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Saturday, September 25, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
more craziness
well 2 days out from leaving... all crazy... just all seems to be a lot of hassle.
so this morning i tried to do an online checkin and the web system was having a dummy spit at me... said i have to go to the airport to check-in... argh
it's been busy at work with lots of patients trying to catch me before i go. and i'm gonna miss so many of them. one patient is an awesome cook. today he decided to bring me some honey soy chicken wings. and because i am going to the uk, he decided to make me something british... i think it was a scotch egg.
so you boil and egg. then dip it in batter and then wrap sausage meat around it. then dip it in egg wash and breadcrumbs and then deep fry... ok sounds kinda gross but it was actually very yummy.
hehehe then i got talking with another patient this morning about food. she's hilarious cos she's an older lady with a dependant partner. so she was telling me about how she learned to cook from a show called 'yan can cook'. ok so a bit of an old show but it used to be hilarous. yan just came up with the strangest recipes.
so this lady was telling me about how she boiled her pork belly in coca cola... no joke coca cola... apparently it was so nice and tender. but seriously coca cola... oh i was laughing for ages...
i'm still laughing thinking about it... and far out... yan can cook. the guy was so corny... one show he was teaching ppl how to make won ton soup. so he boiled the soup and was adding the won ton's and he was saying "one ton, two ton, tree ton..." (chinese acccented of course). oh dear... as corny as a dad joke...
so today i also got really upset... i had to make a very difficult phone call. the things you have to do... so had been having a hard time with a difficult patient. i'm glad she wasnt booked in to see me cos i dont have time for this... but in the last week she's booked 3 appointments with eric and missed all 3... and she was booked in for next week. so i just pointed out to her that her track record wasnt good and that we have a few options: i can refer her elsewhere more convenient to her if she has trouble coming to my clinic, we can charge her a cancellation fee if she doesnt give sufficient notice or she can just not make a future appointment and can just call up on the day if she knows she is free and we will fit her in if we can. anyway so she took it very well and apologised for everything and it should hopefully be ok now. i just needed to make that call before going cos otherwise poor eric is busy and she takes up appointment times but doesnt turn up.
was a rush arvo... busy again and then i went to dinner with some close friends from church. was meant to be a small, low key do but in the end there were a few people. had a great night and was great for laughs. will miss my church buddies!
so this morning i tried to do an online checkin and the web system was having a dummy spit at me... said i have to go to the airport to check-in... argh
it's been busy at work with lots of patients trying to catch me before i go. and i'm gonna miss so many of them. one patient is an awesome cook. today he decided to bring me some honey soy chicken wings. and because i am going to the uk, he decided to make me something british... i think it was a scotch egg.
so you boil and egg. then dip it in batter and then wrap sausage meat around it. then dip it in egg wash and breadcrumbs and then deep fry... ok sounds kinda gross but it was actually very yummy.
hehehe then i got talking with another patient this morning about food. she's hilarious cos she's an older lady with a dependant partner. so she was telling me about how she learned to cook from a show called 'yan can cook'. ok so a bit of an old show but it used to be hilarous. yan just came up with the strangest recipes.
so this lady was telling me about how she boiled her pork belly in coca cola... no joke coca cola... apparently it was so nice and tender. but seriously coca cola... oh i was laughing for ages...
i'm still laughing thinking about it... and far out... yan can cook. the guy was so corny... one show he was teaching ppl how to make won ton soup. so he boiled the soup and was adding the won ton's and he was saying "one ton, two ton, tree ton..." (chinese acccented of course). oh dear... as corny as a dad joke...
so today i also got really upset... i had to make a very difficult phone call. the things you have to do... so had been having a hard time with a difficult patient. i'm glad she wasnt booked in to see me cos i dont have time for this... but in the last week she's booked 3 appointments with eric and missed all 3... and she was booked in for next week. so i just pointed out to her that her track record wasnt good and that we have a few options: i can refer her elsewhere more convenient to her if she has trouble coming to my clinic, we can charge her a cancellation fee if she doesnt give sufficient notice or she can just not make a future appointment and can just call up on the day if she knows she is free and we will fit her in if we can. anyway so she took it very well and apologised for everything and it should hopefully be ok now. i just needed to make that call before going cos otherwise poor eric is busy and she takes up appointment times but doesnt turn up.
was a rush arvo... busy again and then i went to dinner with some close friends from church. was meant to be a small, low key do but in the end there were a few people. had a great night and was great for laughs. will miss my church buddies!
Monday, September 20, 2010
language difficulties
ok a funny little anecdote... well i found this funny.
i dont speak chinese!! i know i look it but i just dont.
one of my patients brought his mum and dad in to see me this morning. he explained some stuff and translated some things and then had to go to work and then i was left treating both of them. which was kinda funny cos they dont speak english and i dont speak chinese. i can ask if there is pain and tell ppl to breath in and out (for drop piece) and say sit and stand and that's about it...
so anyway while i was treating the mum, the dad was poking around my shelf - has massage oil, lotion, creams like magnesium, arnica etc that i use, strapping tape etc (you get the idea). anyway... i use massage lotion sometimes cos it's nicer on my hands and doesnt run everywhere like oil. it is a lotion that becomes oily with the heat of the skin.
well the dad must have thought that it was moisturising cream cos he started helping himself... and i was like... errr... i couldnt tell him that it's not so i guess he would have found out when it just became oily on his skin... but i couldnt laugh either and i wanted to so much...
then this arvo one of my interns had a japanese patient... we chatted after and i just kept mixing my vocab up eg tsukate vs tsukute (to use, to make). haha wat a fool i am cos i've just forgotten so much. he must have been walking out laughing.
i dont speak chinese!! i know i look it but i just dont.
one of my patients brought his mum and dad in to see me this morning. he explained some stuff and translated some things and then had to go to work and then i was left treating both of them. which was kinda funny cos they dont speak english and i dont speak chinese. i can ask if there is pain and tell ppl to breath in and out (for drop piece) and say sit and stand and that's about it...
so anyway while i was treating the mum, the dad was poking around my shelf - has massage oil, lotion, creams like magnesium, arnica etc that i use, strapping tape etc (you get the idea). anyway... i use massage lotion sometimes cos it's nicer on my hands and doesnt run everywhere like oil. it is a lotion that becomes oily with the heat of the skin.
well the dad must have thought that it was moisturising cream cos he started helping himself... and i was like... errr... i couldnt tell him that it's not so i guess he would have found out when it just became oily on his skin... but i couldnt laugh either and i wanted to so much...
then this arvo one of my interns had a japanese patient... we chatted after and i just kept mixing my vocab up eg tsukate vs tsukute (to use, to make). haha wat a fool i am cos i've just forgotten so much. he must have been walking out laughing.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
craziness
well i'm off to the uk on the 25th sept. things have just been crazy busy leading up to going.
i guess i was a little worried about finances going away. there is the concern about leaving my baby clinic. but i think that the clinic will be ok. have felt like i needed a break since my last trip o'seas was 6 yrs ago. and i've wanted to go to the uk for a while now. so doing some chiro stuff over there gives me an excuse and also makes some of the trip tax deductible.
but... i also picked up a heap of shifts at mac uni. i kinda feel like i dont leave there actually cos i was doing mon, wed, thur and sat with rugby. one weekend i did oxfam sat and golden oldies rugby on sun so i was working 12 days stright.
chuck in church weekend away and kelly and greg's wedding on the weekends and it's been pretty hectic.
in hindsight i guess i might not have taken on so much but i guess you just put your head down and do it. so a week out i'm extremely sleep deprived and just tired in general including emotionally.
i'm actually very mindful of busy-ness atm. it's great that i have some great girls to keep me accountable. i have been working on my wed's which i tend to like to have off in the light of my 12 hr days on mon and tue. i also like to just be meeting up with people or having some time out to do errands and read the bible or other books to get my brain and heart ticking.
bible reading tends to go out the window when i'm tired but it's actually been good lately cos i know that i have a problem and i'm just making an effort. the challenge with travel too is going to be taking the timeout to spend with God and prayer time. it's harder when i dont have my awesome gals around to pray with and to chat through stuff with.
taking on the extra shift on monday kinda means i dont stick around so late at church which has been a bit of a bummer. it's just such a long day on mon that i cant afford to be getting home after midnight and waking up early. but i miss the conversations or rather fun, stupid mucking around with ppl.
i've just been informed that i wont be having the 12-4 shift on mon when i get back so i guess that is somewhat of a blessing. (will see what my finances are like when i get back but i'm guessing my clinic will also be busy). but yeh means that if i have a late night on sun i can have a powernap on mon arvo before going to clinic.
stressed about the planning for the trip. 2 weeks out and esther has told me that she is bailing on me with the road trip which is just great considering i had changed some of my travel plans to accommodate her. anyway the ireland coach tour was paid up so she will just have to meet me to do that.
oh well i had wanted to travel by myself anyway cos i was just gonna wing it. means i only have to please myself.
kelly and greg's wedding was also quite stressful cos i was helping out with wedding co-ordination duties. all was fine for the church but then they were running late with the reception. stuff had to get shuffled around. executive decisions made but in the end it all worked out well and it was a great day for the bride and groom cos it's their day so that's all that matters.
will have to write later about it cos there were many many funny moments.
so yeh 1 week out... i'm not sure how i feel... tired...
i guess i was a little worried about finances going away. there is the concern about leaving my baby clinic. but i think that the clinic will be ok. have felt like i needed a break since my last trip o'seas was 6 yrs ago. and i've wanted to go to the uk for a while now. so doing some chiro stuff over there gives me an excuse and also makes some of the trip tax deductible.
but... i also picked up a heap of shifts at mac uni. i kinda feel like i dont leave there actually cos i was doing mon, wed, thur and sat with rugby. one weekend i did oxfam sat and golden oldies rugby on sun so i was working 12 days stright.
chuck in church weekend away and kelly and greg's wedding on the weekends and it's been pretty hectic.
in hindsight i guess i might not have taken on so much but i guess you just put your head down and do it. so a week out i'm extremely sleep deprived and just tired in general including emotionally.
i'm actually very mindful of busy-ness atm. it's great that i have some great girls to keep me accountable. i have been working on my wed's which i tend to like to have off in the light of my 12 hr days on mon and tue. i also like to just be meeting up with people or having some time out to do errands and read the bible or other books to get my brain and heart ticking.
bible reading tends to go out the window when i'm tired but it's actually been good lately cos i know that i have a problem and i'm just making an effort. the challenge with travel too is going to be taking the timeout to spend with God and prayer time. it's harder when i dont have my awesome gals around to pray with and to chat through stuff with.
taking on the extra shift on monday kinda means i dont stick around so late at church which has been a bit of a bummer. it's just such a long day on mon that i cant afford to be getting home after midnight and waking up early. but i miss the conversations or rather fun, stupid mucking around with ppl.
i've just been informed that i wont be having the 12-4 shift on mon when i get back so i guess that is somewhat of a blessing. (will see what my finances are like when i get back but i'm guessing my clinic will also be busy). but yeh means that if i have a late night on sun i can have a powernap on mon arvo before going to clinic.
stressed about the planning for the trip. 2 weeks out and esther has told me that she is bailing on me with the road trip which is just great considering i had changed some of my travel plans to accommodate her. anyway the ireland coach tour was paid up so she will just have to meet me to do that.
oh well i had wanted to travel by myself anyway cos i was just gonna wing it. means i only have to please myself.
kelly and greg's wedding was also quite stressful cos i was helping out with wedding co-ordination duties. all was fine for the church but then they were running late with the reception. stuff had to get shuffled around. executive decisions made but in the end it all worked out well and it was a great day for the bride and groom cos it's their day so that's all that matters.
will have to write later about it cos there were many many funny moments.
so yeh 1 week out... i'm not sure how i feel... tired...
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