Woke up with fever and therefore all plans to go out for open houses had to come to a halt. :(
Mum, Aunty Alice and Jeff went to Menggatal Nyuk Pau in Nountun for ‘Ngau Chap’. I only had ‘Mi Goreng’ for brunch.
Rested almost the whole day. The weather has been super hot and humid.
That is why I never take annual leave to stay home.
From around midnight last Saturday night until the wee hours of this morning, I have been having diarrhea nine times. They exclude the three morning calls on Sunday morning, yesterday morning and this morning.
I am having tummy upsets. Whatever I had been eating would just come out automatically.
Last night after dinner when I felt the urge again, I quickly ate an anti-diarrhea pill.
Today at work I took another one. So far I do not have anymore tummy upsets.
I hope I can eat more during this CNY to replenish all that had gone out from my system.
Tonight after I finished dinner, mum asked me whether I am still coughing.
I told her I am still coughing once a while. But eating the pineapple almost the whole of last week esp. having two big slices late last Friday night did the trick.
She said I am totally absurd, too ‘wai sek’ (like to eat too much). Haha
I am coughing less today.
The irony of this is the fact that I had potato chips and ground peanuts before I went to dreamland last night. I was thinking these junk food may have reverse effect on the coughing and they did.
This morning I heard someone called my name at work. My Prudential Insurance Agent dropped by to pass me a diary. The diary this year is the same colour as last year's ie. red to the maximum.
Time for me to start using it to jot down some notes.
I was jolted up from slumber at 6.16a.m. this morning. Was wondering once again why the alarm clock did not make noise. This time round I did not even switch it on. Duh
I am definitely not having a great start to the first week of a new decade and new year. I must have been too tired last night to remember to do it.
For this first week of the new year, I have been going to sleep early, getting at least 7 hours of sleep and spending less time on the internet. Hopefully I can keep this up for the rest of the year. I am still aiming for 8 hours of sleep per night though.
As I still have not received any diary or calendar from two of my insurance agents, today I enquired whether they intend to give me one. Nowadays in order to save cost, they would try their best to pretend that their clients do not need one unless clients like me who wants to demand their rights. Actually what is the diary or calendar compared to the amount of business I give them? Peanuts really.
This evening before I left work, I called Cathay Cineplexes to enquire whether they show the movie ‘Avatar’ in 3D. Unfortunately they do not. Hmmm I really wish I can watch it in 3D.
Yesterday I did not dare to cut the dead skin off cos it hurts a little.
Therefore I did it this morning after my shower.
Second bandaid
Third bandaid
And this is why the bandaids look the way they do.
But I made sure I go back to the conventional ones. Bought them this afternoon at Servay Hypermarket while grocery shopping.
I asked the salesgirl at the counter for another pack. She said they were all sold out. Oh my, bandaids also selling like hotcakes.
Had two sandwiches at 11a.m. and another two at 3p.m. Did not have lunch due to lack of appetite. Did not have any hot drink as well.
Still coughing but the sore throat is vanishing. Have been taking Western and Chinese medicines, though not at the same time.
After work at 5p.m. went to Khidmat Supermarket and bought some bandaids.
Did not know how they look like until I take one out after shower to put on the wound.
Found out today another friend is suffering from cancer. She was about to retire to enjoy life but is having a relapse. Doctor diagnosed her to be at the 4th stage. :(
The electricity supply stopped coming at 4a.m. I woke up instantly while some people can just sleep through the two hours ordeal.
I went downstairs and looked at the fuse box. One of the switches was pointing downwards and therefore I tried to make it to go upwards but to no avail. I waited another 15mins and tried again. Once again I failed.
Due to the lack of air, I could not sleep. When mum and Aunty Alice woke up around 6a.m., Aunty Alice managed to make the switch went up again.
After that I went back to dreamland and woke up at 8.20a.m. but with throbbing migraine.
After washing up, I finally cooked the Jumbo size Mi Goreng. It tasted yummy but the portion was not as big as I would have thought.
As much as I hope to be in Canaanland Celebration, I had to abandon the idea. I was simply not fit to drive and did not want to take the risk. I informed my team as well as those that needed to be informed.
All throughout the day, I slept on and off. I did not leave the house.
By dinnertime, mum was asking how I could have survived with just a pack of noodles in my stomach the whole day.
One thing I am always thankful for is that my stomach can eat a lot and it can also live without food for hours, though it is unhealthy to do so.
I did not realise I woke up with red eyes as I was too engrossed with my online scrabble game and managed to make a bingo word.
I only realised when I looked at the mirror as I was about to start brushing my teeth. I quickly had the ‘business’ done.
I prayed that God would heal me instantly. Went back to lie on the bed for 5 minutes after putting on some eye drops.
When I looked into the mirror again, the eyes had improved. By the time I finished shower, my eyes were clear once again. PTL for healing me.
I went with Monica Leong to Karamunsing Complex after lunch fellowship in Canaanland Celebration.
There were so cars eyeing for parking bays and even after making two rounds, she still could not find one. So I suggested we went a bit further away and found a parking bay.
We went to Bata Shoes to see if I can buy any shoes. If I only buy when I need them, then I can expect not to find any because my shoes size is 3 and therefore this size is particularly non-existent.
I only saw one pair I like and asked the salesgirl to look for a size four for me. She told me to wait because she had to go to the store to look for them. After trying on the shoes, they fitted me fine and I decided to buy them.
When I went to the cashier to pay, I talked to the man who was minding the till. I asked him whether he was the boss and he said he is an employee. He asked me what I wanted.
I told him I wanted to share with him my experience when I went to the same shoes shop in Giant Kolombong recently. I told him the salesgirls did not want to serve me and before I finished asking them a question, they already answered me ‘No’. They made me felt as if I was intruding into their conversation. He told me I was not the first customer to complain about the shop. In fact the day before when the big boss was with him, they were talking about the same problem. Then he apologised on behalf of the shoes shop. I told him I would not be going back to that shop anymore and he told me I am always welcome at this shop.
We did some window shopping before going to 2F, Signature Store and Monica bought some light bulbs from there. I did not even know that there is a lighting shop there.
Before coming home, I went to Servay Hypermarket to get some groceries.
I went brisk walking again and before I started the walk, I saw three neighbourhood kids on the bicycles again. When they saw me, they quickly left.
There were more people exercising this evening and I managed to do seven rounds in 55mins.
I have been feeling lethargic almost this whole week. And I was having slight fever earlier on the week. Three colleagues and two at home are coughing. I decided to have a break and not work in the afternoon.
On the way home, I decided to take away some food instead of coming home to cook.
The shop which sells these prawn noodles used to operate near my office but they moved to another area nearby when the shop owner they were renting from decided not to operate during the day time.
I only poured half of the soup into the bowl. Otherwise I would not be able to take a snapshot of the whole thing and the soup would cover the noodles and the ingredients.
The soup was so concentrated and yummylicious. The "keow teow" (flat rice noodle) was cooked to the right texture. The prawns though small in size were fresh. The ‘kangkung’ (water spinach) was overdone though and therefore the colour was a bit out but still tasted fine. The half hard boiled egg and bean sprouts were just perfect. Everything combined together to make one gastronomical affair.
Shrimp Paste
Mixture of Soup with Shrimp Paste
Yeah this is the type of food I eat when I want to boost some cholesterol counting in my system.
After my one hour nap, I was pleased to see the weather cleared up and went for 57mins of brisk walking around the neighbourhood after one whole week off. I enjoyed the walk and took time to admire all God’s wonderful creation – the sky with its changing clouds formation, the sun set, the birds chirping in the air, the trees and the plants.
On my sixth round, I also saw six neighbourhood kids riding on their bikes approaching. At first they left me alone. Then they started to take turns to encircle around me. I did not react. Further on, they tried to repeat the same thing but my eyes stared at the two who were trying to approach me. They got scared and aborted the idea. Then the whole gang left. I was left in peace again.
(These kids reminded me of my childhood as well (though not the bullying part. We never bully anyone).
When I attended school in the morning, afternoon time was spent playing with the neighbourhood kids. The games we played included the following.
1. Rounders (adapted to our liking ie. using our hand instead of bat).
2. Marbles (Yes, I was once the Queen of this game).
3. Using skipping rope made out of rubber bands, there were plenty of jumping and skipping games we could play using the rope.
4. Catching small fishes inside the shallow drains.
5. 'Stepping aeroplane' game.
6. Stone pebbles game.
7. Police and thieves.
Ah the joy of growing up ...)
Yesterday and today my work production rates were so much better.
I hope to finish one major assignment by the weekend. I have been trying to delay doing it for a week since it is not that urgent. But now I have to face reality and get on with it.
After work, went brisk walking around the neighbourhood for 40mins and did 4 rounds – the slowest time since I started on 1 June 2009.
Today my work production rate was one that I was not proud of. I was basically letting time to pass by. I do not know whether the weather had anything to do with it. I was feeling lethargic again. And I drank more water than usual.
After work I went to Khidmat Supermarket to buy bread and some other stuffs. When I arrived home, the time was already 6.45p.m.
I quickly changed into my sports gear and went brisk walking around the neighbourhood again. Eventhough I only managed to walk for 20mins (the sky was completely dark by 7.10p.m. and I had to rely on the street lights), I felt good afterwards.
When I was having my shower, I discovered that I was kissed four times by the mosquitoes though.
From now onwards, I hope I could go brisk walking around the neighbourhood every Tuesday and Thursday after work. And if time permits me during the weekend, I will venture up the hill. Otherwise if time is a constraint, then I will settle for the brisk walking around the neighbourhood.
I did not do much today. Woke up late since I did not go to dreamland until 2.30a.m.
Was on the internet before having brunch. Just as I finished washing up, Sophia Tsen called up to ask whether I wanted to go to Maple Café for lunch.
I read a bit after lunch but the hot weather made me fell asleep while reading. Had a good snooze before waking up to have two pieces of sandwiches.
Before I went out of the house to go to Bukit Padang, I checked the temperature in my room and it was 31 degrees Celcius.
This time I started hiking using the longer route alone around 4.10p.m. CTY had gone back to Teluk Intan two days ago for twelve days break.
These were the beginning of the stairs leading up to the mini hill which I used last Sunday
The Water World is very near the stairs leading up to the longer route
The stairs leading up to the longer route
The longer route leading up to the mini hill
I reached the top of the mini hill at 4.50p.m. I was still breathing hard but as least I did not feel as tired as using the stairs six days ago. I sweated a lot and my t-shirt was wet.
I rested for about ten minutes at the top of the mini hill before hiking up the top.
The longer route leading up to the top
These old men said hello to me as they were going downhill using the longer route
View at almost the top
I arrived at the top at 5.20p.m. and rested for about ten minutes before going downhill using the longer route I came up from, instead of using the stairs as I did last Sunday.
View at the top
View at the top
View at the top
Going downhill
I met Dr. Christine Lee’s dad as I was about to reach the top of the mini hill. He is such a fit gentleman, 69y.o. who goes hiking almost everyday and each time hiked around five times up the mini hill using the stairs and to the top as well. On April Fool’s Day this year, he conquered
Further on I met Ar. Steven Fung’s wife (forgot her name) and their son. We chatted a bit.
Sunset as I was about to reach downhill
As I proceeded to go down hill from the mini hill using the longer route I came up from, I met Robert Sheen. I chatted with him the longest.
Once again I thank God I do not feel tired and my body is not painful.
