Born with the Job

Ok… this was quite a while ago…

I went to do a full blood test in pathlab… ie. to test whatever they can test for you… cancer markers and so on… wow! The price ain't cheap nowadays… it's >300 bucks… gosh!

Anyway… since I've yet to do any thorough health check, I went ahead…

It's just… well… a place to get yourself poked… blood taken… and then, you wait for another week, for the report… fast and simple, just like fastfood…

But then, let me tell you…

When I watch "gokusen", (a japanese drama, if you're interested, please see here… http://www.dramacrazy.net/japanese-drama/gokusen/)

Kumiko's grandpa (the mafia's head) actually told her a couple of time, that… her "born job" is… to be a teacher…

Therefore, I like the idea that, we all have a job… that we're born to take it up…

A JOB!! (what job, I don't know… if you've the "calling", then you're lucky LO!! ^_^)

So, there goes my experience in pathlab, THAT DAY…

First person who "poked" me… ie. the girl, the girl on duty, who's perform blood extraction zillion time…

No! I'm not sure if it's zillion, cos, the badge on her chest says "trainee"… maybe, that's the preconception that I've got about her, THAT DAY…

So, when she's trying to get the blood out of me, with a syringe that's a big and thick needle…

And that, after >5 min, she only managed to get half of the tube… gosh!!!

She's getting panic… and so was I… come on!! What do you expect man!!! And she kinda "blamed" it on me, being panic…, that causes her failure in getting my blood…

Oh!! Come on!!

First, it's the fact that, she wore a "trainee" badge,

Second?? Well… I've to say, the way she talks, or the way she interact with me, is not "soothing" enough…

Her voice, her gesture, and so on… and hey!! I thought doing such job, it's better if you wear a pair of covered shoes? Instead of a pair of sandals?? Ok… sandal is a nice name, she's wearing a pair of flipflop, technically…

And I'm sure, when she went for job interview, there's not much requirement on the VOICE!!!

Anyway, in the end, that's what I got…

See the blueblack? It lasted for more than a week…

Then, that girl gave up… passed the job to her colleague, a guy…

That guy sounded senior, and experienced… and well… the way he talked, and smiled, reminded me of a local DJ… @_@

HOWEVER~~~ I thought too highly on him, I thought he sounded experienced, then, he'll be experienced…

And he acted experienced, he felt my blood veins, then, he took a smaller needle, I asked him why, he said, "your blood veins are pretty small, of course, we should use a smaller and thinner needle…", oh… I see…

Then again…

He… in the end, didn't even take a single drop of blood, and gave me this…

The one on the left…

So, they suggested me to take a rest… and I waited for another 20 minutes??

Finally, another girl, the girl we met, when we first entered pathlab, she was manning the front counter for sales, and accounting purposes…

(I guess, all of these staff in pathlab, actually take turn to do the chores, just like those workers in the restaurants…)

Ok… first, she beat the others flat… in terms of her voice… the way she spoke…

Soft, and gentle… and shall I say… calming??

Yes, I guess, she's that "talence"…

Oh, no! I mean Gift…

Yes, everybody's born with a unique voice, just like not everybody can be a DJ, or a singer…

There're some jobs, you just can't be trained…

Then, she found my nerve…

Put the needle in, I looked away… (I'd to, serious, I don't like to be poked!) and I heard her saying, "take a deep breath!"… see see see!!! She knows her stuff… and she knows when to get you to do this, and that, to calm  yourself down, instead of keep telling (blaming) me that, I should not be scared, should not be this, and that…

And just when I took my deep breath, she told me it's done!

O.o ooh! Wow!!!

Reflectively, I said, "wow!!! That's amazing!!", (ya… the one on the right…)

Yes, I didn't say it to please her or whatever, that's exactly how I felt THAT moment…

Cos, I didn't even feel a pinch after feeling her putting that needle in my arm…

That's the type of people!!! All medical field should keep and appreciate!!

Remember? There're things, that can't be trained…

And that, I remember, when I had my c-section in SJMC…

I remembered that anaesthecian, his voice, was just like this, and he could talk to me calmly (ie. that made me calm) and he explained all the process in very layman, and simple terms, during the whole session, in order to keep me informed, but not to fear me…

See!!!

Now, don't tell me, everything can be trained!!

NAH!! MY FOOT!!!