Departing for Tianjin on 23rd Nov 2009

I will be going over to Tianjin on 23rd Nov 2009. Since i called Dr Song 2 weeks ago and he gave me the go ahead signal that i can go over at the end of Nov, everything has been busy busy, buying air tickets and all the preparation etc.

Lucky, William is already there at the hospital and he provide us a lot of info and advice. Thanks to him. Blessings, received an email from him on wednesday (14-Nov-09) that the nurses alert him to prepare for transplant that evening. That was fst, he only waited for abt 2 weeks. I hope i am as lucky as him.

Next sunday night i will be departing for Tianjin, taking the midnight flight. Preparations are almost done but of course there's a lot of last minute things to do. Anxiety and fear are gone at this moment, too busy and just looking forward to it. Now Beijing is very cold and snowing. Hope everything goes smoothly for us. I pray...

等待是慢长的...

I went for my M clinic appointment on 7th October and got all my pre-transplant test forms from Dr Roger Tan. Thank god and blessings! He is willing to do all the tests for me. I'm so relieved that i got all the forms in hand, have been bothering about it since my plans are defined. Dr Roger Tan is really a good doctor, he supports me in my plans to go china for transplantation.

Next week i'll be doing all my tests that require fasting, then just have to wait again for the results. 等待是慢长的, 尤其是当你在期待的时侯...

Steamboat Dinner at Yumin's House

Yesterday we went to Yumin's house for steamboat dinner.

We met at Marina square with the intention to go bowling before going to buy the food. However in the end, we decided that we all don't feel like going bowling so we proceed striaght to Carrefour to buy the food. We bought mostly meatballs, cuttlefishballs, fishballs, misc. balls, pork shabu shabu, mushrooms, veges etc. Healthy and simple food. Liyan say she is on diet and on low carboh food, hence the food that we choose are all quality, low quantity food. Thank god, becasuse i also can't eat most foods an too sinful foods.

Yesmine and Yumin prepare the soup base with corn and some dried prawns. Hmm, the soup taste good and sweet, esp. after we add more food inside, the final taste is good.

This is really a homely and healthy dinner. Hope we'll have more of such gatherings in future.

New Olympus Digital Camera

Finally i bought my Digital Camera from Commex yesterday. Have been wanting to get a digital camera for a long time. One of my birthday wishlist. Quite good buy, lucky hk was with me, if not i won't know what to look out for. But its a bad experience at Commex becoz its very noisy and the sales person don't have all the time to talk and explain things to you amist the noisy background.

Model: Olympus FE-4000

12 Mega Pixels
4X Optical zoom
Wide Angle

Hopefully i can take a lot of pretty & beautiful pictures with my new digital camera.

Received a gift from my candidate

Last friday, Sophia Lee signed the offer with Singtel for the 6 months contract Business Executive position. Was quite happy for her because she is already 44 yrs old but her job experience was quite good with 20 yrs in YSL.

After signing the contract with Singtel, she came to my office to sign our contract terms, she said that the job is a new challenge for her because the industry and work is totally different from what she has done before. My surprise is she actually bought a box of fruit tarts and gave it to me. This was the first time that i have candidate giving me a gift after i successsfully place them a job. Previously, it was always my colleague and boss who received treats from candidates and i shared the treats with them, but this is the first time that i recived it myself and i get to share with them. I feel a sense of achievement and joy.

Buffet Steamboat Dinner at Hotpot Culture

Yesterday, i meet up with Wenhua, Baozhu and Jinglan to celebrate Wenhua's birthday. Wenhua suggest having dinner at Hotpot culture (Marina Square). http://www.hotpotculture.com/
Ok, sounds new and interesting to me and feedback from Wenhua and Baozhu seems very good. I'm looking forward...

The buffet include a mini-steamboat for each person and you get to select and order from a variety of side dishes to go with your steamboat. There are few kinds of broth to choose from for your steamboat:- Chicken Broth, Hot & Spicy Broth - a.k.a "Tom Yum", Fish Broth, Kimchi Broth & Herbal Broth. I like the concept because as each have own steamboat, we can choose the favors we like and take ingredients based on own preferences. The side dishes are also good. I like the sweet & sour fish and chicken meatballs.

The buffet also come with chocolate fondue. The best part is the fondue is refillable and you can get to eat as much as you like. It comes with fruits, marshmellow and ice-cream. Yummy :)

Everything is good, but at the end of the dinner, we were so stuffed. Boazhu neven feel like vommitting. That is the problem with having buffets, its good and we eat and eat. While eating, you won't feel anything but after that you'll feel so guility and sinful. Should really stop going for buffets and avoid overeating.

"How can I give up a fight? Its not my way"

Yesterday i saw on Sunday Times a devastating news. Dr William Tan was dianosed with chronic lymphocytic cancer (http://www.trevvy.com/sgboyx/index.php?showtopic=31361).

Life is full of adversity and unexpected events. Dr William Tan is someone that i respect and admire. Being wheelchair bound since the age of 2 yrs old, he is now a doctor and marathon runnner. He managed to overcome his disability and lived a full life of hope and will. As compared to him, my illness seems so small and minor.

I wish the best for him and will pray for him.