Life is strange. I woke up late this morning with terrible back pain (from the excessive hours of typing on my computer yesterday drafting, re-drafting, re-re-drafting and re-re-re-drafting a document. Not only that, my left eye was swollen, in pain and shut tight. Try as I might, I could not open the eye. Worried, I dripped quite a fair bit of eye drops and finally managed to slowly pry my left eye open.
Goodness me! When my left eye was finally open, I felt a lot of discomfort. Approaching the mirror, I realised that my left eye was almost shut and it was red and teary. I could barely see out of my left eye.
I made my way to the GP (I do not have a regular family doctor because I rarely have time to see the doctor, but there is a friendly GP in Marine Parade that I go to because he is very patient and he explains in detail) and managed to arrive just as the GP was about to leave for lunch. When the nurse saw the state of my left eye, she very kindly asked the GP to delay his lunch so that he can attend to me without delay.
I left the GP with medicated eye drops (and medicine for my flu as well). He offered me medical leave but as usual, I declined because there is urgent work to be done in the office and I was worried about the work. When I sms-ed Da and told him what happened, he replied that I should have taken the day off. I cannot explain why I keep doing this. Why should I care so much about the work or worry that my team may not be able to cope if I am not there? I should learn from some others and place myself before everything else. But I am not like this and I often care too much. I think this is the crux of the problem.
LSD told me last night that my posts tend to be Christian-like and reflective, so enough of that for today, save to say that a lot of things fell into place today, for which I am thankful.
I have something funny to report instead => after I saw the GP, I went for a quick bite. The girl who sat next to me was talking to someone on her mobile phone. From her end of the conversation, she seemed to be ordering a further supply of slimming pills. Suddenly, she told the other party, "I'll call you back. I'm going to order dessert first.". I nearly laughed. What is the point of taking slimming pills if one cannot resist dessert? I waited to see what she would order. She came back with black glutinous rice dessert drizzled liberally with coconut milk. I found it so amusing that I sent an sms to LSD to let her know what happened.
I am listening to the playlist in my blog at the moment. I have been listening to the playlist in LSD's blog and I am so excited that I have my own playlist and I can choose the songs that I like. Okay, okay... for the Cantonese songs, Hokkien songs and Chinese songs, I have no idea what the singer is singing but hey... I chose the songs based on whether the song sounds nice and it is not too noisy. LSD told me that my playlist doesn't seem to gel with my image. I asked her why. She said, "Hokkien songs?!" heehee. I am thinking of adding a Thai playlist also as I have heard some Thai songs and they sound very nice. So, LSD, Ah Boy and Ah Wen, do you have any nice Thai songs to recommend to me?
I miss Perth. I wonder if Da and I can find time to visit it again this year. Da and I used to go there every year during Springtime to visit friends, etc. Initially, we would stay at a hotel in town area. Then, one year, Da's friend invited us to stay at his house (see picture on the left). It is a beautiful 1-storey house in Canningvale area. We stayed with the friend (who was such a hospitable person and an excellent cook!) on our visits for several years in a row, then the friend passed away unexpectedly. He was recuperating from an operation to clear blockage in his arteries leading to his heart (something like a heart bypass?). The operation was a success. However, with the passageway cleared, a clot in another part of his body started to move and it was this clot that ultimately killed him. I cried when I heard the news about his death. It is so unfair! But it also shows how fragile life is and how we often live with regrets. So to all my loved ones and friends, if I don't say this often enough, YOU'RE THE BEST! MWAH!
Goodness me! When my left eye was finally open, I felt a lot of discomfort. Approaching the mirror, I realised that my left eye was almost shut and it was red and teary. I could barely see out of my left eye.
I made my way to the GP (I do not have a regular family doctor because I rarely have time to see the doctor, but there is a friendly GP in Marine Parade that I go to because he is very patient and he explains in detail) and managed to arrive just as the GP was about to leave for lunch. When the nurse saw the state of my left eye, she very kindly asked the GP to delay his lunch so that he can attend to me without delay.
I left the GP with medicated eye drops (and medicine for my flu as well). He offered me medical leave but as usual, I declined because there is urgent work to be done in the office and I was worried about the work. When I sms-ed Da and told him what happened, he replied that I should have taken the day off. I cannot explain why I keep doing this. Why should I care so much about the work or worry that my team may not be able to cope if I am not there? I should learn from some others and place myself before everything else. But I am not like this and I often care too much. I think this is the crux of the problem.
LSD told me last night that my posts tend to be Christian-like and reflective, so enough of that for today, save to say that a lot of things fell into place today, for which I am thankful.
I have something funny to report instead => after I saw the GP, I went for a quick bite. The girl who sat next to me was talking to someone on her mobile phone. From her end of the conversation, she seemed to be ordering a further supply of slimming pills. Suddenly, she told the other party, "I'll call you back. I'm going to order dessert first.". I nearly laughed. What is the point of taking slimming pills if one cannot resist dessert? I waited to see what she would order. She came back with black glutinous rice dessert drizzled liberally with coconut milk. I found it so amusing that I sent an sms to LSD to let her know what happened.
I am listening to the playlist in my blog at the moment. I have been listening to the playlist in LSD's blog and I am so excited that I have my own playlist and I can choose the songs that I like. Okay, okay... for the Cantonese songs, Hokkien songs and Chinese songs, I have no idea what the singer is singing but hey... I chose the songs based on whether the song sounds nice and it is not too noisy. LSD told me that my playlist doesn't seem to gel with my image. I asked her why. She said, "Hokkien songs?!" heehee. I am thinking of adding a Thai playlist also as I have heard some Thai songs and they sound very nice. So, LSD, Ah Boy and Ah Wen, do you have any nice Thai songs to recommend to me?
I miss Perth. I wonder if Da and I can find time to visit it again this year. Da and I used to go there every year during Springtime to visit friends, etc. Initially, we would stay at a hotel in town area. Then, one year, Da's friend invited us to stay at his house (see picture on the left). It is a beautiful 1-storey house in Canningvale area. We stayed with the friend (who was such a hospitable person and an excellent cook!) on our visits for several years in a row, then the friend passed away unexpectedly. He was recuperating from an operation to clear blockage in his arteries leading to his heart (something like a heart bypass?). The operation was a success. However, with the passageway cleared, a clot in another part of his body started to move and it was this clot that ultimately killed him. I cried when I heard the news about his death. It is so unfair! But it also shows how fragile life is and how we often live with regrets. So to all my loved ones and friends, if I don't say this often enough, YOU'RE THE BEST! MWAH!
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Trying to compete with me on the length of the blog post ah? I am well known to be long-winded ah...Thai songs? Let me think about it
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