Life is precious.

I just finished a set of 4 nights in which I only had 1 day off before that set and I had worked 3 nights before!! SO I basically almost worked 7 nights in a row. omg. So. Tired. I only have two days off before I do my next set but hopefully it won't be that bad. Because then I get to go home! YAY! But as tiring as my last set was, it was good because I met this amazing little girl.

Ok she's not that little, she's a pre-teen but anyways she was the sweetest girl ever. She asked me the cutest questions like she was trying to get to know me and it made me feel like I was a little 13 year old girl making a new friend. She told me about how she was super excited to go to the Diwali celebration party this weekend and talked to me about how much she loved dancing and which genres she preferred. Honestly, I was super busy at this time so I didn't really have time to talk to her but you know when you're in those moments when someone keeps talking to you and asking questions and seems to be really enjoying themselves and you're just like... yeah I don't really have time for this right now but you politely just go along with it and wait for that right moment to go yeeeeeahhhh so I have to go now... haha yeah it kinda felt like that. It wasn't like it wasn't enjoyable, I was just in a hurry to do other stuff too. Anyways, we finished our conversations and I was about to leave and she goes "WAIT! I just wanted to say that.. I think you're the best nurse. Don't tell anyone out there! And I DON'T say this to everyone, I promise!" I just thought how sweet she was and was a little happy inside. She asked me if I could be her nurse again tomorrow and I told her that's not up to me and that I didn't even know if I would be on this unit tomorrow so I really don't know. I said she could ask the day nurse tomorrow who is working the night and maybe she could ask for me if I was on cardiology again. Then she fell asleep for the rest of the night so I pretty much didn't really get to talk to her again. The next night, I came back for my shift and I was on cardiology again yay. I like consistency. Anyways during report when they got to me the charge nurse says "apparently she LOVES you and this is for you" and hands me a MVP nurse card from the patient!! It's soooo adorable. It says "she made me a heat pack in the middle of the night and warmed it up for me each time it got cold. she stayed with me the whole time I had pain in my arm and stayed there until I didn't have it to help me feel better." My heart literally melted! HOW CUTE. Anyways apparently if you get 5 of these cards you get a special pin! Yay!

Something special about this girl is her medical background. I won't and can't say too much but basically she's only 13 and she's already been on life support two times, had multiple heart transplants, basically had a heart attack at age 9 and has gone through SO MUCH in her life already. She typed up her medical story in plain words and has it laminated at her bedside so health care providers who don't know her can read it and understand her medical history more. When I read it, I had tears in my eyes. I know I sound so emotional -_-. But the last paragraph was something like "I want to thank my parents and all the doctors and nurses and surgeons that took care of me. From all this I learned that life is precious and it is a gift and I have something to be happy and thankful for every single day. I am going to make everyday count." I just thought it was SO MATURE for a 13 year old!! Sigh. <3 I learned something from her that night and I hope that whoever reads this learns something too.

And let's be real here. All that matters in life is that we have healthy children. :D

愛如潮水

Thanksgiving = over. Fall weather = here. Happy late Canadian Thanksgiving! I have been in a food coma for 3 days straight from eating the food that I cooked as well and from tonight's feast at Ariel's place. I'm so blessed to have such amazing family friends in Vancouver...... =) I feel so so so so fat though. Ugh. I haven't worked out in FOREVER (unless you count work as a form of exercise.... which in a way it really can be) but I haven't been to yoga since the end of last month and I'm scared to go back because it's going to be PAINFUL. I think I'm going to cancel my monthly membership because it's too expensive and considering I'm gone half the month of October and haven't gone this month at all..... it's so not worth it at this point. Ok I really need to start making use of the gym at my apartment. Like, seriously.

So tonight I realized how happy I am for a friend who finally found *the one*. When she was telling me how it all started and how it all worked out, it just reminded that little part of me that true love is out there (as sappy as it sounds). Every girl deserves a guy who will go all out for her and do whatever it takes (within his limits) to make the relationship work. A guy that will drop everything for the girl he loves. I think the moment of her story that touched me the most was when I asked about the TIffany's necklace she was wearing. Apparently the dude brought her to Tiffany's in Taipei 101 saying that he needed to buy her something because he hadn't given her a gift since they first met. And he insisted on buying her something so badly and she had no choice because she was making him look bad at the store just standing there being like "no, it's okay!" (what a humble girl..... I would have been like....REALLY?! ok let's start at the diamonds collection...... lolol okok maybe not diamonds but yeah) WTF right?!??!! WHERE CAN I FIND A GUY LIKE THIS PLEASE? I am waiting for that guy that special orders that engagement ring from the original Tiffany & Co on Fifth Avenue. It happens in real life. I just hope it happens to me LOL. Sigh. Anyways and on the way home, her mom said something that really made me go siiiiiiigh. Her mom said that he always thinks of her first. Sigh. That is so important. We deserve a guy who thinks of how his actions/decisions affect us and think about how we would feel in every possible situation. <333

愛如潮水 is my entry title because this song is the epitome of the perfect man. Someone who doesn't care about anything except loving you and making you happy. I want my hubby to sing this song to me HAHA.

So yeah... that's what's on my mind for now. So here's a little message to the girls who read this: he is out there somewhere and if you haven't found him already, he will find you and you will know immediately. because he will take care of you and do anything and everything just to make you happy. end of story.

10/10/09

Well it's October 10th... and life will hopefully just continue to get better from this point on. I can focus more on ME, what I want to do in my free time and how I can continue to learn/improve at work. I can't believe how fast time flies... and it's fake Thanksgiving this weekend! YAY! Speaking of that, I went to Safeway today and picked up tons of groceries to make my Thanksgiving more festive. I wish Ivy was here to feast with me... but at least she's coming back to Vancouver soon. I bought a turkey breast, stuff to make scallop potatoes, STUFFING (buy1get1free YESSS!), corn, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie. And I can't wait to make my PUMPKIN BROWNIES! I'll try to make my food pretty and post some pics maybe. I still need to send pictures to my mom of the food I make to make her proud HAHA. Maybe.


Anyways... kind of excited to go home at the end of the month! And excited for the months ahead... :)