how are you lately? haven't heard from you for ages.

it's been nearly 2 weeks since i've moved to this new foreign place called tuen mun, far away through the waters. i remember last time when i took a bus that went from central to tuen mun, i, looking back through the windows saw the familiar highrise like ifc and bank of china building moving further and further away. it was a sad feeling. seemed like i was missing something terribly big, my life. it felt like leaving my past and heading onto an unknown. it was not so ages ago, but feels like so. now i have my own hub and everyday after work it seems ritual to walk back along the river and not take the lightrail. maybe i was really in hell last year in queen mary hospital, everything here seems refreshed and new, and happy. like the people i meet here, i'm beginning to smile and be a new betty that people once knew. i think my innate nature is still a bit nostalgic and thoughtful and it's not something that's going to change quickly. like in the corridors of the hospital here on sundays, you'll still see a quiet figure in white coat traversing across the visitors in multitude of colours.

um, sounds like i'm starting to talk non-sense. i'm on long call tonight, that's why. nearly 2am now, i'd better get ready to receive the next batch of patients coming in. dorothy just called and she asked me out for dinner tomorrow! that i'd thought of for the whole week already! and my dad will be here with me installing my new tv and dvd player tomorrow afternoon when i'll be post-call off, finally can listen to my new cd in the living room! and the best news of all, i only have two patients to round tomorrow morning, from being the doctor with the most patients in my ward two weeks ago to this number, that is what i call 'hard work' :)

you know, i haven't really mentioned it before, but i'm enjoying being a new doctor so much here in this so-called 'warzone' hospital, it's unbelievable... i thank god for taking really good care of me. as for you, i think of you often and pray that everything in your world goes smooth too. if only i'm in your world, but anyway...

sleep well, thinking of you. nite
betty