Launch of JCI Patient Care Posters

This afternoon, I was invited by IMH to speak during the launch of the JCI posters. I illustrated a series of 5 posters to help the staff understand how me/we as the patient value their services and hope to encourage them to keep up the good work! (Or rather that is how i depict it)

The funny thing is, I was advised by the Medical Affairs dept to talk about my experiences while illustrating the poster and share about how I hope their staff can improve (or something like that). Which I never need in the end. This actually got me to note down what to say and I kept trying to recite what to say the whole morning. I was reciting what to say out loud in public while walking to IMH and I attracted a couple of stares.. there was this man who kept turning back to look at me as we were walking hahahaha, now that look back and think about it, I think it's hilarious.

In the lecture hall, Dr Chua the CEO of IMH was presenting and I thought to myself "wah, he is such a natural when it comes to public speaking." I want to be like that too.. The more I think about what I'm going to say and what if I forget, the more I felt nervous and the lower I sunk into my chair.

He was talking about their plans to improve the hospital facilities and patient care services etc. Then there was one part where he touched on the stigma and letting people who are suffering know what help is available. I think that part is very important? Because base on my experiences I didn't know I was suffering from depression for so long till it got really bad. And trust me, you can shout for help all you want but nobody is going to take you seriously. I also want to raise awareness to the younger demographic. :(

Ok back to the topic. I forgot what to say the moment I stood in front of the rostrum, but for some magical reason (this always happen, mind you) I spoke naturally. I was perfectly fine and spoke confidently, which is good!
Maybe I should thank my ITE days for all the public speaking opportunities and training.

So here are the posters!

I'm really honoured to be given this opportunity to illustrate for them! It was a great experience for me, and awesome for my portfolio! A big thank you to Pui Yee and team for generating the message and helping me in the process :D

Here are the photos which I took with the CEO Dr Chua and my psychiatrist Dr Alex Su.

Want to hear a joke?
After uploading the photo of Dr Alex on facebook, I got alot of my facebook friends commenting that "Hey it's the singing doctor!" and I was like "what singing doctor?"
Apparently he took part in some talent competition back in the 90s when I was still a baby, and the number of friends I have who recognised him is just freaky.
It's freaky because he is the Doctor who takes his job seriously, never smile AT ALL (thats not really a smile in the above pic right?) and never crack any lame jokes to me :(
So yeah.. I think he takes his job very seriously, or maybe I'm too negative and emo everytime I see him thats why.. hahaha. Shit, I wonder if he is active online and happen to me reading this..... ._.

Anyway today is a happy day!
And this Friday I am invited to go back to ITE College West by my former lecturer to share my experiences with her class. I've shared my experiences with many individuals before, but never to a class (and I was told they are very enthusiastic) so I am excited.
I also foresee that I will be all nervous again because I still got no clue on what to share with them.
But this time I will prepare slides.

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