Managed to found a vet nursing job in aussie. This is my 3rd week of work so far and I must say.....I need something more challenging. I am so used to the pace of working in a busy practice and doing so much hands-on stuff that this current part time job of mine is boring. The vets are the one that seems to be doing everything. From placing IVs to induction...I felt like I was just hired to clean the cages and restraint the animal. Even restraint animals has no challenge because they sedate all the animals that appears to be fierce - which is good in a sense, safety for everyone, but redundant on the other hand. I don't want my skills to get all rusty after 5 years.... >.<

The ironic thing is that i'm getting paid more now doing stuff like this as compared to the amount of workload I get while working at MP...so looking at the money point of view...I shall not complain.....

One thing I like about the pet ownership culture here as compared to Singapore is that people seems to be more well educated about pet ownership? They know their responsibilities. For example, You don't have to pursuade owners to get their dogs de-sexed. They know all about de-sexing their animals and u don't have to explain much to them. They know about dental scaling and all the parasites prevention..They take their initiative to bring their pets to the vet to get it done.. Of course there will always be a group of idiots that wants to breed their pets for the wrong reasons....or people that dont know anything..but the percentage seems to be lesser.

Somehow, I've been seeing many end-stage diseases cases getting euthanase everytime I work. Not sure if it's because the vets are better at explaining to the owners about euthanasia issue or people here are just more aware or accepting about the fact that there is no point prolonging a pet's suffering. In Singapore, many people are just not open to the idea of euthanasia? When a pet is diagnose with some incurable disease like end stage renal failure or cancer, owners tends to  opt for palliative care and only decide the option of euthanasia when the pet seems to be in a very bad condition (can't walk, trying to breath etc). But here, I see owners euthanase their pets before their disease progress to that stage. 

Not sure if it's good that one provides palliative care...your pet live longer but feels uncomfortable/sick everyday but you get to spend more time with them or euthanase them before they start becoming really sick, you don't get to see them progressively getting weaker everyday but u won't see them anymore. Guess this will always be a debatable issue. But I feel that it got to do with our society/culture as well? Perhaps singaporeans just need to have more exposure to the topic of euthanasia in general instead of it being like a conservative topic. 

Anyway, so yeap... life here is pretty much just work, study and cook for me at the moment. Can't afford to travel out and explore brisbane because I need to save up for my living expenses, student debt and wedding. It's not easy, but I guess things will figure a way out on its own eventually. 

Jia you to myself!!!