Get set, ready and GO!

One of my clients was quite funny. He actually put on his timer and see how long his consult was with this practitioner.

Time taken for the consult was 1.5mins
Waiting time to be seen: 2 hours

He went like this:" WAH liew eh, my condition can be viewed in such a short timing lor."

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I'm still tired from all the fun and activities I had since the last weekend.

Inflation nightmare?

With the uprising inflation costs, it is no surprise that most citizens certainly feel the pinch on their pockets. Sadly, I would say the most affected group of people belongs to the low income families.
And Kirsten ,who will be getting married in a few years time, has paid a downpayment on a HDB flat together with her partner. In fact,she was pretty conscious on how she spent her money since both have made plans on the wedding.

Trust me, every cent do count for this lady.
For instance, there was once she refused to get her sandwich toasted at Subway as she thought it may cost her extra 20cents to do so.

From my experience, I've been to a cafe where they charge 50cents for a glass of water. Nope, it's not from bottled water . Hidden costs can be just everywhere. Another of my gf, Judy was rather funny. She said that the only place she has asked for 'extras' without being charged is Burger King! Apparently, if you ask for a 'stack 'of lettuce on your burger, they don't cost you extra.
Then again, I'm not really sure how true with such statement can be.

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I had my first lesson of calligraphy class last Friday!

Dealing with difficult parents

My girlfriend ( bish! -you know who you are) thinks that asian parents are the worst kind which you ever can have. Perhaps, it's the culture or family values which has been passed down from generations to the modern living world that doesn't seem to be so applicable anymore.

I'm not here to 'disgrace' my parents. In fact, I've learnt to take note of dos and don'ts or mistakes which my parents have made along the way. And hopefully, I don't see myself repeating the stuffs on my children in near future.

Ever since I've moved back home, I find my parents tend to get a lot more agitated over small stuffs. Both of them seems to be less controlled with their temper and more demanding. I do worry for their health. Then again, who I am to be their health 'controller'. The funny thing is they will prefer take on the advice from a 3rd party than listening to me on what I have to say.
I was really annoyed when someone told my dad to eat some natural herbs so he can have regular bowels. Not surprisingly, he took on the advice faithfully without missing a single dose.

My coping strategy is to either walk away or totally ignore them if they start to get loud on me. Sometimes, I do reflect on why they are saying such things or they don't realise that their brains have snapped....

I guess I can never understand till I become a parent myself.

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KNN, the calligraphy class has been cancelled due to poor intake.(#%*(#

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Little Miss Runner

For the past weekends, life hasn't been quite the same.Taking part in different racing events had took up most of my time. My colleagues have been bugging me to take them along for training On the contrary, they were put off by the fact that since I'm such a 'fast' runner ( at least to them , I am a fast runner), I'll not have much patience to guide them along. Whatever hokay. Is there anything wrong with running alone? Some of my mates seriously think there is a problem with me.

By the way, I'll be taking up chinese calligraphy soon. Hope the slow movement of the chinese strokes will help to build up the level of patience in me. *heh heh* Come on, I don't wanna stick to the rule that I only know toes and legs throughout my whole life. How boring is that.

Back to running, I would like to acheive better for my half marathon by the end of this year.
My current (shitty) timing for 21 KM is 2hr 50mins.

I did a 10km cross country run at 62mins and another run by Pearl Izumni 12.4km at 1hr 11mins.

My next target timing for the 21km: 2hr 30mins or under

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I told my brother that I want him to get me a HDB flat so I can live throughout my spinisterhood.

At least he is getting through the uni with my hard earned bling bling. *sob*

Who's getting hook up

My long time gf, J, finally got herself a boyfriend whom she got to know in a dancing class. No doubt the guy was in his late 20s, she doesn't mind his early signs of receding hairline. More importantly, she was overwhelmed by the fact that he was a Christian. That was like scoring 100 brownie points on her eligibility checklist on a dude.

Back in Perth, A is happily attached to his Mr Mechanic. I guess that probably explains why is less frequent online.

JL found her happiness via Facebook- everything went so perfect that to the last day of her trip (where she met him), they decided to get hook up.

Chawang , the elephant from the Zoo, has got himself a 'playmate' now.

I need a 'playmate' too!

The fact is that I've seen more eligible ladies more than men. The problems with the Mr Eilgibles are not really quite eligible are because:

1) They got rotten teeth
2) Has bad vices : smoking, excessive drinking
3) High ego level
4) Receding hairline ( yes looks does matter, a wig is advisable on the first date. Maybe with subsequent dates, you can slowly reveal the truth. Cross your fingers that she would be able to accept the way you are. First impression do counts. Come on!)
5) Unsure what to look out for on the potential partner

I can't stand people who are unsure about their options on choosing partners.

If you like this particular fish with purple scales then stick with it. Don't go round and round hunting for the best and brightly coloured fish. There will always be better ones around but that doesn't mean you have to spend your whole life or making exceptional compromise to settle for one for the sake.

Good night, world.

I have nothing

Nothing much happened recently. So I wasn't up for blogging. Of recent, I came across an article from an online newspaper urging the public not to blog about your boss or other work related stuffs. Now as I'm typing my words down, I feel as though someone is trying to 'spy' on my blog.

I'm spending a lot more time doing a lot of outdoor activities and continuing my volunteer job with a local organisation. At least, it's more refreshing hanging out with the special athletes than the folks at work (zzzzzz).

Any cure for men suffering from midlife crisis? I think my dad has got one. DDU said for women suffering from menopause, best is to get them to drink soy milk.
My dad could be a really nice person and the next minute, he seems to snap his mind out of sudden.

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Out of curiousity, why would the local drivers be winding down the windows while driving? I mean don't they feel the fumes can block their nose or irritate their eyes at all?
How much petrol can a driver save from not turning on the air condition har? Maybe the best person I should be asking is Annabanana.

Where the bloody hell are you, A? ;p

Ugly Fugly Singaporeans



I have witnessed this scene far too many times while travelling in a MRT train. Let me get direct to the point. Singaporeans' butts are far too heavy to be lifted off the seats in order to offer to those elderly folks or pregnant ladies. I get totally annoyed when someone (especially the young and ignorant people out there -shame on you!) just simply refusing to give up his/her seats to someone else who needed more. Is it because it's too 'paiseh' (shy) thing for being considerate? There was once I was on the verge of asking a young man to stand up so this poor preggy lady could take a seat. It was quite obvious that she was struggling abit to gain the balance while the train is on the move. Oh well...



Most Singaporeans do get on with good education but that doesn't mean they are good with their courtesy mannerism. In fact, I do failed on Singaporeans very badly for lack of graciousness. While they do care more for themselves other than sparing a thought for others. For instance, this middle lady was talking on the phone while her body was blocking the tapping machine. If she's not getting off, then she should move her ass to the back of the bus la. What's more, the 'gan cheong spider' uncle even tried to stretch his arms for miles in order to get his card tapped before arriving the destination.

People don't queue for the buses. Somehow, I would think Singaporeans could be jolly doing well in rugby games since most of the communters that I saw enjoy pushing and digging their way through relentlessly.

Beehoon goreng

2 packs of fried mee were cooked and brought over to the clinic by a regular client of mine. It was nice to have someone who appreciates our hard work. It does make me feel like a 'million dollar' baby with such kind gestures.
Well, with the beehoon goreng on hand, it saved me the time and effort qeueing up at the cafeteria. hurhur!

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This uncle made a comment which I find it to be quite amusing.

He said:" uh miss, if you walk down the streets like now, I would have thought you are someone who sells beauty products."

Me:*giggles* ( wonders of Sk2 products?)

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Diana Krall

A famous jazz singer with an amazing voice is coming to town this Sept. No one is keen to watch it with meeee! Bugger it.
Tickets are abit on the pricey side tho. I guess this is 'what you pay for what you get'.

Ah boy will always be Ah boy


This teenage boy who came in with his mom doesn't even rattle a single word to me about his ankle pain. All the answering was done by his mom only. Despite with the mom's encouragement, the boy still refused to say ANYTHING about his condition. He doesn't appear to be stupid or something.
Each time when I asked him a question, he would just stare at his mom and hoping she came up with an answer ...fast! With my eyes rolling up, I was just thinking I hope he doesn't take his mom along for his national service too.
Don't think the Captain will be too happy about that ;p

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One of my regulars: Mr ABNN

He said he will cook a nice plate of mee goreng for me on his next visit.

*so touched*

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Run on Monday

Since I was volunteering with the 'special' organisation, I was assigned to run with this Down Syndrome's kid on the track. I was impressed that he was able to complete 2km walk-a-jog before coming to a complete stop. Quite an acheivement for a non- runner like him.

Today I had the first run using the Nike sports band. How it works is by applying the chip onto the Nike plus shoe with the waistband applied that can detect the pace, mile, calories burnt..etc.
Me love gadgets!

Dad

The best household chore which my dad ever does de best is throwing away the rubbish bags promptly.


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Toyboy

Mr Toyboy, who is almost like a 'soulmate' to me, has been trying to get me to participate for a triathlon event. If only he is much older, I wouldn't mind considering him.Ho ho ho. Don't tell me age is not a barrier. At this present moment, it is sure an issue. I can't be the 'prefect' sugar mom anyway. Mr TB took good care of me when we cycled on the roads. Very considerate fella who possesed certain level of maturity despite being a youngthing.

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Buaya

Mr Buaya has returned! We haven't been talking since the chinese new year until recently he met me over a small meeting. Don't know what has got into him, he started to text me asking how my life has been. The most surprising thing is he even asked me out for dinner on the weekend. I'm quite taken aback because his weekends have always been so precious to be spent on work, work and more research. Whatever it is, my gf thought I shouldn't be going out with him since I was never keen in de first place.

It's just a DINNER outing. Honestly, there isn't any harm going for it.

Mr B doesn't seem to communicate a lot with his family. Perhaps he does have an issue with his family dynamics. And he prefers to have a CRT tv.

Based on my observations, he doesn't realise what 'happiness and love' is all about. What's the point of making so much money and not able to enjoy it?

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Mr Eye

Mr Eye just broke up with his gf recently. Maybe there are guys out there like him who can't simply get over with the breakups easily.
Poor fella.
He was boo boo-ing at home and calling gfs (like us) for some consolations plus support. =_=

Mail from Taiwan Auntie

Taiwan auntie wanted to introduce this very eligible Mr Engineer to me. She even did his family background, financial status and his characters checked. Saying he is probably one of the most ideal dudes she ever come across plus armed with a MBA degree. Aiyer, but I don't really want to get myself in a long distance relationship. No moving to Taiwan business for me. Hmph!
Then again, I'm not saying I'm rejecting the idea of knowing Mr Engineer. No harm to add on another friend in my circle.
We shall see.

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Dualthlon

Woke up 5am in the morning. Had 1 marmite spread on bread, 1 large banana, 1 energy bar, 1 cup of milo for breakfast. At around 6+, woke dad up so he could take me to Mandai for my very first Dualthlon event. On the first leg of run, I was running quite miserably due to a stitch on my right abdomen region. Definitely puts me off abit. Once I arrived at the transition area, I mounted onto the bike and started cycling for 15km. Got off the bike and started running for another 3km which I almost couldn't finished it. And again, the stitch returned at the same region. Knn.......

Total time of completion: 1hr 36mins

Could be better next time.
Someone suggested I should get a ironman bf to train me up ;p


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Mr P asked me out for lunch but it didn't happened. No doubt it has been planned a week ago, he acutally had forgotten it. Saying he needed to take care of baby niece since there wasn't any family members at home too. Hence, the lunch has to be put on a rain check. At the same time, he asked me if I'm free on the following week. I told him to let me know again.
Can't stand people who doesn't keep up with their words.

Lousy.

Little Ah Pui (fat one)

One of my regular clients brought her grandson along for her usual followup. This cutie boy sure melt every ladie's heart. He was able to sing a song from a drama serial with full of expression on his face. While his nana was trying to fix up her shoes, this boy can certainly be a handful and 'disturbing'.

So I got him to sit on my lap while I was writing my casenotes.

Wah - __ -!

Didn't know he was weighing about nearly 20kg for a 3year old kid.

My thighs almost went into spasm lor.....

Roll me over the edge please

Something is happening this week at the workplace. I shall not be too specific , just in case, the whole world knows about this blog. hurhur. I would rather remain discreet and secretive especially touching on such sensitive 'issue'.

2 weeks before the 'happening', we were told to change forms, add new forms, change form formats, change of certain terms/policy, stamp cannot be used on the first page of form and can only do so at the end of the page after notes writing.
Get the pic?

Whatever the 'happening' was, I seriously find the place just being so disorganised. My question is 'why bother to make changes only at the very last hour?' I've even received text msgs about changes to take note ..blah blah blah. The emails on the 'happening' issues have been an endless pain to even read it.

Anyway, this is just part of my rambling today.

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Mr Church never fail to bring a pamplet about his church's ongoing activities whenever he comes visit me. He sorta 'reprimanded' me saying that why I am not going to his church and went on emphasizing it's a great place to meet young people (like me , of course).

It's a calling huh......

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I rang up to the travel agent and checkout Bali's trip at the end of June. SQ flights are all fully booked!? Knn..pissed!

Always

There are a couple of friends of mine whom that I've always initiate to meet up , never seem to happen.

I've boiled down to a list of possibilities such as:

- too busy to spend their precious time with you instead

- your friendship are not worth or unimportant

- Work comes first, family in second, dog/pets in third, close friends in 4th, You +miscellaneous categories in 5th

- Various appointments in their lives which have been booked far in advance. Perhaps, the Q number will be far off than the waiting time to see a Dr at the clinic.

Well, this is Singapore lar. What do I really expect?

Living in the old routine

For the past years which I've stayed in Australia, I've never felt uneasy in terms of going shopping or watching movie on the weekend by myself. Once I've returned to my motherland, till now at least, I do miss the quality-time-to-be-spent-on myself only very much. There seems to be so much going on at home. On the weekends it could be either going out with friends for meals, running errands, family gatherings, paperwork to be cleared,...etc.

It didn't take me too long to initiate that from now with the Sunday mornings, it shall be soley devoted for myself. Sounds pathetic? Well, I'm not surprised for some individuals ( whom I assumed ) who are lack of independent spirit type.

Here's the plan on how my typical Sunday routine is like:

- Long distance running/cycling starts as early as 7am

- Breakfast at home

- Going to Parkway after a nice long bath. (I love doing supermarketing at Cold Storage, Japanese/Korean stores too!)

- Cook lunch : usually I'll make salads or pasta
(sounds very domestic indeed)

The rest of the day follow by newspaper reading, watching CSI on AXN channel, paperwork and thinking about what do I really wanna do with my life (kiddin' ;p)

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Small bitc* about work

We got a new fellow who joined us on board few months ago. He/She doesn't appear to function really well on the job. I wonder why the graduates from that particular uni doesn't seemed to produce competent practitioners. I'm not saying that Im tip-top clinician. The last thing which I don't wanna do is to clear up someone's mess. Ptooi lor!

Ortho

I got a gf who works at Orthopaedic department at a local hospital. She was explaining to this chinese speaking old lady that her big thumb has got a problem with its range of motion.

Instead of using the proper word 'da mu zhi' in Mandarin, she called it the 'da1 shou2 zhi3'.

Sure the auntie thought that my friend was referring to her whole hand is in big trouble.

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Dental exhibition

Prior going to the Suntec City, DDU and myself met at Dr Oz's new clinic ,which I will assume that it would cater to most of the 'atas' (rich) people living around the area.

After I'm done with the consultation, we proceed to a dental exhibition at Suntec convention centre. Since we had pre-registered ourselves , we were able to collect our exhibit tags without much hesistation. Quite an eye opener for me since this is my very first time attending a dental exhibition. No doubt that I've realised certain pod instruments that I used are quite similar to the dental ones.

And I did a foc (no charge) breath test and he said I was 'kissable without any smelly breath noted'. Hurhur.

We saw this very cool recycle showbag called 'made in Germany' and sadly, we couldn't get any.

Nonetheless, it is still worth to going to such exhibition. Anyone has dry mouth? You can have the Biotene oral moisturiser. hurhur! I didn't know that baby also need to brush once they start to have teeth.

Check out the freebies. wheeee!:

Mom has been wanting a toothbrush holder.

So I got her a 'purple' tooth for 5 dollah at the dental stall. So nice lar!

Hair loss


I've noticed that a lot of friends who have hit the 30 margin seem to develop either receding hairline for the guys and balding for the ladies.

Scary thought if someday I were to see that happened on my scalp ; (


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Putu



I can't wait to get rid of those Putu-lookalike pimple on my damn forehead. I'm suppose to go with DDU to the dental exhibition this coming Saturday. So un-chio (not pretty/unglamourous) to walk around like this.

For those who doesn't know what a Putu is : it is a red powdery-based dot used by the Indians on their foreheads for a religious purpose ( I guess )


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I tried.....

not to burst out into (thunderous) laughter when this old grandma client told me she hasn't got any questions for me except the fact that Wo heng piao liang ( she commented I was gorgeous looking)
OooOh la la!
Poor grannie, who has like multiple medical appointment cards , got confused on what they were for.

Dear fans...

Sorry that I've not been blogging very much. I'm rather surprised that there are actually 'fans' out there who read my blog. hehe. Like how I always thought that my blog is always the most boring one on earth. Zzzz.....

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Bro

My bro called up yesterday and asked for my mom. Since it's a Tuesday, she would have gone out for her dancing class. So 'what's up?' as I asked.
He:" Err, i'm bringing her home to do project due tomorrow. She will be staying over and we'll go school together tomorrow."

Me:" Why must you do your project at the last min? Isn't there any way to manage your time properly? Have you thought of what her parents would think? If you think this is right then by all means go tell PA about it."

Heh, he didn't bring the girl home.
Sometimes it's not about picking a fight over such 'issue' but rather throw the ball back to his court. In this case, (if he's not that stupid enough), he would have reflect his actions versus the consequences.

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Wine

I told Mr P that the wine from Germany is rather nice. With his inflated ego, he dare to say that Germany got vineyards meh??
I should have told him to wiki for info.
He claimed Australia wine sux.
SuX meh?! Here I am sipping Jacob's Creek Sparking rose wine.

Definitely worth to try for those who doesn't the whites or reds. ; ))

(Delfi, Greece)

:: Work & travel ::

I was working till almost coming to an end of Feb. Struggling through each day till my leave comes. Finally, I'm able to pack my lugguage and ready set to leave for Athens. My very first Euro country indeed! It was supposed to be a Turkey and Greece trip. Someone from the tour group actually back down due to sickness. Bah*

Nevertheless, we still made it to Athens. A taxi driver came to pick us up at the airport with a fantastic spring weather. Neither too hot or cold with the temperature. During the trip, we travelled for miles visiting various museums and archaelogical sites. To my mom, it's like having 'old stones' everywhere in the park. The tour guide ,who was with us on board for a couple of days, possessed vast knowledge of Greek history. Amazingly, she could just rattle on about the facts on past Greek history for the whole time!

For a change, I celebrated my 30th b'day with 2 Taiwan aunties (even though they are only in their 40s) at a local resturant.

:: My preggy friend::

Previously, I've blogged about my preggy friend whose hubby had left her in the middle of her pregnancy. How cruel can a man's heart be? No one can really tell despite the fact they were together for over 10years. The girls met up for dinner before her delivery due date. I'm gald she looks happier and more in control of her thoughts than previous. Must be hard for her get through signing the divorce papers with the bub still in her belly. I can't imagine how much willpower she would require in order to remain her sanity at the same time.
On the brighter side, I'm so glad that she has a smooth delivery. I shall proudly annouced that her child's very own 1st schoolbag has been given by Auntie Flatfeet. hurhur!

:: Clients::

He came into my clinic. Late for an hour. Passed me his stalk of Gerbera flower and apologised profusely for being late.
Patients can be up to full of tricks sometimes.

:: Blessed with good friends around::

I am planning to do a cycling event in May. Em was the first to say that she will lend me her bike without any hesistation. MZ will pass me a cycling top for free. JH will bring her helmet and bike lights too. Mr P taught me to fix up the bike.
What's more I can ask for?
I've realised that the number of people I chatted on MSN mainly are not locals.
Singaporeans-where got time lar!

Valentine's Day or Valentine's Denial

My aunt, who works as a florist ,must have took a pity on me that she assumed no one will buy me flowers on Vday.

" Don't worry. Ah Yi gives you 2 roses (like how she prefers to pronouce as 'lo-ses')"

*Accept it with gracious smile

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My beloved ABNN pt who sat on a wheelchair, handed me 2 stalks of red roses.

"heh *nods head*. Just something small for you. Hope you like it."


*My heart almost melted on the spot.

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After we are done with the running, J came up with 2 roses for me and BP.

"Come come, have one each. You girls deserve one of these."


Now my vase is filled with all colours of roses. I"ve never thought I would receive flowers on days like this.
This year's Vday is definitely exceptional.


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I've read about an article by MM's fears Singapore losing our own talented people. I'm not surprised that the figures has been increasing slowly over the past years. I was lucky to get a chance to stay overseas for slightly more than half a decade. Staying in another foreign land allows me to differentiate and appreciate on how the country is being run as compared to Singapore.

If given a choice, I would prefer my family to live in Aust and perhaps, sad to say that I see Singapore as a 'holiday' home. Aust is a huge place where you can chose to relocate to a rural or urban areas subjecting to your preferences. Flexible hours and long maternity leave are possible in almost every jobs. No doubt the taxes can be high but we can be happy with shorter working hours. That also mean we get to spend more time with family or loved ones. Aussies are more accepting and gracious people. Yes, we Q-up for buses. Unlike in Singapore, everyone just want to scramble into the buses. If you're old, you may wait (long long) for someone to give up your seats. I've seen far too much of discourteous acts by the locals here.
Shame on you lah!

***to be continued as the author is too tired to rattle on.