Ages since I last blogged

Time flies, after the Penang trip, life goes on... Fast-forward: back to school, graduated from school, went for holiday (Krabi), started work...WORK !!!

It's been almost 6 months since I have officially started work as an occupational therapist . Work's good n fine. Finding my role in this non-profit organisation that provides wide range of services to persons with disabilities. Time-to-time I will be reminded I am really only a small shrimp swimming in the sea.

Work is full of UPs and DOWNs... Other than my insecurity of the lack of clinical knowlegde and skills, the other greatest challenge for me is, the interaction with clients. Interaction between 2 persons essentially requires the interaction of values, beliefs and cultures of both parties.

There have been occasions when interaction with certain personalities at work shake/jolt my system a bit (thankfully not too often) AKA "personality clashes". These encounters remind me to the importance of having a professional identity.

Of being aware of the differences in how I would react in a particular situations in 2 ways: as a 'professional' & as a 'person'. And perhaps, not letting the two overlap too much. If I were to look at some of my clients completely through my own coloured lens as a 'person', I think I may want to beat them up. In the midst of defining that unique 'professional' identity...

This topic brings me to the past few weeks, my colleague told me that one of our clients wants to marry me. He isn't even a client of mine (I don't treat him, only see him around in our gym) (??). That sorta explains why I get a knock on the office glass door every other day (to get my attention) when he is attends his therapy sessions. Well, I have been trying my level to teach him that the 'professional' boundary with clients at the rehab centre. Not really getting through yet. He thought I refused to 'make friends' minded that he has a certain disabling condition. I do think he has the ability to rationalise but maybe not complete, I'll keep dialing for now. Maybe he needs to learn the means of befriending others (especially ladies) in an appropriate manner that doesn't nearly freak them out.