Animal Shelters.....

Can't remember if i posted these links before, but these are some animal shelters in Singapore or JB. Take a look and if you have time, go to the Cat Welfare one and read about the stories about how the cats were found. And also about the tortured Shih Tzus in MettaCats. You can cry man..... I can't believe that humans can be so cruel and unfeeling....

Cat Welfare
Animal Lovers League
Noah's Ark
Metta Cats

Brain dead?

My mind and body seem to be going through a really weird feeling today. It is either that my brain cells are slowly degenerating and decomposing away at some corner of my skull, or that I'm falling sick. Not to mention that i find it a little hard to breathe. I really can't wait to step into the gym again. I think the lack of exercise is making me a little grumpy as well.

The cab fare to Bras Basah Complex during lunch today came up to $7.80. not including the additional ERP charge. It usually costs max $5 plus... but the cab driver brought us through an unusually jammed up Chinatown to get there. So when i finally got out of the cab, i didnt know if i was having motion sickness from the long drive or that i felt nauseous cause i might be falling sick. Ugh.....

Met up with the longan gang for dinner the other night and i went home to catch "The Amazing Race" while the rest trotted off to Rouge to catch Mr Bedok! Had a cheap and soupy dinner with Ah Zai and CMI at Cuppage, and we somewhat felt lost and didnt know where to wander to after that. The event only starts at 11pm and we finished dinner at 8.30pm. But Sarcastic guy calls Ah Zai and we decided to sit and watch he and his Nafa classmate eat their dinner. Tried to convince everyone to watch a 9 plus movie but no one obliged me. ~Sighs....

Gaz came down from work wearing a solid purple shirt and jeans... n we wandered to Long John's to watch him eat this time. Was very tempted to da pao the butter corn there and eat while i watch the Amazing Race. But better not anyhow accumulate unneccsary calories lar. So late already.

After i left the Longan gang, shortly after that, i saw this really familiar figure at Rocky Masters. Turned out to be Johnny Bravo's sister. Still the same. with a new bunch of super brown hair. I walked faster to avoid any sort of conversation if she saw me.

I'm so anti social. Heehee.

i just remembered that last night, just as i was about to fall asleep, my right ankle suddenly jerked and it was the exact same feeling as when i fell and sprained my ankle! I woke up thinking whether i just fell down when i was actually lying horizontally on the bed. stupid feeling.

Oh ya, and my dad is upset that the NTUC counter staff asked if he was a senior citizen. On 2 occasions. And they asked him that because they get discounts. So my mum happily said yes. And one of his office collegues had a young daughter... and the collegue told her to call my dad "Ah Gong"!! He was so upset... and my mum was applying some anti-ageing cream on his face this morning after the feng shui episode. Maybe i should get the Fancl's collagen like drink - Tense up for him??? Hahahahahhaaa.... By the way, my dad is 59 years old this year. 1 year short of the senior citizens age group.

Lost inspiration...

Have absolutely no mood to do any work in the office now… Just lost my interest and im just sitting here and staring blankly at the computer screen and the catalogue. My fingers just refused to move the mouse in the black empty autocad screen so I figure, if I cant get any work done, I shall type a bit. Hopefully I get my inspiration to start work again.

It seems that I wake up to my parents loud conversations in the mornings… ever since Daddy came home. Yesterday, it was about my dad trying to change his flight from Sat to Sun. And he found out that he had to pay HK$500 [ ~ SGD$90 ] to change his SQ flight because his fare is under a promotional price. This morning, its about feng shui. He told me that for those born in the year of the Rooster, the 3 “animals” best to work with are… the Ox, Snake and Dragon. My office already has 2 Oxes [Meow and Lady Boss] but no snake or dragon. White Lion is a Rabbit… only know how to look cute, and act cute. Haha… So basically… these are the Rooster’s allies.. Wah…. So cute one hor… And that it’s best to wear a sapphire ring for this year… I have been wearing the sapphire ring that my mum passed to me everyday ever since I fell down and sprained my ankle. Not taking any more chances! So scary!! Haha….

Supposed to meet Gaz, CMI and Ah Zai tonight… for dinner. Brought 2 books for Ah Zai but forgot to bring the stuff that I am supposed to pass to him originally!! So have to go back home to take the CSI dvds… and apparently he forgot to bring the stuff for the rest of them as well… Been long overdue from Chinese New Year ok………

Went to a “certain printing shop” beside Bras Basah Complex during lunch today, to get namecards printed for bosses. When meow and I walked inside the shop, the girl at the far end of the shop saw us, but only walked over to us when I called her. Nevermind. She walked over, and I told her, I want to print some namecards. Without a word, she walked back to the end of the shop! 1 min later, she comes back, and after seeing the floppy disc in my hand, she said in the most deadpan voice.

“ Sorry, we cannot open floppy disc. We have mac computers here only. You can try other shops at Bras Basah. “

Wah, after I tell u that I want to print namecards, you walk away then come back later to tell me that you cannot open my file because IT’S A FLOPPY DISC?? Peng san.

So meow and I walked over and found a shop where the service was 10X better and cheap. But on the way back to the office in the cab, my boss calls to tell me that I need to add in the White Lion’s personal email add in his namecard!! After he has seen a zillion of my namecard drafts!! Anyway, too late. I called the printers and they said they have started the printing already. Stupid rabbit.

Ok, back to work!! Hopefully… And I cannot stop sneezing today. Either I have caught a cold in this blazing hot weather, or someone has been thinking of me for the whole day…. Hahahahaha…

constipation is a horrible feeling!!

I am so bloody constipated today.. that I thought I was going to die from constipation pain… must have been all that junk that I have been eating since Sat. That buffet @ Miramar hotel for my brother’s birthday, then more junk yesterday… By 5 plus at work today, my stomach started to hurt a little. At first, I thought it was just the stomach “aches” from the yoga class previously, but it seemed a little more…. Blocked. If you know what I mean. Anyway, I asked Bunny for a good cure, and she recommended Prune Juice! Lucky there is a huge bottle of that sitting in my fridge.

So after dinner, I took a cup of that. Waited for half an hour, still nothing. So I downed another half a cup of Prune juice. Nothing. So I went to watch CSI. Halfway through the episode, I had really painful tummy aches. It was so painful that I could barely stand up straight. So I groaned and whined loudly to my brother who just sat at the foot of the sofa laughing at me. My dad on the other hand, is a very light sleeper. Who happened to be in his room and both my parents came rushing out, because he thought that I was crying! After he realized that it turned out to be a huge false alarm, he sat in the living room. He refused to budge from his seat even after I told him to go back to sleep. He just said, “No. I want to sleep here now!” Haha… crazy dad.

After 15mins of agony, and rolling around the sofa, I had to go to the toilet. FINALLY!!!! I was half relieved but I still had to stagger back to the living room after that. My parents gave me that “I don’t know what to do with you look”. Luckily the pain subsided and I feel better now. THANKS SO MUCH BUNNY!! I owe you!! Heee…. I really need to cleanse my colons man. They feel so jammed up.

I slipped and nearly fell TWICE in 5 mins. I have to start wearing my shoes and not slippers.

My chinchillas also must have been very hungry. After I switched off the television just now, I went to their cage and saw all 4 of them lining up side by side at the cage door. I have never seen this before! As usual, they gobbled up all the food given……

i threw a tantrum today

The weather is sooooo bad today!!! I have a headache now!

Anyway, my mother has been coughing for the past 3 days now and she simply refused to see a doctor, despite me telling her to everyday. So this morning, my brother woke up with a bad cough. No guesses on who spread it to him. On the way to Thomson for our lunch, we had to drive through Mount Peasant road, and nearly missed running over a stray iguana's tail. During lunch, my brother barely touched his food. He had to walk outside and wait for us to finish eating. My mum also looked really sick and she was still...... coughing.

So i told my parents to bring my brother to the doctor, along with my mum. But our family doctor was closed for today so i brought them to the doctor opposite Tiong Bahru Plaza. I went there before and it was recommended by Meow. It turned out that they open from 7am to midnight! Cool... So i signed up for my brother and my mum but when my parents came, my mum STILL refused to see the doctor. I went outside the clinic and demanded why. My mum had no reasonable explanation and just didn't want to see the doc! I think she wanted to self medicate with tons of vitamin C, which will definately not work judging from the way she coughs. So i demanded again why she refused to see and all she could say was she just didnt want! So i said, "If you spread that cough to me, you will be the first person i will look for!" Now, i only said this, hoping that it will make her go to the doc, but she still refused. So i just said, "I'm going home!" And stormed off.

My dad kept calling me back but i just refused to go back, and i jumped into an oncoming cab and went home. When they came home, it turned out that my mum had some sort of flu virus ok! See la, so stubborn. Parents will just be so stubborn......

Now my sides ache a little, from the free yoga trial class miffy and i went for yesterday. Didnt feel like i worked out much, but this morning, the aches were quite siong!! Power man...... And the guy behind me during the class kept making funny grunting noises. I think he is super inflexible and when i stole a glance at him in the mirror, he could hardly do the simple poses! Must be all his beefy muscles stiffened him up. While the girl in front of Miffy farted! Haahaha... Went for the steam bath at the changing room and for some reason, droplets of water kept dripping on me! Hope its normal. Miffy was chatting non stop in the steam bath, that i think the other girl inside there was super entertained by everything she said! Cause a few seconds after we left, she left the steam bath too! Hahaha!

Oh!! CSI time!! Heeee.....

chinnies in their new house...

Not a continuation ah...

I know I am supposed to continue my april adventures but im kinda tired and I just wanna blog before I sleep tonight… My chinchillas got a BRAND new home… FOC as well, cause my mum found an almost new cage downstairs in our block’s lobby and it looked like it was hardly used! We figured that it was probably used to house a small dog like a jack russel or a rabbit. Cleaned it out with dettol and transferred my 4 chins to their new home today. They are missing some platforms for them to lounge around on but there is a HUGE space for them to do their flying somersaults now… Though one of them looked kinda sad after I transferred them to their new home, wonder why…

I learnt something new from CSI yesterday. If a girl keeps thinking that she is pregnant or tells herself that she wants to get pregnant, she will show signs of pregnancy though she never had intercourse with anyone. She can lactate and feel stomach pains. Which is so freaky cause I never knew that this was possible. Oh, and that there is more bacteria found in any human mouth as compared to a toilet bowl. I think kissing should be banned… lol.

Ok, I am tired and I think I probably strained my back from the transfer of my chinchillas to their new homes… groaaannn….

April Adventures...

Know have not been blogging for such a long time, and even if I had time to do so, I was just lazing around. So many things to do like clean up my chinchilla cage and clear up a bit of my room… anyway, whats new. : D

22th April 2005 | Thursday

It’s been quite an adventure the past few days… starting from Friday… well, actually thrusday. Anyway, on thrusday around lunch time, meow and I heard some faint “meows” from this drain near our office… we had to pass it during lunch time. But we didn’t spot any kittens so we just continued on to lunch. Come Friday afternoon, we walked past that spot again, and this time we went to check out the drain. The drain was basically covered with dead dried leaves but we could still hear the meowing. It was not the usual cat meows, but kittens. Sometime around last year, we found an abandoned kitten very near this drain. Meow took it home and looked after it like it was her very own baby… but sadly, it passed away on the 3rd night that she brought it back.

Anyway, so we looked down to this dead leaves infested drain, and I saw this thing squirming on top of some leaves, and my first thought was a huge hairy caterpilla!! Really… then only then I realized that it was 2 poor kittens… abandoned… [or at least what we thought so when we first saw it]. Meow, traumatized and reminded of the sad event last year, just stared at the 2 kittens blankly and did not know what to do… So I went, “Come on!! Let’s get some boxes and bring them up to the office!! Then we have to feed them after our lunch! We can’t let them die here!”

Faint thunder sounds in the background.

So meow and I rushed back to our office building and went to the refuse chamber behind to look for some boxes. No such luck cause it had been cleared. So we ran upstairs and took one of the boxes that we got from some ebay transaction. Ran downstairs and we stood above the drain for a while before contemplating how to get down… It was quite a climb down and since meow was wearing some stylo heels, and I was wearing slippers… I decided to be HERO and climb down. Was secretly super afraid that I was going to sprain or twist my ankle AGAIN somehow on the climb down but luckily I didn’t. If not, damn malu lor. I was so afraid that the Mother cat would appear out of no where suddenly and scratch my face for going near her babies, but obviously that didn’t happen as well. So I transferred the 2 kitties into the box and made my way up from the drain. By now, the clouds were turning a scary shade of grey so we ran back up to office AGAIN, and rushed off to get our lunch at Great World City.

The moment we got into a cab, it started to pour really heavily... Meow and i heaved a sigh of relief... we could not imagine the poor kittens out in that thunderstorm...


Now, the funny thing was that the pet shop at Great World, USED to be outside the cinemas. When we took the escalator up, the plot of space where the pet shop used to be at, was now totally empty and cleared out! What was left was just a great vast of concrete flooring there. Meow, clearly traumatized by the sight stoned again cause she thought that there will be no milk for the kittens… But……… the pet shop had actually moved to the opposite shop space instead…. Cheeeey.. scared us half to death ok. Bought a milk bottle and the kitten’s milk and quickly went back to office after our lunch…

The kittens were still screaming at the top of their lungs when we got back to the office, but luckily we put them at the back of the office so it was not too noisy. The stupid milk bottle that we bought could not be used as we could not get anything out from that bottle after poking this gigantic hole. So we used some straws and fed the kittens with that instead… no choice mah… The screamer [which we have named Tiger, cause from some angles, it looked like a baby tiger] was the weaker one but could not shut up no matter what we did. The other one on the other hand… [named Fatty, or Fei Zai] was obviously…. Fatter. But did not scream as much as it’s sibling. While meow prepared the milk, I inspected them…. And found a few dead GIGANTIC red ants on both kittens… and it was really really hard to pluck each red ant off their skin. Like the ant refused to let go of their skin.. just like a crab.

Their umbilical cord was still attached which meant that they were between 1-3 days old… according to some research on the net… and their eyes still closed. They managed to shut up for a while after taking some milk and wrapping them up like popiahs in towels to keep them warm. Brought them to the vet at sunset way after work and met some rather friendly pet owners and their cute pets. This sweet girl at the clinic had 2 black dogs… one poodle and one snauzher. Both dogs looked really well groomed, especially the snauzher, who looked like he was weaing furry high socks… and usually I hate poodles… but this one just looked really cute. The 2 dogs were super kay po and the moment I sat down near them, the snauzher propped his front legs happily onto my lap while the other kay po poodle tried to do the same. The owner pulled them back with the leash and suddenly the 2 kittens started screaming. The black poodle who was standing in front of me, stopped in it’s tracks and had this classic shocked and confused look on it’s face. It’s as if it has never heard anything like that before and it was confused about what it was. So to keep the screamers quiet, I opened the lid of the “Double A” A4-size paper box and took Tiger out to wrap it up with a towel. The moment I opened the lid, the kay po poodle trotted over to the box and was just about to stick its head into the box, the owner pulled it back expertly, like she had done this a million times before. The poodle was soooo adorable. The snauzher’s attention was diverted to this couple who was waiting to pay their bills and went over to sniff them. The poodle followed suit.

Anyway, the 2 kittens weighed at a mere 100gm each and the vet didn’t seem to really check on the kittens. All she did was feed them milk [the same brand of kittens milk that we bought] and told the helper to fill a latex glove up with warm water and used that as a warmer for the 2 kittens. She said that they have a 50-50 chance of survival though. Think she didn’t want to get our hopes up too high… Got my mum’s and my dinner and met up with the longan gang at Liat Tower’s BK after that. By then, the 2 kitties were sleeping peacefully when I left home.

The longan gang wanted to go somewhere happening to chill out, and after some time, we decided on Butter Fingers at MS, the same place where Ah Zai, CMI and I chilled out and laughed our heads off through morning. So we drove over and I had a hard time finding a parking lot… had to go into UE Square to look for one in the end. Parking charges was 3 BUCKS!! Wah paing… for such a short time only somemore. Ordered an iced latte which was not bad, and we all shared a waffle with ice cream…. Which happened to be really REALLY nice!! Waaaahhh… spent some time reading old magazines there and had a “bitch” with 2 girls over the toilet. Think everyone knows already anyway… So stupid lor…

Saw 3 really cute cats outside BF, and there was this exceptionally cute kitten sitting in a flower pot outside! The Starfish and his wife were trying to take a photo of it, but for some reason, the starfish deleted the photo after that! And Ah Zai was upset and stormed off… [but I think he wasn’t really angry la. Act only. :P] then the starfish’s wife scolded him and made him take another photo of the flower pot cat! So drama…. Turned out that none of us Pai Kiah’s wanted to go home [think it was already about 1++am??] and Gaz’s suggestion to go karaoke was turned down… especially by me. In the end, we ended up at Mustafa Centre and everyone did their small fair share of shopping. Had an interesting encounter with a nice “lady” at the Sally Hansen section and ran back to the rest of the gang, without anyone realizing what happened. I Bought a Neutrogena shower gel for $9.90 and a nail polish remover by the brand Manicure, which was recommended by the starfish’s wife. By 2+am, everyone felt exhausted and ended the night by sending Ah Zai to the Somerset bus stop and then back home……

To be continued…… its so late I need my beauty sleep!! ZZZzzzzz……..

CSI addict.

this is what a CSI addict is. Watching almost 4 episodes [= 1 dvd] everyday with my brother while he falls asleep halfway and i end up talking to myself. It also leaves you with dreams every night and i dreamt that i solved the case for an ex- Singapore idol contestant the other day. and just last night, i dreamt that i was cross examined by my 2 best friends. gosh. no more CSI watching just before i sleep.... and because of this addiction, i have not been blogging much, as anyone can see. i have not blogged about seoul raiders episode at my house, BUTS at fort canning with bunny.... and i dunno what. Oh, and my eyes seem to be drier than usual... must be all the TV watching! hahaha....

Bunny's Photoshop homework!!

Bunny had a Photoshop project from NIE, and she came over to do her homework on Saturday, and this is what she did!!! Aren't you proud of her?? I am, cause i just told her and demo-ed a bit to her, and left her to do the rest while i watched CSI!! haha. i know, what a teacher, but hey, i think she did great for a first time! :D

QUESTION.

How did the baby cockroach get inside the packet of baby wipes?

It was a real start to my morning when I dug into the packet of baby wipes we leave in the office. You know, for us to clean our hands or whatever since we do not have a built in sink in the office? Yeah, so I pulled one wet tissue out, and I saw this dark spot at the corner of the tissue.

Is that a big hole?? Or maybe a big spot of dirt??

NO. It’s not. It’s a baby roach.

So I calmly put the tissue on a stack of un-used cds nearby and stare at it incredulously. IT’S ALIVE??? I thought aloud to myself. Now, if the baby roach was dead, I can still understand. Maybe it crawled in when one of us accidently left the flap open. But IT’S ALIVE?!!! So I quickly grab a piece of DRY tissue this time. And with a swift but calm motion, I attacked the sotong baby roach. HHHHHYYYAAAkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It’s not this often that a baby roach doesn’t run away from such a situation. Usually they move so fast that my Bygone spray misses each spot. So I wrap the victim up in like 5 layers of tissue and threw away the evidence. When Meow came to office and I told her the exciting story of the baby roach. She was petrified, and hurried to throw the entire bag of baby wipes away.

So. How did the baby roach get in there?? And why did it go in there?? I ask Meow.

“Dunno. Maybe it likes to be in moist conditions. EEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeEEEE!!!!”

Hmmmmm… She’s right. So I have been wiping cockroach eggs all over my hands all this time?!!!

what.a.depressing.entry.

now at office waiting for my mum to pick me up from work.. it's been some time since my mum came to pick me up anywhere... like school times.. hehz. I'm a big girl now but still rely so much on dear mummy... haiz..... pathetic right? This sprained ankle is making me slightly depressed cause i can't do much!!! I wanna go for my eyebrow threading... but i can't. i want to go shopping. i can't. i wanna go to the gym. I can't. This is pathetic!!! Where is my life?!!!!! *sinks into depression*

Back home now... Ok, seriously, it's just that you come to this point in your life where you start to question anything and everything? So, you aim to achieve something in your life. You work hard, you get it. You feel good. Satisfied. Then what? What happens after that? What are you supposed to do after that? Start finding another aim in life to go after? Then when you achieve it, what do you do next? Start the cycle again? Why are we going through this cycle for? To get what? To get something better? To die knowing that you have achieved blahblahblahblah in life? For what??

I dunno. I dunno why I'm feeling like this. Nothing happened or nobody pissed me off to get me started on this. I don't understand either. Why is it that my face appears sad and angry when deep inside I'm not? Or rather, i don't feel that way. I don't think I'm born with a naturally stuck-on-sad-and-angry face. People have asked me, "Dee, why do you look so sad? What happened?" When i was just sitting there, stoning. Not thinking about anything in particular. I think there is something more to that. Like when they say what you feel inside, reflects on the outside? Like, you can be all nicely groomed, slim, being below 50kg and always flashing a big smile to everyone, but are you really happy inside? I'm not saying I am all that [I'm definately not!! :P], but it makes me wonder when i see people who appear to seem happy outside, but they are actually not? Am i one of them? Am i seeing myself reflected on others? I really dunno...

Maybe i should start clearing out things in my room for starters.. that might help... Less clutter in your room, Less clutter in your life.

I dun understand how this post turned out so gloomy when i didnt intend to make it so. See?!! I dont understand!! AAARRGGHHH!!!!! *pulls remaining hair extensions out* I think i'm just upset that i do not seem to have achieved anything meaningful in life at such an age. Maybe i should go to Sri Lanka or something to do some volunteer work or something you know? Do something totally un-related to design? Or maybe start brain storming on my own business? And actually start some proper work on it?? Yeah, the one shelved at the back of my dark archives at the far end corner of my brain. All dusty now... something to excite me to go on with each passing day, not like just another day nearer............. to my pay check?

Yeah, do something girl. I'm slowly, but surely sinking... into depression. without knowing. Better step out of the sand pit before im a goner...

Okies, off to do something meaningful... like what, i dunno. I will crack my head on that now..... :P

* sighs * sprained ankle...

Poor dee dee took a nasty tumble yesterday and a super un-glam one at that too. Just finished having a late lunch with my mum at a corner coffee shop at River Valley Road and my mum walked off to the car while I followed behind… I was looking for a dustbin as I had a ton of used tissue to throw away. Apparently there was a giant hole in the road and I saw it!! But for some weird reason, I walked right into it, and bam!! I just slipped into it unknowingly and I was stunned for the next 3 mins. I could not move my right leg at all and I just layed on the road and stared at my right ankle, not knowing what I should do. And the next thing I knew, tears were flowing down my cheeks and I could not control it at all.

The uncle washing dishes behind the coffee shop saw me and kindly asked, “xiao jieeee… do you need help??” and I point weakly to my mum walking [still oblivious to my falling!!] to the car, “help me call my mummy….” So he tries… “HARLOOOOWWWW!!! HARLOW!!!“

Hmmm… didn’t help at all. So I recovered slightly from the trauma of falling, and shout… “MUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

She turns her head back and realizes that her clumsy daughter is lying on the road and crying buckets, so she ran back and helped me up…. I swear, it was so painful that I really didn’t know whether I was crying out of pain…. Or trauma… geezzz… it was so embarrassing and I realized that I didn’t even thank the uncle!! Opps…

So my mum drove over to the famous sinseh, the shop is called Gim Hin or something like that… and after limping with much difficulty and swearing, the shop was closed!!! At 2pm on Sundays… [I fell at 3.30pm] So I got mum to drive over to Chinatown where I usually go for a massage for my slight injuries… and when the uncle rubbed on the right part of my ankle…… I was gripping the sides of the armchair so hard… and I just could not lean back…. The uncle kept telling me to sit back and relax but I simply just could not do that. After that, had to limp back down the stairs [the place was on the 2nd floor!!] and back to the car in the rain…. Such a sad day…

It was slightly better at night but it hurt a lot when I was trying to sleep… could hardly bend my right knee… this morning… it was really bad. I felt like my whole ankle swelled up and it was so stiff… and I was limping worse than the day before… so I really could not picture myself at work. Sms-ed boss to tell her that I could hardly walk and went to the sinseh… He didn’t want to listen when I was trying to tell him that my calf hurt a little, and he just stared at my right leg like it was an empty canvas… and thinking deeply on how to start on his work of art. When he rubbed my calf, I actually felt like…. A rush of blood being released from the blockage…. As usual, I was squirming in a very un-glam way in the chair and I tried really hard not to scream. He was fast and was done in less than 2 mins! Which I think is good?? So less suffering. Anyway, there was a long list of what not to do and eat…

1. No walking. The more I try to walk, the more it will swell up and it will take longer to heal. If im good, it will heal in a week. If I try to walk too much, it will take 2 weeks.

2. No baths at night.

3. No fried food, salted veggies, and dark sauce. Have light clear food…

4. Rest by lying down on the sofa with the injured ankle laid horizontally on the sofa.

5. Have early nights.

Basically that is all I can remember. He rattled off a whole list in mandarin and I only caught what seemed important. Had lunch with mum nearby and had fishball noodles and a teh-si-siu-dai… my mum got up first to get the car [it was raining again…] and I slowly wobbled off the seat and walked away. The drink store uncle came back to my table to retrieve his cup and said in a kind voice, “Watch your step ah…” Oh gosh… so pai seh…. So I smiled weakly at him… This sprained ankle is getting more attention than I thought…

Returned my 2 CSI DVDs to Video Ezy and wobbled over the the end of the shop to get more DVDs… I could not do much for the whole day except lie down and rest. So I thought of just drowning my sorrows in CSI episodes… So I grab 4 DVDs and walked back to the counter. I realize that it was cheaper to rent in quantities of 3s, and I clarified it with the guy. So I said I will get 2 more to make it worth while. But provided I can finish watching it in a week. Cause that would mean, 6 DVDs for 7 days rental. I pause and think for a while and just casually replied, “Should be no problem lar. I sprained my ankle and I can’t do much anyway.”

“Yeah, I can see that. Do u need me to get it for you? So you don’t have to walk there again?”

I think I have never been so embarrassed in my life. So I say thanks softly and wobbled out of the shop again…. I want it to heal NOW!!!!! AAAAArrrrggggggghhhhhh!!!! I feel so Pai Kar now!!!! Boohooohoooooooooo…. * Sniff * hope I can make it to BUTS this sat…. sigh…

leech-y headache!!!!

Once again I did not manage to get a proper night's sleep and im beginning to wonder if someone put a curse on me… must be that irritant!!! I think its time to get some new pillows and maybe let more light into my bedroom in the afternoon… I came to work with a slight nausea feeling but it went away after a while. After lunch at Wheelock, the taxi ride back was so rocky that I thought I was going to open the door anytime during the journey to puke all my guts out. Good thing I managed to take a short nap instead. By the time I got back to office, my nausea feeling got worse and this time replaced with a cold and a super irritating headache… those kind that feels like a giant 1,000 year old leech is stuck on the left hand side of your skull and refusing to let go….. So the moment I stepped into the office, I popped a Panadol Flu tablet and hoped that it would work wonders. Apparently not. Instead my headache got worse and I ended up melting into my giant yellow chair and staring at the computer screen… just hoping that it would go away miraculously.

At this moment, Meow comes over to tell me excitedly that MW [Mascara Woman] is bugging her big time to get a shoe locker in the new gym outlet at One George Street. I weakly tell her that I have a really horrible headache and instead of hearing any assuring or comforting words, she continued to look at her gym class schedule and exclaimed, “Wah!! Tonight got Body Combat class.. I think I will be kay po and call the gym and ask who is the instructor ah……” She gave a satisfied smile and proceeded to call.

It was funny cause I have never seen anyone so totally oblivious to what I have said before that… and replying with something totally un-related to what I was saying. Whatever anyway, cause my headache seems to be a little better… thank god…….. Must be the other 2 extra strong panadols after that….

Last night I was hooked to my 2 rented CSI DVDs and I finished watching the first dvd. Felt very confused at Video Ezy though cause of the way they labeled the series of the episodes… like, I borrowed season 2 disc 2 episodes 2.2-2.7 or something like that. But they had 2 more discs that were season 2 disc 2 episodes 2.1-2.4 and another one with season 2 disc 2 episodes 2.2-2.6!! I totally did not understand the order of the numbers and I just decided to get both.

My brother initially did not react well to me hording the TV with the CSI DVDs because he does not take well to gross images like mutated and chopped bodies or decomposed bodies. But his curiosity got the better of him when I continued renting more DVDs and eventually came out to watch the episodes and migrated his boot polishing area to the front of the TV with me… Though he missed one good scene where they found the body of a girl’s body stuck in between the compressed compacted rubbish….

Bought a cheesy and hilarious book from a local author [I think!!] at Borders today as I am a BIG fan of this guy who writes in to the 2nd last page of 8 days… His stories revolve round his shared apartment with 2 girls and his style of writing is just so funny. I thought the characters were made up but apparently they are real people! Kinda remind me of the adventures that I have with Chinki and Bunny… but not as bimbotic only… hahhaaa… i think either Bunny or Chinki should write a book about our adventures.... including those in the car... getting lost and all that... wait. maybe they have already... :D