星期五, 9月 24, 2004

Elton John's concert in Taipei

I have been to many outdoor concerts, but this one is my first one that I have to wear a raincoat. It was a raining day in Taipei, not pouring really hard, but enough to open an umbrella or wear a raincoat.
Another "first time" in this concert is that I have a front row seat, yes, the very first row. The ticket costs me NT 6.000. At the end of concert, people just get off the seat and gather in front of the stage. Sr. John is very frinedly to fans, he shakes hands, signs autographs on CDs for audiences.
The concert is great, not the typical popstar concert, it is all about the music, he sings and plays the piano. The stage is pretty simple, no exotic dancers. His voice is immaculate, and just sound like in CD. He is really talented.

星期日, 9月 19, 2004

Never say "good day" in ED

The minute that I logged off, my ED (emergency department) was flooded immediately with patients, I had a patient who was DOA ( dead on arrival), an old man who had a hole on his neck can't breath, and one young man vomited fresh blood several times at home. And if it were not bad enough, one grandpa who was very pale and had tarry stools inside his pants....... Gee! I am not really a superstitious guy, but there are something you just don't want to say or do if working in ED. Saying " good day " is one of them. Well... From the other hand, I can always think in this way that hospital is not paying me just to sit in front of a monitor, typing my thoughts and not seeing real people and savin lives.

My first blog

Not really knowing what to say on my fiest blog post,........ actually I am working at this moment in the hospital. Thanks God! Although it is a Saturday, my ED is not "flooded" yet with sick people. I spend most of my time this morning seeing patients stayed overnight. Let some people go home and few just need to stay a little longer before I can let them go home. I am also able to admit those really sick people to the wards for further care but ICU, the intensive care unit (they are always full), ...anyway I consider today so far has been a good day for me.