Do you believe? Yes... yes I do *sob*.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcJ7KTkeLUA
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v0o27BPIIk
And the video that tells it all...
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01-_LU7TRVI
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Practice What You Teach!
Last May, I was taking my pre-requisites for nursing at UBC. After school, I asked Hanson to come and pick me up so we can go out because I didn't want to bus 45 minutes to his house. On our way out of UBC, we were stopped by a traffic light on Crown and SW Marine. All of a sudden, we heard something crash into the back of our car. The next thing I saw, a biker tumbled to the front of our car and his bike was left with a wheel bent behind our car. We jumped out of the car to see if he was alright. He was bleeding so we called an ambulance. Many people who were on bikes and a pedestrian stopped by to help. The biker said that he had hit the pedestrian while speeding down the UBC-Highway; he kept on calling him to get out of the way, but the pedestrian couldn't hear him with his headphones on. He was lying on the ground and didn't recall hitting any vehicle before he fell over.
The paramedics, firefighters and policemen arrived. They took down information and took the biker away. Meanwhile, the idiot pedestrian was standing there holding his arm. I asked him, "are you hurt?" and he was like, "yeah, my arm hurts." And I kind of stared at him and went, "well, then why didn't you say anything when all the paramedics were here? Now they're all gone!"
The biker was clearly at fault for everything that happened that day. He was speeding down the highway, and not able to brake in time to avoid the pedestrian (even though the pedestrian was an idiot too); he hit the pedestrian and crashed into the back of Hanson's car, making scratches all over the bumper (which cost over $200 to repair, by the way). Hanson tried to claim his damages from the biker through ICBC but the biker refuses to pay. And to add to that, he's suing the pedestrian because he had a warped crappy bike and a dislocated shoulder after his fall.
We got all the biker's information from the fire department so Hanson can contact him directly and I decided to Google his name just for the fun of it. I suspected he probably worked at UBC since he was biking in that area and UBC has a directory of most (if not all) the staff online. It turns out that he *does* work at UBC. In fact, he's a professor in the Department of Psychology! You'd think he'd have some sense of morality since he was a Psychology professor who teaches "Moral Development" but apparently not!
The paramedics, firefighters and policemen arrived. They took down information and took the biker away. Meanwhile, the idiot pedestrian was standing there holding his arm. I asked him, "are you hurt?" and he was like, "yeah, my arm hurts." And I kind of stared at him and went, "well, then why didn't you say anything when all the paramedics were here? Now they're all gone!"
The biker was clearly at fault for everything that happened that day. He was speeding down the highway, and not able to brake in time to avoid the pedestrian (even though the pedestrian was an idiot too); he hit the pedestrian and crashed into the back of Hanson's car, making scratches all over the bumper (which cost over $200 to repair, by the way). Hanson tried to claim his damages from the biker through ICBC but the biker refuses to pay. And to add to that, he's suing the pedestrian because he had a warped crappy bike and a dislocated shoulder after his fall.
We got all the biker's information from the fire department so Hanson can contact him directly and I decided to Google his name just for the fun of it. I suspected he probably worked at UBC since he was biking in that area and UBC has a directory of most (if not all) the staff online. It turns out that he *does* work at UBC. In fact, he's a professor in the Department of Psychology! You'd think he'd have some sense of morality since he was a Psychology professor who teaches "Moral Development" but apparently not!
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Be More Assertive!
From the first day of nursing school, this is what they taught us. Nurses have to be assertive. At first I was like, "what the hell are they talking about? I don't want to be aggressive..." It turns out that that's not even what they meant. I think what they mean is that they want us to stand up for what we think is right; not be demanding, but to have principles.
However, I don't want to generalize,but I think it's an Asian thing when it comes to not being assertive enough. When I was younger, I remember that arguments between my parents and myself never ended well. Whenever I say something that disagreed with them, they would say, "you're disrespectful!" (and sometimes "go back to your room!"). And then we shut up and let it go. We (well "I", I guess) were taught be passive and never argue with someone who we believe is in authority.
I haven't blogging much lately because we need to write reflection journal entries for our clinicals at the hospital. Obviously we're not allowed to post those, but it's not like they're of anything interesting to read anyway.
However, I don't want to generalize,but I think it's an Asian thing when it comes to not being assertive enough. When I was younger, I remember that arguments between my parents and myself never ended well. Whenever I say something that disagreed with them, they would say, "you're disrespectful!" (and sometimes "go back to your room!"). And then we shut up and let it go. We (well "I", I guess) were taught be passive and never argue with someone who we believe is in authority.
I haven't blogging much lately because we need to write reflection journal entries for our clinicals at the hospital. Obviously we're not allowed to post those, but it's not like they're of anything interesting to read anyway.
