Blackout

One evening, i was half-way through my dinner, suddenly there was a black out. I thought it applied to our area but when I looked outside, eh, my neighbours had electricity.  Their lights were bright. 

I quickly ran to the main switchboard and found that my home was the only one experiencing blackout T___T  I quickly called our electrician hoping he could come over to give lights to our home. I told him I kept turning the switch to "ON" but it just kept dropping to "OFF". He said " this is very complicated. We don't know if it is due to your electrical appliances or due to broken wires........" on and on he went about the complications. Then he said "maybe you need to get ready to move into a hotel room tonight if there is no electricity because it is going to be dark very soon, you won't have lights at home blah blah blah..." Actually, i wasn't listening. I was just hoping that he would come over to have a look~ 

Then finally he said something useful haha..  "Go and unplug all your appliances. then try to turn it on again, see whether it works".   I followed his instructions obediently. Then went back to the switchboard and was hopeful that it would have electricity. 

Nope. Darn.

So I called him again. He said "oh, if this doesn't work, then it is more complicated than I thought blah blah blah..." I wasn't listening again because he was repeating what he said earlier. Seriously, if I were dying and I called him, I would be dead by now 😂

When he paused for a breath, I quickly interrupted him and asked if he would mind to quickly come over before it's too dark to see anything. He took a moment to think. Oh, I understand it's after work hour. Maybe we really need to stay at hotel tonight then. He then said OK he would come over right now. THANK YOU! 

He arrived and it was dark. He asked if I did unplug EVERYTHING. He went around the house to double confirm. Then he repeated the same things again 😂 I asked if the switchboard was faulty. He then took out a screwdriver and opened it. 

When he took down the cover, we were shocked by the sight and jumped backward. Yes, we really jumped backwards 

Somebody went in and got "fried" T__T

It was disgusting but I was so happy that we didn't have to stay at hotel that night. Happy ending for me but poor little lizard wasn't so lucky. 

Fate or Luck #2

I think when you are associated with someone who constantly encounters a lot of incidents, you too will suffer the same fate. 

Here is a full story about my poor car.

My poor car has gone through many incidents. Like that day, it was being left in the rain and sun for 1 week, having its wheel cramped because its owner lost the car key and remote control T__T

The sun roof is now forever sealed because it opened 'automatically' and wouldn't shut (this is car problem)

It went in and out of the workshop last year because things just kept breaking down - like AC was not functioning, red light kept flashing warning me against something but i didn't know what, the sealed sun roof leaked during heavy rain.

ok, back to the story.

It was Guan Yin Buddha's birthday and I decided to join the chanting session at the monastery. I didn't bring a bag as i think it would just block the walk way and i don't really need to use much ayway. Just brought with me 10 bucks and a driver's licence. I didn't even bring a  mobile phone as I was sure i wouldn't have time to use it. It was quite nice to go out with minimal items!

It was crowded when i arrived. Having no place to park, I decided to park at the side of the lorong, outside the building, just like other cars. After the session, i quickly went to get my car as the area was kinda dark. Unfortunately, when i reversed, I didn't realise there was a big hole in the ground and my tire was caught. I tried to accelerate hoping it would come out but.... i hurrily ran back to seek help. Wah, the monastery was already empty, i wonder how these people could disappear so fast in such a short time! haha... Then i saw a man walking out from the back of the big Buddha statues. Wow, was he Buddha sent? 

I normally don't dare to speak to strangers let alone asking for help! haha... when one is desperate, what hold you behind seems to disappear too. So i walked towards him and asked sincerely if he could help me. I told him the happenings. He said OK and i don't know how and where, he found a few more men to come to assist me! AMAZING!

So there were 4 of them. When they saw the size of my car, they all said this will be a difficult one. Too heavy to push. Opppsss

But they didn't give up. The other man went to get two jacks from his car. He even tried to jack up my car so we could push the car out of the hole. Too bad my car just wouldn't budge. A few cars passed by. They just stopped and rolled their window down to check what we were doing. Hey, I forgot to to thank them for their moral support!

One of the guys asked me why i came to the monastery. I told him i joined the chanting session. He then asked "Do you blame Buddha, that you've come for the chanting session, and yet Buddha still lets this happens to you?". Haha, why is this Buddha's fault? I was the one driving into the hole. I was the careless one. That was how i replied him. He then broke into a smile and said "you passed! normally ppl will blame sky and earth (God) for all the bad happenings'. oh, so i just passed a test question hehe... Actually I was thankful that there were 4 angels here trying to help me~ 

After what seems like half an hour, one of the guys said it was impossible to get the car out manually. I would have to get a tow truck to pull it out. I told him I didn't have a phone with me. He kindly helped calling a tow truck to help. I didn't ask for the cost but in my mind, tow truck isn't cheap and i probably have to pay like $200 or more. Oh well, it's the cost of a lesson then.

They continued to try while waiting for the tow truck. It came after 10 mins and in seconds, my car was out from the hole! hoorayyy! I told the tow truck i only have 10 bucks with me and asked if i could pay him the next day. He cheerily said ok. Guess how much is the tow service? 50 bucks. Oh, my goodness, it was way way below my estimation! I was so grateful. And am even more grateful that he was wiling to help a stranger without immediate full payment! 

Just after i spoke to the tow truck driver, i turned around wanting to thank the guys for their kind help. They disappeared! It was like.... they were angels! 

Til date, i'm thankful to all the happenings in life, be it good or bad. They are like supplements for our body to make us stronger. I am thankful to those who have lent me a helping hand. I don't know who they are but they are real-life angels. 

生病記~

曾經聽過一位講師說， 經歷不代表經驗。剛開始我有點聽不懂。後來我才知道，對耶，真的不一樣！

你可以經歷了一件事但沒有‘走出來’。你還是你，或者是更糟的你。

當你突破自己時，那就是‘經驗’了。

上週一連串的事情同時發生。一位朋友來醫院探望我時，聽我冷靜的訴說（其實也說了幾十遍）我入院的過程。她看著我說，你怎麼這麼冷靜這麼開朗啊？她離開後，我想了 想她剛剛的話。我真的冷靜真的開朗嗎？

星期一 11/4

吃了早餐後，我覺得肚子抽痛。我以為大姨媽要來拜訪了。後來我越想越不對勁因為到了中午，連個影子都沒有。

午餐點了雲吞和奶茶，越吃越想吐。朋友說鐵定是身體熱到了。帶我去買風痧丸。吃了反而更想吐。肚子抽痛的更猛烈，渾身也開始無力了。後來才決定看醫生。

我向來只吃中藥，因為我自認為中藥可以治本而不像西藥這樣只是把病暫時‘壓下去’。吃藥後，晚餐什麼都沒吃就去休息了。不料當晚卻開始不斷的嘔吐。我爸媽 嚇壞了因為我 很少這樣。後來吃了一點胃藥就睡著了 （又自己當醫生，呵呵）。

星期二 12/4

肚子還是疼。開始不能站直了。去看西醫。他細心的檢查，然後叫我放心，確定不是盲腸。太好了！他診斷是腸胃炎，開了藥我就回家休息了。一天除了肚子還是抽 痛外，一切都很平靜。晚上也早早去睡覺。但刺激的事情來了....

晚上肚子激痛到醒起來3次。我抱著肚子，捲成熟蝦的姿態。我記得我心裡想，癌症的病人真的很可憐，我這樣偶爾的抽痛就讓我難以入眠，難受。何況他們的痛是 無時無刻的。在祈禱中，我睡覺。

星期三 13/4

再跟老闆請一天假。

第三天了，肚子的抽痛有增沒減。老爸建議我還是去照肚子比較保險。

老實說，我活了這大把年紀，只驗過血一次，而且是13年前。好啦，把你的下巴收起來。 20個人聽了都是這個反應。我知道了.....

Anyway, 中午時間，我到我 Office 後面的醫院看醫生。那位女醫生按壓， 放開我的肚子，還真的很痛吶。她說確定不是盲腸（再一次歡呼！）但發炎的狀況似乎有點嚴重。抽了血我就回家休息等待消 息。 2小時候後，醫院打來說報告出來了，叫我回去見醫生。這次是驗血的，應該可以對症下藥的吧？好期待拿了藥回家休息。

到了醫院，醫生叫我等一下。然後我看她很忙的到處走。後來她跟另外一位醫生一起走過來（大事不妙）。她說我的報告不是很樂觀，發炎很嚴重但還在找源頭。另 外一位是腸胃醫生，他再幫我檢查。簡單的幾個檢查後，腸胃醫生要我做多幾個比較深入的檢驗。很快的，我就被推入急診區，護士們幫我插管，開始了一連串的檢 查。約下午3點，醫生過來跟我說，我今天不能回家，要住院觀察。

我平時不來做檢查，一檢查就是入院？哈哈~ 

我記得我還跟醫生求情先讓我回家打包一些東西過來，但醫生不答應。說這樣的情況開車很危險。就這樣，我被送入病房。幸好我的office 就在後面，我請同事在我桌位幫我打包幾本書，借了電話 charger, 拿些飲用水等等給我。 Office 就在後面，真的太方便了！哈哈~ 爸媽晚上也帶了好吃的粥給我補身體，還有一些書（但為何都沒帶換洗的衣服給我呀？好可愛）

我媽媽看見我的模樣，心疼的問我晚上要不要她在這裡陪著。當然不用呀。沒床睡很不舒服的。我自己可以的。我早已當著自己是來度假２，3天了。可以趁機休息 其實也不錯呀。我告訴媽媽我真的沒事。 。 。很快又是活虎一隻了。

我在醫院過３天２夜。很多人來探望我。連不熟的人也來了，呵呵。謝謝大家的關心呢~ 

這期間，雖然有很多痛苦（肚子疼痛，加上一直發燒，燒退了然後又發。還因此差點得多留院一晚），但其實我很享受在醫院什麼都不用做（因為什麼也做不了）的 時間。只是靜靜的跟自己相處，靜靜閱讀那些年買了但沒時間看的書。清晨時分靜靜的跟我的”新朋友“一起站在窗前看著外面忙碌的世界。靜靜的發呆著，什麼 都不想。

你多久沒靜靜的跟自己相處了？

一場病後，發現健康還是最重要的。有時，休息是為了走更長的路。所以何不偶爾放自己一個假呢？哪怕只是1小時，也是可以讓疲憊的心靈有個呼吸的機會。

一場小病換來那麼多體悟，我覺得也不是件壞事~ 在醫院裡，我看到其他病人病的比我更嚴重，讓我覺得自己有多幸運，生命有多脆弱。活著就該快樂。曾經聽到這一句話：沒有過不了的事，只有過不了的心情。真的，深深體會.......

沒有過不了的事，只有過不了的心情

日久生情~

跟他朝夕相對、相依為命幾天～

連上洗手間也緊緊跟隨著我。

告別時,  我竟然還有點依依不捨! 我是瘋了嗎?

my companion

肯定是藥打太多了..... 呵呵

Another incident :S

I accidentally hit my foot against the edge of the refrigerator door when i opened it. 

I didn't think it was serious until i saw blood on the floor where I had walked. 

Sigh, another painful experience T____T

Fresh wound

Don't ask me how I could hurt myself so often. If I knew the answer, you wouldn't see a category created just for "Painful Experience"....

O Che again

OK, i have to admit that I'm queen of self-inflicting pain T___T

I ran to my dad's car and when I opened the door, I didn't stand far enough and the sharp edge of the door hit my face.

P-A-I-N-F-U-L!!!

It felt like the sharp edge pierced into my skin, I was so worried that there would be a big wound on my face and thus spoil my beauty (ahem).

No blood but there was a bump on my face and very quickly, it turned into a bruise.

This is not the first time the car door hit my face. Oh well, i guess some things just cannot be learned.

Hole punching

The following post is not suitable for the fainthearted but it's quite educational :P 

Something happened on Sunday, and it causes me to add a label called "painful experience" in my blog.

It was raining yesterday. Mum wanted to cut some vegetable from her vegetable patch to put in her soup. I offered to do that for her. So i held a pair of scissors and umbrella in my right hand and off i went to the slightly flooded garden.

When i knelt down, the sharp point of the scissors sank into my thigh. Yes, it went into my flesh effortless and it kinda felt like, sinking a knife into a soft pudding! 

I didn't panic, instead I pulled the scissors out, stood up and walked into the house to look for ointments. Oh my, I've punctured my own thigh! There is a "small hole" now.  It looks like tiny lips. When I moved, it would 'open' and 'close". Anyway, I cleaned the fresh wound with tea tree and a few other ointments and then bandaged it. My mum asked me what happened and I explained to her calmly. Maybe because i seemed so cool,  She thought I was joking haha...  You know what? The stabbing scenes in most movies where blood splashes out immediate is FAKE. It took a minute (i think) before i saw red. I wish I didn't have to confirm it by stabbing myself T____T

my wound... covered

initially i wanted to post a picture of the 'lips' but decided not to as it looks kinda scary. don't wanna scare u hehe

So I experienced 2 things in one incident - how it feels like to stab and be stabbed at. I know it's crazy and not something anyone wants to have experience in but sigh... one just needs to learn something out of an incident to make it a worthwhile one right? 

I've self-inflicted a lot of pain on myself that I think I'm becoming immune to it. Gosh, when will I learn???

Self inflicted pain

最近開始游泳咯~

好久沒有運動了。身材開始走樣。體力也越來越差了。幸好食量還是一樣大，才讓我覺得身體還沒老化、呵呵~

已經10多年沒穿露腳趾的拖鞋和涼鞋了。那天我因為要去游泳想說穿拖鞋會比較方便，三千多天后第一次穿拖鞋出門去泳池，結果不小心踢到階梯，痛死了！腳趾竟然變了顏色 T______T

應該沒有人想要看我受傷的腳趾頭

來張小小的照片證明真的撞傷了就好。免得大家吐口水，哈哈

我傷到自己的次數多到不行。不是夾到手指，就是削了一塊肉。還有刺傷，肉上割一條，撞到臉和腳趾，燙傷手。看來以後可以開個'受傷'標題 (Label) 來記錄一下，哈哈~

單手俠

     

我當單手俠好幾天了~ 因為上週末發生了一件可怕（可悲？可笑？）的事~

上星期我和朋友去逛大賣場。 10點打烊時間到，要離開商場時我的右手伸入包包裡掏車鑰匙~ 突然我感覺手指刺痛，我立刻把手抽出來。 oh no， 我的食指流血了！

剛開始我還以為只是小傷但眼看我的血大量的一直往外流，我趕快以左手緊緊捏著我的右中指，但鮮血還是不斷的流，而且血還開始往下滴了~ 手指還蠻痛的，我覺得這次一定割的不淺。先不追究，找紙巾清理手上的血比較重要。朋友看到我受傷了，很緊張。跟朋友要紙巾，他沒帶，直問我怎麼辦；商店也打烊了，要去哪裡找紙巾？手痛不痛，流很多血沒紙巾怎麼辦......

朋友看起來比我還緊張~ 看來這次得靠自己了~ 我走到旁邊的速食店，唉呀，關了！走到旁邊的小檔子瞧瞧。有人但他們在招呼客人，哦，不好打擾人家賺錢啦。我走向路人甲，他們卻往其它方向走。來人啊！怎麼沒有人主動來幫助傷者呢？ （割傷手而已嘛，還自称傷者吶，呵呵）。我2隻手已都染紅了但沒人幫助 *哭* 或許他們以為我是欠錢沒還被大耳窿追殺流血，害怕惹事所以不理我吧？ *想像力豐富*

我邊找人幫忙，邊想著誰能幫我~ 我只是要區區幾張紙巾擦擦手而已~ 想著想著我眼前突然出現了金光閃閃的一道光.... 哈哈，ok ok 是我誇大，不過電影和漫畫不都這樣演的嗎？哈哈哈哈~ 看來無厘頭的戲我看太多了！ Anyway, 我看到地上有一包紙巾。我開心死了！我終於了解那種在沙漠看到綠島的感覺了！我立刻喊著我朋友，請他過來撿起來給我用。朋友一直說怎麼會有一包紙巾在地 上? 我怎麼那麼幸運呀？嗯，我真的超幸運的！我的天使一定是聽到了我的求救所以丟了一包紙巾給我！太感激了！ *感動流淚*

後來我想起​​上次有位朋友給我一個眉刀，還說是德國的不鏽鋼，很銳利的。當時我把它收在包包裡忘了拿出來~ 今天眉刀提醒我它的存在了！而且如他说的，真的很利！我請朋友幫我把眉刀拿出來，我怕下一次再傷到~ 他說，眉刀上有我的一塊肉呢~ 啊！我少一塊肉！難怪流那麼多血！我回家小心的包紮傷口。唉，我的食指被我剃平頭了！這就是我當單手俠的原因。

包紮后的手指~ 

真的又可怕又可悲又可笑的經驗。幸好有個可喜的ending~ 要不然你們就看不到可愛的我了！這將會是件天下最可怕最可悲的事！:P

O Che Face

My right cheek is still a bit swollen and bruised. 

Poor me, i got hit... >__<  it almost got my right eye but luckily i am tall, it hit the side of my eye instead! Aren't I lucky? *自我安慰*

Check out the big 'pimple' near my right eye

So what happened? Who has the guts to bully a giant like me? *looking for the guilty party*

The big bully is indeed very big.. both her guts and body size. I looked at my swollen face in the mirror.... And the guilty party looked back and laughed at me... for being soOOo careless....

I was at my friend's house the other night. Half way thru talking, I realised that I'd left my mobile phone in the car... I worried I would miss calls from friends (who might thought I were dead if i didn't pick up) so I quickly ran to the car to grab it.... 

I opened the car door like normal but as the car was parked too close to a drain, i leaned forward a bit and Bang!, i hit myself... right in the face! It was darn painful i tell u! I almost screamed but being a lady, i held back ... The area near my right eye was instantly swollen.. i quickly rubbed it hoping it would subside and most importantly, bruise-free.... 

Well, it didn't work.. it is swollen and bruised.... The good thing about having a big face is that, nobody noticed about it.. they probably mistook it as a super duber big pimple, serious eyebag problem or just dark circle due to lack of sleep... 

Well, the lessons learned? Life is the way u act.. You can either cry or get angry when bad things happen and have a miserable life OR face and solve your problems and learn from them.. 

For me, I've learnt never ever to rush when doing something... Take it easy, then life will be breezy...

On Fire!!

Here is a horror story.. if you have weak heart, please skip...

Ok, don't say I didn't warn you! Read at your own risk! hehe...

I finally can type with both hands! \(^^)/

The other morning, i accidentally burned my right hand with BOILING WATER T_____T

I wanted to fill my bottle with hot water and when i picked the electric kettle up, the cable didn't completely detach...Next second, hot water splashed out and burned my hand. It was so painful that all i wanted to do is to release the kettle from my hand and soak my poor hand in freezing water to kill the pain!

But i didn't let go because if i did, the kettle would drop onto the floor, hot water would splash out and burned my other legs and feet... Will power is very important!

As soon as i put the kettle away, I quickly applied ointment all over my right hand. it burned even more! Now i know it feels to be cooked alive in hot water! *生不如死* But the ointment did manage to reduce my pain...... a bit.... :'(

Still cooking...

My hand was painful for the whole day... it's like it continued to be cooked even though I'd done everything I could think of to cool it. A slight touch of water sent pain down my spine, which means, after toilet, i couldn't wash my right hand *ewwww...* haha, actually, i did wipe my right hand with wet tissues paper la.. i couldn't bear a 'dirty' hand too :P

During shower, I waved my right hand in the air to avoid water.. it's like i was in a music concert, except that there wasn't anybody singing... And it was darn hard doing things with just one hand.. pulling up pants and button up shirts required more effort than usual...... Everything took longer ....

My right hand turned from raw red to blue-black after a few days, then skin started to peel off.. i was like a snake, changing its skin! it was scary to look at but it's good to know that my right hand is healing by itself...

Changing new 'clothes'

I've burnt my fingers by touching hot pots before but never did i know that being burnt by boiling water can be this painful too! oh well, at least I survived. The next time I get asked about being burnt, i could reply with confidence, "Been there. Done that!"

Slashed twice!

Poor me. I cut myself twice so far. My thumb and beautiful and thigh are no longer baby-skin smooth :'(

I only realised when I felt the sticky blood when i was in the supermarket. There was a lot of blood on my leg! Sigh.. no wonder people had weird expression on their face... They rather that i died due to loss of blood than came forward to tell me.. well, i guess over here, people are not 见死不救, they are just shy *自我安慰*

被划两刀！

"Very Good!"

The quiet-looking cactus at the corner of our car porch is to be blamed! Like my uni friend once said 'looks can be deceiving'. she is right! That cactus looks innocent but in fact it's deadly! It probably could be used as a weapon against bad guys!

Cactus: "What did i do?"

Cactus up close

Look at the thorns!

Oh well, no point blaming poor cactus. It is standing at the corner minding its own business. I was the one messing with it...

I've moved it elsewhere to prevent more injuries. After all, am not the only careless one. Right, Jane? haha...