Saturday, March 27, 2010

God's warning...

After a whirlwind and stressful week, dad's finally given a clean bill of health by the doctor...not after giving him a stern warning of quitting smoking altogether...
Medical tests were carried out throughout dad's 4 day stay at the hospital and we could finally breath a sigh of relieve when the doctor assured us that it's not the worst that we all were expecting - CANCER!..just a more chronic case of lung infection and suspected pneumonia....
The "C" word seems to like giving me a wholesome of scare this year....what's with my own worry and stress two months back..and then another bombshell early last week....
Dont think I can take another of this stress anymore...I might just go crazy with all those worries and 1001 negative thoughts running through my mind while waiting for those medical test results....
TWO super huge scare and emotional turbulence in TWO months!!!

Well, at least something DID come out of the second incident....Dad vowed to QUIT smoking totally! not gradually, like how other seasoned smokers always vow to do when they intend to quit....but Dad is doing it in ONE shot! and he was indeed persistent and adamant in doing so when he did not take even a single puff throughout his one week stay at the hospital...and still staying away from it after he's discharged 2 days ago....not an easy task for someone who's been smoking his entire life (45 yrs to be exact)!

Dad: It's God's warning to me and I shall take Him seriously this time.....

...funny how it takes such a huge blow for him to realise what damage the nicotine can bring to his health when we have been telling and advising him against smoking all these years, not to mention the warnings given by all media, doctors, death of friends and family members...
Guess one has to experience the bitterness in his own tongue to KNOW the exact taste of it....


*u better keep your promise, Dad, or we'll all come after you with non-stop lectures!*



...God has answered yet another of our prayer...

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Daddy's unwell...

Bad cough for a WHOLE month long....
Worst on Saturday night when he coughed terribly till he was short of breathe....
Sent to to GH Emergency for immediate treatment...
Diagnosed with severe viral lung infection...
Admitted into the hospital for the night...
A night went by and still no full result out for exact diagnosis...
Visited him at the hospital the next day...
Heartbreaking seeing him in a fragile condition...
And the condition in the government hospital wasnt helping at all in keeping him comfortable while receiving treatment...
Another night went by...
Daddy still had sleeping difficulties because of his terrible cough whenever he lies down flat...
Still no full result from the tests carried out...
Last resort - transfered to private hospital for better attention and medical care...
Hospital was home for daddy for the past 3 nights...
Praying for the best and hope the result today will not be worrying....

...and did I mention that he's been a smoker since he was 13?????...after what happened and all the panic that surrounded him...

Daddy: No more cigarettes for me ever again from now onwards!

Dad, make SURE u keep your promise!

Ciggy and lung can never get along well! All smokers should know this but none seem to heed the advice and really think of the consequences that await them...

Makes me wonder...what's so nice about inhaling those nicotine and all the money spent buying them???????

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Short PD Getaway

It's the school holidays for a week and hubby and I thought we should bring the boys out for a short 3D2N trip to Port Dickson with our neighbour, which is also a family of 4 with 2 boys!. It was a last minute decision, hence the last minute hotel reservations. We almost couldnt make it for the trip because most hotels and resorts in PD were fully booked, eventhough the rates are super high during the holiday season. Nevertheless, we finally got our rooms in Thistle Hotel and Resort reserved through a travel website in Singapore.

So, there we were embarking on an hour and half journey to the neighbouring state of Negeri Sembilan. The journey was just nice as mommy and daddy had to endure the endless "Mommy, are we there yet?...." from our elder boy; as well as the crankiness of the younger one.

Finally, Thistle, Port Dickson greeted us with bright and sunny climate and most importantly, comfortable and clean hotel rooms with superb hospitality!
Needless to say.......the kids enjoyed themselves tremendously although it's just a short holiday....

The view from the lobby

Beach view pool exclusively for adults only

Love this pic! Priceless!...



Time to wallop those biscuit after more than 2 hours in the pool!



My beloved munchkins!

The 4 stooges! Yes, Zach idolises Ultraman!



Love this pic too!

Daddy and his boys...


Thursday, March 11, 2010

More recipes

I've finally forced myself to sit down and type out some of the recipes which I've back-logged since my last post (a few months back) in a recipe blog I share with my girlfriends - Pink Apron Goddess (PAG)

And I managed to type of a total of 10 recipes in a sitting :). Will try posting them all to the site once I've got everything compiled (with pictures)!

So, do drop by the blog for more recipes.....