Friday 0730

I am on leave today.
My health review post-molar is today.
Wow…after 6 months of not seeing the doctors, I feel kind of nervous.
I mean, I know it’s going to be alright.
But the thought of having to go through the part where I have to wait for the beta HcG blood test result is…urrmm…disturbing.
It somehow flashes back all the bitter memories when I was in agony waiting for the drop in amount of the beta HcG so that I would be able to be declared healthy.
I was assured that it could only be 3 cycles.
Unfortunately, I ended up 12 cycles.
You know why I never liked going through every cycle?
Each cycle, I had to go through an hour of IV drip of a chemical called Methotrexate a day and alternately an injection of Folic Acid to the butt for 10 days.
That’s not the major dislike.
It was more on the prior IV drip process - to insert a short catheter (looks like a long needle) through the skin into a vein (commonly on the arms or hands).
So 10 days treatment equals 5 injections to the butt and 5 pokes of needle to the arm or hand (if, the nurse managed to get to the vein just one time)
And for 12 cycles?
Go figure how many times I had to go through butt and arm poking.

During my 2nd cycle

Wow!
It has been 3 years since it all started in June 2006.
That’s the reason I blog.

Wednesday 2019

If you noticed…
…carolchs.com was ‘off the air’ for two days (if you noticed lah).
Just two days.
Heck, if I were to go on a real holiday…two days is definitely not enough.
But.
For carolchs.com to go on ‘holiday’ for two days without prior notice….that’s a nightmare for me. Big time!
Well, that’s another story to tell.

Picture Source: Twillustration.com

For now, one more thing to go and I am all happy to run on carolchs.com again.

So yeah, this my first post for the month of July.
Woot! Already?

Until next post!
*hugs*

Saturday 0923

I was listening to this talk show on Traxx.fm while on the way home yesterday.
It was something about powerful mind and how practicing the mind to stay positive will surely yield positive results.
And of the thing the speaker mentioned was about getting a parking at the parking lots.
Fresh from the previous entry about how I had a parking space nearly ’stolen’ from me, this tip is kind of interesting.

If you happen to wander around for empty parking space and could not find any… park you car somewhere (but of course not blocking any other cars), close your eyes, put both your thumb and index (or middle) finger together and keep a silence for a few minutes.
Clear all the clusters in your mind and just let one thing left - to get a parking space.
You have to focus your mind that you WILL get a parking space. In other words, be positive lah.

Then, open your eyes and you will be surprised that after two or three minutes, you will be seeing a car coming out and leave an empty parking space.
For you!
(That’s exactly what the speaker said).

When asked if this work with other things as well…

“We are only talking about parking space”, replied the speaker.

So that answers lah, right?

On a serious note, I do believe that in some ways, having your mind to stay focus and be positive about some things is definitely able to get you to a positive outcomes.
I am not sure about human being able to deliver some frequencies (just like radios and other mechanical thingy that requires frequency waves) in order to send signal to each other (the speaker mentioned this) but I believe that when you want something, focus on it, put on your whole effort to work on it….in the end, you will definitely get the result you want.
This is common rules and everyone knows this.
But then, of course, these things are mostly related to ‘work-able’ matter such as passing an exam, getting a pay rise, winning a contest etc.
Not getting a parking space, though (not yet).
Perhaps, this is where the study of telepathy applies.

I’d better practice the focus-the-mind-to-get-a-parking method above.
Need to get my mind cluster-free before I can practice this though.
I will keep you guys posted if it works.

PS: I wonder if I can own a Toyota Rush if I practice on the above method. Ha!

Oukay, TRANSFORMERS time!

Tuesday 2017

Over exchanged SMSes…

We follow ur car ok. Mau rasa naik Rexton ko bah.

OK.

We r on d way 2 ur place. Get ready. I take over your parking. Takut tiada parking available.

Ok!

When we reached there, Mr. Rexton* wasn’t ready to reverse his vehicle.
So, I parked my car behind him, put on my signal, signaling to the right, indicating I was double-parking while waiting for Mr.Rexton* (who was on the left side) to start his engine and reverse his vehicle.
I saw one Kancil from my side view mirror coming from behind.
It didn’t show any signs of looking for a parking.
So I didn’t bother to change my signal to the left, to indicate that I was waiting for Mr. Rexton’s parking.
It was about to pass by me when he stopped, noticing that Mr.Rexton’s reverse light was lit up.
I quickly changed the signal to the left, hoping the Kancil would realized that I was waiting for the parking space.
I was too late, the Kancil quickly took over Mr. Rexton’s parking without even putting on his signal light.

“Alaaa… dia ambil sudah itu parking oh. Jahat oh dia. Dia tidak nampak kah saya signal sudah tu tadi?”

“Yabah. Laju lagi tu dia masuk tu parking.” My other friend replied.

I was disappointed.
I didn’t move my car for a minute or two, still startled by the Kancil’s jiffy reaction.
Mr.Rexton* was still there as well, despite having his vehicle blocking the way.
Well, fortunately there were no cars at that time.
Then, suddenly the Kancil made a reverse and came out from the parking lot.

“Eiii…he came out!! Punya bagus dia!” I exclaimed in excitement.

“Yalah…bagus oh dia. Dia sedar kali tu kan yang kita duluan mau tu parking.”

“I think so. But so bagus oh dia. Jarang ada orang macam ni. Normally, people will just be selfish.”

Happily and silently thanking the man for his KIND consideration, I made my way into the parking lot that the Kancil had just surrendered to me.
I noticed he got another parking lot not far from where I parked my Gentut.

When we were inside Mr.Rexton’s vehicle, we kept praising the Kancil who gave in for us.
Such a nice man, we said to each other and to Mr. Rexton*.

“Saya marah dia bah tu.” Mr. Rexton* coolly told us.

“Heh? Apa macam kau marah dia? You didn’t even come out from your car  pun.”

“I just point at him and asked him to go out lah.” again, he said in his cool tone of voice.

“Whoaaaaaaaaaaa!” we retorted in unison.

“He’s not happy of course. Buruk muka dia.” Mr. Rexton* added. “But, don’t worry, he wouldn’t dare do anything lah.”

“Whoaaaaaaaaaa…” we retorted again.

Point # one:
It is hard to find people with KIND heart and considerate these days.

Point # two:
I think, when you have a certain authority in your hand, the tendency to be fearless and confident to oneself is strong.
Mr. Rexton* is a lawyer.

Point # three:
Yes, I am aware it was my fault for not putting on the signal light to the left in the first place. So, I kind of felt sorry for the man in Kancil too.

P/S: I was worried mad that the man will come back and vandalize my car. Fortunately, no.

* = Not real name of course

Sunday 0848

“Is this what I am supposed to do? Carry the bags?”

“Yes.”

…..

“Go get the water in the car.”

“I don’t want. Heavy lah.”

“I am thirsty.”

“But, that’s not in my job description.”

“Yes, it is! Next time, you no need to follow me lah like that!’

>:/

That’s what happened when the wifey wanted to tag the hubby along for his photo shoot session unaware of her duties.
When he said that she need to assist him wherever possible… the wifey agreed with whole her heart.
But she forgot that she’s one person who does not like to be boss around by her hubby.
Ha! Ha! Ha!

Sampai bertidur-tiduran si kawan…

Anyways, had a fun, first time experience watching Deana and Faye together with their family during their family portrait session.
I met Deana and Faye from the blogging world as well.
It’s a good thing how blogging connects people and get your circle of friends widened.
And oh, business contacts extended. Ha!
Back to the photo session, it certainly not easy to pose and strike a happy smile under the blazing hot sun, ya?
What’s with having to pose like a model and all.
No wonder I am a teacher.

Cos I was born in the Horse Year, any opportunities to be pictured next to my almanac animal is a must!

By the way, some one is going for the Rainforest World Music Festival 2009!!!

And oh!
I am a 3 year old blogger today!
My first post was on June 21st at my Multiply account which is now inactive.

And oh again!
Happy Father’s Day to my dad, my father in-law (even though they both don’t read my blog), Papa Joneh, Nick, Lab Papa, Perry Lim, Hombidai, Oiga, Luis of Tech Noob, Tirut, Badong, Duni, Nimrod (May his soul RIP), all the lady bloggers’ husbands and all you fathers who are reading this.