Mango Shrimp Salad

Just feel like making salad yesterday..

Romanian lettuce, Japanese cucumber, mango, shrimp, hard-boiled egg, sunflower seed with thousand island sauce.. *yummy*

Aljunied

Mum used to bring me and siblings to Aljunied to visit grandma when we were kids.. Our itinerary for a weekend is usually breakfast (wanton mee) at the Aljunied market, swimming at Geylang East swimming complex, a movie at the cinema next door then proceed to grandma house for dinner.. Finally after years passed by, I’m once again back to my childhood playground..

Dear M and me went to Aljunied for lunch.. we had pork rib noodle, fish minced noodle and pasar style fried carrot cake.. only S$2 per plate with table service.. unbelievable price! After a hearty lunch, it started to rain so we went to watch basketball tournament (just next to the pool).. watched for 20 mins, the rain stop.. we went for a swim and sun tan.. The placed changed so much..

Nice kiddy pool..

Clean shower/changing room.. got separate area for changing inside the cubicle.. (can place your bag inside while shower.. no need to worry of being stolen or get wet)

I had a good tan as the sun was super strong.. We swim till 5pm.. dinner was at Kallang Airport.. We had the popular western bbq - sirlion steak and add a sunny sideup egg..

Route to Success

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The only route to success is through a plan. We must believe in the plan. Then we must vigorously act upon the plan. It is then we can succeed.

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Breakfast

This morning.. I take bird nest for breakfast.. cold, tasty and cooling.. ;-)

superior bird nest with ginseng and rock sugar..

Mum Discharged

Hooray! Mum was discharged from CGH yesterday at 4.00pm.. I’m so happy that she is fine..

I finally spend the night at home eating dinner and watching TV program… no need to rush to hospital.. I eat so much last nite.. I had rice with veg and meat .. ok, I didn’t finish the rice.. but I also had gyoza, fishballs, tea and soya bean milk.. I’ve such a good appetite.. I sleep damn well..

Dengue Fever

Mum's red blood platelets count is down.. she has been on drip (sodium chloride) for the past 3 days.. Doc says possible dengue fever.. No confirmation still after so many blood test..

The signs and symptoms of dengue fever
Dengue fever usually starts suddenly with a high fever, rash, severe headache, pain behind the eyes, and muscle and joint pain. The severity of the joint pain has given dengue the name "breakbone fever." Nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite are common. A rash usually appears 3 to 4 days after the start of the fever. The illness can last up to 10 days, but complete recovery can take as long as a month. Older children and adults are usually sicker than young children.

Mum has fever, no rash.. but she complaint that her muscle ache and loss of appetite.. hmph!

Lunch

I had lunch at CGH with mum.. I eat with her by the bed.. I brought assam fish for her.. and I share my rice with her.. She didn't finish the assam fish.. I'm going to buy chicken rice for her tonite.. maybe frangance rice can triggle her appetite..

Nasi Padang & Assam Fish..

Weekend 20/21/22Oct

My weekend...

Fri 20Oct
5.00pm - 8.30pm Brought liver soup for mum.. Hospital took too much blood from her for blood test.. she is feeling weak.. Dear M came to visit her.. brought her pink carnation.. Mum is so delighted to see her godson and she got flowers at this age! She even complaint that the children never get her flowers.. *argh*.. can complaint is a good sigh lah.. at least she can still complaint about us.. haha! Before we left, mum got fever again.. she feel cold.. We secretly make chinese med for her to drink - "chun chun flu tea"..

8.30pm - 10pm Went dinner with Dear M, I got no appetite but at least I finish more than half bowl of congee.. Need to take some foods cause I've been skipping dinner since Wed..

Pink Carnation

Mum wants to eat fish.. she says can generate more blood..

Chicken again *sighz*?!

Sat 21Oct
12.00pm - 2.00pm At hospital accompany mum..
2.30pm - 4.30pm Back to office to clear back log..
5.00pm - 8.30pm Went back to hospital, brought her watercress soup with pork rib.. she has no appetite again.

Sun 22Oct
10.30am - 11.45am Dear M came by and bring me bird nest.. we went Bedok for yang tau foo.. buy vegetarian bee hoon for mum..
12.00pm - 1.30pm She didn't finish the foods.. still got no appetite.. Last nite fever was at 39C.. she is now on drip.. It is so painful to see her in this condition..
2.30pm - 5.30pm Went swimming and sun tan.. I need a rest.. Sis Jolene visit mum at 5pm.. so I get a break. After swim went to Parkway Parade for Tom Yam steamboat and brought a dress from Kiddy Palace for my neighbor baby.. Saturday was her 1st year birthday..

Disappointment

Total disappointment with Changi General Hospital.. SGH, TTS and CGH are all government hospitals with same standard and quality.. but I think SGH quality in service is so much better than CGH *sigh*..

So many things happen over the past 2 days at CGH.. I complaint to the CGH Corp. Affair department.. after several calls with the officer, they finally move mum to B2 ward.. It is not only more comfortable for mum but also for the family member who is there to attend to her..

Mum is still having fever.. last nite before I left, it was at 37.7C.. They have taken many tubs of blood for test but no result yet. They did a heart scan for her yesterday and I managed to speak with the cardio doctor (at last).. 1 good news, he dun think there is anything to do with the "balloon" operation that she has done in year 2000.. at least he dun think the ring is narrowing.. and there is no sign that she need to do another time :-) .. I told mum the good news so she can rest better.. no worry for another operation.. since she is already so old..

Mum has good appetite last nite.. she finished her dinner.. and we got her a chicken pau.. in case she is hungry at nite..

boring & plain dinner.. tau foo with minced porks + veg + rice..

Supper served at 8pm.. 1 sliced of whole wheat bread with butter and coffee..

Mum so happy that she got coffee.. ;-)

I didn’t sleep well for the past two nite.. keep waking up.. I’m worry mum may call me and I didn’t hear my hp ring.. I'm so damn tired.. This morning the mucus that I sneeze out got bloody stains.. *argh* I need liang-teh and lotsa rest..

I MUST be Strong & Independent

On my way home after visiting mum.. I don’t feel well.. my nose and throat is giving me problem due to the haze plus not enough rest.. I feel giddy, tired and hungry..

Darling Vanessa called today.. she says that I’m strong and independent but too strong liao.. I dun think so.. I need to be stronger and even more independent.. I’ve to stayed healthy and well.. I need the energy to take care of mum..

In this world, you can't depend on anybody.. you need to depend on yourself.. fight for survivor..

Mum Hospitalized

Mum fainted yesterday at home and was admitted to Changi General Hospital. I stayed at the hospital to accompany her till 10pm.. went home bathed and knock off..

They took 4 bots of blood sample and 2 bots of urine sample.. The urine test was out last nite around 9.30pm.. they found bloody stain in her urine.. we are hoping it is only urine infection. she is now on drip.. with high fever at 38.5C.. and occasionally she feel her chest tighter..

Surprise!

I was in a boring meeting yesterday and I received a mms.. I'm so happy ;-P

Dear M sneaked out during office hour to buy me this pooh pooh bedroom slipper.. Thank u! Muackzzz!!

Joke of the day

Bear: Can you send me the expense claim form in soft copy?? Thank!!
Bear: Thank! USD 2.84 for breakfast? What did you eat?? Ha!ha!
Moh: I didn't say you could look at my itemized portions!
Bear: Why did you rent a car?
Moh: Why not!? Go to hell.
Bear: You rent the car to travel to Hell? No wonder you use so much gas.. Haha!!
Moh: Not so much gas. Hell was very close to the airport. It's called HDQ.

That makes my day!

My Tummy Hurt

My aunty came last nite.......... argh!! Tummy hurt.. I didn't sleep well ;-(

I've started "single pay double work" week.. My colleague is out of town for business cum holiday. She leaves last Friday and will only return to office on 30Oct.. I've to cover her job since we work on buddy system.. *dead*

Weekend 14/15Oct

I was home on Sat.. wake up at 6.49 am.. lying on bed till 9am.. Been waking up earlier nowadays since I club and drink lesser.. No hang over mah! I shower and went downstair for breakfast.. had banana leaf nasi lemak, half boiled eggs and kopi.. After breakfast, went to NTUC to buy grocery... I decided to make a cheese cake and "my style" spaghetti..

So I brought hams, clams, sotongs, ikan billis and cook it with fusilli over tomato sauce.. *yummy*.. I cooked the share of 6 paxs.. so I can keep it in the fridge and eat it for the next few days.. ;-)

My "no bake" cheese cake.. with longans & pineapple

embedded in the top jelly layer..

Pasar Malam at Geylang Serai

Sunday is my swimming day.. Met Dear M at Bedok swimming pool.. It been years since I last step into Bedok swimming pool.. It was quite.. The sun was great.. After the swim, we went to the pasar malam at Geylang Serai.. brought bbq chicken wings, fishballs, putu piring, vadai, chicken kebab on pita, fish meat otaks and fish head otaks.. then proceed to East Coast for our mini party.. I spotted an empty table next to the sea.. so we rushed to "chop" the table.. We seated facing the sea, it was windy and the foods tasted good.. nice atmosphere, nice companion with nice foods.. I'm so full!!

That ends my weekend and I'm back to Monday again!

Goal

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If you want to achieve a goal, the first step is to make a decision that you really want to achieve that goal. Once you have decided to achieve that goal, you will.

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Lily

My work desk smell so clean and fresh.. with this lovely lily ;-)

My Nephew Baby Julian

Baby Julian.. He is growing.. cuter and cuter each day..

My dearest darling baby Julian..

Dinner at Coca

Dinner with the gals... Amanda L, May, Shirley and Eve..


The last time we were in Coca was almost 1 year ago..

Foods don’t really taste so good anymore.. less choices and the chilli sauce is not so great.. maybe I’ve tried better steamboat somewhere else.

Shopping in Washington, DC

Just one day shopping trip to Georgetown and Pentagon City... I buy and buy and buy..

OPI, Sally Hansen, Banana boat tanning oil..

Body and Bath Works

Tommy for babies

Coach - retails price: bag USD278, purse USD 129, namecard holder USD 78, pouch USD 78
I paid outlet pricing: bag USD 174.30, purse USD 90.30, namecard holder USD48.30, pouch USD 27.20..

Victoria Secret

Salt water truffy for offices, clothes and I even shop onboard the flight.. I brought Loreal volume shocking mascara 2 for USD 20.. In Singapore, it is selling at S$26.90 for 1.

RL gloves..

Oops! still got 1 Levi red tab jean and 2 pairs of Nine West shoes.. I've good tactics in packing my luggages so no worry of space and over weight.. and I throw away the pair of shoe that I wore there.. smart!! haha!

八月十五 - 中秋节

Went to Haig Road for my fave satay.. I remember when I was a kid, mom always bring me to Haig Road market for satay and wanton mee.. The satay still tasted so good.. I oso try the Chinese mutton soup.. *yummy* My biggest surprise after dinner.. We're going for the DHL balloon!! Dear M got a 1 for 1 coupon.. so we decided to go since it will only cost us S$23 (for two).. I'm so excited.. I've been talking about this DHL balloon.. saw it flying so many times.. and finally.. never did I dream flying with it.. and it is on a full moon (八月十五).. the only regret I've that nite was I don't have my camera with me.. have to make do with my hp camera.. and I was grumbling all nite.. sob! sob!

DHL balloon.. Come fly with me!

Our tickets and free mooncake..

Flight altitude is 150m about 40 storeys high and the duration is 10mins.. I was trembeling when it take off.. cos the balloon was shaking.

Moon.. with PSI 80 haze.. I can smell the "fresh air" in the sky.. ;-)

High up.. which part of Singapore? I dun know leh!

Landing time...

After DHL balloon, we went to East Coast to play lantern..

my hello kitty paper lantern

Fire works.. lucky we got this at Haig Road cos many people playing at East Coast..

Movies

Movies that I watched onboard..

1) The Da Vinci Code
2) X-Men: The Last Stand
3) Just My Luck
4) Lucky Number Slevin
5) Poseidon
6) The Sentinel
7) Over the Hedge - Again! Yes, it was funny.. and I got think of Darling Vanessa cos we went to cinema together for this show..

I'm Tired

I had a difficult sleep last nite...

I'm suppose to be tired bcos I wake up at 5.45am on Tues for work.. Today, I wake up at 4.10am... staring at the ceiling till 6.25am.. argh!! My bird brain is so small yet I still have so much to think till I cannot get a good sleep.. *panda eye liao*

Seek New and Better Ways of Doing Things

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Queuing is the act of waiting in line for something, at a restaurant, a movie, at a convenience store etc. In the 1920's a government organization tried to find ways of helping people wait in line for less time. For businesses that have lines for their customers, instead of forming separate lines behind each individual employee serving customers, the agency came up with the idea of forming one big line and then routing the next customer in that big line to the next available employee. This act alone reduced wait times for an average line by more than 30%.

Did the old system work? Yes. But there was a better system that the organization found that saved valuable time and resources.

Ask yourself this question: What have you improved upon in your daily work, specifically, what have you tried doing in a new or better way?

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Super Busy

I'm super busy today...

My colleagues from US and Indonesia are here.. I've Isya/Sales from Indonesia here attached to me.. I've to give her a sales orientation. Will bring here out tomorrow to see our corp. client so she can have a feel of the corp market..

My messy working desk..

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Finally our Ads is up at Raffles Place MRT station...

Hungry

Had a meeting with my General Manager, manager and the team... till 1.30pm yesterday..

I had to skip lunch cos I have another appointment at 2.30pm.. lunch was not possible until 3.20pm.. When you are hungry and you see such ads.. *drooling*

I'm hungry lor..

Satisfy My Craving

Dear M promised to bring me to Sakura when I return from United States.. hee!hee! ;-) I'm really craving for local foods after away for awhile..

We went to our old "hometown" for yong tau foo in the morning.. I love the yong tau foo.. the green & red chilli, fishball, egg roll, cuttle fish, seaweed.. tasted so fresh and good.. then we meet up with mum.. and that two fellows start chatting on 4D and the special mooncake festival toto..

I talked to Didi Jerry.. nowaday he book out on Sat and return to camp on Sun by 10pm.. no more long weekend.. no Friday book out. Didi Jerry started to nag and nag.. keep asking me not to sleep in the afternoon.. otherwise my jet lap will not recover.. Ok, I didn't sleep.. I was out all afternoon to keep myself awake..

In the afternoon, we went to Siglap coffee club for a drink... we played tic tae toe and another game which I don't know what it is called.. You need to cancel off the stroke and the last person who cancel the last stroke.. consider lost.. so care free and relax.. I want to go back for my Iced mango tango.. it so cooling.

Darling Vanessa... someone says when you play tic tae toe on msn chat hor.. you always lost leh.. hee!hee!

Dear M made reservation for 6pm.. so it was easy.. the business is really good for weekend.. We had so much foods.. I enjoyed the cold dish very much.. I had so much tuna & salmon sashimi.. The prawn is also good.. thank for peeling the shells.. hee!hee! ;-)

Iced mango tango & strawberries smoothies

Sakura at Tampines SAFRA

Oysters, mussels, scollops, tuna and salmon sashimi... *yummy*

My Knee Cap

My knee cap is red, swollen and itchy.. since Monday..

It is growing bigger and bigger... I went to see doc yesterday and doc says "it is too red and angry to tell if it is bitten by insects"... It could be allergy or infection.. He gave me treatment for both.. sodium fusidate cream to apply, cetrizine tablet for itch and amoxicillin antibiotics..

Going to States

The day before I left for United States..

I had an USEIC education exhibition at Le Meridien hotel till 9pm.. so damn tired but thank to Dear M.. came to pick me up. I was so damn busy that day.. didn't even go out for lunch.. had a super tom yam cup noodle.. by 4pm, I was already so hungry..

Went dinner at Chomp Chomp, I had roti john, banana leaf nasi lemak, chicken wings and a big plate of fresh fruits..

A very big plate of fruits... mango, spain melon, watermelon and pineapple.. all my fave! Dear M even make the lady go find mango.. haha! but a bit sour leh..

Was suppose to call Darling Vanessa before I go.. but I had to pack my luggage.. okie, as usual, I take years to pack my stuff.. and Darling know it very well.. hee!hee! So we can only sms each other... Darling Vanessa, Sweety Amanda S and Dear M all start smsing me..

Focus on Continued Improvement

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Remember the first mobile phone? It was as big as a laptop computer folded in half, it was heavy, had poor reception, and was very expensive. What if we would have been satisfied with that phone and never tried to make it better? Thankfully, the employees of the phone makers have continuously improved the phones; have made them smaller with better reception, less expensive and added multiple features.

The airline market is improving and changing everyday too. People's tastes and preferences are changing everyday. If we do not change and improve too, we will be left behind with that big, heavy, expensive mobile phone from fifteen years ago that nobody wants anymore. We must find new and better ways of doing things in order to be successful. We must become the ultra light, inexpensive mobile phones that have email, a camera, internet access, and more. In comparison, what kind of mobile phone are you?

What have you improved upon lately?

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Enjoy Competition

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Yes, there are other seats, on other airlines, with other food, services, and amenities. What industry is any different? This is what makes our jobs interesting and challenging.

Take the time to learn about the competition. Learn their strengths and weaknesses. Enjoy the challenge of trying to sell with our strengths and weaknesses against the competition's strengths and weaknesses. Then rest assured that we have a great new fleet, a fantastic product that is very competitive, a great route network, and more. Have fun with the challenge, life would be boring and bleak without the competition.

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