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current song: Any One of Us - Gareth Gates
haah!! Finally, I'm home on a Saturday. Waking up late (just a teeny weeny late..hee..), reading the newspaper, idling, watching tv. My long-awaited not-working-Saturday is finally here. After waiting since March. Yeah, cause that period marks the start of the busy period for closing of financial year 2002 and everybody will have to work for 5 1/2 days. And that is very tiring for me. Just being able to rest fully on a Sunday. bahh..! Work aside eh..hee..
Was watching news and reading newspapers just now. And I can't deny feeling a bit worried about all this virus that's spreading like wildfire. One moment I was not so worry, thinking that this virus seems so big and serious only because of all the news about it everywhere..tv, radio, papers and that it will die off soon. But another moment, seeing all the damage the virus is doing to everything. People, environment, economy. People are dying everywhere. And the death toll is still rising. This really grip me, losing the people you love to the virus. It's really sad. Just can't bear the thought. Can't imagine the girl who was known here as the Super Infector (the first one to be detected with the virus which infected her while she was on holiday to Hong Kong). She is now recuperating in a hospital here. But she had lose her family to the disease. First to succumbed to the virus was her father. Follow suit by her mother. And she had infected others too. Who had infected others. And the virus just broke lose. Now she only had her grandmother with her. The hospital is reluctant to release her as they are afraid of the public's reaction to her. But they also didn't want to hide the truth of what the virus that she had brought back from her trip has done. The reason for doing this is to prepare her who whatever that will happen should she be released sooner or later.
But this virus like everything else, has its good and bad. The good part is the public is now more conscious about cleanliness. Taking care of our ownself and family a little bit more. (same goes for my parents, taking my temperature everyday and providing vitamin C tablet for me..love both of you *S*). But there are still unresponsible people around. Like this recent case whereby he went to the market despite feeling sick with high fever. He only went to the doctor five days later and was later discovered to be infected with the virus. As a result, 2,500 people selling at the market and their buyers had to be quarantined. Unresponsible act, right? Another case was a man who refuse to get treatment from the doctor and had infected his whole family. Until he had to be arrested and brought to the clinic for treatment. These people are a threat to the public. Despite knowing that they are infected with the virus, they continued with their normal life routine and infecting more and more people in the course.
There was also a recent happening at my own workplace. On the 2nd floor of the ministry I'm working for is the Syariah Court. It was a normal day with the public waiting to be counselled or to settle their marriage problems. There also kids and babies around. This lady who was also waiting for her turn, came up to one of the officers working there and told her she's carrying the virus. Can you imagine the havoc that it caused??!! The public were ushered out but they were to remain in the building for medical check-up. The Syariah Court was immediately closed. Lifts were stopped to enable the cleaners to clean and stelirized the places. But after all the upheaval that it had caused, later it was found out that it was only a false alarm! The lady was arrested for questioning. Just wonder what was in the mind of the lady when she said she was infected with the virus, was she suffering stress and doing that out of a sound mind? Wallahualam. But certainly her act had given a real scare to those people. As a result of that, the security in the building has been made tighter. Any visitors other than the staff of the building had to exchange their IDs for a visitor's pass and also to declare the health. Security guards are also put on alerts should there be anybody who declare themselves as healthy despite looking pale and sick. For staff of the building including me, we had to wear the staff pass all the time and there's also a sticker stick on the pass declaring ourself free of the virus. What a change to the surroundings whereby public can come in and out without ease in the past. In a way, I do feel safe with all the precautions the ministry is taking but at the same time, I can't help but be reminded of the virus which might be anywhere. You never know..
As for the bad part, you can see a minority of the public shunning those people that had been on the front line fighting the virus. The doctors and nurses are given the cold shoulder when seen in public. They are treated badly despite putting themselves everyday, each and every time they deal with a patient suffering from the virus. Can we just be a little more helpful by giving them words and encouragement with all the burdens they are carrying on their shoulders. We should understand they have their own family and ones that they love too. To me, they are warriors in their line of duties. Doing so much and getting all the sarcasm.
And despite all this, I'm planning a trip across the Causeway. hee..can't help it lah. Have not been there for quite sometime. It has to be now.. (not never...). Moreover, I'm not going to those countries which are highly risked countries. Just to Malaysia. And I've been monitoring and seen that Malaysia had been quite effective in doing their part to control the virus. Only one death had been reported (correct me if I'm wrong with the fact) and 3 or 4 more infected. There has been no outbreak. And I should feel safe visiting the country. Just take the necessary precautions and we will be fine, insyallah :)
woahhh..what a long entry huh? Just letting my mind clear of all the thoughts I've been carrying all week. Time to let it go.
Looking at the calendar, just for another 2 weeks, I'll be working for the full 5 1/2 days. After that...I'll be off for my long-awaited-deserved-holiday :)
~So for the record again, 17 days more to go..*S*~ (forgot the countdown yesterday, must have been so frustrated with work..haa!!)
Happy weekend!!
current song: Any One of Us - Gareth Gates
haah!! Finally, I'm home on a Saturday. Waking up late (just a teeny weeny late..hee..), reading the newspaper, idling, watching tv. My long-awaited not-working-Saturday is finally here. After waiting since March. Yeah, cause that period marks the start of the busy period for closing of financial year 2002 and everybody will have to work for 5 1/2 days. And that is very tiring for me. Just being able to rest fully on a Sunday. bahh..! Work aside eh..hee..
Was watching news and reading newspapers just now. And I can't deny feeling a bit worried about all this virus that's spreading like wildfire. One moment I was not so worry, thinking that this virus seems so big and serious only because of all the news about it everywhere..tv, radio, papers and that it will die off soon. But another moment, seeing all the damage the virus is doing to everything. People, environment, economy. People are dying everywhere. And the death toll is still rising. This really grip me, losing the people you love to the virus. It's really sad. Just can't bear the thought. Can't imagine the girl who was known here as the Super Infector (the first one to be detected with the virus which infected her while she was on holiday to Hong Kong). She is now recuperating in a hospital here. But she had lose her family to the disease. First to succumbed to the virus was her father. Follow suit by her mother. And she had infected others too. Who had infected others. And the virus just broke lose. Now she only had her grandmother with her. The hospital is reluctant to release her as they are afraid of the public's reaction to her. But they also didn't want to hide the truth of what the virus that she had brought back from her trip has done. The reason for doing this is to prepare her who whatever that will happen should she be released sooner or later.
But this virus like everything else, has its good and bad. The good part is the public is now more conscious about cleanliness. Taking care of our ownself and family a little bit more. (same goes for my parents, taking my temperature everyday and providing vitamin C tablet for me..love both of you *S*). But there are still unresponsible people around. Like this recent case whereby he went to the market despite feeling sick with high fever. He only went to the doctor five days later and was later discovered to be infected with the virus. As a result, 2,500 people selling at the market and their buyers had to be quarantined. Unresponsible act, right? Another case was a man who refuse to get treatment from the doctor and had infected his whole family. Until he had to be arrested and brought to the clinic for treatment. These people are a threat to the public. Despite knowing that they are infected with the virus, they continued with their normal life routine and infecting more and more people in the course.
There was also a recent happening at my own workplace. On the 2nd floor of the ministry I'm working for is the Syariah Court. It was a normal day with the public waiting to be counselled or to settle their marriage problems. There also kids and babies around. This lady who was also waiting for her turn, came up to one of the officers working there and told her she's carrying the virus. Can you imagine the havoc that it caused??!! The public were ushered out but they were to remain in the building for medical check-up. The Syariah Court was immediately closed. Lifts were stopped to enable the cleaners to clean and stelirized the places. But after all the upheaval that it had caused, later it was found out that it was only a false alarm! The lady was arrested for questioning. Just wonder what was in the mind of the lady when she said she was infected with the virus, was she suffering stress and doing that out of a sound mind? Wallahualam. But certainly her act had given a real scare to those people. As a result of that, the security in the building has been made tighter. Any visitors other than the staff of the building had to exchange their IDs for a visitor's pass and also to declare the health. Security guards are also put on alerts should there be anybody who declare themselves as healthy despite looking pale and sick. For staff of the building including me, we had to wear the staff pass all the time and there's also a sticker stick on the pass declaring ourself free of the virus. What a change to the surroundings whereby public can come in and out without ease in the past. In a way, I do feel safe with all the precautions the ministry is taking but at the same time, I can't help but be reminded of the virus which might be anywhere. You never know..
As for the bad part, you can see a minority of the public shunning those people that had been on the front line fighting the virus. The doctors and nurses are given the cold shoulder when seen in public. They are treated badly despite putting themselves everyday, each and every time they deal with a patient suffering from the virus. Can we just be a little more helpful by giving them words and encouragement with all the burdens they are carrying on their shoulders. We should understand they have their own family and ones that they love too. To me, they are warriors in their line of duties. Doing so much and getting all the sarcasm.
And despite all this, I'm planning a trip across the Causeway. hee..can't help it lah. Have not been there for quite sometime. It has to be now.. (not never...). Moreover, I'm not going to those countries which are highly risked countries. Just to Malaysia. And I've been monitoring and seen that Malaysia had been quite effective in doing their part to control the virus. Only one death had been reported (correct me if I'm wrong with the fact) and 3 or 4 more infected. There has been no outbreak. And I should feel safe visiting the country. Just take the necessary precautions and we will be fine, insyallah :)
woahhh..what a long entry huh? Just letting my mind clear of all the thoughts I've been carrying all week. Time to let it go.
Looking at the calendar, just for another 2 weeks, I'll be working for the full 5 1/2 days. After that...I'll be off for my long-awaited-deserved-holiday :)
~So for the record again, 17 days more to go..*S*~ (forgot the countdown yesterday, must have been so frustrated with work..haa!!)
Happy weekend!!
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