Lena's Diary: July 2009

July 28, 2009

Mum's too skinny...

This morning brought Mum for her annual polyclinic visit at the Queenstown Wellness Community Centre.

Aiyo... she's so skinny lei.... 29.2 kg.....that's even lighter than G... But hor... her appetite is very good one... how come lei?

Where was the last time I had such weight? I think in Sec school days... and now, in my current state, I've have almost doubled-up liao... haiz...

High Cholestrol......oh dear......

On last Wed night, MIL felt very uncomfortable... she felt numb on the right part of her body from head to toe.

Rushed her to the nearby midnight clinic, and her BP at the clinic was 170... Doctor 'ordered' that I should bring her to the NUH's A&E immediately...

Took a cab down and by the time reached NUH was already 11 pm.

One thing...the moment we stood in front of the registration counter, must pay $90 liao in order to get to see the doctor....

MIL was asked to take her BP reading again, and it was 186... oh dear... y like that?

The nurse suggested to let MIL rest in the waiting area to get to see the doctor, whereas I have to sit outside... couldn't get to accompany her... so lonely and cold....

By the time MIL was attended by the doctor, it was already 2 am, and doctor informed that MIL needed to be warded for further observation.

BIL arrived at 2.30 am, and then, we discussed and did the admission for MIL...

When we got to see MIL, she looked fine again as she was given medication to lower her BP...

There was another long waiting time before she was escorted to her ward...

By then, already 4 am liao...

Then got to wait for the doctors to come to her ward, ask questions again, and then also had to answer another set of questionnaire by the nurse... wau lau eh.... very tired lei....

We could see MIL was feeling better compared to the earlier night... phew....

On Thursday, she was sent for brain scan/x-ray, and doctor replied that the result did not show any signs of clotting or deficiency with her brain. Then doctor decided to do a cholestrol check for her on Friday morning.

And true enough, the discomfort that MIL felt was due to high cholestrol...and MIL nearly got mild stroke because of that...

When she was discharged on Friday, she took a good rest, and ate very light food... She admitted that age is catching up, and her body resistance has reduced, and body system also not functioning well liao...

So, we suggested that she should work harder on getting more exercise to reduce her bad cholestrol...

And indeed, for the past few days, she has been waking up early in the morning, and going down to our neighbouring exercise park to step 'stones'...

She'll stay healthy! Long Live!

Settled Down @ New Office

Officially started working in my office wef 20 July 2009!

Worth remembering this.............

The 'Pantry-Committee'

July 21, 2009

Shifting to my New Office

For the past 2 weeks, have been busy with the packing up of my office, plus disposing of unwanted stuff.... Very shack.... very tired.....

Finally, today is the 2nd day settling down at my new office...

Goodbye my old desk at level 6... have been sitting here for about 8 years....

Welcome to my new desk at level 16.... how many years will I get to sit here.....?

Like this new workspace... longish and more spacious and bright!
Good view of the Old Town Hall Building, Teban Garden Estate, International Business Park, IMM and all the way to the Buona Vista... can see our project - the Fusionopolis!

Racial Harmony Day

Today is the Racial Harmony Day.

All children are encouraged to wear their traditional costumes to school!

GK were excited this morning, as this is their first time wearing such kinda costumes to school!

And these costumes are chosen by themselves, from Chinatown, $22 per set.

‘酱‘够夸张吧！

家婆去了一趟广和兴酱园的工厂，花了89元，搬了这些回来。。。真是吓了我老公一跳！

这是间老字号的酱油厂，所生产的酱料都不上架, 只能亲自到工厂购买，拨电或网上订购，由老板亲自送货到家门。。。

http://www.kwh.com.sg/cfm_mainpages/index.cfm

目前，家婆尝试了这品牌的酱油和酱青，还有豆酱，都觉得相当不错! 赞！

July 12, 2009

就这样走了。。。

今早，跟家婆走了一趟5头巴刹。向往常一样，光顾熟悉的鱼摊－肥婆auntie.

发现她近来瘦了。。。

这时发现uncle不在，也因为很久没有看到他了，便随口问了auntie,

“uncle 今天没来吗？”
（顿了一会儿）“他去极乐世界享福去了。。。”
（愣了一下）“哦，是几时的事？”
看着她眼眶开始泛红，我也顿时不知所措。。。
“还没过七七。。。”
“是生病吗？”
“细菌感染。。。没几天就走了。。。”
这时我俩都几乎快滴下泪了。
我不知该如何安慰她了，只好以一句“节哀顺变”来结束这段话。
付了钱，auntie在找回零钱给我时，对我说了声，“谢谢你的关心。”

我走向坐在不远处的家婆，流着泪水，告诉了她。

她也傻愣了一下。。。“太突然了。”
我问家婆是否要上前去，她说：“不要了。我是过来人，我能了解她现在的心情。”
我们坐在一旁，望着独自站在鱼摊的auntie。。。
喧闹的湿巴刹与她的落寞心情和表情成了很大的对比。。。

对auntie,一个曾经陪伴了二三时几年的老伴。。。走了。。。

而我所对uncle剩有的记忆，就是那张和蔼慈祥，又满是笑容的脸孔了。。。

A Value Meal @ the United Square Food Court

Was at United Square Food Court on 5 July 09, and ordered a meal from the Western food stall...

Just $10 for this meal... A chicken chop, a spaghetti , 2 mushroom cream soup, 2 pieces of garlic bread and 2 wantons...

Cheap... but quality of the food... so so only...

Singapore Flyer

On 27th June, Dad wanted to bring GK out for the Transformers movie to 'commemorate' the closing of the June school holidays for GK.

Coincidentally, received an SMS from Annie asking if we were keen visit the Singapore Flyer as she was having 4 free tickets which would be expiring by 30 June. Dad proposed that we should ride on this opportunity to visit Singapore Flyer then go for the movie...

And yes! We onboarded the world's largest Observation Wheel which stands 165m high, and caught a visual 360° view of the iconic and historical landmarks and views from the Marina Bay to the Singapore River, Raffles Place, Merlion Park, Empress Place and the Padang as well as the Marina Barrage!

Really Spectacular! I feel proud of this.............Well done, Singapore!