Managed to reach 51 pages today, about 2 more chapters and 2 unfinished chapters to go. Have 7500 over words now, probably may breech the 10,000 words limit. But since the guidelines says around 10,000 words, it should be ok ba.
Well. my cousin is getting married tomorrow. Wishing her all the best! Looks like tomorrow is a family gathering day, since my grandmother had passed away, dont think we have so many family members gathering.
Got to go!! Cheerios to all, wishing everybody a great Sunday ahead, and yx to be less stressed. =P
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Time to rest tonight, and cheong tomorrow...
Did about half of the required FEA today and the results, tomorrow is all about report typing but with exercise, cos will be swimming with roy and yx in the late morning. Not the dry kind, mind you, but the actual swim at SRC.
Had a meeting today with the team, will be forging ahead with the bet of the year, probably a big bet for everyone in the team too. A bet between personal achievement and fun against starting work and a career early. Am thankful for the team for supporting me, not from behind, but by my side as my friends. I hope that i will be able to bring them through all the way to the completion of the race in Adelaide.
Thinking about HRM and its perfect storm, i guess we are in the early to mid part of the movie, where, yet again, we will be making crucial choices. BUT the difference between the movie and real life is that, we WILL succeed. Somehow, i believe that everything will turn out well, and that the team have faith in themselves and each other. This period would be the 11th hour, the bleakest hour, the time just before dawn, the darkest hour... hang in there and move forward, and all will be well-rewarded with success and bright future.
Just read the news that Singapore is looking into clean energy, esp solar energy. So lets hope our project capture some positive news and we get funding. =)
Had a meeting today with the team, will be forging ahead with the bet of the year, probably a big bet for everyone in the team too. A bet between personal achievement and fun against starting work and a career early. Am thankful for the team for supporting me, not from behind, but by my side as my friends. I hope that i will be able to bring them through all the way to the completion of the race in Adelaide.
Thinking about HRM and its perfect storm, i guess we are in the early to mid part of the movie, where, yet again, we will be making crucial choices. BUT the difference between the movie and real life is that, we WILL succeed. Somehow, i believe that everything will turn out well, and that the team have faith in themselves and each other. This period would be the 11th hour, the bleakest hour, the time just before dawn, the darkest hour... hang in there and move forward, and all will be well-rewarded with success and bright future.
Just read the news that Singapore is looking into clean energy, esp solar energy. So lets hope our project capture some positive news and we get funding. =)
Thursday, March 15, 2007
=) for health, =/ for report
Was at NUH yesterday at 9 am, getting my blood drawn for tests. Didn't see any NUH graduates (cancer survivors) i know yesterday. Read the papers and caught a nap for a while while waiting for the blood results to be out.
Finally called into the room, as i sat down, my heart sank a bit as i saw new numbers on my file... 12mm x 12mm. So i asked the doc on how was my scan before i jump to any wrong conclusion. Thank goodness i asked before i freaked myself out. It turned out that that lump of 12m by 12mm in my lung is suspected to be scar tissue, or just a lump of dead stuff that is left behind as my initial tumor is considered very big, so it is not expected to disappear. Good news is that the lesions (smaller sized tumor ~ golf ball size) in my liver have disappeared.
As there are no markers for the good doc to detect early stages of relapse of cancer, he will be using that 12 by 12 mm as a reference and thus i will have another scan in 6 months time. Ironically, he was saying that taking too many CT scans will have adverse effects in another 20~ 30 years time. Looks like its time to invent another machine that can replace the CT scan but by using non-radioactive/toxic medium. Too bad MRI can't replace CT scan.
So ya. very happy, but tired after everything, so only managed to reach 39 pages yesterday. Today is FEA day and getting all the necessary pictures to boost my pages. heh.
Finally called into the room, as i sat down, my heart sank a bit as i saw new numbers on my file... 12mm x 12mm. So i asked the doc on how was my scan before i jump to any wrong conclusion. Thank goodness i asked before i freaked myself out. It turned out that that lump of 12m by 12mm in my lung is suspected to be scar tissue, or just a lump of dead stuff that is left behind as my initial tumor is considered very big, so it is not expected to disappear. Good news is that the lesions (smaller sized tumor ~ golf ball size) in my liver have disappeared.
As there are no markers for the good doc to detect early stages of relapse of cancer, he will be using that 12 by 12 mm as a reference and thus i will have another scan in 6 months time. Ironically, he was saying that taking too many CT scans will have adverse effects in another 20~ 30 years time. Looks like its time to invent another machine that can replace the CT scan but by using non-radioactive/toxic medium. Too bad MRI can't replace CT scan.
So ya. very happy, but tired after everything, so only managed to reach 39 pages yesterday. Today is FEA day and getting all the necessary pictures to boost my pages. heh.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
*Time extended* for report and hopefully more than that. =)
Didn't do much today, although did reach 37 pages and 5800+ words yesterday =). Just formatted everything i had done so far for FYP report and sent it to Butler. Rather tired now, not really in the mode to do anything.
I guess it boils down to the Doc appointment tomorrow. Other than the usual blood test, which i had not done for the pass half a year, i will be getting the CT scan results back. It has been a long time since i had such a scan, the last one was actually almost 2 years back, about a year and 9 months ago, the PET scan. The scan that costs S$2,000 AFTER subsidy, where i get injected with radio-active glucose ... BUT it was happy results as it showed i was clear of cancer cells and thus i am in remission.
Feeling rather nervous now ... heh. Surprisingly, more nervous than i am for exams. hiaz ... somehow, exams are such a small thing compared to knowing the results for the CT scan. I guess it is perspective in life, and to think that this is something which i have rather limited control over. Lets list my lifestyle before cancer and now ...
Before --------------------------------->After
Dont smoke ---------------------------->Dont smoke
Dont drink ---------------------------->Dont drink
Less veg in diet --------->A lot more veg + fruits in diet
Good sleep -------------->Good sleep + more now
Stress in Navy (2 yrs after retirement)--->N.A. cos retired liao
Not much stress in Uni ----------->Not much stress now also
No mediation -------------->Mediation + relaxation
Lots of mahjong ->Still mahjonging (though dont think it is a factor)
Mountain biking --------->No stamina after chemo
So in conclusion, the things i have control over is diet, sleep and meditation. Lets hope it is enough and i can pass tomorrow's CT scan. heh. thus the battle to complete FYP report continues tomorrow afternoon. Looking forward to the good news tomorrow. =)
I guess it boils down to the Doc appointment tomorrow. Other than the usual blood test, which i had not done for the pass half a year, i will be getting the CT scan results back. It has been a long time since i had such a scan, the last one was actually almost 2 years back, about a year and 9 months ago, the PET scan. The scan that costs S$2,000 AFTER subsidy, where i get injected with radio-active glucose ... BUT it was happy results as it showed i was clear of cancer cells and thus i am in remission.
Feeling rather nervous now ... heh. Surprisingly, more nervous than i am for exams. hiaz ... somehow, exams are such a small thing compared to knowing the results for the CT scan. I guess it is perspective in life, and to think that this is something which i have rather limited control over. Lets list my lifestyle before cancer and now ...
Before --------------------------------->After
Dont smoke ---------------------------->Dont smoke
Dont drink ---------------------------->Dont drink
Less veg in diet --------->A lot more veg + fruits in diet
Good sleep -------------->Good sleep + more now
Stress in Navy (2 yrs after retirement)--->N.A. cos retired liao
Not much stress in Uni ----------->Not much stress now also
No mediation -------------->Mediation + relaxation
Lots of mahjong ->Still mahjonging (though dont think it is a factor)
Mountain biking --------->No stamina after chemo
So in conclusion, the things i have control over is diet, sleep and meditation. Lets hope it is enough and i can pass tomorrow's CT scan. heh. thus the battle to complete FYP report continues tomorrow afternoon. Looking forward to the good news tomorrow. =)
Sunday, March 11, 2007
A day of my life - boring ......
Did little on FYP report today... continued abit to page 30. Did a word count for fun and was pretty surprised i hit 5000 words liao.
Went to my fren's -Rei - opening ceremony at Prosper House today. LFI co. selling health products and beauty products too. Not bad to be having such a medium sized business. So was there from 2+ till 4, when the performances of Vincent Ng, Sean ended. Tay Ping Hui was there too... ok lar. too bad no female actress. =P
Went home, watched Bleach, read papers, chatted with mom... was rather tired by 6... but dragged my body to Clearwater where i played some tennis that surprisingly perked me up.
Had dinner with family, and then my bro drove me back (yeah!! thanks bro) .. watched final 16 minutes of FA cup tie between Chelsea and Tottemham... sucks... why did Cao Si get the draw. Chey!
Too tired to do any report writing.. or rather report typing, so played a few games of winning 11 with yongxi....and now writing this up to make myself realise that .... my life rather boring. =P
Off to sleep liao.. cos tomolo is report typing day again.... my ass is getting very charred.
Went to my fren's -Rei - opening ceremony at Prosper House today. LFI co. selling health products and beauty products too. Not bad to be having such a medium sized business. So was there from 2+ till 4, when the performances of Vincent Ng, Sean ended. Tay Ping Hui was there too... ok lar. too bad no female actress. =P
Went home, watched Bleach, read papers, chatted with mom... was rather tired by 6... but dragged my body to Clearwater where i played some tennis that surprisingly perked me up.
Had dinner with family, and then my bro drove me back (yeah!! thanks bro) .. watched final 16 minutes of FA cup tie between Chelsea and Tottemham... sucks... why did Cao Si get the draw. Chey!
Too tired to do any report writing.. or rather report typing, so played a few games of winning 11 with yongxi....and now writing this up to make myself realise that .... my life rather boring. =P
Off to sleep liao.. cos tomolo is report typing day again.... my ass is getting very charred.
Hard at work today ... finally ....
Spent most of today doing up the FYP report. Managed to reach 29 pages liao. Looks like about 15 pages a day on average.
Feeling feverish in the morning, which led to running nose in the afternoon. A worrying thought struck me cos i am due for the doc appointment this coming wed for checkup and see the results of the CT scan i had taken last wed. And the running nose and feverish feeling + constant dry mouth was what i had when i was diagnoised with cancer. Yes... i know it is over-reacting by a large margin, but i guess it is normal to feel fear.
The good news is, i got over it through positive thinking and ... well, just shrugging it off through some mental techniques i learnt from Meiyin from Shan You. Heh.. makes me feel brave. =P
Well, sleeping after i post this post... so as to keep my body well rested - fear has its benefits.
Wishing a good night to everyone !!!! Have a wonderful rest and feel re-charged tomorrow.
Feeling feverish in the morning, which led to running nose in the afternoon. A worrying thought struck me cos i am due for the doc appointment this coming wed for checkup and see the results of the CT scan i had taken last wed. And the running nose and feverish feeling + constant dry mouth was what i had when i was diagnoised with cancer. Yes... i know it is over-reacting by a large margin, but i guess it is normal to feel fear.
The good news is, i got over it through positive thinking and ... well, just shrugging it off through some mental techniques i learnt from Meiyin from Shan You. Heh.. makes me feel brave. =P
Well, sleeping after i post this post... so as to keep my body well rested - fear has its benefits.
Wishing a good night to everyone !!!! Have a wonderful rest and feel re-charged tomorrow.
Saturday, March 10, 2007
BK Ass - my flamed grilled buttocks....
As the saying goes... 火燒屁股了. Rushing my FYP report today, managed to get 15 pages of it up. So it is about 15% done ba, and the submission date is next tuesday. heh. lets hope i can make it.
Managed to pass my nano quiz on thurs and then off i went to Kbox dinner for Wheng's birthday. Quite worth it considering i ate lots of salmon sashimi which are surprisingly very good quality. The fried salmon cheek was also good. had mainly jap fare with some steamed brocolli with oyster sauce. The food + the K was good combi as the group of us took turns to sing and eat. heh.
Still no news from Butler on whether the project can go ahead anot. So no idea of whether we have funds, but i guess i am rather cool about that liao. Now just considering on whether to head to Europe to backpack again (obviously going to countries i not been to yet) if the project is a no-go. If the project is a go, will be going to Taiwan for a short trip with YX and frens after the FYP presentation. =)
Guess i really not much frens.. trying to think of peeps who may want to travel in Europe with me, but i guess the list is still pretty empty now. hiaz... Thinking of trying out States instead, but still have the mindset that it is rather dangerous over there. Hmmm... Guess Europe is rather safe as i been there twice, total of a short 60 odd days, so comparing with ZERO days in the States, i am more afraid of going States.
Well.. i hope i wont get the chance to go Europe and States this year as i really hope that the project is a GO! .. then i can pop over to Australia for the race, the casino, the diving, the roadtrip and all. heh.
Going to sleep now, wakey wakey early tomorrow morning to continue on the report. =P
Managed to pass my nano quiz on thurs and then off i went to Kbox dinner for Wheng's birthday. Quite worth it considering i ate lots of salmon sashimi which are surprisingly very good quality. The fried salmon cheek was also good. had mainly jap fare with some steamed brocolli with oyster sauce. The food + the K was good combi as the group of us took turns to sing and eat. heh.
Still no news from Butler on whether the project can go ahead anot. So no idea of whether we have funds, but i guess i am rather cool about that liao. Now just considering on whether to head to Europe to backpack again (obviously going to countries i not been to yet) if the project is a no-go. If the project is a go, will be going to Taiwan for a short trip with YX and frens after the FYP presentation. =)
Guess i really not much frens.. trying to think of peeps who may want to travel in Europe with me, but i guess the list is still pretty empty now. hiaz... Thinking of trying out States instead, but still have the mindset that it is rather dangerous over there. Hmmm... Guess Europe is rather safe as i been there twice, total of a short 60 odd days, so comparing with ZERO days in the States, i am more afraid of going States.
Well.. i hope i wont get the chance to go Europe and States this year as i really hope that the project is a GO! .. then i can pop over to Australia for the race, the casino, the diving, the roadtrip and all. heh.
Going to sleep now, wakey wakey early tomorrow morning to continue on the report. =P
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