Allow me to break away from the slightly monotonous travel series to write about things that are happening in my life at the moment, and not in the past. I still intend to continue writing about my travels to the Andalusia region and up to Catalunya, but I would think that you might also perhaps like a bit of variety in between Madrid, Toledo, Sevilla, Granada, Valencia, and Barcelona. So here I am, in a little motel room 500 kilometers away from home and 2 hours past my usual bedtime, telling you about how I am very, very, excited about something that is going to change my life soon. But more about that another time. I am keeping my fingers crossed at the moment that everything will pan out alright.
The other day, the ambulance pulled up at my neighbour's doorstep on a dark and stormy night. I couldn't even step out of the house to help because the winds were so strong I would've been blown away. Apart from the blinding headlights from the ambulance, there were no street lamps, and the torrential downpour made it even harder to make out what was going on. It wasn't long before the ambulance drove away, and I had a feeling I would be seeing my neighbour in the hospital-- in a doctor-patient context rather than as a social call.
As doctors, it isn't advisable to treat family members or anyone near and dear. Even then, when I saw dear old Maggie (not her real name, of course) in our little High Dependency Unit, there was a surge of protectiveness towards her. I made sure the nurses knew she was my neighbour ("She's my neighbour!" I proclaimed gallantly) and I wanted to ensure that I hadn't missed any serious conditions before discharging a delightfully pleasant 75 year old back to her little unit diagonally across mine. This isn't to say that I don't give the other patients similar care and attention, but it's just that extra mile that most doctors do for people we know, because they matter.
Have you said hello to your neighbours?
2 Durian(s) Thrown at Jun:
Hmm. I say hello to my neighbours and their daughters every time we pass by each other along the corridor or meet at the elevators, but it's sad, yes... nothing more than that. :(
P.S. Happy for your happy news whatever it is. *hugs*
kenny: well, at least u know ur neighbours! i think it's quite sad if u haven't at least said hello to the ppl living next to u.
ps: you'll find out abt that happy news soon! :D
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