Daily grinder(s)

Went to Northam today with Pip to work at a nursing home. *EEKS* No, I don't feel any excitment working in palliative area. That's why I've bought a ticket to Sydney and planned to relocate in May to work for a friend's private practice. Not sure why but I am not particularly over-excited as compared to the first time I arrived in Perth. There are still a number of things that I have to do prior moving though.

Sub-grinders:

1) Knn that Dark- blue Lancer Asian driver who deliberately blocked my view that I can't turn my car on the right. Oh did I mention that he is from Curtin Uni.

2) This elderly folk refused to let me cut her nails on her left foot after I managed her right one. Fine by me......plus she tried to hit me! Violent grandma on the alert mode....

3) Rea from Hungary was soo sweet.She bought me a ultra sexy rose pink top from MNG.Plus it was sent via registered post as a prezzie for my b'day. ;p VN also sent me a sexy top from SUPRE with lotsa glitter beads on the v-neck halter. If only my perfect accessory is Mr 'Hunky' to go along. Don't think if it ever exists in the first place.

4) JT has been really encouraging and totally supporting my decision to Syd over da email.So sweet of him..... VN can't wait for me to get my butt to eastern side. Vien also agreed with the moving for the reason being work exposure.

Suddenly the thought of having char kway tiao and satay come into my mind..... i miss home!

Lovers' guide to the world.

It's worth keeping a reference for myself *eyes roll up* (or yours perhaps) which I've abstracted from the online Australian News website.

Have a look for those who planned to get married in some exotic memorable places:

Le Meridien Bora Bora: 1800 622 240. www.lemeridien.com/french_polynesia/ bora_bora/hotel_pf1657.shtml

British Airways London Eye: www.ba-londoneye.com/booking/celebrate.asp?section=booking&secondnav= celebrate&productID=14

Pangkor Laut Resort: Small Luxury Hotels of the World, 1800 251 958, 94115512. www.slh.com

Niagara Falls: www.niagaraparks.com

Port Douglas. www.weddingsaway.com.au

Daintree Rainforest. www.daintree-ecolodge.com.au

Mount Kenya Safari Club. www.lonrhohotels.com/mtkenya/ introduction.html

Hawaii: hawaiianislandweddings.com

Santorini: www.weddingsantorini.com

Banff Springs: www.simplicityweddings.com/ packages_basic.htm

Fiji: Jean-Michel Cousteau Fiji Islands Resort. Tel: 1300 306 171. www.fijiresort.com

Sonaisali Island Resort: Honeymoon Worldwide Holidays – 1300 65 09 65, www.honeymoon.net.au

Yasawa Island Resort:
www.yasawa.com/weddings/weddings.htm

Easter Vigil

Long easter break in Perth = higher chance of becoming a couched potato. This dullsillive is getting on my nerves. Like what my dentist g.f said, move over to the Eastern state where all the actions are. Went over to D's place to play dia dee and was great to see Wei/Tos playing it well. Slacked the whole of Saturday except did some readings on foot journals. Then again, that wasn't really ..uhm..happening. Just came back from a cycling trip and got a few mild bruises induced from F - Miss Bicycle Accident Prone. Learnt my lesson not to stand so close to her just in case the history repeats itself. Guess her temperature must be on the rise if she ever reads this. It's the truth.

Gonna do a movie marathon (3 movies) tonight with the girls and one dude.1st show will start at 11.30pm and I should be home by 7am. Whoppie! Better off than watching the aussie Teevee which generally sux on weekends and public holiday.

Was chatting with Mr France yesterday. So strange when he typed in his French English like this:" what's wrong with you and the men? You are bubbly, jovial and easy going."
By the way, Mr France is already taken by Slyvie. I chose my reply to be:" Most guys are too coward - to approach or break the ice. I guess something is wrong with them and not me.As far as I know, I am just being..me." From there, Mr France reassured me that the right guy will come along eventually and that goes the same for Kurdt who said exactly the same thing. It's nice to see how my friends are expressing their concerns on me.

Told Pa and Ma about my plans to relocate to Sydney. Not much comments from them except Dad wants me to go back in another year's time. Uhm................we shall see then.

Diana Krall's concert is coming on the 8th April. Should I or not?

Bitc*

I went to the Perth Local Court to submit my forms today. Now all I have to do is to sit back and relax for previous owner to respond. She even has the guts to ask me to wash the carport stains. Hello, I've left the house since 2 months ago. Who knows which TOM, DICK, HARRY parked the car with their engine oil leaking. Morever, doesn't she understand that it's normal to have a bit of oil leak from the car. Indirectly from the engine and perhaps, can be resulted from the cooler that drips onto the engine. What actually piss me off is this under-go training bitc* who missed calling my number and in the end, the person after me actually got ahead of me first. What? Sorry? Thank goodness I didn't get a carpark fine and if not, I'll definitely write a letter of complaint and you can kiss ya job goodbye. Aussie has such a poor standard of being efficient. This observation come from my years of staying in Aust and when it comes to servicing the customers, it's definitely heading the last position.

Perth's weather shot up to 41.9 degree celsius....... So ultimate hot that I didn't even feel like eating lunch. Worked at the women's prison today... Didn't kinda like the place ;(

Am I missing something?

It's been a week since I am back from Singapore. Work has been quite fairly easy and the worst is working in nursing homes. It just somehow makes you reflect that another few more decades down the road, you would probably end up stiffen in bed, suffering from certain level of immobility, leg/s emputated due to lower limb complication or speech difficulty. sigh*
I don't get the challenge and definitely no sense of satisfaction unlike those I've worked in Singapore.

On the miracle side, J rang me and offered me a position in his private practice in Castle Hill, Sydney. Few days later, he rang again and asked if I wanna take over the job at Hospital Hornsby. Well, after staying in Perth for close to 5 years, I reckon it's about time to make a move to greener pasture.

-By the way, Straits time is charging an online subscription! WTF*** Who the hell will do that and now that goes my regular website.

Went on a cycling trip from my place to the city last Sunday.The whole journey took abut 45 mins one way. Weather was absolutely beautiful with cool breeze. While waiting for the rest of the folks for an indian veg buffet, F and myself decided to get an ice-cream. This uncle asked if we are singaporeans and it's always nice to meet the locals overseas. Give us extra toppings with larger scoops ;p The best is he manages a perth budget stay deal.That will come in handy for sure.

More.....

Attending my very good friend, Emily's wedding in Singapore. Naomi's the speech therapist is in pink. 

I've attended 2nd wedding within a week... Here's the pic taken at Matilda Bay, Perth.  

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Recap on last Friday

After meeting Yvoone, all of us took a train down to City hall while Wen went over to Kembangan to meet her friends. Vone and myself are supposed to meet a group of healthcare worker. Anyway, we met up and had dinner at BakersInn. It was great catching up with everyone and especially Shanshan.However, shan2 had to rush off for her night duty at SGH. Nevertheless, we finally met!Had a good chat with Edwin, Shan and Azmi too.
It was 9pm that we had to depart coz vone and myself gotta meet another group of my g.fs+partners+more friends at Balaclava. I think I am totally underdressed. Not saying that I am in my knickers but the dressing for that day looks totally casual and unglamour.Just think that I am wearing this Esprit white tank top with a seablue chequered skirt and mesh sequine white slip ons.Oh, and a simple pony tail...
Fantastic time dunking hoegarden with all da friends (around more than 10 of them)...Met up with D as well with his mates. Got introduced to J .It was quite surprising to see J coz i used to work with him in the same hospital ages ago. Vone treated me burbeon coke and topshell-VERY YUMMY. After makaning , we move on to get a place to stand. As you can tell how popular bala is.Happened tat J is around so basically we just started rattling rubbish about operating theatres and anasthesia.

Later on, one big fat ugly angmog( much guessed as a British from his accent) asked if I want a drink. I declined his offer politely. The next thing is he started raising his voice like this :" come on! what's wrong!?"Obviously, I was almost being irritated to the max so I held onto J's arm and hopefully he will leave me alone. But no, he went on and yelled:" oh that's your g.f, you should give her a big kiss!." I rolled up my eyes for a moment. What an idoitic pig headed man. Hugged J and D as they are leaving Bala. Went back to look for my friends and met up with Eugene who gave me $50 bucks cash as my b'day pressie. "go get yourself a nice dress"-that's what he said.Whoopie! Annie was being plain naughty that she used my phone to sms my ex. Anyway, don't think he would ever find out. So what if he did...

Went to a church wedding on Saturday- my last day in Singapore. Was honoured to spend it with Naomi. Haven't seen this friend of mine who met her husband at a special school education teacher. She can ever be so patience towards the disabled ppl. Saw their personal lives video prior ceremony....it was really amazing to witness how two different human beings are able to merge their lives into one.
Spent the rest of the night resting and getting ready to depart for Perth again.

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I haven't met KH for at least 5 years or so. Finally, after talking so much over the icq, we met at OLIO @Suntec. Seriously, I don't even have the slightest idea of where Olio is. KH was gentlemanly enough to gimme a treat. Think I deserve it and after all, I am always cracking my small brain on giving suggestions or helping him to make plans for his g.f.

Last Thursday was my last day at work. The clerk said she will miss my presence around. The assistance nurse is nice to buy me fruits after lunch. Went up to the ward where I used to be a nurse and bid farewell to the nursing officer. I manage to feed the baby guppies before I left the clinic. Met up with JT after work coz he's on call on Sat.*sigh* He was nice enough to bring me to Holland V for dinner as requested. I can't ask for more...
In fact, some patients also asked me why I am not staying longer....talking about patients always make my heart go weak. Patients (can be nasty or not) are the ones who keep me up and out in the morning..No matter how tired I am.

Recap bus stop incident:
How can Singaporeans being so not empathic? There is this old man coming up to the bus and yet no one let him have a seat. Can't afford to continue to watch such ugly scene, I simply just pointed to that auntie and told the uncle to sit there. Of course, that auntie gave up her seat for the old man almost immediately. Come on, is it necessary for her to consider that long to give up the seat for the needy? Some people...

What's happening on the last Friday
Thank goodness. I got a chance to sleep in till late. I am so lacking of sleep and that explained my big panda eyes that refuses to go away. Met up with Vien and took a train to Raffles to meet Annie for lunch. Haven't seen Annie for donkey years and she looked great and yakking quickly as ever. Raffles MRT has changed so much..... Then, Vien and myself went Orchard for shopping therapy. Bought books, shoes and clothes......bad girl.
Around....

gonna sleep.

Continuation on blog from Singapore

I think working in Singapore can be quite hectic. Besides working the usual 5 days from 8.30-5.30pm, I would only get a chance to meet friends after work. My philosophy is to make use of the opportunity to earn $ while still young. Of course, I wouldn't want to grow old and live in poverty.
So glad to catch up with friends again here and there. Uhm..I have to admit that I still got a small portion that I haven't catch up yet.
Meeting up with Zena was lovely just before she returned to Uk to finish her med degree. It's funny how we met up initially was in Perth, then in Singapore and hopefully, London will be our next meeting place. Esther and Dan were my nursing buddies - how can i ever be thankful for their friendship and generousity. Dan bought me a pair of Swaovsky(dunno how to spell) earrings while Esther got me some italian brand toiletries with a BOND CD for my birthday. Also went out with Wen and Lyn on my b'day night to Indochin -quite a cool jazzy place. The strawberry daquari was kinda strong though.
Jess bought me Turkish lunch at Eastpoint.Gosh, think we had an over-dosed of chicken meals that day.Beri and Susan planned a surprise b'day pinic for me at East Coast. Very very sweet of them to bring a bottle of wine, more bbq chicken +chip = quite a fatty meal. The b'day bonous was a OSIM eyecare massager.*lol* Eugene was more direct. He gave me cash and asked to buy a dress myself ;p
I had a good time spent with JT. The night before I left for Hongkong, we went out for dinner+pool at Chinese swimming club after work. Uh, it's amazing how many familar faces you can bump into. Firstly, it's the medical secretary to his sec friend and a cardio reg.Again, I enjoyed the pool session best and no doubt I am not so good in it.

Be back later....

Blog from Singapore

It's been 2 weeks since I am back in Singapore. Things have been going pretty well except for the hot and humid weather.The best thing is meeting up with lotsa friends that I've not catch up for the past 2 years or so. In fact, at this moment, I am running out of time to meet more friends. Sure enough, the nightlife in Singapore is still the best which can't be compared to Perth at all. Met up with all the relatives on mom's side (including the cousins in M'sia)and I was given a nice prata mamak treat from my cousins. Since they bought a new car in M'sia, we managed to go Kulai for quickie shopping before returning home to Singapore. What a shame that I didn't manage to stay longer enough at Cousin Ling's place :<

Met up with JT for movie and dinner. Sigh* How can JT don't have a g.f? Sometimes I wonder coz he is always so patience and good matured in character.Of course, had a dinner meet up with my sistas and ET at Lao Beijing resturant followed by Chinajump. That jump place is filled with too many ang mohs but as long as there is free flow of drinks-who really cares anyway.
Later of the week, g.fs and some dudes decided to go to Balaclava for drinks. Uhm, think we over-drank till I am so "seh" or "nua" the next day. I guess E is very happy when it comes to drinking. She appeared to be more relax and smiling after a couple of rounds. W is really sweet to send me to work almost everyday. It's a good chance for us to communicate while going off to work together.
Beri and susan- my 2 sports buddies had a up close and personal cable car dinner.........

to be continued. I am off work!! Don't want to OT for nothing.

Birthday Wishlist

Since I am getting close to a year older, it's about time to announce my top 10 birthday wanted- -so- badly stuffs.

The top 10 stuffs are ranked according to their importance and priority:

1) Boyfriend:Eligible, straight, wears glasses,financially very stable, love cleanliness, good matured, able to accomodate my needs and can't be younger than 80 years old.

2) Bling- If you can't 'donate' a present to me, bling will be the best option.

3) Vouchers (Beauty, Shopping) - Tell me which girl totally doesn't like shopping at all.

4) Shoes- Not the best gift but I would love to have a pair of flatties in green, tweed or white colour.

5) Bags Bags Bags - A lady can't be having too many bags.

6) All books by Nicholas Sparks - I am a hopeless romantic.......

7) Laptop

8) Rolex - I've always like the classic designs from Rolex....huh, dream on?

9) Lasik Operation on both eyes

10) CD player in my car
CDs: Bond, MOS 2005, ...aiya...gimme the voucher!

Moved!

Still no internet connection until the 9th Feb. One more week to go before I get my butt on the flight back to Singapore.I am missing my family, friends and best thing is, Eileen smsed me to say that she has arranged an expendition for the g.fs. Meaning of expendition is we'll usually organised an activity of cycling trip up across Benjamine Shears Bridge or sentosa beach volleyball. Everything is going on pretty ok but I guess, this isn't my first time sharing a house with other people so it's not biggie to me if the mates have their own way of doing things. Frankly speaking, learning how to live with other people for the past few years has mold me into someone who is more patience, more forgiving, more easy going, and learn to say 'no'. The only thing I can't stand is when someone whinges or complains too much. If for a good reason, that's fine with me. But when the whinge gets overloaded on my ears, what would you choose to do readers? For me, I would walk away. Why I should make my ears so unbearable to such irritants.

J rang me 2 days ago and let me know that he has bought a private practice in Castlehills, Northen Sydney. This is a piece of good news which means, once he is settled at the practice, he 'may' offer me a job. Approximately 80% load of patients are for biomechanics rather than doing nails nails nails all the time.

Went for a open air movie last night with Preema, Steve and Freda. Not too bad for a price of 10 bucks 2 movies (Mr Incredible and Ella Enchanted).

Moving starts over this weekend

Ok, after this week, no more internet till the connection is up on 9th Feb. Why? Because that's how Ozzie doing their things.....take ages to do something simple like getting a line fix up. Geez, I feel as if I am gonna go through a period of cold turkey without internet. U know, one can get symptoms like shaking fingers, unknown tremours, high anxiety level coz don't know how to kill time especially at night.
Or perhaps, I should take prozac to keep myself happy or valium to concuss on bed early.

I am still packing....the stuffs are amazing. I feel like throwing away more but don't know how. All seems to be very useful to me.

Road rage shall not be tolerated

I wonder why the Ozzies like to hog up on one lane even thought there are 2 lanes going in the same direction. I decided to change lane since I am kinda stuck in the line of cars and yet no one is willing to make a move to the next lane. So I checked the road lines (making sure overtaking is legal), sigalled at least 3 secs and check my blind spot before swerving my wheel. Who knows, half way through the turning, this maroon family car just speed up behind me. At this moment of time, i can't leave my half way steered wheel there so might as well changed to the lane as quickly as possible. Bear in mind that the speed limit on that road is only 60km/hr.

Just less than 10 seconds later, we stopped at the red traffic light. She was behind my car , pointing her middle finger as I can see from the front mirror. The next thing was she jumped out of her car , leaving her young passengers in car seats, came up to me and gave a whack on my car windscreen. Geez, her knuckles must be in real pain. She just speed off in her family car after that. Of course, she almost ruined my day but I did submit an incident report to the police.

Ozzie polices are ..uhm..so inefficient. This Mr Police told me that unless I decided to get her to court then they will follow it through. But I reckon, the police should at least show some warnings to her that it is wrong to road rage and endangering her kids in the car. The thing is I am going back to Singapore also........going to court is quite troublesome here plus it can take up to months for the court to be avaliable. There has got to be more efficient ways to handle these trivial but important matters. Then again, their brains are probably stuffed up with too many hamburgers and snags (hotdogs).

Ok, that added another 'Xiaoren' for me to hit on the list. Curse her to have laosai for weeks.

Da green dress-can't wear bra though... 

My best friend's wedding in June

As you can see from the title, one of my sistas getting married in June. So have to save up for a trip to Singapore by then. Ohh, just happened to walk by this shop which is having 50% storewide. I ended up buying a dress where I can wear to the dinner. A bit sexy with a ribbon in the front. Sequine beads are attached at the bottom of the dress. It also comes with adjustable bra straps and most importantly, the price was reduced from AU$49 to AU$14.50. I've attached a pic all those who wonder how it looks like.

Spent some time last night trying to summarise a case study to a senior podiatrist. Poor dude, he has been having infected toes for almost 2 years.

When the next week comes, i'll be pretty busy sorting out my mails and telephone. bugger*

Right now I need a good shower especially after being covered with sand and sea.

My temper & My 1st solo surgery

One of the prisoners exceeded my limit of patience yesterday. "GO AWAY"- raising my voice without even looking at him. He told me his problems and expect me to follow his treatment regime. What the hell I am here for in the first place. The conclusion was he wanted me to write a letter of referral to allow him to have his shoes from the property to be taken out. The prisons have strict rules that I can only do what I can. Unless some poor chaps having deformed feet or losing a toes, that's when I'll only write a medical referral to the supervisor. Hate being manipulated by these people.#$*%U)^(

Oh! I've done a total nail avulsion on a big toe on someone on my own. Feel so proud of myself now. TEEHEE!!

I missed I but I hate his guts. My friend even called him slack prick with no respect. But I am going to write a 'final' letter to him - once and for all to tell him I actually missed him. Uhm, well, like what my friend said, he should be flattered that someone is missing him. I mean , it's not everyday that you get messages like I missed you. Morever it took me a while before deciding to write or not. Then again, I feel that I've got nothing to lose. In regardless of the outcome, I am prepared mentally. At least, I've done my best part of it. I must always tell myself don't procrastinate to get things done because life is too short.

I may have been swept away by the Tusnami if it did strike 4 years ago in Phuket. I was standing and relaxing Patong Beach and now, the beautiful images of the island can only remain in my memories.
So here, I've learnt to be more upfront with my feelings rather than hide it at the bottom of my heart...

Got house but no phoneline

That's one of my criteria of getting a room in a house. Must have phoneline socket. Hopefully things will work it out with the landlord on Tue. If not, I'll probably stuffed up.

Working with so many oldies, many of them like to ask me if I've got any boyfriend and somewhat, they will start to relate their enduring love stories to me. Think I should start writing and compile them into a book.Who knows, I may make a profit out of it.

Love story of the week:

(*names have been changed to protect the privacy act)

Mrs Raj who is a chronic arthritis sufferer, stepped into the clinic 2 days ago for the first time to get her feet treated. "I was born in India in the 1930s," as she continued with a strong indian accent. "My dad passed away when I was only 11. It's only natural for my mom to be protective of me."

ME:" so your husband came along with you to Australia?"

Mrs Raj paused for a moment before she began her next sentence. " I was married to an English man and he died of cancer 4 years ago. I still miss him very much. He takes good care of me especially when I am sick. I think of him when I go for my Doctor's appointments. He was a good man. Before he died, he told my children to take care of me."

ME:" how did you get away from the olden times of India to marry a white guy?"

Mrs Raj:" I met him through a friend's friend. He was in the cricket team. He actually changed from staying in Royal English Force to Royal India Force to be with me. Even though I didn't want to stay in England, it was too cold for me. I told my mom I can trust him. But there were a lot of misconceptions of white guys being flirty, sex and sleep around. I had the best time of my life."

ME: trying hard not to sniff behind my mask.

NO HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cham cham cham. Weather is extremely hot today with a high temperature of 38 degrees celsius. Forest fires are happening on certain parts of the Perth today and even threaten people's lives or houses to the extend. Smoke and haze have been going around suffocating my nose.
Wanna go swimming later the afternoon. Guess what? KNN- the weather becomes gloomy and hot. The moment I get into the ladies change room, the announcement came on like this:" All people please get out of pool now as there is a lightening strike." Damn...... I asked for a refund then and went home.

How fun is that.

Oh one of my patients particularly like to ask me this question:" have you found yourself a boyfriend?".
*sigh*
I wish I can say something else than a 'no'.