First day of work...

26 May – First Day of work in KK hospital. For your inform, I am working as an assistance social worker. Initially don’t really get used to get up early since I start work at 8:30am. Also, I got to wear formal wear every weekday. Being used to wearing short pants and t-shirt, I do really feel “old” and uncomfortable. But slowly get used to it. First day of work, I got to know all my colleagues working at MSW department (MSW –medical social work) followed by some little simple introduction of my job scope and etc. Basically, I need to attend to patient, who come to our department for assistance and can be all sort of assistance (such as finance etc). Also, I got to go for home visit, get to learn how their system works and other general task. I remember I told God I want to do something; I want to make a different. And I really thank God for this opportunity to work as social work assistance. I remember I did apply once at TTSH but fail and now I got the opportunity again. There are many different types of cases and I thank God for giving me something special and challenging for me. In fact I am working with cases related to child abuse, single mum etc.

Though it’s not going to be easy, I know I am Gabriela (God is my strength) and I believe I really need God to be my strength for my workplace. Anyway, for those who don’t know my baptism name is Gabriela =] and my colleague they called me that name. Though some prefer to call me rainbow, chye hong, Doreen, I still prefer all to call me Gabriela to remind me God is my strength. My colleague are quite friendly, my supervisor who is also my trainer is very patient in teaching me the task I need to learnt and she teaches me really slowly which I don’t think many trainer will be that patient. Also, they got me a lunch buddy so that I won’t be eating alone =]. My lunch buddy is friendly person too. I also got a working partner whom we share workload together. One interesting thing is that her name is a bit “rhythm” with my name. During my training, I got to read different cases and I am shocked to realize that there are quite handfuls that need help in our society. Some “dramatic” stories on TV do actually happen in real life. As I read cases by cases, I do thank God for what I have and really hope I can help them. But since I am not social worker I cannot really go in dept in helping. However, I am going to apply for part time degree in social work next year =). Besides reading cases, I also got the opportunity to go home visit with my supervisor. Sometime we might not appreciate or be contended with what we have until we realize how blessed we are. This is what I can conclude from home visit. Today is my third day in KKH MSW hope that I can quick pick up things =].

Hmm..haven been seeing my ploy friends for sometime…got to meet up with them soon.
Last Friday, I got to celebrate Kala’s 21st birthday with siling, yizi and yun. We meet early to set up the birthday picnic at esplanade root top. We decorate with roses, cotton wool and light stick. And we bought her a princess balloon, a tin box with our photo on it, a small bouquet of roses, a cake and a necklace engraved with her name. Hee we meet her at city hall and do a little sabo before we bring her to the romantic birthday picnic. And she seemed to be really happy with our master piece. After that we went for dinner and took photos. Below are the photos taken on her birthday:

Look forward for coming events in Jun:
- Yizi’s 21st Birthday
- TYA retreat
- Piano Lesson