GooDBYe, 2015!

Xmas eve- work was so boring, I pretty much only saw like 2 patients but we had a really sumptuous breakfast, did the whole cheers and selfie thing, and even got to go home at 1330... had pizza for dinner, and then drove to chatswood mandarin to watch the chinese movie Mojin... it was ok... had to pay more cos it is in 3D format...

Xmas day- pretty much was a sloth the whole day, did some cleaning though... read my books and OMG, I found another really excellent website where I found some books which I thought I would never be able to read, was pretty excited about this...

Boxing day- went to eastwood initially wanting to eat the fried chicken but the people running the restaurant was pretty rude cos they saw us waiting outside but still continued to pretend they did not see us... so we decided to boycott that restaurant and went to the one outside aldi instead... and then did some grocery shopping after... bought us a new printer... it was on special, and was cheaper than the original one we had... bargain!

27th Dec- roadtrip to Bowral! high expectations, cos I have always wanted to stay at the Gibraltar hotel... went for lunch at Rashays, but did not realise they would have surcharge... oh well... then drove to bowral, did a quick detour to this famous pastry shop, OMG the whole town was pretty crowded that day... the pastry was pretty small... it was jam packed with people inside, and there was no labelling what the little cakes were, so people were spending time asking what is what... including me... decided to buy this caramel slice and choc mousse cake, when I exited the shop, the queue was already heading towards the road, yup, crazy! the mousse cake was nice, but did not like the caramel slice... we finally arrived at the hotel, the room was really nice, we had 2 separate queen beds to ourselves, and the room was a good size... the onyl complaint I had was the really flat pillow... SOOOO much better than Peppers... boycotting that one... went to check out the sights around, and the weather was so nice that day... and then went for our massage included in the package... it was definitely NOT relaxing, cos the masseuse applied quite a bit of pressure especially at my back and legs... but it was nice, and we both agreed that they have changed their layout... after that, went back to the room, showered (btw, the shower was so nice, just the type I like, with the high pressure hose), and then returned to my reading, SBS was showing the running man episode in Brisbane... so watched that for abit... 

28th Dec- went for the complimentary breakfast but unfortunately, whether it was becos it was so crowded or it's usually like that, the food was only ok, not that fantastic... was disappointed with the breakfast... checked out, and then drove back home... slept for awhile once we got home... and now back to reality ie 2 days back at work... sian...

圣诞节快点到。。。

rehab christmas dinner was much better than the department one... the food was better, especially the chicken skewers and the garlic sauce, the only thing is they don't indicate what meat is those rolls, so I barely touched them... and then after dinner, Dr Chu treated all of us to ice cream and we sat and chatted for awhile... Shelby was EVERYWHERE, climbing, running, throwing food... poor Kara could not even sit still and eat her dinner properly... and in the end, she had to leave early... and then Sharon Wong, Kim, Deanna and I decided to go play laser tag just across the parking lot, and it was at a discounted price as well for 2 games... the first game we had to join with a bigger group, but the second game we got to play amongst ourselves, and it was really fun but tiring... it was good night all in all... 

saturday... went to chatswood westfield to check out the new asian themed foodcourt, and becos we got there early, the stalls were not ready yet, and in the end, only the malaysian stall food was nice... everything else was not very appetizing... and then went to buy ben and jerrys ice cream in preparation for the christmas weekend... it was scorching hot that day!

sunday... worked in the morning, got to go home and change and then it was room escape at parapark... we managed to escape with about 13 minutes left on the clock, but I did not feel the thrill as compared to the ones at the enigma room or the escape hunt one... after that, went to eat at the shanghai place at eastwood cos michelle wanted to eat the dumplings... ended up waiting for approx 20 mins before we had a seat, and it was PACKED... and not to mention, scorching hot, and all 7 of us had to squeeze into the booth... it was not pleasant... the food was not fantastic... not worth waiting that long really... after that, got persuaded into hanging out at prisy's and of course, played the candy game again... seriously, we have wasted HOURS of our lives playing that game... 

3 more days to Christmas, 6 more days to our roadtrip, and approx 6 more weeks to going home! michelle and I decided that we are going to split the bill for an overnight stay at the Marina Bay Sands hotel... yay!

FASt fOrwaRD...

department xmas dinner this year was held at river canyon at parramatta, OMG! it was BAD!, the food was crap, and still have to queue so long, and the performance was so sleazy and unsynchronized and cringeworthy... can't believe I wasted $60 on that! the only good thing about the whole night was the good company I had, had lots of laughs with Nhung, Fang, Krusha and Rhia... and got to visit Rhia's house prior to the dinner as well... 

Celebrated Uncle's birthday at Palsaik, the food was only ok, actually, maybe we had really high expectations of the place, cos Prisy kept saying how good it was... Michelle is back for holidays for the next 3 weeks... so went to badminton with Prisy and Michelle that weekend, and she was really LOUD and embarrassing... but it was good session that day actually... and then played my ticket to ride game, finally, someone willing to play the game with me... but becos I have not played it for so long, the rules had to be reviewed again... and played Wii and watched the korean movie The Masquerade again... it was such a GOOD movie, and I cried again at the last scene with the bodyguard... 

had our department xmas lunch today... it was chicken, chips, some salad and desserts... the chicken did not look very appetising, hence only ate chips and dessert... Kara was my secret santa and I only knew becos I was the only one who did not receive a present and Kara was like... your PRESENT definitely was in the pile... haha! in the end, she got me a mist fan as well as desk fan, but did not realise that the desk fan needed a power supply... but that's ok, I left the mist fan on my table at work, and brought home the desk fan to use at home... Shelby is so cute, but can't imagine having to watch her 24/7, cos she goes and climbs everywhere... Deanna was my recipient so gave her the Japanese mug set, bought her some tea towels and a bar of soap... 

Looking forward to the room escape game this sunday, and then our roadtrip again to Bowral... finally we get to stay at the Gibraltar!!! it better be awesome! very high expectations indeed... hopefully the weather will be cool and sunny that day!

HANd hYgiENe...

Learnt another lesson this weekend... WASH YOUR HANDS BEFORE EATING!!!

sooo... met up with Reem at Newington for Japanese on Friday after work, food was ok... nothing fantastic, despite how she was raving about it... after dinner, she invited me over to her house, it was pretty messy, and she had dogs and one of them would not stop barking the entire time I was there... she also had a garden full of vegetables, fruits and herbs which she planted, and so we had a tour around, then she released her dogs out the cage, and we sat and watched the movie Antman... which was also only ok... and she was burning this incense smelling thing which was giving me a headache... and before the movie started, she passed me a huge bowl of popcorn, and I just started taking some to eat without thinking to wash my hands, and was like, ok... this is pretty tasteless and gross, definitely not going to be able to eat this... so I had to say to Reem no thanks... and then by the time I finished the movie, it was pretty late, and by the time I got home, I was exhausted...

the next day, I had the splinting workshop at work... my tummy started to feel not so good the night before, so I ate some Norit and went to bed, and by like lunch time, my tummy started cramping intermittently, and was feeling nauseous, and by the time the workshop ended, I was like so sorry Nhung, don't think we can go out for afternoon tea like we planned, got into Hyungie, ate more Norit, and it did not help that it was boiling hot that day as well... made it to Rosehill before having to pull over becos the cramping and nausea was worsening... I really thought I was going to throw up in Hyungie... so I slept for abit hoping to tide it over so I can continue driving... thank goodness... the feeling of nausea improved, made it home finally and crawled into bed... did not even have dinner that night, woke up briefly to shower, and went back to bed...

this morning, the nausea has gone but still getting intermittent cramping in the tummy... but still managed to go play badminton with the girls and had lunch, and watched the last hunger games in the movie... thank goodness I am off work tomorrow... 

NO one to blame except myself for my stupidity... hopefully no one else got infected by me... yikes!

anyway, work-wise... found out that Gemma will be heading over to Geri-rehab from next year onwards, so who knows who will be covering until the new grad starts, and whilst I am away in Feb 2016...