Trip of the year - Berlin & Prague

It was a trip which led many people confused - “Berlin?? You are going with Annie?? Why Berlin, why not X country? Annie?? Why not xxx?”

It’ been a month since my trip and looking back at the pictures and even writing this post is making me reminisce the awesome holiday I had. It was the most relaxing trip I ever had.
Having waking up no later than 9am, dress up and we’re off to kick start the day with the most important itinerary for the day – Breakfast!! We look forward to brekkie every day and Annie basically left it up to me to bring her wherever I like. Guidebook in place and reviews read up – majority of the places we ate at were hits, with only couple of misses.

2 hours of breakfast (ham, cheese, croissant, cappuccino etc) + conversations flowing from office to personal topics, we really was in Holiday! Usually, we will leave breakfast reluctantly to proceed with the 1 or 2 sightseeing of the day. Before you know it, the skies turn dark around 4pm and its dinner time! That was basically what we did for the 12 days in Berlin and Prague :p
It was just a fantastic holiday (weather, food, people, travel mate)

And I just have to say it again – I. HEART. BERLIN

Perhaps it's a Curse!

For 3 freaking years in a row, I go through the same old crapz about my annual leave application. Ok, I agree last year was abit too much to take – 3 weeks + it’s a month before a big event. So, I’ve been real nice this year to plan my AL after this year’s super big event. But shit still happens….

Let’s see:

- I can’t take AL before an event:
- I can’t take AL after an event;
- I can’t take AL even if it’s a lull period and that the next (small event) is 1.5 months away;
- I can’t take MC before an event (took 1 day even though Doc gave me 3 days) and received negative comments;
- Was screwed over the phone during AL for locking up spare keys;
(Eh hello…. This won’t happen if THE Manager collected all the spare keys.. y don’t u go screw her instead)

Hey, let’s look at it on the flipside:

I’m indispensable in the office!

I feel so good with this thought and I can have a good night sleep....

A night in Marina Bay Sands

Best thing that happened on this 1 night staycation - Pizzeria Mozza :)

Awesome 13 days in Hong Kong!

The conference went really well with many praises on the good job done. I am so glad to receive all the compliments and again every event is a learning experience with new pointers to take home.

Of Michelin star meals:

- 2 star Amber - a special dinner invite to Amber was unexpected. It was a good meal with the nice conversations and wine :)

- 1 star Tim Ho Wan – this highly raved cha chan ting with super affordable prices left us changingt breakfast plans there to lunch instead due to the 2.5 hours wait. The char siew bo lo bun is indeed nice but the long wait = been there done that.

-1 star Lei Garden – travel mate suggested to have a finale meal before departing back to SG. Can’t go wrong with Lei Garden :)

Everything that can go wrong, went wrong!

- Travelled across to HK island to get Mum’s preserved pulms on the Sat but alas all shops were closed at 5pm

- Went to Happy Valley on a Sat evening with the thought of catching the horse racing but alas it happened in the afternoon! Evening races are only on Weds!

- With no horse racing, we went to The Peak but was greeted by fogs. View from The Peak = total blackness!

- Travel mate lost his ipad when he was there (left it in the cab)

An awesome trip nonetheless
. LKF Insomia . Amber . Shopping at Argyle Centre . Gui Lin Gao from 海天堂 . Tai Hing .

Can't wait for May

7 – 13 May > Conference in Hong Kong whereby months of hard work will be paid off *fingers corssed* 13 – 19 May - 买东西，吃东西, 买东西，吃东西! Ocean Park, Yung Kee, egg tarts, cha chan ting, roast meat rice etc etc !! 27 May – a free night stay at MBS with my schizo colleagues aka “BFF” at work!

Is it worth it?

It’s the passion that keeps me going, though at the end of the day I know that it's not their main concern.

So, do I do a "meet their standard" job or give it my best shot?

JJ Lin - I AM WORLD TOUR

Wohoo!!!! Though I missed the 06 and 09 concert but better late than never.... 2010, here comes his I AM WORLD TOUR!!

Sis and I were raving over him when I was in London last Sept. We even mentioned that we’ll go together for his next concert in SG. Never did we expect it to come true so quickly. We bought the category 2 tickets at $128 each and had the “all the way down” seats :p

Though there wasn’t much wow factor in his staging or dancing, his voice and songs alone are worth 2 thumbs up! is. His rendition of “Home” adds on to what he said about coming back to home turf was comfortable and less nerve wrecking as he is surrounded by the familiar grounds.

I had a GREAT time singing along (thank god for the lyrics which was on the big screen), waving my light stick, screaming and last but not least – waiting for him at the back door just like a “young” fan hoping to catch a glimpse of him. And of coz we did see him – he did his “Hi & Bye” before boarding the MPV, heading to his sponsored seafood restaurant for his 庆恭宴.

The Polyp Scare

Your ultrasound pelvis showed 1.2cm focus in ednometrial cavity. May represent a polyp. Advise gynaecology review.

The annual medical health screening was postponed till Dec due to busy schedules and contemplation to change to another hospital. Even with a schedule fixed for 18th Dec, I had almost wanted to change the date due to busy scheds yet again. Nevertheless, an inter-menstrual bleeding “told” me to proceed with the appointment which I am glad I did.

Health screening review day:
As above, I had a scare when the doctor told me that. Polyp? Need to consult a gynae? Which gynae? When should I go? All these questions came to my mind. But with a reference to a colleague’s case recently, I decided not consult any doctors immediately for fear in making any rash decisions. After all, I wasn’t feeling unwell prior to the review.

Seeking the gynae’s opinion:
Got a gynae contact – Dr Chua from a trusted colleague and made my appointment a week after. As the scan done from the health screening wasn’t too clear, I had to sched another appointment with the gynae – specifically 12 days after my menses.

Actual scan day:
Doc Chua did a scan again today and didn’t see any polyp from the scan – good news! However, sensing that I was still concerned about it, she suggested that I jot down my menses cycle for the next 12 months. She also mentioned that polyp is usually 99.9% benign and if I don’t feel any serious discomfort or is affected by the inter-menstrual bleeding, all should be fine!

After this whole scare, I realized that one should always “listen” to your body. If it’s sending out signs, even the slightest, we shouldn’t turn a blind out to it. As the saying goes – always better to be safe than sorry….

When writing this post now, I realized there’s a main word which I missed out during the whole time – MAY represent a polyp.