My best birthday present ever...

So i was up in Genting on Saturday for Khalil's Timeless in Malaysia concert....Mom and Petrina went up with me...I got up about lunch time, finished packing and went for lunch...Dad dropped us off at KL Sentral to get the bus up to Genting...but all the tickets were sold out and the earliest bus we could get was at 4pm...i was like dang!!! so we called the Gombak station to ask if there were still tickets for the 2pm bus...thank God they still had tickets....so we took the LRT to Terminal Putra to catch the 2pm bus...

Mom met a friend in the bus...when we reached the Awana Skyway, the queue was so ridiculously long that i thought we'd never make it up to Genting...but God really provided a smooth passageway for us coz Mom's friend had this Genting member card that allowed us to go into the express lane...so we were checked into our hotel room about 330pm...Mom and Petrina went roaming around while i rested in the room...

Started preparing for the concert at 5pm...was ready by 6pm...then went for dinner with Mom and Petrina...was waiting for the HK girl Karen to appear...by 730pm she still hasn't reach the Arena of Stars...and it was raining cats and dogs earlier...i was quite worried that she would be late for the concert...but thankfully she reached at about 750pm...so i gave her the ticket, collected the money and went into the concert hall...

The concert hall was pretty packed already by the time we went in...the concert didn't start too late... at 815pm, Andrew Tan (Malaysian singer) came out as the opening act...he sang one of his new song "Tian Hou"...and then Khalil came on stage and the crowd (including yours truly) went wild...hehe...this time round, he sang more English songs...totally loved his Stevie Wonder impersonation...he sang his favourites like "Superstitious", "Sir Duke"...even put on his shades...

Khalil played a lot of guitar, quite a bit of the keyboard and the grand piano...he even did some drums for his encore...i just love Khalil on the piano...too bad the piano was at the other corner of the stage...so could hardly see him when he was playing the piano...even Edward Chan played the piano...but i can't seem to remember which song he played...Khalil played and sang on the piano a few songs..."Nan Yin", "Ji De" and Singalong Song...

I was screaming and hooting like a crazy infatuated teenager throughout the concert...i think i totally irked the aunty who was sitting beside me...not to mention i was singing along with Khalil...of course when he walked towards my side of the stage i went wild...hehe...first row seat is really a whole new experience...when Khalil ended his repertoire with his song "Sorry", i was like what? NOOO!!!! don't!!! of course he came back on stage for his encore...but really, almost 3 hours of Khalil is still too little...of course as usual, he kept forgetting his lyrics...but it's still cool...

I saw Hermond (Warner Music Malaysia's GM) and Howard (also from Warner Music Malaysia) during and after the concert...but i guess they weren't going to ask me to go for the celebration party...so sad...wished i had the "All Access" pass...then i could have gone backstage to see Khalil...but in all, it was still my best birthday present ever...:) anyway, Petrina told me The Star reviewed his concert...here's the link to the article..

http://ecentral.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/6/1/music/6374372&sec=music

Happy Birthday to me!!!

So today's my 29th birthday...by next year this day i'll have to change my profile description...coz i'll no longer be a 20-something...hehe...anyway this year's birthday is really the best ever...coz i'm watching Khalil in concert in Genting tomorrow....and someone bought me a first row seat ticket.... hahahaha....i'm delirious....

Plus, i'm getting a new laptop for my birthday....:)...tonight the whole family will be going for dinner... and my mom, younger sister and niece made me a frozen cheesecake...:)...i love cheesecake...

I opened my facebook this afternoon and there were dozens of birthday wishes on my wall...so touched...Colleen actually called me to wish my happy birthday this morning...and a few of my friends also sent me smses...it's good to be remembered on your birthday....

Anyway, happy birthday to me!!!

Robin Hood

Eric messaged me on gmail asking if i wanna go for Robin Hood...Saturday night show...some other guys were going...so i thought why not? since i was free again this weekend...but i was post call on Saturday...so after morning round, i came home and slept till lunch...then went to Sushi King at Warisan Square for lunch with Siang Lin and Elaine...

Came home and slept...again..hahaha...such a pig...then woke up about 3.30pm and went for a swim with Elaine and Flora at the Likas Aquatic Centre....swam about 1 hour...and developed bodyache... hehe...so damn unfit de...saw some kids training at the lap pool and diving pool...quite cool...then came home and bathed...

Then was rushing to the cinema...thought i was late, but Eric wasn't even there yet...and i saw the poster and realized that Russell Crowe was Robin Hood...i was like, dang!! if i knew i wouldn't have bother to watch...i don't understand the heartthrob status that he has attained...coz i can't see anything so heart-throbbing about him...but anyhow, since i was there, wasn't about to waste the ticket...

So, Robin Hood was alright...enough of action for me...with just the right amount of romantic scenes...and humour...Eric said it was a bit like Gladiator...well, thank God i didn't bother watching that...Robin Hood was basically about who Robin Hood was before he became Robin Hood...and how he met Lady Marion of Loaxley....the Prince (then King) John in this version was as despicable as all the other versions...in this one, Prince John actually locked his English wife out of his room while he was having a good time with his French mistress...what a b******...

But i think my favourite version of Robin Hood is still the cartoon version which i grew up with...the one where all the characters in the cartoon were animals and Robin Hood and Maid Marion were foxes...Little John was a bear...Prince John was a hairless lion and King Richard never died...and the theme song's first line goes like this: Robin Hood and Little John, running through the forest...and then i don't remember the lyrics de...anyway, many may doubt the sincerity of Robin Hood...but to me, he's about as human as a hero can be...

My 1st row ticket...:)

Another courier came for me today...of course i've been expecting it all day...i'm actually on call today...but at least the expectation of my parcel made that more bearable...had quite a few referrals...but otherwise i wasn't too busy...the courier guy called me about lunch time that he was at my house but of course no one was at home...so i asked him if he could deliver it to the hospital... so at about 355pm, Fanny, boss' PA called me saying that there was a parcel for me at the office...
Totally brightened my day...quickly went to get it and opened it...YES!!! my 1st row ticket to Khalil's Timeless in Malaysia concert...and 2 of Khalil's concert posters..:) i just checked the seat plan...my seat is actually quite to the left corner of the stage...but it doesn't matter...it's still 1st row...hopefully the grand piano which Khalil will play on is on the left side of the stage...then i'll get to see him better...hehe...

So now i actually have an extra VIP ticket to the concert...i put a comment on one of Khalil's FB fan page to ask if anyone was interested to buy the ticket...it's RM323...13th row from the stage...right of the stage...nearer to the centre than my VVIP seat...and believe it or not, a girl from HK actually messaged me on FB and said she was interested to go for the concert...Khalil really has very willing fans...anyway, she hasn't really got back to me to confirm if she really wanted the ticket...so if you're a Khalil fan, and you're quite desperate for a VIP ticket, please leave your email address in your comment....i'll get back to you asap...

My new phone

Finally had time to put up pics of my new phone...

Whatever happened to chivalry?

I was supposed to be on call today...but another colleague changed his call with mine...so this week i'm actually quite free...till Friday...this morning was scope day...didn't get to do any OGDS...but saw lots of colonoscopy...we finally finished about 1.30pm...i was so hungry by then...although i hardly did anything...hehe...

After lunch the bosses were having viva for the HOs...i was settling the OT list for the visiting surgeons to Beaufort Hospital...then a colleague of mine walked in with 3 volumes of a patient's file...she said, "for mortality meeting"...great!!! 3 thick volumes to summarize...which i managed to before the bosses finished with their viva...

I followed boss' car to Queen so he offered to send me back to SMC to get my car...so there i was, carrying 3 thick files, walking with him to the carpark, which is about 3 mins walk...i think i was actually huffing and puffing while i was walking...but he only bothered to ask if i wanted him to help me carry the files when we were about 100m from his car...really, whatever happened to chivalry? not that i really expect guys to help me carry heavy stuffs...i'm quite the feminist...and i'm more than able to carry them...but really, chivalry is an extinct word in these modern days...

Came home feeling so sleepy...almost dozed off in the car a few times while i was driving back...thank God nothing happened...slept about 1 hour before i woke up for dinner...as usual, yoghurt and cereal...now i'm feeling sleepy again...yawn...

A surprise package....

Got a call from the courier man this morning as i was going to clinic...apparently there was a package for me...so he asked me where i would be and i asked him to come to the clinic....so about 11am, the nurse asked me to go to the counter coz there was a package for me...it was quite a big one...but quite light...kinda figured out that there were flowers inside....but i was busy seeing patients so i didn't get to open it till clinic ended...

So i opened the box and found a bouquet of white lilies with a card in it...but there was no sender...but i kind of figured out who sent the flowers...and my colleagues and bosses were teasing me and speculating about who the sender was...damn paiseh lah...unfortunately it wasn't from the person i hoped it was...what was i thinking, the person i hoped it was would never send me flowers...hahahaha...

Anyway, thanks for the lilies...it was a nice gesture...this was definitely the first time i've ever received flowers at work...but actually, i prefer flowers where they are growing....

Ice cream and 1st row ticket....

Yesterday was Mother's day...but i wasn't back at home to celebrate it with mom...but i did call her after i came back from church...we celebrated all the mothers at church during church service...and Pastor Kee Chuan prayed for the mothers and future mothers (i.e. those who plan to be mothers)....i cried...was quite touched with the prayer...and was wondering if i'll ever get a chance to be a mother...

I brought one of my HO to church with me...so after church, we went for lunch...Eric and Becky joined us too...then i came home, talked to mom a while...she was telling me about Sylvia's stint at the drama class...then i slept for 4 hours...ah..nice 'cat' nap....then i messaged Eric if he was still up for ice-cream coz earlier we wanted to go for ice-cream but Eric said i looked damn sleepy so i was hushed home...i had instant noodles for dinner since i was too lazy to go out to get dinner...Eric came to pick me up and we went to Vedablu at City Mall for ice-cream...i had Belgian chocolate and banana...and he had banana and strawberry...

Today started out like any usual Monday...with the blues...but just before lunch i got a msg that totally made my day...i was getting a 1st row seat ticket to Khalil's Timeless in Malaysia concert...aaaaahhhh!!!! just couldn't help grinning like an idiot....it's really gonna be my best birthday present ever...really appreciate the effort of the person who bought me the ticket..thank you...i'll be in cloud nine for the next couple of days...hehe...

A bizarre dream and a new phone

I had a bizarre dream again last night while i was napping before cell meeting...initially i was dreaming about me coming back to a squeaky clean house...apparently Jasmine has cleaned the house before cell meeting...but of course that was a dream and our house was still as messy as ever...and then it moved on to another scene...if you remembered i mentioned about the guy i dreamt about whom i kissed in the lift, well, he was in my dream again (let's call him the impossible guy)...and this time, we were on a boat off an island...of course there were other ppl as well...

And suddenly i heard that my latest ex-date was coming to join us...and i got scared and dived into the sea...but since i was neither Perseus nor any of Poseidon's offspring, i couldn't stay in the water for long...as i resurfaced, my impossible guy was there reaching out his hand to pull me up...and that was the 1st time he held my hand...and i didn't let go...and he didn't let go too...and it felt good...us holding hands...and my ex-date saw us...but my impossible guy asked me what are we supposed to tell my ex-date...i was like, nothing...and then we were walking on the beach...just the 2 of us...my impossible guy and me...and i woke up hitting my hand on the forehead several times... self-bashing myself for dreaming such an impossible dream...urgh!!!

Anyway, today was shopping day...after morning round, i went to CP to hunt for a new phone...didn't take too long...i saw some nokia phones...and 5130 caught my eye...and the price was within my budget...rm320...so i just bought it...it has a 2.0 megapixel camera, an MP3 player, radio, and a big enough screen...good enough for me...then i walked around and ended up buying a strapless long dress which i actually didn't need...but since it was rm150 and it looked good on me, i felt that i had to satisfy the bargain bug in me...well, i'm sure there'll be some weddings i could wear it to...

Back home now...still trying to get a hang of my new phone...going for high tea with Becky and Connie in a while...i love weekends without calls...hehe....

A dead phone on my Queen call...

So i was on Queen call yesterday...and it was also our OT day...and only boss was around...coz big boss and the other boss were not around...so boss was pissed and frustrated...and one of our case got cancelled coz the patient's blood pressure was sky high...although we've started her on 2 types of antihypertensives...and her blood pressure in the ward was quite acceptable...

Anyway, halfway through OT, my phone totally died..the keypads were not functioning so i couldn't switch on my phone...and it's quite the worst thing to happen when you're on Queen call...coz then all the referrals can't reach you...thank God for boss though...he offered to lend me his old phone...well, it's an old nokia with polyphonic ringtones...but hey, beggars can't be choosers...meanwhile, i asked the 1st call to take my calls for referrals...

We finished OT early so we were going to his place to get his phone and then off to lunch...but then we saw the 2nd call going to emergency OT for a perforated viscus...and since the 1st call was in Queen covering for me, i had to go into OT...so no lunch for me...and the case turned out to be a perforated jejunum...patient went to ICU post op...and now we have 2 patients with Bogota bag who are in sepsis...and boss emphasized to everyone that i was in both operations...

Anyway, boss brought his phone and charger for me...so i could resume my Queen call...but it's still quite inconvenient coz most of my numbers are in my phone...so i had to guess who were calling and who were messaging me...thank God i had a relatively good call although i stayed in the hospital last night...

I don't know if these are signs...but ever since i joined surgery department, a series of unfortunate events have befallen me...really, i just hope things won't get any worse...

I just realized something...

I just realized something as i was chatting to someone just now...most guys i used to like but whom didn't reciprocate my feelings are self-centred men...is it becoz i'm self-centred too, therefore i'm attracted to men like that? i'll be the one listening to their complaints, laments, etc etc etc...and yet they end up liking other girls...

Maybe that's why i made the mistake i did...coz maybe i was sick of being 'the friend'...so when a certain someone pursued me, i threw caution to the wind and dated him...this guy was what everyone calls a player...i knew that was bad news...but the hopeless romantic in me hoped against hope that maybe this guy was actually serious about me...well, in the beginning he was so interested in me...he wanted to know everything about me...i supposed if you were used to being the punching bag, that was quite a novelty...and definitely flattering...

But of course, as real world goes, there is no fairytale ending...well, the so-called relationship ended disastrously...totally hurt me...and now i'm back to my old bad habit...of falling for guys who would never fall for me...when i used to watch those Taiwanese series, i always imagined myself as the lead actress who ends up with the guy she loved...but my life is more like the girl who loses the guy to the lead actress...

Still, i know i shouldn't complain...coz God has seen me through all the dumps i've been in...He sent me friends who care...Eric sent me a msg saying Jeremiah 29:11...so i looked it up and this is what it said : For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future...now if i can only find out what His plans are for me...

Ip Man 2...and a little bit of a social life...

The past week has actually been quite a free week for me...it wasn't an OT week...and i wasn't on call for a whole 5 days....but i've been quite distracted...you know what they say about you can't run away from your past? it's true...you can't...your past will come back to haunt you and may just well ruin your future...is there any way one can run away from one's past and start life anew?

Anyway, this hermit was having a little bit of social life the past week....Monday night was GA department's farewell dinner for 2 of my former bosses...they are moving on to greener pastures i.e. going to private service...Kean Khang invited me to go so i was the only surgical person there...and i actually met one of my current boss at the restaurant...he was having dinner there as well...dang!! got caught...

Wednesday night i had dinner with Eric...but before that i had to go grocery shopping for my boss...we were organizing a basic surgical skill workshop for the housemen on Friday and Saturday...so he asked me to buy apples, pears, honeydew melon and plastic wrappers...the stuffs were quite heavy and i had to carry them on my own...anyway, dinner with Eric was at this Korean restaurant at Warisan Square...not sure if we were supposed to half the bill...but i kind of assume he was treating since he invited me for dinner...hehe...this hermit has poor social etiquette...

Then Thursday night was movie night....watched Ip Man 2 with Eric, Becky and Nora in 1B...after watching the movie, i felt very patriotic...and racist...it's one of those movies where you feel like standing up and clapping your hands as the credit rolls...if you're going for the storyline, then you'd be disappointed...coz it's pretty much the same as the first installment...they replaced a Japanese nemesis with an airhead English brute of a boxer...but the movie is about Ip Man after all...so who cares about the storyline? Donnie Yen as Ip Man totally beat Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen anyday....I just love the way Donnie Yen fights...he's so graceful it's almost as if he was dancing instead of fighting...nothing brutish...and yet so powerful...

Friday night i was at church attending the opening of the Cutting Edge conference...i'm glad i went despite myself...coz the things that Pastor Sam spoke about really struck a raw chord...he said that we should be angry...at the atrocious wrong doings that are happening around us...and when we're angry, then we should take action to stand up against all these wrong doings...something that Pastor Sam said really spoke to me...he said that the things that God wants us to contend for, we are contented with...the things that God wants us to be contented with, we contend for...i realized how true that is in my life...and God must be so sad when He looks at my life...

I was on call yesterday...yes, labouring on labour day...shall not complain about how tiring it was...i'm just glad i still made it to church this morning..albeit an hour late...was supposed to watch IronMan 2 this afternoon but after lunch with Flora and Elaine at the Manhattan Fish Market, i came home and slept till almost dinner time...i think today is the 'drop your stuffs' day...my front car plate fell off while i was driving back from 1B...saw another car plate on the road along the way...and saw a shoe on the road just before i reach home...

Dang! now i have to drive without my car plate...need to pick Jasmine up from the airport...hopefully won't get stopped by the police...not sure when i'll have time to get a new one fixed...oh well...one day at a time...one day at a time...