"You are my strength, strength like no other. Reaches to me"

Fell sick last wednesday with fever, felt really hot and lethargic so i slept at 830pm and when my alarm rang the next morning, mom's hand straightaway reached out to touch my neck.
I knew she purposedly woke up in the middle of the night to cont' giving me my medicine, but i wasn't aware that she actually came over to sleep beside me on my bed. Mothers make the best nurses.

Been working for coming to two weeks now, and i'm ENJOYING it. (: The staff are nice, and am on joking terms with most of them. The good thing about being in a ward where most of the staff are in their 20s means that working is a whole lot more fun. When they teach you, they are pretty patient and kind.
Sure, there are cliques and strong friendships going on, they've known each other more than they've known me.. and that's understandable. Friendships can't be rushed. It takes time for friendships to start. It starts from little seedlings, and with patience, time, watering (communication) the little seedlings starts to grow.
How did Nana and I became strong, bestfriends? It was 'cos of the time we spent with each other. We were not close right from the start.
It was after all the phone calls (almost everyday), camps, Misait.. all those years of constant communication. If you asked me 3-4 years ago, i will say that Nana doesn't know everything about me, there were somethings i kept secret.
But if you ask me now, i'll tell you that there are NO secrets between me and her.
If you asked me or her 8 years ago, whether we thought we were gonna be bestfriends, we'll tell you 'no'. Friendships takes time, understanding, and to a certain extent, some level of chemistry. However, just 'cause one thinks that there's no chemistry as of yet, it doesn't mean that one can't be close friends with another in time to come. If you straightaway draw that line in friendships, you'll find yourself at the end that does/may not benefit you at all. You may never find the special friend that you need in that person just because of your own judgement of him/her.

Back to the ward, I thank God that i get to meet all these wonderful, great people and work with them instead. And like what Manda told me last week, God will not leave me hanging, He will provide me with good friendships. I'll trust God on that. (:

The children are all so lovable. (: Fallen in love with three little infants in the ward. Ahhhh.. how i love holding them, feeding and lullabying them to sleep. I'm gonna make an AWESOME mommy next time! Haha, any of you have trouble bathing your infants, your free to ask me for my help! (:
Working in a children's ward also means i get to enjoy the same treats they do too!
Last week a group of young adult volunteers came to our ward to make those animal shaped balloons. They made for us too! For quite some time, they were standing right in front of the counter making balloons for us nurses. (:
I took home two balloon-dogs that day (one burst along the way).

Just today a magician/illusionist came to the ward, and guess who were his first audience? Not the kids BUT US nurses (: He too parked himself right in front of the counter, near to where i was sitting (directly opposite) and did a couple of tricks! If you were a visitor you'd be amazed to see a whole bunch of nurses and one doctor staring him down, trying to figure out his tricks while going "waaahhhh" "oooohhh" "whaaattt?" "howw??" and "hahahahaha".

I'm not regretting. KKH is the place for me. Children's ward is the place for me. (:
For this season, i should say.

*thank you Lord for opening this door, for answering my prayers, thank you for the ward you've placed me in, for the wonderful colleagues, thank you*