Dehumanized doctors

My heart is broken.

I feel so upset after reading a doctor's blog about the facts happening in hospitals nowadays. There are doctors who make unethical decisions which might harm patients just to make money. The doctor purposely elicited an abdominal pain by pressing hard on it to get the abnormal finding, then the patient was told to be diagnosed with appendicitis and an urgent appendectomy is needed. How painful it is to know that doctors are not treating patients but harming patients unethically.

I recall what my friends and I discussed this afternoon. We told each other our experiences on how bad the doctors behave in the hospital or even in front of the patients. My friend was a medical student during her elective, this patient was having a swelling breast which was full of pus. The smell was really bad. The worst thing was the attending doctor said she couldn't take the smell because of some unreasonable reasons in front of the patient, then she asked my friend to do the dressing. This is just so ridiculous for me.  

Another dehumanized incident happened in my friend's family. It was a car accident and her mother and her brother were sent to the emergency department by a passerby. Her mother was having an abdominal bleeding. Her brother was having a bleed on the head and he was unconscious. However, there was no one helping them. The nurses were ignoring them and no one offered to help them at all.

I don't have the qualification to criticize any of them. Doctors are human too. And feelings get desensitized as time goes on. My dad was scolded by a surgeon when he shouted for pain during a surgery. The surgeon told my dad not to do the surgery if my dad feels pain. How harsh was it to actually tell patients things like that. I couldn't imagine how terrible my dad felt when he got scolded.

There is a saying in Chinese, 人之初，性本善。It means that human are basically born kind. I'm sure that there's no one who wants to be dehumanized. People always forget who they are and what their role is. How painful it is when there is no one around reminding them of these. 

A beautiful video here to share with you. 

"If we could see inside others' hearts"

触景生情

I have enjoyed this afternoon so so so so much. How lucky I was! It's so sunny today, so I decided to walk around this town. Besides the strong wind which could possibly blow someone away, it was a perfect weather! I went into almost every shops on the street. However, I didn't get what I want=( Either they don't fit me or they are too expensive. Never mind, I will keep finding=)

I came to a big park called Halifax Common if I'm not mistaken. There are a few softball diamonds and a small playground. Other than these, it's a large area of GREEN space. Watching people playing soccer, practicing soft ball, playing Frisbee is great. There are kids running around. Some teenagers playing roller skating as well. I hope I have the chance to do some sports in this greenish park too! 

p/s: I miss playing table tennis so much!! 

520

今天是5月20日，也就是大家所说的520，我爱你。单身的我，竟然也收到这句话。一个人身在异国，在没有家人，朋友5只手指算得完的情况下，收到小小的信息说520真的好感动。

谢谢这位朋友，时常都不忘记给我加油，打气，祝福。

祝你考试顺利，事事顺利吧~ 520 ~~

It's someone's birthday today=)

I woke up at 8.30am and waited for 4 and a half hour to send out a simple birthday video for my dearest friend. This is a very special friend. I always see something different in her. She is always so real and so simple, I guess everyone feels very comfortable hanging around with her. Not to mention her support towards me every second in my life and the happiness she has brought to me. 

Thank you very much, my dear! 

Happy birthday to you. =)

This is the song I used in the video. It's a wonderful song, Forever Friends. 

Hope everyone of you has found someone who we can spend time with, laugh together or even cry together.

p/s: A tutor said I'm too quiet. Maybe next time I should be more outspoken? 

      Jia you!! =))

When dream comes true~~

Finally finally finally, I have departed from Malaysia to Taiwan and now I have reached my destination, Halifax, Canada! 

Since I was young, I always dream of studying overseas like a lot people do. I would say that I'm a lucky one who have got the chance to let my dream comes true. 

The moment the plane touched down, everything in front of me was so unreal. My feeling was so complicated. There were excitement, fear, tiredness......  Jet lag was killing me the first day I reached here. And it gets better now, which is the 4th day. 

April and I had been walking around to explore this new place. This is a small place, but it is a beautiful one. 

Eliza Ritchie Hall, my current hostel. a bit lao ya though..

The view outside my window

Accidentally took April's back. 

We walked along the waterfront harbour. 

Cute lamp post. April was so happy when she found this. It means people got drunk. 

A small hill where people jog and walk and bring their pets to shit. 

It's a cold spring now, and I like the weather except the strong wind.

Tomorrow will be the very first day of the link program. Looking forward to it very much! 

P/S: Life still goes on although I'm very disappointed on the election result. I believe that 人在做，天在看。Never ever give up, people!