Went to SNEC today for my final check-up. Didn't expect doctor to dilate my pupils, but she did. Ended up with a day's MC coz it was so bad that I can't even read SMS'es, let alone go back to office to work on a laptop.
Fussing aside, the lasik was well done, and my eyes healed well. Never mind that there was some minor degree remaining in my right eye, and astigmatism in both. My eyesight was really bad to begin with, so I'm glad things have turned out this way.
My wife's next now... haha... as soon as budget permits. Amazingly, I have already spent $10000 on my Amex card for the first half of 2009, and this doesn't include spending on other cards. Time to really check myself...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Saturday, July 18, 2009
To sleep or not to sleep
It's time to sleep, but I'm not turning in yet. My wife would have said "hong sim", but she won't say it today, coz she's already fast asleep with our darling boy.
For this couple of weeks, i have been doing some unimportant things during my free time. Time to get really constructive before i get really really rotten...
For this couple of weeks, i have been doing some unimportant things during my free time. Time to get really constructive before i get really really rotten...
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Here I am again
It's amazing how fast time passes by. I haven't logged on to this for 9 months, and suddenly felt that I should just write something.
Today's Queenie's one year old birthday. I went to her birthday party, and spent some time with Jinshui. Or rather, he spent some time with me since he mostly accompanied me throughout even though there were other guests.
Time really really flies. Seeing how much she has grown reminded me of what might have been. What if my second baby grew properly and developed? Will he/she be born safely in 6 month's time and go on to lead a life of endless possibilities? I would never know that, since doctor has already diagnosed it as a miscarriage and Cheska went through D&C.
Baby Bennett is coming home today. Although he's still not recovered from his flu yet. But at least, he's at his usual cheerful self. It's amazing how babies can bring a smile to anyone's face =P
Today's Queenie's one year old birthday. I went to her birthday party, and spent some time with Jinshui. Or rather, he spent some time with me since he mostly accompanied me throughout even though there were other guests.
Time really really flies. Seeing how much she has grown reminded me of what might have been. What if my second baby grew properly and developed? Will he/she be born safely in 6 month's time and go on to lead a life of endless possibilities? I would never know that, since doctor has already diagnosed it as a miscarriage and Cheska went through D&C.
Baby Bennett is coming home today. Although he's still not recovered from his flu yet. But at least, he's at his usual cheerful self. It's amazing how babies can bring a smile to anyone's face =P
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Once in a long while....
Wow.... I almost forgot that I have this blog site. Well, it seems that it just didn't manage to get into my blood. Okay, here's some updates to all my non-existing readers. Sometimes, I'm not too sure who I am writing to, but never mind.
I have passed my probation period on my new job, and will be travelling on a biz trip to India soon. It's my first biz trip, so I'm kind of excited, yet unexcited. My gut feeling is that Mumbai isn't exactly a place to roam around on your own at night, so I will be kinda stuck at the hotel most of the time after the daily meetings.
My new (okay, not so new) house is finally almost ready. I'll put up some pictures next time. But i'm just too plain lazy to finish up the paint work... My baby is inching its way out of my darling's womb. In two months, he should see daylight. Again, it's a mixed feeling, happy yet dreading the day when my life will be bound down before i actually get to start my travels. You'd say "you can actually bring the kid along", but it just gonna cost more for the baby who won't know how to appreciate the trips.
I have passed my probation period on my new job, and will be travelling on a biz trip to India soon. It's my first biz trip, so I'm kind of excited, yet unexcited. My gut feeling is that Mumbai isn't exactly a place to roam around on your own at night, so I will be kinda stuck at the hotel most of the time after the daily meetings.
My new (okay, not so new) house is finally almost ready. I'll put up some pictures next time. But i'm just too plain lazy to finish up the paint work... My baby is inching its way out of my darling's womb. In two months, he should see daylight. Again, it's a mixed feeling, happy yet dreading the day when my life will be bound down before i actually get to start my travels. You'd say "you can actually bring the kid along", but it just gonna cost more for the baby who won't know how to appreciate the trips.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Once again after so long
hm... My post just got lost due to the LOUSY and UNRELIABLE internet connection with M1...
Just the important points, my business folded, and I'm back at work, this time with Visa Inc. I met Feng Meng after 10 years, incredibly.
Just the important points, my business folded, and I'm back at work, this time with Visa Inc. I met Feng Meng after 10 years, incredibly.
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Dramatic Week!
So much for wanting to record my own life, and here it is, the second issue of my records, 9 long days after I had written the first one. In truth, it wasn't just another crazy day. It was another crazy week. So many changes took place in the last week that I'm now feeling kind of lost.
After almost 18 months, I left my job at HSBC. Why did I leave? I'm going to start a fried chicken and western food stall. Crazy? It sure is. I am not much of a cook, and it has been a steep learning curve for the last few weeks while I tried to figure out the recipes. And I AM still trying to figure out the recipes.
Since 29 August 2007 (the day I quited), things have been kind of a blur. There are just so many things to consider, and think of in this new venture of mine. Despite spending loads of time planning and trying to imagine how things are going to be like, I am very sure that something will be lacking or will go wrong when the stall begin operations.
Besides the store part, I've also proposed to my sweet darling, and YES, she accepted. Funny how things work, especially proposing when I'm jobless.
For the bad part, some undesirable developments through no fault of mine almost ensured that my application for a 3-room HDB flat will go down the drain. Besides the option fee being forfeited, it doesn't help that I would not be able to apply for a 3-room flat anymore, leaving the "cheapest" option of a 4-room flat being available to me. A bigger loan to be taken, more interest paid, a higher resale levy, higher renovation cost, and higher flat prices (the later you buy, the more you pay) amongst the financial impact that the "undesirable developments" have on my life.
Who can I blame? Definitely my future father-in-law, together with my future mother-in-law and future brother-in-law. But guess what, it seems that my darling is now being made the scapegoat of these "undesirable developments". And seeing things that happen in her family from the sidelines, I swear to God, it's not her fault. But if I want to marry her, I can't openly go and confront her daddy. Finances aside, my darling is now feeling the emotional strain and emotional blackmail from those folks whom she call family. Now, that's what really irritates me.
Well, my friend Joel said that when you marry a woman, you marry that whole family, the good and the bad. I've gotten a wonderful lady, but let's hope that the bad part ends here. This saga alone is costing me no less than SGD100k in my future finance. I'm not too sure if I can take more of such rubbish.
Dramatic huh? Let's hope for better days ahead. I'm looking forward to telling whoever is reading this, when my stall opens. I hope you are also feeling the excitement. Cheers!!
After almost 18 months, I left my job at HSBC. Why did I leave? I'm going to start a fried chicken and western food stall. Crazy? It sure is. I am not much of a cook, and it has been a steep learning curve for the last few weeks while I tried to figure out the recipes. And I AM still trying to figure out the recipes.
Since 29 August 2007 (the day I quited), things have been kind of a blur. There are just so many things to consider, and think of in this new venture of mine. Despite spending loads of time planning and trying to imagine how things are going to be like, I am very sure that something will be lacking or will go wrong when the stall begin operations.
Besides the store part, I've also proposed to my sweet darling, and YES, she accepted. Funny how things work, especially proposing when I'm jobless.
For the bad part, some undesirable developments through no fault of mine almost ensured that my application for a 3-room HDB flat will go down the drain. Besides the option fee being forfeited, it doesn't help that I would not be able to apply for a 3-room flat anymore, leaving the "cheapest" option of a 4-room flat being available to me. A bigger loan to be taken, more interest paid, a higher resale levy, higher renovation cost, and higher flat prices (the later you buy, the more you pay) amongst the financial impact that the "undesirable developments" have on my life.
Who can I blame? Definitely my future father-in-law, together with my future mother-in-law and future brother-in-law. But guess what, it seems that my darling is now being made the scapegoat of these "undesirable developments". And seeing things that happen in her family from the sidelines, I swear to God, it's not her fault. But if I want to marry her, I can't openly go and confront her daddy. Finances aside, my darling is now feeling the emotional strain and emotional blackmail from those folks whom she call family. Now, that's what really irritates me.
Well, my friend Joel said that when you marry a woman, you marry that whole family, the good and the bad. I've gotten a wonderful lady, but let's hope that the bad part ends here. This saga alone is costing me no less than SGD100k in my future finance. I'm not too sure if I can take more of such rubbish.
Dramatic huh? Let's hope for better days ahead. I'm looking forward to telling whoever is reading this, when my stall opens. I hope you are also feeling the excitement. Cheers!!
Thursday, August 23, 2007
First Blog Of My Life
I've never considered myself a writer. I was alright with languages in school, but that was about it. Diary or journal was a no-no, no matter what my English teacher said. What's so interesting about recording your own life?
Well, today is a day of breakthrough. I am really writing about my life, and perhaps, hoping to make a habit of doing so at a ripe old age of 26. All these, I've done, in a bid see each day in a different light, to find that something special that I've been missing in most of the days that I've lived. Nothing is new under the sun, the bible says in Ecclesiastes. But that God has made each day for me, and I want to find that something special that is in my life. Everyday.
Well... YES... I want to embrace life in its splendour, to see the beauty of everything that life throws at me, to know that Someone and many others do love me. Life is, and should be, exciting. And I know... I am on the threshold of something really really exciting!
Well, today is a day of breakthrough. I am really writing about my life, and perhaps, hoping to make a habit of doing so at a ripe old age of 26. All these, I've done, in a bid see each day in a different light, to find that something special that I've been missing in most of the days that I've lived. Nothing is new under the sun, the bible says in Ecclesiastes. But that God has made each day for me, and I want to find that something special that is in my life. Everyday.
Well... YES... I want to embrace life in its splendour, to see the beauty of everything that life throws at me, to know that Someone and many others do love me. Life is, and should be, exciting. And I know... I am on the threshold of something really really exciting!
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