TOuCHeD...

had a very special birthday this year, thanks to family, friends and colleagues, one of the best and unforgettable ones I have had... despite having to work and having to bake my own birthday cake for work... this year was also extra special, as I turn 26 and I was born on 26 Aug... it's not happening again this lifetime... cos you only turn 26 once... *obviously*...

Elinor, Nat OT and Jenny had decided to fill my table and chair with balloons and I was nicely surprised when I walked into the office in the morning... they also bought me flowers and a card and a movie voucher... a very big thank you to them... for their efforts... Nat PT also bought me a strawberry cheesecake... which we had after the rehab inservice, had another nice surprise when I walked into the inservice and Dr Wong immediately wished me happy birthday and everyone else in the room followed suit... a little embarrassed by it all... that's one of the good things about working in a hospital, you know more people and hence received many birthday wishes yesterday... Elinor and Tina decided that they would locate a recipe for icing for the flourless choc cake which I baked and we ended up going into the ADL kitchen and making the icing there... much appreciated despite all the groaning and mishaps I had whilst making the icing... becos I know how busy they must be... had an afternoon tea in the office where we had the flourless choc cake which I baked (I thought they were bitter btw) and Tina also baked mini cupcakes... they were good... and after coming home, auntie made really good lasagne for me on request... and Christine bought me a cake (yes, another one!)... and there was another round of singing and blowing of candles... I was sooo caked out yesterday... no more cakes for awhile... and saw all the well wishes on facebook last night and this morning... very very thankful to all who have made my special day really unforgettable and made me feel special, loved and missed... and the celebrations are going to continue until next saturday...

one sad thing which I also found out yesterday was that Nat PT is leaving MRT for inpatient rehab, which is something she really enjoyed, hence despite being sad that she is leaving, I am happy for her... so she will be leaving one week before I rotate, so there will be a new PT and OT in MRT come September... I am going to be sad to leave MRT, not just becos I was the first one to start in the team and there was no team when I started so I was on my own for a good 6 months, I do have to say that the first few months was really difficult, cos I do not know anybody and really, anything come to that... and had to make the extra effort to take initiative... and get to know the PTs, the NUMs and the ward clerks... but I was also the one researching for the equipment that the team may need, doing the draft policies and procedures for MRT OT, and I also like to think that I am one of the founding members of the team... and it's a really good team once everyone came onboard...