The Little Sages

Has anyone thought of medicine in any other way aside from being a gloomy and very severe profession? Because it deals with life and death situations on a daily basis, every minute of the day. But still in the midst of all the chaos, there can be unexpected (and unsolicited) moments that just make you want to break out in laughter. These are some of the narratives below. A pharmacist had just finished counselling and showing the patient how to administer certain important medications after the patient’s transplant, as well as advising the patient on some precautions while taking these medicines. Lastly, the pharmacist advised the patient to apply sun block as over exposure to the sun will cause unwanted side effects from the medication. Before the pharmacist leaves the room, the patient said he had a question: Patient: Miss, does this mean I need to apply the sun block on the box or the tablet of the medication? Pharmacist (flabbergasted but still holding a straight face):...

Some might think when you have a house maid, your home life is made for. But as there is a wide spectrum of human characteristics, there is also a wide range of maids' or more correctly domestic helpers' personalities and qualities. In Asian families it is not uncommon, some would say even essential in some cases for domestic help. Whatever the reason a family may suddenly find themselves having to live with a stranger from an entirely different culture and with different personalities, some more peculiar and stranger than others. At one point we had one such peculiar and odd domestic helper. These are a compilation of some of her escapades during her time with us, hope you can enjoy some laughs. When our house wifi was not working for more than 8 hours: Helper: Miss wifi not working? (30min later) Helper: Sir wifi not working? (30min later) Helper: Madam wifi not working? (1 hour later) Helper: Miss wifi not working? When the helper was asked ...