A couple of weeks ago, during one of my Zometa sessions at NUH, the nurse administering the jab enquired about my health, and details about my treatment. I have no qualms talking about what i am going thru, the treatments, the relapse, my thoughts and feelings about the whole situation. She than shared with me that her mother is currently going through chemotheraphy for cancer. She looked worried, and mentioned that the tumour markers are moving up. I told her not to worry so much. With medical advances, though there's till no cure, there is still a possibility of living with cancer.
Went by NUH today for my monthy dose, and as I was getting ready to leave after treatment, I ran into her. When i enquired about her mother's health, she turn away briefly, and when she spoke, her voice quivered. Her mum is not doing too well, "but she is still looking great". It was an awkward moment. She than quickly mentioned that she needs to rush off somewhere.
Maybe I shouldn't have mention, and just ask her if she had lunch or something. Sigh...me and my big mouth.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
What Geeks do for Leisure...
They Hunt down cute cuddly teddy bears....
Chop off their cut cuddly heads....
And feed it to the Computer...
Chop off their cut cuddly heads....
And feed it to the Computer...
They plug their little fingers to the Computer as a display of honour and loyalty to their laptop
I am Back!
er...if you haven't notice, I have been back from my trip. It was fabulous holiday, which holiday isn't. Anyway I was suppose to upload the pics, but hubby dearest beat me to it, and upload the whole stash into his laptop, and deleted all the pics in the digital camera. great...
Nothing much to blog about except that i am off to a busy day tomorrow, starting with The Jab at NUH.
Nothing much to blog about except that i am off to a busy day tomorrow, starting with The Jab at NUH.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Itchy Fingers
Pop by the library and found myself this book by Betz White
And suddenly I am inspired!
I would like to think of myself as the creative sort. I enjoyed cross-stitching, paper toleing, doodling, and perhaps crafting. I said enjoy-ed, because its been ages since i have done anything remotely creative. Perhaps, some day, I will pick up my pen to draw again, or the needle to finish up a cross-stitch project that have been left uncompleted ages ago.
I am a Martha Stewart wanna-be. I love her ideas and creativeness, though wasn't too impressed with her brush with the law sometime back.
Anyway this book is by Betz White. She is just so super duper creative. She uses scraps fabrics like from old wool sweaters, cut them up and makes them into these cute but useless cupcakes. Well, asthetically, the cupcakes look better than the worn out woollen sweater, but seriously, what are you gonna do with these cupcakes??? Oh, by the way, she sells them for USD$36 for a single cupcake! Good money, considering these are scrap fabrics (or maybe not?).
Anyway, theres other projects, like book covers, blankets, cushion covers, etc.
I love what she does but not inspired enough to open up my sewing kit just yet. Anyway, thought I would just borrow the book first. Afterall, it cost USD$22.99 for a signed copy on Etsy.
For cheapskates like me, you can also stake out at her blog for free tutorials and ideas.
Going to bed now...Need to pack my stuff tomorrow morning. Got a flight to catch.
Borrowing the silly tagline from Swensons...I am SO going to Macau!
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Child Labour...Not!
Being away for 3 days has left me with a lots of backlogs. Lots of emails to respond to, orders to pack, and mailed out. Its a good kind of busy, and I am glad :)
To cope, I decided to rope in my little helper. She is still in her pajamas, helping me stick address labels and CN 22 stickers on envelopes. Saves me some work, and she is happy she could help. So the next time you receive a package from Little Gems, chances are the stickers are stuck there by my little helper :)
To cope, I decided to rope in my little helper. She is still in her pajamas, helping me stick address labels and CN 22 stickers on envelopes. Saves me some work, and she is happy she could help. So the next time you receive a package from Little Gems, chances are the stickers are stuck there by my little helper :)
Avillion Port Dickson / Malacca
30 Aug to 02 Sep
Its the school holidays again, and time to de-stress again, or rather, a good excuse to go for a short trip. This time round, we decided we will take a road trip up to Port Dickson, having heard so much rave reviews about the Avillion Port Dickson. The website sure is impressive, go check it out.
Our entourage consist of our family, my parents, and Tien's family. We started the journey in the afternoon, right after Papa completed his dialysis session. Traffic at the 2nd Link Causeway was reasonably good, with not much of a jam. The drive to Port Dickson was uneventful, and we reach the resort safely within 3.5 hours.
We overlooked the fact that we were going during the peak season as our trip falls on Malaysia's National Day. While we didn't need to go around waving the national flag, we had to bear with the overcrowed situation at the resort. For a resort so large, there was 2 restaurants handling the guests dining needs. And I think they probably need to relook at the process flow at the restaurant, as the managed to overlook our orders, twice within two days.
Anyway, will stop my whining now...the place is really quite nice. I have no issues other than the restaurant and also the carpark. It is not within the resort's premises, but located across the road. Though there is a gate, Mike, being his paranoid self is uneasy leaving his car there.
Anyway, Avillion is the sort of resort place that is suitable for families, and people who just want to go there and nuah
Here's the water chalet we stayed in.
The rooms are roomy. We had the Twin There's even a day bed, which could sleep another 2
pax!
The Spa. We loved the decor! The massage was so-so
The wall decor inside the Couple Room. I like the colour combination, and the pic. i would love to have this in my room.
Check out the class door. I want this in my room too!
The trip however, didn't end on good note for my friend Tien. On reaching the Causeway, she realised that she had misplaced her Indonesian maid's passport. Despite her frantic search, she simply couldn't find the missing passport. She wasn't even sure whether the passport was handed back to her, when they first entered Malaysia.
The maid had to remain in Malaysia, while Tien's hubby had to do all the legwork to get a new passport for the maid. Not an easy task when you are dealing with Malaysian and Indonesian Authorities. Its been more than 24 hours, and nothing much has been done. The maid continues with her extended stay in Malaysia...
Its the school holidays again, and time to de-stress again, or rather, a good excuse to go for a short trip. This time round, we decided we will take a road trip up to Port Dickson, having heard so much rave reviews about the Avillion Port Dickson. The website sure is impressive, go check it out.
Our entourage consist of our family, my parents, and Tien's family. We started the journey in the afternoon, right after Papa completed his dialysis session. Traffic at the 2nd Link Causeway was reasonably good, with not much of a jam. The drive to Port Dickson was uneventful, and we reach the resort safely within 3.5 hours.
We overlooked the fact that we were going during the peak season as our trip falls on Malaysia's National Day. While we didn't need to go around waving the national flag, we had to bear with the overcrowed situation at the resort. For a resort so large, there was 2 restaurants handling the guests dining needs. And I think they probably need to relook at the process flow at the restaurant, as the managed to overlook our orders, twice within two days.
Anyway, will stop my whining now...the place is really quite nice. I have no issues other than the restaurant and also the carpark. It is not within the resort's premises, but located across the road. Though there is a gate, Mike, being his paranoid self is uneasy leaving his car there.
Anyway, Avillion is the sort of resort place that is suitable for families, and people who just want to go there and nuah
Here's the water chalet we stayed in.
The rooms are roomy. We had the Twin There's even a day bed, which could sleep another 2
pax!
The Spa. We loved the decor! The massage was so-so
The wall decor inside the Couple Room. I like the colour combination, and the pic. i would love to have this in my room.
Check out the class door. I want this in my room too!
The trip however, didn't end on good note for my friend Tien. On reaching the Causeway, she realised that she had misplaced her Indonesian maid's passport. Despite her frantic search, she simply couldn't find the missing passport. She wasn't even sure whether the passport was handed back to her, when they first entered Malaysia.
The maid had to remain in Malaysia, while Tien's hubby had to do all the legwork to get a new passport for the maid. Not an easy task when you are dealing with Malaysian and Indonesian Authorities. Its been more than 24 hours, and nothing much has been done. The maid continues with her extended stay in Malaysia...
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