Not sure what bit me. It’s surely poisonous!

Doctor gave me a jab and some medication. He couldn’t identify what could have caused it.

Swollen feet – Front

Swollen Feet – back

That “little balloon” on my left feet grew bigger this morning… disgusting right?

I burst the other blister on my right feet. You can see some sticky liquid is oozing out from the burst blister…

I wonder what bit me and when will my feet return to normal. Doctor advised not to burst other blisters.

Just had some delicious fruit tarts with my long time friend at Orchard Central

S$7.80 per mango tart + S$3 per pot of tea.

I thought cheese and cream will make these tarts hard to finish… these tarts were surprisingly light and not overly sweet! Great for desserts

Fruit Paradise

Guess what’s this?

Peach Nectar Tea

Mango Cheese Tart

Mango Cheese Tart

Grapefruit and Orange Cheese Tart

Peach Nectar Tea

Peach Nectar Tea

A colleague of mine fell and dislocated one of her knees.

Ouch! Sounds painful isn’t it? Certainly hopes she gets well soon.

Because she has become immobile for at least 10 days and we have a deadline to meet, another colleague who had to do the article approached me to accompany her to conduct site interviews.

I have done minimal volunteer work. Usually, to old folks homes or care centres for the elderly. Looking at the elderly, I will think about myself naturally. When I grow old as a single, will I become like them? How not to become like that?

One volunteer, a well-dressed “Auntie” with tattoo eyebrows,  shared that people asked her why volunteer to do such a lowly job like cleaning after elderly?

It’s not a lowly job. It takes someone so noble like her to be able to do that for another stranger and befriend them even after they have recovered, despite difference in race and communication difficulties.

When a heart touches another through such kind acts, language and whatever differences are no longer a barrier.

How many of us can be as noble as she is?

Met an ex-colleague, who resigned last year because he was tired of what he had been doing over the last 14 years and wished to spend more time with his children, this morning.

He has become a property agent clocking 20 hours a week.

Asked if he had made money like those agents highlighted in the papers, his answer was no.

I was asked to work with him for the next 2 – 3 months to try out the profession.

Discussed with my dad and he seemed supportive that I should take up his suggestion to try it out since I’ve not found another job yet. This ex-colleague seemed honest and trusting too.

I’m interested but unsure if I could do it.

Should I try it out?

On my way to lunch with belyl this afternoon, I was surprised to see a former HDB CIO (whom I was grateful to 9 years ago for agreeing to my transfer to MND) standing alongside with us waiting to cross a road.

He has become now CIO of Starhub.

Probably, his work demands and age, he looked more pensive and less cheerful than before. The difference is only clear to someone who has not seen him for years.

I look at my own father who had worked hard and achieved good results managing a French lubricants company in Singapore for slightly less than 20 years. The company had to ask him to go because someone younger and cheaper was seen to be able to do a better job.

He achieved and gained more running a one-man company doing consultation work (with my mum helping him with administrative and accounts).

Whatever high-sounding designation of an organization is not yours unless you own it.

What I am saying is: We should all do something and own it for ourselves at least once in this lifetime – not for the family, not for the company, not for the salary… just for ourselves.