Safety! Caution!

前天上午，在办公室内得知一位同事在采收WFI 时不慎被溅出的热水烫伤，我这才警觉，建筑工地是陷阱重重，千万不可因为常常出入， 就对安全事项与手续掉以轻心。就如之前另一位同事尚未签署安全评估准证就步入工地，身为小组负责人的我并没有坚持签署准证，要是出了事，后果真的是不堪设想，总之这段时间还是把防备工作与警戒心把握好，才进入工地办事，这样或许能免除不必要的麻烦与可预防的意外。

What I learnt in life(number1)

The most important thing I have learnt during my training time in UK is : To appreciate whatever people have done, good or bad. I think maybe people there are not so straight forward. They are more considerate about others' feelings as well as 'face'. People in Singapore tends to be more straight forward at work. This maybe due to fast pace of life. People need to get things clear to have the job done. But sometimes it is too easy for people to jump into conclusion based on a few words. It is also sad to say something that may upset a lot of people easily. But how to make sure what have been said out is exactly what other people want to hear. The only way one can do that is to take a second or two to pause, cool down, and think what other wants. Well, it is hard to do so because we are either too busy or too frustrated with the current situation. I am still practising on that. The biggest obstacle to me is my fast changing temper. Others may have been pissed off by my defensive statement before they want to continue conversation(or maybe not). The second obstacle is my slow response. I will usually take some time to understand those implicated statements or suggestive questions. That could possibly cause me to fall into a stereotype which I have not ever want to be.

生命的插曲

上个星期，一直为了许多事在忙，有着让人兴奋的婚宴，也有黯然的丧礼。欢喜的是哥哥的人生大事终于在忙碌中完成，这段时间，所有参与者都放了不少时间让整个婚宴尽善尽美。虽然帮忙的时间不多，中间也感受了不少情绪压力，但是总算是可以放下心来。朋友在患癌多日后与世长辞，其实心里还是有些悲哀，但是这也是主治医生预料中事。当病情已到了无法好转的时候，临终关怀变得十分重要，很遗憾的是友人家属的雇主并非十分体谅。然而他们与其他好友的关怀，还是让友人坚持走完人生的最后一个月。不晓得她临走时是否还在承受超越麻醉剂的疼痛。只是让我觉得，生老病死中，最难过的还是生病的阶段。不只是病人的身心受煎熬，亲人的生活情绪也会受影响，还要担负沉重的医药费。其实，就算有医药保险，许许多多的额外费用与收入暂停，也是让人喘不过气的。所以我们只能尽力维持身体健康，珍惜身边的每一个人，虽然生命中仍然有许多无法预知的事。