suddenly came to realise that my 1-yr free subscriptin from mioTV is probably going to expire soon. so i am rushing through to watch Grey's Anatomy season 5, before i cancel mioTV.
I remembered Jin was telling some time ago that she visited Grey's Anatomy forum, and she learnt a lot about the show there. Like how every surgery featured in every episode is somehow linked to the "moral of the episode", and like how the interns "grew up" and you can notice it by the total elimination of their once 口头禅 "seriously".

Sometimes, I have been asking myself how come I am not emotionally affected toward my "real" patients, and the most common answer that I always get is that maybe because, I have yet to form any rapport with them. Hm... I see myself being more emotionally affected by Grey's Anatomy.. ~weird.

Anyway, that's not the point. As I mentioned earlier, there's always a moral of the story in every episode, and I think they make sense. Maybe I should take them down, and blog them.



Today, I have learnt:
To get away from the shadow, U just have to turn on the lights, and get away from darkness.
And in relation to our course of work, it to help identify the lights, and teach pt how to turn them on.

pms.

It has been a busy mid week.. with a sudden surge of cases, adding on to the preparations for MSW's anniversary, plus the things to prepare for retreat.. ...
It will be busy for the following week and weekends, with the long awaited retreat making the start tomorrow... lets pray that it will be good weather throughout, and good photos taken. hope everyone will have a lot of fun and a lot of food...
Going to HTL again on Sunday, but this time in full (tlt) force. Hopefully the food is as good.. mum and colleagues kept asking me to join the chinese version of Don't Forget the Lyrics.. probably will popped by Cineleisure on Sunday, but i think it will be very crowded.. wonder how the audition will be?? testing the participants with a song each? doing MCQ test? i wonder...

NExt sat i will be working... See who shall book me for a date first (jing jing, u better be fast hor)..

Wednesday will den be the long-awaited badminton session. have to start my exercise regime soon. will try out Muz's oven theory of doing slow job for more den 30mins, so that the outside of the chicken is crispy and the inside will be cooked. =)

Following that will be my PD session.. anxious. dunno wat to expect. some course mates said that previous batch of students have feedback that PD will dig dig dig into ur "deepest secret" and make u cry, so better choose the timing that u will not need to go back to work (with that red nose and swollen eye).

And finally, ending with the MSW's 60th Anniversary Symposium.

Hope things will get back to normal caseload, and I be able to reach the supposed target of 100 in worklist. (boo boo)

Multipurpose Laptop

This is my "So Superstar" hangy that Yanah gave me. I finally set out to wash it and ta-dah! it is "So Clean" now!!

All thanks to my multipurpose Toshiba laptop which is not only a laptop, but also a dryer.. =D

Had dinner with Jin just now at Tampines 1, and decided to go to a place where we have never tried before.. Tampines 1 is still very crowded, and i think wat jin's brother say is true "have u ever seen Tampines Mall to be not crowded?".
True true true.. almost all the eating places have queues.. we decided to go with the shortest queue @ 御宝南北小馆. Indeed, having dinner in twos will expedite the waiting time, and "ting" we are in the restaurant without even waiting for queu number.

Being indecisive and polite, we took quite some time to decide on the food we want to eat.

椒盐排骨(pork ribs)
not too bad, but a little salty

生汁明虾球 (Prawns in mayonaise)
seafood is still best!

We actually ordered a vegetable, but waited for soooooooooo looooong and the vege is still not served. Being nice customers, we decided that maybe the kitchen is taking some time due to the dinner crowd.
Well well.. guess that we were wrong. In the end we found out that the vege we had orderd is out of stock, and no one came to tell us that. *horrors*
Seeing the ongoing crowd, we forgive and forget.
Den, we decided that maybe we can try the 小笼包 instead! =) since we only had 2 dishes leh.. still hungry..
Dunno is it coz of our luck, we waited for soooooooooo looooong (again) and the 小笼包 was still not served. to our horror horror, the waitress did not key in our order!

Anyway, in the end we still get to eat our 小笼包, but Ling found the total bill to be a little ex..

Orders:
2 teas
2 towels
1 Pork Rib
1 Mayonaise Prawn
1 小笼包
2 Rice

+ service charge and GST = $47.80.

Even when we call for bill, we have to meet with some 小插曲. The waitress took my credit card without giing me the bill first (which i also happily give it to her), and den another person came with my credit card to ask if i am paying for the bill.

So that's about $23.90 per person. Since a social worker has to be strength focused, the restaurant is very efficient in clearing away ur dirty dishes, and when u are leaving, they say "goodbye and thank you" all the way from ur table to the exit.

Trying so many chinese restaurants, my favourite is still 店小二! =D
Good service, good food, though also slightly ex. But 久久一次，开心就好!
This reminded me of the dinner I had with JX at 店小二 some time ago...

The crocodile meat. supposedly. it tasted like chicken, but more chewy.

my all-time favourite. herbal duck. =)

3 dishes with soup of the day. the vege is my favourite too! Kailan with green lime and anchovies.

Recently, people in the office has been telling me that they find me more mature, grown up, and looks better, or rather, prettier =)
As Kat has been saying, "我觉得你好像长大了"

Being a social worker, we have to reflect.

So I am now reflecting, is it because..
... of my new specs?
... now I am tying my hair up (so that I look more kempt when wearing my N95)?
... I have darker eye circles and maybe wrinkles?
... that I am starting to have receeding hairline (*shucks*)
... or I am literally older as days go by... ...

I don't think there's any changes in me... but the thing about receeding hairline seems to be true... or i am ugly to begin with!!
Watever it is, as long as I m prettier!!!


If only being prettier can have more bonus ..