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Mandatory Singapore

Was in Singapore for the weekend. First visit in TEN years....so the element of sakai-ness was there, yes.Ha! My first proper holiday since my return to Brunei last year. What best to spend a few days other than shopping in Singapore. I'm still on my 2-week mandatory and it was spent initially nursing my injured left knee - courtesy of my week of nights. Had to endure daily physiotherapy - short wave therapy, with daily voltaren gel and tubigrip, to make sure my knees would heal for the shopping trip. Admittedly 1st day in Singapore wasnt much fun - limited by the knee. But then as Lehee said, 'Sudah shopping nda sakit kaki mu tu!'...and I hold that true! Aha!! So i returned for a review with the George-the-orthopod today and he says my knee is better! Alhamdulillah. All from the exercise I had?!

So this was my physio of short wave therapy, lasting 15 minutes per session:


And then Singapore!




Coincidentally, Jus was in Singapore taking the opportunity while her sister was working there. She was supposed to leave on Saturday, but hubs n I managed to persuade her to stay till we leave....and she did!

Tangs, Takashimaya and Isetan were on sale. Friday and Saturday late night shopping till 11pm. So we shopped...and shopped...and shopped til we dropped. We also ate our hearts out. In hindsight I was ashamed...that I confined myself to Orchard Road only, no Vivo City, no Ikea, no culture! My bad!

Isetan's Scallops!

Singapore's Sanur better version of Tauhu Telur

Baked Garlic Scallops - Ramen Ten @ Far East Plaza

Swensen's Sizzling Walnut Pie with Chocolate Ice Cream

Oh!...and Hubs has a new toy!

Housewarming

Come rain or shine! It was a rainy Sunday afternoon but we went ahead with the barbecue. Lots of food, lots of laughter, lots of fun!

Kernow

On nights for the week. It isn't that bad as im just covering the wards...touch wood. I prefer the new system where u do one week of night oncalls and u're free from them for a good 5 weeks or so. Gives u a bit of life in between and it doesn't mess up your body clock. I remember I use to look forward to my nights back in Zance as a HO (house officer, mind you :) ) It's that time when I catch up with Chetters' lovelife; most of it chasing blokes and fantasising about them!! Haha! The good ol' days.

I remember I wasnt looking forward to working in Cornwall (aka Kernow...it has it's own language and once upon a time their own parliament). All my friends got jobs in London and there I was 'thrown' to the south west at the tip of England. But everyone said I was gonna have fun, everyone down there is lovely and friendly unlike London. So there were we; took the train from London to Cardiff in the hot summer August of 2004. Met up with a friend of the bro's where he took me to my newly-bought 5th hand Vauxhall Vectra!! Was excited coz it was my 1st car!! So with our luggage we drove from Cardiff to Penzance. What took us almost 6 hrs, we were knackered! I swore we couldve driven faster, but designated driver took the option of the longer, scenery route and had multiple petrol stops and nature calls in between.

Penzance...was somewhat a quiet town when we arrived. I prepared myself for no big London stores. So they had Woolies, Boots, Dorothy Perkins. That WAS it. No M+S, no Topshop, no River Island. They had a Tesco Extra so that was OK...thank god. Went to the hospital where I was to be for 6 mths.....quite cute i thought...cottage-y and home-y looking. Before I moved into the accomodation, we stayed in a B+B. All was nice and lovely.....

Arial view of Penzance on a gloomy day!

Penzance town

West Cornwall Hospital, Penzance

What I thought was going to be the dullest 6 months of life, no friends, no shops, no life....turned out to be one of the BEST time I had so far.....met the best people around which hopefully be lifetime friends, taught me there's more life than shopping (ha!) and appreciate the English country more... (throughout those 10 yrs in the UK, this was the only time I went off to do all the walks and visits!!)....and proven to me till this day Cornish people are the best.....(oopss so are the Welsh!!)

I would love to visit Kernow again.

Wedding weekend

T'has been a tiring week leading up to bro's wedding. It was great fun but hardwork. Being a long weekend spent it on the wedding n at the in-laws for dad's and anuar's birthday. It was fun to see the lil kiddies get all excited with the birthday cakes and blowing them candles eventhough it weren't their birthdays!!

A new sister and a new family =)

Lazy Sunday

Woke up just before lunchtime. Arrived at spa around 2 . Had a rehydrating facial and an hour long swedish massage and fell asleep afterwards. Left the spa and drove to Bakerlyn and got these....




And that was my Sunday.

Too bad tomorrow's Monday.