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Sunday, May 15, 2011

went to IMH, thanx to Vital's learning journey.. there were a few places to visit, but most of them were full already.. thought a visit to IMH would be good for my personal and future development. At first we were given an hour's talk by the HR director, he talked abt how they set up, wad kind of illness the patients have here, how long they take to recover, how society's stigma affect their development on patients and their institute. it was an insightful hr, learnt abt lots of stuff that were not revealed to the media.

Basically, patients were divided into 2 "categories". severe cases had to be warded, while non-severe ones can have check ups in the out-patient clinic. We didn't get to visit the wards, for obvious reasons. We did get to walk around the places where the patients go on a daily basis though. To help them recover, patients had quite a few kinds of therapy. There was gardening therapy, art and class lessons and stuff.. patients were taught to sew, paint, mould and design. All these helps them to form a sense of responsibility and also, to learn a new skill. Because of their illness, they might have lost some very basic skills that they once had. These kinds of lessons thus helps them to regain their confidence, and also for their own personal development. IMH also have this group of people, called the Job Club where they source for prospect employees, to employ those patients whose conditions have stabilised . Although the positions are very limited (basically only in FnB and cleaning), a lot of companies have opened their doors to employ them. Which is a very big step for these patients who would be out-casted by the society. The first 2 months of their employment requires very intense follow up by the patient's therapist and job club admin personnel. Most of them would be in very low self esteem, and much moral support and encouragement is needed.

Of course, there are small initiatives taken by IMH to prepare them for the society outside. There are some retail outlets, FnB outlets in IMH and their very own library, are run by patients whose conditions are under controlled. If they perform well, and think that they can go out for bigger challenges, then they will be deployed to shopping malls and elsewhere to work.

How many of us know what goes on behind all these people's work? Those who teach them gardening, the assistants who teach them how to paint, mould, sew, stitch; how amazing are their responsibilities, how noble are these silent heros.

11:51 AM

this scorpio has very split personality if anyone has realised. She likes super cute stuff e.g. hello kitty, pooh and a very good example, this blog skin. On the other hand, she hates to dress cutely. she uses vulgarities like occasionally but never uses it when parents are home ; loves dressing up when the occasion comes but hates the heels/dresses/skirts; loves making friends but hates socialising; plays the piano but prefers soft rock music in her mp3; loves the customer service envt but doesn't want it as her career; materialistic to a certain extent but hates the cliched designer brands; loves hanging out with friends but sometimes prefers and enjoys the solitude when alone; not really interested in finding a boyfriend but hoping to find a suitable and dependable husband; hates the cliched "wooing" but loves the sweetness in idol dramas; can get emotional at times but doesn't like too much attention and concern; can be superly active but is known to be the rain on people's parade; and the list could go on. if she doesn't talk to you, pls don't think she's unfriendly; she just doesn't want put on a pretence of knowing you well. All in all, hopefully you wouldn't hate her if you know her well enough. and if you hate her, hopefully its because you don't know her well enough.