To think you are a healthcare PROFESSIONAL

Recently, I've come to know of something really interesting from our classmates who are taking a particular module [hint: The organisation, management, and assumption of risks of a business or enterprise, usually implying an element of change or challenge and a new opportunity].

Apparently, they had a presentation as part of their evaluation (and it weighs 50% if I'm not mistaken). A group of OT0401s were presenting their proposal, which was something for geriatric clients.

As you all know, Mr Blackie, being a healthcare PROFESSIONAL, should have adequate knowledge of medical terms, or AT LEAST, a sound knowledge of the English Language. However, he posed a question to them.

"IS THERE SUCH A WORD AS GERIATRIC?" .."do you mean males or females?....."

Now, as you all can see, if there is such an award for "The World's Most Stupid Question" I guess he would have won it. And to think, he is a "PROFESSIONAL". Either he has been a quak for that many years, or he is suffering from severe degeneration of neurons.

Here is what the www.dictionary.com has to say about the word GERIATRIC...

Main Entry: 1 ge·ri·at·ric

Pronunciation: "jer-E-'a-trik, "jir-

Function: noun

1 ge·ri·at·rics plural but singular in construction : a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and aging people —compare GERONTOLOGY

2 : an aged person
Source: Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.

Main Entry: 2 geriatric

Function: adjective

1 : of or relating to geriatrics or its practice (geriatric department in a hospital)(geriatric ward)

2 : of, relating to, affecting, or being aged individuals
Source: Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.

Full of questions for the Otties, yet full of praises for the Potties.

I pity those in that module...

I’ll nOt forget hOw u shriveled and curled.. OH! hOw it hurts..

My yard long’ner bean was too tall for the cup
So it moved all the way to the pot.
It was healthy and cheery as pOmpy desire,
And pOmpy love it dearly more!
So it grew happily in the day and in the night,
And was pOmpy’s treasure and her pride...
But it stOpped, shOcked! Never to grOw again
When the deadly virus come by…

*Sang to the tune ‘My Grandfather’s Clock’*

It was so difficult to part, I had to cut it Off, first was E’ner, followed by K’ner and L’ner was next… *my heart wept*. Only W’ner was left. It stood alone..
nOthing stirred. nOthing will ever stir..
that was when I knew that my heart had heart died.

Schnappi - Das Kleine Krokodil

Wondered what happened to "Christmas Christmas Time is Near"?
Well, personally thought that we might all be a wee little bit tired of the song, and so decided to change to a new one (for the time being)! Rest assured the Alvin and The Chipmunks will return!

And is case you don't understand the song.. here's how it goes! *me love schnappi!*

Ich bin Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil.

Komm aus Ägypten, das liegt direkt am Nil.

Zuerst lag ich in einem Ei,

dann schni-,schna-,schnappte ich mich frei

[Refrain]

Schni Schna Schnappi

Schnappi Schnappi Schnapp

Schni Schna Schnappi

Schnappi Schnappi Schnapp

Ich bin Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil,

hab scharfe Zähne, und davon ganz schön viel.

Ich schnapp mir was ich schnappen kann,

ja ich schnapp zu, weil ich das so gut kann.

[Refrain]

Schni Schna Schnappi

Schnappi Schnappi Schnapp

Schni Schna Schnappi

Schnappi Schnappi Schnapp

Ich bin Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil,

ich schnappe gern, das ist mein Lieblingsspiel.

Ich schleich mich an die Mama ran,

und zeig ihr wie ich schnappen kann

[Refrain]

Schni Schna Schnappi

Schnappi Schnappi Schnapp

Schni Schna Schnappi

Schnappi Schnappi Schnapp

Ich bin Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil,

und vom Schnappen, da krieg ich nicht zu viel.

Ich beiß dem Papi kurz ins Bein,

und dann, dann schlaf ich einfach ein.

[Outro]

Schni Schna Schnappi

Schnappi Schnappi Schnapp (schnapp!)

Schni Schna Schnappi (ja!)

Schnappi Schnappi Schnapp (schnapp!)

Schni Schna Schnappi (mhmm!) S

chnappi Schnappi Schnapp (ja!)

Schni Schna Schnappi Schnappi (hmm) Schnappi Schnapp

Cohort Tee

Dearest OT0402,
Please remember to vote for the front design for cohort tee (at Legendary Yahoo Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/legendaryOT0402/), as well as the colour combinations, by Sunday (18th September 2005).

Here are the two choices for the front design:

Design A

Design B

The choices for colour combination:

1. White Tee, BlackPrint
2. White Tee, Blue Print
3. Black Tee, Yellow Print
4. Black Tee, White Print
5. Black Tee, Cyan Print
6. Yellow Tee, Navy Blue Print
7. Green Tee, White Print
8. Green Tee, Yellow Print

Thanks!

Note: This post has been created by request of Huimin :)

"Auntie Killer"??

Take a close look at the pictures below.

Who are these 15 guys?

Guessed it?

Top: Lee Byung Heon, Dustin Hoffman, Johnny Depp, Keanu Reeves, Takeshi Kaneshiro

Middle: Richard Gere, Won Bin, George Clooney, Chow Yun Fatt, Pierce Brosnan

Bottom: Bae Yong Jun, Tony Leung, Lee Hom, Andy Lau, Jerry Yen

So, what do they have in common?

If you answered "Good Looking" or "Handsome", guess again!

Yes...they are none other than the widely recognised, formidable..."Auntie Killers"! (师奶杀手). Thousands, perhaps even millions of "Aunties" hearts have been captivated by their good looks and not forgetting, their million dollar smile!

Now, with these 15 guys in your mind, take a look at these words...

"Other therapists does this..."

(Demonstrates what other OTs usually do in passive ranging of the wrist)

"I do this.. My own style"

(Demonstrates his own method of passive ranging of the wrist)

"That's why when clients come to me and go to another therapist, they always come back to me... Especially the Aunties. I'm very popular among the aunties...because of Colles Fracture."

(*SMILES*)

Towards the end of the session.. he continues on...

"You have to use your heart to be a good therapist..."

(Goes on to explain the importance of HEART and THEORY)

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.

.

"Like when I greet my male patients.. I will..."

(Shakes JK's hand and the other hand on his shoulder and says "How are you today?")

"And if its the females..."

(Just shakes JK's hand..smiles.. and says "How are you today?")

"Aunties.. I do this.."

(Continues shaking JK's hand and pats the handshake with the other hand.."How are you today?")

(*SMILES*)

And what you have just read was an re-enactment of what happened on 12 September 2005. Interesting?

Remember the 15 guys above?

So..is he a "Auntie Killer" too?

juicy juicy news!!

hey all the papachipmunk fans out there....
i got juicy juicy news lehz....
here it goes...

Name: Papachipmunk
Age: 38 years old this year
Status: Married at 25 years old

yup..
well.. personally rite.. i think he looks older than 38 lehz..
prob sherry can sell him some products eh.. haha..

Our very own OT *Superstar*~

haa!!! sorry for the delay.. good things are worth waiting for, right? LOL.

guessed our class had a fab time last evening at the tea party! heeheehee!! the 6 hours long wait for group B was so worthwhile! haha! think the jap students were very enthusiastic and absolutely a fun and crazy bunch! they got so excited when a few of us asked them abt jap celebrities, e.g. speed (some of us sang the chorus part of 'white love' together with miho ^_^), kinki kids, arashi etc~ we found out that chika is a fanatic of arashi and cheered her on to perform for us. woohoo! the jap gals was so 'on' and danced to an arshi song together. we were wowed by their performance! a pity that hb didnt catch the chio jap gals performing :(

since our guests have performed for us, it's courtesy that we gotta put up an item as well :) wonder if we had moved them with our 'guang huai fang shi' and 'if we hold on together' LOL* it seemed more like they had question marks written all over their faces. as well as hb's. aiyo.

the highlight of the party was hb's performance~ woohoo!! hb and his sidekick nizar sang rasang sayang and 2 malay poems. we're so happy to see hb so radiant and happy.. probably he really enjoyed performing when he was younger. heez! he explained the meaning of the poems and mrs lim wrote the lyrics on the board. they really worked well together :) the poems incorporated in the song depicted 2 ppl falling in love, bathing, etc (erm.. paiseh i wasnt paying full attn.. oops! ) anyway, hb has rather nice vocals! so does our dear nizar!

here's the long-awaited pics...


discussing the performance.. *excited*


hb and nizar, the sidekick.. we all support u!








hweilan came!





*heehee*


introducing rasa sayang...


anticipating his performance... hmm...


explaining the lyrics...


whoa... they really complement each other~





hb singing~~~


go, sidekick!


us...


the jap gals.. ooh.. chio~


mr and mrs lim :)


jess & nizar~


a group pic :)))

for more pics, click here :)

it's time to count your blessings.. (",)

Break week ended. It’s the start of the stressful school days.. *as if the break week was not stressful at all!! I’ve got 6 huge, juicy PIMPLES now happily growing on my face as result of the ‘break’ week*

Still, I was glad to be back to school. Today was the 2nd day of my 20th year. I went to school just like the normal school days, but the experience I’d today was SPECIAL, all thanks to ZQ group. I didn’t really expect them to celebrate my birthday for me today.. though I know they would someday somehow.. I always thought they’ll celebrate mine with Sil’s.. so I guessed it to be sometime this week *hmm.. De javu.. I think I said this before..Gosh! I said that to ceyu that day, on the bus! & she did said something about today..opps!!! I entirely forgotten about it..all thanks to the CREATIVITY assignment [which made me feel like I’m a primary school kid doing art and crafts] and me having to juggle my time to help out @ mummy’s [if u know what I meant]*

Haha.. well, think it’s a blessing in disguise, cos I did had a good laugh at myself today.. firstly, was the cake that jun was carrying.. though initially I was inquistie & wanted to prompt.. but I soon stop cos I believe in not prompting if people didn’t want to tell.. * geez.. actually it’s the CAT lah.. it got me all distracted (scared out of my wits?)* next, I was so naïve to believe that PPC wanted to see me, my ai ren & sil. I was lead to PPC office to discover that it was… *phew! Luckily no need to see PPC!!* thank you ZQ, Rui, Ceyu, Irene too for that little surprise..

Slow rite? *like the comic*

Okie.. for the kaypoh: I received my 1st adidas product! Aaaaaaaahhhh… but it’s sleeveless.. gosh.. pompy’s gonna show her elephant limb!!! *vomit* but I really liked it.. Dear ZQ, I loved it as much as I love u all… hmm.. guess the present will be showcased in pompy’s collection in the wardrobe.. :P

Previously, a couple of my friends asked me what do I want or need.. this set me pondering.. *ha! pompy-ponderous-parahippocampus can ponders!* I realized that I’m really blessed – with my family, my friends showering me with their care & concern.. *count ur blessing!! U’ll realize that u own plenty!!*

Food for thought: what can I do in return? What can I give on my part to maintain or even improve the relationships that I now have? *pompy stars to ponder again*

2 class tee for this year???

hey guys...

it seems tat we all like both the designs done up by our very own Sil n MX eh..
shall we do 2 den?? hee..

well.. i will be going down to the printing shop tml..
shall we do one for papachipmunk.. another one for Jo?
am thinking we should do for HL n Serene or even Charmaine Magnus..
wat u guys think??