Caught the Flu Bug

I've caught the flu bug and am feeling under the weather... Dad says i must have caught it from him as he was having slight flu 2 days ago. Mum also caught the bug from him too and we are both resting at home today. I've seen the doc to get an MC for today to rest at home. Would luv to have more days to rest more but there's a full-day meeting tomorrow. Shouldn't miss that else i'd be totally lost.

Doc says that it's very common recently as a virus is going around. I've got a 3in1 flu/pain/fever medicine and cough syrup which tasted yucky!! Mum didn't want to go see the doc so she took panadol cold relief instead. Dad took his own remedy - a small cup of hard liquor mixed with a big cup of hot water. Take this before sleep and you'll be well tomorrow - or so he claims. Hee...

Hope I'll be well before the weekends! I still have Yoga lessons to go to and it wouldn't be nice to go to class with flu... Yep!

Durians Season

I think it is the durian season now. Durians can be seen sold at every fruit stall. Even make-shift durian stalls are popping up here and there. Yesterday, Dad brought me and my friend to buy some durians to devour... hehe... actually wanted him to drive me to the Four Seasons Durian Cafe at Joo Chiat Place to buy some durians there. But well... Dad feels that there is no need to travel all the way there. So we went to the neighbourhood to buy instead.

We wanted to try the Mao San Wang, which i believe is currently the best type now, but it's all sold out. So the stall owner recommended Golden Phoenix to us and claimed that it's better than the Mao San Wang (but apparently it's sold out faster than the Golden Phoenix. hmm...). We bought 4 of it. Friend wanted to try the Ang Hie so the stall owner gave us 1 free! Hee... In total, the damage is $36 for 3.6kg of Golden Phoenix! Hope it's not considered expensive... else i would have been conned by that decent-looking stall owner :)

The taste is really not too bad! The Ang Hie is a little sweet but not too overwhelmingly so... and the Golden Phoenix is more on the bitter-sweet side. Oh i prefer more of the bitter one...

But 5 durians is really too much for us to finish... there is still 1 left in my fridge, masking the rest of the food in there with it's pungent smell......

Farewell Gifts - Lastly...

What to give to guy colleagues?? Hehe... Bookmarks!
But really it's just attaching something to the ready-made bookmark with a hole at the end.


Whew! These are all the creations I rushed out during the last month I was with my ex-company. Hope they all like these gifts I made for them.

Farewell Gifts - 5

One of the girls don't wear accessories at all! But she loves those furry ball thingies always have them hanging on her mobile phone.

So, I made a phone strap accessory, with a furry ball thingie at the end and attached a cow stuff toy (she's born in the year of cow) to it as decoration.

Farewell Gifts - 4

A bracelet...

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A brooch...

Farewell Gifts - 3

Now the necklaces...

Farewell Gifts - 2

Farewell Gifts - 1

Finally, i'm the one leaving the company and i made a bunch of creations to give to my close colleagues as my farewell gifts to them.

But in my haste on the last night to complete all my creations... i took very bad photos of them. Can't help it.. too tired liao.. just wanted to capture them quickly and go to bed.. hee

Black Snowflake Brooch

This is probably my 1st creation made for a colleague. She was my Deputy Director who employed me, but left a few months after i joined, to spend more time with her family.

She's really a very bubbly boss and always full of smiles and laughter. We were all very sad that she was leaving and everyone can't bear to see her go.

We made her a scrapbook and i also made her this black snowflake brooch as a farewell gift to her.

We still do get to meet up once in a while during gatherings and it's still enjoyable chatting with her. I wish her well... :)

Detoxification through Yoga

I went for my yoga class again last Sunday. The instructor said that there's alot of virus going around recently and alot of people are getting sick. So, he taught us a series of postures that concentrate on massaging and squeezing our lymph nodes around our neck, underarms and inner thigh regions, which he says will help in detoxification and build up our immune system.

It was, as usual, a good sweat out session. PLUS, i ended up with neckaches and muscle aches around my arms and thighs the next day. Hmm... i can be hopeful with that flat tummy thought! Hehe :P