Photos from CNY

Almost Killed my right hand

I also paralysed my right forearm during sleep this morning! My brain was giving up some kind of subtle signals, conjuring heart-racing type of nightmares. I dreamt that my sister and I were holidaying at this old house, where there are shuttle buses to her classes. But strange things came happening, like how the clothes will multiply and my blazers got dyed...*brr..* So when I gain consciousness, I realised I had my arm in an awkward position, one where my right arm is wrapped over my torso and underneath my left shoulder. As I freed my arm, I could feel the tingling sense of touch returning, the gush of blood through my fingers. I wonder how long have I slept that way and what if I woke up with a paralyzed right arm. Scary chinese new year second day morning...

First day of Chinese new year

CNY is here already! So much have happened that I don't know where to start. Trying to stay up late for the longevity of my parents but I guess wrinkles will catch up earlier with me this way... =p
It's a welcome break for me from work anyway, cos it's been crazy.. staying in office till ten then going home to just check my mails and have to sleep and 11h later, back at office again. Well at least it's a fulfilling time for me =)

Having failed in fulfilling any of my resolutions since the start of the year, perhaps I should now review my resolutions for this new chinese new year:

1. Stay focused and productive at work
2. Hit the gym at least twice a week
3. Lose more weight, healthily!
4. read one book per month
5. Be nice to my family =)

more to add, can't think of any now..

4th day since Lasik surgery

Jan 3 10, Day 4:
Besides occasional dryness, my eyes felt pretty normal. But the rim of glow around the lights never seemed to go away, though as the days go by, the rim is getting thinner and thinner. A good sign..
I was at Amore when my eyes felt as if they were on fire after applying my eyedrops. I nearly panicked, cos no one can actually save me if my corneas are working up.My friend who met me has gone home and the lasik clinic isn't open today... luckily everything was fine after a while...
I went for stretchfit lesson and for the poses that require me to look down, I had to look to my right... the instructor must be wondering why I am so disobedient today..

Day 3:
I forced myself to sleep for 11hrs today, not taking a chance when my eyes hurt so much the day before. I shouldn't have driven at night, the weariness made worse by the difficulty to see well in the dark... thankfully I felt much better today, the pain and exhaustion of my eyes gone. I allowed myself to go bugis to meet my friends for dim sum and some shopping at Sim Lim, a period of 6h before heading back to my nest to rest myself. It's as if someone is watching over me, making sure I have enough rest cos I found a seat on the train when going to bugis and on bus 67 when going home =)

Day 2 and Day 1:
Not supposed to stare at computer for too long and therefore can't blog...
But lasik is really scary... if the doctor said you stay still, you better listen. Don't even try swallowing your saliva...

Changes that took my breath away

Just a signature above the dotted line, a couple of security clearance... and I'm all set.. to start the new year afresh...

Or maybe it's not that easy... in this fight to find back myself... to put things right, locate the environment that I can see myself grow, learn and succeed... At that juncture of breaking away, tears have flown like a broken string of pearls... a part of me yearning to stop the change that is going to affect not just myself but those have been kind around me... But I must stay strong...

And I survived, that emotional ordeal that I did not expect...
Like a newborn, I open my eyes, startled to find the world outside looking rosier than I dreamt it to be... A new chapter of my life shall now begin... With high hopes, I make my first baby step into this tantalizing world of the unknown challenges and unexpected surprises...

I will survive, yet again...

Merry Christmas and Happy new year my friends!