OTs?!

this coversation has happened countless times it's become so predictable.

somenewstranger/someonewhodoesntknowwhatimstudyingyet: what r u studying at the moment?

me: occupational therapy

(wait for it....)

somenewstranger/someonewhodoesntknowwhatimstudyingyet:  WHAT'S THAT?!?

lol. then i go into a whole long definition of what OTs do.. bleh. i shud just record it and play it everytime i'm being asked that. saves a whole lot of saliva and time. lol

i wiki-ed this. hahah

OT- the "use of productive or creative activity in the treatment or rehabilitation of physically or emotionally disabled people"

bet these r just words to u. cos it is to me. hahah. i'll just leave u with pictures of us practicing for our phys rehab prac exam (even tho it's probably 2% of what OTs do) so u'll understand a little bit better... and so ppl might stop asking me what OTs do!

Lai San pretending to be an amputee client



me teaching 'Mrs. White' what to do in case she falls down again. (poor woman actually spends few days on the floor cos she has noone to help her! and probably cos she doesnt dare to get up cos of her visual impairment)



Rui, as an amputee, performing a slideboard transfer from bed to wheelchair



lol. hoist transfer nanny yi huey as a C3 SCI client hanging really uncomfortably in a sling cos she supposedly only has neck control.



lol our attempt to transfer her to the wheelchair was soo bad, she ended up sitting like this. God, i hope we don't fail. hahah.

teaching 'Dennis' how to do his toileting cos he has some pulmonary thing n fatigues really easily. lol don't get any ideas... she was gonna turn around and sit.. i just caught her in the wrong position.

meh. that's it. i shall take more pictures next time.

at least u have the slightest idea what it's about now.. hahah. i hope. it's fun. at times. not all the time. but still.

yea it has its perks :)