Monday, April 06, 2009
Greetings.....after not updating my blog for a long time.
Currently in Uni right now at the library. Just finished for the day and i thought i would utilize the internet in uni since its faster. So where should i begin? Well first of all, i cant wait till this fri cuz thats when Easter break begins! YEeeeepee!! but only for a week and thats the only break im gonna have throughout the semester, no study break before exams! how cruel. Its gonna be rough after this 1 week break. Geez..not looking forward to it.
Just realised i had lots of group assignments this semester, one of the assignments was due today and that one went pretty smoothly. Basically this semester, my OT course is focusing on childhood disability, childhood developmental skills etc..which i find interesting! Whats gonna be more interesting is....writting a case study report which im still juggling in selecting the child i would like to focus on..one is born with Congenital Disorder of Glycosylation (CDG) -very rare disorder and another is a child with down syndrome. Down syndrome sounds easier but thinking about interventions is the challenging part. Oh dear........research time.
Another killer subject...Neuroscience..omg every week the lecturer just bombard us with new technical hard-to-store-in-mind terms....have to relate the physiological system like if the frontal part of the brain is injured or if there is a lesion in one of the nerves, how is it gonna impaired a person's physical movement..etc. Getting deeper and harder. ALright enough of this. So far the only subject i find relaxing to learn is Chinese language HAHA..but travelling is a real hassle. Total of 4 hours travelling! 1 hour in the train from Geelong to Melbourne and another hour in the tram from Melbourne City to Burwood Campus. I hate the idea that people think im so stupid to chose this unit and travel long 2 hours thru and flow...but at least im enjoying..learning some new characters or some that i have learned but forgotten. Surprisingly half of the class are local aussies...and asians (ABC)...maybe a handful of mainland chinese people who chose this as an easy score subject.
Hah....fieldwork tomorrow, this semester's fieldwork is slightly different from the usual 8hour placement. Focus more on occupational health and safety in relation to work safety..either in an office setting, factory, farm..etc see if there is any risk of injuries or what can be done to avoid injuries (basically common sense stuff) but people tend not to take note about it like your sitting posture..etc. We were allocated in a few settings, i was suppose to go to a Pig's farm with my coursemate but there were some changes and we were reallocated to go to a Logistics company. I had no idea with what logistics is! Its basically dealing with transportation of goods..like fresh foods and distributing it to supermarkets in a large scale. Also maintaining its freshness is one of their priority. The company is somewhere near North Melbourne and i'm going there again tomorrow so its another early day to get there.
Last week's trip to the Logistics company was fun! Almost got into an accident when we were about to start our journey, it was still dark at 6.35am and i think my friend didnt look carefully on her side mirror to see if there is any car coming from behind as she was signalling to go to the right lane. Next minute i heard an intense screeching sound (like how a driver hits on the break real hard) and long beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeping sound. I frozed for one moment, luckily the car behind was on time to slow down or else ......could have been hit badly. The driver must have sweared his head off and lifted up his middle finger to us. Phew, after that my friend got even more tense and stress out! She has never driven on the highway to melbourne either. I so wish i could take over to be the driver eventhough i'm very fearful myself then again good thing driving in aus, there is speed limits and cameras everywhere..so follow the rules.
At the company, we first observed how they unload the items from the truck using forklifts and whether they are using the forklift properly, are there any safety measures taken....etc, it was 1 1/2 hour of sitting down facing the sun and watching people work and saying Hi at the same if anyone passes by. Everyone has this blank look and wondering what these two girls wearing highlighted safety vest are doing here. Oh not to forget, the workplace is male dominant! Only saw 2-3 ladies working there! Awkwardness. Then we headed to the cold storage where the products are kept, mostly fresh fruits and vegetables, biscuits, milks...mostly transported to Coles supermarket! LOL (so thats where it comes from). More forklifts used in the cold storage and i almost died of hypothermia (just exaggerating)....It was so so so so so cold, my stomach was partially empty too and the sweater is not warm enough. We have to sit in one of the section (not as cold but still cold) for another hour. Geez....again blank look from the male workers and one of them thought we were selecting male models cuz we were sitting on one corner, with pens and folders on our hands and a hazard pole placed in front of us just to make sure they notice us and dont run into us. LOL funny funny. The supervisor offered us apples, strawberries and bananas for snacks, haahahah first time eating banana in aus (no joke), taste alright but weird eating it cold. Damn miss the bananas at back home and papayas. Hah.........as for tomorrow, im running out of ideas with questions to ask the supervisor, cuz the company seems to be taking safety measures, they recorded that they havent had any injuries reported for 150days, .......everything seems fine except for the way they lift things..something to talk about. Phewwww.
Alrighty i better stop here. Its cold and windy outside. ...looks like its gonna rain any moment..plz dont!!!
ciou~
Currently in Uni right now at the library. Just finished for the day and i thought i would utilize the internet in uni since its faster. So where should i begin? Well first of all, i cant wait till this fri cuz thats when Easter break begins! YEeeeepee!! but only for a week and thats the only break im gonna have throughout the semester, no study break before exams! how cruel. Its gonna be rough after this 1 week break. Geez..not looking forward to it.
Just realised i had lots of group assignments this semester, one of the assignments was due today and that one went pretty smoothly. Basically this semester, my OT course is focusing on childhood disability, childhood developmental skills etc..which i find interesting! Whats gonna be more interesting is....writting a case study report which im still juggling in selecting the child i would like to focus on..one is born with Congenital Disorder of Glycosylation (CDG) -very rare disorder and another is a child with down syndrome. Down syndrome sounds easier but thinking about interventions is the challenging part. Oh dear........research time.
Another killer subject...Neuroscience..omg every week the lecturer just bombard us with new technical hard-to-store-in-mind terms....have to relate the physiological system like if the frontal part of the brain is injured or if there is a lesion in one of the nerves, how is it gonna impaired a person's physical movement..etc. Getting deeper and harder. ALright enough of this. So far the only subject i find relaxing to learn is Chinese language HAHA..but travelling is a real hassle. Total of 4 hours travelling! 1 hour in the train from Geelong to Melbourne and another hour in the tram from Melbourne City to Burwood Campus. I hate the idea that people think im so stupid to chose this unit and travel long 2 hours thru and flow...but at least im enjoying..learning some new characters or some that i have learned but forgotten. Surprisingly half of the class are local aussies...and asians (ABC)...maybe a handful of mainland chinese people who chose this as an easy score subject.
Hah....fieldwork tomorrow, this semester's fieldwork is slightly different from the usual 8hour placement. Focus more on occupational health and safety in relation to work safety..either in an office setting, factory, farm..etc see if there is any risk of injuries or what can be done to avoid injuries (basically common sense stuff) but people tend not to take note about it like your sitting posture..etc. We were allocated in a few settings, i was suppose to go to a Pig's farm with my coursemate but there were some changes and we were reallocated to go to a Logistics company. I had no idea with what logistics is! Its basically dealing with transportation of goods..like fresh foods and distributing it to supermarkets in a large scale. Also maintaining its freshness is one of their priority. The company is somewhere near North Melbourne and i'm going there again tomorrow so its another early day to get there.
Last week's trip to the Logistics company was fun! Almost got into an accident when we were about to start our journey, it was still dark at 6.35am and i think my friend didnt look carefully on her side mirror to see if there is any car coming from behind as she was signalling to go to the right lane. Next minute i heard an intense screeching sound (like how a driver hits on the break real hard) and long beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeping sound. I frozed for one moment, luckily the car behind was on time to slow down or else ......could have been hit badly. The driver must have sweared his head off and lifted up his middle finger to us. Phew, after that my friend got even more tense and stress out! She has never driven on the highway to melbourne either. I so wish i could take over to be the driver eventhough i'm very fearful myself then again good thing driving in aus, there is speed limits and cameras everywhere..so follow the rules.
At the company, we first observed how they unload the items from the truck using forklifts and whether they are using the forklift properly, are there any safety measures taken....etc, it was 1 1/2 hour of sitting down facing the sun and watching people work and saying Hi at the same if anyone passes by. Everyone has this blank look and wondering what these two girls wearing highlighted safety vest are doing here. Oh not to forget, the workplace is male dominant! Only saw 2-3 ladies working there! Awkwardness. Then we headed to the cold storage where the products are kept, mostly fresh fruits and vegetables, biscuits, milks...mostly transported to Coles supermarket! LOL (so thats where it comes from). More forklifts used in the cold storage and i almost died of hypothermia (just exaggerating)....It was so so so so so cold, my stomach was partially empty too and the sweater is not warm enough. We have to sit in one of the section (not as cold but still cold) for another hour. Geez....again blank look from the male workers and one of them thought we were selecting male models cuz we were sitting on one corner, with pens and folders on our hands and a hazard pole placed in front of us just to make sure they notice us and dont run into us. LOL funny funny. The supervisor offered us apples, strawberries and bananas for snacks, haahahah first time eating banana in aus (no joke), taste alright but weird eating it cold. Damn miss the bananas at back home and papayas. Hah.........as for tomorrow, im running out of ideas with questions to ask the supervisor, cuz the company seems to be taking safety measures, they recorded that they havent had any injuries reported for 150days, .......everything seems fine except for the way they lift things..something to talk about. Phewwww.
Alrighty i better stop here. Its cold and windy outside. ...looks like its gonna rain any moment..plz dont!!!
ciou~
11:30 AM