- Merry Christmas & Happy New Year -

今年的聖誕有些不同，是我首次不與家人一起渡過的聖誕。記得過去的每一年，就算哥和我各自在國外，我們一家都有一個無形的約定，就是聖誕節在香港見。今年聖誕節如常的到來，不同的是我一個人在澳洲，只能好羡慕地看着別人團圓。在這喜氣洋洋的環境裏，眼見同事們忙着佈置聖誕樹，辦聖誕禮物，我卻感到孤獨。我想家了。

不過我這想家的感覺並不持久，因爲我這裡的家裏有很多客人，十分熱鬧。Kheng Ling 的父母與嫲嫲從 Malaysia 到來參加畢業典禮，隨後也留下觀光。本來是很愉快的，不過壞事在聖誕節當天發生 —— Kheng Ling 媽進醫院，從而大家就圍着她忙。我期待已久的假期也就奉獻了，每天幫忙好友一起處理各樣事務，以及給大家一些精神上的支持。

今天是 2008 年的最後一天了。歡送 08 迎接 09 的慶祝活動就沒有我份。我只希望在新的一年裏，每個人都健健康康，快快樂樂。

My First Radio Experience

Since young, i am quite a "boring" person. I hardly enjoy any entertainment - putting the TV on always make me feel tense & fidgeting with the "noise pollution", not to mention listening to radio. However, i have started putting on the radio in my car to get onto the news, but never really expected to hear myself ON the radio. It was actually a very interesting experience. So all of these came about when I was invited together with 2 other CHS dietitians to do a short program on SBS Mandarin, to discuss access to CHS services. A pre-recording was arranged & the talk-back was today. It was bad enough for the pre-recording as i didn't know enough to have a throughout preparation, but today was an even more exciting experience to be challenged by callers to respond on clinical cases within 10-30sec (free consultations!). My adrenaline level was probably spiking during that 1 hour! Trying to word every thought in Mandarin while making sure it was appropriate & in a way, creating better image for dietitians! And indeed it was really good as we did get about 15 calls & ended up when had to extend the recording in the off-air time.

But anyway, it was a great experience! Luckily i have other dietitians to rely on! I probably can't stand on my own feet for these - which is why i don't think it is fair to take all the credit of today show, even just at MonashLink. Somehow i was late for the Primary Care meeting due to this radio recording & therefore all the staffs were told of the reason of my absence. And everyone was excited to hear the experience - and i felt quite embarrassed as i don't think i deserve it.

Oh well, i think, with this radio recording, i might as well got the thousands & ones things on my plate this year. I am amazed i have come this far, although i can still see a further way ahead to go.....