Rambling =T
It's been a long time since I last posted un-privately here.
I don't really know where to start..
I guess I just don't really like to write unless I have something bothering me. To be honest, I sort of forgot about LiveJournal for a bit.. things just tend to phase in and out of my life, I guess LJ was in one of the phase-outs.
Things have been going okay, not much has changed.. left Caltech for one, and oh boy do I still miss it from time to time. I miss everyone, but I haven't gotten myself to visiting regularly because I think.. what's the point? I'll just be bothering them, and there's not much to do unless there's something going on.. and with Tech, things come up randomly. I miss late night trips to get food and stuff, haha =)
I want to go to the social stuff, like parties and trips and stuff, but ... family's always in the way saying no. No for parties and anything that's overnight/late night because I'm not allowed (by them) to stay out past a certain time. Stupid, considering I'm 21 now (wow, I feel old.. started this journal when I was 15 or so? Woooow.), but they insist and I obey because I don't want them to get worried sick about me (even if they have no reason to).
But yeah.. met a couple of new, hopefully long-term, friends last term at Mt. SAC. Haha.. hopefully long term. That depends on how well I can manage keeping in touch with them and such, I guess.
What else...
I started volunteering at this hospital about 30 minutes away in.. November. It's nice. Sometimes it's busy, sometimes not, but I like it.. people kept asking me if it was fun at first, and I'd tell them.. hell no, but it's an interesting experience. And it is ... and even though it's not fun at all for the most part, I like it. I get to talk with patients, with staff, help with feeding/clothing and assisting in bathing patients (when necessary), restocking, passing out fresh water, etc. A bunch of miscellaneous non-license-required tasks. It gets tedious sometimes, and a little annoying when you go for minutes or even an hour with nothing to do, then in the next hour/few minutes multiple people ask you to help them with things ... such that it makes my head spin sometimes ... but it's worth it.
I chose to volunteer a double shift Christmas Eve, and a single shift today partly to make up for shifts I had to skip in the past. It's not all that bad. Yesterday was super busy, but I got to do a lot and spend a lot of time helping patients get comfortable, etc. Some of them are really sweet, some a little demanding but what can you do? Just smile and do what you can for them.. after all, they're spending one of the big holidays in the hospital =\ Might as well do as much as you can to make them feel better.
Helped feed this elderly man who was blind, deaf, and mute today. He was really sweet. Kinda broke my heart he had to go through life without sight, hearing, or verbal communication. I wanted to hug him since he couldn't see me smile at him, but being that I couldn't, I just held his hand for a while. Wished I could talk to him or know what he was thinking..
Language barriers suck, but when you encounter a situation in which you can't use verbal language or body language .. it's hard to know what to do.
Sometimes you figure things out as you go.
I hope that man recovers well =\
Tired now, sleepy.. meh =T
Haha, this is a very poorly composed entry. x.x
I don't really know where to start..
I guess I just don't really like to write unless I have something bothering me. To be honest, I sort of forgot about LiveJournal for a bit.. things just tend to phase in and out of my life, I guess LJ was in one of the phase-outs.
Things have been going okay, not much has changed.. left Caltech for one, and oh boy do I still miss it from time to time. I miss everyone, but I haven't gotten myself to visiting regularly because I think.. what's the point? I'll just be bothering them, and there's not much to do unless there's something going on.. and with Tech, things come up randomly. I miss late night trips to get food and stuff, haha =)
I want to go to the social stuff, like parties and trips and stuff, but ... family's always in the way saying no. No for parties and anything that's overnight/late night because I'm not allowed (by them) to stay out past a certain time. Stupid, considering I'm 21 now (wow, I feel old.. started this journal when I was 15 or so? Woooow.), but they insist and I obey because I don't want them to get worried sick about me (even if they have no reason to).
But yeah.. met a couple of new, hopefully long-term, friends last term at Mt. SAC. Haha.. hopefully long term. That depends on how well I can manage keeping in touch with them and such, I guess.
What else...
I started volunteering at this hospital about 30 minutes away in.. November. It's nice. Sometimes it's busy, sometimes not, but I like it.. people kept asking me if it was fun at first, and I'd tell them.. hell no, but it's an interesting experience. And it is ... and even though it's not fun at all for the most part, I like it. I get to talk with patients, with staff, help with feeding/clothing and assisting in bathing patients (when necessary), restocking, passing out fresh water, etc. A bunch of miscellaneous non-license-required tasks. It gets tedious sometimes, and a little annoying when you go for minutes or even an hour with nothing to do, then in the next hour/few minutes multiple people ask you to help them with things ... such that it makes my head spin sometimes ... but it's worth it.
I chose to volunteer a double shift Christmas Eve, and a single shift today partly to make up for shifts I had to skip in the past. It's not all that bad. Yesterday was super busy, but I got to do a lot and spend a lot of time helping patients get comfortable, etc. Some of them are really sweet, some a little demanding but what can you do? Just smile and do what you can for them.. after all, they're spending one of the big holidays in the hospital =\ Might as well do as much as you can to make them feel better.
Helped feed this elderly man who was blind, deaf, and mute today. He was really sweet. Kinda broke my heart he had to go through life without sight, hearing, or verbal communication. I wanted to hug him since he couldn't see me smile at him, but being that I couldn't, I just held his hand for a while. Wished I could talk to him or know what he was thinking..
Language barriers suck, but when you encounter a situation in which you can't use verbal language or body language .. it's hard to know what to do.
Sometimes you figure things out as you go.
I hope that man recovers well =\
Tired now, sleepy.. meh =T
Haha, this is a very poorly composed entry. x.x