Ji Beh?It is not uncommon for us to run into patients who can't speak English nor Mandarin, especially for the older generations and the most common type of dirlect in Singapore is Hokkien and of course I know nuts about it before I was in this line. Communication is very important for us because you have to at least know that the person that you are taking care of is comfortable or not and if there is any problem they voiced out we have to think of ways to sort it out for them.
And so, there is this book that came up by the organization which contain the most commonly used words in English, Mandarin, Malay and Hokkien, pronounciation of the words are written in English and we have to try to make it out and use them when needed.
So there was this day I was flipping through the book and reading out the words written in Hokkien with my colleagues around, and I came across this word call "Ji Beh".
How would you pronounce this?
The moment I read it out aloud, my collegues stopped what they are doing and all turned to look at me, as if I have said something wrong
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Well...
I didn't know, that I did not pronouced it well enough and it just sounded like one vulgarities in Hokkien; and when they realized what I was trying to say, they all burst into laughter.
They said I read as if I am speaking some kinda French...
It will be super embarrassing if I have ever used this line in front of the patients
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Note: Ji Beh is a Hokkien pronounciation for "Sisters".
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Devastating MomentsIt is so scary.
Imagine your love ones is still able to converse with you 2 hours ago, and 2 hours later she could not recognise you, she couldn't even tell you how she feels except for the occasional tearing you saw when she was in distress, how would you react?
It is devastating.
And I feel the pain.
Freaking OutWhat would you do if the radio you switched off for some time suddenly turned on without anyone touching it?
I very much wanted to freak out, but I have decided to keep quiet and not to say anything, just that the whole night I keep shivering for no reason, even when I have actually switched off the aircon.
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Somebody help?
"Sick Cats"New year has come and gone.
There comes a bunch of "sick cats" in the ICU.
One of my colleagues was having fever when she came to work, I am coughing like hell, one of the Anaesthetist also coughing like nobody's business, this the other colleague of mine was having migrane...
Everyone is sick.
沒想到新年不是迎接金牛，是迎接病貓一堆…
My cough is not resolving, I was hoping that it could by taking strepsils, but this time it doesn't work. I ended up asked a doctor to give me some antibiotics, but that doesn't seem working too. I am wondering do I really have to go for a X-Ray of the chest as what the doctor recommended???
*Ahem*
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How would you pronounce this?
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I didn't know, that I did not pronouced it well enough and it just sounded like one vulgarities in Hokkien; and when they realized what I was trying to say, they all burst into laughter.
It will be super embarrassing if I have ever used this line in front of the patients
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