Clark Kent without his Louis Lane

I have finished my orientation week and my supernumary days. I am now a fully fledged RN with patients under my care. I give drugs and attend to any needs they require. This is alot of responsibility but I feel I am finally achieving what I have aimed for. I am finally making a difference. I have been threatened with a knife by patients, and I have been made to deal with frustrated family members. However I have also been thanked by patients and appreciated by the staff.

Right now I have a great family, good friends, fantastic job and a great future ahead of me. All I am missing is Sylvia.

I wonder how my wife is doing on the other side of the ocean....

P for Pass

I need to get my P's as soon as possible now. I've been put into community nursing duties starting March so I only have a few months to practice. My roster is all over the place, weeks of midnight shifts and weeks of morning shifts - imagine my circadian rythmn!

I have to say the St George MH unit is very different to what I had expected. Only 4 of us made it into menthal health at St George this year, I guess I should be proud since I was handpicked by the interviewer himself.

It's a bit hard to accept the fact that I am a fully fledged RN now. I will have supervision duties over other nurses and I will be "definitely" taking on students of my own.
I am a little intimidated by the work environment at the moment. I hope these initial fears will wash away with time.

Shock Culture

I started my newgraduate position today. I am still very jetlagged and I still miss the lifestyle I had in Hong Kong.

I find it very hard to adapt back to the Australian lifestyle, even though I had only spent half a month over there. I still think Hong Kong people have issues, however I really envy their lifestyle and the community settings they enjoy there. It is so quiet here, like a desolate barren wasteland. I cannot imagine what I used to do to pass the time here. I am lucky though that I have not had a empty day in my schedule since I came here - with much thanks to Jeremy & Co.

I really miss Sylvia. Seeing her again in Hong Kong has once again strengthened my motivation to find enough money to support and live with her.

I came back pretty much bankrupt. I had pretty much bought myself a new wardrobe over there. I'm so glad I got this job though. This week is orientation week. I am expecting to get 1000 dollars just sitting through their 8 hour orientation programs this week. Flop side is that they pay fornightly, thereby Ill get a heavy tax fee attached to it.

I feel empty and lifeless at the moment. I hope I can get over this culture shock ASAP.

Honk Gong

I am currently typing at my aunt's place in Hong Kong. It's been very tiring for me since I have had no real sleep since I came here.

Sylvia is waiting for me so I gotta go now.