Feverish Jiberish

I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. Ever woke up one morning and wished you hadn't? That's exactly how I felt the Monday and Tuesday that just passed. My throat was parched, like I had just ran a triathalon non stop and badly needed rest. The only ironic thing was that I had been resting for the last 8 or 9 hours at least. I felt so hot, yet so cold. Like I desperately needed a cold shower, but at the same time, wanted to cover myself up all over because goosebumps were crawling all over my skin. It was agonizing! My head felt like it was floating, and I couldn't move a muscle since I was aching all over.

I didn't think it was that bad, since I didn't feel like I was having that bad a fever. My body didn't feel that warm at least. So I just slept in... it was only towards the evening that I decided to go see a doctor to reassure myself. Julien wasn't too worried, since I could still hold a proper conversation.

At the reception, I realised that the staff nurses were wearing masks over their faces. You know, that ones that surgeons have on. Which was odd, because it's not usual practice for them. So then this old nurse calls me up to the reception and asks in a low serious tone:

Nurse: Do you have any symptoms of fever or flu?
Me: Yes
Nurse: ...... (her eyes almost popped out of their sockets) please hold on.

She then scurries off and disappears behind a door, leaving me dumbfounded, wondering if I had just contracted some terminal fever or something... I mean, how bad can a fever be right? THEN the news came on.... (yeah, they've got tv at the clinic). Apparently there's this new bug called the swine fever or swine flu (I can't remember which one) going around. There were some pigs in Mexico that were sick and this was transmitted to humans. It's been spreading in the US, and so far about 2 people in Singapore have it. Apparently, the government wants to take action to prevent this from becoming an epidemic in Singapore, like SARS that spread like wildfire then.

My jaw dropped..... so then they called my number, (I think they had me jump the queue). To cut the story short, I'm okay, it's apparently just regular high fever of about 39 degrees. The doctor had told me however, that if I start to develop the other symptoms (a long list of other things), then it would be a one way ticket to Tan Tock Seng hospital for me. Dang!

I'm good so far... just want to get well sooner. The weather's just been too disagreeable lately.

It's Wednesday and I tried to go back to work but ended up taking the 2nd half of the day off. Sniff...

I WILL SURVIVE!

Happy Birthday To Me

T'was my birthday just last Sunday, (inching my way closer to the Big 3) and I'm realising I'm so blessed! I have such a blissful life with a wonderful yeti that I'm madly in love with and whom I'm going to share my life with. I have a wonderful family who love us both and have been very supportive and helpful with the wedding preparations this August. I have great future parent in laws who think about me and remember my birthday! And I've got great friends to party the night away with. Who cares if I'm almost 30 in 2 more years?

We had a great party on saturday evening. It's been a while since we all had a barbecue so we decided to organise one and fire up the grill. Great food. Great company. Great music. It couldn't've been a more perfect way to spend the eve of my birthday. A couple of hours before midnight, Julien had handed me my first birthday present. It was a magnet that blinked lights which screamed "Birthday Girl". I had to wear that for the rest of the night, which I didn't mind of course.

We partied on for the rest of the evening till it was midnight. That's when they presented me with the birthday cake all lit up singing the birthday song. It's always nice to spend your birthday with the people that you love and who love you. Another birthday gift was given to me this time with a card.

I was told that Julien had done all the organising, to buy the cake and gifts. For my second gift, his initial idea was to get me a doll house, since I've been telling him ever so often that it would be nice to have our own place eventually. But they couldn't find the perfect one, so Julien got me a large book filled with ideas and pictures on how to decorate your home!!! Perfect!!!

The question that remains a mystery to me till today is, How did he do it? - We see each other every other day. If he were to be exceptionally late, I would know. But life went on as usual. So how?

The next day, on my actual birthday, I woke up to this really nice email sent to me by Julien's parents. After which we adjourned for lunch with my family. More presents!!!!



Ahhhh... Life is beautiful...

CATS in Singapore !!!

Julien was raving about Cats the musical that he saw at Broadway when he was 15. So when it came to Singapore again this time in April, he wanted me to watch it too.

We both love operas and musicals. I've watched a couple myself. The Sound of Music, Turandot, Oliver Twist, just to name a few. They were all great, and so I was expecting nothing less from Cats last Friday.

It was a really nice "date" we had. It felt like one anyway. We both made an effort to leave work earlier for dinner, also to just chat and laugh over a banana waffle. Why should couples stop dating even after they get married right?

So we made our way up to our seats, and got comfortable. Just as the lights went off and it was all quiet before the musical started, Julien turned to me and whispered, "Oh by the way, Happy Pre Birthday Sweetheart..." - My heart melted like butter on a hot stove.

Took me a while to orientate myself again. Then Cats blew my mind away.



I loved how the cats came out from where the audience was sitting to involve them. During the break, they came up to our level as well, and jumped around the seats, looked through bags, as cats would do. It was awesome. Guess what.. we forgot our camera again!

Favourite cat: Munkunstrap played by Shaun Rennie. His voice is simply captivating.

Here's a clip of him singing at a charity event that raises funds for leukaemia research, after losing his younger brother to the disease 4 weeks ago.



The Best Pre Birthday Present Ever!