Wednesday, August 05, 2009

First Day Be an Intern

Like every body's first time, people would feel nervous, anxious because they don't know everything well. They are afraid to do something wrong. Taiwanese people would be quiet at this moment because they believe silence is gold. However, there are still some people who may ask questions more positively, or express their feeling, but in most of time, this kind of people are not be liked by everyone. Actually, it is a good thing to be talkative because that is the way to learn things.

I am not a talkative guy. When I was in the first day to be an intern of medical laboratory scientist , we called MT for short because of the old name medical technologist, I could nearly speak. I was wondering whether my speech is appropriate or not. That made me quiet, and stood there like a wood. Unfortunately, all my partners are the same with me. When MTs were working, they seemed to be too busy to be interrupted. Of course, it was what I assumed because when I was young, my parents always told me that if the adults are busy, don't interrupt them, and if I have any question, I should ask later. Honestly, it is a very bad idea. That is why, there is always a problem that if I don't ask my question immediately, I would forget my question when people are free, or it would be very odd to ask a question about maybe 20 minutes ago after I found people are free. Therefore, I always have a lot of questions in my mind.

My first stop was at Genetic Diagnosis. All the examine methods are new. All the MTs are very busy, so they didn't have time to teach me. Then, I started to read some SOP(standard operate procedure) in the lab. It would be normal for me if I have questions about the SOP, but I kept my questions in my mind because I saw everybody was busy. Basically, what I did in my first day is just standing all day. I felt very tired after I offed the lab, and the most important thing is that I felt very very boring.