Things we take for granted

Today is a visit hospital day.

Early afternoon, went NUH visit Ning ning...
My dear cousin who's only 18 but has been in/out hospital numerous times since young.
This time its life endangered if the surgery was not done in time.
She told me she hasn't eat/drink for 7 days. She'll jus vomit even with little water intake.
After sugery, upon her 1st sip of plain water, she teared....
1st step down the bed to walk, teared....
1st munch on food, teared...
She also showed me her operated area... its centre of stomach, abt 15cm..
She dun wana leave jus like tat.. she wana study, get married, give birth etc..
Thank god she's fine now...

Many thots went thru my mind tat time..
~I've always take for granted tat i can drink/eat... its so tough for some..
~Never stayed in hospital for 28 yrs.. i must really appreciate..
~Is it a test by god to Ning to experience such torture??
~Duno how 大姑 is feeling now.. experiencing daughter going thru these..
~Ning is so strong.. Din even tear when talk to me.. its seems so normal to talk abt sugeries n pain.. Duno how i'll handle it if its me..

After NUH, i went TTSH to visit MIL.
Also stomach problem.. but ok liao..
Shd b able to come home 2 days later..
She told dear tat she duno how long she can live looking at the rate of going hospital..
Dear told me he's worried abt mum..
This is the rare time where dear sounds really worried...
I'm sad for him too when he's sad..

Interesting Findings

1) Human saliva have powerful anti-fungal, antibacterial & antiviral properties. A painkiller identified in saliva called 'opiorphine' is reported 6 times more potent than morphine. Saliva also greatly speeds up the healing of wounds. Tats why wound in mouth heal faster than wound of skin & bone.

2) Is food tat has fallen on the ground still safe to eat if its picked up within 5s?
'Myth Busters' did a test.
Both salmon & dry crackers are dropped for 2s, then 6s.
After 2s, bacteria was found on both food, salmon picked up more cos its wetter.
For the 6s, neither food acquire additional germs.
Sooo: Fallen food is still not safe to eat even within 2s! Myth Busted!

3) Does eating beans increase flatulence? Means farting...
Beans are the musical fruit..
Sooo: YES.. so go easy on beans...

Magic Exhibition

I wana go magic exhibition..
its at science centre.. adult only $9..
must drag dear bring me there end dec..
chk it out here...
http://www.magicexhibition.com.sg

Save money info

Came across a magazine saying abt saving money.
some interesting pts..

1) Dun buy too small size clothings thinking tat u can wear when slim down.
I strongly agree with this. I got the habit of buying fitting clothes. so whenever, i put on abit weight, i cant fit into those clothes. (& i always dispose it by giving to Mum-in-law & she in turn give to her frs ~painful shrink size shoes & tight clothings...)
Sometimes i saw some super sales item & the dress/top is super nice. I'll also buy.. sigh.. in the hope tat when i slim down, i can wear... & the fact is.... the clothes always becomes a display item & evetually got cleared away.. I seems to clear wardrobe every now n then.. i can easily save thousands $ if din anyhow buy! sad.. I Must learn from old mistake...

2) Dun straight away take a shopping basket/bag when enter store. Studies show tat those who carry a shopping basket.. generally definitely will buy something in the store.
Tats interesting.. i agree oh.. cos whenever, i enter watson/ntuc, if i dun take the shopping basket, i'll jus walk around 'window' shopping. But when i carry the basket, i tend to see things more detailed.. like i die die wana buy something.. but but but... Buying things/spending $ is so happy...

3) Use skype to chat. its free
I've got skype.. all u need is the other party must hav laptop... its really not bad.. cos when dear is overseas, we use skype to chat.. free.. can even see each other with webcam.. i duno how to install though.. everything dear help me oh..
He's MAN in technology oh..

Merry X'mas!

Hohoho.. merry X'mas...

Jus back from fr's hse for x'mas gathering..

We had gift exchange.

Total there's 16 of us. So we got a best X'mas gift award.

Each of us fork out $1 for this award. & i won it!

haha.. i bought a Infra-red heat massager from watson for $20. then got back $16..

Most coincident thing is i draw Y's gift n she drew mine!

& both if us bought Massager!

Great mind thinks alike oh..

Dear got a box of tits bits n sweets..

This is Yummy durian log cake..
While the guys r playing poker..
we babes played "guessing" ppl's name game n charade..
Super funny when play charade cos i'm very "innovative"..
haha.. like have to act out "Sex on the beach", "Giving birth is painful" etc.
Imagine the actor have to act giving birth... haha comical..
& i acted 'Sex on beach'.. n Y got it rite.. we think alike ah..
haha.. its indeed a FUN, sharing & HAppy X'mas..

Jay & 宇豪 Impressive piano performance

Like Jay's songs all along.. but not really a BIG fan of his..
Came across this clip in camy's blog..
Wah.. very impressive leh.. it jus suck all my attention to this superb performance.
Got dual piano 'battle', got DJ 'Zcz zcz' Disc.. got super mario music!
Jay is really very talented oh...
>>huiyi, u must see this!<<

All these while, i've always felt that able to play piano is BeAuTiFuL!!!
Imagine.. ME.. playing piano.. so GrAcEfUlLy... Hmmm.. funny man..
i'm not a sooooo graceful person...
I'm a comical person la..
But i still hope some day i can dun b so lazy n learn to play piano ba..
haha...
maybe nxt time my kid learn, then i 偷偷 learn from child's teacher.. Save $$..
haha!

Oh.. today dear say nxt yr must go learn golf...
sigh.. ok la.. must learn lor.. then got 1 more same hobby as dear...
My new personal mastery for 2009..
keke..

劉力揚- 一句一傷

Ohh.. listened to 933 n happen to hear this song...
一句一傷 by 劉力揚..
I Likeeee it... this song gives ppl the sad feeling.. abit of 古代 feeling too..
her voice is power!

浪漫满屋 & Steve Jobs

Watching 浪漫满屋 now... casts = Rain & 宋慧乔..

i like 宋慧乔's shows so far... this show is really sweet n nice oh...

Rain's not super handsome.. but he's rather cute la..

Anyway on mon, boss ask all of us to go back office to watch a clip.
Its abt Steve Jobs, CEO and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios.. chk it out below.. i think its meaningful n good for 'food for thots' la..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd_ptbiPoXM

His 3 pointers

1) Connecting the dots. He looked back his life. its likes dots connecting n lead to his current achievements.
~Looking back at mine.. i think the biggest & Best Dot is my parents' divorce. It lead me to become more independent and mature at younger age. Have to come out work part time waitress @ seoul garden at 14... I had to be stronger to fend for myself... I dun get to enjoy parental loves..
BUT i have my forever loving aunties n grandma & i love them always!
~I'm left with grandma & ended up, i get proper guidance to my studies instead..Think i'll be worse if left with my parents. At least I have a degree.. wont die of hunger outside..
~If i'm not in NUS, i wont get to know Lifen, n i wont be here now.. I always rem Lifen is the one tat lead me to having current happy lifestyle...
~& I brought dear into this industry that lead him to better heights!

2) Love & Lost. Steve stopped his boring & meaningless studies. He pursues wat he really loves.. "Find wat u love" "In work, love wat u do" "Follow ur heart n intuition"
~I totally agree with this.. Before joining Pru, i worked in few other companies... When i joined this industry, i know immediately this is the rite 1 for me liao.. the job is jus me lor.. i can jus talk naturally n be happy...
~tats why even till now, i'm still doing good & still enjoying my job..
~I have this "intuition" or "feeling" when i hit the rite one.
Eg, when i started out with dear, i know from tat moment, he's the rite one... hee... jus the same feeling as my current job oh...

3) Treat everyday as though its ur last day. He got cancer last time n got cured. So he treasure everyday.. it makes him make decisions "to do it".. keep looking, dun settle..
~Hmm.. this i haven really make full use oh.. cos i think i'm still lazing ard.. Din really make every a fruitful one... i din visit grandma as often as i shd... din do tele as often... din do housework as much... din help dear manage agents much etc...
~oki.. I think starting to go jogging makes life abit more meaningful ba.. @ least i'm not nua-ing everyday...
~Personally i think i din put alot effort in my sales.. but i'm actually happy with my current "relax" closing rate oh.. my close colleagues always say why i like relax relax can do so well still... Hmmm.. think cos i enjoy it ma.. i think as long i'm happy can liao.. but must have enuf money la..

His golden words:

-"Stay Hungry"
i understand it as... when 1 is hungry, 1 will always hav the drive to improve & strive to do better. Or innovate to find better ways to make things better. When contented/"full", tats the end for learning n improving n innovating.. keep looking.. dun settle..

-"Stay Foolish"
i undertand it as... dun think ownself is too clever (聪明反被聪明误).. or sometimes when 1 think things simply, foolishly , innocently... u may get a whole new idea.. or something extraordinary.. think out of the box...

Ministry of Food

Keke... went East coast to run in morning 8am!
Suppose to hav alot colleagues.. end up only me, dear n alvin!
*Faint*
anyway its a good run.. after jogging regularly for 3 wks.. weight no drop leh..
but my stamina getting better.. can slow jog 3km without stopping!

Anyway, went MOF today..
heard of this restuarant quite some time ago.. but i duno where it is..

Today pass by Marina Square n saw it, so went to try try with dear..

Hmm it serves Jap cuisine...

I ordered something like "Seafood Egg sauce" see below ba.. very tasty.. i like..

Dear order cold noodle... normal lor..

then we had dessert.. red bean with "mua ji" n green tea ice cream.. very sweet oh..

They serve "complimentary" coffee too..

Overall i like my set... however, both of us dun really wana go back again..

Think the environment is very noisy & somehow not worth the price for the environment..

still prefer Waraku ba..

Heee...

"Sweet Marriage"

Notice my few new add ons..
Esp like the "U & Me.. Loving Sweetly..." "Sweet Marriage"..
keke.. i dun even know i'm Mrs Foo for almost 3 yrs liao!!!
time run fast... I want it sweet lasting...
Since we r together in 2002.. everyday is still sweet loving.. we do argue.. but so far still very understanding & sweet... He'll definitely hav new things n tricks to disturb me everyday... arghh... guess tats why we r still sweet...
these few days also move rather fast.. Looking fwd to Jan HK n Osaka/Tokyo trip... i want cool weather!
I finished watching 不良笑花 & 东山飘雨西关晴 liao..
Jia lut... gona search for new shows... my life is really very "homely" 宅女...
I Love my current lifestyle!

I've also added a "My Fans" Club.. haha.. i'm my own 1st Fanssss... add urself in ba..

限時的遺忘-潘嘉麗

Nice Song! Feel tat Kelly's singing improve!

My current Fav Shows

OMGosh... i'm currently "cheonging" 5 series...

1) HEROES (Interesting as everyone has different unique skill.. eg can fly, can transport thru time etc..)
2) Desperate Housewife (abt different females in their everyday life stuffs.. interesting too!)
3) 珠光宝气 (3 sisters revolving rich men... scheming n fights..)
4) 不良笑花 RECOMMEND! (Yang Cheng Ling is super Funny.. although abit exaggerated.. but it really makes me laugh.. )
5) 东山飘雨西关晴 (jus a hot big bang show.. so c c..)
As the site just update 1-3 episode per time... i'll tend to have "no shows" to watch... so ended up follow 5 series..
Shiok man!

New "Talk to Me" box

keke.. a client ask me to put this tag box..

actually can leave me a message thru every posting..
but i notice its quite troublesome cos still need to verify or sth...
so add this tag box easier..

Will be extending my Osaka to Tokyo!
Hmm.. must plan my itinery liao...
Jan is a Bzbzbzbz mth..

this is the site to add it to ur blog..
http://www.shoutmix.com/main/index.php

Public Holidays 2009

Wow.. 2009 got quite alot of wkends holidays... can make arrangement for long wkend getaways oh!

1) New Year 1/1/09 (Thur)
2) CNY 26-27/1/09 (Mon, tue)
3) Good Friday 10/4/09 (fri)
4) Labor Day 1/5/09 (Fri)
5) Vesak Day 9/5/09 (sat)
6) National Day 9/8/08 (Sun*)
7) Hari Raya Puasa 20/9/09 (Sun*)
8) Deepavali 15/11/09 (Sun*)
9) Hari Raya Haji 27/11/09 (Fri)
10) X'mas 25/12/09 (Fri)
*Following Mon is PH.

See wat i mean... holidays either fall on mon or fri or sun... isn't it great news!

BZ day

Dear not in sg.. went M'sia for course.. i'm left alone.. bz though..
Its been bz bz bz bz day yesterday n today...
Bz but fulfilling.. cos i've been really working n making gd use of my time..

Sat:
Morning till afternoon meet clients. end up got close case!!
its unexpected one... yeah! Good start for Dec!
Evening went home.. zzzzz.. then wake up 8pm..
then 9+ pm went Jogging!
actually almost din go jog cos give myself excuse tat late liao.. cant jog..
but somehow, i persist on n go ahead...
yeah! got lots of energy to jog at nite leh...
i'm an owl ba.. like to do everything at nite..
or maybe cos i get enuf sleep beforehand, so got more enegry to jog..
watever the case, I'm so happy i got close case n got jog!
nite time skype with dear.. but his m'sia connection not gd..
also watched the "bi.... man" show in previous post, at 2am... nice!

Sun:
Morning till evening meet clients again... SHag day.. cos...
Morning went Bedok (east)
Then go Woodlands (north)
Then go Jurong... (west)
Wah.. really tired... drive like xiao..
lucky drive STI, so more comfortable..
Happy day AGAIN!
cos got close case at all 3 appts regardless big or small.. heee... yeah..

I M HAPPY!

Bicentenntial Man

Wow.. jus finished watching "bicentenntial man" from my fav site..
Its abt a robot which has a mind of his own n wana become a human...
Superb show..
touching too...

Healthy me

Have been going jogging regularly recently... ard 3-4 times/wk... ard 2.4-3 km! ard 30min each time.. yeah.. finally determine to excercise liao..
Bought kiwi lately too... kiwi is an excellent source of Vit C! Good source of potassium! Supplies soluble fibre which can help to lower blood cholesterol levels! Do u know tat a single kiwi fruit supplies more than the normal daily adult requirement for the vitamin, which is essential for wound healing and a healthy immune system...
Hee... n one shot i ate 2-3 kiwi.. hee.. cos quite nice.. once its fully ripe..
Wana b a healthy me...

Hong Kong!

Ahh.. today boss throw incentive... will be going Hong Kong 3-5 Jan 2009!
*faint*
cos 6th-10+ Jan going Osaka/Tokyo...
Travel too intensive also problem...
then CNY is on 26 n 27 Jan...
Almost whole mth no need work.. haha!!
Gona take bonus in Jan too! more than 20k! hahah!!
Yeah...

Baby?

Went visit ah ma... she keep asking me not to tahan baby.. she wan me to quickly hav a baby.. sigh... today hubby mum also ask abt when wana hav baby cos we happen to tok abt my hubby's young time.. she say she still can help take care, better have it fast.. she's not rushing.. jus happen to chit chat abt it...

SOoooooo.. it makes me ponder shd i let it natural liao.. i dun wana b in high risk birth age in future..
Sooooo... still pondering, thinking, calculating pros n cons etc....

Wat holds me back:
Mentally not prepared to b mum, scared of responsibilty now maybe..
Wana b financially more stable? esp now econ crisis n my investment halved n haven buy hse yet etc..
Wana have freedom to do wat i want.. esp so many free trips nxt yr.. Osaka, macau, LA....

Wat makes me maybe want:
Doesnt mean i stop preventing means i'll get a baby straight away.. maybe finally when i'm prepared to b a mum, my stomach jus cant hav leh..
Mum in law still can help me take care.. major issue in current society oh.. i dun wana hav a maid bully my baby.. lucky my work allows me the flexibilty too..
MOST imp is i hope to let my ah ma see my baby.. her great grand child.. cos she mentioned few times liao..

Hmmm.... how... any suggestions n thots? still pondering....

Retrenchment!

Recent hottest topic...
RETRENCHMENT...
It makes me ponder.... as pointed out in my book tat my industry wont get affected by retrenchment or superior's appraisal etc... now i can see it liao... Some of my frs are concern abt their job... esp those yuppies... young n earning quite good... & have higher spending habits.. if earn too high, scared gana chop.. if too old, also scared chop.. if u r replaceable, also scared gana chop...
I'm really lucky.. but as every1 is tightening their belts.. i jus have to work harder to find more clients... but at the least.. i control my fate...
Phew..

Osaka/Kyoto Trip in Jan 2009!

Yeah.. will be going Osaka & Kyoto in early Jan nxt yr!
M considering whether i shd extend this trip...
will b going with hubby...
Suppose the weather is cold manz...
keke... happy!!
meanwhile, must work hard for my US trip leh...

P90 Outing 12-11-08

Our agency went for outing yesterday..

We went K-lunch @ marina square... its 11am-2pm with a bento set.. about $13.50/pax.. quite ok hor...
Few surprises.. Stella can sing quite well.. Handsome philip sang with passion n feeling too.. PengYuan seems to know alot of songs, so end up can sing few songs too... Joe like to sing Canto songs... Liwei sings more this round...
The bento set taste quite ok... but maybe we got 9 persons, they dun have enuf bento set.. so poor philip n PY had to eat small small set of chicken rice tat's not so nice..

Dear brought along Jenga.. so smart! haha.. while we babes r singing, the hunks are playing Jenga... then they suggested playing with money... Fion like to play with money.. so she joined in.. haha...

Then we went bowling.. Liwei like bowling n brought his own set of ball.. Tat day Liwei also broke his own record... got 7 strikes in 1 game! 232 points! Philip, Joe dun really play bowling.. but manage to get strikes too! haha.. tygo..Goto go back office meet peter @ 4pm..

Last stop, we went bugis eat steamboat buffet... Not bad place... as its raining, the weather is coolllll... so i enjoyed the dinner... there's choice of pure soup n bbq+soup. we chose 1 set of each... BBQ food NICE!

More pics can b viewed

http://www.friendster.com/viewphotos.php?a=625182646&uid=3081980
http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=596134228#/photos.php?id=596134228

Video

http://www.facebook.com/video/#/video/?id=596134228

Elderly Home Visit

Went to Elderly home today.. It's "Kheng Chiu Loke Tin Kee Home for the Aged" located at Tampines. We did some simple warm up exercise, sing songs, showed "wang sa, ye feng" & colleagues performed a dance.
The 1st feeling i had is the elderlys are much older than i expect. Some are in fact english speaking. Some are 80+ yrs old liao... My ah ma also 80+ but she's physically much stronger n heathier than those in home. i'm really glad tat my ah ma is still healthy...

In fact, this is the 1st time i visited a home. I'm appreciative tat my organisation organised this trip.. one of our pillars is to contribute back to society n doing charity. We'll be doing charity regularly...

Playing passing "milo" game..

Singing hokkien (1 stick unbrella).. i'm at extreme right with exaggerated movement.

Leading the folks in warming up exercise.. squeezing palm..This ah ma is called Nelly, 80+ yrs old liao.. she speaks english... nice lady..

Hospital Subsidy wil DROP in 2009 Jan!

Do u know "Means testing"??

Some basic info. When one stay in Ward A & B1 (govt hosp), there's NO subsidy.
If S'porean & PR stay in ward Class B2, wil enjoy 65% subsidy & Class C, 80% subsidy.

However, in Jan 2009,
S'porean who earn more than $5,201 will receive 50% subsidy for Class B2 and 65% subsidy for Class C. (means will rec lesser subsidy for high income earners ah)
Those earn $3,200 & below will stil receive full subsidy (65% for Class B2 and 80% for Class C).
If earn in between, then will have gradual subsidies between 50-65% for Class B2 and between 65-80% for Class C.
PRs will be 10% less than s'poreans with same income level.
More info can get from www.moh.gov.sg

Means......... MUST buy hospitalisation plan!

My client had slipped disc n had DAY surgery. She stay SGH ward A, cos feel more comfortable with specialised doc... Total Bill is $27,000!!!! Jus 1 day sugery.. Lucky she bought hospital plan from me.. n its total claimable!

Phew... feel really relieve she got this plan..

Advance Medical Directive Act

Do u know wat is Advance Medical Directive Act?

Say when i'm terminally illed some day & i dun wish to prolong my life anymore cos I dun wana suffer further and hope to be allowed to die naturally, in peace & with dignity. u know 安乐死..
But IF i' unable to express myself at tat time...
HOW!!!! I dun wana burden my family mentally & financially....

There's a way...
I can sign an Advance Medical Directive (its a legal document that you sign in advance to inform the doctor treating you, in the event you become terminally ill and unconscious, that you do not want any extraordinary life-sustaining treatment to be used to prolong your life) .

This is the form.. I'll be filling in oh... Most imp is dun wana burden family la..
http://www.moh.gov.sg/mohcorp/uploadedFiles/Forms/AMD_form/FORM1AMD(270905).pdf

If u wana know more.. can chk this site..
http://www.moh.gov.sg/mohcorp/legislations.aspx?id=7120

Help donate organs

Hey go to this site n download the form "Organ Donor Form"...
do help out in organs donation ba...
http://www.liveon.sg/Howyoucanhelp.html
default our kidney, liver, heart and cornea will be donated under the HOTA..
Isn't it great that we can help ppl even after death...

Interesting Images

Try this out..

1) You should see a man's face and also a word....
Hint: Try tilting your head to the right, the world begins with 'L'...

2) This pic is not animated! But it is moving!
To test this, stare at one spot for a couple seconds and everything will stop moving.
Look the black center of each circle and it will stop moving. But move your eyes to the next black center and the previous will move after you take your eyes away from it.... Isn't it cool!

3) Awesome!

4) Instruction below...

5) Do you see gray areas in between the squares? Now where did they come from?

FUN????

Free DigiCam & Phone!!

Yeahhhh... Freebies til end yr...

BESTEST time to top up plan or get new protection plan...

Perfect X'Mas Gift too!!

1) Digi Camera - Sony CyberShot DSC-W120more details of the specs can go this site to chk it out..

http://www.sony.com.sg/microsite/cybershot/products/w130_w120_w110/index.html

2) Sony Ericsson J132Details can chk out this site..

http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/j132?cc=sg&lc=en
Best feature of this phone is..

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........ There's NO camera function!

BEST for Guys going Re-service or Regulars when in camp!

Call me liaoo...

DUN DELAY!!

Hahaha..