do you know that cranberry can help prevent urinary tract infection?

yeah, just a little thingie i learnt this week during a tute. and apparently, doctors prescribe cranberry pills for patients at high risk of UTI...wat a waste!! cranberry juice is so yummy! they should just give these patients a small carton of cranberry juice everyday.
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another week over. *phew* although i think this week was slightly better than last week, i am still so not into it. can't seem to summon up enough enthusiasm for my patients. in fact,i am getting damn exasperated with one of my old ladies. tried means and ways to alleviate her fear of falling...and all i get from her is "i can't do it". crap...i feel like i am drowning in dog poo (refer to previous entry abt dog poo...) and as much i am i trying to cheer myself up by counting down each second to the end of this placement (and the start of holidays), it feels like there's just too much for me to take in.

today there was an inservice, which started at 4pm. thinking that it would only last an hour, i stayed for it. technically, i can go at 4.30pm...but the inservice was pretty interesting, so i thought i'd stay until 5pm. and it would have ended at 5pm if not for all these stupid questions people were asking the presenter. why are they stupid? because they are all questions which had been asked earlier by someone else!!!! and i was getting really irritated...and i really wanted to go cos the sky starts getting dark at about 5pm...and i really din wanna walk through royal park in the darkness. nonetheless, i still stayed right till the end...and by the time i stepped out of the hospital, the streetlights were already ON. dammit.

fearing for my own safety (a girl walking alone in a dark, isolated park isn't an appealing thought), i started walking really really fast...so much so i nearly had cramps in my calves. *ouchie* and while i was walking, my mind keeps churning out these angry thoughts. i felt my blood pressure rising higher and higher, felt the lactic acid building up in my muscles, felt my lungs being deprived of precious oxygen. and walking behind the melbourne zoo also means that instead of nice clean fresh air, i get whiffs of animal poo with every breath i take. *eeewww*

but then, as i walked out onto a clearing, i saw a sight that made my anger left me in a big WOW.

the sunsets i see across Royal Park on usual days were always beautiful. but this evening, cos it was much later, the sight was spectacular. there was a full moon that looked HUGE. it was big, and bright and was so low in the sky, it looked like it's sitting on the treetops. and then, there was the sky. from crystal clear blue nearer to the land...slowly changing into a pale violet sheen near the treetops before transforming into a gorgeous pink, which then blends back into a blue blue sky peppered with orangey-pink clouds...and on the western side of the park, an orange glow peeked through the leaves, and it was absolutely stunning.

(i think i failed to describe the scene adequately. wish i had a camera with me then to capture that sight)

and so, as i looked at this wonderous moment created by Mother Nature, i told myself,"this is my reward for staying on to listen to the inservice. if i had not stayed on, i would never walk through Royal Park at this hour...and i would not have witnessed this unforgettable sight."

yesh, a heavenly sunset to end my second week of gerontology. what more can i ask for?

所谓知足长乐，就是如此。
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想要的，太多太多。
重要的，却只有那几样。
得到的，好像太少太少，
珍惜的，又常常失去。

时间流逝，没有机会让我重来一遍。

所以：
想要的，总觉得没得到；
重要的，时时被忽略；
得到的，忘记要珍惜；
珍惜的，就会放不下。

其实：
想要的，往往已经摆在眼前；
重要的，就是身边不可缺的；
得到的，最后难免会失去它；
珍惜的，是回忆里那份永恒。

失去后才察觉到的，也许就根本不是你的。
消失后才去寻找的，或许是缘分已结束了。
获得后才想抛舍的，可能是从来就不需要。

看看眼前的人与事，
放慢脚步欣赏周围的一切。
可能最好的，一直都在你的左右。
也许最需要的，默默在你身旁等待着你来发觉。