Why I love my job :)

My fiance thinks I work like a machine...
I get home at 9pm after a long day at labour ward, have dinner, and snug into bed.
And then I'm up again by 5.30 - 6am the next day, for a full day in theatre.
It's exhausting, I admit...

But the learning experience is so awesome.
Everytime you get to do something different, something new...
Something rewarding...

Just the other day,
One of the most amazing things happened to me.

One of my patients thanked me for delivering her baby girl.
She had a successful vaginal birth after having a caesarean section in the past!

And the best part was...
She named her baby girl after me~!!!

Best. thank. you. gift. EVER!

And that, is only one of the reasons why I love my job.

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Slacker~!!

I have been way too slack with my blog, but that's only because I've been busy with my life :P
Yeah, what a good excuse, right? hehehe.

Dad's been on my back a little about wedding planning, and how slow I'm going :P Well, most of the big stuff are ready anyway. It's about time to get our wedding invitations done though. Sigh... and the ultimate wedding bands hunting!

Well, May has been pretty much a busy busy time for me. From attending surgical courses, to family gatherings, to catching up with friends...

We went to Tao Tao House for Mother's Day Dinner. Tao Tao House is owned by Jon's high school friend and his dad - who used to work as the dumpling chef in Flower Drum.

They have been getting some pretty good reviews in The Age - so we decided to try it out the other day, also to give Jon the opportunity to say hello to Eric, and of course, to congratulate him on his success!

Food was super yummy, and the dumplings were to die for. Soft, silky skin... YUMS~! Nothing short of my expectation.

Uncle Peter was saying how lucky he is, to be able to tag along for these yummy meals. First Yarra Vallley for aunty's birthday, and now another meal for Mother's Day.

Of course we weren't just gonna leave you out! Silly...

The week after, Xian Lee graced us with his presence from Brisbane. Think he was on his week off or something, that he decided to drop by and explore Melbourne a little. But too bad though, he was here on a bad week. He was greeted by the highly unpredictable Melbourne weather, and all he got all week, was rain and wind :(

So, out goes the window his plans to go sight-seeing and stuff.

But that provided us with the opportunity to catch up over warm cups of coffee, and nice cozy dinners though. Hehehe.

He was also giving us an update on the special girl in his life at the moment :) NICE~! Good to see him happy.

I brought Xian Lee along to our BBGS catch up brunch as well. Went to our regular hang out, Snow Pony in Balwyn. Gotta love their breakfast menu there! Super yums!! Caught up with my favourite girls, both recently married :) Hehehe. Good to have someone who can give me tips, you know? :P

The three musketeers from the previous night, reunited again ;) This time, rise and shine, bright and early for brunch. (Those who know me, knows that I'm not a morning person!)

Was so good catching up with Kit, hearing her Europe escapade stories~! Oh how I would love to take time off to travel the world.... but still have my bank account topped up! Taking time off is such a scary thought, because no matter how much savings you have, seeing your bank account amount dwindle by the month, is really quite a nerve wrecking thing! I only lasted 3 months, before I felt like I needed to go back to work again.

Guess it's also because I'm subconsciously 'kiasu'. Seeing all my friends getting into specialty programs, and sitting for exams, made me feel a little left out. So yups, back to work I went... sigh. Looking back now, I wish I had taken a longer time off, just for myself... because you just don't know when you will have the courage to do it again!

Anyways, I digress.... haha.

You know winter's just around the corner when everyone's dressed in grey and black! In my defence though, I was wearing green. It was only my scarf that was grey and black. But hey, gotta love this photo of my girls - all colour-coordinated! :)

Till next post, take good care and stay warm peeps!

More photos to come from the Million Paws Walk. Whee~!!!

Yarra Valley Day Trip

We planned to make a trip to Yarra Valley over the Easter long weekend for a little getaway. Seems like the whole of Melbourne was heading that way too! OMG! The city and suburban roads were completely empty, but there was a jam heading to Yarra Valley!! I almost couldn't believe my eyes! It was busier than the ski season. Almost bumper to bumper.... but I guess, the consolation was, we were still travelling at a decent speed...

Thank God the view was worth it :) and the drive wasn't too longggg.. tee hee hee. 

We finally got to Chateau Yering, where Jon booked lunch for us, and also to celebrate his mom's belated birthday. 

The weather, fortunately, was kind to us when we arrived. It was raining minutes before, but the sun came out for a little peek when we got there :) 

We headed into the restaurant, and was directed to the lounge for a seat, while waiting to be seated at the main dining hall :) Such a quaint little place, with red wood decor and a beautiful fireplace. Very vintage.

Happy and beaming after more than 30 years of marriage... 

Thank you for booking lunch and driving us there :) *muah*

The food was pretty good too :) My scallops with pastries entree was yummilicious~! :P MmMm mMmMmM....

Jon's main was really good too. He ordered some lamb dish with peas. It was really tender and juicy. I don't quite remember the full name of the dish, but it was pretty yummy!

 

Such pretty autumn colours :) I will always love autumn because of this. 

After lunch, we headed over to the cellar door for some wine tasting... and a walkabout to burn off the calories we've just piled on. 

Yering Station is pretty, ain't it?? It's such a massive place!! It was full house that day we went though, cause I guess everyone wanted a short escape from the big smog :)

Jon found a little water feature with some coins in it, and got a tad excited :P There was a notice saying that all the money in there will be donated to the leukaemia foundation at the Royal Children's Hospital, so he wanted to play his part as well...

He got some coins out of his pocket, and starting throwing coins into it, the Trevi Fountain style! hehehe... Coin on the right hand, over the left shoulder, and make a wish!! :) Can you spot the coin??

I had a good time that day, just having a chilled day... and enjoying the long Easter weekend :) Nothing too fancy, just some family and friends time. 

I hope you guys had a good Easter too. That's if anyone's still reading... after not having updates for so long :( Oopss!

More updates soon :) I'm trying to revive my blogging mojo that has been missing for more than a month or so... hahaha.

Revived~!!

I just realised that it's getting harder to find time to blog nowadays...
With all the training courses and conferences that I have to prepare for,
the wedding planning, the long working hours etc.
Or perhaps, I'm merely giving myself excuses not to blog as I have nothing much to blog about?!

It's so difficult, when you try not to blog about the wedding, as I'm trying to keep everything a surprise for the day~!! and wedding planning and work consume like 90% of my time, so what have I got left to blog about? You get the picture now? hehehehe.

But anyways, it's pretty poor that I didn't even have one entry the whole month of April!! OMG!

So I thought I'd give my blog a little revamp, for some freshness so I would wanna come back and look at it :) and give it a little spritz every so often... hehehe. Hope you like the new look too :) 

I've decided to usher is May, with a little recap of what happened in April :) including the longggg Easter break that we all thoroughly enjoyed, I'm sure!

My aunt was recently in Melbourne, and we caught up a few times - This was at Livebait in Docklands, for seafood :)

We also had the many coffee sessions, discussing wedding dresses and wedding planning... :)
I remember the times when I was younger, and used to be so close to this aunt of mine, I was even her flower girl when she got married! :)

How we both have grown, and now it's my turn huh?

All of us went out for dinner in Chinatown for a good meal

And drinks in Sofitel, overlooking the beautiful Melbourne CBD before they flew back to Malaysia :)

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I guess some of the April highlights included:

TMY in Melbourne... (again).

Yes yes, I know... He comes to Melbourne so often, that it's not even considered a highlight anymore, but I guess in this situation, the highlight is that he woke up early, to have breakfast with me after my night shift at work!!

Those of you who know him, will know not to call him before 12 noon, as he would still be asleep~! But hey, he did pretty well this time around... 

Post night shift brekkie is da bomb~!! :D

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The boys went out for drinks the other night. We normally just rock up at Glen Waverley, and then look for a place to sit down for a quiet drink, but geez.... everywhere was packed to the brim the other night! Must be eagerly looking forward to the Easter holidays or something! The whole street was buzzing~!

I was sooo knackered after a full day at work, and having woken up at 5.30am for theatre that morning, but didn't wanna feel left out cause everyone was out and about that night! Hahaha... kiasu I guess!

Was good catching up with Bharat and discussing where we should head to for a short holiday on the way back from KL after the wedding... Sadhna and him are planning to go somewhere as well :) So who knows, perhaps we could tee up a short trip together! That would be so lovely... hehe.

We did not end up staying out till late... I was dozing off, so we called it a night at about 10ish, came home and crawled into bed straight away. I wouldn't wake up even if the roof fell upon me~! Hehehe, that was how tired I was!

HmmMm, I thought I would do my Easter long weekend holiday happenings here as well, but it seems like this post is going to get a tad too long~! So I'm just going to leave that to a separate post. Hope you're pacified with this one, and a new blog look for now :) That's if you're still reading my dying blog. Hahaha.

Love you all~! :)