no.30 planting & re-planting

PLANTING BASIL & TOMATOES 

WITH SEEDS FROM BANGKOK SEIYU SUPERMARKET :P

day1 - planting. sweet basil seeds are small & black in colour 17jun2011

day2 - seeds turn purple!

day3 - tiny green SPROUTS!! sooooooo cute!!!

day4 - more tiny green sprouts! soooooooo cute & bigger too!!

day5/day6 - sprouts are overcrowding the pot! still sooooo cute!

day8 - re-planted overcrowded sprouts!! 24jun2011

17 june 2011 our day3 sweet basil sprouts appeared (pic below)...

day3 sprouts - sooooo cute!!

 

day4 sprouts
- sooooo sooooo cute!!

day5/6 overcrowding!!
still sooooo cute!!

day5 - overcrowded - cherry tomato sprouts

re-planted - holy basil (top right), sweet basil (bottom right), cherry tomatoes (left, 3 pots)

re-planted - baby tomato sprouts

no.28 year 1985

1985
class: sec 4-1
st margaret's secondary school

honestly, i don't remember taking these photos. i don't remember much of school. i do remember some of these beautiful faces & a blurry, foggy idea of what we were like in school... and that alone is really SOMETHING TO REMEMBER!

 left to right - cecilia m. peralta, chong li hua, rebekkah chiam, veronica wong, and me - at our school's entrance gate!! 1985

 left to right - yean peng, rebekkah, veronica, me, li hua, ling ling (front) - at changi airport sending Veronica off to Oz! Veron looks so miserable... 1985

sec 4 (16 years old) - in our classroom!! 1985

half of these faces have no names in my memory :( 

i am horrible at remembering people...

left to right - teo ling ling, veronica wong, colleen ang
- in 4/4 classroom!! 1985

no.26 moving house

it began on 18 may 2011.

chit chatting to housing agent at my door... the next day, only one house viewing and got my first offer for rent. tenancy agreement signed 23 may 2011. move in day 1 jun 2011.

i've 8-10 days to pack and go!!!

exploding insanities!!!

PACK PACK PACK
MOVE FURNITURE ROUND & ROUND THE HOUSE
PACK
PACK
RE-PACK

no.24 sight seeing

simply some snapshots - a slice of life

no.23 Old Upper Thomson Road - just like a drive back to childhood days...

no.15 bored bored bored

k, now i'm bored and bothered. i am agonizing over a pile of work and nothing seems to be getting done!! about 11 hours ago via web

@elusivehearts impossible deadlines are the everyday peeves... and i'm utterly bored with that. bored bored bored lol about 13 hours ago via web in reply to elusivehearts

i'm bored. and irritated. and tired. but i'm bored first. lol about 14 hours ago via web




7/2/2011
omg look at howie!! wtf is he thinking??!! LOL

 

photoshopped howie

 

VS

 

 

"normal" howie lol 

no.12 EXPLODED!! rash! rash!! all over me face & body!! wtf!!

omg what happened?!

disgusting skin problem on my foot!! (above)

april
disgusting foot - skin problem on heel (above)
doctor gave fungal cream for disgusting leg - no change
skin got worse again - itchy, dry up, split, bleed, heal
- same cycle every week
finally swollen from infection

end may
doctor gave antibiotics (amoxycillin 500mg+clavulanic 125mg 15tab)
& cream for disgusting leg (swollen1) - got better
skin got worse again - dried, split, bleed, heal
- same cycle every week

end june
disusting leg (swollen2) + rash on shin in early june
- among rash are tiny red dots and some tiny blisters with blood
doctor refers me to skin specialist

7/7/2010 wed
saw the skin specialist

8/7/2010 thu
did swaps, fungal tests, biopsy in 3 areas on leg (pain leh!!)
took antibiotics that night - cephalexin 250mg capsule

9/7/2010 fri - 11/7/2010 sun
rash spreads (tiny dots)

12/7/2010 mon
4pm last dose of antibiotics because...
by 7pm, rash on face flare up - red blotches

13/7/2010 tues
face rash appears (red, blotchy)
eyelids swell, eyes look half closed
body rash all over - except covered areas, hands/palms
doctor says it's eczema.
gives antihistomine (hydroxyzine 10mg)
& enzyme (serratiopeptidase 5mg)

14/7/2010 wed
eyelids swell more - can't drive boys to school
went to skin centre to see proxy doctor
doctor says face rash not the same type as body rash
think drug allergy to antibiotics - cephalexin
tell me to observe if it gets better or worse
blood test for liver function, kidney & full blood test
gives me antihistomine - Loratadine 10mg tab x1 for mornings
evening - i took antihistomine - hydroxyzine

15/7/2010 thu
face and body covered in itchy rashes
3-5pm red and incredibly itchy, hot. better after cold bath
8pm - took chlorpheniramine (ruuny nose med w antihistomine)
10pm - rashes better, took regular pills

16/7/2010 fri EEK!

2am eyes and face swollen bad, slight pain (above)
10am saw doctor. detailed report to doctor.
blood tests for liver & kidney function.
did not take regular pills 1 dose.
2pm saw skin specialist
- 3 skin specialists diagnose bad drug allergy to cephalexin
4pm warded, drank 2-3 jugs of water
all liver function & kidneys, full blood tests are normal (ttsh/nsc)
evening cocktail - steroids (prednisolone 30mg),
chlorpheniramine 4mg (anti itch)
steroid creams, aqua cream for dried face skin
10pm back on regular pills

17/7/2010 sat
2am terrible itch can't sleep
rashes subsided.
4pm doctors agree for discharge
large bag of medicines
10am/10pm regular pills continue

18/7/2010 sun
2am terrible itch on neck and itch on ears
took chlorpheniramine, back to sleep
7am terrible itch on neck still
8am dose of steroids, calcium, gastric pills, chlorpheniramine
10am itch remains but slightly better
10am/10pm stick to regular pills

on the day i got discharged 17/7/2010 (below 3 pix)



WORSE!! help!! 15/7/2010 after seeing ttsh & nsc (below)

14/7/2010 face rash & swollen eyes 9pm-9am :( (below)

13/7/2010 *gasp* rash!!! so damn itchy!! (below)

facing the rash 6-8am: YUCKY YUCK! :( :( (below)

warded 16/7 - 17/7/2010
- TTSH ward 71 bed 27 (below photos)
- lovely lovely room with a view (same as in 2004)

as for hospital food, i quickly opted for muslim meals... somehow, chinese food for hospital patients are always bland and blah... oooh, i was sooooo thrilled when the food came... for dinner was home-cooked asam pedas fish with rice, and for breakfast was a very warm and fuzzy bee hoon ayam soto soup... my my my...

i would have stayed one more day just to rest and get away from working at home, but i heard that the dengue cases had shot up and they expected some dengue patients to get warded... so, since i was depriving someone else of proper medical care, i packed and asked to leave this quaint restful sanctuary...

this is... to me, one of my most favourite places in the whole world...

just look at the garden view from by bedside!! (below)

updates - 1 august 2010, sat
i'm still on steroids (prednisolone) since hospital discharge on 17/7/2010 and will take the steroids for the next 7 days. HUNGRY all the time and i've got to eat big and eat lots... nasi lemak with ayam goreng, bergedel and sayur lodeh every morning is just heavenly, just not naturally what i would eat. by 1pm i'm hungry again and have some lunch, and by dinner... boy, the amt of rice i have on my plate scares me...

1st 7 days - 30mg/day (from the day i was warded)
next 7 days - 20mg/day
next 7 days - 10mg/day

today i had cravings for alow's laksa lemak with chicken... so got it cooked right from scratch...


last week i fried rice with ham and egg... so incredibly simple and satisfying!!!! yummm...


HUNGRY now!!! but don't think i should eat... restrain nette :(
masak uppa tomorrow ah?

guess what?
the root of the whole episode of rashes and swollen face... the disgusting skin issue on the leg is starting again, just after i started rubbing cream recommended by the skin specialist! damn!! it was getting better till then... so, stopped the cream application after 2 days. at least the ridiculous itching has stopped for now....

update again soon...
nette

no 5 exploding insanities *!&^&(%#&%^&!@*Y&*!%%$#

ah ha!

me just exploded...

shout shout shout

blah blah blah...

see who louder... angry designers or angry me. well. both felt the same way with one OTHER party. so why are we shouting at each other???

resolved. control client is pointless.
inform client is key, a good plan.
ya, right.

WISH....
wish hard.

regardless. let's dig harder for tact, patience, clarity, action...

i am soooooo TIRED. and i want to finish - finish WELL.

PLODDING ON and ON and ON and ON... hmmmmmm so ABBA, la.......

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below done 20 dec 2009

well, i guess if all else fails and i feel too crappy, i will then look forward to bendeemer market's breakfast:


hot favourite: (pic below - don't judge the pic till u eat!! LOL)
char beehoon with he kueh ka neng, hiam chior chuei
(fried beehoon noodle with fish cake and fried egg, plenty chilli)





2nd favourite breakfast on cool rainy mornings:
kuey teow soup at bendeemer market



(reminds me of bangkok's noodle soup served at coffeeshop in sala daeng - below)




other yummy fav local breakfast:

beik chye dao kueh (fried carrot cake - white version)


mee pok da (dry mee pok noodle)

no 4 Small Talk - me done this short film 1999