More work pics

The door to the "house"

My time card:

God gets props always for everyday I am able to work with a bad back:

Punched in, officially in the game.

Equipped for battle:

1. Littman Cardiology series 2 stethoscope with pediatric bell. A tap
with a finger will sound like a jackhammer with this thing.
2. Under Armour Cold Gear mock turtleneck: Insulates body heat, yet
allows almost perfect ventilation to evaporate sweat. Feels like a
second skin. High tech fabric.
3. Christy's ultra-compact 4 mega pixel digital camera.
4. Ace elastane armband: to protect wrist that has been on the computer
for a extended amount of time. Also increases lifting confidence.
5.Casio G-shock solar-powered watch with leather band: Too lazy to buy
batteries, and this thing can take a beating. Essential for work like
this.
6.Cell Phone holder. For when my mom calls. Good for talk to online medical control too.
7.Shieck contoured lumbar support belt. Essential for my back protection, and is contoured for flexibility and manuervability.
8. Key holder, for those numerous obnoxious keys.
9. EMS scizzors. Good for cutting clothes and tin cans,
10. Conterra trauma holster. Stores EMS radio, gloves, scissors, pen and penlight.
11. Customized EMS shirt, with identifying patches that indicates my
EMS organization, my medical ranking, my last name, and my badge
number.
12. Tru-Spec BDU style EMS pants. Rip resistant, stain resistant, water
repellent, loose, and waste adjustable. Also has numerous pockets to
store almost anything,

Once in a while, they send us to Manhattan when it gets really busy.

Bellevue Hospital ER

They got us running around like mad.

Back to Flushing! Whew.

Now that we are parked, its time to get ready for a busy night.

I thought this was a pretty dramatic shot:

Tonight's DVD selection: The 6th season of the Simpsons.....

And Final Fantasy: Advent Children (aaMMMAZZZIINNG film)

Seven Eleven. American marketing is all about bright colors to seduce
consumers in buying stuff that is just plain bad for
you. Thiis includes the magazines too.

Goofing around

James Hoffman "The Hoffinator", and Phil "I'm not Irish, dammit"
Ingerson . Coolest guys in EMS.  I would be happy if these guys
took my mom to the hospital.

Me and Kari

Frank is flippin' out. I think he was humming some kinda trance song.

I am flippin out.

I really had no idea what Susana was doing. My eyes were so rolled back into my sockets.

Evelyn, Alpha and Patty

Ford Superduty 350. I bet it will breakdown before I do. Or not.

I love my job.

Baptism and coffee house night at the Journey, Manhattan Center.

Serving



Giving yourself to others, to the point you feel the sting of their pain as if it was your own.


Their loss is also your loss.




He said  "help me... Lord help me"... and when he looked up to the sky and he heard a voice reply...



[Chorus]
"When you cry, I cry

I cry along with you

When you smile, I smile

I smile along with you"



-T.O.K. "Footprints"

A Monday evening work day...

                                  

Attempt to not to laugh at a pose with my partner #1:

            

Attempt #2:

               

I look like a retard. You know whats cool? We are both Chinese! HAHA.
My partner's last name is "Chin", and he is a Chinese Jamaician (I am
not kidding).

The bulletin board:

posted in the front page of Bayside Times. Full color, I may add.


Chu Chu was founded by a co-worker of mine, and now he is semi-famous at the hospital.

Bayside Diner @ 2 a.m. Yes. We bum around.

Cool retro shot eh.

Ranch BBQ Burger.....mmmmmmm...taste like triple coronary bypass......

 

What do we do in the ambulance when we are not doing anything?

Portable DVD players. Best invention for EMS personel since Seven Eleven!

Our relief. If they didn't show up, we have to go another 8 hours! WHEW.

Such hard work. O, woe is me.

So Emily sent this picture of her and Christina today.

I was supposed to notice that she took off her braces after 2 years of wearing them.

But instead, I told her, "hey you look like my mom in a weird angle"

Am I being ignorant or insenstive? I am such a typical man.

Now she is not talking to me.

Yeah, I am seeking pity so I may have forgiveness.

Happy Birthday Willip! Sorry I couldn't be there.

This summer has been so eventful, I forgot that I also was a ESL
teacher on Sundays at church. Here are pics of the closing ceremonies:

I just thought the big contrast in facial expressions between Annie and I , and Christina and Hoyan was quite funny:

They asked me to do a last minute speech about my teaching experience.
This was a predominatly chinese only speaking audience, so I had to
think real fast. And mind you, I was simultaneously dealing with Gospel
Camp issues in the treasurey room.

Now you know when I am desperate for ideas when I try to flap my arms and resort to physical comedy.

All the teaching staff got a present. I think we all got the same thing.....tea packets.

looks like these 2 youngins are not gonna get any sleep for a while with all that caffeine.

Ah, the summer memories

I found this GIF online, I was laughing quite hard....

And YES! Another picture of Chu Chu, being forced to learn the latest
version of Microsoft Windows, cause his mommy is ignoring juvenile
labor laws, and making my baby work!

No intelligent design in the universe huh? Why then do scientists write
text books the size of the Yellow Pages to explain how does the human
heart work, or how chemicals are exchanged in biological functions?
NERDS!!

Angry Moment

There was a restaurant owner who was beaten up by 3-4 men in the
kitchen of his own restaurant. The assailants were disgruntled
immigrants who did not have a green card, and  so they beat up the
manager because he wouldn't hire them without the proper legal
documentation. The cops came, and apprehended one of the suspects. I
assumed the others ran away.

I escorted the manager into my ambulance so I may render him treatment.
A concerned employee and  friend of the manager came inside the
ambulance with us. While I was treating the man of his wounds, I
noticed a man wearing a blazer , on a cell phone, smirking at the
restaurant employees and smirking at the ambulance. The restaurant
employees told the man to leave, but he was saying something in a
mainland dialect that  I could not understand, and he had a
disturbing smile on him the whole time.

So I asked the employee in the ambulance who that person was.

"He is a friend of the people who beat our boss up" she said.

"What?!"

"Yes, he is very rude. He is always causing trouble for us in the restaurant"

Something in me got sparked. I am not sure if its some brash bravado,
or burning justice. I got out of the ambulance, and started walking
towards this man as if I was gonna beat him over the head with my
radio. Repeatedly. The man turned around and started to walk away.

I started to scream at him in Mandarin.

"HEY!!"

He turned around to face me. He wasn't smiling anymore. I guess he was
intimidated by my uniform and the thick black radio in my hand.

"DID YOU HURT THAT MAN?!"

"huh?"

"DID YOU HURT THAT MAN?!!"

"No....no...I was just talking on my cell phone......"

Then he turned around and walked away fast.

If this restaurant manager was a tyrant of a man, why does his
employees seemed so concerned about him and cared for him? Why could this
man have done to deserve such a beating?

Regardless, I did not appreciate the smirk on the man's face, as if the manager had the beating coming to him.

I should take the time to contemplate on my actions.

Today, they sent me to Manhattan at 5pm, when there is a bomb scare.

Manhattan is not a place I want to be in a 911 ambulance when there is a citywide bomb scare.

Ack, I also have to wear this big black gas mask holster on my leg, for
as long the terror alert is in affect. That could take weeks or
months!.  Hopefully, I would never need to use it.

Remember subway riders, if you guys see anything suspicious at all, please report it to the proper authorities!

Chilling with Chu and Jersey

Sorry Chu Chu.

Chocolate ice cream is toxic to dogs, you know.