OMG, i'm really starting to love PW man!! First went to the zoo to interview a vet, then just went to interview another vet whose hospital (*note: not a clinic, but a HOSPITAL*) is really so cool and nice! Hehe, maybe when it comes to the written stuff like EoM and WR, then it would not be so fun... =.=
Anyway, the interview was scheduled to start at 8pm. But somehow I miscalculated the time needed to reach there (Balestier Road) from school, and due to the fact that I didn't lose my way :P, I ended up being very very early as I reached there like 7.10pm, when Shir Li and Alvin haven't even reached Toa Payoh station lorh. OK so I decided to walk along the street, which was very long, then waited for like 20 mins at the Whompoa Food Center. Hao3 bu4 rong2 yi4 then finally 8pm, when Alvin and Shir Li finally came.
So we walked into the hospital, and the staff nurse told us to wait upstairs. And OMG, the stairs that we walked up, was like so specially designed, with a glass cover over the lowest step, and then a waterfall on the wall, with a gutter along the steps. The whole hospital was filled with a wonderful ambience, like as if you are walking into a show room of those newly-built condos. And so we waited for Cheryl to arrive as well as the appointment time.
Soon, Cheryl came, but the interview was not going to begin anytime soon. We waited for like half an hour, thinking that yah, maybe the vet had some extra patients to attend to, so we happily and patiently waited. Then at 9pm, still no signs that the interview was going to start, as if everyone just happily forgot about our appointment. So we went up and ask a staff nurse, who seemed very busy, and she replied that the vet was in the midst of a surgery, and told us to wait for another half to one hour. OK, fine, since we already waited so long, and that another interview would be hard to secure, we waited. Then Cheryl left because she didn't feel well (*hope you really get well soon!*), while the 3 of us continued to wait. And so we waited, and waited, and waited. And it was Alvin's bdae, what a good way to spend his precious time there, when his family members were waiting to celebrate with him! (*hao3 wei3 da4...*) And Shir Li's dad wasn't too happy about her late absence, and I was worrying about returning too late when the lift would be off, and the gates shut and locked. Hmm...so was it a wise choice to wait afterall, or should we just go off and give up the interview?
As we were deciding, the vet finally came out at 9.30pm, and said "Gimme a minute". Wow, finally! Well, if you expected that 1 minute to be a promise, then unfortunately, it didn't come true. In fact, the 1 minute was unilaterally extended to 30 minutes, and just before we decided to leave, he finally came to us and said "Yeah, let's start the interview." Wahaha, OK, at least we didn't have to wait longer.
Before I go on, maybe just a point to ponder upon: perhaps this is part of PW - to experience the realities of life, and to understand more about the different aspects of life. The unexpected delays were due to genuine reasons - he had to attend to clients with pets in critical conditions (he was the only vet around in the hospital at that time). Perhaps irregular schedule is part and parcel of a vet's life, and perhaps it is up to us to be understanding and patient. Compared to the lives of the pets, certainly our interview is less important and thus we have to wait. If we waited, which we did, then we would be able to interview him, as he had promised to speak to us (gimme 1 minute). If we were to be impatient and rude, then perhaps we would not have successfully conducted the interview. At that time, it was really hard to make the decision, as we knew this interview might be crucial to our PW, and another interview is near impossible. Yet, all of us were eqaully eager to go home, for various reasons, especially that it was Alvin's bdae and his family was waiting for him. Thankfully, we didn't make the wrong decision, and we managed to interview him. (*OMG, did I just write an entire I&R? >.<)
Lolx, and when he came to us, he told us that he had to "get out of this hospital" in order to talk to us peacefully, uninterrupted by his nurses. He offered to bring us to his home where it would be more conducive for the interview, and so we agreed. On the way, he had to answer phone calls from his hospital, and we realised that being a vet isn't really easy afterall! I was surprised to find his home so near to our school. Wahaha, that means I don't have to travel very far to get back to hostel, thankfully. *Yay!*
The vet is really a man with unconventional opinions. We prepared a whole list of questions to bombard him, but his train of thoughts just totally screwed up our plans. So in the end, we had to modify our questions on the spot and react accordingly. *and that was seriously challenging* Many of his views were rather unusual, given the information that we got so far. For example, he thinks that acupuncture is an ART, and it is not a form of ALTERNATIVE treatment, but a COMPLEMENTARY treatment. He went on to elaborate the differences, and we happily jot all of them down. I would say that he had a pre-conceived mindset about the issue, and in certain ways he might be a bit biased, but there was always this element of truth in his arguments. All in all, this interview might prove crucial to our PW, and it wasn't a mistake to wait for him afterall!
So the whole thing ended at 11.15pm, I got a free lift to the swimming pool bus stop and had to walk along Namly Ave alone (*dun forget it was first day of the seventh month on the Lunar calendar, hehe*) And I broke my record of coming back to hostel at 11.30pm, and haven't bathed! Lolx... so that explains why I am blogging at such wee hours and yeah, I shall go to sleep now!
After about 45 minutes of watching, managed to see only a few, although saw many airplanes flying by. :P Basically you'll see streaks of light flying past the night sky, and they do not last more than a few seconds! So when you blink your eyes, probably you might have missed one or two! Some of the fireballs >.< are brighter than the rest, and some last longer too! Saw two really bright ones, which managed to illuminate the sky for quite a while. But most of them were really faint, so you'll probably need a very dark surrounding to be able to see them clearly (must distinguish them from your imagination!).
After about 45 minutes of watching, managed to see only a few, although saw many airplanes flying by. :P Basically you'll see streaks of light flying past the night sky, and they do not last more than a few seconds! So when you blink your eyes, probably you might have missed one or two! Some of the fireballs >.< are brighter than the rest, and some last longer too! Saw two really bright ones, which managed to illuminate the sky for quite a while. But most of them were really faint, so you'll probably need a very dark surrounding to be able to see them clearly (must distinguish them from your imagination!).