Of course, many baby-boomer bloggers have joined the run. but, are they running the same race, the same pace, for the same goals?
Quotes: 1. Baby Boomer Bloggers: Are you out there? - Jane Trombley 2. Blogging feeds wellness!- Beth Moore 3. "Coping through blogging..." - Petko D. et al.
Blogging: I run my race (Photo by Samson Katt on Pexels.com)
When a child addresses everybody as a ‘he’, I wonder if there is a problem with high-frequency hearing loss. The tiny hair-like sensory hearing cells in your cochlea (inner ear) are damaged. There is a problem differentiating certain higher pitch consonants like s, h or f).
hearing (Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com)
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When I hear not
I heard but I haven’t heard. Was it a ‘she’ or a ‘he’?
When I hear not
The ‘cat’ is beautiful, or the ‘hat’ is beautiful? And can one comb the [h]air?
When I hear not
The teacher’s explanation was simple. Yet, I couldn’t understand. Am I ‘stupid’ or ‘slow‘?
When I hear not
I love music But I can’t get the lyrics. It’s ‘distorted’ music!
When I hear not
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Hearing screeningfor babies and school children would have helped eliminate these falsely ‘lost and stupid’ kids in the world of sound.
Here’s my basketful with blessings and gratitude for healing my wounds!
Gratitude is a basketful of vegetables (Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich on Pexels.com)
A former student, Ms Paat S.L. narrated how she put stoma and wound care into practice when she went back to Sarawak. It was very satisfying to see her patients recovering and healing. Some patients’ relatives came from the far interior (in Borneo Island). They would bring a basketful of vegetables or fruits as a token of appreciation upon discharge!
Stoma and wound-care can be very challenging, yet rewarding, indeed!
I am glad she found the ‘ikigai’ in this new field as the first stomaltherapist in Sarawak!
She went on to train many other nurses in the Borneo Island.
Injured her foot. (Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com)
Little Tom fell from his bicycle.
Everybody at home panicked.
“He is bleeding a lot … a lot! Can you come home, mum?” the older brother cried.
“Listen, boy. Go get a clean towel from the cupboard. Cover the wound. Press to stop the bleeding. Just press. Daddy will be back in a few minutes. I will meet you all at the emergency department.”
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Nurse Chen went back to attend to her two patients. The doctors and nurses were hanging blood, pack after pack, only to see more blood being vomited and passed out. The resuscitation went on for these two regular patients who had cirrhosis liver and bleeding oesophageal varices.
Nurse Chen informed the ER staff to expect her son. He had five stitches on his foot.
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Both are emergencies. The amount blood loss varies. But the perception of ‘a lot of blood loss’ is very real in both contexts!
This is a poem, titled after a hand-painted bowl which was created by the author, a few years ago. Whereas, the poem is inspired by the many tragic news of perished immigrants on rough seas. They were trying to reach a better-land in this, ironically, vastness of land on mother earth.
In this vastness of land “Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” ― Leonardo da Vinci
In this vastness of land “Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” ― Leonardo da Vinci
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In this vastness of land stretching and circling this bowl round and round, but, to no end!
From the bowl’s interior radiates that phosphorescent glow a beckoning promise, almost superior!
Across the wide seas and oceans breaking families, risking lives to find that elusive ‘greener grass’ notions!
On rough waters, human lives are inhumanly packed in overcrowded sea vessels clutching desperately to partners and wives.
“I see the land, I see the land!” But it was, many a time, an illusion to touch beaches, to kiss the sand.
Can you see the land, a better land? Will freedom be your stand in this vastness of land?
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Quotes:-
“Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.” ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
2. “What has happened to us in this country? If we study our own history, we find that we have always been ready to receive the unfortunate from other countries, and though this may seem a generous gesture on our part, we have profited a thousandfold by what they have brought us.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt
approached Ms Chensp ( a trained and voluntary job coach)
a job for their differently abled child.
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Ms. Chen asked a few managers…
‘Well, we look for someone
who is a good fit for a job!’
hmmm…
‘An interviewee should explain
why they are the best candidate!’
Ohhh…
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Well, I will be bringing
three differently-abled persons.
And what questions would you ask them?
‘Of course…
if they would like to work for us!’
Then, Ms Chen went through with them
some potential questions
and how the interviewers
may ask a question…
so as not to frighten her clients!
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The human resource manager
was friendly enough
‘Hi, Dave, we have
vacancies at our restaurant.
Would you like to work for us?’
Dave answered, ‘no, I don’t think so! ‘
oh, oh…
The manager glanced at Ms. Chen and asked again,
‘I mean, we are so busy here at our restaurant. Would you like to come and help us here?’
‘Sure!’
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‘You can work four hours a day.
Anytime you don’t feel well,
you go home. We will pay by the hours.’
(Many clients were on medications
and may feel sleepy.)
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One employer has six staff members who were trained in the job coach program, too. They understand and supervise this category of staff in the Linen department.
“We have one clerk who was diagnosed with depression. She is still on medications. She has worked for us for about fourteen years now because she is used to the supportive working environment here.”
Chen Song Ping 