By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear.

Quote by George Herbert

Cloudless sky.

That was the 1st thing I noticed when I stepped out of the hospital after work today. It was sunny and bright as well, with the humidity level high. Ah! What a perfect day for a swim!

It was a quiet day at work, with only 3 cases for the entire day! Whoa oh! My trainer, Mr Par, was ready for me to take on cases all by myself. I handled a case of spine 'kyphoplasty' with him popping towards the end of the procedure only to check out how I was progressing. The other 2 cases were a 'Double J-stent insertion' and a knee xray, both done by Michael.

Yeah, it was so good. I popped into the staff lounge once in the morning before my case to read the newspaper and also after lunch in the afternoon. I read finish the whole set of papers today! And even read my own book which I settled down comfortably on the sofa and even fell asleep! :p Haha... Mr Par had to answer phonecalls from Mr Goh and the vendor regarding the Shimadzu machine. Mike went over to staff lounge to watch TV every now and then. There was practically no case at all in the afternoon. What bliss. Haha. I did not feel like I was working at all!

It was quite when I stepped out into the streets this morning to go for work. I bet many people have taken leave to enjoy this long week of holidays. I?m not surprised. This kind of holiday do not come by easily. Even the entire O.T was quieter, with not so many cases and many surgeons not coming in for the day. I hope Wednesday and Friday would be like this too! Anyway, I have to work tomorrow! Aiye. It will be counted in as overtime and I would be paid accordingly. From 8.30am - 3pm.

My swim today was not too bad, according to the timings I have clocked. But my body felt heavy. Probably it's because of the LSD (long slow distance) run I did yesterday from 5.45pm to 7.15pm. I have to start doing really long runs on weekends to prepare myself for the half marathon in another month?s time! And the swims weekly would be to ease off the tense muscles and relax them after stressing them so much on my runs.

I spent so much time in front of the computer yesterday afternoon that I did not think I could do a good long run. Although I did not work, which meant my legs were not tired out, but my body had not been mobile for the past few hours. I even felt lazy and very tired, clocking only 6.5 hours of sleep the previous. My mind was kind of in a whirl when I started my run yesterday.

When the mind is not willing, it's the hardest to get your body going. I started out slow and easy, not wanting to stress myself. I would aim to clock at least 1 hour 15 min. However, my mind wanted to focus on my run. My legs and body felt rather light. I told myself to not think of the mental fatigue and just run. My mind was not thinking of anything.

Eventually, after the 1st 30minutes or so, when I suddenly 'used' my mind to evaluate my run then, I did not feel the exhaustion that I felt when I just started. It's amazing. There have not been run events recently to motivate me to run. All the runs for the months of September, October and November are what's needed to prepare me for the half marathon. I got to beat my tired body after work at times to continue my regime.

I would tend to forget why I enjoyed running at times like this. I realized it yesterday once more. It's the solitude and peace I get. As Dad and Mum were at home for the past 2 days, which is a very rarity, the house seems too noisy and I miss the privacy I get when I'm home alone. From this, I found out that I can be a very comfortable person all by myself. In fact, I enjoy it. There is no one to bother me and no one to interrupt my thought processes.

Maybe I'm born to be a loner who loves company. What a paradox. I love human company, but I can survive loneliness well too. It?s a 'nurtured' thing? Or perhaps nature? I need my own private time and it's deemed to be very important to me, in terms of spiritual well-being. The next best thing would be to achieve this in the company of Nature.



Run.
Run away from home.
Run away from reality.
Run away from the responsibilities I have to shoulder.
Run away to Solitude.



Travel.
It's synonymous to running in that sense. I can assume another identity and disregard my 'life back home' on the roads. Ironically, I am actually living the 'real me' when I am traveling. It's not really an escape from myself, but from the mundane chores of daily life.


I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
~Henry David Thoreau, 1854

Only in quiet waters do thing mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world.
~Hans Margolius

What a HOT weekend!

It's a beautiful Sunday morning. I turned in late last night at 1am but my biological clock woke me up at 7.30am this morning after only 6.5 hours of sleep! Argh. I was tired, but could not get back to bed. I wanted to get a full 8hours sleep. I had to wake up and go get my breakfast as I did not eat dinner last night and was hungry!

Dad has not been driving for the past few nights cuz of the small accident that he met with on Wed night. Ah, it's all that young man?s fault. Duh, fancy hitting into the rear of the taxi. He admitted it was his fault and my dad had to follow him to his landed property somewhere in Mountbatten to copy his IC number and take down his particulars. What a screw-up. He did not even have his IC on him and that car belongs to his mum!

So the taxi is being fixed at the repair workshop now and Dad is off for these few days until Monday when he can collect the vehicle.

As I was hungry, and needed to go downstairs to buy bread for breakfast, I thought of going down to Delifrance to eat the buffet breakfast spread. Asked Dad along as he was awake watching TV and we made our way down after I showered. I'm in such a lethargic state that I need my coffee to perk me up man! And carbohydrates as well. Since I did not take any proper dinner last night. The breakfast is priced at $6.95, which I would normally not bear to spend that kind of amount on. However, I thought I ought to give myself a small treat after working so hard for the past week. :p

It is almost 3 pm now. I spent the last few hours online checking out my friends' blog and posted some photos and also surfed for online shopping information about Birkenstock sandals! I so badly want to get a pair. I do not have a proper pair of good walking shoes for going out and I intend to invest in a pair of Birks. I have 2 other friends who are keen to get and we plan to order online together so that we can offset the shipping fare. Found a website that would offset the fare as long as we make purchases of above $250. Great bargain!

It's a HOT day... So much so for staying in the operating theatre for the entire week and suffering from the extreme cold down there. Not knowing if it's raining or sunny outside... I was so thankful for the hot sunny day yesterday when MH and I decided to go down to Little India. It has been raining and cloudy for the past week and I was crossing my fingers that it not rained yesterday. Thankfully no.

I had wanted to go down Little India for quite a sometime since the lights were lit for the Diwali festival. I decided to go down yesterday although I would have loved to come home to rest after work. However, due to the fact that I am going to start shirtwork in another week's time and my timings are going to be really weird, I decided to grab this weekend and just went ahead.

I felt more or less like a traveler. We ate at 'Blue Diamond', this Indian restaurant that serves great chicken briyani. It was a very filling lunch, and hence the reason why I did not eat dinner after that. I took in quite a lot of fluids though. We began our 'exploration' and shopping around Sheng Siong after that. We controlled our shopping at Sheng Siong for we did not want to carry big bags of plastic while walking around! Haha. And we were pretty good at that!

MH did henna painting on her hand, as can be seen in the photos below. I finally did my threading, and my eyebrows do look pretty 'fakely neat' now. :p The time when I did in Iran was different as it was more painful (perhaps being the 1st time then) and not so neatly trimmed. Gee. Haha. I might present as a shock to some friends if they see me within these few days!

We visited the Veeramakaliamman Temple, of which I have been inside for a few times before. Then we walked down the streets and checked out some pasars(bazaars) which have been set up for this festive period along the way. The colourful desserts in the display windows, the authentic Indian cuisine, the many 'ABC' shops encountered along the way, the various stalls selling Indian-style jewellery for the ladies and decors for the Diwali festival, and the many small alleyways that could be explored made the entire experience quite out of the extraordinary. It's not something many would do in Singapore. Especially for the locals who would rather prefer to stay in the comfort of the air-conditioned shopping malls and spend their money on restaurants that charge for poor service. I found it a very good way to spend my Saturday afternoon just walking the ethnic enclave of our very own country and expose myself to the atmosphere that hangs so vibrantly in the air. I always thought if I do not even understand my own country's multi-cultural society, how on earth am I going to appreciate the world's?

We spent the last few hours in Mustafa Shopping Centre. I wanted to get a couple of stuff there and also to cool off my sweat-soaked shirt. The crowd got bigger as the night approaches and when we got to the clothing department, it was somewhat difficult to navigate your way through the narrow walkways in the mall. Hah. I did not bother to try on anything as a result. I would just wait to go down on a weekday after my work or something.

The 2 of us walked to Bugis to take the train from there. I love Bugis too. There's much to explore there and I feel it's an area in Singapore that's being undermined for its history and what it has to offer. I would love to pop over another afternoon and assume the status of a 'tourist'.

I have not watched a movie since I left for Iran in May. I cannot remember my last movie and I certainly would not spend $9 (or is it $10?) in the theatres unless it's a really good movie well-worth my time and money. There have not been any good films recently, unlike last year when I caught quite a number of foreign films around the same period. I love movies, but am also particularly choosy about the type of movie I watch. Even more so with the price hike. It's simply ridiculous to throw my hard-earned money into a trashy movie when I can do other more meaningful things.

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Aiye, aiye. I have photocopied the roster for November yesterday after work. I am still on office hour for the week of 7th-12th, but will be doing shift work from 14th to 26th. With some night shifts and afternoon shifts. Sigh. The cruel reality of working as a healthcare professional is setting in soon! I would be getting a little higher than usual pay but at the expense of my normal lifestyle. I would like to see how my body would take it. AH!

It's going to be another week of O.T.(operating theatre) for the coming week, still under training. But the week after that, I would be on my own independently. Mmm... I'm going to have to turn up ½ hour early for work and maybe go back home late, with only 30min of lunch. Sian. The worst part is the cold. Argh.

I am going to be working on Deepavali too! From 8.30am to 3pm. Not planning to go anywhere, so might as well just work. :p

It's a HOT day. I got to hydrate myself well to prepare for a long run I plan for later! Hmph!

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YL was off to Shanghai last night with her mum for a 10day trip. Good for her! It's a well-deserved break after working so much overtime for the past week! I am not feeling envious nor feeling the bug biting me, for I know I have had my share during my student days. However, I am reading Dervla Murphy's 'Full Tilt', of which it is about her travels on a bike from Dublin, Ireland to New Delhi, India in 1963! All solo! Cool! I simply cannot get enough of travel tales! Hah! She travels a lot and there are so many other books by her. She's already an old lady in her 70s and is still living in Ireland now. So cool... I would love to write and travel on day like her too...


"This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. "
~George Bernard Shaw

Busy busy street... 

Lights up! 

It was nightfall when we exited Mustafa. Ahh! The crowd of MEN that gathered in front of a stage with 2 scantily-clad dancers! 

The row of shophouses opposite Mustafa Shopping Centre 

Goodies galore! 

I love the evening sun... Sends out such a warm lighting that seems to embrace everything... 

See the uncle at the right side of the temple? He winked at me and even gave me the thumbs-up when he saw me taking photos. Haha. He must have thought me a tourist! :p 

This is a Indian Muslim temple that dates back to the early 20th century! 

The door of the temple 

A devotee 

Inside the temple. Actually have been here for quite a fewt imes, but I finally have a digicam to record it down and place it on the computer. 

Oil lamps? 

Took this at the rear of the temple 

The exteriors 

We went to a temple... 

Anotehr shophouse... 

Tastefully restored shophouses... 

Gorgeous eggplants! Or u may call them brinjals or aubergine... 

A backstreet somewhere... 

Nicee! 

MH had henna writing done on her hand! 

Bazaar at Little India! 

Life

It has been a tiring week, especially from Monday-Wednesday. Yesterday was slightly better, but I still worked overtime till 4.50pm before leaving as the theatres started calling up radiographers at 3pm! And of course they could not be finished on time as all of them were spine cases! Those complicated ones!

Anyway, my supervisor, Mr Par, has been satisfied with me for the past week over my performance. He must be relieved that I?m an easy student to teach! :p He is not as strict as I imagined and I could read books or go over to the staff lounge to drink coffee and read newspapers when there were no cases. But this only happened yesterday when my colleague asked me to go over when there was a rare 45minute break in between when the H.P. did not ring! He did not even pop over to call me when the theatre called. This goes to show that he seems to really trust me with my skills and competence. He would complain to me how the surgeons would scold the other radiographers(RGs) and even complained to him about their work ability. He also told me about how the department has allocated so few personnel to work in O.T. it?s usually not enough when so many theatres need the Image Intensiifer(I.I)! What the?!?! And our H.O.Ds only visit the O.T.s when the case are reduced in order to impress some V.I.Ps that they are bringing around. Coincidentally, the times they visit would be the times when they are not busy. Sigh.

Mr Par also shared with me some personal issues on his part such as how he became a radiographer 30years ago, and how life back in Burma was tough then, and how he has come to Singapore and worked here for the past 12 years! And also on where he lived and how anxious he is for his son's 'O' levels Burmese paper today. Hence, he did not turn up for work today as he took a day?s leave to 'support' his son. What a good father. He had been preparing questions for his son over the past week and slept late every night. To my amazement, he wakes up at 4am everyday! WAH!!!! He shared something very interesting with me. He went to a course before and the instructor actually told them that if we should live till the age of 50, 1/3 of our lives have been spent on sleeping and that would amount to 17 years! He was really shocked to gain such an insight and we both agreed that successful people usually get very little sleep. Yeah, true... But I would never trade my precious sleep of about 7 hours each night for anything that would hurt my body or disallow my body system to rejuvenate. Don't u think that it is indeed very difficult to find a successful businessman who's rich and yet in shape and fit at the same time? Very often, they have given so much of their time to work and making the big bucks that their health are neglected.

This brings to mind about an episode of the documentary on Channel Newsasia ''What Men want Really''. It talks about greed and there was something on 'Zen Meditation'. It was interesting as a psychologist actually went on screen to quote a real life example of how his friend who went to make his big bucks could not stop after making his first million. Now 7 years later, he has made tens of millions but he could not enjoy. His health and family has suffered as a result. He?s always flying here and there and he cannot find time for himself. How ironic...

There was another example he quoted about another young man who has to keep on working and making the 'big money' as he has his expensive lifestyle to upkeep! He's certainly not enjoying himself as he's bound by all his assets and liabilities. He has to pay off the monthly instalments and loans he has taken. Another paradox in life...

I believe it's all about striking a balance. One should never let greed overtake oneself as u would own what u naturally deserve in this Life. If u should lead a life of luxury (and waste), it's all pre-destined. Otherwise, work forms such an important part of our life that we should learn to like it and embrace it. It takes up so much of our time that if we do not enjoy what we are doing, we are going to dread it, and indirectly dread the life that we are living. That is such a horrible thing. Dread life. Oh my goodness. Life has so much to offer if one should grab all the opportunities and make the best out of it. No matter how the rough and bumpy the road ahead may look, u still have to walk down with your head high, for that?s what Life is all about!

Maybe I'm simply an optimist, or perhaps because things have been going rather smoothly for me recently, but I have certainly been through quite a lot and am speaking from experience. I have had times that almost crushed me and that was just as recent as July. There are many other moments in the past 4-5 years that have shaken my confidence in Life and myself. Life is definitely unfair, that's the conclusion I have made. However, I have learnt to accept that and make the best out of what I?m given.

My little philosophy of Life...

Back to more on work. Today was finally one free day. I did 2 cases all by myself! As Mr Par was not around, there was another RG who came to take over him and he gave me lots of autonomy, so much so that I wondered if he was skiving. There were 3 of us, me being the trainee this week and am supposed to tag along one of them. That was what I did for the past 4 days, only when it was ultra busy that Mr Par left me alone. It was not busy today, and when I was stuck in that particular O.T. all by myself, the 2 of them merely popped by to see how I'm doing. Their cases were not long and some only required single x-rays, hence it was finished within say 15-20minutes! I went back to the room thrice, and saw them either in the room surfing net, sleeping or in the staff lounge reading newspaper... mmm... I really wonder if I am being bullied around here...

Maybe it could be instructions from the top to let me handle a case all by myself? Besides, the senior who's supposed to 'look' after me did pop by the O.T. a few times to check my progress. He even offered to take over at 1pm and asked me to go for lunch. However, being the professional I believe I am, I declined his offer as the case was going to finish soon. In the end, my lunch was at 1.45pm.

The good news was that there was no case after lunch and I even took a 1-hour lunch! Haha... I only returned at 2.45pm and RG1 was dozing off in the room while my ?supervisor? for the day (RG2) was watching TV in the staff lounge. There was one case that has started earlier and RG1 was in charge of it. I simply surfed net and sat down there for the entire afternoon! This is one rare day man...

Went for a 1 hour 1 min run after work and I was full of energy... the fact that I'm still awake now speaks a lot for myself too! Only my legs were suffering as the joints are painful due to the uncomfortable O.T. shoes that I'm subjected to wear for the past week! Sigh! It was so terrible on Monday and Tuesday. My soles and feet were so sore and it was like walking on heels! Argh. My knee and ankle joints suffered from the 'elevated' height too.

Do u sense that i am actually quite enjoying my work at the moment even though I have been working overtime for the past 4 days? Yeah, that's about making the best out of everything what...

Looking forward to tomorrow. It's half day and I will be meeting MH after work to go down to Little India for a good lunch and to soak in the festivities spirit! ;p


For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work.
~Doug Larson

It's a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, and would give anything to slow down time, it has a disobliging habit of speeding up.
~J.K. Rowling, "The Hungarian Horntail," Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2000

My life at IPS

It's a busy Monday at work. Very busy. I have already transferred to the 'Inpatient' department in SGH and it was a culture shock for me 2 weeks ago as everything was so different. From the way they worked here to the type of patients that I encountered to the amount of paperwork I had to endure. Well, I was very lazy to blog over the past 2 weeks. Partly because of the 5.5 days work week as well. Yeah, here at 'Inpatient', aka IPS, it's 24hour and hence, it's a 5.5 day work week here if u are lucky enough to get a 'office-hour' work week. There's shift work here too. With the weirdest hours ever... I will be starting my shift next month onwards. So to my dear friends out there... I would most probably be living a life of hermit every now and then...

Anyway, I was so lost and tired when I just transferred to this dept. I was not prepared to learn new things on that Monday and suddenly, my mind had to absorb so many things... and with all the extra paperwork in this dept, it's simply overwhelming. I was to go on 'Portable?'training, wherein u would go to the wards to do x-rays for patients who are too sick to be fetched to the dept. Ho ho ho... I had such a 'culture shock'. From GIC(general imaging centre), where u x-rays patients who are alive and ambulant just like u and me, to having to do x-rays for patients who are senile, unresponsive, unconscious, too sick to answer u or simply hanging by the thread... it was like a great jolt to my definition of the meaning of a patient. I had to get close to them in order to place the cassette behind their back for the mostly chest x-rays in the wards, and those tubings connecting to the patient really scared the wits out of me. What if I accidentally disconnected one of them? These are patients in the Intensive Care Unit and they are really those who are very sick... or to put it bluntly, dying...

To make things worse, I did not get enough rest on Sunday night and both Mondays and Tuesdays were so tough for me. My senior who was coaching me was the impatient sort, so I had to force myself to focus and concentrate on so many things at the same time. The directions and wards in SGH wore me down too. WHOA! SGH has a thousand over beds and hundreds of wards... Aiye... and my sense of direction is not very good u know... :p

On top of what I have typed, my mind was very much on the Pakistan earthquake. I believed I have written in my earlier blog about it. I felt so helpless reading and watching the news at home. I had such a strong urge to fly over and help them. Being an allied health personnel, it's saddening that I cannot help much for I do not even possess the most basic first-aid skills! SIGH! My heart goes out to the millions out there affected by the quake and all I could do is simply make monetary contributions in the comfort of my home. Tsk tsk. As I watched the news on how the DART team went over, I suddenly had the STRONG urge to join them. Maybe quit my job after my bond and go train so that I can go for such relief missions in future. Haha. But the entire DART team consists of only men! So sexist! And I personally know of someone who's in it. And who went to Pakistan. He's back already. I should go ask him how was the experience.

Just thought that that would be a much meaningful way to live my life...

Reading the book, 'Wanderlust', did not help either. I have finished the book about this girl who's being held back by her obligations at home and could not follow her dreams of traveling. This was only at the beginning but she managed to fulfil her dreams at the end... Danielle Steel accurately captured the emotions and feelings of what a person like the main character, Audrey, was having and the kind of confusion she faces every now and then. I could identify totally with her. Travelling is my 1st love and I would never give it up for anything... Audrey met her life-long partner on one of her trip too and I am always telling my close friends how I can foresee me either being alone for the rest of my life or otherwise, that special someone would be someone I would meet on my trip. Hah. That would be like a fairytale come true!

Yeah, yeah, yeah... As reality gives way, u have to wake up from all that slumber...

I was so tired of work on Monday to Wednesday... Stressed out by the kind of 'scrutinization' I received in the dept too. However, as my senior allowed me to go out on my own portable rounds on Thursday and Friday, I was less stressed and surprisingly could perform pretty well. Guess it was because there was no one there to watch me. I suddenly got more independent and was not so afraid of getting close to patients anymore. I had to overcome my fear and I did.

I tuned my mind to psyching myself to like what I am doing. It is so true when the moment u like your job, u do not feel like u are working at all! Geez. This old adage is so true to its words. I had a hard time forcing myself to go work. In this dept, I have to come early and go off late. It's so different from GIC whereby u can turn up and go home on time and every minute is taken into account. Even if u only have time for half our lunch, they will give u back the time by letting u off work early. In IPS, no such thing. I practically had less than an hour lunch every single day in the 1st week and went home later than the stipulated time. Oh man. I hate it. But I have to adjust myself to this new dept and way of working.

I did it. I have come to accept my job and see myself as a professional still polishing up my skills. Still learning new things along the way. Don't ask me how I did it, but perhaps it's the people or simply just a matter of getting used to all the paperwork and the style of working in the dept. I have been assigned to do different thigns over the past 2 weeks. The 1st week was 'Portable' and the 2nd week was 'Room' training where many modified views are being taught to me and certainly new skills and knowledge passed down to me as well. Being able to relate the reason for the x-rays to the diagnosis and making sense of that particular connection makes it all the more meaningful. I was taking in new information every minute.

I learned to be more patient as well to the patients too. No pun intended. I have to! These are warded patients and most of them (98%) have difficulty standing up for long, and not to mention moving around. Teamwork in this dept is henceforth very important and I have seen that displayed. There are so many male Filipino radiographers here too and they are really nice and laid-back people. Nevertheless serious when it comes to work.

I have learned not to be afraid to ask. I have made mistakes definitely, but who doesn't? As long as u can remember what to do right after that and u will be forgiven... The biggest surprise I got myself was that my lust for travel is being stamped out at the moment. Did I caught u off-guard there? Yes, to all those who know me well enough, I am really not craving to go anywhere now. As I'm typing this, I am serious about it. I have borrowed guidebooks to read last weekend, but the fire in me has died down for the moment. Even me myself is taken aback at what I'm feeling. It's good that I can focus on my work now and look forward to each day. Looking forward to learning new things and that's what keeps me going on. It's not mundane right now as I'm being exposed to different things and I have so much more to learn to perfect my skills.

I'm sure the travel bug in me is still alive. It's in my bones. It's just dormant at the moment. It needs a rest. Someday, I'm sure it will bite me real hard again... until that day comes, I'm happy with what I am doing now...

I'm assigned to 'Operating Theatre' aka OT training this week. Yeah, they do take x-rays in the OT and with all the tension(sometimes) in the air as the surgeons are doing their case, u have to be most alert all the time. There are many things that one may fear in this aspect of RG. The heavy machine, the fear of not performing well enough, the fear of angering those demanding doctors and nurses, the fear of repesting an x-rays and getting a scolding... the list goes on man... and in this dept of mine, the trainer(Mr Par) is a strict man who kinda favours those who can pick things up fast and who are keen to learn.

I'm not bragging, but I think he's quite happy with my performance today. It was so busy and I was actually left alone to run a room all by myself today for sometime! Mr Par and Rajeev(the other OT radiographer) actually ran in and out today to see how I'm doing, but I was still left alone at some point in time! And on the 1st day of training somemore! Mr Par apologized to me as he does not leave his students there on their first day but things really cropped up today and he had to entertain the new machine's engineer who was here to test out the machine. There was only 2 RGs, but 3 OTs needed the I.I.!(a special kind of x-rays machine)Hence, I acted as the 3rd full-fledged RG although I was supposed to follow Mr Par. Geez. Lunch which was supposed to be at 12 turned out to be at 115pm! I was famished! I have to bring my own food this week as only 2 RGs are entitled to the free food in the O.T café. Mr Par kept asking me if I had eaten and even offered me the watermelon from the café! At the end of the day, he even thanked me for helping him out! :p Haha... To tell you the truth, I am very surprised things turned out so well on my 1st day.

It's getting late. I need to turn in early. I wake up at 6am this week in order to arrive at the department at 730! I will write more when I have the time!

Another pic of the restaurant. Jing is right. There should be more KR restaurants in S'pore. The food is so good!!! 

Thought the restaurant looks even nicer in sepia print 

A sepia picture of the 4 of us