Never again

Today I found out that I don't like nor want to eat fried food anymore. I used to love eating fish and chip but when I embark on a healthy eating journey recently, I stop eating fried food.

During lunch today, I suddenly decided to eat fish and chip in a cafe at a medical center where I was a visitor from 6.30am to 3.30pm and discovered that I no longer like to eat them. So no more fried food for me. Back to munching apples and greens.

Not my big breakfast (chicken ham) 25, banana muffin 6.75, flat white 9.5

Not my latte 11.50

My seabass fish and chip 32 halfway through (98.30)

再見

Ivan

21 December 1997 - 19 February 2012

14+ Years Old

Beloved Companion.
You will be missed dearly.

No = Know

On this Valentine's Day, the years








is equal to the years








so let us create more memories together.

Here's wishing all my blogging friends a very Happy Valentine's Day! May you enjoy the day with your loved ones.

Taking care

With another 5 days to go, the 15 days celebration for Chinese New Year will be over. It was a low-key celebration for us this year as a month before CNY, my mother-in-law (early seventies) who is on medication for diabetes and high blood pressure was admitted twice to the hospital for tachycardia (heart beating too fast). For both times, the doctors couldn't find the cause but managed to bring her heart rate under control. Then they scheduled her for an angiogram with angioplasty if required.

The angiogram was done on her heart 3 days before CNY and the diagnosis: 3VD (three-vessel coronary artery disease). The doctors did not perform an angioplasty on her because of the high number of coronary arteries involved. Instead they will be having a discussion after CNY to see whether a cardiac bypass surgery is suitable for her.

Although all of us are worried about her health, it is still a good CNY for all of us. There were laughter and smiles as my in-laws spend precious quality time together with the children and grandchildren. Despite it being CNY where we were supposed to gorge ourselves silly with cookies and junk food, all of us ate healthy meals that are low in salt, low in sugar, and low in saturated fat so this means no waxed meat and no dried meat.

With this, all of us are reminded to take good care of our health. Once good health is lost, one will always be on medication until the time comes for us to say good bye.

1st day CNY

I just came back from visiting my in-laws on the 1st day of Chinese New Year. It is drizzling now and I am supposed to be taking a nap but I find myself blogging instead. This year, CNY is slightly different as my spouse cooked the vegetarian meal for his whole family this time and it was a success!

Here's wishing all my blogger friends who are celebrating Chinese New Year: happiness, good health, wisdom, courage, prosperity and peace in this year of the dragon!

The Magnificent Flying Dragon

Our version of "yu sheng".

I helped my sister baked these cookies!

Knowing me

Today I am pleasantly surprised to see my name being mentioned in this post by M in her "Living Dizzy" blog. Thank you, M! I’ve been reading M's blog and also her previous blog for some time now and find her to be a strong lady who has overcome many obstacles living with pain and dizziness.

So in appreciation of this mention, I will participate and reveal 7 things about myself that my blogger friends might not know.

Seven Things You May Not Know About Me.

One: 

I was told that when I was about 6 months old, my mother left me alone for a while in a stroller in our garden. When she came back for me, she saw a monkey hugging me (my face facing her chest) with me still sitting in the stroller. She shouted and chased the monkey away. In the haste of a quick getaway, the monkey accidentally scratched my forehead which needed 3 stitches.

So now I have a very faint scar on my forehead. No, unlike Harry Potter, it does not glow and no, I can't understand monkeys chatters.

Two:

I dislike the house geckos (house lizards) because they kept dropping onto my head from the ceiling when I was young.

Three:

I can eat a bowl of 8 tablespoons of instant oatmeal mixed with plain hot water with ease at one go so as long as there is a packet of instant oatmeal and a bowl of plain hot water, I won't die of hunger.

Four:

One night, while I was sleeping in my University hostel, I woke up from sleep with a terrible stomach pain and couldn't sleep after that. In the morning, when the pain had subsided a bit, I walked to the clinic alone and was diagnosed with appendicitis.

Five:

I have traveled 3 times in an ambulance with the siren on: 1. I was the patient. 2. I was accompanying my late father. 3. I was accompanying my spouse.

Six:

When I was young, I wanted to be the Magical Princess Gigi.

Seven:

My favourite colour is red.

That's all. Thanks again M!

New year, new life

A big welcome to baby boy! May he grow up to be healthy, happy, kind and wise!

2.42kg 134067112

The parents have not registered his name yet. When I visited them, the whole family is so joyful and the mother is just learning to breastfeed him as he is their firstborn.

Here's wishing the parents plenty of wisdom and patient in bringing him up to be a well-adjusted and kind person.