May...

They say May is a special month with many special days of celebration.

1st May is Labors day...a worldwide holiday.
11th May is Mother's day...a day with love and gratefulness for the greatest woman in the world,our beloved mums.
16th May is Teacher's day...a day of thankfulness for the people who guide us,bring us through darkness and innocent,teach us the knowledge of the universe,our respectful teachers.
From 24th May till 7th June...mid term holidays, a wonderful period for school children.

However, at the moment we are celebrating those events,there are still many people suffering from hunger,cold,pain and even death. They haven't recovered from the shock of those natural disasters.

This is how the people in Myanmar and China are after surviving from the typhoon and earthquake that took place recently.

You may call it"A Black May".

Even though supplies from all around the world reached the two countries just after the fatal took place,many people still live in darkness. They lost shelters,their family members,their belongings within a short while. We are here feel grateful for the concerns of the world to them.

As we know, a lot of professionals such as rescue army and medical team have reached the two countries to help those victims. Even professional psychologists came together to give counsellings for victims so that they can help them to reduce the harm of the trauma.

May God bless those suffering from the disasters recover from all sort of pain soon...

May those who are buried underground get peace...

My English is good???

That is not the first time for me to ask myself. However i have met few people who have given me assurance to my English proficiency. I am still doubtful with what they said. Am i as good as they said?

The first person who gave me such meaning is a female patient. As i needed to go to her room often,i had more time to talk to her. For each time we chat, we talked in English. That situation lasted for few times until one day, she asked me: are you Chinese?

I replied: of course, i am a pure Chinese! Why ? Am i looked like Malay or else? In order to show that i am a Chinese boy, i translated those words above in Chinese.

She then replied:nolah...i just wonder you talk English like those graduated from English school...

I replied with a shock:no, i came from Chinese school!!!

The second person that i met was a English lecturer.

He is such a friendly man who possesses a great sense of humor. He used to tell me a lot of jokes in his life and share his experience with me. I was so blessed that i had the chance to get lecture from him. He also told me that my English proficiency is even better than those he mentioned.

The third person i met was an engineer who did teach English language in High school.

He is another funny guy who comes with jokes every time. We have chances to talk to each other as i needed to carry out treatments for him. He once asked me:which school you come from?

I answered him:i came from a Chinese school, sir.

He also replied with a shock: you came from Chinese school? But you can speak English well! Your English level is considered good!

I wondered:is it true?

He kept asking:do you speak English at home? Or your parents are English educated?

I replied honestly:no, sir. Both my parents are not highly educated. I don't speak English with my parents.

I still feel that my English level is low compared to other people. There are spaces for me to improve. But, anyway, thanks for their assurance which has added up my confidence towards myself.

Change your mindset...

Revolution...

The world nowadays is coming to a new era. A revolution is taking place in our minds. It means that our old mindset during last century is going to be replaced with a whole new mindset. That is why we say that we are now entering a CONCEPTUAL AGE.

During the last century, which is 20th century or known as the digital age, materialism was priority in people's minds. People believed that physical possessions were more important than the spiritual values.This belief has made many countries developing fast in economy as people would work hard to achieve a comfortable lifestyle. Japan is one of the good examples of that. The Japanese government has put in efforts in developing the country's economy by encouraging people to work hard for the country. The education field was developed by putting emphasis in Mathematics and Science subjects.

However, when we come to the new era, all we did during the last century are not enough to fulfill our needs. This is because our current lifestyle is already enriched with various kind of possessions. People now are looking for the hidden values behind the things. We want more than that. We start to think about the meaning of life.

That is why more and more people, especially those from developed countries in Europe go for meditation. They want to get the answer through "deep-thought". That is what the religious cultivators at ancient time did to get the answer about life and death.

The desire to get the hidden values behind things is only one of the features of this Conceptual Age.

I feel i am not myself...

My mind is quite messy today. No, it has been messy for a long time. I found a lot of thoughts in my mind and i really don't know where i actually lay. I almost lost myself...

I know i want to be a great person but at the same time i also find out a lot of shortcomings on myself. I really don't know what i actually have. Where my values should lay?

Hahaha...self confidence, what is that? Do i have this kind of thing? I fear to get around with people as i don't know how to become part of them. I will feel nervous for each time my friend call me for gathering. Especially when i need to talk to people, i will worry that our topic of conversation will be running out fast and at that time we all will stay quiet.

They say most of the social skill lay on listening to what people talk, but how should i make people talk a lot to me even though i am ready to listen to what they are willing to say. Tony Buzan said the ratio of listening to talking is 2:1 as god only gave us a mouth but a pair of ear!!!

When would i be able to overcome the fear??? I really don't know what should i do to improve my social skill....help me,God...

New life coming....

Hahaha...a new life will come to me after few more days. My life of being a physiotherapist assistant will be ended and i am going to lead teaching life!!! Guess what will be my new job......
DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU!!!hahaha...

After working for more than three months, it is really enough for me. I really got more than i expected at the beginning. For example, i could learn Japanese words from Japanese patients. Like the sentence"you're welcome" in Japanese is"do-itoshimaste","are you feeling well" is "kimochiyi". I got free Japanese language class there!!!

Dealing with patients from various field is really a challenging work. If you don't have the enthusiasm in that field, you will have lost your passion to work within a short period. It's just like me. This is not i want to do in my future and that is why i quit. However, some people may think not to take it too serious as it is just a part time job.

3 months are enough for me as i know what the job actually is. I find myself didn't really enjoy the job and that is why i wish to change my working environment.

Enjoy your work!!!!

Just A Few Steps...

I sat in front of the computer in our department to see how many patients hadn't come for their treatment after coming back from my lunch break. Suddenly my boss came to me and called me: hey, come to help me to get Mr.T walk. Come! I quickly followed him to go out after replying him.

Mr.T is our 'old patient'. He is a man in his about 30. The man like him should have a active lifestyle, but not him. He can only sit on his wheelchair,stare at everyone who talks to him. He lost the ability to talk, walk and manage his daily life. Even a simple movement like lifting up his hand is hard for him.

When we came to him, he already stood up under the efforts of a few therapists. However, it seemed that he was not interested in walking exercise.

My boss came to his back and held his back. That is the most important position as most of the patient's body weight will be supported by the person holding his back. I just went to his right side to hold his shoulder. There would be total four people to help Mr.T to walk including my boss and me.

Mr.T looked less aggressive today.However it seemed that he prefer jumping forward to stepping forward. That was also hard to make him stand straight as he kept pushing his body forward. He even put his head on my shoulder and just stopped there.

We kept persuading him to walk. Sometime he might stand straight and stepped forward. I was so happy that i couldn't describe my feeling when he put his left or right foot forward. When he put his head on my shoulder, i just kept telling him: Stand straight...stand straight...stand straight and i kept praying in my heart: May God save and bless the soul in this suffering body...please make him walk...

We all put a lot of efforts in making him walk. When he put his left foot forward, we needed to stepped on his left foot to prevent him from jumping and we also needed to keep giving him hint to put his right foot forward. Sometime he might just lay without any sign and we needed to lift him up again. Sometime he might also released his hand on the walking frame and i needed to make sure that he held tightly the walking frame.

Once he just put his foot forward, i counted in my heart: one...then two... He was managed to make about 7 to 8 steps on that day and we needed to put him back to his wheelchair. I realized that i sweat after putting him back. It seemed we need a lot of strength in making him walk. Even though my shoulder was painful, i was satisfied with what i did.

May God bless the suffering soul in that body...

Happy Chinese New Year!!!

Happy Chinese New Year For All!!!

Time really flies. Our new year celebration just passed for a month and we have to get ready for the Chinese new year celebration now.

My mind even hasn't got prepared for this celebration. I even don't have planned any activity for this new year period. What should i do during new year??? Aiya, don't need to think too muchlah. Just stay at home, watching television and waiting for others to bring me angpau.

On the day before my new year holiday, i still went to work. I was the only Chinese that came to work there on that day. Everyone came to greet me after working. The staffs in the department even gave me some snack as my new year gift. The gift came with a greeting card written with the staffs' signatures and their new year's greeting words. The word's all came from non-Chinese staffs. I was so surprised that i didn't know what to do at that moment they gave me that pack of snack. Their acts really touched me.

Their cares really warmed my heart.