she work. I morning she will be afternoon. So basically I see her sleep and I see her sleep. So its a bit lonely in many ways. And now I have family commitments which take up many of my time and money. Lagi sad. Oh well that's life isn't it?

After 5 months of work, it suppose to have more stable feeling of either work, money and everything else. But it doesnt seems so. More insecurity floats up. Work, people expect more of me and I am still fear to be more competent. Family, I don't have enough time for them due to work and resting time really eats up a lot, just too exhausted from work, travelling and moving here and there. Money, hmm I consider bankrupt now, debt seems to be an issue now, now only waiting for the coming month salary to solve my current debt. This is the most pathetic part. Hai maybe I shouldn't buy phone then will have some cash on hand. But that is the only thing I bought for myself since I start work. Definitely won't regret but just feel bad since I now run out of cash. Hmmm bad feeling huh.

I really sincerely felt that, can my life more easier? It's just the start of the new year I already felt a bit suffocated. Other than work at work place and at home, I have no life dy. Zero entertainment. I should learn New coping mechanisms, since I cant change my life maybe should change the way I look at life. It will be better I am sure right? Aza fighting valerie!

Another month is ended!

So another month have passed by. I have worked for two months. Just received my salary. Hmm, tight budget as always since the first pay check.Oh well,that's nothing new, welcome to the adult life. Have to think where you suppose to spent and how much to save for the month after receiving the pay check.

As for me, I think since my salary is lowish and i can't do any overtime yet, it is slightly tight and just pay rent deposits so even tighter but anyway still can survive. Just that those wants can't be accomplished yet. Yup i want to buy a phone. okay first of all my phone is old and sometimes a bit weird but still functioning considering it always hit places. I didn't know getting a phone is that hard, i am not saying the price cos u can save and then buy.It was the amount of choices there is in the market.Plus i have not that much of friends that i need an iphone to stay connected and i can't buy it now even though i want since my salary is not that high. I was hoping that, the government will really give us singles the 250 and the 200 voucher for handphone. I will be more than happy to thank them plus getting myself a phone. =) wish me luck.

Next would be my working life. Oh well. Starting is always hard. Learning is a long process. No one can perfect something at one go. I am trying to drill all the positive thoughts into my brain, but at times will be disappoint with myself for not excelling. Maybe i really lack of initiative. i also not sure.How do people have high levels of curiosity so that can ask a lot of questions that can help me with increasing my knowledge level.  My supervisor told me to plan the things to learn myself.hmm not really progressing well. I only learn what i saw is new to me, i don't really know what to be planned.suddenly felt that i lack of studying skill now. hai~ Next is that i think my mentor treat me too well that i too dependant on her telling me the agenda of the day. When i am independant, although i can remember most of the things, i still left out some.Hai~ another disappointment. another thing is that i sucks at phone calls. at first i thought that i could reduce fear of phonecalls after a few tries, but after today i think, the further phone calls will be still nerve wrecking for me. Sheesh, why can't i defeat this stupid phone call problem so angry!

Otherwise okay. colleagues super nice, environment cold.=)
Happy moon cake festival.Going to collect moon cakes that my aunt left for me! loves!

I got a job, and Orientation week going to end soon.

So as the topic says, i got a job. Truthfully, not sure is lucky or it is because i am a imu graduate. Anyway,have to be grateful that i have a job. At first was thinking of starting my career in singapore. However, due to my bad interview skills ( lack of knowledge), which is thought by me obviously cause they won't tell you why you are not being offered right? So i got a job in KL. At first thought of declining this one and find somemore, cause u see more of my frens is in Singapore, as human, you will tends to want to be with the group that you are so close before. This one i got in KL suppose to be a back up plan, but if i reject, i might not get another better than this. So that's my decision made one month ago. I decided to take up the challenge, ICU job offer. It suppose to be a random pick due to my dad's concern that i wouldn't get job in singapore. Now it became to be my permanent job.

When u heard ICU, you will be as shock as me, such an intensive place, and you must be knowledgeable. Yup, when i first came, i am really stress, cause i am a bottle with no water (chinese idiom). Plus when they ask me question i only can answer a bit. The nurses there are so competent, and they seems to know everything and that's the reason they look so calm. So jealous, when i will become like them?

Anyway, there is a preceptor to guide me, telling those things that i suppose to learn, and the rest its up to my initiative to learn. The problem is although this preceptor don't induce fear, but she was able to make me study every night without fail. Not sure is i pressurized myself too much or really she have the ability to make me so responsible of myself, never in my life i was so studious. The first two weeks was a pain cause i am fearing of unknown everyday, such a new environment, new colleagues, new rules, new kind of practice ( private this time), just make me shakes everyday. but now, i felt more relaxed and able to write this post.

Although, in more relaxed mode, i dun understand why i am so "lucky" when the time i start mentor and mentee week, the whole hospital have quality control check from outside and they are aiming at ICU and on freshie like me!!!!!!! I am so dead. Seriously why i always end up in this kind of situation? So now have to make sure that i know everything about the hospital and ICU practice. So many things to remember and so many things i still not sure whether i should know or not. Everyday during meeting, i surely will be called upon. Sometimes i felt that they should ask more, its better than die now in front of own colleagues than outsiders who will grade you and whatever you do represent the hospital and it will directly affect whether they got the license for how long. What a huge responsibility i have now!!!! stress!!! anyway, hopefully i can act coolly in front of them,kekeke, sounded very impossible le.

So let's see how it goes. can i survive it?who will be my mentor which will assess me? Hopefully someone who loves to teach,so that i can learn a lot!!

Although i cannot go singapore as people wanted me to go, i didn't felt sad either, cause i can learn a lot here  and got one of my classmates is with me! it is enough. I believe things will get better for me! However i still felt a bit weird of telling ppl i have started work, cause i still in probation, if anything goes wrong, touchwood.   maybe when i am confirm, i will bravely tell ppl where i work! =)

Jiufen 九份

Ruifang Station

Out the Train Station we go, there is a ramp beside the staircase for our luggage!

Once we reached Ruifang station, we decided to put most of our luggage to place at the luggage stop. We bring along one set of clothes and our important stuff to jiufen. Since jiufen have a lot of stairs, we are not that smart thinking that we could bring all of it to our accommodation. After that, we headed to the bus stop in front of the Ruifang Train station, going to Jiufen! This is also our opening ceremony of our Easycard. This card can be used in Taipei and Taichung and of course Jiufen as well. It works like touch n go! It is to use and there is no need for u to bring loose cash around if you have this, but have to remember the credit. We got this for free given by the taiwan visitor association in Malaysia. What you need to do is to exchange it with a valid airticket and you will get this card for free plus a NT 50 value inside. =)

Posing with our Easycard (Can use in Taipei & Taichung)

Exciting Bus ride!

Reached Jiu Fen

Jiufen street looks like this shown in the pictures. It is quite a small street and only one road in and along the path there are many many shops and there is a lot of staircases, because this small town is on the hilltop. For you to reach here takes awhile since it is going up up up. The scene in the bus ride was awesome if u like those hill with a lot of houses view, at night will be more nicer as all the lights will be lit on.

Jiufen streets!

There are many shops in the jiufen street but mainly food and souvenir shops. For souvenir shop, they almost have the same product along the streets, plus the price do not varies that much, so i guess its fine which shop you went in to get your souvenirs.

As for the food stalls, there are some common one as well as not so common, but mostly you have to know which one to eat. you may try them all but you only have one stomach so choose wisely. The trick is go to the shop that have extremely a lot of people. It won't go wrong!

Jiufen Stalls

Hello, to our jiufen accomodation.

i would say it is a bit overrated in the internet. The design was not bad, but we were expecting more from it. Plus it have XIAO QIANG. It could be due to the earlier customer really made the place dirty or the food of jiufen attracts this small insects. but anyway it was ewww to see them in person plus i have to kill both of them, very not pleasant to do so once u enter the place right?

Our Accommodation in Jiufen~

After leaving our luggage,we will begin the exploration in Jiufen

Different angle of our little accommodation

Another view of our accommodation

Jiufen view

I am helping him to take different shot, did i do well?

We started off, playing i am the reporter and kahhou is the celebrity. He wanted me to take candid shots of him. How did i do? Okay bah. It was hard as i was squeezed in between people and i was behind him, the front shots was even harder, cause very hard to stabilize the camera especially you go against the flow of human river traffic.

A stall selling raw materials for a dish.

Makan time AKA Eating time. Of course you must eat sausages in every part of taiwan. It is nice to taste them all. This stall one was quite yummy, we also tried the bun, not bad too!

If you like the things that is supper QQ, you should try this. It is nice if you like the texture, apparently they love to put starch into everything. It was very bouncy.

This the fish balls which have a lot of people in it. Was quite nice. 

They have varieties of balls. Just order as per your liking. The shop's wall, is full of pictures of the owner of the shop. It was quite creepy eating fish balls inside this kind of shop. but just ignore them and focus on the balls in your hand, or you could just tapao!

This jelly shop, i quite like the jelly. but it was expensive for jelly. So we ended up eating their tester to find out which flavour is the best and keep on taking it into our mouth. We did bought one in the end to taste in our little space later. hehe

Icecream + peanut popiah!

Plum drink and more

The best taro balls in jiufen (first stall once you step into jiufen)

Should have eaten more of this taroballs!

Mochi