Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Attack of the Tummy Virus!!!

Baby S was the first one down. She is 11 months old and the youngest in the 'big' family. No food would stay in and she was vomitting some green stuff by the afternoon. I rushed home from work on Friday afternoon. My sis in law and I had ealier planned to take the afternoon off to go to the hair salon. Toddler A needed a hair cut especially since her fringe was getting into her eyes. No nice Friday afternoon relaxing at the salon....instead we (as in mom, sis, babies, maid, etc were driven by yours truly to the hospital in a traffic jam that seemed created just to prevent us from getting to our destination!).
It was a private hospital that normally has a good track record.....except on THAT Friday. We finally got there at about 3 pm and straight to the emergency room we went. We saw a Triage nurse (someone who will be the first judge of how serious the case was), then a doctor, then a specialist.....we ALSO had to wait thru room registration, room cleaniong, previous room tenent to leave, etc, etc. Finally got the baby to rest in the single bedded room by 6 pm.
The whole weekend was about going to and from the hospital with a few dashes (for mom and me) to get the week's groceries, gas, and also a little shopping done.
We all got thru the weekend and Baby S was released on Sunday.
Then by Sunday evening.......the maid was down with the virus. Sunday night, brother (father of babies) was next casualty. Then Monday morning, Baby S had another vomiting episode.....
o my!!!
Its now Tuesday and we are not yet thru this Tummy attack.
I also found out that there are other people at work who also suffered similarly. One guy lost 5kgs over a three day attack.
Some people think its the water that has this bacteria. I dont know. I am just trying my hardest to not fall ill.

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

everyday thoughts


Its just been 5 weeks since the end of my vacation.

Am starting to want to look at airline websites and to key in fictitous dates to check out available fictious flights.
Work is ok and still fun to head to. Getting out of bed each morning is not a problem. the only problem is that since I get up in the wee hours of the mornings on weekdays, I tend to do the same on weekends. My body clock no longer knows how to laze in bed whenever the sun is up.
I thought of taking a mini break end of August with some members of the family. Mom was ok with it. Brother and his family wanted to join our planned seaside adventure. The plans fell thru cos we couldnt get a suitable available flight for all involved. Yuks.
Two little nieces growing up fast. They need lots of attention and play. I get to be young or at least get to play young games with them. However at the ned of the day when they leave for home I am exhausted. Energyless. Falling asleep almost immediately.
New car drives like a dream. Taken it for two car services already. It really helps when at the end of the day when you are so tired from the full day's work , to be able to drive thru the traffic in a most comfortable vehicle. See. It was ok to spend the enormous sum initially and from then onwards monthly on this dream machine.

Friday, July 20, 2007

Work World

Now is the time to concentrate on work (hehe....except for the few minutes I will be taking to blog this). Anyways thats what I told JAR over the phone this am.
He's decided to forgo a few travel opportunities...like a visit to some family members, a class reunion, etc. He feels that he needs to concentrate on some machines he's currently working on. I said "yes, this is the portion of the year when our work gets to be number one again."
I love my vacations. I also love my work. I guess I need both in order to appreciate each fully.
Just like I love my family over here. I also love the 'family' where JAR is. I become a better 'me' because of the them.
Once upon a time, I lived mainly for the next vacation. The time to be 'on my own terms.....no alarm clocks to wake me up, no traffic jam to determine the time I get to my destination, etc, etc. I lived for the time I get to be with the people who knew another freer side of me. In other words, I lived only a portion of the time I was actually alive. Now thats a bad way to focus your life on. Nothing is more important on your 'right-nows' as there is nothing as important as planning where you want your life to go.
Now I have decided that I will be happiest at each moment of my life.
No more thinking or saying "I will feel happier next XXX (as in when) cos thats when I will be with XXX (as in who) when we are at XXX (as in where).
I get up in the mornings feeling excited about what the day will bring. Each day will bestow on me new experiences even when I do something that is similar to the day before.
Its ok that I am not on vacation cos I get a chance to feel as happy.
Its ok that I am not physically beside the one cos mentally, emotionally we are there.
Yes, there are days that are better than others but those will not be the only days when I am alive.
Optimism is alot lighter to carry throughout the day than pessimism.

Friday, July 06, 2007

Why its not great to be in love!

Its really not great to be in love. Its much better to just love and care and feel.
When u are in love, u do become unreasonable and have very high expectations of another person. Thats not fair. Nobody should have to live up to your expectations. Its hard enough to live up to one's own personal expectations in life.
The first physical reactions to being in love is a big high. The sight, smell, feel of the person whom you had fallen for will put you at dizzying heights. You even begin to believe that you perform better just with the sheer presence of the other. This unreal high is what many dirty old men and women want to imitate when they start falling for younger partners after several years of being part of a couple.
Yup, the highs do wear off. If you are lucky or just smart enough, you will make your partner appreciate the real you after the highs have worn off. The deep love and understanding is so much better and more meaningful than the initial excitement of a new about-to-begin relationship. Of course you must always create excitement in your life especially with an old partner. Dont do everything the same or the same way.
My relationship has now exceeded its first decade. There has been so much excitement, thrills, pain and happiness shared. Sometimes it feels like the end has almost been reached. Yet, each time we rebuild and rediscover the good. The differences used to be the hindrance until we realised that its the differences that actually first attracted us to each other. We take each meet, each day, each week, each month, each year to be a new chance for togetherness.
Arent we lucky?

Monday, July 02, 2007

More details on vacation....or Dear Rose...

This is in response to Rose's comment on my last blog. Thanks for taking the time to write!

Well....I hardly did any shopping in New York except for the standard souvenior items...u know...the fridge magnets, the pens, theluv NY or luv NYPD stuff that the Indians sell at exhorbitant prices......well, I had to bring SOMETHING home!!! I saw Macy's from the top of the Apple tour bus. Did not have the time to shop there. OK then WHAT did we have the time to do in NY???

We arrived in NY early Saturday morning after the night flight from LA. It was a good thing that I had read and reread the hotel's reviews before going. I was thus prepared for the smallness of the Broadway Area hotel that we three stayed in. It had such a strategic location and the fact that we were practically out each from sunrise to almost sunset made the terrible New York hotel's window view of another wall so much more bearable!
We took the Apple tour bus on the first and second day in NY. It was a good introduction but it did not give us an actual taste of the city. I love the streets of New York. Its easily identified by the numbers. each block is a short walking distance. We walked and walked each day.
JAR asked me what I wanted to see most....and I said Ground Zero.

Ground Zero itself did nothing for me. It was just like a normal construction site. After all I had arrive almost 6 years too late to see the devastation. We circled round the whole area. Then we walked to the Church just across the street from where the WTC used to stand. Its a peaceful small church with some very old graves in the lawn. There were pictures and letters and a certain sadness in the church. I felt the pain of the loss of lives there. Tears just flowed down my cheeks and they refused to stop. I really needed my sunglasses to hide my eyes after that. Those tears were also 6 years too late. Most people have moved on from 911. I did not lose anyone in that disaster but I almost lost my ties with JAR as suddenly at that point it looked like our worlds were too far part.
This visit has reaffirmed that being different has just enriched the ties and that we are both matured enough in our lives to go beyong 911.

ok...got to get back to work. will continue later.