My flesh & heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart & my portion forever!


Tuesday, October 30, 2007

I just wanna say...

Just let me say how much I love
YouLet me speak of Your mercy and grace
Just let me live in a shadow of Your beauty
Let me see You face to face

And the earth will shake as Your Word goes forth
And the heavens will tremble and fall
But let me say how much I love You
Oh my Savior, my Lord and Friend

Just let me hear Your finest whispers
As You gently call my name
And let me see Your power and Your glory
Let me feel Your spirit's flame

Let me find You in the desert
Till this sand is holy ground
And I am found completely surrendered
To You my Lord and Friend

So let me say how much I love You
With all my heart I long for You
For I am caught in this passion of knowing
This endless love I've found in You

And the depth of grace, the forgiveness found
To be called a child of God
Just makes me say how much I love You
Oh my Savior, my Lord and Friend (x2)

Just makes me say how much I love You
Oh my Savior, my Lord and Friend

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

---Austin's Code Black---

Time:- Lunch hours (noon-2pm)
Place:- Austin Hospital mainly the student common room
Person:- N, M & myself (names are abbreviated to protect privacy)


*As usual, I was playing ping pong with my friends as we were eating lunch in the common room. As I returned the ball skillfully to the opponent…

- Ding Ding Ding Ding (Doesn’t sound quite like that, but almost the same)

Voice talking thru the speaker *Attention, there’s a code black going on in this and that area & the warn us to be careful & not to go to that area

(Btw, code black means there’s an armed threat or hostage going on in the hospital, so STAY AWAY!!!)

I was telling my friend, “Hey there’s a code black going on. Sounds cool. This is the first time hearing this kind of announcement. Wish I am there to witness the situation. It’ll be so cool!”

Thoughts about the drama in the TV series Grey’s Anatomy was running through my mind as I continue playing ping pong. It’ll be such a fun thing to be in the situation, trying to do something (although I don’t know what I can do besides er standing there), like what the interns in Grey’s did when things happen.

After a long hour of ping pong rallies, I decided to go to the ward with M to do a long case for my presentation tomorrow. N decided to come along since N wanted to go to the ward too. As three of us were heading towards the lift, we overheard the residents talking about the threat and started walking towards the old building of Austin.

Then,

N: Let’s just follow them. They might be heading towards the “crime” scene.

3 of us were following the residents closely… They were heading towards the old Austin building. Then,

Me: I don’t think it’s in the old building. It’s a researched area; no patients will come to this part of the world! Let’s just go to the Outpatients (Level 3)

Once we got to the Level 3, everyone was sitting calmly. Nurses & doctors were busy running the afternoon outpatient clinics.

Me: Why is it so peaceful? Hrm, maybe it’s at the lobby, where everyone is.

So, we walked towards the lobby, not wanting to give up easily, hoping to get a sense of Grey’s anatomy feel! We walked around the lobby, disappointed as soon as we found the area was free from threats, so N has this brilliant idea.

N: Let’s just go security department. I need to get my pass card fixed. Maybe they’ll tell you what happen. (True enough, the guard told us there’s something going on at the age care outpatient)

With that blur faces,

M: WH, why don’t you go and ask the reception counter where is this age care place is?

Me: *walking towards the counter. Excuse me, we are medical students & we heard that there’s a code black going on. Do you know where it is? Just wanna make sure we don’t go near that area.

We were told it’s at level 4, in the Austin old building. Argh!!! Right where we were heading towards initially. N & M gave me this look & we hurried to the “crime” scene. As we were on our way,

Ding Ding Ding Ding “Code black has been cleared!”

The look of disappointment and sadness on our faces. When we reached there, we saw a couple of police cars, and funny thing is, our neurology consultant & fellow were there, checking out the “scene”.

N: I think the detective part of tracking down the “crime” scene was much more fun & exciting & hilarious compared to actually reaching the actual scene.
Laughing at each other, and feeling somehow satisfied at the “drama” we had running around the hospital, we went to the ward & start our work. THE END!