H1N1 Trouble

Finally completed 4 rows of nite shifts... SHAG SHAG SHAG!
Whole nite busy with IV antibiotics...
Luckily no massive admissions.



Today is my sleeping day,
and tomorrow back to work in the afternoon.. ARGH
All cause I requested off days on thurs to sat...
SO have to delay my off days this week.
Double SHAG!



H1N1 is seriously affecting many ppl,
including myself!!!

It is affecting me badly because many plans are postpone or badly affected!

- Ming is quarantine in camp for dunno how long, with thousands of NS guys I guess..?
- Problems to our bangkok trip
---> His leave slot cannot be confirmed due to H1N1
---> Thailand is one of the top affected country, which we need to quarantine ourself 5 to 7 days after the trip. And I do not want to waste my leave slot to stay at home. STUPID LOR!



So we decided to go Taiwan instead....
=)
Even better, I thought.



But..
We had already booked the hotel in bangkok long time back!
What a JOKE. haha



So... how??
Where shd we go?
Actually...
I'm happy with either place...
SO long I can get out of this small dot.



looking forward to my AL in august =)

Bangkok or Taiwan?

bangkok,
taiwan,
bangkok,
taiwan...??


Final decision--> Bangkok.



Back to the original plan after a big round haha.

Transformers

I can't stop grinning standing infront of the ATM yesterday hohohohoho.
And that shopaholic me was back for that day.
Bought short jeans, another pair of shoe, bag & dress at Orchard.
Sinful.
And I shocked CF with the huge shopping bag haha.



Wanted to watch transformers or ghosts of girlfriend's past at Orchard...
And what?
FULL HOUSE from 7pm to 11pm onwards...
OMG



Went to AMK Cathay,
and holy....
Also selling super duper fast.
Ended up first row for 1015pm slot...
OMG.



Watched Transofrmers, 2.5 hours.
Must watch, despite the fact we were sitting in the front row.



4 rows of night shifts again...
ARGH, I dislike weekends nite!

Ladies Nite

Helen feels like clubbing again.
Drink, dance and laugh!
haha

Shop, eat, spend @ Tampines

Went to Tampines for lunch and some shopping...



After 45 mins of aimless walk,
finally settled on fish n co.


My new york fish n chips


and seafood platters for 2




I am not a platter- lover actually.



I only love fresh seafoods.
And we will definitely re-visit the seafood paradise by the sea in Thai soon =)
Cheap, huge, and superlicious!
Can't wait.... wohoho



And shopping today was kinda fruitful..
Vest, belt, red shoe...
And a new membership card from Osmose...
hoho.



Tomorrow is the BIG B day!!!!
Can't wait! =)




I want my hair to be a little longer...
And I will PERM it.
=)
I like curls than straights.

So Sweet!

My favorite remark nowadays....
Especially when someone does something for me.... whether it's significant or not.
And I mean it.
I can't think of any better words to thanks them =)



So the next time I say so sweet to anyone,
it means everything =)

Jovial's first tooth

Sis showed me this when I reached home today...








Jovial's first tooth =)
Like babies.. haha.

KIV carry forward Bangkok's trip to August instead.
To be confirmed....



Yesterday's dinner was hard to digest.
Kinda dinner session always cause butterflies in my stomach.

Singing Therapy

Yesterday stayed in AMK for a whole day with CF and Liz...
Went for k- high tea @ AMK branch...
Sing, sang, sung from 2pm to 7pm...

Followed by movie- Blood: The Last Vampire.
Definitely worth worthing...
Much better than drag me to hell hoho.

We were surrounded by extreme cold air wherever we go.
Ended up with piping hot meal to warm our body @ Ichiban =)

And I had my favourite salmon sukiyaki!




TOday, went for another round of singing @ Hougang K box in the evening, again.
Siao ar?
We walked back home... nearly an hour walking distance.
THat journey back home seemed fast as I listened to her love story.



And I feel sad for her. once again.




You are ur own destiny creator.
You reap what u sow.

One more post before I sleep

Jovial has grown bigger... and longer.
Like my grandma's dog, ball ball,
he likes to sit, and lie on my lap...
So swwweeeetttt...

And I love having dog's soft fur on my bare leg...
So comfortable haha.









I read in wikipedia, Corgi have title of 11th place in 'World's Smartest Breeds'.
Oh well...
But he is not getting any smarter for the time being,
because his owners are not doing proper training frequently..
SO far, I only got to teach him 'no, seat, jump, go & come'.
And he understood when I said 'no biting, naughty boy, good boy and gai gai'.
Haha.... I shd make full use of my free time to teach him more human language.



To side track....
Few days back Sis Lee & tini asked if I'm interested in advanced diploma..
The October intake is open for application soon....
I am so excited... yet uncertain.
Because... I don't want it to clash with my Nov plan!!! HAHA
Stupid la...
To forfeit schooling because of Nov trip, which I am not that stupid also...
Either way, I would carry forward the bangkok trip,
or I would skip 1 to 2 days of sch for that trip... =p
......................................
Okay, that is provided if the application is successful...
If I am not accepted, I will try next yr Jan intake--> which is much prefer because I can travel in Nov for sure!


But the probability of being accepted is also 50-50 chance,
because I am trying for medical- surgical course,
instead of gerontology.
Sis Lee said need at least a yr experience in surgical ward if I were to chose med-sur.
However I only have 2 yrs experiences in medical ward & none in surgical...
So... kinda high hope ar?
Will still try anyway =)

Dreams do come true when u least expected it to

I mentioned in my previous post 'no mid-year bonus for civil servants this year',
and my colleagues, nursing friends from other hospitals are disappointed like me.


Few days back, we received a letter from our CEO and it was read out during roll call.
WE WILL RECEIVE OUR MID-YEAR BONUS!!!!
WOOHOO!!!!
And no less.
=)
I'm not sure if that applies to the other hospitals and sectors..
Let's hope all nurses & doctors will receive their FAIR share of bonuses altogether.
That counts for a celebration =)



June is my favourite month of the year, always have been.



Few days back I had a mini 'marathon' with my young patient in the ward....
HE dashed to the other end of the corridor and down the back staircase to level 1...
Thanks goodness my male colleagues from that station managed to pin him down eventually...

And today, he was doing an upright 'falling statue' on the bed...
What I saw was, 10 nurses and doctors surrounded the bed to support and pull him backwards.
OMG.

Ppl said nursing is challenging as we are dealing with sick n nonsensical patients.
That's right and I like the fact that it's never boring at work.
2 years at work, and I learnt a lot.
Importantly, they r beneficial to body n mind =)
I am glad I chose this path.

My birthday celebration @ virtual world- Part 3

I thought this yr's bday ming will not be able to celebrate with me on the actual day due to NS.



But we still did.
Virtually =)
A hand-made video clip,
hand-made bday cake,
hand-made red wine,
and a bday song.




romantic
LOLZ
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Remembered I mention of buying panasonic lumix few months back?
No, I didn't buy it.
And ming told me not to...
now I know why..



My bday gift from him...
camcorder...
video cum camera--> 2 in 1.
=)




I feel so blessed....
Yet, ashamed of myself.
Past few days I grumbled when he was late or postpone our meeting time.
Now I know, he was actually preparing for my bday...



P.S. I love u


I need to go for 'anger management class',
to control my temper.
Cf, set a time asap k =)

My 22nd Birthday celebration @ Cafe Cartel- Part 2

On the day of my bday,
went for afternoon tea with sis and mum...
Their treat....



Evening time met up with friends @ work,
and they treated me for dinner..
so sweet -_-



Photos while waiting for food to be served =)



kai, lina, pam n myself



our expression so funny lol

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Then came the sweet surprise after main course..
=)

Unexpected!!
It was so nicely plan that the usual alert me actually never suspect anything throughout!
I'm so touched!!!!!! *_*''''


love u guys!!


Take 1...


Take 2...




With lovely kai...



with my bengawan-solo partner


and my twin's sista!




they make my day!! =) love u all!!

End of part 2.

My 22nd birthday @ Changi Village -Part 1

Last Sunday went to Changi Village for advanced bday celebration.
We had seafood!!
My all time favourite!

It's photos time!!

Easy lifting..


let me intro the 2nd pair...
JJ and Sharon...






Stamford raffles duplicates



I scared everybody with my loud, sharp scream...
Have u guys forget my screaming is deafening??
I have height phobia okay...

I thought I would drop anytime... The sudden height gave me shakes...
but ming said 'i will not let u fall'...
=)
But I was still scared. haha.

powerpuff gals!


The gals power...






End of part 1.

Birthday Cakes

This yr birthday is unexpectedly lovely =)
Birthday wishes from bf, unexpected ppl, long-time-no-contact friends, close friends, lovely friends @ work, and even ppl i used to dislike (OOPSssss).
I have to say that really makes my day even better =)



This yr I have 3 birthday cakes,
from diff origin, diff ppl, diff places, and diff flavours =)



Firstly is this tiramisu cake from sweet secrets.
Which was a total surprise from my 'twin sis', pam, and kai =)




Followed by strawberry shortcake from four leaves.
Every birthday must be accompanied with birthday cakes to make it a whole, which is a tradition in my family =)




And not forgetting the hand-made bday cake from yingming private limited =)

Not edible, or touchable.
But that was the sweetest cake I ever had.
See, there's even candles to represent my age,
and 3 strawberries at the side.
Lovely =)



Honestly,
there are times like now I wondered what had I done to deserve such lovely ppl in my life.
Maybe I had done a lot of good things without knowing it??? LOLZ!!

I'm not afraid of sweet dreams anymore

Now I believe, dreams do come true.
And I am assured there will be 4yrs, and 5yrs together =)



Tonight I will have a good nite sleep.



When I thought this is the worse birthday ever,
it turned out to be the sweetest, and most memorable.


I realise the importance of him after this 1 day episode.
Silly it sounds.
So much of emotions for only 1 day.
It signifies how much we need each other after a day of separation.
This is the shortest 'break-up' I ever known of.
And the last.



Th 3 yrs curse do not exist =)

I hope to have nightmares instead of sweet dreams every night. I don't want a happy ending in my dreams. Because dreams never come true.

Can I sleep n regard nothing has happened?

I was tired but couldn't sleep whole nite.
My pillow, blanket wet with own tears.
Forgotten when was the last time such things happened. 3 yrs ago maybe?



3 yrs was long.
I thought there should be 4th yr, 5th yr and so on.



Last yr this date I was eagerly preparing for my 21st bday.
Yet today is a twist.



3 yrs, and I realised ur definition of love is wickedly simple.
3 yrs, and u don't understand the meaning of love.
3 yrs, only to conclude the r/ship will bear no fruits.
This is the 3yrs curse.

3 years curse

I dreamt of tomb stone 2 days ago.
I asked my friends what does it signify?
Now I know.

Someone dearest to u will leave.

I walked up 11 storyes to my door steps.
My heart was stabbed and it hurts a lot.
Each step I took was agony.
I wished my tears could stop flowing.



I wished when I woke up tomorrow morning,
someone will tell me it's a birthday prank.



I had forgotten how painful it felt like...
I thought it would not happen again.



3 years curse.

I may have a lot of things..
but I have too, lost many.

Seng Kang swimming complex

Woke up early on a saturday morning to swim at the complex opposite my house with mum, sis and yong.
Yong went for his weekly swimming classes,
while sis n I went for more SLIDES.







We thought this was child's play after having gone through those humongous rides in wild wild wet.
We were WRONG.
Our heart almost gave way and we screamed our way down... OMG!!!
THAT WAS SO THRILLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hahahahahhahahaha.



Mum said swimming can de-stress oneself.
We corrected her.
The fastest n efficient way of de-stressing is to sit on those slides.
=)

No bonus?!?!?!?!?!?

Guess some of you have already heard the news..

No mid—year bonus for civil servants this year

It's so demoralising!!!!!!
I hate this!
ARGH!


My past year hard work,
my month end's eagerness,
and solid cash is dashed!!!



WTH!

Happy advance father's day =)

4 rows of night shifts over,
sleeping day and 2 days off =)
yeah.



After work on our last nite,
went for breakfast and visited Sis Janet in her office with Azliya, Rahsa and Pam..
Life in ward is NOT GOOD without her around.
Our station complement letters had dropped from 20 every month, to only 4.
pathetic.
I missed her presence, her encouragement to all the gals, fun loving personality and the power she holds.
Difficult patients were easily resolved by her then.
Now? sigh.
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Father's day is nearing, and we celebrated in advance at Long Beach East Coast just now.
Seafood, our love!

Ordered the set menu for 6, (include chili crabs, black pepper crabs, drunken prawns, veg, steamed fish, 3 mixed platters, and dessert).
And followed by Alaskan king crab.
KILLER.
That crab itself cost $78 per kg promotion rate. (original price was $128 per kg, imagine that!)
And the size we chose was nearly 3kg, which cost $234!!!!
SUPER SINFUL.


this is the alaskan crab. huge not?


The meal was fabulicious indeed...
SLURP SLURP.

Then comes the bill.
$522 AFTER 20% discount.
HEARTACHE
Divided among sis, bro in law and myself.




Yong and i sat in ming's van back home...
while parent's sat in sis's car...
We reached home first.... BUT forgotten to bring the keys.
Had to wait outside till the next batch arrive -_-''



I always tell mum she is very fortunate.
Daughters whom always bring her out to shop,
eat at nice places,
and even sing at k box...
On occasions like mother's day and bday,
the whole family will go for nice dinner and buy her lovely presents.

Sis n I even chipped in to buy a massage chair for her on her bday last yr,
ain't she pamper??
And she doesn't even need to do much house chores, with a maid around.

Tai tai's life, I told her.
But she does deserve all these...
She worked, sweated, and suffered hardships when we were young then...
Now that we r working and have stable income,
it's only right for us to give her the best in her semi- retirement.



When I was young, I remembered mum popped me a question jokingly.
'Will u send me to old folk's home when I am old some day?'
I laughed and assured her that it will never happen.