It's the Flu Season

Sigh... I caught the flu bug again. this is the 3rd time in a month that I'm down with the common cold. This time, i was having rather high fever after I left work on New Year's Eve at around 4pm. Yes, my company only released us at 4pm while others had half day. Darn! 38.o degrees was the temperature shown by the time i reached home. I popped 2 Panadol Flu Max and went to sleep with my throat feeling very painful. I broke out into a sweat while sleeping as I din't turn on the fan and covered myself with my blanket (i had felt very cold when i went into bed).

I din't sleep well at night and had to place a cold towel to my forehead to try and bring down my fever. My fever persisted to the next day, New Year's Day and even risen to 38.8 degrees at some point. I kept taking the Panadol pills since there were no clinics in the vicinity that opens on public holiday and my mum made me drink Ling-Yang and Yang-sen drinks. Now I'm constantly feeling hot and kept sweating though the ceiling fan was turned on. I kept drifting into sleep too while sitting at my sofa. What a way to spend my New Year! Luckily my fever subsided in the late afternoon else i would worry if I've caught the dengue fever. However, throat still hurts like mad...

Today, I went to the doctor to get proper medication since i've developed a cough and my throat still hurts. Luckily my fever didn't come back. I told her that this is the 3rd time i'm sick with flu in a month and she says that it's ok as long as each time it doesn't last too long. She says that it's the flu season now and the viruses are always changing. Even she, who is stronger and more accustomed to viruses, was down with flu recently as well. Ok, I guess there is no cause for worry, but it's annoying to keep being sick and taking medicine so often. I must try and build up my immunity. Must rest more... still feeling very tired with the bodyache and all....

Sold another lanyard

Cheryl asked me to also make her a lanyard that's similar to the one I made for Gennie just that her requirements are to have them in white and blue. I figured she's more of a baby-blue gal rather than a bright-blue gal. Thus, made a similar lanyard that's with pale blue seed beads. Received her feedback that a lot of her colleagues commented that her lanyard is very nice :) I hope she likes it as much too.

Vintage Flower Brooch

This is one of my favourite creation which i made some time back. I think this brooch has a vintage feel to it but too bad i haven't had a chance to wear it yet.. can't seem to match it with any of my clothing. Hee...

Arrival of my baby niece!

My second sister just gave birth to a daughter on 20 Oct! We were actually quite worried that she will give birth before my elder sister's wedding dinner. Coz we really want her to be able to join in the fun and joy of the wedding and witness the whole event as well. Well, lucky enough! She delivered just 1 day after my sister's wedding, which is the next day! Hee. now I have 2 nieces! Let's see when my elder sister will contribute to the Singapore population.. Haha!

The baby looked so small. I didn't have a chance to hold the baby as she's always sleeping when I visit. During my first visit to the hospital on the day of birth, she was already wheeled into the nursery (is that what you call the room where all the babies are?). When I next visited at the hospital again, I was just in time to see her being wheeled back to the nursery. Then yesterday when I visited her at home, she was sleeping and sleeping. no chance to hold her. But anyway, she's sooo small that I'm afraid to carry her.. Hee. She has a darker complexion than her sister, but her mummy says my first niece was also quite dark at birth but later became fairer. Dunno if baby will also be the same. But both nieces have a lot of hair at birth.. So cute!

Think we can only carry her when she is older and have more "awake" times :)

My Sister's Wedding

Recently, was busy with my sister's wedding. She had her Tea Ceremony on the Sat 2 weeks ago while her Solemnization and Wedding dinner was on the following Sun. Boy! Luckily it's done over 2 days. I was her bridesmaid and I was already quite tired out… can imagine how tired my Sis and Brother-in-law would be. Now, they are just back from Phuket for a short holiday and is back to work already. For me, I had a headache that came on and off for those 2 days and another 2 more days after that. Booked myself a massage session last Friday to ease my body strain.

1st Piece of Creation I Sold

Gen asked me to make her a lanyard last month as she thinks her company issued one is too ugly. Her requirement was to have it white-based so that it's easier to match her outfits. I only completed it recently as I was busy with the ring pillow for sister. This piece of work is officially the 1st piece of creation I sold :) Mailed it out last week to her. Hope Gen likes it & finds it good enough to replace her company lanyard! Hee...

Sawadee Ka!

Just came back from Bangkok over the weekend. Luckily we did not encounter any protests or inconvenience from the demonstrations currently ongoing in Bangkok. Before I went, everyone kept telling me to be careful lah... if there's any riot, run in the other direction etc.. But, the atmostphere there at the major shopping areas were still normal, like before. There was no feeling of riot or street protest at where I was staying. However, there were noticably less Singaporean tourists around. Foreigners were still plentiful though.

On my 1st day at Bangkok, we arrived and reached our hotel in the late afternoon. We left out baggage and proceeded straight to Erawan Shrine to pray to the Four-faced Buddha. Hmm… I found that it's better to go to the Shrine in the late afternoon as it's less crowded. The last time I came around noon and it's was super crowded with both locals and tourists. Next it was dinner at Coca Steamboat! One of my favourite :) the Tom Yum Soup was nice… different from our Singapore version.

The next few days were spent at shopping complexes, MBK, Siam Square, Siam Paragon & CentralWorld. Bought pasmina shawls, local snacks, lingerie, toiletries, t-shirts and Naraya products! Also when to get made-to-measure shirts at MBK. Quite cheap and efficient. 800+ baht for an egyptian cotton shirt which the tailor says is like Raoul. That's about $30+ SGD which is not too bad and they were able to deliver the completed shirts to our Hotel the very next day :) He originally quoted us 1200 baht but my fren managed to slash it down to just over 800baht.. Hehe...

Also tried this Health Land Spa and Massage Centre (www.healthlandspa.com) which was recommended by many tourist guides and online comments. Tried their Traditional Thai Massage at 450baht for 2 hours (~SGD$21) and it's pretty good. But think they spend too much time massaging my legs… wish they could do more for my back and shoulders instead. But the head and neck massage was pretty comfy. I wasn't too confident in locating the place myself so we took a taxi from the hotel. It's supposedly easy to get there via BTS but I find the surrounding not very touristy… Better to make advance booking with the Centre too! I asked the hotel to help me call in the morning for an afternoon massage. They have many staff there so I think it shouldn't be a problem to make an appointment on the day itself.

After the massage, we went to search for a local seafood restaurant (Lek Seafood) under Chong Nonsi BTS station. Found this restaurant on the internet and the review was quite good. The place was really quite run-down and probably wouldn't appeal to me at all of not for the review on the internet. We only ate the BBQ Jumbo Prawns and Steamed lime sauce Catfish. Yum Yum… l love to eat seafood in Thailand.. hee.. 200baht for 4 jumbo prawns (1/2 kg). That's abt $8.40 SGD. I think that's cheap too! But can't remember the price for the fish though.. hee.

Overall, I think the trip was a good one. SQ flight, hotel stay and experience there were all good. I shall be back again :)