In the mood for some North Indian cuisine anyone?

I don’t take Indian food very often, mainly because I don’t really know that many places that serves good Indian food. Plus I personally find Indian cuisine a little too rich to eat often. But hey, I am always game for some good Indian food, especially at some fancy place where I am only responsible for eating and not paying (talk about being cheap! )

 

If anyone is keen to pay the place a visit, it is located at Raffles City/Raffles the Plaza, right next to Inagiku. Speaking of Inagiku, I am looking to having lunch there next Sunday! Japanese fine dining, just thinking about it makes me happy already! And since we are talking about food (and gluttony), I am looking forward to tomorrow’s potluck @ Jason’s! I forsee lotsa sinful food and copious amounts of alcohol! Yayness! =)

p/s: I know I look kinda pale or whatever in the pic. I don’t have a habit of wearing make up to work on a daily basis. I mean, like WHO is there for me to attract right? Geeeeee ……….

穷人不能生病？

Someone once said this “only the rich can afford to get sick in Singapore”. I guess there is an element of truth in that. Not to say that if you are not loaded, then you will be denied of any healthcare, but the fact is, private healthcare (to a fairly large extent) is of a higher quality than public healthcare. At least that is what I think. Very good doctors leave the public service after some time because they have built up a good enough reputation and gained enough experience to come out and set up their own clinics. I am not saying that there are no excellent doctors left in the public service, but I do think that many top doctors are business minded enough to realize that they can make significantly more money if they leave the public service. And despite their very steep prices, these doctors have no lack of people going to them. I think the 2 main reasons are 1) they are usually the best, or among the best in their field, 2) the waiting time to see a specialist in a public hospital is ridiculously long, one can usually get much quicker and better service in a private hospital.

Today I left work after 2 hours to go to East Shore to see one of the top cardiologist. My family is a firm believer that when it comes to ‘affairs of the heart’, Dr Baldev Singh is the way to go. (It is unfortunate that more than one person in my family is Dr Singh’s patient -_-). The trip cost me almost $700. That is inclusive of consultation, one ECG, one stress test, and one heart scan.

That night at SGH, the A&E consultation fee + staying overnight in the observation ward + 3 ECGs + 2 blood tests + X ray cost less than half of today’s fee. See the diff in cost between private and public healthcare now? SGH called me today to tell me my appointment date and time to see a specialist at the National Heart Ctr. My appointment is near Christmas. Yes you read that right, NEAR CHRISTMAS.

But anyway, my heart is fine. Really. I don’t want to go too much into details because it will just trigger a lot more speculations and questions. And of course the most common thing people are telling me is “don’t go gym so much, don’t stress the heart”.

It is not that I don’t appreciate everyone’s concern, but I am going to be very frank here. The thing that is stressing me out the most is the fact that I haven’t stepped into the gym 3 days in a row already. Seriously. So if you want me to not stress myself out, then please quit bugging me to not go gym. And if it will make everyone feel better, I specifically asked Dr Singh today if I can continue going to the gym and he told me yes. I also told him that people are telling me I overexercise which is why my heart is stressed out. He says that is not true and that my heart has no problems. I have a lower heart rate than a lot of people because I am very fit (I didn’t say this, he did).

I am thinking I will not go for the appointment at the National Heart Ctr but my aunt is trying to bribe me into it. She thinks it is always good to have a second opinion for such things. So she is saying that if I agree to go for that appointment PLUS temporarily not work out, she will reimburse me all medical expenses.

I have not decided if I should take up her offer, but I don’t think I will.

If it turns out that it is the worst case scenario *touch wood*, I will have to go for a brain scan. It is rather unlikely and no point worrying myself if it is beyond my control.

Thanks to everyone who have checked in with me to ask if I am ok.

I believe when it is time to go, it is time to go, and there is nothing anyone can do about it. So in the meantime, I just want to be able to go to the gym without having everyone nagging at me ok? Arigato!

Night at SGH

So my supposedly fun & happening night at Winebar/Velvet became not so happening seeing how I spent the night in SGH.  Actually I thought of going to East Shore A&E last night since it’s only a 2min drive from my house, but my elder sis is of opinion that it is a crappy hospital, so we ended up in SGH instead. The next nearest hospital is Changi Hospital but I seriously do not want to go there. Ever.

Anyway, did multiple tests and had my arms poked several times, had wires all over me, got hooked up to some machines blah blah blah. I will spare you guys the boring details. I got discharged this morning and will be seeing a specialist next week. And probably going to another private doc for second opinion after that because this doc that we know of (and is familiar with my family for a variety of reasons) is one of the best, or possibly the top doctor, in his field. So my aunt thinks it is best that I go to him for second opinion after seeing the specialist referred to me by SGH.

Oh, the doctor that attended to me is adorable. He gave me MC for today and tomorrow. I wonder for what since today and tomorrow are both non working days. Hurhur.

Don’t worry. I am still alive and kicking. Not going to drop dead yet. I hope.

But I am banned from the gym today. And that sucks. Boo!

Simple & Happy

A simple and happy weekend because of a few things:

1. New shoes from Novo

2. Suhaimi’s BodyCombat class. I missed that joker.

3. New nail polish from The Face Shop

4. Chinese food. Dinner with family at some Chinese restaurant Peach Garden later.

5. Got my bedsheets changed. I love the feel of clean new sheets against my skin.

we Vivocity-ed

After a couple of failed attempts to meet up, Shandy, PW & myself finally caught up last evening! As always, our sessions will involve shopping and food. Though we didn’t buy anything, we managed to indulge in some sinfully delicious munchies at Kim Gary HK Cafe. The 2 girlies claim that there is always a queue outside, and since none of us have tried the food there before, we decided to go check out what is so nice about the place. I think the food is not bad, but nothing to rave about. Pictures time!

 

P for Partying!

Here are the photos taken at Velvet last Fri. Good times!

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

  

  

  

The way things are …

I have a whole lot of photos from the last Velvet session which I will get organized over the weekend and post up on Facebook and here. In the meantime, please bear with my wordy entry.

Last Fri was awesome. Despite the day starting out not so good with me feeling poorly and not being able to do a morning workout to kickstart my day, I started feeling better as the day went by and it was all good by the time 6pm hit. No wait, I only finished work at like 7ish and was in a semi bad mood because of some stuff, then Michael picked me up for pizza and drinks at Timbre to cheer me up a bit before heading down to Velvet to join Wai Leong and Sarah (the early birds). Then came Eric and Jason, and I also got Julie and Marli down for some partying seeing how my 2 girls (esp M) needed major cheering up. We had like what, 5 trays of shots, a bottle of champagne, I don’t know how many lychee martinis, and there were jugs of beer and some other stuff. And sometime in the night we were joined by Chris, Carol, Jeannine, Aloy and there was this other girl whom I can’t rem her name. Damn. I remember being all tipsy before midnight, I remember receiving SY’s sms and running out to Winebar to say hello, I remember Shandy hiding in Phuture (so unfriendly! I can’t go into Phuture la babe!), I remember being on the dancefloor with SY and his friends at one point, I remember more drinking, I remember Marli dancing with some French dude, I remember Aloy doing some magic tricks and making me reward him with a peck on the cheek, I remember Michael spilling drinks on my bag and shoes at different times of the night, I remember taking loads of photos, I remember checking out some girls with Jason and Aloy, I remember lotsa dancing … Not bad eh? I seem to remember a lot of what happened that night, except that the memories are all a teeny weeny bit fuzzy and I admit I am not too sure of the sequence of various incidents. Heh. But who cares, all I know is that we all had a great time and I am really happy to see Julie and Marli’s happy sms-es when they were heading home.

People started leaving as it got later into the night, J & M called it a night at 3am and I was all set to leave with them. Except that I got “persuaded” into going over to Zouk with Aloy & Eric “for a while” to look for Jason and Angela who were hanging out at members. Next thing I know, it was almost 4am, and despite Aloy’s attempt to hold me hostage, Eric and I decided that our aging bodies can take it no more and we absolutely needed to head home and sleep.

I thought I’d end up sleeping till late in the afternoon the following day, but my body clock has been adjusted such that I am pretty much a natural early riser, so I didnt get more than 4 to 5hrs of sleep. Pretty sucky feeling, kind of like I knew I needed to sleep more, but I just couldn’t. Boo!

We actually planned to party again on Sat but it turned out that most of us were pretty shagged after Fri’s madness so party plans were abandoned and I spent the evening recuperating at home.

Sunday was pretty uneventful for me since I have no keen interest in the whole F1 thingy. I wasted the day away watching stuff online and catching up on more sleep.

I thought I’d party again tonight seeing how tomorrow is a Public Holiday, but I ended up being “forced” to go for dinner after work with Michael because he suddenly had this craving for steamboat which absolutely must be satisfied and hence I have to be a good friend and sacrifice my gym plans. I will remember to remind him of this the next time I need him to sacrifice a hot date to satisfy MY craving! So since I am such a good friend to him, he very kindly sent me to Alley Bar after dinner and coffee, and then went to my place to drop my gym bag off before heading further down east for poker.

I have not been to Alley Bar in ages, a nice change from Velvet. At least we can chat better without the overly loud music. Just Wai Leong, Jason, Eric, Felicia, Eric’s sis and myself, joined later on by Julie. Nice catching up and having proper conversations without the influence of copious amounts of alcohol!

I feel horribly guilty now for missing all my work outs over the last couple of days.

I hope I make it to the gym tomorrow for Christina’s Race Day class!

Need my beauty sleep now … nighty all!

p/s: There is something of great importance to me happening on Thurs. Keep your fingers crossed for me?