Apologies! Was on training for the past 2 days so couldn't log in to blog... Well, after my last post, the haze seemed to have subside. The wind had changed directions and so, we were suddenly, 'haze-less'. Hope this will last!
Yesterday's hot topic was actually about the hail rain in the western region of Singapore. Apart from the hail rain, there was also a 'mini' typhoon! I saw a video of the heavy construction barrier being blown off the ground.. Goodness. It takes extremely strong wind to do so and perhaps that is why it was named 'mini' typhoon. Heard from baby that he could felt the crane 'moved' at certain time when the wind was blowing. It really seemed like a scary weather yesterday noon. Trees were also uprooted.
I was lucky that I'm safe and sound at the training place and think, quite a bit of distance from the very west of Singapore.
Alright, I'm supposed to talk about my medical condition. Yes, you got it right. I have lots of needles poking, scans and time spent on waiting for the doctor to review my condition. but before that... let me walk down the memory lane once more, after I was discharged. Would you like to walk together too? :)
I remembered, was arranged for a CT scan about 1-2 months after I was discharged. My very first scan. In fact, all my subsequent scans are all of the same procedure. Just different place. From the hospital to NNI. Totally hate having to go for scan especially at NNI.
The scan actually requires the nurses to inject some fluids into my veins so that the machine can read my kidney function accordingly. So you see, I have very 'under-defined' veins. This results in what? Nurses always can't find my veins and so they have a problem setting the 'plug'. When they have a problem setting the 'plug', I suffer. I have to endure 2-3 or even 4 rounds of needle pokes at different parts of my hand. Gosh. In particularly, the nurses at NNI. It's painful I can tell you. I once even had a radiographer who set the 'plug' just below my knuckles. Do you know how painful that is?
There was another instance where 2 nurses came to try and non succeeded. and then another one came. All in all it took 3-4 nurses/radiographer/doctors to set one damn 'plug'. They even have to fill a rubber glove with hot water so that they can warm the veins up. And that, actually scalded my hand a little. Perhaps they don't do it all the time and so, they always have difficulty. Whereas, during my first scan at the hospital, it was really done in a swift.
I can still remember that after my 1st scan, I had a follow-up review 1 week later. We don't get to see/know the results on the same day. So, baby followed me back to attend my first review and we both got an unpleasant news. I was told that there is a need for me to go under the knife... i.e. operation/surgery. It sounded small and simple but it wasn't really that small like a day surgery. It actually requires a few hours. So, I guessed, you can call it a major surgery. I still remember that I had specifically left instructions to my doctor not to cut up my dolphin (tattoo) which so happen to be at the spot that he's supposed to operate on.
It was a 'funny' moment when the doc even said that it would be a waste if he cut the dolphin. He found it nice too. Well, so yes, medical/blood tests (done by the hospital nurse with not much pain), financial counselling, etc, were all done. medication to clear my intestines was also prescribed. But just about the week of my scheduled operation, the doctor called me up himself. There was a on-going debate and thus conculede that it's not critical for me to undergo the op yet. Instead, I went for a day surgery. 28 Feb 2012. I went for my first day surgery. Baby went with me and spent hours waiting for me.
Another funny moment during my day surgery. The doctors insisted I took a pregnancy test before the surgery but AFTER I came back from the toilet! ended up, i had to wait for a long time at the operating theatre (OT) area. And the best part was, after like eons when I finally manage to do the test, nobody knows how to read the test kit!!! Lying at the waiting area just outside the OT, hearing nurses scrampling up and down outside asking who can read the kit was really intense! I knew I can't be pregnant but they way the scrample, makes me scared that I thought I would be.
Finally after about an hour plus of wait I was finally pushed in for the Op. by the way, before that, another plug was set by the doctor at 100% ease. Soon, I was asked to breathe from the oxygen mask and before I know it, I was knocked out. I woked up about an hour or lesser? I was still being pushed around (back to the ward). There was a dry pain in my throat and extreme pain in my lower abdomen not forgetting, the GA was taking effect. I wanted to puke though I didn't.
I had a stent inserted into me which was causing part of the pain in my abdomen. The main cause was due to my monthly menses. My throat was dry and painful because they had inserted a breathing tube during the op. And so, I stayed 1 night in the hospital with baby's company. He went home later about 9 plus and was back to fetch me the next day as I could be discharged. I had the stent in me for 1 month before I was scheduled for another day procedure to remove it. I totally wanted to forget the procedure so much. It wasn't pleasant at all. And the stent had made me painful. Sighs.
Anyway, yeap, after the procedure, I was scheduled for scans at NNI and reviews again. So there, the terrifying 'plug-sets' came into place. I always hate the mornings which I have to go for the scans. I have to down myself with water till once I almost threw up water. Then I have to get myself 'poked' a few times because they can't set the 'plug' right. Scans after scans, and reviews after reviews, doctor said my condition was somewhat stablized. And now, I'm on annual scan and review basis. I had my last scan in last Dec and my last review in early Jan. So, my next scan will be in Dec. the bad thing is, inflation, scan fees went up. I'm sure the review fees will go up too.
Im really awaiting and hoping for the doctor to clear me off this condition. He said it was congenital. So there's really no way to improve the condition. Only to prevent it from happening. Keeping my fingers crossed and hope that I can get it clear it off by 2015. My financial advisor is still waiting for me...!
Half a year more to it. wish me some good luck please?
Ciao for now; 2011 officially closed! Back with more updates soon!
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Friday, June 21, 2013
Hottest Topic in Town. Haze
Good Hazenoon everyone?
I wanted to talk about my ordeals from my scans and review visits with the hospital but then, I can't not talk about the hottest topic here in Singapore... the unfaze HAZE.
It's been an extremely hazy week. If the stock market behaves in this way, I guess all stock brokers would have made a pile. What am I saying? Yes, it's a good hazy week. Because, the haze just keeps getting thicker.
Everyone's complaining about the haze. Every minute in FB, I have one newsfeed about the haze, the PSI index blah blah. There are even complains that the officials are not doing anything but talk only. I'm not too sure about you. I'm certainly one of those who post on FB as well but to complain that people are complaining for no good reason.
It turns me off that on Wednesday evening, when the haze was going from 290 to 321 (PSI), people are talking about a public holiday that should be issued as it's not safe to travel out of the house. BUT the next morning at 6am, the whole of my FB was fill with photos and status updates of the crazy queue at Mcdonalds for the Hello Kitty Plushie. Can somebody knock some sense into people??
You know the hazard. you call for action to help you prevent the hazard but you went on charging toward the hazard...
A Chinese saying goes: 明知山有虎偏向虎山行
If you think that is horrible enough, there's even more horrendous ones! Those who later post online asking for offers to buy the plush toy they bought at Mcdonalds'! Last I checked, a plush cost $25?!?! Hello, you bought it from Mcdonalds for less than $5 and you are selling it at $25. What can I say? MONEY FACE GRABBER!!!! Especially for those who keep whining about the 'public holiday' the officials had failed to give. Bitch slappers slapping themselves silly.
I'm purely disgusted with such behaviours. Any cure for the humanity?
I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with buying the plush and selling it. BUT after complaining about the haze, and all that you're ripping off your fellow people?
Then there's another group of people who can't seem to read and understand english yet can't stop posting senseless comments on FB. What did they post? Officials are deceiving people of the PSI. Have they not read carefully? The word AVERAGE was/has/still being use. And what do these people say/think? Officials purposely lower the readings in the mornings so that we have to go to work. Then report 300 high PSI in the noon when we are already at work. It's a no wonder we get laughed at by Indonesia.
What kind of mentality is this? Don't you have eyes to read/see for yourself? Why do you think officials wanna cheat you to work? When you don't feel like working don't you call in to take leave? Let alone those who also 'cheat' by getting a MC from the doctor? If you don't want to work, call your boss!!! What makes me even more sick is that, people accusing the officials are those who sit inside the office. People who are working outdoors also don't 'cry' this much. HELLO?
I can't say anything else except that I feel extremely SHAMEFUL. People are really pampered/spoilt. They complain and complain. Point fingers, blame others. Where is the sense of self-responsibility? People waiting for companies to issue masks!? Dont need to take care of yourself meh? when things go wrong, blame and finger pointing is the first thing that comes to mind? When officials control on certain things, they say officials trying to squeeze them dry, rip them off. So officials say, there's no hard line for stop work order, people make noise say officials are too 'soft' or must wait until someone dies of the haze then will take action.
Fast Food deliveries have been stopped. Isn't this also a measure taken by the company on its own?
Dont they know what is call depending on business needs? How about those construction sites where there is a completion date promised? What happens to the losses? Who's gonna pay? Where can the companies claim from? Officials? Do you really think Indonesia will care? Who suffers? Economy recession will be next if a full stop work order comes in place cause the stock market will crash.
Some say compulsary stop work order for outdoor workers especially construction workers or at least issue them a mask. How sure are we that they weren't given any masks? Some people just dont really like wearing one. Especially the N95. it can get rather suffocating. What more, we are brought up in a clean and green environment while these workers, come from different parts of the world. What they have been through could be a lot more than what we are facing now that we don't even know! Still, it goes back to knowing your own health and body isn't it?
If there is a stop work order, and only implemented for outdoor workers only. I'm very sure, the office folks will also jump and make noise. So, to do or not to do? What I know, there is no standard answer/solution for what we are facing now. Everyone needs to be responsible for their own actions and health! If you choose to complain for the sake of complaining, you have just welcome more people to laugh at you for being such a cry baby. Thanks for adding on salt to the wound.
I think this post can go on and on. because the outcries are too many. though senseless. I'll rest my case if this doesn't set those who have been complaining for the sake of complaining into thinking.
Meanwhile, take care, keep hydrated everyone. Ciaos!
I wanted to talk about my ordeals from my scans and review visits with the hospital but then, I can't not talk about the hottest topic here in Singapore... the unfaze HAZE.
It's been an extremely hazy week. If the stock market behaves in this way, I guess all stock brokers would have made a pile. What am I saying? Yes, it's a good hazy week. Because, the haze just keeps getting thicker.
Everyone's complaining about the haze. Every minute in FB, I have one newsfeed about the haze, the PSI index blah blah. There are even complains that the officials are not doing anything but talk only. I'm not too sure about you. I'm certainly one of those who post on FB as well but to complain that people are complaining for no good reason.
It turns me off that on Wednesday evening, when the haze was going from 290 to 321 (PSI), people are talking about a public holiday that should be issued as it's not safe to travel out of the house. BUT the next morning at 6am, the whole of my FB was fill with photos and status updates of the crazy queue at Mcdonalds for the Hello Kitty Plushie. Can somebody knock some sense into people??
You know the hazard. you call for action to help you prevent the hazard but you went on charging toward the hazard...
A Chinese saying goes: 明知山有虎偏向虎山行
If you think that is horrible enough, there's even more horrendous ones! Those who later post online asking for offers to buy the plush toy they bought at Mcdonalds'! Last I checked, a plush cost $25?!?! Hello, you bought it from Mcdonalds for less than $5 and you are selling it at $25. What can I say? MONEY FACE GRABBER!!!! Especially for those who keep whining about the 'public holiday' the officials had failed to give. Bitch slappers slapping themselves silly.
I'm purely disgusted with such behaviours. Any cure for the humanity?
I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with buying the plush and selling it. BUT after complaining about the haze, and all that you're ripping off your fellow people?
Then there's another group of people who can't seem to read and understand english yet can't stop posting senseless comments on FB. What did they post? Officials are deceiving people of the PSI. Have they not read carefully? The word AVERAGE was/has/still being use. And what do these people say/think? Officials purposely lower the readings in the mornings so that we have to go to work. Then report 300 high PSI in the noon when we are already at work. It's a no wonder we get laughed at by Indonesia.
What kind of mentality is this? Don't you have eyes to read/see for yourself? Why do you think officials wanna cheat you to work? When you don't feel like working don't you call in to take leave? Let alone those who also 'cheat' by getting a MC from the doctor? If you don't want to work, call your boss!!! What makes me even more sick is that, people accusing the officials are those who sit inside the office. People who are working outdoors also don't 'cry' this much. HELLO?
I can't say anything else except that I feel extremely SHAMEFUL. People are really pampered/spoilt. They complain and complain. Point fingers, blame others. Where is the sense of self-responsibility? People waiting for companies to issue masks!? Dont need to take care of yourself meh? when things go wrong, blame and finger pointing is the first thing that comes to mind? When officials control on certain things, they say officials trying to squeeze them dry, rip them off. So officials say, there's no hard line for stop work order, people make noise say officials are too 'soft' or must wait until someone dies of the haze then will take action.
Fast Food deliveries have been stopped. Isn't this also a measure taken by the company on its own?
Dont they know what is call depending on business needs? How about those construction sites where there is a completion date promised? What happens to the losses? Who's gonna pay? Where can the companies claim from? Officials? Do you really think Indonesia will care? Who suffers? Economy recession will be next if a full stop work order comes in place cause the stock market will crash.
Some say compulsary stop work order for outdoor workers especially construction workers or at least issue them a mask. How sure are we that they weren't given any masks? Some people just dont really like wearing one. Especially the N95. it can get rather suffocating. What more, we are brought up in a clean and green environment while these workers, come from different parts of the world. What they have been through could be a lot more than what we are facing now that we don't even know! Still, it goes back to knowing your own health and body isn't it?
If there is a stop work order, and only implemented for outdoor workers only. I'm very sure, the office folks will also jump and make noise. So, to do or not to do? What I know, there is no standard answer/solution for what we are facing now. Everyone needs to be responsible for their own actions and health! If you choose to complain for the sake of complaining, you have just welcome more people to laugh at you for being such a cry baby. Thanks for adding on salt to the wound.
I think this post can go on and on. because the outcries are too many. though senseless. I'll rest my case if this doesn't set those who have been complaining for the sake of complaining into thinking.
Meanwhile, take care, keep hydrated everyone. Ciaos!
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Owning an asset ... The house.
I stopped blabbering on and on about my medical condition to close off the year 2011. The condition is currently still on review. I was on half-yearly scan and review sessions to now annual scan and review. In case if you are still not too sure what is it, basically i suffered from an acute kidney infection. And I also mentioned, I LOATHE going for the scans.
I'll go into details about the scans and reviews probably in my next post.
As per this post title suggest, I'm talking about owning my own house.
Closest peeps of mine may already know that I have share ownership for my current flat in AMK. Initially, way before I got attached, even before I moved out of Hougang, i really didn't thought this day would come. I thought I could stay in my little flat with my folks for a good long time (at least 5 years). Alas, fate always changes things. Met my baby not too long after shifting house and lead us to having plans for long term future.
See, the 'norm' for the typical Singapore couples nowadays is that every other couple wants to live on their own after marriage. With HDB filling in the demand to the Build-To-Order (BTO) flats, which takes 3-5 yrs to complete, it's almost impossible to not link flat application to marriage.
That had been the 'proposal' question for quite a fair bit of Singaporean guys. It's no longer the usual "Will you Marry Me?" rather, it's now "Shall we apply a flat together?"
A "yes" to the latter would mean that he's won the heart and hand of his beau. What about us? My baby certainly didn't do so. But it was more like me. With many 'pressure' from colleagues then, flat application was the common question raised to me. Answers like "No plans to marry so soon" will always get rebuted by "You can always apply for the flat first since it takes 3-5 yrs to build right?".
Anyway, after series of the above hounding i decided to check out HDB website and one of it's BTO launches in November 11.
I took the courage and ask my baby the question. Nonono. I didn't 'propose'! I merely asked:
"Baby, how long are we gonna date? Have you really thought about settling down? We've got to start some basic planning somewhere if we are serious about spending our lives together".
I swear that it was never meant to be a proposal. It was an open discussion on our views of the relationship. I even emphasized that I wasn't rushing into marriage. And the answer I got made me felt so much relieved. I'm glad I asked. To cut it short, he definitely wants to settle down with me but he doesn't know where and how to start. Most of his friends are still swinging single/attached but not married yet.
We spent one evening discussing about this and we concluded that we should make an application for the BTO. No proposal. Just applying to try our luck as we heard so many stories of people not being able to get a flat despite it being their first application.
Just looking at the few sites in the launch, we were pretty quick to choose the project we liked - Waterway Ridges. I had the slightest idea about the waterway at the point of application. I didn't know it was going to be popular either! Now, it's an award winning waterway and I'm really happy that I have a flat along it. :)
The Artist Impression of the project
The location map
The site map
There were some units with balconies and some without. Most of the blocks were facing the waterway. And so we decided to get a 4 room unit with balcony (extra space for Gigi) during application, hoping to get a good queue number so that we can pick a unit facing the waterway with balcony!
It was about 3 weeks to 1 month after the application, I received the email from HDB...
Initially I was over the moon then later I got confused. Did or did we not get it?? I couldn't phantom. After asking around, I got it. the queue number versus the number of units available for selectionm so to say, we are going to have a flat of our choice! There were 900+ units of 4-room flats availble between Ridges and Banks.
But there were only 90 over units with balcony (banks had non). So, it was really like a pray hard thing. Luck was on our side, the blocks/units facing the waterway were snapped up real fast be it with or without balcony. We managed to select one with balcony, but not too directly facing the waterway. Higher floor still! Here's a preview of our floorplan with and without (suggested) furnishings:
Looks kinda good to me? And so, yes, we are now semi-owners of our very own love nest(flat still undergoing construction and we've not paid more than 10% of the flat yet)!
It's our 1st official asset. The estimated completion date at the time of application was 2nd quarter of 2016. But now, as last checked, it's 2nd quarter of 2015. Looking forward! :)
Btw, in case you are wondering, I count the car as a liability.
Seems like a lengthy post already. That's about all for now!
Ciaos!
I'll go into details about the scans and reviews probably in my next post.
As per this post title suggest, I'm talking about owning my own house.
Closest peeps of mine may already know that I have share ownership for my current flat in AMK. Initially, way before I got attached, even before I moved out of Hougang, i really didn't thought this day would come. I thought I could stay in my little flat with my folks for a good long time (at least 5 years). Alas, fate always changes things. Met my baby not too long after shifting house and lead us to having plans for long term future.
See, the 'norm' for the typical Singapore couples nowadays is that every other couple wants to live on their own after marriage. With HDB filling in the demand to the Build-To-Order (BTO) flats, which takes 3-5 yrs to complete, it's almost impossible to not link flat application to marriage.
That had been the 'proposal' question for quite a fair bit of Singaporean guys. It's no longer the usual "Will you Marry Me?" rather, it's now "Shall we apply a flat together?"
A "yes" to the latter would mean that he's won the heart and hand of his beau. What about us? My baby certainly didn't do so. But it was more like me. With many 'pressure' from colleagues then, flat application was the common question raised to me. Answers like "No plans to marry so soon" will always get rebuted by "You can always apply for the flat first since it takes 3-5 yrs to build right?".
Anyway, after series of the above hounding i decided to check out HDB website and one of it's BTO launches in November 11.
I took the courage and ask my baby the question. Nonono. I didn't 'propose'! I merely asked:
"Baby, how long are we gonna date? Have you really thought about settling down? We've got to start some basic planning somewhere if we are serious about spending our lives together".
I swear that it was never meant to be a proposal. It was an open discussion on our views of the relationship. I even emphasized that I wasn't rushing into marriage. And the answer I got made me felt so much relieved. I'm glad I asked. To cut it short, he definitely wants to settle down with me but he doesn't know where and how to start. Most of his friends are still swinging single/attached but not married yet.
We spent one evening discussing about this and we concluded that we should make an application for the BTO. No proposal. Just applying to try our luck as we heard so many stories of people not being able to get a flat despite it being their first application.
Just looking at the few sites in the launch, we were pretty quick to choose the project we liked - Waterway Ridges. I had the slightest idea about the waterway at the point of application. I didn't know it was going to be popular either! Now, it's an award winning waterway and I'm really happy that I have a flat along it. :)
The Artist Impression of the project
The location map
The site map
There were some units with balconies and some without. Most of the blocks were facing the waterway. And so we decided to get a 4 room unit with balcony (extra space for Gigi) during application, hoping to get a good queue number so that we can pick a unit facing the waterway with balcony!
It was about 3 weeks to 1 month after the application, I received the email from HDB...
Initially I was over the moon then later I got confused. Did or did we not get it?? I couldn't phantom. After asking around, I got it. the queue number versus the number of units available for selectionm so to say, we are going to have a flat of our choice! There were 900+ units of 4-room flats availble between Ridges and Banks.
But there were only 90 over units with balcony (banks had non). So, it was really like a pray hard thing. Luck was on our side, the blocks/units facing the waterway were snapped up real fast be it with or without balcony. We managed to select one with balcony, but not too directly facing the waterway. Higher floor still! Here's a preview of our floorplan with and without (suggested) furnishings:
Looks kinda good to me? And so, yes, we are now semi-owners of our very own love nest(flat still undergoing construction and we've not paid more than 10% of the flat yet)!
It's our 1st official asset. The estimated completion date at the time of application was 2nd quarter of 2016. But now, as last checked, it's 2nd quarter of 2015. Looking forward! :)
Btw, in case you are wondering, I count the car as a liability.
Seems like a lengthy post already. That's about all for now!
Ciaos!
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
A dreadfully long 3 night stay, so near and yet so far away from home.
Hello there! I'm back!
Well, I hope I can really put effort and time into maintaining my blog for good really. Even though I'm not exactly sure, if I have any active readers out there looking at my blog. Anyway, to start it off, I changed my blog template. Kinda lazy to search for new blogskins and go through all the html editing (I think I've forgotten quite a fair bit). I'll just keep it simple by using whatever's provided by Blogger!
I actually love blogging but then, with the rising trend of social media flaming and viral spread of negative stuff, I have to admit that I do worry at times on the things I'm gonna say/share here.
Anyway, I was reading through the last few posts, I realised I had said I wanted to spay both Fluffy and Gigi. Just a quick update, both are already spayed.
Fluffy had some complications as she was smaller than the usual maltese size and thus, her bill choked up to a good $800++ after discount for I can remember. Dr Kenneth was kind enough to do dental scaling for her at a special price.
Gigi too, went back to Dr Kenneth for spaying and unfortunately, she too had complications that she actually lost quite a bit of blood and I remember, she had to stay overnight at the clinic. Her bill also came up to a good $500++ which was like double the price of a normal spay of her breed. :(
Just my luck then.
Am really trying to recall what happened but seems like I'm really having some kind of difficulties doing so. My timeline is mixed up. I had to look at pictures in my phone to help me recall. I had a medical condition that I got admitted in hospital in November 11 and maybe with that, I can close off 2011 and start talking about 2012 in the next post...?
I can still recall the day and date. 11 November 2011, Friday. i remembered i was having constant on and off pain on my abdominal. I suspected I was having mild UTI. I had my first UTI in 2011 too. The period where I was busiest at work with no extra hands to help me. Work was so busy that I really put off going to the toilet most of the time. Perhaps i wasn't really clear off from UTI that it came back again and the fact that I didn't gave much notice to it, led me into this.
The pain in my abdominal was pretty bad. I still remember I was on the road, in my car, nearing home already. I broke out in goosebumps all over due to the pain. I bore with it, went home and thought I could rest it away. I did laundry still! Took a plum (i still thought i was suffering from constipation as many toilet trips were in vain), hoping i'll be fine afterwards. The pain haunted me from 5pm till 9pm.
I didn't really know how I got through it except for occasionally lying down; taking short rests. I received a call from baby that he'd met an incident at work which resulted him to stop work immediately. I was in the living room folding the done laundry with lots of clothes lying on the sofa. Dozing off on and off. I think it was about near 10pm, when baby came home. I had been stagnent with the pile of laundry. He got shocked to see me lying there with clothes around me half done.
He helped me up to the room, quickly washed up and finished folding the laundry. I guessed he was just as at loss as I was. He didn't know what to do and brought me to the clinic. I was already in such great pain that I could really barely stand up straight, let alone walk. Even breathing was painful.
Made a wasted trip to a 24 hr clinic. Why wasted? for $84+ I saw the doctor for less than 10 mins with no prescription given. Just a memo to the hospital. Baby was still asking which hospital to go. He must have been worried sick that he couldn't really think. I felt so bad that i was in fact tearing otw in the car.
I was immediately put to the see the MO within an hour upon reaching the hospital. A plug was injected. They place me in the observation ward. It was already 12 midnite I guess? But the observation ward seems like a place with no time - it was busy even at that hour. I was already feeling pretty grogy while my poor baby just stood by me with an extremely worried look fixed on his face. I could feel how much he worries for me despite having to work morning shift the following day. My heart melted at the point.
I can't figure out how long I was at the observation ward, till a senior nurse/doctor came back to check on me. She gave me 2 light punches at my back and immediately concluded that I had to be warded. Well, I kinda felt scared for the first time. Baby reminded me to call home to inform my parents while he proceed to endorse on the admission papers. On and off while waiting, I dozed off for 5-10 mins. Everytime i open my eyes, he's looking at me. I can't forget that weary worried look. To think about it now, I actually can feel tears welling up my eyes. What a baby i have.
I was later transferred to a wheelchair and they decided to ward me for a day. I didnt eat the entire evening since lunch. While getting warded, baby went to get a sandwich for me and was later told that it's not advisable for me to eat. It was already 2 or 3 am in the wee hours by then. I had my 'battery running low' phone with me but no charger. I stole a couple of bites before the nurse had to ask baby to leave as I was in a female ward and he can't stay over. The saddest bit of all was, he reached home and only managed to catch an hour plus of sleep only. Tried to call in to get a day off but was rejected and he had to go work with that 2 hours maximum of sleep?
By the time i woke up the next morning, my phone was already going dead. The doctors came by and told me that I had to stay warded for another day. They had to transfer me to the normal ward. I was overwhelmed by mixed emotions. I borrowed a phone from the nurse to call my baby. I didn't wanted to be warded and I don't know why. The minute he answered, I cried. To date, I counldn't explain why still. I cried telling him that I had to be warded. A great relieve for him. He had thought something worse had happened when I cried. Perhaps I was all alone, cut off from all contacts, family, friends because my phone was dead. I wasn't able to get in touch with anyone that I was feeling scared and lonely? Not forgetting baby was at work and I was too worried about him.
It didn't help that the ward transfer was being delayed. I was waiting since 11am till 6pm, as I watch patients getting discharged, I was still sitting at the bed. Staring out the aisle, hoping to catch a familar face to visit me or at least the nurse coming to get me transferred out. Dinner was even served. But I just sat there and wait with no phone to call. Finally, mom came! I was soooo relieved. She had called my bestie, Ping but alas, she was in TW holiday-ing. Which I already knew. Appreciate her for informing the rest of the girls but it was a sad story to relate. All in all, that's another issue. Mom didn't stay for long say about 30 mins? She left and I was alone again. Soon, baby came. I was almost in tears already. And an hour plus after he came, I was then transferred to another ward.
I guess I was the most 'healthy' patient amongst the lot? Baby took me down and we walked around the hospital. The doctor had not seen me yet but I just really couldn't stand sitting around the entire day. The ward had eventually called me up to go back. I was 'scolded' by the nurse later for running around. I even had a thermormeter stick onto my abdomen to monitor my temperature.
There, I was warded over the weekend. I remembered asking the Doctor when can I be discharged. He told me maybe tomorrow (Sunday). And when Sunday came, I was told, no one can discharge me since Doctors are off duty. Meaning I had to wait till Monday!!! My daily visitor was baby and my parents. Baby even brought me 8 days to help me kill the boredem. Then subsequently, my work laptop as I had outstanding work to be cleared. for that short 2 night stay at the ward, it seemed like i was the only patient who slept according to time but woke up the latest.
I slept a lot during my entire stay. It hurt most every 8 hours when the nurses had to administer me with a new pack of antibiotics. Yes, I was on drip. It was painful when they had to flush out the blood in my veins in order to get the meds flowing in. I was extremely elated when I was told that I could be discharged on Monday, 14 Nov 11. My bestie's birthday. It was also Gigi's birthday! The nurses got worried that no one was able to fetch me upon discharged but I assured them I won't go home on my own. I waited for baby to pick me up after work at starbucks like a delighted kid after finishing up with all the administrative paper work. I had follow ups to go... something which i really loathe.
Although I didn't stay in the hospital for long, I guessed I could see and value friendships from a different perspective after the whole incident. Also, despite catching up on work in the hospital and after discharge (i had 10 days mc). I could also see that the committment wasn't really appreciated.
I was glad I had my colleagues then, to help me iron out the many outstanding issues from the D&D which was just around the corner. I went for the D&D nevertheless. There were people who were really concerned. and there were also people who couldn't care much. That also made me realised a lot of things which I never had really thought about.
And yes, that sort of rounded up 2011 for me. Not forgetting to mention, we tried our luck applying for a flat in later Nov 11. It felt like I was proposing to baby using the 'time-to-get-a-flat' technique. But I wasn't. Maybe I could do a quick post about this next time.
Till then, ciao!
Well, I hope I can really put effort and time into maintaining my blog for good really. Even though I'm not exactly sure, if I have any active readers out there looking at my blog. Anyway, to start it off, I changed my blog template. Kinda lazy to search for new blogskins and go through all the html editing (I think I've forgotten quite a fair bit). I'll just keep it simple by using whatever's provided by Blogger!
I actually love blogging but then, with the rising trend of social media flaming and viral spread of negative stuff, I have to admit that I do worry at times on the things I'm gonna say/share here.
Anyway, I was reading through the last few posts, I realised I had said I wanted to spay both Fluffy and Gigi. Just a quick update, both are already spayed.
Fluffy had some complications as she was smaller than the usual maltese size and thus, her bill choked up to a good $800++ after discount for I can remember. Dr Kenneth was kind enough to do dental scaling for her at a special price.
Gigi too, went back to Dr Kenneth for spaying and unfortunately, she too had complications that she actually lost quite a bit of blood and I remember, she had to stay overnight at the clinic. Her bill also came up to a good $500++ which was like double the price of a normal spay of her breed. :(
Just my luck then.
Am really trying to recall what happened but seems like I'm really having some kind of difficulties doing so. My timeline is mixed up. I had to look at pictures in my phone to help me recall. I had a medical condition that I got admitted in hospital in November 11 and maybe with that, I can close off 2011 and start talking about 2012 in the next post...?
I can still recall the day and date. 11 November 2011, Friday. i remembered i was having constant on and off pain on my abdominal. I suspected I was having mild UTI. I had my first UTI in 2011 too. The period where I was busiest at work with no extra hands to help me. Work was so busy that I really put off going to the toilet most of the time. Perhaps i wasn't really clear off from UTI that it came back again and the fact that I didn't gave much notice to it, led me into this.
The pain in my abdominal was pretty bad. I still remember I was on the road, in my car, nearing home already. I broke out in goosebumps all over due to the pain. I bore with it, went home and thought I could rest it away. I did laundry still! Took a plum (i still thought i was suffering from constipation as many toilet trips were in vain), hoping i'll be fine afterwards. The pain haunted me from 5pm till 9pm.
I didn't really know how I got through it except for occasionally lying down; taking short rests. I received a call from baby that he'd met an incident at work which resulted him to stop work immediately. I was in the living room folding the done laundry with lots of clothes lying on the sofa. Dozing off on and off. I think it was about near 10pm, when baby came home. I had been stagnent with the pile of laundry. He got shocked to see me lying there with clothes around me half done.
He helped me up to the room, quickly washed up and finished folding the laundry. I guessed he was just as at loss as I was. He didn't know what to do and brought me to the clinic. I was already in such great pain that I could really barely stand up straight, let alone walk. Even breathing was painful.
Made a wasted trip to a 24 hr clinic. Why wasted? for $84+ I saw the doctor for less than 10 mins with no prescription given. Just a memo to the hospital. Baby was still asking which hospital to go. He must have been worried sick that he couldn't really think. I felt so bad that i was in fact tearing otw in the car.
I was immediately put to the see the MO within an hour upon reaching the hospital. A plug was injected. They place me in the observation ward. It was already 12 midnite I guess? But the observation ward seems like a place with no time - it was busy even at that hour. I was already feeling pretty grogy while my poor baby just stood by me with an extremely worried look fixed on his face. I could feel how much he worries for me despite having to work morning shift the following day. My heart melted at the point.
I can't figure out how long I was at the observation ward, till a senior nurse/doctor came back to check on me. She gave me 2 light punches at my back and immediately concluded that I had to be warded. Well, I kinda felt scared for the first time. Baby reminded me to call home to inform my parents while he proceed to endorse on the admission papers. On and off while waiting, I dozed off for 5-10 mins. Everytime i open my eyes, he's looking at me. I can't forget that weary worried look. To think about it now, I actually can feel tears welling up my eyes. What a baby i have.
I was later transferred to a wheelchair and they decided to ward me for a day. I didnt eat the entire evening since lunch. While getting warded, baby went to get a sandwich for me and was later told that it's not advisable for me to eat. It was already 2 or 3 am in the wee hours by then. I had my 'battery running low' phone with me but no charger. I stole a couple of bites before the nurse had to ask baby to leave as I was in a female ward and he can't stay over. The saddest bit of all was, he reached home and only managed to catch an hour plus of sleep only. Tried to call in to get a day off but was rejected and he had to go work with that 2 hours maximum of sleep?
By the time i woke up the next morning, my phone was already going dead. The doctors came by and told me that I had to stay warded for another day. They had to transfer me to the normal ward. I was overwhelmed by mixed emotions. I borrowed a phone from the nurse to call my baby. I didn't wanted to be warded and I don't know why. The minute he answered, I cried. To date, I counldn't explain why still. I cried telling him that I had to be warded. A great relieve for him. He had thought something worse had happened when I cried. Perhaps I was all alone, cut off from all contacts, family, friends because my phone was dead. I wasn't able to get in touch with anyone that I was feeling scared and lonely? Not forgetting baby was at work and I was too worried about him.
It didn't help that the ward transfer was being delayed. I was waiting since 11am till 6pm, as I watch patients getting discharged, I was still sitting at the bed. Staring out the aisle, hoping to catch a familar face to visit me or at least the nurse coming to get me transferred out. Dinner was even served. But I just sat there and wait with no phone to call. Finally, mom came! I was soooo relieved. She had called my bestie, Ping but alas, she was in TW holiday-ing. Which I already knew. Appreciate her for informing the rest of the girls but it was a sad story to relate. All in all, that's another issue. Mom didn't stay for long say about 30 mins? She left and I was alone again. Soon, baby came. I was almost in tears already. And an hour plus after he came, I was then transferred to another ward.
I guess I was the most 'healthy' patient amongst the lot? Baby took me down and we walked around the hospital. The doctor had not seen me yet but I just really couldn't stand sitting around the entire day. The ward had eventually called me up to go back. I was 'scolded' by the nurse later for running around. I even had a thermormeter stick onto my abdomen to monitor my temperature.
There, I was warded over the weekend. I remembered asking the Doctor when can I be discharged. He told me maybe tomorrow (Sunday). And when Sunday came, I was told, no one can discharge me since Doctors are off duty. Meaning I had to wait till Monday!!! My daily visitor was baby and my parents. Baby even brought me 8 days to help me kill the boredem. Then subsequently, my work laptop as I had outstanding work to be cleared. for that short 2 night stay at the ward, it seemed like i was the only patient who slept according to time but woke up the latest.
I slept a lot during my entire stay. It hurt most every 8 hours when the nurses had to administer me with a new pack of antibiotics. Yes, I was on drip. It was painful when they had to flush out the blood in my veins in order to get the meds flowing in. I was extremely elated when I was told that I could be discharged on Monday, 14 Nov 11. My bestie's birthday. It was also Gigi's birthday! The nurses got worried that no one was able to fetch me upon discharged but I assured them I won't go home on my own. I waited for baby to pick me up after work at starbucks like a delighted kid after finishing up with all the administrative paper work. I had follow ups to go... something which i really loathe.
Although I didn't stay in the hospital for long, I guessed I could see and value friendships from a different perspective after the whole incident. Also, despite catching up on work in the hospital and after discharge (i had 10 days mc). I could also see that the committment wasn't really appreciated.
I was glad I had my colleagues then, to help me iron out the many outstanding issues from the D&D which was just around the corner. I went for the D&D nevertheless. There were people who were really concerned. and there were also people who couldn't care much. That also made me realised a lot of things which I never had really thought about.
And yes, that sort of rounded up 2011 for me. Not forgetting to mention, we tried our luck applying for a flat in later Nov 11. It felt like I was proposing to baby using the 'time-to-get-a-flat' technique. But I wasn't. Maybe I could do a quick post about this next time.
Till then, ciao!
Monday, June 17, 2013
Screen Shots
The mani/pedi saga is here.. a series of screenshots of our entire conversation... I may have accidentally deleted 1 away...
So... the last sceenshot was me telling her that I wont be going for the appointment.
and with that, I wrote a long complaint to the company selling the coupon.
Guess what, I received a call from her that they would like conduct lessons on mani/pedi using the coupons I have. It was a flat down rejection from me. Sorry. Me ain't interested! Can't she see that I needed the mani/pedi? Gosh.
Eventually, I gotten a cheque refund back after rejecting them. The coupon company actually called me to ask which would I prefer after her call. Of course, I chose the money! Not too long later, I heard the place folded. Oh wells. Just as I'd guessed.
So that's the mani/pedi saga for you! Hope it wasn't that boring? I'll be doing some slow updates on my happenings over the 1.75 years.
Ciao for now!
So... the last sceenshot was me telling her that I wont be going for the appointment.
and with that, I wrote a long complaint to the company selling the coupon.
Guess what, I received a call from her that they would like conduct lessons on mani/pedi using the coupons I have. It was a flat down rejection from me. Sorry. Me ain't interested! Can't she see that I needed the mani/pedi? Gosh.
Eventually, I gotten a cheque refund back after rejecting them. The coupon company actually called me to ask which would I prefer after her call. Of course, I chose the money! Not too long later, I heard the place folded. Oh wells. Just as I'd guessed.
So that's the mani/pedi saga for you! Hope it wasn't that boring? I'll be doing some slow updates on my happenings over the 1.75 years.
Ciao for now!
Back to Life... with a BRAND NEW status.
Goodness! It's been almost 2 years since my last post in Sep 2011 and it's Jun 2013 already?! How fast time flies and I wonder if there is anyone out there still reading/following my blog which had been dead? And I only just realised that the even the blogskin picture are gone... time to change a new blog skin.
Tonnes of stuff happened over the 2 years. High and low:
- Applied for a BTO and got it!
- Celebrated our 2nd and 3rd year together.
- Found a new job (already entering 1 yr into the job next month!)
- Caught concerts with love (Gaga's and Jay's both over the 2 years)
- Boy Boy left us (sobs big time)
- Closure of Boiler Room (sad big time)
- Baby's paternal grandma passed on (sobs);
which thus lead us to marriage and honeymoon!
Erm yes, I am MARRIED. GOT HUSBAND ALREADY. I can't really believe it happened still.
And yes, weight loss acheived in 3 months! not forgetting baby's OJT to a crane man. Some photos from my previous posts are missing too due to extreme influx of wedding photos. Now, how and where should I start? I think I can't even remember some other events that'd happened. Guess back to where I had left off would really be better?
Sorry for going missing. I had to admit, I was really lazy to blog about the mani/pedi saga which I had promised. I was also thinking if I should because I had not edited the photos - overwrite the contact number - even though I do not know if it's still in use. But better be safe then sorry.
And now, as I try to edit and upload, due to the lousy connection and limited pc resource power I have, the image editing option works, but the file saving DOES NOT! Damn.
I'll probaby do up a quick one tonight! I'll be back soon!
Tonnes of stuff happened over the 2 years. High and low:
- Applied for a BTO and got it!
- Celebrated our 2nd and 3rd year together.
- Found a new job (already entering 1 yr into the job next month!)
- Caught concerts with love (Gaga's and Jay's both over the 2 years)
- Boy Boy left us (sobs big time)
- Closure of Boiler Room (sad big time)
- Baby's paternal grandma passed on (sobs);
which thus lead us to marriage and honeymoon!
Erm yes, I am MARRIED. GOT HUSBAND ALREADY. I can't really believe it happened still.
And yes, weight loss acheived in 3 months! not forgetting baby's OJT to a crane man. Some photos from my previous posts are missing too due to extreme influx of wedding photos. Now, how and where should I start? I think I can't even remember some other events that'd happened. Guess back to where I had left off would really be better?
Sorry for going missing. I had to admit, I was really lazy to blog about the mani/pedi saga which I had promised. I was also thinking if I should because I had not edited the photos - overwrite the contact number - even though I do not know if it's still in use. But better be safe then sorry.
And now, as I try to edit and upload, due to the lousy connection and limited pc resource power I have, the image editing option works, but the file saving DOES NOT! Damn.
I'll probaby do up a quick one tonight! I'll be back soon!
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