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Christmas...the definition is...

wow christmas time. for the first time at christmas time i have noticed so many things that have changed my views of christmas. for instance, the mad rush of people in stores and on the streets. since late november the traffic has been extra busy and shopping seems to take forever. so from this i have chosen not to buy presents for alot of my friends as usual i would. (however i have sent cards out). also the meaning of christmas, of having family get together, opening presents and eating lots. these ideas have changed for me too. for starters, being with family i'm not that interested in being with alot of people for christmas but this year my family have changed so much and we are all moving in different directions and i just cant remember the last time my family has been together. next is opening presents, well i got alot for my birthday this year and for christmas i feel i dont need much. and eating lots hmm... i'll probably end up doing that but i have gotten over eating lately maybe to loose weight but i dont do much during the day therefore i dont need to eat much. but then realising the TRUE meaning of christmas! and it brings me back to the days young, and when i was little we had dolls dressed in robes and baby Jesus in a basket, and when we gave KK presents to each family member we said a little prayer and waited in turns to give our present. what happens when the world takes out the true meaning for the times that been recognised? this is Christ's birthday and we give presents to everyone else and receive ourselves. so who are we really praising? at work i gave cards to some of the friends i have made over the last couple of months, and one of the guys was very thankful and said that he will have to give me a card in return. i didnt want him to feel pressured, but said he didnt have to. but as i thought to myself, it was something i wanted to give to everyone as my appriciation and didnt want anything in return. it is something i take joy in is giving little things to people to make them smile and know that i enjoy their company. and this brings me back to the point of thinking about Christ and knowing God gave us something to make us smile and to be able to live with Him and be loved forever. and i think we have to be reminded of this at a time where everyone thinks of themself or that silly guy with a white beard in a red suit.

posted by Em @ 9:53 PM 1 comments

i have finished placement... and TAFE!

well i must say it has been a interesting 2 weeks for me. i didnt realise what placement was going to be like, but it was awesome. the first week i was with 'outreach' and home based program apart of 'Centacare'. i met arrange of people with mental health issues such as Schizophrenia, bi-polar and depression. its too hard to explain but i am mainly interested in Schizophrenia. i just watch and understand the people and they are very much normal people and can function well, they just have people talking more often then we do. i really enjoyed drivning around meeting people taking them shopping and talking to them.
then the second week i went to a program called 'masc' apart of centacare as well. they have a residential rehab place with 5 units where mental health clients with drug or alochol issues come and stay to improve their substance issue and sort out their mental issue. when i started here for the week there was only 2 clients and by wednesday there was no clients. so it had been pretty boring for me to do anything, like obsevre clients. so i mainly dinished off assignments and used the computer.
however, this experience has been very hopefull and overwhelming at the same time. i have had many mixed feelings and really want to pursue my knowlegde in this field. Tafe has given me a broad overlook of the welfare industry and its where i feel ive been lead. lets just pray i get into Psych at Uni now!

posted by Em @ 5:53 PM 4 comments