I received 2 calls from 2 different clients today asking about euthanasia for their pets. When I probed further, I found out that the reason for them wanting to have their pets put down was because the dog was old.
I spent 10 minutes talking to the client, trying to get the message over that we do not do it unless the dog was suffering due to some incurable sickness and impending death. At one point I got so fed up with their persistance that I actually told one of the client "Look. Being old is not a valid reason for being put down."
I was really suffering from severe sleep deprivation so I was quite curt with a lot of people today but stopped short of being rude. I know it's not an excuse but my stress level is extremely high at the moment, with school work, outstanding work in the clinic and impending disaster when I take on the new position. I'm really tempted to withdraw from the position I have yet to undertake.
Met up with Weng for dinner at Siglap just now. was actually feeling very hungry and I wolfed down my fried rice in less than 5 mins.
After that I met up with SHo under the block to collect something and spent half and hour chatting. It reminded me of the times we had a few years ago when we didn't have the kind of work stress we are having now, when it was just some close friends meeting up almost every evening for coffee, chatting and having fun... *sigh*
Guess it's my own fault. I have never liked networking and I just can't be bothered to keep in contact with my friends. Guess in that sense I'm an introvert. I may be all smiles and jokes but deep down I guess I just want to be left alone. [With that special someone and my 2 dogs ;-)]
Anyway, SHo and I were talking about another friend getting married soon and how everyone around us seems to be getting married. Don't get me wrong. I have nothing against matrimony. I just don't like the "Performance" that goes with it in Singapore. By that I mean the traditional Chinese Wedding Dinner.
I feel that the dinner is just a waste of time and money. People throwing such lavish lunch/dinner functions obviously for the sake of appeasing the status conscious family and friends. Frankly speaking, attending such functions seem like a chore to me. I no longer enjoy the environment and the food and the hosts are so stressed out from months of planning and they have to divide their time and energy between the hundreds of guests that turns up... It all just seems so.. staged.
It reminds me of the last time I attended a wedding dinner of a relative of mine. We practically grew up together. Yet I walked out of the event just before it started, fuming mad and with my parents begging me to go back in just to keep up appearances.
Just to keep up appearances. Imagine that.
I'm not in the mood to write anymore.
Hope the bloody meteor hits earth sooner. We humans are such scum.
I spent 10 minutes talking to the client, trying to get the message over that we do not do it unless the dog was suffering due to some incurable sickness and impending death. At one point I got so fed up with their persistance that I actually told one of the client "Look. Being old is not a valid reason for being put down."
I was really suffering from severe sleep deprivation so I was quite curt with a lot of people today but stopped short of being rude. I know it's not an excuse but my stress level is extremely high at the moment, with school work, outstanding work in the clinic and impending disaster when I take on the new position. I'm really tempted to withdraw from the position I have yet to undertake.
Met up with Weng for dinner at Siglap just now. was actually feeling very hungry and I wolfed down my fried rice in less than 5 mins.
After that I met up with SHo under the block to collect something and spent half and hour chatting. It reminded me of the times we had a few years ago when we didn't have the kind of work stress we are having now, when it was just some close friends meeting up almost every evening for coffee, chatting and having fun... *sigh*
Guess it's my own fault. I have never liked networking and I just can't be bothered to keep in contact with my friends. Guess in that sense I'm an introvert. I may be all smiles and jokes but deep down I guess I just want to be left alone. [With that special someone and my 2 dogs ;-)]
Anyway, SHo and I were talking about another friend getting married soon and how everyone around us seems to be getting married. Don't get me wrong. I have nothing against matrimony. I just don't like the "Performance" that goes with it in Singapore. By that I mean the traditional Chinese Wedding Dinner.
I feel that the dinner is just a waste of time and money. People throwing such lavish lunch/dinner functions obviously for the sake of appeasing the status conscious family and friends. Frankly speaking, attending such functions seem like a chore to me. I no longer enjoy the environment and the food and the hosts are so stressed out from months of planning and they have to divide their time and energy between the hundreds of guests that turns up... It all just seems so.. staged.
It reminds me of the last time I attended a wedding dinner of a relative of mine. We practically grew up together. Yet I walked out of the event just before it started, fuming mad and with my parents begging me to go back in just to keep up appearances.
Just to keep up appearances. Imagine that.
I'm not in the mood to write anymore.
Hope the bloody meteor hits earth sooner. We humans are such scum.
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