Don't remember when was the last post and I am too lazy to close this window and go back to see...
Because there is no much going on other than studying studying and studying, I don't want to depress anybody reading this blog.. ^.^
As this semester rapidly goes on, we finally went to the clinical unit. I am at the renal unit. Actually we just had the tour at the unit for less than one hour. We met our another clinical instructor..then...I can imagine how my life will go in the very near future..LESS SLEEP...
Good thing is we saw real patients today...instead of ourselp playing as patients..
Can't believe that I have been through to the week 7 at the nursing school. Seems like I am still surviving.
Nurses here are COMPLETLY different from who are in China. At least...people here get paid more..this is not the main point..
Nurses in China don't need to work their head off. They can get their degree easily. They don't need to do care plans. I am very curious that what they do in the hospital now.
OK...need to have deeper understanding of both sides. and don't have enough time to write about this..
Two exams tomorrow. Dinner break over.
P.S. it is still very weird that February doesn't have 30th. :P
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Friday, February 1, 2013
Chinese New Year!
February 1?!!??? You must be kidding me, Mr.Time.
Week 3 of nursing school was done. Had one exam, not too bad. Had vital signs practice, fun. Had couple of naps, awesome. Had coffee all the time, sweet. Had work out once, good.
What's happening in week 4? No detail, but just two exams+homework. It won't be a big deal any more after week 3 because there is at least two exams+whatever other things going on every week except one week. After this semester, I will be a superwoman, for real. :) Thanks for training.
I still think living at the dorm is the best choice. Sorry I might say this before, but every time I find out one more benefit of living at the dorm, I just can't help saying it again, again, and again. Recently people walked in wet, cold, and frozen faces..which made me really appreciate dorm life. I am really looking forward to working as a nurse, even though I have to climb over the mountain of homework, exams, and the board. Trust Him, walk with Him, then I will be there where He wants me to.
So...
IT IS ALMOST CHINESE YEAR!! It is year of snake. Chinese New Year this year is on February 10th. This is also the third one I won't be with my family.
In China, before the new year, every family cleans the houses thoroughly, buys tons of food and fruit, prepare huge dinner, prepare red envelope, sticks the couplets (written on the red paper and posted on each side of the front door), and prepare gifts. When I was younger, I really loved New Year because everything is new and everybody is going home to reunion. Plus, we get free money. Haha..instead of getting Christmas gifts, we get red envelope with money in it. My dad always buys flowers in the pots and little orange trees and put them in the front door. I am not sure why he does it. Actually everybody does. We sometimes also put some red envelope on the tree.
Since China is so big, I will just talk about what my own family eats on the Chinese New Year. On the New Year Eve, my mom usually cooks so much food and we all help clean or set the table. She cooks fish (most important one), chicken, duck, goose, muschroom stuffed with meat, various vegetables, and something else traditional. I don't know how to say it. It doesn't sound like very special, but the way people cook them are different. I love my mom's cooking. If you want to go to try her dishes, don't forget to bring me with you. After the dinner, we clearn dishes........because we don't have dish washer. It doesn't usually exist in most of people's house. Then we clean the house again and prepare snacks on the tea table, wait for the annual Chinese gala show on TV. By 12am, the whole village will be in smoke because every single house set fireworks. So you might not be able to sleep....Then you can literally smell the smoke....but it is great. YAAAYY, NEW YEAR...ya, like this feeling.
So the first day of the New Year, OK, we actually celebrate the first three days of New Year, which is 15 days long, more. The frist day we usually don't visit other people but spending time with family chilling out. For breakfast, we will have tea, veggie, homemade pickled white carrot, red dates, and so on. It is simple. Lunch and dinner will be similar to the New Year Eve dinner. But the second day of the New Year, my mom gets very busy since morning because relatives are coming for lunch. People usually will bring alive chicken or duck or goose and some fruit and cookies when they come. Oh, of course they also will bring red envelopes! Usually people who are the elderly, singles, and kids get red envelopes. Like my parents will not get any. I will give them when I start to work even if I am not married. So the third day is kind of the same...
It is fun to celebrating and welcoming the New Year. Everything is new. People get new clothes and new shoes. For the kids, mostly are red. Then when they can choose their own outfit, it becomes different. :) What else did I forget to write about?....Well, haven't celebrated this for too long.
So...basically this is about it. But this is just from my own family. Every family does different things. Like people from the north, they make buns, dumplings, and noodles. I haven't been one yet so I don't really know either. ：:P
Another 1:33am again. aha! I am really adjusting myself to China time zone. I AM GOING HOME ON MAY 22! Very pumped!
Week 3 of nursing school was done. Had one exam, not too bad. Had vital signs practice, fun. Had couple of naps, awesome. Had coffee all the time, sweet. Had work out once, good.
What's happening in week 4? No detail, but just two exams+homework. It won't be a big deal any more after week 3 because there is at least two exams+whatever other things going on every week except one week. After this semester, I will be a superwoman, for real. :) Thanks for training.
I still think living at the dorm is the best choice. Sorry I might say this before, but every time I find out one more benefit of living at the dorm, I just can't help saying it again, again, and again. Recently people walked in wet, cold, and frozen faces..which made me really appreciate dorm life. I am really looking forward to working as a nurse, even though I have to climb over the mountain of homework, exams, and the board. Trust Him, walk with Him, then I will be there where He wants me to.
So...
IT IS ALMOST CHINESE YEAR!! It is year of snake. Chinese New Year this year is on February 10th. This is also the third one I won't be with my family.
In China, before the new year, every family cleans the houses thoroughly, buys tons of food and fruit, prepare huge dinner, prepare red envelope, sticks the couplets (written on the red paper and posted on each side of the front door), and prepare gifts. When I was younger, I really loved New Year because everything is new and everybody is going home to reunion. Plus, we get free money. Haha..instead of getting Christmas gifts, we get red envelope with money in it. My dad always buys flowers in the pots and little orange trees and put them in the front door. I am not sure why he does it. Actually everybody does. We sometimes also put some red envelope on the tree.
Since China is so big, I will just talk about what my own family eats on the Chinese New Year. On the New Year Eve, my mom usually cooks so much food and we all help clean or set the table. She cooks fish (most important one), chicken, duck, goose, muschroom stuffed with meat, various vegetables, and something else traditional. I don't know how to say it. It doesn't sound like very special, but the way people cook them are different. I love my mom's cooking. If you want to go to try her dishes, don't forget to bring me with you. After the dinner, we clearn dishes........because we don't have dish washer. It doesn't usually exist in most of people's house. Then we clean the house again and prepare snacks on the tea table, wait for the annual Chinese gala show on TV. By 12am, the whole village will be in smoke because every single house set fireworks. So you might not be able to sleep....Then you can literally smell the smoke....but it is great. YAAAYY, NEW YEAR...ya, like this feeling.
So the first day of the New Year, OK, we actually celebrate the first three days of New Year, which is 15 days long, more. The frist day we usually don't visit other people but spending time with family chilling out. For breakfast, we will have tea, veggie, homemade pickled white carrot, red dates, and so on. It is simple. Lunch and dinner will be similar to the New Year Eve dinner. But the second day of the New Year, my mom gets very busy since morning because relatives are coming for lunch. People usually will bring alive chicken or duck or goose and some fruit and cookies when they come. Oh, of course they also will bring red envelopes! Usually people who are the elderly, singles, and kids get red envelopes. Like my parents will not get any. I will give them when I start to work even if I am not married. So the third day is kind of the same...
It is fun to celebrating and welcoming the New Year. Everything is new. People get new clothes and new shoes. For the kids, mostly are red. Then when they can choose their own outfit, it becomes different. :) What else did I forget to write about?....Well, haven't celebrated this for too long.
So...basically this is about it. But this is just from my own family. Every family does different things. Like people from the north, they make buns, dumplings, and noodles. I haven't been one yet so I don't really know either. ：:P
Another 1:33am again. aha! I am really adjusting myself to China time zone. I AM GOING HOME ON MAY 22! Very pumped!
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