Thus, for now.... We knew, we were in the new normal way of life.... So, no department or ward party. No house party 😬. In other words, no whatsoever farewell parties.... Those activities were all not allowed for the time being.... And yes, we were greatly understood.
Hence, the only thing that we did was, we took photos instead! 😁. Because for now, at least, we had photos and, only photos would keep all the memories for years starting from now onwards... Yes, we forgot things, but photos did not.
Well, we took lots of photos in a day 😅, since she had only few days left before she officially resigned....
Actually, we seldom took photos among ourselves at work, maybe because we were working and busy.. :) But because, that moment was precious for her, hence we were glad to be able to taking photos together.
Actually, there were other people too who wanted to be in the photos as they could keep the memories for themselves. And, that was why, there were few different human being in each photos.., but then, however, it was only just me, sitting there at the cardiac table on one side, few times already 😅.
Anyway, well yes, that was how a life journey was all about. I have learned that my journey and your journey in life was not the same. We might have come across to each other along the way for a period of time, and then, parted ways with one another into our own journeys in life. It was something like, people came and then, walked away.... All because, we had certain goals to achieved, dreams to pursued, plans to accomplished, other commitments, and all....
It did feel sad for a moment as she would be leaving, but that she had a choice and her own journey. And, we all respected her views. Hence, all we could do for her was wishing her for the best!
Well yes, we were not seeing each other again, but the memories that we had would always remained. The only special memories, that only the photos could bring....
Then suddenly, this reminded me about the photos I kept for so long now....
I remembered, it was during my night duty, sitting at the cardiac monitors, observing and monitoring the status of each and every patient's condition in the unit, together with my other colleagues, at that time.
There were these funny thoughts came to my mind, sometimes, when I started to gazing at all these monitor screens that shown all the parameters of each patients. To me, it was not just the bed numbers, the vital signs, or the "waves" and "rhythms".., but it was also all about each and every patient's story.
I knew, it was crazy 😅, but from the "rhythm" itself, it was already given me a hint about that one particular patient's health status. And, the interesting part was each and every patient was different, and they have had their own unique stories to tell. It was like as if, there was a small window attached to it, which that would allow me to had a glimpse to their real life stories. And I thought, that was silly!
Although it was a very long time ago, I still had the same feeling even until today. And also, only just by looking at the photos, all the memories were rushed in into my brain, like watching a movie that was playing at the same time. And, I was surprised that I could remember almost everything very clearly in my mind! It seemed that was how powerful a simple photo could do to you.
I was truly amazed. It was about 10 years ago. Suddenly I felt, it was like just taken yesterday instead of a photo of 10 years!.. Well yes, 10 years ago without masks! With no CORONA!
