All Smiles

I am grinning from ear to ear. I can't help it but I am savouring every minute of this rare euphoria. I know precious moments like these do not last long usually.

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First of all, the admin b**** has finally gotten the sack! *Applause*

I don't mean to be sadistic and cruel (my friends and family will know very well that I am far more angelic than this ;), but this damned serpent had successfully squeezed flooding tears out of my lacrimal ducts more than anyone else since my arrival here. I have never met any other freak who could have been more merciless and devilish than she was. I nearly threw in the towel in the midst of my job out of sheer frustration and contempt, but realised that I would be steering the white flag if I had done so. Thankfully, I was not alone in the arduous battle, and with determined strength and stoicism, we managed to pluck this stye out of our sight eventually.

It was a delicious victory won with finger-licking satisfaction and justice. (Slurp!)

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I never felt so loved.

The lengthy hours we spent chatting on the phone and the lovely messages he text me when he knew I was ill, really melted my heart. Call me a typical XX-chromosome. Despite being "plagued" by those notoriously stubborn traits of a Taurean, and swearing before never to settle for anything less than perfect, I was unwittingly taken in by the sweet-nothings and Ozzie charm of a completely irrational encounter! I tried to heed the advices of my loved ones back home, who all vehemently insisted that I would have deserved someone better. I attempted to play the devil and bring out the worst in me before him. He remained persistent and devoted, though slightly stunned by my unexpected "revelations" (hee..hee...told him I wanted to be a housewife...).

I am so confused and half-hearted right now, but yet at the same time, still basking in romantic glow and bliss. No wonder he did comment that I am a rather "complicated" individual, and yet not so. Does this sound complex enough??

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I love the place I am working at now.

It is a small peripheral hospital smacked in the middle of a retirement village, facing the beauty of a lake. Naturally, the majority of my patients would have been the elderly folks, which basically satiates my interest of Geriatrics. It has been a pleasure dealing with these sweet old things.

And being a close-knitted environment, it is easier to know my colleagues and allied staff on a more personal basis. I was caught by surprise on the first day of work when the medical administrator extended her genuinely warm welcome and introduced me to literally every soul we met along the corridor and rooms. I am greeted with endearing smiles wherever I go, and despite the lack of sophisticated technology that a tertiary hospital would proudly boast of, we practise the true art of medicine with heart and compassion.

It will remain a pleasantly memorable and nostalgic part of my Ozzie adventure.

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" (Leonardo daVinci, 1452-1519)