Sunday, March 12, 2006

The Long Wait

hi. it've been awhile since i last blogged. alright, where should i start from?

okay, from since my dad got into a work accident. one usual fine day when my dad was working, his foot was struck by a solid metal rod. he had his safety boots on but was just unlucky. then rod struck behind the bootcap line where there's a metal protection inside. he rang up and told mum and me to meet him at tan tock seng's A and E. okay right now, here is where all the bitching begins.


"please go to screening station before entering emergency department"

i got my dad a wheelchair and wheeled him in front of the receiption. some old bitchy nurse raised her voice at me, "AY BOY, NEED TO QUEUE UP YOU KNOW?!" i glared at her and pointed to my mum who was right behind the line which was as long as the usual queue at any singapore pool's booth. she suddenly switched into a pussy tone and told me "oh, as long as someone is queueing already, then it's good." aiya, i've got a tribute to you which is FUCK YOU LA! so what exactly is A and E about? having to pass a screening before getting in. to check if the condition is serious enough for a patient to get into A and E? the poor person will probably bleed dry even before reaching half the damn queue. i guess, the whole point is that if a patient enters horizontally (yes, on a stretcher), he or she will get special treatment. so the vertical ones will have to wait.

it took more than half an hour for the screening and i proceeded to another counter to make a payment for consultant fees which is seventy dollars. we waited for one and a half hour before my dad went throught a diagnosis. like what i guess, that wasn't the end. we waited again for an x-ray to be made and after that, almost two hours was spent waiting for dad's turn to have his x-ray examined by the doctor. the doctor told me that dad's toe bone is cracked and had to be operated. he too asked me to do the registration at ANOTHER counter (bloody confusing!). i went over the the counter, said hi and placed the documents on the desk. the nurse glanced through the document...

"you are the?"
"patient's son."
"oh, have to wait."

what the hell man! but there's nothing much i can do and so LL-ly stood around to wait. she finally called for me and asked for my ID.

"no cannot, you underaged."

i just felt like flipping the desk but controlled and called for mum who was waiting outside. i went a corner to chill while did all the registration. we all waited four odd fours before my dad went into the operation theatre. i dozed off at the couch for awhile and soon my dad was out. no op was held and i was quite relieved. they only casted his foot. what's with all those waiting and registering for a operation? my dad felt cheated because they told him no food and drinks before an operation and he starved for about five hours. a nurse give me a slip and told me to collect the medicine at the A and E pharmacy. well that's no the end, i waited for another half an hour before i got the drugs. while waiting at around 12.30am, i saw a queue of about five plus people at the screening station. poor them. i'm quite sure they'll only get treatment when the sun rises.

hope dad'll recover soon. it sucks being on crutches.

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Get the Party going

hi, i'm back from war. 24 hours ago, was drilling datacomm information into my brain. days back, i tried studying the entire lecture notes which is quite thick but nothing went in as my mind got turned off by the amount of things i wanted it to remember. whoever it is, i want to thank the unknown underground source which produced a list of important questions to study for. i had rather big balls or maybe i didn't had a choice. i pinned all my hopes on the tips given on the list and studied the minimal. the tips are a small portion of the lecture notes but given the time, it was still quite a bit to study. i slept, woke up and went to underblock (gang's lepak corner) to continue studying with rico, liang and bear. after i had gone through all the notes, i switched off. with all the info balancing on the edge of my brain, i hated to be kept in suspense and wanted the exam to come immediately. time crawled and almost froze as we waited impatiently outside the sportshall (our exam venue). we reached early and after doing all the goodluck-highfive shit, the paper haven't began yet. i slumped on my table and comatosed till the commencement of the exam. i flipped through the questions anticipating for paper-bomb but it wasn't that bad. for section b, the exact questions from the underground unknown source appeared. actually, i would say it's either the lecturer setting the paper is being merciful or lazy. he/she quoted the exact questions from the reviews we did and since it is to my benefit, THE LECTURER IS MERCIFUL like kuan-yim-ma. i didn't bother about rephrasing my knowledge while answering. i just saw the keywords in the questions and ctrl+c from my brain and then ctrl+v wholesale onto the answer booklet. i even dumped in the entire osi-layer diagram which took a whole page. i had some problem with the IP addresses question because it's just so random. the other trouble was MCQ which i gambled my marks by 'throwing a die'. well, life's a gamble anyway. kicking academics aside, friends and me partied by eating at naked fish shoppe, playing pool and the arcade at the club. after we parted, i visited darren and his baby pussy. i made friends with his pussy and she got fresh with me almost immediately. i had cat fights with her winning none, nothing but cuts, scratches and more cuts and scratches. it seems that she really has the potential to grow into a black panther judging by her aggressiveness. that'll be cool huh? imagine walking around with a black panther as your personal bodyguard. even kuntong, ang soon tong and every other tong which mr manhon mentioned before will siam you. i'm tired.

KO-ed and out.