Disappointed..

I’ve got a few weddings to attend this two weekends,
and the first one to kick off, is my good friend in secondary school’s.

We always competed in English during upper secondary when we were in the same class. And I got her wedding card via Adlina when I was in SGH.

I’m still holding on to that card, and truth be told, I’m looking forward to meeting some old friends from school, as well as meet my English rival friend again.

But it seems Adlina and Azzura (my best friends from secondary school) have no intention to go.
They say they have other things to attend.

And in my current state, where I can’t walk around for too long (I get around mostly by being driven or by taxi), I’m pretty disappointed that I’d be alone.
I’m sure there are other friends who are going, but I’m neither in contact with them, nor would I be too pleased to spend too much time with them. I didn’t have many close friends in secondary school because I thought the girls were too hyper/chatty/bitchy.

So there.

But if I forgo this girl’s wedding, it would be mean since she actually remembered us and bothered to extend an invitation.

Dang, this sucks.

Little Miss Bump..

Just as I was about to start typing on this entry,
(I was going to start on about me leaving Northwest..)
I dropped a pen and bumped my head against the keyboard pull-out drawer.

I cursed out loud enough to wake my mother,
and now I’m left with a mild headache (I’m still that sensitive) and a slightly misshapen head (I’m sure of it).
Not to mention a mother who started on her “in my time, girls were taught to watch their mouths” rant while making her way back to the bedroom.

Ugh, I think I’m gonna have a concussion.

So okay,

I cleared my things at the office today so that means, goodbye Northwest.
I said personal goodbyes to my colleagues in Team Minnesota and my manager, Nirmala,
who I really think is a gem. I’ve only gotten pissed at her once when she caught me by surprise at 2 in the morning, demanding to know which queue I’m clearing.

I’m like that, use the wrong tone on me and I’m easily riled up.
What’s wrong with courtesy and smiling, for God’s sake.

Anyway, apart from that, I genuinely like her and my team, which I think, is a wonderful bunch because they seldom talk during work. Everyone’s glued to their PC and we only really talk during our supper break or when we’re all collecting our printouts at the end of the day.
Oh, and also when we’re passing around snacks for everyone to share.

I guess the team was shocked at my departure, seeing that my manager did all she could to retain me, after my hospitalization. However, I don’t quite feel the same, and honestly, I never did like the work at Northwest to begin with. I tried my best to adapt to the work, the same routine and mundane task of going through queues of e-tickets but I still got bored of it all the same.

Now,
I’m currently waiting for my time to begin with an IT firm based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
That’s right. I’m gonna be moving around for a bit now and I hope the change in scenery will do me good.
As an Administrator, I have various tasks to run, including outdoor work and I really hope that I’d grow to love this job. In fact, the benefits and perks are surely helping me to get halfway there.

My parents are more than happy for me to get into a ‘normal’ job, and the Mr’s laid down rules for me draw a line between time for work and play.
Oh well, it all takes time to set in and then we’ll be able to see how it goes, yes?

But I think it will be just fine.
After all, I’m the only one who gets to run everything and I’d be able to make trips out of the office, therefore I know I won’t be killed by boredom. I need the movement, I really do.

That reminds me, I really need to get a new laptop.
Or I could just fix the one that’s down right now.

Or…..

We could just spend all that money on new clothes, yes?

SHOPPING!

Getting dusty..

It’s been too long since I updated!
Haaaaa, but I guess good times take some working on, yes?

I’ve been dying to get out of the house, so currently I’m spending loads of time at Arab St, near my uncle’s restaurant, at this place called Al-Majlis.

It serves fantastic hot food, and I absolutely love the Ba’mia (lamb stew served with okra and bread!
Thanks to my friend Shahriel (Slim Jim) who introduced me to the place a while back.

I’ve been having Ladies’ night out with some of my girl online buddies,
enjoying the view of the good-looking waiters, all cozy with cushions and spacious sofas (it’s all very F.R.I.E.N.D.S, you know?), armed with hot food, dessert of simple sundaes afterward, and loads of giggles all around. There’s sheesha (flavoured tobacco, I think?) available but none of us smoke it, so we head over to the “no-smoking” zone all the time.

I haven’t been driving for now because I’m afraid I might just lose control of the wheel, so yeah, been dependent on some of my friends for now.
It’s nice to be driven around instead.

Pictures of one of our sessions at
http://sraelynn.multiply.com/photos/album/1/Arnolds_Al-Majlis_19102008

Oh, and I finally uploaded pictures of a makeover done.

All that makeup, hair spray and a DRESS (it was the only damn thing that fit me) was rather traumatizing but I admit I like the positive feedback from friends who said it’s so un-ME.

Some pictures from that too at..
http://sraelynn.multiply.com/photos/album/5/1st_Makeover 

I promise to keep this blog up and running as usual okay?

Especially with my new career switch.
And with this, I really mean CAREER.
More details next time.

Goodbye NWA!

My painful weekend..

I spent the weekend in the Singapore General Hospital..

No thanks to another bout of mild stroke, causing extreme numbness in my right side, and then sudden nerve-wracking convulsions..

I don’t know how many times I threw up at home before my mother had enough of my excuses and sent me to the hospital..
Apparently, I was also veering towards my left while walking, like a drunk crab..

Had two catheters sticking into my left arm..
Had blood drawn for a total of 4 test tubes and 2 blood tests..

Blood pressure was taken every hour..

Oh but I still managed to convince my brother to get me Coke from the vending machine..

Everyone fretted over me so much; no one listened to me say I was thirsty..

Had a CT brain scan done again, and another skull x-ray to make sure my sinuses were also not in overdrive. My nose started to bleed and everyone started panicking again..

Had saline solution added on a drip to the catheter, causing me to throw up because I so very much hate needles..
I can bet the catheters were the very cause of my blood pressure refusing to go down every hour.

I made my point after I begged the doctor to remove them, saying that my pressure would go down once they were removed, and it did..
I had to pray very hard for it to happen because the doctor said that by removing it, I’d risk the event of them having to poke another one again to draw blood if they need to…

They didn’t, phew..

I couldn’t sleep with a catheter stuck into the back of my left hand, as well as one in the back of my elbow, letting me see the stiff tubes stuck into my arm. I was too scared to bend my hand, to change into the hospital clothes. Too scared to move my arm to eat. Too scared to move to sleep.

And me, who needs to lie on my chest to be able to sleep, spent hours battling drowsiness, because I didn’t want to dislodge the stupid catheters..

So once I had them removed, I could have kissed the doctor who gave the go-ahead and the nurse who removed it..
Such was my gratitude..

I didn’t even touch my dinner, and because the nurse kept harassing me touch the porridge which looked more like glue to me, I relented by eating half a banana..

Breakfast consisted of a hard-boiled egg, bread with margarine and coffee.

I was surprised they gave me coffee because right now my diet consists of a few no-nos..

No strawberries, citrus fruits, cheese, nuts, chocolates, ice-cream, or other ’strong foods’ which can easily trigger me off..
Apparently my brain is a very sensitive part of me now. Any ’shocks’ and I go into overdrive.

That didn’t stop me from having spoonfuls of melted ice-cream after bribing my brother to get some Ben & Jerry’s. Prayed hard nothing would happen.. Hehehe..

Am now on Anarex and Synflex..

Which I remembered my stepdad as saying he had to take Synflex after he underwent an operation.
Apparently, it’s strong enough to block out that kinda pain. I’m not too sure.

I now have to take those two the moment I feel a little throbbing coming on. The doctors said I have to settle these two ‘migraine’ medications to curb the tension in my nerves before another attack comes on..

Only the next time, I may not be as lucky.

P/S: Thank you Lina and Zura, who came just to see me as soon as they got news of me lying drowsy on a hospital bed. Even though I believe I was talking with my eyes half-closed. And the Mr, who entertained me with a fluffy bunny rabbit and who said that I looked cute sleeping with a sulky face. *rolls eyes*

Contemplation..

I’m contemplating on..

Shutting down this account.

Moving over to Blogger seems a better option but I don’t know why I am unable to see the Import Blog option so that I move my archives over there instead.

I’ve been trying to blog more, now that I have a digital camera, and Aidilfitri has just passed. So there’s some nice pictures of my family to upload but I am unable to. The pictures just go out of proportion. I never had this problem before.

…

I’m still having pain in the head and face.

As for now, no strawberries, cheese, anything with citrus, chocolates, ice cream, oily or too spicy foods and nuts for me.

I’m so having a craving for a Swensen’s Coit Tower sundae right now, but that will just probably throw everything, including me, out the window.

The Mr has been so wonderful lately, making up for his mistakes, or even mistakes of others, that I can’t help but ponder if there’s more than meets the eye. Hmmm. Too good to be true, I reckon.

The medication has causing me to have mild breakouts. Argh.

…

I want to go to the beach today.

Even though I have to work later at night.