Wednesday, February 28, 2007
I am stressed. and upset. I know its been ages since I last updated or blogged or whatever, but its just been so tiring. its less exhausting but yet more wearing than school, if you know what I mean.
Today was stressful and depressing. our annual charity lunch was held at goodwood park hotel, and about 150 elderly plus about 10 volunteers including me, farah and aik chuan turned up. half way through things started going strange.
guys(or even girls), if you get grossed out easily, please read squinting so you can shut your eyes faster. I was escorting a few of the elderly to the toilet when I noticed blood in one cubicle. alot of blood. all over the bowl and on the floor kind of blood. initially I reacted the way you probably are now - repulsed and nauseated (have I even mentioned the smell? it was like decomposing raw fish).
so I asked a volunteer who was alr in the toilet what happened, and she said one elder had spent ages in the cubicle earlier and after coming out kept insisting she was fine. so I asked the volunteer to point out which one she was. I went over and knelt down beside her and said 'ah ma, if you don't feel well anywhere, you must tell us ok'. and she kept saying she was fine so there was nothing I could do.
later on, she suddenly got up to go to the toilet again, and this time she didn't come out. then doris (kaki bukit in-charge) appeared. she told me that the old lady had only recently been discharged from hospital. anyway the old lady was still inside, and it seemed like her trousers were dirtied so we kept handing her paper towels and even a sanitary pad.
guys i tol you to squint alr what right!!!!
ANYWAY to cut a long story short, doris and the hotel staff called the ambulance. which took ages to arrive I might add. meanwhile me and siti (another volunteer) stayed with the old lady and kept saying comforting stuff (I hope) to her, because doris said the old lady was scared. her hands were trembling at one point. she just couldn't stop bleeding.
I was so super nervous but siti seemed mostly fine. later I found out she's actually an experienced first-aider. no wonder la! okay superfluous statement.
I put on a brave front (hopefully) and just stood there and blah. then finally the ambulance arrived and started stretchering her off. me and siti stood by her side and kept telling her not to be scared. wth la I was a bit scared myself, then its like, I had to tell someone else its gg to be okay when she's bleeding all the way down her leg. really hope she's okay now, maybe I'll get everyone to go visit her tmr.
anyway besides that, the lunch went pretty smoothly...I guess. was in the toilet most of the time.
and then I came home to find out my primary school principal just passed away 2 days ago. margaret yong and sr theresa both died on the same day. my dad found out in the obituary and told me. I don't know la...coincidence? or were they together at the wrong place at the wrong time? dunno la I'm just really tired. and depressed.
so emo. lols.
jean please say your parents will let you go to the funeral service! sheen's parents alr dun let...
okays. off to watch hana kimi now. i'm super addicted to that show. and I need to cheer the hell up. tmr still got work WOOHOO.
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