Hospital

Damn, I have been going to SGH campus so many times recently. Not for myself, but my wife and my in-law. 

I am definitely getting familiar with the layout there lol.

Hospital especially public ones in SG, always involves a lot of walking and waiting. It’s how they operate at scale. Don’t get me wrong, I am totally impressed and appreciative of our public healthcare institutions. It’s how we avoid going bankrupt as we age hehe.

Introspection always happen when you spend time in hospital, even if it’s just visiting and not being a patient yourself. At least that’s what happens to me.

It’s a place where people hope, anticipate, felt relieved, felt sad, or grieved. It’s a melting pot of full range of human emotions. 

I am pretty sure I will become a patient here as I grow old. 

Sometimes being here too much can make my heart heavy. But I have learned to take things light. And look positive.

I am much more appreciative of what I have, my own health and my freedom. Staying healthy is my top priority as it allows me to fully enjoy my freedom during retirement. 

Many things that bothers me are actually trivial compared to what sick folks face while in hospital. There’s so much more that life can offer for your attention and enjoyment vs the little things that you hang on to make yourself unhappy, while the clock of life continues its steady ticking. Don’t waste life this way. 

Don’t wait until you are lying in hospital bed, chained to a drip, wearing patient clothes, and just staring out of the windows hoping you can be discharge asap

We will all have that chance no matter what. So meanwhile, don’t worry over things too much. Stay healthy, eat well, take good care of yourself, enjoy the food you like in moderation, go see the world, go sit in a park by beach and enjoy the air, with a nice cuppa in hand, listening to nice jazz music from your Bluetooth speaker.

Hospital, thank you for the lessons, see you but not so soon.