I nearly punched the PIG in the stomach today. Last week, he had swopped shifts with Farah. She had graciously accepted his plea.. but when she asked if he could swop back (she has a debate briefing to attend this fri evening. It's important she attends because attendence will be taken into consideration during the selection process), he replied, "i have other commitments."
That really made my blood boil. And things tend to get ugly when this happens. Really ugly. Ugly. Ugly. Ugly.
I went to ask him to clarify his statement - read: find trouble.
The PIG said he had to attend church on friday and would be unable to change shifts with Fara. The PIG thinks he's the bishop/reverend/preist/friar (take your pick). Such a coincidence? HAH..! I think he just came up with a lame excuse, mainly because it's a friday. That bastard.
Fara and Suli were beside me, and sensing (you don't need psychic powers to read the amount of piss i was brewing) that the whole encounter could get really out of hand, decided to intervene. They tried to ease the tense situation by smiling and speaking in pseudo-friendly high pitched tones, "You try to change ok?" *smiles* "You decide and tell me tomorrow lah" *smiles*
Meanwhile, the PIG stared at me. The nerve. The PIG wants war? I'll give the PIG war.
So i too, engaged in the visual attack - i stared back. Stare. Stare. Stare.
So we stood there staring at each other. Wahaha. The drama.
Of course i won. I have trained my eye muscles to freeze on demand over the years (trouble magnet in my youth lah). Suli said he looked as if he was going to cry. Please, if a stare can bring a man or in this case, the PIG, to tears, i mourn the day he is enlisted for National Service. (imagination run amock-enemy stares at him, he cries. Surrenders his gun, then gets butt fucked. Hmm.. maybe that way, he gets some purpose in his life.)
On a lighter note, today was, as usual a fun day. We joked that Yuxuan being so skinny, it would be great if we (me and Suli) had our boob size the same as the circumference of her head (behold the consequence of having too much free time). While Suli would be content with her boobies being just half of Yuxuan's head(Oh La La factor), i would want mine to have a little more oomph (factor) and go three quarters. We even joked that Yuxuan's hair = nipple. Wah.. big man. Scary.
As for the others:
Lionel wasn't in such a good mood today. Through dinner, he more or less just ate his fries (i pilfered a little from him) and he pretty much kept to himself.
Zul was seated too far to participate in a decent conversation with me.
Shida cut and rebonded her hair-nice! =) Glamour girl. Guys take note!
Moonie had so much make-up on today, it shocked me. Needless to say, i rubbed that into her face. Wahaha... and being the nice person she is, she didn't hold that against me. Instead, she gleefully embraced the attention. Heehehee... (i love you lah woman)
Some staff ticked us off for liotering in the wards. They must have expected us to paint the walls. They said there was work to be done. Hello... where?? You tell me. We dispersed to entertain the children and their parents. And yeah, the children bring a lot of joy. Later, they decided to delegate some work (parameters and diaper changing), so we continued to play while doing our work.
It's a slack ward to be in, compared to med-surg wards in our normal postings but truthfully, i'd much rather return to adult nursing. More work translates to me feeling more in need = intrinsic satisfaction. Again, i'd like to stress : Paeds is simply not for me.
We're going for supper after attachment tomorrow. Newton/Tekka/Mustafah Centre?! Woohoo...!!
Ps - i miss you Sharon Lee....
