celebrations..... celebrations........

YES,,,,, lets celebrate life........

I just got back from the clinic and the doctor has extended good news which I was hoping to hear lah ... Deng deng deng deeeennnnggg....... the results of my blood test and also urine.

The results was prepared in both Chinese and English. The doctor gave me the chinese version which I held on and he assume I could read and understand chinese.... I smile and said, I cant read these characters lah.... So, he gave me the English version and he exchange with me the chinese version. Whether or not he knows how to read chinese or he already know what is what, so it doesnt matter what language but the report is just a report, rite.

So, my report started on the good note... everything is ok except for glucose.... i wondered.... i dont take too sweet of anything nor do i intake on daily basis, chocolates, sweets or any others sweet tooth person would normally take. Doctor says it doesnt matter cos nowadays whatever we take, once inside our system, it will automatically convert into gluscose.... doctors... betull kah ??? My urine is also ok... means my kidney also ok. Infact, my BP reading was 135 /85. Doctor assume this reading is not betul cos I was purging again this morning, 5 x.... Aiyo.... pening pening..... I din eat outside food for dinner. Could it be some germs still swimming inside my system ? I was told to eat bread without oil base (like those cheap bread - not the famous branded ones), toast till black and eat as charcoal. Apparently if we do consume these bread, the next day, our bowels colours will be black or something and after that, we will be completely heal. dont ask me, I have not try out yet.... Anyway, i need to go back again next week to check my BP as well as the glucose level.

I am happy to note........ I am almost as healthy...... Y>>>>>E>>>>>E>>>>>>S>>>>>>>>

S.. :-)

Trying to get well soooooooon

Doomsday came when I went back to the clinic for my blood and urine test last Thursday, May 22nd. The same day I was flying to Bangkok for business trip. I was at the clinic by 9 am waiting for the doctor to come in. Infact, I was the 2nd patient he saw that morning. As my name was called out, I was anxious to know if my BP has gone down, up or remain at 140/100. Den den den denggggggg...... the new reading of my BP........ 135 / 95. YES !!! alah kurang sikit..... Actually, I was put on very very low dosage for my BP. So doctor says, never mind u continue with the medication and next week we will decide the next step when the results of the blood and urine test is out. Aiyah.... another anxious weekend. Anyway, I am ok with it as my BP has gone down. OK lah...... Atleast, I am going to Bangkok on a happy note.... :-) My BP is down.......

But alas, BP down but the eating spree in Bangkok..... c loooorr. Had light lunch on Airasia - took sandwich only. We checked into Grand Mercure Hotel which is located quite near to the airport approx. 20 mins ride. The MRt station is just outside the hotel and shopping mall is connected to the hotel as well which is very convenient. Had dinner with our agent. He took us to China town, Nam Sing which is well known for their shark fin soup. (techew cooking). We had each 1 bowl of superior shark fin soup, bar B Q prawns, claypot glass noodles with duck, and something else. I cant remember wor. Then the agent asked, bird nest for dessert.... wah... y not. That was a bad mistake... i had too much and felt like the food is just pour out through my mouth. I didnt and couldnt talked much - afraid the food will just come out if I open my mouth !! My boss suggested to go for full body massage and i said I am afraid the food will come out .. hahahaha...... so opted for foot massage only.. Phew....

Next day, had bfast in the hotel with another agent. Then we proceed to meet up with Rudee (last night had dinner with him) in his office. Together we had lunch appointment with our customer in one of the hotels (cant remember the name) another chinese meal. We had varieties of tim sum, shark fin soup, peking duck, noodles and mango pudding as dessert. At the rate I am eating in Bangkok, I think my BP may remain but my cholesterol may shoot up liao.....

Lunch took almost 2 hours, thereafter, were picked up for another business meeting which is located 45 mins away from our lunch location. After meeting, we went back to the hotel which took longer as office hours just finished and the famous jam has started. The driver told us, it is NOT Bangkok if no jam.... hehehe... sounds just like our Klang town liao.....

Saturday morning was quite relaxing as our flight was in the evening. Had a leisure bfast in the hotel and waited for the shops to open for business. Went to Robinson for about 2 hours, browsing and by noon had to check out and go to the airport - HOME SWEET HOME. Luckily, during the trip, my stomach was good -no purging ...!! Come Sunday morning, while sleeping, my stomach begin to growl...... and growl....... ayoooo...... had to rush to the toilet... Phew,,,, just made it. I wonder if the germs are still in my tummy from my last food poisoning.... Any doctors out there can advise me, boh ??

Well, tomorrow another dooms day.. will know if the empat sekawan is circulating in my body.....

S.....

its COOK-ed

I am not such a huge fan of the American idol show. I do enjoy the auditions where i can laugh at all the eccentric people and egotistical ones who seem to think they are singers!!! Geez, frogs can croak better and even my dog Storm can howl a tune that's more pleasant to the ears!

This year tho, the talents improved and the finalists were pretty incredible. A whole range of different personalities which provided ample assortment of entertainment. But after the first 2 rounds, many seemed to get stagnant and didn't show improvement. In fact some started to get worse!!!! it was clear from then on that the 2 Davids would end up as the contenders for the most coveted title.

I have to admit that from the very start i rooted for the younger David! And then as the show progressed , he got boring. He only sings those slow ballads that after awhile your ear drums tend to beg for something different! He is young and lacks a lot of experience, he lacks charisma and personality too.

The older David tho is different. I didn't like the scruffy look at first. I thought he had a weird hair style which verged on baldness HAHAHAHA! But later on i warmed up to him. He is such a versatile singer, with a warm personality and a cute smile. Simon didn't like him in the beginning too. Words like "pompous" and "arrogant" seemed to spill out of Simon's mouth! Its probably cuz David C looks confident when he sings, he has the image of a rocker and before long i started to like him too. Gaya, lah!

When the finals came tho, his performances seemed to be shot down by the judges and he was out-shone by the younger David. He chose songs that were not too popular , so we couldn't really connect! I have to admit i was more impressed with the younger David that night!! And then Simon had to publicly announce that the young David stole the show away with every performance! oh dear, my heart sank!

When the results day came, i was hoping that Simon was playing reverse psychology and thus making all David C's fans vote for him even more. And the young David's fans probably would get over confident and vote just once! :) that was my silent prayer for Cook lah!

We even discussed and suspected that the show was rigged , since it was once rumored that it was so, esp. after Paula's little mess up! We said that maybe the better David ( hehehehe) was asked to make way for the weaker one and in doing so maybe he would be offered many more benefits like recording contracts and road shows etc! yeah , we got imaginative in our desperation! We recorded the live results show as we weren't home to watch it at the hour! And we got disappointed when the disc ran out of space and we didn't get to watch the results later that day ,sigh sigh sigh! But that added more spice into the suspense!!

Later in the night we got to watch the results and i gasped in excitement and happiness that my David had won!!!! Yayyyyy! For the 1st time in American idol history, my fave contestant won! Yayyyy! David COOK rocks!!!

E- cstatic

TGIF and TGIO!!!

TGIF = thank God it's Friday and thank God it's over!
I found myself waiting in line at the hospital this morning. I was at the Imaging dept to be precise. My mammogram and ultrasound are way over due. That's controversial actually, some say a mammogram should be done annually and some say once in 2 yrs. And me being the usual procrastinator, i waited 2 yrs.
Its not a fun procedure! I'd much rather be poked with 10 needles than succumb myself to being squashed by cold plates ~ twice on each side! ARRRGGH!!!! HELP!
Some cartoonists likened that medical procedure to slamming your breasts on the fridge door , and i agree with her! Others show the after effects !!! But they are all in good humour, its not all that bad!!!

This time around the left side seems to hurt more than the right , and it happened twice. I was starting to worry that maybe there must be some growth lurking on the left that caused the pain. And as i lay waiting to bare my breasts again to the doctor ( a male) for the ultra sound i was saying a silent prayer that he finds nothing.
He was the same doctor i saw 2 yrs ago. Of course he cant remember me, but i can recognise him. And he makes it all seem quite pleasant. And by pleasant i mean NOT awkward!! God forbid i didn't mean pleasant = pleasure !!! He said that all looks ok , PHEW.... big big PHEW! And he let me go home with x rays in hand!
I am glad its over, i am relieved the results are ok...... now lets get back to enjoying life! And a reminder to all ladies, do go for your check up regularly! And here is one way to prepare for the mammogram! Hahahaha! No, lah , not that bad! Hee hee! They squash and flatten whatever piece of flesh u have on your chest! But its worth the effort for your piece of mind! So, don't wait till its too late, dear ladies!

Early detection saves lives!

Another proud moment ....

My nephew, looking dapper in his graduation togs with his proud family. Is every graduate given a "Graduation bear?"






Two brothers. Which one better looking leh?



June looks ready to wring Bear's neck!

' utang keling

I owe P Rp75,000. I owe M HKD 798.00.

S owe me RM 150.00. E owe me RM 225.00. P owe me RM 75.00.

S owe M HKD 798.00.

But E is going to change money for us to pay M, so S and I owe E RM in equivalent of HKD 1600.00.

So at the end who owe who more? One thing is very obvious.... M as usual, no owe nobody.

F

sigh.......bad news

helllooooo..... wah... E n F betul betul enjoyed themselves in Bandung, shopping, eating, shopping and more shopping. Way to go... fems !!

I just recovered from food poisoning last 2 weeks. Dont know what i ate but the germs was inside my system for almost 2 weeks. I was stubborn lah.. dont want to go for medical lah... i thot my 100+ can cure my purging... (Dr tipu - no cert wan). Finally, after two weeks of continuance purging, I went for medical on May 1st. Wah.... Dr says like infection in my system. No wonder lah..purging non stop. In a way, good lah.... No need to go for slimming course cos this is auto slimming. hehehe..... Sure lah.. purging and no appetite to eat, see food like want to vomit liao. Somemore, like my throat was stuck half way and stomach is always... noisy..... but no appetite. I had two different types of antibiotic, stomach wind and of course,,,, the purging pills lah.

Well today ,,,, I also dont have good news to share this time round. I just came back from the clinic and news aint good. The matter of fact is, doctor says my BP is abnormal 140 / 100. The same result appears on three different ocassion, 1st on May 1st, 2nd May 5 and 3rd - today - this morning. The 1st reading was 140 / 90 which was also classified under abnormal. So, I was requested back from 2nd follow-up which I did in the evening on Monday, 5 May about 8 pm and the BP was 140/100. Dr says.. erm... not good ler. Aiyoo,yo.... so, i said, maybe its the work pressure..hahaha.... OK.. come back in the morning, about 3 - 4 days later but before you start work. Actually, I was in office earlier but the madness have not yet begin lah. Tension while waiting for my turn. I wonder if my BP would go down today boh... Aiya..bad news.. still 140 / 100 on both arms.. (hehehe... dr cant believe it so decided to change from my right to left just in case he salah tenguk or maybe my left arm is more relaxed then my right, ??) He shook his head... same lah.... Aiyah.. so how ? I asked him. Have to go for medication liao... long time.... shit !! Well according to him, may genetic ler, cos my dad got hypertension since ages ago..... so, i oso ikut lah.. hahaha..... Well from today, i will be on medication and hopefully by 14 days (my next visit), BP will be back to normal. He also advise me to do blood test cos if my BP is abnormal, other 3 (empat sekawan) may also join in the fun inside my body, ie diabetics, the other two..... i didnt hear laioooooooo.... Maybe E can help to fill in the balance two.....

Well, life still goes on... dont worry..... as long as we are happy, and stays happy.... Que sera sera.. whatever will be will be........ Given the choice, I will still carry on makaning.........

See you gals.......

From S (sickly)

Bandung too

Much as I’d like to give myself a pat on the back for an extremely well planned trip to Bandung, I would especially like to give the committee members a big hand for their tremendous help. To the rest of the group, we really appreciate their cooperation and contributions for making this trip such a fun filled, enjoyable and successful trip. They were punctual to the point of being early, very cincai, easy to get along with, very accommodating and open to suggestions. All in all, I must say that this trip was certainly fulfilling in all respects.

There were many anxious moments during the planning stages. E and I really put in a lot of effort, especially in the choice of hotel. Choosing a hotel not only meant right price, good location, clean but none of those converted from shop-lots kind. It included picking the correct website or source to make your reservation, because not every website offers the same rates for the same hotel. Some bloggers had shared in their postings that even though reservations were made and confirmed prior to their arrival in Bandung, there were many instances when rooms were not available upon arrival. This was very worrying … Of course we could always find another hotel if the rooms we had booked were not available but that would have been time consuming… and time was something we did not have enough. This was an extremely short trip meant for shopping, shopping and more shopping and NOT to be wasted on looking for a replacement hotel. Anyhow, we did the best we could, took a lot of advises from sites like virtual tourists etc and left the rest to fate.

Thankfully, as E said, the travel company we hooked up with gave us 1st class services. Jack from Total Transport booked the hotel as well as provided us with transport during our visit. He even recommended us where to eat and every suggestion came with an estimate on how much the food would cost. Food was surprising cheap but tasted good even though the places we went for dinner looked pretty exclusive… I have never been adventurous where food is concerned but Bandung’s suited me fine.

E’s friends were all housewives, slightly older than us and I was wondering if we could get along. They turned out to be pretty nice and right from start, we managed to hit it off. Pauline was appointed treasurer and did an excellent job. (clap clap!!) We did a costing and believe it all not, airfare/accommodation/food & transport came up to just below RM500.00! (clap ..clap.. can go again!)

Since E did such a good job telling us about the trip, no point for me to repeat la. I’d like to thank E for her help though. I went with a noble intention to get clothes for the nephews and nieces but what do I know about teenage fashions or brands, for that matter? (The clothes I wear all hand-me-downs or bought from Thailand-mah!) I would have ended up buying those loose fitting male type T-shirts for both nephews and nieces alike but fortunately E gave me lots of tips on what attires young girls would like. I believe my nieces are very happy - got new clothes to wear wo, somemore branded stuffs wo, and the best part, no need to pay one-leh.

Pauline was a great help too. She helped me figure out what size T-shirts to buy for Mei Cheng. (Hers should be 1 size bigger than Pauline.) She helped with my selection for men’s wear ie. whether the quality was good etc… as well as clothing for tiny tots. She would tell me that Baby Gap is considered “branded” along with 1 brand that sounded like “Omigosh”. Hmm... even as she was the one preventing E from overbuying, she also stopped me from buying a windbreaker.... Aiyo,,, regret I didnt buy-lah.

Anyway ... Thank you .. thank you. Everyone contributed in making this 1 hell of a fun trip... and we can’t wait for Air Asia’s next offer….

P/S.. I think I deserve the steamboat treat.... everything went so smoothly...

F