Thanks to Eastpaw's recent blog skin makeover, I was also inspired to do the same. I went with a pre-manufactured skin cos I really hated my last few attempts to customize, and wanted something simple and easy. I still can't figure out why there's no date stamping anymore, but hopefully I'll get it fiddled out soon.
One of the future looks for this blog may feature one of Sherm's most striking and well-composed shots of her beloved Waseda dojo. I just love it so much I am honoured that she's agreed to let me use it. Till the next skin change!
P.S. I know Sherm will like this one..
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
August updates in pictures
Mushroom Cheese Burger by Smok'inn Frogz.. sedap!
Shermy's new Gloomy Bear + Petey toy!
Shermy and the gigantic hamster
The girls sleeping together =)
Diggy being stubborn, making a statement.
Just wanted to include a pic of Jackie
We treated ourselves to this..
My life on a napkin, notes taken when transferring schedules in one's mobile phone.
My hand used as a chew toy by cornered dog..
Thursday, August 20, 2009
A series of unfortunate events
Here's a series of bad things that happened to me recently.
Aug 6 itself was a good day - I got my freedom again, but I also had some tummy trouble that was exposed that evening and was on MC the following day. Then on Aug 11, I met up with Keng Boon, an old Kendo buddy (which wasn't the bad part), cos I ended up re-joining SKC on Aug 12 (this wasn't the bad part either). That night, I got a call to go over to Justin's house to help coax his dog into the car so his parents could send it to the vet (Patches had a bone stuck in his throat).
Here's where the bad part happened - while stroking Patch and gently trying to nudge him into the car, he went bonkers and bit my hand..
So I had a few open bite wounds on my hand, I went to find a clinic (at 11pm), in my gi and hakama. In the end, Sherm had to direct me to a 24-hr clinic at Serangoon North, where I got fixed up and was administered a tetanus shot.
On Aug 14 I started coughing. The next day I had a fever.. and it lasted for all of 5 days. H1N1 perhaps? It was suspected, but after a blood test done at the PPS at AMK Polyclinic, I was declared H1N1-negative. But this strain of flu was doing terrible things to me, and I'm still coughing until today. Oh but I'm not done yet.
Due to this cough and sore throat I had by way of the fever, my throat got so bad that I couldn't swallow normally, not even saliva! This was from Aug 17. So within 4 days of eating miniscule amounts of soft foods, I lost abt 4 kgs too.
Thank god I was able to eat my dinner yesterday, and I'm looking forward to more good eats again soon! I also hope that's the end of my series of bad luck.
Aug 6 itself was a good day - I got my freedom again, but I also had some tummy trouble that was exposed that evening and was on MC the following day. Then on Aug 11, I met up with Keng Boon, an old Kendo buddy (which wasn't the bad part), cos I ended up re-joining SKC on Aug 12 (this wasn't the bad part either). That night, I got a call to go over to Justin's house to help coax his dog into the car so his parents could send it to the vet (Patches had a bone stuck in his throat).
Here's where the bad part happened - while stroking Patch and gently trying to nudge him into the car, he went bonkers and bit my hand..
So I had a few open bite wounds on my hand, I went to find a clinic (at 11pm), in my gi and hakama. In the end, Sherm had to direct me to a 24-hr clinic at Serangoon North, where I got fixed up and was administered a tetanus shot.
On Aug 14 I started coughing. The next day I had a fever.. and it lasted for all of 5 days. H1N1 perhaps? It was suspected, but after a blood test done at the PPS at AMK Polyclinic, I was declared H1N1-negative. But this strain of flu was doing terrible things to me, and I'm still coughing until today. Oh but I'm not done yet.
Due to this cough and sore throat I had by way of the fever, my throat got so bad that I couldn't swallow normally, not even saliva! This was from Aug 17. So within 4 days of eating miniscule amounts of soft foods, I lost abt 4 kgs too.
Thank god I was able to eat my dinner yesterday, and I'm looking forward to more good eats again soon! I also hope that's the end of my series of bad luck.
