i see blood on his face..on the floor..blood blood.....

i've been having really weird bursts of energy lately. i went swimming yesterday, and i must've done over 50 laps, with a few breaks in between. i did so much kicking with my kickboard and also tried to do my tumble turns. i've never been able to swim so many laps without lots and lots of breaks in between..but yesterday, i was like "WOW! this feels AWESOME!"

i've managed to work on the distance of my tumble turn, so now i have to learn to do the streamline after doing the tumble turn. it's pretty cool doing the flip at the end of each lap :D gives you this 'weird' yet special sensation when you flip in the water!

anyway, i haven't been blogging much coz..well, i dont spend much time online. i was working 9 days straight, so darryl finally decided to let me have a 5 days off. awesome eh? so now i have a wee bit more time to blog :)

work has been alright, except the other day when this 14 years old kid fainted when he was coming out of the spa and knocked his nose on the steps. i was the only one on duty in that area as everyone else was either on their break or doing something in the office so i had to leave poolside unattended, which is a big NO NO, but i really didn't have a choice! i sent a lady to go get the other lifeguards in the office, but i think someone alerted them before the lady reached the office coz they came rushing out to help me.

i ran over to the guy and his dad was with him. i asked the dad what happened and all the dad could say was "he was uh...he uh...he....uhhh....was..." so i told him to just hang in there and i'll be back really soon with some gloves and tissue to clean up the blood. there was blood ALL over the kid's face and the boy looked really really pale and he was closing his eyes and opening his eyes, not really responding to what's going on. i was really lucky that Trent happened to be there for his physio appointment so he came to help me out and basically took over what i was doing. i was just helping him to get the oxygen tank and wheelchair to take the kid into the first aid room.

it was a really scary sight. the kid lying down on the ground with his father supporting his head, and the blood all over the floor and on his face. i went to bed that night, and i could still see images of him and all the blood. the following day, i was back at work at 5am, and whenever i had to go to the dark places, images of the kid will come flashing through my mind. it's really scary. it makes me wonder how i'll react when i have to deal with a dead body or if someone dies on me......

but it was a good lesson for all the lifeguards and an eye opener to the other lifeguards who are not very competent in doing their job. darryl got a good told off from my manager for leaving me by myself on poolside, watching 2 pools plus a spa. we're meant to have at least 2 lifeguards on duty at all times in that area, but i guess no one expected that to happen...

the next day, i got brendon to go through with me on how to use the oxygen tank. i kinda know how to use it, but just to be safe, i told him to show me the operating procedure. i suppose i'll be able to handle most emergencies from now on...darryl asked me the day after the accident "were you freaked out when the kid passed out?" and i said "what do you think?! there was blood all over the place and he looked horrible!!" and he said "yeah. i thought you looked scared. heh"

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and that's it for the day. stay tune for more interesting work stories :p now it's time for me to go get ready to go shopping at sylvia park. i was there for the 4th phase grand opening yesterday (seems like i'm ALWAYS there for their grand opening) and there are quite a number of sale going on. NYEHEHEHE.

i will come back with an update of my shopping!

t00dles my love!