Pain Pain

Ouch Ouch Ouch.... Pain pain...

Just came back from a treatment from Chinese physician (马光). Thought I had get prepared for the pain which my sister described to me but still ended up rolling and curling up as I cannot endure the pain.

The physician really spare no chance and kept pressing on the points which I almost jumped out of the bed. Luckily, we are the last 2 patients. Otherwise, think everyone outside will be scared off by me. Shouting for leniency from beginning till end of the therapy. Phew... finally its over. Really cannot "tahan" the pain. The physician said that without pressing on those points, it will not help to recover. I went for this therapy due to recently, my thumb and index finger are feeling numb and pain. The physician caught me off guard and just press hard on those points whenever he could. Wow!

He asked me if I dare to go back to him. I smiled but still pondering whether I dare or not. Ha ha... My sister had her therapy before me. She can endure pain better than me and tried not to shout/scream (don't want to scare me) but ended up still did it as she cannot control.

There were 5 patients before our turns and all (really all) of them did scream for pain. Imagine how 无情 is the physician. 2 of them are man and they shouted for pain!!! I need to take care of my hand and wrist. My problem can be either due to neck/shoulder or wrist.

Shall try not to type continuously for long period of time and do some hand exercise during the breaks. Don't play play uh.

I may be limping tomorrow as I was told that my body will feel aching tomorrow.

Mooncakes

Only this morning then I realised that the mooncakes festival is on this coming Saturday. Initially, I thought the day is next week. So blur...

Starting from yesterday, our section is so busy with sending mooncakes to our customers. This is the routine task we need to do yearly. 3 busy festivals (X'mas, Chinese New Year and Mooncakes Festival). Lucky for me that I only need to settle 3 of my customers. The rest my colleagues will settle. Ha ha...

Went for massage this afternoon and my body feels lighter. I have numbness on my right thumb since last week and feels so much better after the massage. Tomorrow I will be going to see Chinese Physician and hope my pain/numbness will go away. This is most probably caused by clicking on mouse everyday. So uncomfortable.

Guess I have to use mouse lessor in order to solve my problem. Don't work??? How I wish I can. Hee hee...

Monday Movie time

I dragged myself to wake up this morning. Still feeling tired and seems forever not enough sleep. However, still have to go to work so slowly slowly crawled out of bed. Due to my laziness, I decided to ask my sister to go to work first while I took my own sweet time to get prepare. Since it is Monday and I had cleared majority of my work, I can reach office a little bit late.

Our colleague gave us a pair of movie ticket vouchers which will expired in end September. Since it left only few days for us to utilise them, we decided to watch it tonight. We chose "The Ugly Truth" which is a comedy and no wrong decision, this movie is a very funny show and made us laugh and laugh all the way. Great movie to end Monday with lots of laughter. It did include some adults contents but is real funny.

We had our dinner at LJS and by the time we finished, it was already 10.10pm. Initially we tried to dial for a cab but due to no taxi available around the area, we decided to take trains home instead of waiting for the cab. It may end up waiting longer than to take a train. I thought of alighting at Tanah Merah Station and get a cab from there, so as to avoid wasting time waiting for the feeder bus, but ended up alighting at Pasir Ris Station and took feeder bus as I was too engrossed in my DS game that I missed Tanah Merah Station. Therefore, by the time I reached home, it was already 11.30pm.

Shall better sleep as soon as possible otherwise I will have problem waking up in the morning.

Good nite.

2009 Singapore Grand Prix Winner

I am not really interested on Formula One races but since today is the final and there is live broadcast, I watched the whole event with my family members. In fact, I only know a few of the racers so of course only interested on their cars.

Lewis Hamilton got first without doubt. Last year he missed the championship and this year, he got it! Sad that Nico Rosberg got 11th as he had penalty due a mistake made after he came out of the pit. Otherwise, he may be one of the top 3. Too bad for him this time round.

So fast, the race came to the end and everything is back to normal.

Finale ~ Buzzer Beat

Watched the final episode of "Buzzer Beat". Uh.... it's over! Sooooo fast. Hope there will be SP version since the response for this drama is very good. Shall look forward for Yamapi's new drama.

Just felt that I have done nothing today. Did not go out for shopping as I am too tired to go out. Only went out for dinner at nearby coffee shop. We ordered 潮洲鱼头炉, pork ribs and tofu for dinner. Wow wow, the food is not too bad. First time eating this at this coffee shop where we usually buy breakfast/dinner.

Trying to watch Operation Love but seems getting some problem accessing it. Shall try again.

Its Saturday night, tomorrow will be last day of this week to enjoy before going back to work. So sad... How I wish more days for me to rest. :)

Zombie

I am so tired today that I felt like a zombie walking around office with panda eyes. Did not have enough sleep and the effect comes out today. My eyes are like being boxed and feel so pain. Tonight will have to sleep early.

Quite a lot of work to be done and ended up leaving office at around 9pm. Luckily I told 小珠 that I will definitely be tired after the trip hence better don't watch movie tonight. Otherwise, think I will be sleeping in the cinema. Ha ha...

We had our dinner at Subway. Ordered Teriyaki chicken sandwich but ended up with no Teriyaki sauce. This was because the lady who was queuing after me thought that it was her turn and asked for honey mustard sauce to be added on her Subway melt sandwich. Actual fact was honey mustard sauce was added onto my Teriyaki sandwich. Since it was already wrong and don't want the staff to waste the sandwich, I accepted it. Surprisingly it tasted good on this combination. :)

Back home at 11pm and after shower, just laid on the sofa for a while. Surf net for a little while now and shall shutdown soon. Will jump onto my bed straight!!!

Sleepy uh!

So tired and sleepy now. I took only 2 1/2 hrs sleep on Tues due to "mind too active" and could not get to sleep (not my bed and sleep alone...). Last night or rather to say this morning, I slept at 4.30am and woke up at 8am. My colleagues were playing games (penalty is to drink beer) till 3.30am before we dispersed back to own rooms. Most of them need to catch the am flight today. Surprisingly, heard all of them have no problem waking up early. Pro drinkers. Ha ha... By the way, I am the only one exempted from drinking. My colleagues are so good to me. :)

I will be flying back soon. Got to pack up and check out.

A drink at the lounge

Interesting team building event

Today we had our team building event in the morning. After the hearty breakfast, we proceed to George Town for our games. We were allocated to 4 different teams and whoever finished the tasks with the highest points will be the winner. There were quizzes that we need to answer by visiting some museums etc, learned how to make Kuah Tu Pak (Malay rice cakes) and competed with other teams on who could make more within 20mins, Sari competition etc. Very fun games which we need to travel around the small town by rickshaws. All of us enjoyed it but I did get some sun burnt due to the hot sun. However, it rained in the afternoon after our event. Lucky uh.

We had our lunch at a fine dining restaurant. Many of my colleagues found the food not very nice. However for me, as usual it tasted ok for me. Some of them purposely kept their stomach empty as quite a number of us chose to go for second round of food right after lunch. I followed as I did not want to feel nothing to do after coming all the way to Penang. Therefore, we headed for the famous Penang Char Kueh Tiao...

Did not have dinner tonight as we had too much during lunch time. We are going to party at our colleague's room and there are a lot of titbits there. So no worry that I will get hungry. Tomorrow we are taking flights back to Singapore. I am taking the evening flight hence have more time to do packing, eat breakfast and do whatever I want to do before heading to the airport at 2pm.

This team building event is good because we gather all our colleagues from other countries and really can mix around. Good time to build closer relationship instead of just communicating thru phone or emails.

Our 3 course lunch



Penang Ice-kacang

In Penang

This morning, I woke up at 5am and got prepared for my trip to Penang. Reached airport at 6.30am and checked in with my colleagues. Sad to hear from one of my colleague from Oman that he could not get on the plane due to visa problem. Hope we can see him tomorrow as our travel agency is helping him to do an urgent visa application.

I went for spa this afternoon. Good one as I requested for not so firm pressing kind. I am afraid of pain. Hee hee. Went for lunch at around 2.30pm and after that, head straight back to own room to do our work. Time flies and we met for team meeting at 6pm followed by BBQ buffet dinner. After the dinner, we went for some shopping around the hotel. Ended up buy nothing but ate the local food (ie Penang Char Kway Teow, Penang Wantan mee etc).

One of our colleague has open house for "party". He has a suite which is big enough for all to gather there. Poor guy... He is bullied to take this big room as nobody wants to have it since whoever taking this room will need to "open house" for all to go.

疲れた

Ouch Ouch Ouch!!!

My legs are so aching after so much walking today. Guess what??? I went to Singapore Bontanic Gardens with my parents and sister late am today.

We were talking about it last night as my mum is all along very keen to go to the Orchid garden. Since it is holiday today, we decided to make a trip there. Initially we thought of going there earlier as it will not be so hot but ultimately by the time we got ready and reached there, it was already around noon time. The weather was so hot and we were sweating like nobody's business even though we were using umbrellas.

There is a swan lake there but with only 4 swans. Ha ha... I told my sister that I saw more swans when I was in Switzerland (Lucern). This made me recalled my trip 2 years ago. Will go there again if there is chance.

We walked around for about two and a half hours without stopping and decided to take a rest at the foodcourt before leaving the garden. We had desserts there and were so happy that it made us cool down a lot. Went to Ion shopping mall as I yet to go there but found that nothing much for us to see. Stayed there for about one hour and headed towards Century Square at Tampines for early dinner. Still had some vouchers for Jack's place hence decided to have dinner there.

After the meal, both my sister and myself were not satisfied with the food. The standard dropped a lot and think we may not go there again for dinner. My sister still has one voucher left and I told her to pop by one of the days and has cakes there. Believe their cakes should still be ok.

Perhaps my legs are aching so much due to the shoe I wore today. I wore sandals and this caused discomfort when I walked too much. In future, need to wear more comfortable shoe. Due to this, I bought a pair of shoe at BHG. The design is not that trendy but it is very light and comfortable. Nowadays, comfort is most important to me. Design and $$$ come after it. Hee hee.

Have to sleep now as need to wake up early to catch 8.05am flight to Penang tomorrow.

じゃね

Relax

Relax Relax Relax

I stay at home today and just enjoy watching J-drama/movies. Do not feel like going out. Too lazy.

Plan to do some packing for my short trip to Penang later. May be going out tomorrow and do not want to be too rush to do last minute packing for Tuesday early morning flight at 8.05.

So pai seh to mention this. My luggage which I used for my August trip is still not kept properly. It is still lying around in my living room. Ha ha...

I just finished watching Shun Oguri's movie 车灵人. This is a horror movie. Initially I was using headphone but removed it as it was too scary for me to watch with the sound effect. I am getting more timid nowadays.

Testing 123

Just learnt how to update blog using email. Trying 1st one here. :)

Cozy day

Today's weather is very good. Rained in the afternoon which makes the day cozy. Stayed indoor watching TV and surfing net. Managed to watch Crows Zero again. Watched part of it last weekend and found it to be too noisy and all about fighting hence stopped watching halfway through. However, cannot get over it that why the reviews are so good and decided to watch it all over again.

After watching the whole movie, am glad that I "didn't give up" this one and watched it. Story is really not bad. I really liked the friendship among those guys. They expressed their "friendship" by fighting. Joined forces to achieve their goal. Shun Oguri really changed his usual "美男子" look and becomes a very "man" guy. Though I don't really like his this look but it fits the character he is acting. Can't resist and continued to watch Crows Zero II. Haruma Miura acts a small part in this movie but seems like possibility of getting him acts in Crows Zero III (if there is) is very high. He will be the next leader of the Hosen gang (风仙). Looking forward to his figher's look.

So happy that I have 2 more days to rest. How I wish we can just work 4 days a week and get 3 days rest. I must be dreaming uh...

No movies tonight

Today is the last day of our training. Finally!!! Due to the long hours of sitting and listening to the topics covered for these 3 days, I felt rather tired today. That is why I suggested to 小珠 not to watch movie tonight. Otherwise, we may be too tired and cannot enjoy the movie.

We went for dinner with our Taiwan colleague. She will be flying back home tomorrow and we had dinner at あかし restaurant at Vivo City. We ordered quite a number of dishes and enjoyed them slowly. As usual, I had a very full stomach in the end and stood all the way from Outram Park Mrt station till Pasir Ris. I am still feeling full now.

I should be staying at home tomorrow and rest. Will be having long weekends this week as Monday is a public holiday. Tuesday I will be flying to Penang as we are having a team building away day together with our overseas colleagues. Will be a big group and hope we enjoy the 3 days 2 nights there. Sad that I will not be able to be on the same return flight with most of my team members. I am the only one out among our team members. They are taking the morning flight and I am taking the evening flight. However, we are taking same flight to Penang so still not that bad. :)

Eventful day

Today I attended the second day of our training. Initially thought that it will be another day which I will have to try fighting against zzz bugs but surprisingly, the topics covered today are rather interesting to me and we had games after lunch which made us awake.

Good part was that lunch today was better than yesterday. Both 小珠 and I were happy with the food and enjoyed it. The buffet dishes we had yesterday were so-so only and I was not satisfied with the food which made me ate little only and got hungry in the evening. My sister said that usually the buffet dishes will get better and better each day. Now looking forward for tomorrow's lunch and hope it will not disappoint me. Ha ha... Free one also choosy.

Although we are attending training these 3 days, we still have to cover our own work. Had to clear emails during breaks and rushed back to office after the training to continue our work. Today it is a bit rush for me as we have team dinner at 6.30pm. Our new colleague based in Australia is here hence we threw a welcome dinner for him. At same time, our colleagues from Taiwan, Korea and Salalah are here too hence we just had a gathering at La Forketta restaurant located at Demsey Road.

I ordered seafood linguine for main course. The portion is big and I cannot finish the food. The linguine is a bit hard but the seafood are very nice. Initially did not order any dessert but my colleague told me that there is this home made dark chocolate ice-cream which I cannot resist. Ordered one and shared with my colleagues. This ice-cream is so rich and nice. Yummy...

Back home with full stomach again. So sinful... :)

PS : Took pictures but are a bit dark

Training

This morning, I reached office early at around 8.40am. My sister and I got out of house earlier as I need to reach office before 9am. Luckily, the traffic was good and hope next 2 days will be the same.

We had free sitting and 小珠 sat just beside me. Our table is at the front of the room and always had eye contact with the trainer. Ai yoh, didn't know that 小珠 really can fall asleep easily. She had lost control to her zzz bugs and really slept in the mid of the training. Thank goodness that after the lunch break, it was to play a game. Otherwise, not only 小珠 will sleep, think I will have problem fighting the zzz bugs. Ha ha... 2 more days to go. 加油!

I was so blurred yesterday that I missed to watch Buzzer Beat epi 10. Only today then I heard from 小珠 that she had already watched it yesterday night. Why I am so blur blur one...

Just read Takeru's blog. He had taken a photo with 小珠's 城田 優。Why Takeru looks so short here???


Have to rest early tonight. Need to get more rest so as to fight zzz bugs tomorrow.

おやすみ. じゃね.

Good news

Just received a confirmation from boss that my promotion is confirmed. However, we yet to know the effective date. Although the increment is not much (due to bad economy), at least I am still being "upgraded". Nowadays, it is not easy to get promoted in our company. Bosses have to give a lot of supportive reasons to justify the promotion. For this, I have to thank my team leader and section head for helping me. My another colleague is promoted to a higher grade too. She really deserves it. Now our boss is asking us for treats. Not one but two. Ha ha...

Rather tired today. Maybe I made myself "too busy" these 2 days while covering my colleague. Although I tell the rest that I cannot cope and will not cover much, in the end I still finish all up. That's me! Can't let go... Don't know whether it is good or bad.

Need to reach office early tomorrow as training starts at 9am. Just asked my sister if she can go office earlier tomorrow. Surprisingly she says ok. We will leave our house 15mins earlier and should be able to reach office at 9am.

Guess I cannot chase the next episode of Operation Love today as I am rather tired. I will definitely chase Buzzer Beat epi 10 if it is ready today. However, it is not updated in PPS yet. Shall wait till tomorrow then.

Oh yah. Just remembered that yesterday 小珠 showed me a very cheap airfare for Tokyo by Malaysia Airline. Round trip fare with just $398. So tempting...

Busy Busy

Real busy today. My colleague was on half day leave and I need to cover her duties plus my another colleague who is on 2 days leaves too. A bit panic when everything came together. Had to prioritise what to do first and managed to clear most of the things by 9.15pm. Stayed a bit late to clear them as I believe tomorrow will be busy day for me too. Will be on 3 days training so better do whatever I need to do as early as possible. :)

J-Drama time

Today, my niece came to our house as usual. She played for a while and started to do her homework. Was looking at her and found that she looked a bit moody. She was actually very tired and fell asleep after her mum asked her to take a nap. After she woke up, she was so chatty that I gave her a nickname "chatterbox". Her mood really swing easily.

Since I had finished watching Kurosagi drama and movie, I moved to watch Yamapi's another drama. Can't resist watching dramas he acted. Hence chose to watch Operation Love (プロポーズ大作戦) which was broadcasted in 2007. Completed second epi and so yearn to continue to the next, and next, and next... Guess next week will be another busy week for me. Ha ha...

So fast, tomorrow is Monday again. Will be attending 3 days training course from Wed to Fri. Believe will be hectic as need to clear work after the full day course each of the days. :)

Maggie Mee

Hello Saturday!!

My day started with a nice bowl of home-cooked maggie mee. This was my lunch which my mum cooked for me. Big prawns, fresh veggies, nice egg and nice soup. Yummy.

My sister went for an excursion organised by her church. Initially, she registered for me and my mum for the day excursion but due to overwhelm response, they limited to their own church members. Too bad lor. Shall join another time.

Left my mother and I to have dinner ourselves. My dad will have dinner with his colleagues. Since not many places we can go, we chose to go to Whitesands shopping mall. I decided to eat at Coffee Club as I still have the vouchers which need to finish up by early October. Same thing, I ordered the promotion sets. Only regret was that the softshell crab was quite saltish. The rest ok. My mum also thought the drink I orderd was guava juice. It was actually mango and banana blend. Same description as what 小珠 described earlier when she tasted it.

Pleasant day and the rest of the night, I continued to watch Yamapi's 诈欺猎人. He looked so cool in the movie in 2008.