Reading my sister's post on this matter was enlightening. Can't believe that it's been nearly 10 years that we've been communicating via emails, chats and now, blogging.
It started from the time I was in UK back in 95 whereby we used to chat for long long hours via IRC. I didn't have to pay anything since uni facilities were free but poor Dad had to put up with massive phone bills and engaged dial tones at night. Hee hee! Tried to get him into it once but he had a bit of trouble having to type pretty fast and also patiently waiting for a reply. 'Telephone is faster and more meaningful' as his motto was then.
A week before coming back home to Malaysia in mid 97, Jas had to pack her bags and go to the US to start her studies in Information Systems. Again, another round of IRC chatting, this time me having to pay for cybercafe charges in KL and Jas is now chatting for free.
Moving back to Kuching, there was a period of 2 years plus where we communicated via email until I got my PC last year. Then, the whole round of chatting started again.
We probably will continue to chat for many years to come as she might not come back to Malaysia to work upon graduation. Oh well. We'll see.
Liberated at
2:19 PM
Great idea if you ask me. Hate driving around looking for a parking space.
The only problem is that it still cannot prevent people from parking in places other than allocated parking lots. Very Asian mentality : park the car at the nearest exit.
Tech : Boss, you free to help give blood today ah? My friend in hospital needs O+ type blood and SGH hospital no more than blood type lah. Somemore, blood bank not open tomorrow because public holiday.
Wena : Okay lor. I go down.
2:00 p.m.
Nurse : Sorry, miss, but you cannot donate blood. You were in UK during the period 1980 to 1996 for more than 6 months. That was period during Mad Cow Disease.
I pity the gal who was recovering from an appendicitus operation. She needed 6 pints of blood and will not get it. Sigh. Her whole church is doing the calling and not the bloodbank.
If the bloodbank is so lacking in blood, why don't they telephone people who donated previously? All telephone contacts are listed down in the declaration form that a blood donor is required to fill in. Don't tell me it's because of high telephone bills unless you're using it more for personal calls. Telekom, if you want to contribute something back to the community, why not allocate free calls to the blood bank to make calls to blood donors.
Yes, nurses are in a noble profession of saving lifes. How about improving procedures more so that more lives can be saved at a lower cost to life? Makes me wonder whether what people say (about blood banks in Malaysia not being able to properly store blood properly) is true. Somemore, with the tightened restrictions on who can give blood is enforced, the Health Ministry should really do something about ensuring blood banks are properly managed. I'd probably hear someone saying it's the hospital management team that runs the hospital but not the Health Ministry.
Stop whining and do something about it. Shortages are a damn big no-no which could be prevented. It's okay to have restrictions on who should be donating blood to avoid contamination. But seriously, shortages can be prevented if only hospitals will suck in their bloody pride when people give recommendations and not think that negative feedback is the end of the world. Take action to correct the situation.
Since the government has a statistic department, they should do an audit on how often the bloodbank runs out of blood. Maybe should also check how many people died because no blood was available in time. Maybe also compare what if the blood got to the patient earlier, the patient recovery time period would decrease (bit difficult to do but not totally impossible).
Knowing the Malaysian government, until a titled person passes away during a situation of blood shortage, chances are that these bloody shortages will still occur and in a more frequent manner.
No mood to celebrate the Sarawak Governor's Birthday. Wonder how he'll like it if someone he knows needs blood urgently and there is a blood shortage.
Liberated at
1:05 PM
Monday, September 08, 2003
...Fluttering Fairy...
Last nite, was sitting in front of the PC updating mum-mum's when I saw this. At first I thought it was a pretty big moth until I realised it was the effect of the fan blocking the fluoresent lamp.
It's a bit blur as the lighting wasn't that good. So, might need to adjust the brightness and contracts of your monitor to get the best effect.
