we can rule the world

I am finally done with the OT course!! Well, actually I finished it in December and I'm happy to say that I did much better than expected. Thank you, NUS, for drilling into me the skills for writing case studies. At least all those sleepless nights and last-minute churning trained me well.

Anyway, for my loyal readers, you may have recalled that I mentioned a mentorship program for the graduate nurses. So far, it's turning out to be a very good thing indeed. The chats I have with my mentor may seem superficial to some, but I try hard to learn something from each session. Needless to say, my mentor is quite wonderful, insightful and smart. She gives me hope that I might one day find something to my liking in this sometimes dreary profession. I really should take full advantage of the relationship I have with her to venture out of my comfort zone cos I'm not going to be in this honeymoon phase forever.

I've started my emergency on-call thingamajig as well. My first week was the CNY week which turned out a lot better than expected but I think I'm going to give away at least my weekend calls as soon as possible cos really, who wants to get called back when you're having a nice dinner? It was a little scary at first but it's getting better. Although as I admitted to one of the consultants the other day, I'm not quite keen on doing calls despite the extra money.

Talking about my mentor giving me hope, the same consultant also gave me some encouraging advice regarding the future of Endoscopy nurses. He mentioned that there aren't that many trained Endoscopy nurses in the world and that in time to come, we may actually be in high demand. No wonder he seemed a little taken aback when I said that I may not have much in the way of career advancement in my chosen area because it's so specialised.

All in all, life at the moment seems like a ship that hasn't reached its final destination but is just cruising along until it find a port it likes. But at least I'm gonna go on holiday soon!

CANNOT. WAIT. 10 APRIL.