Last post of the decade

Would just like to mark the end of 2010 by recording that i met one of my oldest friend/primary school classmate/neighbour twice today!! First was in the morning when i was waiting for my colleague at TBP bus stop for a lift to ECP for the office event. There he was walking towards me with his wife.

Second time was in the evening at my fav place of the moment (i.e. Parco). i was on the way to the toilet and there he was again!! haha. It was really a most pleasant surprise! :) i've not seen my friend for a very long time and yet i bump into him twice today! :p

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

i confess the reason i watched this is cos of Hugh Grant. A slightly below average film with a predictable plot. And i think the supporting cast have more chemistry than the odd combination of Hugh Grant and SJP.

Nodame Cantabile Finale

i still do not understand why there's a need to split the movie into two parts. Anyway, the movies are not as nice as the dorama. But whenever i watch Nodame, i just have an urge to learn the piano! And i do think that Ueno Juri plays her very well! :)

ダーリンは外国人《My Darling is a Foreigner》

The reason i picked this from rental was cos i had the book! And that's perhaps the only watchable reason. A complete waste of time. i rather spend my time looking up my 辞書 haa....

Tron: Legacy

Not exactly my cup of tea. Kind of slow paced for a "high tech" show. The storyline seems impressive for an 80s film but a bit dated in today's context.

Pompeii: Life in a Roman Town 79CE

Last exhibition for the year.

Pompeii, which was buried in a volcanic eruption, was stopped in time and many of the items are very well preserved. It was such a coincidence that keppel nights have a discount code for it this weekend. Yay! And it was a bigger coincidence that I received my nafa student pass just few days before. And students (as long as you produce a valid student pass) goes it free!! Double yay!! And so I didn't need to pay and got half price for YZ (my museum kaki). Money saved but well spent cos we spent almost the whole day at the museum. Well, not including the 2hours lunch. Hehe.

Exhibition runs till 23 Jan. And it's not crowded even on a weekend. But maybe the crowds are doing their Xmas shopping. Hehe. Go for the free 1hr guided tours to familiarize with the exhibits then go a more thorough look on your own after. You can make your own gladiator helmet at the end too! :p

All's well afterall!

And so, exactly one week after it all started, my anxeity ended. And i'm alright! :) The cardiologist saw my ECG results and said i have a normal healthy YOUNG heart!! :p Nothing's wrong with me. The reason why i fainted was most probably due to the shock and pain of the muscle cramp i experienced just before i blanked out. x_x That said, i'll be taking extra precaution to stretch lots, stop when i feel pain and last of all, make sure i lie on the floor, duck, bend or whatever i can to make sure my head is lower than my heart the next time i feel faint. So that the blood can flow to the head, of course!

Rapunzel: A Tangled Tale

I like! This is so hilarious! Go watch! And I also want a cute chameleon.

the day it came back full circle

And so the saga continued from the previous episodes...

i went to see the company doctor that i visited before. He also thinks that there should be nothing wrong with me from the ECG report and was quite furious with the GP for causing the saga. BUT! Being on the safe side, he says he will refer me to a cardiologist so that the specialist can tell me that i'm ok!! In the meantime, he won't write me a letter to defer my PT. He won't tell me when should i stop working out. And i'm none the wiser a second time. All i know that i've exhausted all the 3 options and i'm back to being a private patient at a public hospital once again.

To be continued...

The day i found out i have a marathoner's pulse rate

And so the saga continues...

Went to the polyclinic early morning to do the tests as referred by the doc, including

• the much dreaded blood test (needles! yikes! but lucky it was not that bad. The nurse was quite skillful and i'm very amazed that she can draw blood from infants' foot and they don't give a d*mn!)
• ECG (this is quite cool. They just stick some pads onto your lower chest/upper tummy area and its done in less than a minute!)
• Chest X-ray (killed alot of my cells)

After collecting all the reports an hour later, i went back to the doc who declared that i had an irregular heartbeat and told me to get a referral to a cardiologist. OMG! Another blow to me. He gave me a few options. i could either 1) get referral from him 2) get referral from polyclinic or 3) get referral from company doctor.

For the cheaper alternative, i chose the polyclinic route. So i went back to the polyclinic and consulted the doctor there. Surprise surprise!! The polyclinic doc declared that my irregular heartbeat is normal and i do not need to see a cardiologist!!?? HUH!?!? He even mentioned that i had a relatively low pulse rate and asked if i do marathons. Double HUH!! And for the first time in my life, he told me i had low blood pressure. HUH HUH HUH!?!?!? So in the end, i was sent home without any referral letter and lots of question marks on my head.

Reported the poly doc's remarks to my GP and the GP just said to ask the company doctor's opinion.

What the!!

And so the saga continues... And i'm none the wiser... :(