Revamp? Nah...

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Melbourne 

Life in Melbourne was good and lonely. Good because it was crazy fun, lonely because My boyfriend left me alone in Melbourne after he graduated in 2009. I worked for PhysioSafe Training and Consulting after I graduated in 2008. It was an experience that not many are that privilege to go through. I had very flexible working hours and good pay. On my job, I learnt manual handling techniques, use of machines, how to assess room setups and environments, where to place objects and how to reduce risk of falls. All these were never taught in school. It was both fun and challenging working and chatting with the demented, the confused and the hard of hearing.

Working in the geriatric environment and interacting with these people, patience was cultivated and I saw death come and go. One by one of the elderly eventually passed away. Seasons came and went, flowers bloomed and wilted. Personal life stories that they had once told me became a memory waiting to fade. I remembered crying till my tear ducts went dry when residents I had worked with passed away. It came to a point where time stood so still to mourn for the dead. It also came to a point where a realization of the circle of life is natural. I stopped crying since then whenever a person I know very well died. (*at that point of time, I wondered if I will ever cry if a family member passed on). It came to a conclusion that life is short. Enjoy it to the fullest with no regrets.

Some pictures taken (Corpus Christi):

Gwen and I

Eileen, Me, ?can't remember name of lady in purple

Sr Gerardus, Me, Rita

Sr Marita, Me, Mollie

Erminia, Me, Pat

David Morrissey, Me, Sr Rita

I drank, I partied, I had lots of fun and made lots of friends during this time in Melbourne; knowing that everything and everyone will soon be gone, leaving behind only memories waiting to fade.

Some of the fun people I partied with:

Oliver and Brianna

JL and Will

SheEng and I

Johnson, JL, Will

An unforgettable memory in Melbourne

As I was waiting for my Aussie PR, I didn't dare to leave Australia as my bridging visa did not allow so. Most of my friends were all internationals and they went home during the summer break and seasonal holidays. Therefore, I was alone for Christmas, New Year Eve and Chinese New Year between the years 2009 to 2010. It became so lonely and depressing; lack of normal social interaction (demented elderly not counted) that I decided to get a puppy.

A week before Chinese New Year, I researched and planned, decided on a Toy Pomeranian. Paid for the puppy, bought its bed, food, pampers, toys, etc and almost bought a pet insurance for it. On that fateful Sunday, I went to Victoria Market to collect my puppy. It looked sleepy and weak. The petshop lady told me that because it was lunch time, so the puppy probably was tired and wanted a nap. Happy and excited, I brought the puppy home, made food for it and gave it water. The puppy never ate or drank at all for the whole day.

Feeling worried, I googled on causes. Googled stated that puppies may feel depressed from being detached from their brothers and sisters, so I gave Miko(the puppy) warmth and love. I carried it the whole time, only to hear it .whimpering away. That Sunday night, Miko started having diarrhoea. It only drank a little water and went to sleep on its bed. As I had work the following morning, I could not keep an eye on Miko. So I made some warm food and left it in her bowl on the floor. I remembered Miko looking at me and whimpering early that morning.

Halfway through work that day, it felt really uneasy, so I went home to check on Miko. Miko didn’t have strength to even stand or walk, she was just whimpering pitifully. At that point of time, I rushed Miko to a vet that the petshop had recommended for her upcoming vaccinations. Temperature checked, pulse rate checked, the vet could not find anything wrong with Miko but asked to let Miko stay a night for observation. The vet also told me that they will call me if anything happened. I agreed spontaneously.

The following day after work, feelings of uneasiness kept overwhelming me. I could not even concentrate at work. I rushed straight to the vet after work, only to find out that they were about to put Miko to sleep without informing me. They told me that since I only had the puppy for 2 days, I could just go back to the petshop (the vet is affliated with the petshop) to get a new puppy or get a refund. They didn’t even bother explaining to me what happened to Miko. As I watched Miko lying on the cold hard table, unable to open her eyes and was breathing rapidly, tears started forming in my eyes.

I watched the vet put my poor Miko to sleep then went home before bursting into tears. I then found out later that Miko had a condition called rotatovirus and it was very irresponsible of the vet for not informing me initially. I did not get another puppy after that, but asked for a refund because I had read somewhere that rotatovirus can continue to stay in your home for up to a year and can infect other new puppies.

I managed to sober up in time for the upcoming Chinese New Year 2010 that year.

*will upload Miko's pics when I get back to Brunei to my other comp*
bombed by meowmeow at 9:30 PM  0 remarks

Whoa!

It's been a while since I came on my blog. Wow, I just didn't expect this blog to still be here. Some links are gone... Seems like this little blog needs a little revamp!

A few years have passed, a lot of people came and went, my life have changed, a lot of things have happened in these last 5 years.

Seems like in my last blog, I was still deciding where I should be. Well, yes. I stayed on in Melbourne. Found a job, worked and stayed in Melbourne for almost 2 years before heading to Brunei and Singapore. 

My story goes like this : Melbourne --> Brunei --> Singapore Due to my long story, it will be written in different parts and posted up separately.
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