Clueless wannabes

hey2 bloggie!

we r so clueless~ but yet...

today was so fun in Nursing Surgery class!

the teacher told us to take our sphygmanomometers n stethoscopes n go in pairs to a few patient wards to talk with patients.

IN RUSSIAN~

at least cikgu group lain kasi heads up on what to ask patients.. how we should interact n all.
sekurang-kurangnya kasi la tips2... ini tidak~

huhu...

we just went into the wards blindly... acting like we had did this a million times before. confident in our swagger, vibrating an air of confidence in each step.. yep.. until we had to open our mouth that is.

sana la kami tergagap2.

Me : Zdraztuitye. Kak y vas dila? (hello.. how r u today?) ini soalan standard yg kami blajar in russian tadika
Patient: Narmalna. (normal)
Me : Kak vas zavut? skolka vam let? (wats ur name? age?)
Patient : Sasha. pid-disiat vosim (Sasha. 58)
Me : kakoe y vas zhalobie? (what are ur complaints?)

n as i jot this down fervently, i find out that i've finished asking all the questions i thought wud take me at least 15 mins in 5 mins. sini sy sdh buntu pikiran.

Me : Praba... camana nie? apa lagi mo tanya??
Praba : errr err... gedye vasha bolit? (where is ur pain?)
our patient then points to his OBVIOUSLY amputated leg n says... "zdest" (here)

im sure we looked liked a couple of bimbos then, but we sorta ran out of questions too. lol. if only they spoke english or malay, i think we would have breezed through this.

Me: ok skarang apa lagi mo tanya ni prabha??
Praba : ok now we take his blood pressure n pulse la.

after we took his blood pressure and pulse... (my palms were a bit sweaty... i hope he dint notice lol) we then again stood in silence. we were suppose to talk about his life or sumthing with him.. but our limited command of russian left us stuttering to form sentences.

however he was very understanding n dint mind our inexperience. "study more" he told us.
we did continue to have more awkward moments with him as we talked in malay in front of him trying to figure out if we had missed anything. but the first time is always the biggest hurdle.

after sasha.. we walked out of the ward to find our groupmates having a hard time as we were. the next thing we knew, all of us was standing outside the ward discussing questions to ask the patients.

then we went in for a second round
we talked and measured the blood pressures of two others after Sasha..n it became a bit easier.
it was really fun too.

its funny how a simple act of taking somebody's blood pressure n being thanked profusely for it, made us feel special.

im hoping there will be more of these sorts of practices tho. practice makes for more confidence.

well... other than that,
im updating to say that...

WE'LL BE DANCING AGAIN!!~ WUHUU~
KENYALANG KINABALU IS BACK.

our group has been entered into the Student Festival Competition. its not just a performance this time. its a competition... uuu~ we're not expecting to win.. but it will be so much fun. plus we have modified the dance... and its looking preety cool..hohoho.

n the best part is~~~~~... that its this FRIDAY!... we only have 4 days to prepare!~~~ wuhuuuu (hint of sarcasm)

*gulp*

im actually freaking out.

lets hope for the best shall we.

wish me luck ^_^

tata for now bloggie~