WOrLd CuP FeVEr...

World Cup 2022, held in Qatar this time around, has been full of shocks and surprises... the underdogs are definitely Morroco and hopefully the final game will be Argentina vs Morocco... 

Had another round of surgery to hopefully remove the cyst once and for all yesterday... still in pain, hopefully this is the end of the cyst saga... 

Mum and papa are arriving tomorrow and will be staying here for the next 2.5 weeks... Met Michelle and her 2 daughters the other day... Not much happening otherwise... 

魂飞破散。。。

I have done countless number of home visits in the last few years and today has got to be the most traumatising one...

The client lives at Upper Colo, and for some reason, the GPS brought me down this gully with dirt road all the way down and when I got to the bottom, it was a literal dead end cos the bridge was gone... and there was no freaking reception... I was really panicking... after contacting my client whom informed me I have gone the wrong way, I have to then do this 100 point turn on a down hill slope and right behind me is the river, and I am driving a Caddy... I have never felt so scared... I was by myself, with no reception, no soul around... I had all these scenarios in my head... when I finally arrived at the client's house, I was like 90mins late... and the worst thing is... I have a bad feeling I may have to go back there again :(

The positive thing that happened today was pongie and I went to penrith to eat at this pasta place, and we went to Coles at Nepean Village to do grocery shopping, I was standing there waiting for pongie in my uniform, and this elderly man came up to me and said thank you for the work you do, I was touched... after working as an OT for so long, this was very meaningful... 

EQ...

 Did not blog for a while... quite a few things have happened since I last blogged... staycations ongoing...

July 2022- not much happened, just staycations...

Aug/Sept 2022- went back to Singapore, suai, the cyst at my tummy got infected in the first week I was there, ended up going to hospital, had surgery, was pretty traumatised during my stay overnight at TTSH... especially with the toilet situation, and since the surgery, not able to shower for a month, had to go for frequent wound dressings... and pretty much could not do much cos I was not able to sweat... what a waste... although did get to go do some facials, staycation at Park Royal Pickering... and had to extend my stay, but then there was a whole lot of kafuffle with SIA... only met up with Silvana and Huimin... was able to go visit Nainai a few times, which was good... 

Oct 2022- again, not much happened... just work and delayed my second contract at Lemongrove CHC until Nov 2022... the cyst looked like it was healing and then this small circle appeared... so again back to the GP, ultrasound... seriously, it's one thing after another... 

Online dating... not much happening either... 

So the plan for Dec/Jan when papa and mum visit is just staycations in Sydney... then April 2023, we are going to North Island in NZ and then roadtrip to Mudgee take 2... so we'll see... 

BAck To fuLL TiME...

Back to working fulltime from this week onwards, accepted a casual contract at Lemongrove CHC... being supervised by my former student was awkward... and there were still some familiar faces around the centre... feels like no time had passed... too many policies and processes to follow... I need to see how much I am being paid, if it's low, then there's no point, might as well look elsewhere for work... 

Staycations recap... Four Seasons... it was fine, breakfast buffet was actually not too bad... Shangri La... it is now on my blacklist... service and breakfast were crap... even the canapes were pretty average... Crown Towers... what a kafuffle... made a complaint, everything from the wifi, to the tv to the poor housekeeping... the spa services were great though... the Porter House Hotel cancelled on me cos the hotel is still not completed... and there are still no offers for the Ace Hotel... 

Hobart trip... we were pretty lucky with the weather, only rained briefly on arrival but the last day when we had to fly back to Sydney was bad... raining and strong winds, oh man, the turbulence was bad... pretty disappointed with MACQ01 though... the Tasman was really good... except for the breakfast, that was average... 

Upcoming staycations... Crowne Plaza Burwood... Park Royal, going to give it another go... cos they have club lounge... Marriott Circular Quay... again, becos they have a club lounge... 

Did quite alot of research on staycation in Singapore... there are so many nice hotels in Singapore, but so expensive if you want club lounge... 

WHo's ouR NexT PriME MiNisTER?

Post COVID...

Work has been better for me now that I am no longer doing inpatients and can now focus on community work, which is my actual job... Have been voluntold to do falls huddles education, Oxford Cognitive Screen, manual handling training and now PRPP... I need a payrise... I just want to cruise along, do my home visits and be left alone really... 

Outside of work, somehow I have overestimated my ability to juggle stuff, and timing sucks, of course, nothing happens for the RECITE trial for all these months, and just when I was asked to do some marking for CSU, the RECITE trial finally commencing and of course I decided to also volunteer to join a working party for the Stroke Guidelines... why I do this to myself, I have no idea... and of course, everything is happening just before and after our trip to Hobart... can't wait... after having had to postpone the trip twice... 

Staycations... after Mum left... we stayed in Aiden a new hotel near Sofitel and the Darling... it was ok... once off stay for us... Swissotel... another once off stay... and came back to Sheraton Grand... pretty good, especially after finally able to go to the club lounge... it was packed for canapes... 

Pongie finally found a new job closer to home... hopefully it will be a better job and place to work... 

Upcoming... Four Seasons... Hobart, yay! Shangri La... Crown Towers... another new hotel called Porter House Hotel (maybe, the opening keeps getting delayed)... and waiting for another new hotel Ace hotel... booked to go back to Singapore during my birthday on my own, and decided to splurge on business class seats on SIA... really helps lying down when there is turbulence... 

ISoLatiON daY 4...

Who knew that a simple unconscious thing such as swallowing your saliva could cause me so much pain every single time... I don't think I have been so sick before or that I can remember... Thanks COVID...

COVID +ve...

After 2 years, COVID has finally hit 27 Christy Drive and becos mum is here, she was also affected... Bye Bye Mudgee, hello isolation over the Easter long weekend...

Nothing much to do except catch up on my reading and watching Netflix...

Staycations recap... Kimpton Margot... it was only ok, nothing to rave about... Fullerton... we wanted to try the heritage rooms now that they have reopened them... it was only ok... Intercontinental... it was actually not too bad, since they renovated the rooms, too bad the renovations were still ongoing... planning to visit again once the renovations are complete... Holiday Inn Potts Point... this was more a last minute one as it was the 90th birthday of the Harbour Bridge so we wanted somewhere with a view of the bridge... Hyatt Regency... this was becos I came across their facebook page advertising a Gin and Tea high tea so we wanted to try that... it was actually not bad... the room was only so so... West Hotel... the room was pretty small, again, not much to say, only so so... we only went there becos we booked the darling spa, that was good... the only thing was the treatment options were limited...

More rain and flooding in Feb/March... it was pretty bad...

Mum arrived and we brought her to the Epicurean buffet lunch... there was alot of food options but the actual food quality was not that great... 

And of course, Pongie tested positive to COVID on Tuesday, then me and mum on Thursday, hence there goes our Mudgee trip again... and in isolation over the Easter long weekend...