24/01/2026
喺NHS返工,有關 IPC (感染預防與控制) 好似好嚴格,所有接觸到clinical嘅同事都要bare below elbow,連結婚戒指都唔可以有任何stone、頸鏈亦唔俾戴 (自己以前喺香港會將隻戒指掛上頸鍊)。同事戴smart watch都會extend條帶戴喺手臂上。但奇就奇在名牌呢,可以用lanyard😅 於是乎大家就有咗好似去Disneyland 玩儲/交換襟章嘅文化😂
而且買得到嘅慈善襟章,隨時會變成“限量版”!去年BBC Children in Need 出咗一系列嘅Pudsey Bear,第一次喺Greggs見到仲猶豫買唔買定買邊款。第二次再去已經賣晒🥹 所以今次見到依隻薑餅人🫚🍪👤就即時入手,連咩機構出都唔理了😂😂😂
翻查之下,原來被依個機構用嚟命名嘅Marie Curie係一位好出色嘅研究者 (就是居里夫人啊~),第一位女性Noble Prize得主,第一位兩度得獎嘅人,更係唯一一位喺兩個唔同範疇得獎嘅人🏆😱👍🏻太厲害了吧?好可惜佢亦都係因為終身嘅研究長期曝露於幅射之下而死於罕見嘅貧血病。
這幾年來為咗定居嘅瑣事都沒有好好停下來,5年似乎又係時候為自己剩落嚟嘅career路上再來個定位。。。
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p.s. 啱啱見到online Pudsey shop有badge賣!題外話,點解Starbucks UK 冇周邊商品賣😭見到台灣出咗馬年達摩好得意!連搶嘅機會都冇。。。
It seems sometimes the IPC rules are quite strict working in NHS comparing to HK: Bare below the elbows, only wedding band without stone is allowed and you can't wear a necklace. While in HK, I used to put my ring on the necklace. If colleagues wearing smartwatches, they normally extend their straps to fit on their arms. But one strange thing is, Trust will provide you a lanyard for your badge 😅 So a culture of collecting/exchanging pins like we're going to Disneyland is developed 😂 Of course the number of pins you can wear has a limit. The charity pins often being found at kiosks or next to a cafe till. They can easily become "limited editions" due to the high demand! Last year, I saw a series of Pudsey Bears at Greggs released by the BBC Children in Need. I had a choice paralysis and by the time I made up my mind, it's been sold out 🥹 So when I saw this gingerbread man 🫚🍪👤, I bought it at once regardless of which charity it came from 😂😂😂
After some Googling, I found out that the organization named after Marie Curie (I didn't at first realize the name, as for me she was known by the translated Cantonese name), who was an outstanding researcher- the first woman to win the Noble Prize, the first person to win it twice, and the only person to win it in two different fields 🏆😱👍🏻 Absolutlely brilliant! Isn't it? It's a pity that she ended up her life because of a rare anaemic disease which probably caused by the long-term radiation exposure from her lifelong research.
In my past few years, I won't say we were struggled to settle down in a new country, but all the trivialities really took up all the time I had, not one second to break and clear my mind. A sign from today, it seems it's the year to redefine my remaining career path...
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P.S. Just saw that the online Pudsey shop is still having stocks of the pins! BTW why doesn't Starbucks UK sell any nice seasonal accessories? 😭 Noticed that Starbucks Taiwan just released Duruma doll container for the Year of the Horse which is super cute! Me didn't even get a chance to have a run on one...