Play water.. again and again

Last Monday, the day we have been waiting for.. Good weather no rain.. Cannot waste this day!
So, off to Jurong West Swim Complex, we went. We didn't check the operating hours, but fortunately it was opened. The complex closes on Tuesdays as stated in front of the lift entrance.

The weather was so hot that when we took photo.. our faces were darken by the bright background.. we were already so dark ourselves.. the picture turnout dark dark also..

We should have just bought the water camera.. There were like less that 10 customers there.. and we were the only 3 with the giant float.. enjoying the lazy river.. all for ourselves.. it was like a private pool.



After playing.. then next best thing to do is Eat!
Pizza Hut has improved greatly, so we took this chance to go Pizza Hut to eat since we can't possibly eat alone. Must have gang to eat one.. 2 not enough.. 3 people better.. can order bigger pan .. not personal pan.. and wow! this I must say.. the sauce called the cool mayo .. was the best.. !!! not so jelak.. got sour-ry taste and it blends so well with supper supreme toppings, as compared to the usual tomato sauce. And, the cool mayo with seafood tastes so mayo-deliciousssss........

Oh.. kevin came back late evening.. again.. like before.. dump dirty stuff into the washer, and left for Japanese movie, Ghost Tunnel at Cathy, causeway point. All japanese ghost looks the same, they crawl and wears long overflowing hair..with big dark eyes, super big white face and super slim body.. like Juon, The Grudge..

eerreee.. eerie... i forgotten that i'll be alone at home.. ceh.. this kevin ah.. make my heart beat so fast liao.. somemore tonight i still cannot sleep.. don't know how come i don;t feel tired.. infact again today (tuesday), i went out to play at Jurong East Swim complex. This time with YF and Laila..

Laila smsed early morning to ask about the swimming stuff..It was my mistake for not calling her to come along yesterday to JW swim complex.

So me and YF, morning morning.. breathed out the word sianz...and we really don't mind the sun and playing with water.. we decided to go out!!! Wah we suddenly became so alive! Eyes open big big... say the word play wah.. no need to think twice. Pack and go!

And so we went. Kev left for camp. Me and YF met up with Laila at KFC, JE swim complex. Good weather too.. with slight rain later part of the day.
After we got changed, we saw the wave pool was already been activated.. Me and YF left Laila behind (she eating her kfc), ran like small children like never been to the pool before.. started to swim into the center to enjoy the waves and the water being prayed from above.. like rain falling into us. . and jus as we start to get excited, it all stopped.. it was over!!! oh we were so embarrassed... no wonder, some swimmers already started to relax by the pool.

Again, like as if, we owned the lazy river, with our giant float, round and round we went.. the wave pool was activated every top of the hour. So we stoodby the pool 10 mins into the hour.. making sure that we won't miss it.

And oh,yes.. we daringly slide down the circular tubes.. if only there's lift to bring us up.. we would have played the slide over and over again...making full use of the rented giant float. Anyhow.. the 3 of us were so damn lazy to climb up the stairs.

We ended the day by going to the IMM for lunch cum dinner at the Banquet. Then walk-walk at Daiso.. and then bye bye.

Tmr, as in Wednesday, i planned to visit my mother in law.
On Thursday, we planned to go to Sentosa
On Friday, we hope to go to Ubin.
Next week, we planned to go swim at Chua Chu Kang complex.
And also to Little India to do eye threading,
and also.. if got time, to go treat and trim my long hair..
then after that...
Get my uniforms ready for work by 1st Feb.
Then, there's where my new journey will begin.

play play play... everyday .. and still not enuf

15 January : Vivocity

The zoo trip was cancelled as most of my frens couldn't make it. Me and Shiken didn't want to laze at home, and since the weather was good, we decided to go to East Coast to cycle. But unfortunately, every time we are together, the weather changed. It started to rain when we were on our way there, along the ECP, U-turn at Fort Road and Shiken drove toward Vivocity instead.

Well, there's nothing much we could do there ... we could only think of eating and then, took some pics, and played some games at the Arcade.

Die-die before we start work.. must go cycling! Must make sure!

On this day too, we got to know the ward we'll be going to work start 1st Feb. I will be returning to the same ward. But my friend, HP and YF won't be. They tried talking to the person in-charge but they did not get a pleasant response. Some got lucky where they got to go to the specialized ward of their choice.

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16 January: SIM and Sentosa

Kevin booked out early this morning, given a day's off and to report back by the next day by noon.

Met up at Clementi, went to SIM to collect his course materials, headed back home asap as Papa coming over to collect some things. And once the washer ended, hanged his army uniform and other stuffs to dry, and then, to Sentosa we went. The weather was suprisingly cloudy, no rain.

Reached home in time to watch BlogTv which featured our friend , Haznita with her child, D , "who says my mum doesn't blog?" , i think that was the title.

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17 January: SGH , Newton Food Centre

Left house with kevin. Bye bye.. he went back to camp.

I brought my mum to SGH for eye check-up. Very long wait at the clinic, about 2 hrs before she gets to see the doctor. We left the hospital at about 5:30pm and the train was so crowded, mum didn't get to sit. She complained her leg pain... must be after too much walking .. she really got no energy.. leg not strong also.. how to help her? Hmmm... i also don't know what to do.

then bye bye to mum at yew tee, i made my way to jurong east, meet up with Shiken for dinner. craved for chilli crab.. so we went to Newton Food Centre. YF joined us too after she had her spa session. So again.. eat eat eat... chit chat... chat abt what to do next.. ? Next activity: to the zoo, cycle at Ubin and swimming at the new swimming complex at Jurong West... Must do it before start work!!!

Shiken ordered gong gong... wah best!

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18 January : Juli's house

we spent the day at juli's beautiful baywater ...
supposed to make use of the facilities there,but we ended up eat, eat and eat... chat and chat ....
This photo taken in Juli's daughter's bedroom... princess's room.. so sweet and pink.




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19 January: TTSH and movie


Early morning went for medical checkup and collect our scrubs at TTSH together with YF.
Laila met up with us later part of the day too.

Purple scrubs looks nicer than the usual blue.. but to me, the scrubs look like pyjamas.. and kevin said we look no diff from the patients. The scrub looks so baggie and it definitely won't look good with the free girl-girl shoe.. i feel like i wanna get that Nike all-black coloured sports shoe... but it's so expensive.. $1o3. Hmm.. think i want to go scout for other brands... so long the shoe look a little rugged and to last for 3 yrs.

After all done and settled, bid farewell to YF who left for weekend cruise and be back by Sunday. And before she left, she already can't wait to be back again to go swimming or the zoo as planned.

In the evening, Kevin came back from camp. Quick wash his uniform and dirty stuff, then left for that Mel Gibson movie ... don't know how to spell the movie title... very good movie.. or was it Pan Labyrinth... can't recall when we watched that spanish (i think) movie.. another good movie.
Watched a few other movies lately.. but can't remember when and what.


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20 January : Sam's Wedding and Niece Khadijah 1 yr old Birthday

Attended Sam's church wedding with HP held at the catholic church opposite Mac at Toa Payoh Central. Simple and it was quite fast ah.. some guest came dressed up in retro as it was the theme for her special day. I came in my usual jeans and white top.

After the wedding, I called Gong Gong for lunch at Fork and Spoon, together with Papa since he wanted to come over to Toa Payoh, to fetch me home . i then, realized that .. Papa is Gong's son-in-law, and me, papa's daughter-in-law... and to grandpa, i'm his granddaughter-in-law... hmmm, it was like an "all-in-law' day ..

Late afternoon, i left home again to my bro's house at Bt Panjang to celebrate his 1yr old daughter birthday.



Reached home late and house so empty... couldn't sleep.. didn't feel tired at all. Been out for the whole week and yet still feeling restless.. i think i miss my sayang.
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21 January : Home whole day ...
Morning went breakfast with Elliot.. so long never see her.. and she is into her 8th mth pregnancy.. so happy for her. Congrats!

YF smsed after returning from the cruise, to confirm on tmr's activity.
To JUrong west swimming ctr.. rain or shine, must get out of the house.. die-die must play.. we got not much time liao!!!


Spend the rest of my Sunday at home.. alone & nothing much to do, jus laundry, bored. No one to talk to.. so silent at home. Waited and waited for kevin to call me.. so my mobile phone always with me 24/7, by my side or in my pocket .. my boredom was relieved when i received his phonecalls.

15 days left to go..

We are schduled to be back at ward by 1st Feb, but a lot of things not settled by ur HR dept. Initially, we were told to return to the hospital ion 2nd week of dec lastest, to collect our uniforms, our bagde, make payment for the nursing licence stuff and medical check up. So far no calls from them for such urgency.. Wonder if they got do their job!

Woke up early today about 0530hrs to see Kev off to Clementi Camp. Observed that, his cat, Alley itching all over.. scratching and licking.. bathed her, finally. After that,placed her collar so that she will not lick her body too much .. don't know why this cat has always got body itch... ( hmmm, wonder if there's piriton for pets?) Must remember to take the collar off, before i leave home.. so else,she will starve..

Going to the zoo with YF and Shiken. Last minute cancellation from Hankee as he's at the A&E- mum admitted for high fever. Hui Ping.. not coming.. So it's going to be the 3 of us again..

Anyways.. the weather is good today and hope that it will stay this way for the rest of the week..

Bring raincoat,jus in case!!! But ah.. do i have a raincoat?!? Hmmmm....

Kevin goes for 3weeks ICT ...

Yesterday, he left for ICT. Since he'll be away, I thought that it would be a good idea to follow adik and along with HP and YF to Malacca. The plan was to accompany Adik, drive to Malacca to send her grandma back to her hometown, and at the same time, to spend 1 nite there, sight-seeing and to play, of cos! And everyone was so excited for it.

Kevin was fine with it but my mum stopped me for going since Kev not around..and not to do extra-ordinary things... while he's gone.. aiyah, that's it.. cannot go lor..It was a bit difficult to break the bad news to her.. After explaining my situation.. that i felt 50-50 about going.. Thankfully Adik was understanding abt it even thought a bit disappointed.. but she has gotten over it when me and YF went to see her yesterday, for lunch at her place, followed by window shopping at Jurong Point and makan .. again ... at West Coast Hawker Centre. It was raining the whole of yesterday .. we didn't have much things to do but to walk indoors and eat.. which we felt that we don't really enjoy window shopping.. Nothing in the mall interest us.. well except for that stereo speakers fitted in a stuff toy found at Kiddy Palace.

So we talked about going to the Zoo anytime next week.. and if the weather gets better, we should go to Ubin as planed..

Time is running short.. with 2 weeks left .. there are still things needed to be done .. and a lot more places to go..activity to do..

Better write down what i really want to do .. in my iNote!!

Activity 090107: soakfeet cum bowling day

Last Tuesday, took my friends to gambas camp where the hot spring is to soak our feet.

It started to rain jus when we wanted to make our way to the camp from North Point Mac D. And that, did not stop us. We liked it anyway.. we didn't want too much sun cos we had enough of it already from the previous Sentosa trip.

It kept us cool and of cos, no sweat.. We had our umbrellas so, it was no problem at all.

No one was at the hot spring. Anyway.. who wants to come just to soak feet on such wet weather?.. only people like us who has got nothing better to do..

And so we had the whole place to ourselves.. we talked whatever we like and as loud as we want to .. relaxing in the open, having our feet soaked in that warm water, under the rain.. We spent about 2 hours there and, since the rain didn't stop, i invited my friends over to my place for lunch. We watched Scary Movies 4 and they were so OK with my cats.. Tabbie loves their attention..

Then, in the evening, unplanned.. our Adik, brought us all, to Marina South for bowling to relieve some stress. Kevin joined us too. My friends don't mind him coming along at all. They are comfortable with kevin around. and our conversations not limited to "girl talk" and there's a variety of other things to talk about not limited to school and work stuff.. And best when Kev and Adik meet face to face.. it will be like in the Arena.

Haven't been bowling for quite some time.. and i felt the strain on the whole part of my right hand, especially my wrist.. the ache felt like after the "pull-up patient" effect.

We had a great time and looking forward to ...what's next !

i-note or do nothing..

Supposed to have an ala- candle light dinner tonight but kev got to work till midnight.

While preparing for the lamp chop and stuff..., he called to tell me that. Not disappointed at all cos, tomorrow he's not required to be at work! So we have the whole day to do a lot of other things...

Need to do check list so that we will not miss out on anything. We can be very forgetful and then we "tai chi" each other for forgeting to remind each other of the things we need to do.

That's why i need an i-note!

I would write down what i plan to do the following day, the night before i go sleep.
Usually, before kev step out for work, he will ask what's on my list for today.. my agenda.. my activity .. quickly and sometimes excitedly, i tell him my itinery for the day..

I list down the things i need to do, places to go or things to get.. so as to get things going and done with.. if not, i would just laze, do nothing, roll on the bed from side to side, tv watch me, ... then the day wasted away. Things like : go somewhere, wash/iron clothes, wash toilet, tidy the kitchen, bathe the cats.. and then, i'll crossed out the things that i have done ...
Wah.. after that i will feel so satisfied.. and at the end of the day.. i update kev.

But so far, bathing cats... still not crossed yet and not even in the list already, .. they hate to bathe.. ah.. wait till they are really smelly...

Another thing on my list which i have to accomplish is to finish my oolong slimming tea... Difficult task!

To the Beach, Movies and Eat eat eat

Was at Siloso beach last Friday with some friends.. and we had lots for fun!
The photos tells it all...

Then, yesterday me and kev went for movie.. "The Last Dance".

Always feeling hungry.. .. so we went to Swensons' for apple crumble..to fill our stomach , before the movie.

Hmmm.. about the movie ..no too bad la.. but a bit messy.. confusing but ok lor..

My final verdict: Left the cinema.. no feeling of the movie .. but craved for chinese noodle.. cos, in one of the scene.. the officer ordered chinese noodle, wah.. the way he eat so shiok.. , and kevin felt the same way too.

So we headed to Far East Plaza for noodle.
Ordered Shredded chicken noodle for myself and Kev eat Fried Ee Mee...

chinese movies, i watched..

I am begining to like watching triad-themed Hong Kong/ chinese movies.
I have seen a few of such movies and other HK movies which kevin took me to but i cannot recall the titles..
Yesterday i watched Election and Election 2, loan them from Play!

Election” is the rather odd, but apparently true, story of how a Triad Society in Hong Kong chooses their new leader, or Chairman. Up for the job are Lok (Simon Yam), a seemingly mild-mannered, intelligent gangster and single parent to a young teen, and the explosive Big D (Tony Leung Ka Fai), who wants the job at all costs. Bribery, bullying, and other means of extorting votes from the elder Triads have commenced in full as the story begins. It isn’t long before Lok is elected Chairman, but to fully assume power and be recognized as the new chieftain, he must first take control of a token baton passed on from one Society chief to the next for over 100 years. To this end, both Lok and Big D send out their underlings and allies in search of the baton, even as the police, led by the stout Superintendent Hui (former kung fu star David Chiang) clamps down...

Lately we watched Confession of Pain.. good movie to catch too. Good acting by Tony Leung and Takeshi, and act-cute Shu Qi, made the movie fun to watch.



and also.. Curse of the Yellow Flower.. hmmm.. Not much artistic martial arts but has got pretty colours and sightingss...
Chow Yun Fatt.. good acting in this movie... i thought he is going to look awkward in this kind of old traditional movie..
GongLi is preeetty.. think she's the main attraction for pple to come watch the movie.. besides pop idol Jay Chou.. this guy got to take more acting lessons.. his facial expressions jus made the audience laugh... young modern looking man.. lost in the old time zone..

Liang cha

i think i better finish my oolong tea..
kev bought it for me late last year.. 25 sachets only and yet i couldn't finished it in a mth.
To encourage me drinking the tea daily, we went around different stores from orchard to chinatown, searching for a good tea pots and thermal drinking flask..

I brought a thermal flask to school and my friends watched me drink. I did offered them some, but they refused cos, the smell already made them go .. eeeee ...yucks. It was like drinking medicine.. bitter ..

In fact, it is a type of medicine..it has it's health benefits..

Oolong tea is good. Oolong (also spelt Wulong, or Wu Long) is literally 'black dragon' tea, but they say the name originally had nothing to do with dragons; rather, it was named after its discoverer Wu Liang.

Like other tea, Oolong is rich in antioxidants called polyphenols. These help prevent cancer, keep the heart healthy and aid general well-being.

Drinking good tea such as this, has other benefit like it helps to reduce the development of oxidized fatty materials in the bloodstream, such as low-density-lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, the bad cholesterol, which linked to the formation of artery-clogging plaque and heart attacks.

It also help people to shed some pounds, which my frens commented that there's nothing left in me to shed.. But actually, have ah !!.. only Kev knows..

Since i got 1 mth break, .. will make sure by end of this mth, this oolong tea no more in the drawer.. I am left about 10 more sachets..

Last day of the year..

31 Dec 2006 - Hari Raya Haji and ultramarathon.

Kev finished the 1st lap earlier than me and waited somewhere along the road, near the finish line to take pictures of me coming in minutes later.. Then, after the short break, we ran the 2nd lap together. This year's run was a bit tough . Maybe because i didn't prepare for it. In fact in all the running competition, i hardly train for any of it. I just whack only. The most important thing is to be able to finish the race. But last Sunday's run was really cialat. Wanted to give up after the 2nd lap, to follow kevin home.

The 3rd lap, I was still going strong until going into 4th lap, when i felt the presence of a girl,with a blue umbrella walking behind me. Looked back, noticed a familiar runner, so i decided to make friend. Her name is Joey, 23 yr old.
We ended up walking and talking throughtout the 10.5km ++ ( they say this distance is longer than what it is supposed to be, cos of the landslide.. the route has changed and i hate it. got to go thought the steps..No wonder, it felt like "cannot make it")
We took about 3hrs to reach the start point.. and by then we were so damn hungry.
We sat awhile, re-fuel and at time it was like about 4pm. We almost wanted to give up.. cos our legs could take it. We didn't even want to try to run a bit. Leg too painful liao.. killer.. cramp.. head also cramp.. felt sleepy.... stress..

After some encouragement from the committee, we set off for our final 5th lap around 415pm. Reached at 7km around 6, and we decided to run slowly starting from the water point along the road. No matter how painful.. die die must reach before 6-45pm.

We quessed that we were the last 2 to complete 5 laps, so we decided to hold hands to finish together in style. We finally did it. What a relieve!


in 2004, my first ultra timing was 11hrs 41 min
2005- 10 hrs 01min
this yr ... 11hrs 30 mins.
Next yr.. may not want to take part already..

Didn't have time to wait for my cert cos i need to rush to my parents' house for hari raya , and then to Juli's open house latest by 10pm.. and lastly for countdown at Sentosa. With muscle aching all over the body,especially the lower limb.. and was up since 5am , I was like so stoned when i finally got to rest! What a way to end 2006!

i am not making any new resolution come new year, but it is going to be a start of a new journey for me to practise nursing. not so encouraging now after i got to know of my salary package, which i didn't expect it to be that miserable.

Even though, my student days have come to an end yesterday, i don't feel absolute relieve. Even now.. no feeling at all.... don't have the mood for any celebration... why..?

Added to the above misery .. bad news of our adik who had to re-do her attachment, given the reason that she was not up to it or not ready for it (to perform as staff nurse).. which some of us think that .. it was all bull shit. They are making use of students as free labour, that's what we think. And what nonsense.. they were telling us that ..it's ok to repeat cos it won't affect our future. They think we are small kids.. cannot think one meh..

So how to have that good "last day" kind of feeling?

When kev smsed me that we shall celebrate .. i don't know what are we celebrating ..
only when i got home and he told me that he cleared his maths exam paper which he had no confidence in passing it..
only then, i realised what the celebration is for..

but we didn't go anywhere cos we suddenly fell asleep after the delivery guys for our new fridge and washer, left. in my 10 years of marriage,this is our 4th washing machine. pple use their washer like for life time, don't know why for me, washing machine don't seem to last very long.

We decided to check out the hot spring outside one of the army camps in yishun,along gambas road.. not sure what you call that protected place.

I enjoyed the walk there from our house as it rained on and off.. and we ate old chang kee along the way..

our friend said that there's no need to bring any pail for soaking our feet as there were plenty. Not only pails that we saw, there were at least 3 bath tubs.. and one malay family seen soaking in them.

People say that by soaking our feet into that hot water improves blood circulation, other than that ..don't really know what good it can do to our body. There's a slight pungent smell , and steam coming from the drain.

The water is really hot. Quite thereupeutic actually.. sittingthere, soaking our feet, surrounded by trees.. like so kampung-like..

the sun suddenly decided to come out.. so.., sitting under the hot sun was no difference from sun tanning at Sentosa. Luckily i had my umbrella..

On our way back, saw some old folks walking towards that place..and one came with at least 4 pails to fill them up with the hot water .. to bring home, i guess. Wonder how long can the hot water last?

After that, we decide to go a real thereupeutc full body massage.. so we try one at novena square. Kevin's first full body massage- combo of asian oil and shiatsu, while me jus asian oil massage. I hope it could get rid of my headache.. but no leh.. still headache.

After that.. we had dinner at toa payoh. Fork and Spoon halal food court was recommended since Banquet at Toa payoh has closed down.

And it was fantastic.. finally kev got to eat his beef noodle..

Yesterday's weather was the best for outdoor activity. No sun.. clear blue sky.. cool and refreshing. The trees all look so fresh and green..

i think, it is the best time to go to places like Bird park or the Zoo, where u need to walk a lot under the sun. And also, after the rain... usually most of the birds and other animals will come out from their hiding places for fresh air and play..

just like people... whenever rain.. stay home.. No rain.. go out.. hmmm..

Rain, pls don't add on to her sadness.. pls go away

dear adik

how i wish we could switch places so that u don't hv to deal with the nasty people.
it must have been very tough for u
stressful and demoralising..

knowing that u tried so hard to please others and have been doing what is needed to be done..
i say, u have done a fantastic job.

we hope that there's someone there who sees u and could stand up for u ..
we hope that there's someone there not only watched u but also watching the ones who is being unfair to u..

please, don't let urself feel miserable,
don't show them that u are giving up

When in doubt,
don't be afraid to express
be urself,
have confidence ,
u can do it!

and...if u are troubled,
talk to someone..
u can always come to us
we do not want u to face it alone
we need to hear from u

remember,
we are gonna walk this journey together.. for the next 3yrs....

January planned activities

We were told to take 1mth break with no pay, and so we have limited spending money to enjoy our break. my frens have suggested 2 activities which requires minimal spending and they are excited for it already.. and they are:

Rest and Relax by the beach at Sentosa Island

In touch with Nature at Ubin or Chek Jawa

As for me.. additional activity:

Camping at home... hybernate myself while kev goes for his In-camp training for 3 weeks in January..

Never ending rain...

i want to play in the rain!!!!

No more that Sunday feeling

now i know how it feels like working on shifts.. i don't know what day it is now.. after working throughout the weekend.. i don't know when sunday gonna come again!!!

But it's alright.. since kev works on sundays.. i don't mind but i must have friday or saturday off to spend time with him.. else he will be going to Sentosa by himself.. like last Saturday.. .. while i was working from 1 to 9pm.. he was at Sentosa. That place has become his playground .. our playground.. wah deep inside, I also want to be there too!!

Nevermind la.. too much sun is no good for me..

Anyways i'll be getting fri and sat off this week, which incidentally coincide with Kev's off days... yeah! and we have made plans to watch movie and dinner with kev's family to celebrate Mama's birthday on the Friday.. and most likely again... to our playground on Saturday. And not to forget, to buy x'mas gifts for the ward x'mas gift exchange party on the 26th.

Looking forward to year end.. gonna go for my 3rd ultrarun and hope to do at least 6 laps this time round. And hope that my leg will not give any problem cos, i got to go to Juli's BBQ at her new condo and then for countdown at Sentosa after the run.

And after that... I got 1 mth break with no pay = cannot enjoy... and Kev had to go for ICT for 3 week = home alone.

The rain like i never seen before

the feeling so different.. if only i could upload the personal video kev took of me last nite.

the rain was so super heavy.. we could actually hear the sound of the strong wind,

along the corridor, i stood facing against the wind direction.. spread my arms wide open ..

and i let myself be free.. letting the wind to blow me away............. so happy.. so alive .. like an

idiotic girl .. moving up and down the corridor outside my house unit..

... giggling and laughing away.. like i never see rain before..

" keep on smilling, no matter how much it hurts.."

think that's what she was trying to tell me..


thank you.

wah.. i like this slide.com
so easy to use.. found it from one of my multiply contacts.. and since i am at home doing nothing.. got something new to try ..
but actually got a lot of clothes to fold and iron.. just too lazy right now.

oh yes.. i got my exam results last week and i passed. Don't need to mention about grades la..jus average.
now waiting for kevin's exam results.. hopefully, he clear his math paper

and .. i failed my driving test. it was raining cats and dogs during test time.. could not see anything at all.. why must it rain!! It wasn't raining when i was doing my warm up.. it went smoothly.. but why..why must it rain !!! ?!! Panic seh.. don't know how to use the wiper !! Just my luck!


My next TP test will be in March next yr.. such a long wait.. sian.. but i am going to call up to have it changed to earlier date. The counter girl say that i must call 72hrs before the actual test date for changes and they will allocate one earlier not later than the actual test date. I will resume my driving lesson in January..

Meow... meow..

I created a Slide Show! Check it out!

It's not over..

My first marathon.. & got a good feel of what full marathon is all about... and i want to do it again next year.

started without doing much warming up, which is very bad, i know..

i did what i normally would do..that is, to start slow.. afterall i got a long way to go. But Kev and me decided to pace with 2 guys (wearing blue saucony singlet), steady pacing and quite comfortable. But, not for long, entering Marina Centre, i needed to pee. So Kev continued with his run..

Sure need to pee one! so inconvenient! Everytime like that! the urge is always there in the begining of the run. The first portable toilet, was locked, ran another 150m, then got one ..

Continued running.. at my own pace.. and slowly build up and maintained my speed. My target was : as long as i reach 20km mark in less that 3hrs, i should be doing fine.
I just want to reach the finishing line before 1pm, cos i want to eat lunch!! That was all i aimed for.. well of cos.. i also want the medal and finisher's t shirt!

Caught up with kev somewhere after the 10km mark.. he was complaining of pain.. cramps on calf and thigh muscles. It was the same pain as the one he had when we ran to Orchard the week before. He had to stop to stretch before he could go on furher.. and the cramps were really bad cos he had to stop quite frequently. I ran ahead .. but waited for him at 15km mark, and later on at 21km.

As there were no fixed medical stations along the running route, I was quite worried for him. Hmmm.. and worried for myself too, if i got an asthma attack.. they are no where to be seen. The ambulances a located at road junctions.. and the first aiders were juniors from secondary schools- St. Johns Amb Brigade, standing near at each drink station. I bet they don't have emergency equipment with them. Also, they don't seem to have enough -the need to have item: deep heat rub or spray with them.
Or they don't have it with them at all.. on their small wooden table, I saw a packet of food and a roll of Oreo biscuits on top of it.. wah.. so hungry already that time (almost 4hrs), I asked a member if he could spare one or two pieces of OREO biscuit, but no... the boy said that he couldn't give me cos the biscuits was part of their lunch package.. so sad.. i got no choice but to eat that yucky salty powergel. The rasberry flavour tasted like cough syrup.. yucks! I tried to refrained for eating banana.. but i got no choice, so got to eat to tahan my hunger.. i hate bananas.. thinking of it makes me want to puke..

and yes, i managed to keep up with my target time: 3hrs exactly reached 20km mark. So i thought i jus maintain the same speed. Then it started to rain..

Reunite again at 21km, he tried to run but again he was hit with the cramps. So he told me to go on... so i continued running. We met again after the turning point at the lagoon, at his 25km mark. I was still running till i reached 30km, when i decided to walk and refuel with that yucky powergel.


I thought i could pick myself up to run the next 10km. But it was so difficult, and heavy on the thighs. So i ran a bit, walked a lot. And in the end, i power walk all the way to the end, leaving the rest 300m or so to run in style , cos i just remembered that there'll be photographer waiting... the timing i clocked unofficially was 6:45 hahaha... yahooo!!! .

Now aching all over the lower limbs,but still able to walk and do some housework the next morning. No pain no gain la..uh.. kevin said that he cried and laugh altogether .. suffering from the pain and the way he struggled to run. Truely, we enjoyed this run no matter how long we took, and no regrets at all.

Alhamdullillah., Thank God, nothing extraordinary happened.. no asthma attacks, no major injuries..and the weather was fantastic!

Kevin took MC for 1 day, and I was lucky to have 2 days off from work.

it's not too late to run..

We really got no disciiplne.. we really cannot manage our time.. too busy with other matters, that we couldn't even make time to pick up our running shoes to train or a least go for a jog .. to prepare for this Sunday's full marathon.

So, last week.. i decided that we better start seasoning our legs and heart..


About 0630hr, last saturday morning, we ran from home to Orchard. We reached Far East about 9am. Along the way, we stopped to get drinks at a Mobil Station located after Caldecott. I do not want to exert so much, so i ran very slowly and kev followed my pace. Maybe it was because the pace for him was too slow plus we cool down too long at that bus stop to hydrate and eat.. kev suffered painful muscle cramps on his right calf. Luckily i brought the muscle rub and paracetamol.. it really help to ease the pain and we were able to walk to Suntec to collect our Maration race pack.

The race pack collection was no fuss at all. Very organised.

After that, we went to Orchard Cinema- watch Andy Lau movie- Battle of the Wits... i think that's the title.. cannot remember.. i slept at the beginning, too tired.. and the movie .. a lot of talking.. but i managed to catch up from the mid-part of it till the end. Good movie.. i like it.

We reached back home at about 6:30pm that evening.. Wow.. we were out for 12 hrs.

Running

This morning, went to MacRitchie. A lot of pple- MR25 doing their progressive runs and Nike Runaholics.. something like that..

after 6km mark, i started to walk.. and jog .. by then it's 9am. started running at 815am. Wow cialat.. i took so long. Hv not been running ever since the AHM.

Anyway.. whether i exert myself or not, try to do it slowly cos later afternoon i am going to run with kev from marsiling mrt back home.., i am still too slow..
Another part of me was telling me since i didn't bring my inhaler, don't
exert too much , take my time..(bad experience from AHM).
how am i gonna make it for the full marathon in less than 1 mths' time!!!

Next Saturday, will be going to MacRitchie with some school friends. See how it goes.. hopefully i can keep up with them.

Exams over but that's not the end...

Will be at the hospitals till end of this year. 2 weeks attached to Geron ward, then PRCP at surgical ward for 4 to 5 weeks then, finally Emergency the last 1 or 2 weeks. By then, it's the end of the year.

Reflection time. The papers were not too difficult but didn't prepare well for it. Though i am not expecting any B's, just a pass..will be jus good enough. But i realized that i really need to buck up in some areas.. some procedures . Need to read more .. Need to know more things..need to widen my general knowledge.. etc

When in the hospital, got to be confident. and stay confident! Don't be intimidated by pple around me. Sometimes, i can't perform when pple are looking at me when i am doing some procedure. I have to get over this, and get to a stage where i should be able to perrform any task naturally.

Next, i must not panic. Must remember to sound Juliana's alarm " do not panic! do not panic". Take a step back, analyse and do it step by step. Must tell myself to stay calm. When in doubt, ask and learn from it.

Hari Raya Aidilfitri - Day 1

Almost everyone present, including my in-laws, at my mum's on first day of Hari Raya. In this picture, the one the like best was one took with my little nephew Idris resting on mum's bed. He is so adorable when it comes to taking photos. Here are more of his other photo previously taken with my ex-motorola and o2 mini.

Got a new handphone tdy and kev also got his w850i.. finally..:) He got the white colour cos the salesman said the black not nice and they also don't have stock. As for me.. i got this cool pink Z610... so pompuan... eeee.. but i like..........

So far.. let me see... hmmm... i have tried quite a few handphones already.. Our first was NOKIA 6110, and the rest as as follows








But so far.. the best has got to be O2 mini... i still like
that pocket pc. Traded-in for $480 to buy V3i.
V31 .. nice only but function no good at all.

My 2nd best would be Nokia 6230... best!!
sold cheap-cheap to a classmate .. to get the O2.

Now.. let's see if my new SE Z610 can fight N6230..

My classmates ND04/06 with Mrs Theresa Cheong.  

Exams on Hari Raya week....

Ha! Exams in a month time.. what i hate most is studying during fasting mth.. ! how to study?!? It jus makes me sleepy plus, with the hopsital attachments.. too tiring to open book..

But it's ok la... not the first time.

Today will be the 3rd day at A&E. Was assigned at the Observation Room for the past 2 days, and me and Shiken will be at the Triage.. should be interesting.. where we will get to interview walk-in patients to the A&E. According to what i was taught, we have to do the assessments and interviewing in 5 mins, then decide on priotization- Emergency, Urgent and Non-Urgent. Let's see how it goes today.

I kinda like A&E, but was told that the dept may not consider Accelerated students.. why ah? Some say we lack skills.. but funny thing is they recruit fresh 3yr dip. So what's the diff? But now.. i really don't give a damn anymore to where the HR wants to deploy us.. like it or not, we will be there for 3 years. If I can, I would like to work at CDC, A&E or Rehab. Fat hope or no hope...? Anywayz,work is still work.. stress will always be here to stay.. So, i have so-called trained my mind to tell myself to make good use of my time, be resourceful and learn as much, though i may not gain much experience in different discipline.

Ok.. now serious business first.. after saur this morning, i had all my notes sorted out to start revising for exam. As to when to start..got to see mood.. but most likely this sunday. Will have to fight for seats at Woodlands Library..so will have to join all those kiasu-s Q right infront of the entrance gate. Oh.. this reminds me of the Q at John Little Rush Sales at Sommerset, last Sunday morning. I was there early, well like 10mins early.. but i didn't expect that there would be any queue cos there was nothing to fight for.. the dept store is big and their stocks are plenty.... I can understand if there's any sale of items going at $1 but there isn't any.. REally don't understand these pple.. why can't they jus enjoy the sunday morning walking by the beach or something like that.. or take beauty sleep...

ok now i got to take a short nap, got to get up by 1030am- get ready for work.

Posting starts next week.. 1st stop: A&E

Need to send my nursing uniform of some minor adjustments... need to loosen it.. hehe, put on abit of weight lately.. but i didn't eat a lot leh.. nevermind .. a bit of fat is good. If i fall, i got body fat to protect my bones from breaking.. and anyway, i am no longer that young.. Classmates have been calling me "Geron" (elderly in medical term).

I can't wait to get back into the hospital.. 1st stop for 1 week will be A&E dept. I love places where is action! A place where u think fast and act.. cannot wait .. no time to analyse.. must have commonsense ( which i may or may not have) but most importantly.. " hello hello ... are u ok!" i hope when i am faced with real situation, i don't freak out, stood there do nothing.. freeze.. and whatnot... hmmm, guess i have to do a lot of revision on... drugs, stitches, defib.. before i step into that dept. Maybe i should work out an action plan for each common senarios eg: puncture wound, poisoning, burns...
But come to think of it.. where got time?
Next Monday.. starts ..
Today as in Now! i am struggling to complete nursing project essay due this Friday. But i aimed to finish it by tdy! Tmr the only school day left - so i want to submit it.. Thursday go to lecturer's house gathering .. friday .. activity day, visit parents and do some marketing to prepare for fasting...

This is the final hospital posting till end of yr. Next yr starts fresh after 2 weeks break .. of becoming a full- fledged nurse!

ok now.. back to writting my essay...

Running : Mizuno and RealRun '06

Mizuno WaveRun 2006
The route was jus as bad as 2 yrs back when i ran 10km for the
very first time. In '04, I took 1 and half hour but this year,
I finished at 1 hr 13min ++. My classmates did better.
HK and KK finished around 50 mins ++, not too sure but
they were good!


New Balance Real Run 2006
My first 6km road, 2.4km beach and 1.6km trail run.
It was very tough to run on beach and I ended up walking
most the time along the 3 beaches. Completed in about
1hr 20mins. KK finished at 1hr 10min and HK finished before 1hr.

She's so sweet!

 

Every Friday is Kevin's off day, and together with my girlfriends, we planned ahead what to do on Fridays. But so far, only 2 or 3 times, we managed to get together to play and most of the time, it's swimming. First it was at Safra Country Club, then Jurong Swimming Complex and the best was last friday's trip to Sentosa.

Since it was the school's weeks' break, "S" brought her 3 younger girl cousins. The 3 are sisters and they are so cute and we love, especially, Little Yaya. She is a brave 3yrs old. She's simply a girl any parent would love to have- didn't cry , no complaints , plays on her own and best of all, she is not afraid of water!

Everyone had fun on that day. Kev bought a big float and the tiny arm float thingy for little Yaya.. She is simply so adorable.. just look at the photo and u know what i mean :) 

I shall not dwell on it again...

The last time, we had a class gathering was ending of last semester, and i was not exactly totally involved in the committee as i was not able to attend any meeting because of clashed time-table with the meetings.

Majority of my classmates did not turn up, simply because most of us are not interest, had other personal plans, or just chose not to mingle with other class groups. And because of the poor head counts from my class, my leader and i, was "bluntly blamed" for not effectively organising the group to come. Was it totally my fault?

As the person said " i bluntly blamed siti and W", her face turned red and her words were shaken. Everyone else was shocked to hear and see her acted in that manner. She also mentioned about offering apology.

On the other hand, she didn't know what was happening and how difficult i have to apologise to our mentor, on behalf of my group. And there she went, blaming me!
Eh.. after u have realised that i was not at fault after i gave the class an explanation and well accepted by all, where's the apology for bluntly blaming me openly in class?

Last thursday, i was picked to get things organised for a farewell gathering to be held on the last day of this final semester, together with another classmate,J.

I wanted to say this in class, " i think i am not fit to be the one to organise the gathering.. cos do not want to be bluntly blamed again if i fail to get pple to come."

In other words, let the one who had bluntly blamed me, be the one to organise the gathering, since she thinks that she can do the job better or more efficiently... At that momont, i just felt like wanting to get even with her for the last time! hahaha .really.. sincerely, i wanted to do that..but my i got no heart to do so la...don't want to ruin the good thursday morning... nevermind la.. let her win..Make her happy .. no sweat, small matter.. let it go...

i thought u know who i am

dear friend,

How can i make u understand that at times i do certain thing for a reason. My behaviour or action may not be acceptable to others but i did not expect it coming from you too. Thought u know me so well to understand why i choose to be caught in such a situation. I bear no grudges against you but if u feel that u want to keep your distance to reflect, i respect your decision.. But the time u took to reflect has passed over due till we no longer speak and mingle like before.

And i am still not sure by what u mean by me not being sincere to others? If i wasn't as sincere as you thought i should be, i would not be the first to confront you. You have seen me do "insincere" things or things which I hate to do, but my actions, be it good or bad.. It has always been for the best interest of others, or a win-win situation. But if you view it differently, then I have nothing to say. Guess, I do not know you well enough too.

Now, whenever I do or say things, no matter how sincere I want it to be, it no longer matter to you. My sincerity is being questioned.

Knowing and being close to you has never been a mistake though, because i know that i can get along well working with you. To me, what has happened here are mere misunderstanding. I had said my apology and now I don't know what to do.

Yours sincerely..

This afternoon, went to collect MILK Run goodie pack and my number tag is 10071. I thought it's $15 i had to pay for instead of $20. I should not complaint la hor.. since it's for charity fund- "to keep the kids in school and out of trouble!" .. make sure ah!

Yesterday, i accompanied kev's mum and granny to KKH for granny's hearing checkup. As usual, waited almost 1hr before we were called into the dr's room. So meantime, did nothing but read newpapers and observed how stupid some parents can be when handling their babies and toddlers..

And so, granny's name was called and 3 of us went in. Spending like 10 secs standing in front of the doc, he like never noticed me! He kept talking ..on and on. in mandarin to my inlaws.. i actually called him.. "hi doctor.. so what ..is all about?" But he chose to ignored me! OMG.. it was like deja vu.. didn't believe that it was happening again. He might have thought that i am their maid!

Then suddenly, all got up and ready to leave the room.. before the nurse asst shut the door, i turned around and told her that, i would appreciate if the doc can talk to me.. cos i need to know what's happening or what not.. pertaining to my granny's hearing problem.. and i am no one else, but their in-law! Do u think i was their maid! She was shocked and apologised.


Think i really look like a filipina maid.. especially right now that i am very tanned after swimming and sun bathing at sentosa last weekend.. and whatmore, i dressed very casually, t-shirt and jeans.. carrying extra bags for my in-laws..very like maid like that.

Long time ago, i was already been mistaken for being a maid, and i actually didn't really mind cos, those people like sales persons, taxi drivers, aunties .. did not ignore me.. however, this time round, i am totally pissed by how professionals .. nurses, doctor and bank officers, didn't even care to acknowledge me, they were like looked down on me.. or should i say .. foreign maids..

this morning went to settle some banking stuff with my in-laws.. but somethings wasn't right so we had to approach the officer for some clarification. Since i am like representing my in-law, i spoke to the officer on their behalf la .. but what did i get from the officer... she didn't entertain me..!

The officer may have thought that i was their filipino maid! Ok, never mind that.. i understood what she said in mandarin and i further reinforced what she had mentioned so that it would not be misunderstood.. and each time she mentioned something to my in law, i paraphrased it.. . yet she did not acknowledge me by looking at me.. there wasn't any eye contact to me and not to mention a return smile with a "you're welcome" after i thanked her with a smile. First i said "thank you", she ignored me.. then just before we left, i turned back and said "thanks" .. jus to test her again ,to see if she return me with,at least a smile ... But hell NO!.. what is this...? this polite "filipino maid" was showing some appreciation though not whole-heartedly after how she excluded me.. but where's the courtesy..? Racist or what! I am only human!!! I got "huiling" (feeling) leh...

Dear lady bank officer, I know i am not the account holder to query and u can speak whatever language u want to.. but don't u know that some pple can speak and understand the language. If it is so confidential, then tell me to get out of that counter.. but no, i was sitting right in front of u, i spoke to u, u looked at me from the corner of ur eyes ..u just do not acknowledge me.. it felt as if i wasn't there! u are damn rude, sister. I may be sensitive..but sure felt that i was not important there. And.. didn't it occur to u that i have a account in yr bank and that i am ur customer too..leh...

play , eat ... sleep!

Me and friends into playing ping pong.. thanks to the people at IMH who make all us to pick up ping pong or what u called the table tennis. If there's nothing better to do but only table tennis... the patients can become very good players.. it reminds me of Forest Gump. Play whole day.. no one to play with.. can still keep on playing against the wall!

Ping pong came into my life when me and kev were having vacation at Bintan Lagoon many years back about +/-5yrs?? We were there during the monsoon season i guess, and it was raining practically every single day~ very heavy rain with strong wind, thinking back it was like tsunami like that.. cos coconut trees went slanted and the giant umbrellas where blown away...

Luckily the resort had some indoor games.. like arcade gaming, snooker and table tennis. So all we did for that 3 days 3 nights was playing table tennis.. At that time, pool or snooker was not a trend yet for both of us. Don't really know how to hold the stick at all, very awkward for me..don't know how to hold long stick to hit small balls .. So table tennis was our only entertainment and we got hooked on it.. Got back home, bought ourselves a set of bats and played for sometime at SRC.

Pingpong is nothing new for kev..Nong nong time ago..he played almost everyday (during his poly years, before i knew him.. ).. but at that time, the movie, Forest Gump, not out yet..

Last Friday... after jogging at MacRitchie with Kev, we joined some friends for pingpong.. Kev said my pingpong skill has improved! Oh..that one must thank the people at IMH..! Kev showed me some tricks too.. while my friends left to play badminton.

And Saturday, we were at Sentosa with his frens.. another fun day under the sun.. but it rained right after we left the beach. Is Coffee Bean food halal? But we ate the salmon stuff.. i see many of their food chains, employ malays as team managers and staff.. so it make me wonder .. Wah.. so tired after out playing whole day.. slept very shiok that night.. best!

Sunday morning.. at my mum's place.. eat! Return home at 3pm.. slept the whole afternoon, got up met up with Kev at CWP.. to eat!


Today, supposed to go play ping pong.. but i got things to do.. Right now, they are all in school to play play play- Gym, ping pong then, badminton, then go eat, eat,eat!

Tonight got driving .. assessment time!

End of hospital posting for Sem 3

The best part of this semester's posting..will the 2 weeks at Institute of Mental Health. It felts similar like the time when i was attached at the Children KK hospital, i felt pity for the unfortunate babies/children where if possible, i would like to bring them home and care for them.. likewise, i felt the same for some of theses mentally illed patients, whom i think some of them may not be mentally ill at all, they have insight of what's happening to them.. It could be due to stress and lack of family support and for some other reasons, bad life experience.. made them to be in such a state.. in the end, some of them were rejected by their very own family members.. & with no savings, no relatives who wants to reach out to help them, and insufficient medisave money.. they got no where to go.. some were on waiting list to be placed at halfway homes/ rehabs. If I have a very big house with garden or what not, i will employ one or two to be my gardener or do my housework.

For those who have home to go back to, not sure how they pass they time. During my stay there, noticed that some came back to IMH, either they re-admit themselves, or just loiter around the hospital. Can't blame them for doing so, as they had no where to go. It's difficult to getback and blend with the society.. so sad.. Maybe, the hospital should make a "club" for them to hang out.. Once they got themselves admitted, problems solved.. there's free food, shelter and lonely no more. And best of all, high chances, they get to meet up with some familiar faces in the same ward. It's like bonding time!

At first i was so afraid of every one of them.. they all looked like crooks .. but as days gone by, i got to know and understand each of them better... I see them as a person, not one with an illness... Well of cos, some of them, i need to be careful in case of sudden behavioural outburst as they can be very violent too. We were told not to be a hero.. save ourselves first.. run away and inform the nurse, should anything about to occur.

Really miss some of them jus like how i missed those poor newborns at KKH. HOpe they are all safe and well cared for.

Driving made fun...

Right now.. i'm at stage 3. i'm done with the s-course, vertical parking, up the ramp, U-turn .. and tomorrow it will be parrallel parking.. very exciting..! Booked my pracs for the whole of this week, daily and next week too, and should be able to complete all practical lessons by next week.. and after that, will be going through all the test routes. No repeated practical lesson.. i progress from one lesson/subject to another.. total number of practical days i gone through to-date: 16 (completed 24lessons/subjects). I am left with 3 lessons/subject for stage 3. Basically i will be done by then.. Finally, stage 4 are left for test routes assessments.

My only problem now is that I have not cleared my Final Theory Test.
Done trial test last Sunday, scored 47/50.. phew! never attended a single theory class which Kev already paid for me for the package.. So relieved..I immediately register for the FTT. The earliest test date is on the 11 Jul at 1630hrs. I have not gotten my next semester's time table.. if there's a lesson on that same date and time.. i'm afraid that i have to "ponteng" (skip) class for this very important theory test.. I got a feeling that i am going to "sangkut" (stuck) on the theory.. oh pls no! This one i Die-Die must pass!

So far, I am very happy with all the driving instructors.. among all, CAR #75,80, 86 ..best of the best! If i want relaxing, cool driving and talk only when necessary - choose #86, if i need constant reminders and hints on driving test routes, rules and regulations.. choose #75, but if i want mixed of what i need from 86 and 75, i will go for 80!

Yep.. I did thought of having a fixed instructor.. but then, it might get a bit boring too.. every time see the same person. i have not encountered any nasty instructor and so far, they gave me good impression.. i feel safe on the road.. I don't feel stressed at all..Maybe cos it's auto car .. easier than manual.. feel at ease while driving and able to chit-chat somemore. Instructions were made clear and simple.. and above all, patience they have.. All of them have made my driving fun.

After doing some challenging task like directional change and parking.. how i wish i could just stepped out of the car each time i complete the task successfully.. to jump for joy! But I can't do that ya.. so in the car...all i did was clapped my hands.. "yeah!" .. BIG Smile! Thumbs Up..

My excited mood will not end till i get to tell Kevin how my driving practical for that day went.. Thank you .. i am enjouying it and u are loveD.. hehe