Just came back from work. Had dinner, washed up, threw the garbage, tweaked my dog's nose and here I am again.
Feels like a first day all over again...and time really flew by. We're receiving good news here and there. Really glad for them especially for a time such as this. =)
Was quite mellow this morning. I had to put up some blockers so that I wouldn't be too stressed. Else my foot would ache. Self preservation. Hehehe...
Am good and am happy. Thank god for today. Just need a new foot. =P
Monday 30 November 2009
Thursday 26 November 2009
canine chronical
This is cute. It is completely handmade. With leather exteriort and newsprint fabric lining. I thought of getting it for my sister for her work. She has this work bag from levi's that makes me ???? over...hahaha...and i think it's not worth the price kinda thing. But it will do lah. At least she happily bought it. Hmmm...
Hahaha...I think my sis can get away with this one at work. It's exteriorly 'work' looking and still let's her get away with her non-conformist and picky ways..haha..
And she can have fun when she flips inside. And it is really a unique lining! =)
Exp though...even after discount..=) what counts is too bad the strap connector to the bag looks really poorly handmade (looks like will stretch and rip) and won't last long or carry heavy stuff.
So yeah...nice to see..heh...if it was cheaper I would buy it for her. =) Bday+Xmas eh?
Shhh...happy beeday girl...=)
The title of this post has no link to it's contents...hahaha..but its short and simple...and the best way it is desired to be..heh.. =)
I'm actually feeling tired. But am trying a new plaster on my foot and it's burning. So I thought to just stay up and share. Well, what more than the footie update eh? hahaha...
A friend over msn gave me this =S look when i siad that one part is shrinking and the other half is not. Hahaha..i do agree that it is strangely quite hard to imagine. Hence i'm providing this special graphic updates.(that seriously -- takes up time!)
The above pic was just taken 10 mins ago!
The red arrow is the part that has shrunk and showign the wrinkles. See it goes in more and is a little more bony.(hard to see in the pic). The yellow arrow shows the puff going down too.. you can see the big line just below the toes (showing itself for the first time since my foot puffed). Finally the blue arrows is the OTHER half of teh footie that is still puffy.
This pic above was taken yesterday evening. I'm trying to show the depth of the swell. See i can poke my skin...and my finger sinks in and pushes the swollen skin out. that was near the bottom of my toes, so you can see the improvement versus the first pic i took today.
As i promised i'd try to take more interesting things during my confinement too. So i captured our in-house Queen aka cloudy during her bath in the toilet!
Don't I get any privacy?!
Clean eyes!
Towel dry by the owner! =)
I'm actually feeling tired. But am trying a new plaster on my foot and it's burning. So I thought to just stay up and share. Well, what more than the footie update eh? hahaha...
A friend over msn gave me this =S look when i siad that one part is shrinking and the other half is not. Hahaha..i do agree that it is strangely quite hard to imagine. Hence i'm providing this special graphic updates.(that seriously -- takes up time!)
The above pic was just taken 10 mins ago!
The red arrow is the part that has shrunk and showign the wrinkles. See it goes in more and is a little more bony.(hard to see in the pic). The yellow arrow shows the puff going down too.. you can see the big line just below the toes (showing itself for the first time since my foot puffed). Finally the blue arrows is the OTHER half of teh footie that is still puffy.
This pic above was taken yesterday evening. I'm trying to show the depth of the swell. See i can poke my skin...and my finger sinks in and pushes the swollen skin out. that was near the bottom of my toes, so you can see the improvement versus the first pic i took today.
As i promised i'd try to take more interesting things during my confinement too. So i captured our in-house Queen aka cloudy during her bath in the toilet!
Don't I get any privacy?!
Clean eyes!
Towel dry by the owner! =)
Wednesday 25 November 2009
Do you remember?
Today I mused about the in technology that came and went in quite fast as it was just a trend. But imagine the investment some had placed into it.
In my generation during the Secondary to JC period, before the dawn of VCDs came...the Laser Disc...
My god, i still remember how big and cumbersome it was but it was so much cooler than VHS video tapes becasue you can pause and rewind in an instant..and of course so much thinner.
Every affluent family wanted to get a LD player. It was so expensive. But think of the Karaoke that came with it? And LD rental shops sprung up in neighbourhoods.
I still remember even though it's so huge. (it's flat out as large as your laptop), one side is only able to play 30mins of video and you had to flip it over. For longer movies you had multiple discs.
As quickly as it came...somehow, it disappeared. I don't even remember how quickly really..LOL. But it all just vanished. Feels that way right?
for my family, we just stopped using the LD player lor..strange huh. we never owned a single LD. But borrowed from my uncle and grandparents who had loads.
The prices of LD players never dropped. Unlike these days you can get a DVD player at less than $90. LD players still held the higher prices of $400 and above.
Just like blu-ray disc players now...and rememebr how much a DVD player cost last time!!
It feels odd just looking back at such things...die...old liao..hahahhaha...=)
In my generation during the Secondary to JC period, before the dawn of VCDs came...the Laser Disc...
My god, i still remember how big and cumbersome it was but it was so much cooler than VHS video tapes becasue you can pause and rewind in an instant..and of course so much thinner.
Every affluent family wanted to get a LD player. It was so expensive. But think of the Karaoke that came with it? And LD rental shops sprung up in neighbourhoods.
I still remember even though it's so huge. (it's flat out as large as your laptop), one side is only able to play 30mins of video and you had to flip it over. For longer movies you had multiple discs.
As quickly as it came...somehow, it disappeared. I don't even remember how quickly really..LOL. But it all just vanished. Feels that way right?
for my family, we just stopped using the LD player lor..strange huh. we never owned a single LD. But borrowed from my uncle and grandparents who had loads.
The prices of LD players never dropped. Unlike these days you can get a DVD player at less than $90. LD players still held the higher prices of $400 and above.
Just like blu-ray disc players now...and rememebr how much a DVD player cost last time!!
It feels odd just looking back at such things...die...old liao..hahahhaha...=)
Sunday 22 November 2009
Two things at this hour...
1) Barley is good for gout
2) OMG!!! I haven't followed Bones for so long...they wrote Zach Addy outta the main cast at the end of season 3!?! (with not much finise as the producers may have liked due to the writers' strike due, because there was not enough episodes to build a longer story..).....wah.....a real shocker the story though...
2) OMG!!! I haven't followed Bones for so long...they wrote Zach Addy outta the main cast at the end of season 3!?! (with not much finise as the producers may have liked due to the writers' strike due, because there was not enough episodes to build a longer story..).....wah.....a real shocker the story though...
Saturday 21 November 2009
good morning!
Really Thank God for a good investment in my home lappie years back, plus the internet. Else I think I'd have gone mad these past 3 days. I woke at 6am this morning, after having slept at 10pm...for ironically, boredom and tiredness.
I'm sadly still in a worse state and have only left my room 5 times the past two days to shower, pee and poo...hahaha...my dog must be wondering if i'm still alive, coz i haven't seen her...she must be very miserable, I hear she's tied up 24/7 by my sis now and I can't do anything to help her till she learns her lesson.
I move between my bed to watch and do stuff and then to my room chair, where I sit up to eat and to prop my feet on my bed to use my lappie (Just like what i'm doing now). So far I've succumbed to temptation and started devouring the latest season of criminal minds online that is posted weekly as it's shown in the US. so I'm at episode 6 of 8...then it'd be a drought. =(
In between, I found a site that loaded up all 5 seasons of Bones. Even thugh it's live streaming, its abit slow on the upload, so i leave the window on in the background, and wait till it's about 20mins into the show before i jump to the front again (so that the rest will load as I watch). Finished 2nd half of season 2 and am 4 episodes into season 3.
I try to move around in my room the best I can, just to give my bed some 'airing' time...Sis says there's a smell in my room..thanks hor..very helpful. How do i get the chance to air my room!?!
strangely with such brainless activity, I'm very tired every 3 hours, but force myself to stay up till an ok time to sleep. Otherwise, I'd experince my topsy turvy sleep times that took me 3 days to get back on track.
I need lego to play with...hahaha...no space at home though. I should making tons of stuff now, but really no mood. All I wanna do is get out of here.How ironic. when got more time, no mood. Think it's coz need to keep shifting postions. You just want it to go away.
I probably feel 2% of what prisoners feel in the confinement aspect..hahaha...
In the morning, baboon asked me what I was going to do that day. -__- ...
Ah then...
haiz..then my blooie is sitting out there with no one to bring it out to play...$30 per day. At least I save on fuel.
Anyway, moving on to happier things, I just changed my blog header and I taught Snoopy some singlish..hehehe..I liked this coz he looked so comfy and at peace.
Oh and sis finally bought her blackberry, brand new one from her office lor..a.t least she manage to get a 10% discount off hte phone..so $880 is not too bad for her lah, though people are selling 2 week old ones at $650 online..LOL..
New feet updates! I live my sheep and farm animal bedsheet.hahaha
I know I know...it's the only thing I'm taking with my cam these days..hahaha..nothing else to take mah...Hmm...maybe next round, I'd take a pic of my room eh..but it's an epic mess...think the movie 2012 in one bedroom..hahaha..it's gotten worse since i need everything within reach in the room. Will add..next post eh..
Pray i'll get better really really really soooooonnnn....
I'm sadly still in a worse state and have only left my room 5 times the past two days to shower, pee and poo...hahaha...my dog must be wondering if i'm still alive, coz i haven't seen her...she must be very miserable, I hear she's tied up 24/7 by my sis now and I can't do anything to help her till she learns her lesson.
I move between my bed to watch and do stuff and then to my room chair, where I sit up to eat and to prop my feet on my bed to use my lappie (Just like what i'm doing now). So far I've succumbed to temptation and started devouring the latest season of criminal minds online that is posted weekly as it's shown in the US. so I'm at episode 6 of 8...then it'd be a drought. =(
In between, I found a site that loaded up all 5 seasons of Bones. Even thugh it's live streaming, its abit slow on the upload, so i leave the window on in the background, and wait till it's about 20mins into the show before i jump to the front again (so that the rest will load as I watch). Finished 2nd half of season 2 and am 4 episodes into season 3.
I try to move around in my room the best I can, just to give my bed some 'airing' time...Sis says there's a smell in my room..thanks hor..very helpful. How do i get the chance to air my room!?!
strangely with such brainless activity, I'm very tired every 3 hours, but force myself to stay up till an ok time to sleep. Otherwise, I'd experince my topsy turvy sleep times that took me 3 days to get back on track.
I need lego to play with...hahaha...no space at home though. I should making tons of stuff now, but really no mood. All I wanna do is get out of here.How ironic. when got more time, no mood. Think it's coz need to keep shifting postions. You just want it to go away.
I probably feel 2% of what prisoners feel in the confinement aspect..hahaha...
In the morning, baboon asked me what I was going to do that day. -__- ...
Ah then...
haiz..then my blooie is sitting out there with no one to bring it out to play...$30 per day. At least I save on fuel.
Anyway, moving on to happier things, I just changed my blog header and I taught Snoopy some singlish..hehehe..I liked this coz he looked so comfy and at peace.
Oh and sis finally bought her blackberry, brand new one from her office lor..a.t least she manage to get a 10% discount off hte phone..so $880 is not too bad for her lah, though people are selling 2 week old ones at $650 online..LOL..
New feet updates! I live my sheep and farm animal bedsheet.hahaha
I know I know...it's the only thing I'm taking with my cam these days..hahaha..nothing else to take mah...Hmm...maybe next round, I'd take a pic of my room eh..but it's an epic mess...think the movie 2012 in one bedroom..hahaha..it's gotten worse since i need everything within reach in the room. Will add..next post eh..
Pray i'll get better really really really soooooonnnn....
Tuesday 17 November 2009
scared...
It felt like i slept for hours...i intended to sleep till morning coz i was so tired. but it turns out, to only be several hours. =( ...i also woke from a nightmare and in my last scene I was crying...crying very hard with gasping breath and feeling my heart hurt. That's when I reaslised that i was feeling and doing the same thing in real life, less the tears.
Scary....really scary...it's a very old nightmare...it feels like a movie and you're in it..the ending was bad becasue I was very close to a friend and she was murdered in the last scenes. Another friend I loved dearly hated me for her death. And so...I mourned and cried alone, but in the middle of a crowd who were all shocked by her death...then at the corner of the large hall, stands someone who is grinning at my pain with the most fiendish smile...he was not the murderer...but someone kinda like possessed by the devil...he was there...mocking me that there was nothing i could do...
Even as I'm awake now..my heart has a sinking feeling...am scared...=(
This dream feels quite familiar...even as i dreamt it earlier, I felt i had gone through this before. dejavu. I had even gone through the murder... Only there was a difference...I mourned and cried alone and the new feeling that there was really nothing I could do...
=( feels horrible...why lidat...how come have this kind of dream now...feels too real...
Scary....really scary...it's a very old nightmare...it feels like a movie and you're in it..the ending was bad becasue I was very close to a friend and she was murdered in the last scenes. Another friend I loved dearly hated me for her death. And so...I mourned and cried alone, but in the middle of a crowd who were all shocked by her death...then at the corner of the large hall, stands someone who is grinning at my pain with the most fiendish smile...he was not the murderer...but someone kinda like possessed by the devil...he was there...mocking me that there was nothing i could do...
Even as I'm awake now..my heart has a sinking feeling...am scared...=(
This dream feels quite familiar...even as i dreamt it earlier, I felt i had gone through this before. dejavu. I had even gone through the murder... Only there was a difference...I mourned and cried alone and the new feeling that there was really nothing I could do...
=( feels horrible...why lidat...how come have this kind of dream now...feels too real...
Thursday 12 November 2009
Wednesday 11 November 2009
*ahem*...lesson time!
Some have been asking me about my footie problem and what it's all about. I read up online about it quite regularly, especially more when i'm trying to understand more about it so that i feel that 'at least what i'm going through is the norm', it's kinda like a sharing session for me.
Hee...so for the benefit of some..here's an intro of it that I pulled out from a gout website. (with extra silly commentray from me!
-- A kind of arthritis that “flares” periodically—so the pain of gout is experienced as an attack.
-- Attacks usually appear with no warning and leave sufferers in severe pain. In fact, gout is one of the most painful medical conditions. It's been compared with childbirth and bone fractures.
-- Usually last from 3 to 10 days and can cause knife-like pain, tenderness, redness, heat, and swelling in an affected joint.
-- The underlying cause is an excess of a waste product in your blood called uric acid. Many people have excess uric acid—and most of them do not get gout.
-- Painful gout attacks result from inflammation caused by deposits of needle-like crystals in connective tissue and/or in the fluid that cushions the joint. The crystals are made up of uric acid, a waste product produced during the natural breakdown of purines. Purines are part of all our body's cells as well as many foods we eat.
-- Uric acid is carried through the bloodstream to the kidneys. Your kidneys eliminate it from the body mostly through urine. However, if the body produces too much uric acid or if the kidneys don't eliminate enough of it, uric acid will build up in the blood.
-- No one can predict exactly when an attack might occur for someone with hyperuricemia. It may be triggered by something you eat or drink, or it may be triggered by certain medicines, the presence of an illness, stressful events, or some other factor. Many times it may be difficult to say what triggered a specific attack.
Gout Friendly Foods ---
Additional low-purine choices include carbonated beverages, (YAY!!! Can drink more Coca Cola...MUAHAHHA)...coffee, cereals, chocolate, (SLURPS!!) fruits, breads, grains, pasta, rice, olives, cheese, eggs, milk products, sugar, tomatoes, and some types of green vegetables.
-- Gout can progress, eventually causing damage to joints, nerve compression disorder, tissue damage, potentially leading to disability. Problems with kidney function may occur as well due to the over strained kidney.
Hee...so for the benefit of some..here's an intro of it that I pulled out from a gout website. (with extra silly commentray from me!
-- A kind of arthritis that “flares” periodically—so the pain of gout is experienced as an attack.
-- Attacks usually appear with no warning and leave sufferers in severe pain. In fact, gout is one of the most painful medical conditions. It's been compared with childbirth and bone fractures.
-- Usually last from 3 to 10 days and can cause knife-like pain, tenderness, redness, heat, and swelling in an affected joint.
-- The underlying cause is an excess of a waste product in your blood called uric acid. Many people have excess uric acid—and most of them do not get gout.
-- Painful gout attacks result from inflammation caused by deposits of needle-like crystals in connective tissue and/or in the fluid that cushions the joint. The crystals are made up of uric acid, a waste product produced during the natural breakdown of purines. Purines are part of all our body's cells as well as many foods we eat.
-- Uric acid is carried through the bloodstream to the kidneys. Your kidneys eliminate it from the body mostly through urine. However, if the body produces too much uric acid or if the kidneys don't eliminate enough of it, uric acid will build up in the blood.
-- No one can predict exactly when an attack might occur for someone with hyperuricemia. It may be triggered by something you eat or drink, or it may be triggered by certain medicines, the presence of an illness, stressful events, or some other factor. Many times it may be difficult to say what triggered a specific attack.
Gout Friendly Foods ---
Additional low-purine choices include carbonated beverages, (YAY!!! Can drink more Coca Cola...MUAHAHHA)...coffee, cereals, chocolate, (SLURPS!!) fruits, breads, grains, pasta, rice, olives, cheese, eggs, milk products, sugar, tomatoes, and some types of green vegetables.
-- Gout can progress, eventually causing damage to joints, nerve compression disorder, tissue damage, potentially leading to disability. Problems with kidney function may occur as well due to the over strained kidney.
Tuesday 10 November 2009
D+6
It's been 7 days since my footie blues returned to haunt me. And I haven't stepped beyond my front gates since, except one time to meet ge to pass her some work stuff.
My sis said when i'm awake i'm like a monster....thundering and snorting as i move from place to place. Hahaha...it's actually quite true.
I'm just amazed how the body is able to sleep so much, or be in such a dazed state.
At about 6am, I wake up very hungry (this is another strange thing...)..I go loo, stagger downstairs to hug my dog, get food, eat meds and read the old papers for a while, before I fall asleep at the living room table. Someone wakes me up around lunch time...loo again..ranging from 1 to 2pm...and before long, i'm asleep again...sheesh...hahaha...
On the weekend, my sis resorted to putting post it notes on my bedside so that i will see them when I wake in between.
I'm most awake from 8 to 10pm, Just before my post dinner meds kick in and i'm zzzing in and out... Mum has nagged me several times for falling asleep in front of the comp...
If it weren't for online news, I'd have no clue what is happening in the world. =O
Mum says just as well, i don't move much, but she's amazed how hungry I am for the amount of time i'm asleep...LOL
In the day, the meds keep me drowsy enough that i dont' need the killers. But it doesn't work at night...
after midnite is a bad time...bad bad...it's like there's a clock in da footie that days it's night and time to party. =( so it's more pain than usual...and i squirm in bed a whole lot...just trying to find a comfy position...coz everyone is alseep, I go online and try to watch some vids or play some games, or write horrific blog posts on foot removal..hahaha..snack... just to distract myself...this works out till about 5am where either (a) I succumb to take the killers or (b) I zonk!
Stupid foot. *humph*
So here I am...negotiating a comfortable postion with my foot..by god i actually talk to my foot now! hahaha...
Today's post can go up...coz it's not so gruesome..hahaha... am very hyper now and feel mad..
Oooo...I just remembered...i took a photo of my feet yest! =)
The solo shot makes it look like a blob...hahaha
When I take with them side by side, the angle doesn't really show the puffiness...but if you look closely, u can see, my right ankle area is bloaty...and the top of my right foot is 'rounder'..such that my toes 'shrink in'...
My sis said when i'm awake i'm like a monster....thundering and snorting as i move from place to place. Hahaha...it's actually quite true.
I'm just amazed how the body is able to sleep so much, or be in such a dazed state.
At about 6am, I wake up very hungry (this is another strange thing...)..I go loo, stagger downstairs to hug my dog, get food, eat meds and read the old papers for a while, before I fall asleep at the living room table. Someone wakes me up around lunch time...loo again..ranging from 1 to 2pm...and before long, i'm asleep again...sheesh...hahaha...
On the weekend, my sis resorted to putting post it notes on my bedside so that i will see them when I wake in between.
I'm most awake from 8 to 10pm, Just before my post dinner meds kick in and i'm zzzing in and out... Mum has nagged me several times for falling asleep in front of the comp...
If it weren't for online news, I'd have no clue what is happening in the world. =O
Mum says just as well, i don't move much, but she's amazed how hungry I am for the amount of time i'm asleep...LOL
In the day, the meds keep me drowsy enough that i dont' need the killers. But it doesn't work at night...
after midnite is a bad time...bad bad...it's like there's a clock in da footie that days it's night and time to party. =( so it's more pain than usual...and i squirm in bed a whole lot...just trying to find a comfy position...coz everyone is alseep, I go online and try to watch some vids or play some games, or write horrific blog posts on foot removal..hahaha..snack... just to distract myself...this works out till about 5am where either (a) I succumb to take the killers or (b) I zonk!
Stupid foot. *humph*
So here I am...negotiating a comfortable postion with my foot..by god i actually talk to my foot now! hahaha...
Today's post can go up...coz it's not so gruesome..hahaha... am very hyper now and feel mad..
Oooo...I just remembered...i took a photo of my feet yest! =)
The solo shot makes it look like a blob...hahaha
When I take with them side by side, the angle doesn't really show the puffiness...but if you look closely, u can see, my right ankle area is bloaty...and the top of my right foot is 'rounder'..such that my toes 'shrink in'...
Friday 6 November 2009
Foot blues
Hello! Ok ok ...it's old news, many of you already know that my footie has acted up again since tuesday morning! So I'm just here to note it down on my blog so that i will have a record of when it last happened big time...haiz...as usual, i have no clue what's the actual cause of it...
But..I highly suspect it's this ginger drink my mum gave me the day before. very spicy! it's also supposed to be good for my gout.
In any case, I haven't been working the past few days because the meds are so strong...sometimes i dun even wanna wake up to eat. Until of course..my stomach gives a "that's final" signal to my brain..hahaha...then I'm zzzing again. I never reaslied that a person could zzz so much actually. And I know i'm not resting well.
I have called my bed my island, and i'm marooned on it..hahaha..=P
Anyway, am feeling alrite. Even though i know the mountain of work that awaits.=) But boss knows my condition well and doesn't want to stress me too much.
Can't wait to walk again. =)
This morning was so funny...i was high tide see...morning mah..need to go pee..but i woke too late..and i really needed to go...so i sprange up, bit my lips and made a dash for it! Ooooowwww...
I barely missed the loo bowl lor...kekeke...
Hmm...now looking at it ..it's puffy again..too bad no camera now, else can show you. =)
Okie, gotta go, can't remain in one position too long, it's as though blood coagulates there man! byes!
But..I highly suspect it's this ginger drink my mum gave me the day before. very spicy! it's also supposed to be good for my gout.
In any case, I haven't been working the past few days because the meds are so strong...sometimes i dun even wanna wake up to eat. Until of course..my stomach gives a "that's final" signal to my brain..hahaha...then I'm zzzing again. I never reaslied that a person could zzz so much actually. And I know i'm not resting well.
I have called my bed my island, and i'm marooned on it..hahaha..=P
Anyway, am feeling alrite. Even though i know the mountain of work that awaits.=) But boss knows my condition well and doesn't want to stress me too much.
Can't wait to walk again. =)
This morning was so funny...i was high tide see...morning mah..need to go pee..but i woke too late..and i really needed to go...so i sprange up, bit my lips and made a dash for it! Ooooowwww...
I barely missed the loo bowl lor...kekeke...
Hmm...now looking at it ..it's puffy again..too bad no camera now, else can show you. =)
Okie, gotta go, can't remain in one position too long, it's as though blood coagulates there man! byes!
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