Concert Tomorrow

Tomorrow would be the boys' annual concert. Both would be taking part, with Idlan having a small solo role. Not sure what would be happening as he intended to keep it a secret. I tried to pry and bribe, but no can do.

Unfortunately, the costume for Irfan turned out to be a bit too small. We had to do a quick alteration to salvage things. Hopefully it would turn out OK.

The concert would also start a bit later than usual, at around 11. I had cut down the clinic to finish at around 11, but I thought it would be a struggle. I might be able toncatch glimpses of their performance.

Better charge up my camera for that tonight .....

P1 Unreliable

For the last couple of weeks, the P1 connection we had at our Gombak house had not been at all reliable. It kept breaking up, or suffered from slow bandwidth. Yes, I do get the SMS update that they were looking into it, but it was becoming so often that the SMS started to sound like spams. P1 could have done better by making sure the breakdown doesn't happen in the first place rather than this lame PR exercise.

I ended up using my Celcom line as internet access. And I was sure if this kept on happening, my Telco charges would go up. I would be throttle down soon. Updating blogs was becoming a pain. And I have stopped updating my medical blog as uploading articles were becoming a suffering. Uploading photos to my server? Forget about it!

I could install Unifi here but the wiring would be a pain since this was my in-law's house. For serious work, and uploading big files, I had to go to my apartment. I would enjoy the 30 Mbit speed there. But unfortunately, there were no fibres yet in Gombak ......

Ole Ole from Sarawak

This was something new. And nice. During the afternoon ward round, one if my nurses just returning from her couple of weeks holiday in Sarawak brought these along. They were cooked by her Mum.

I heard of these, but never tasted it. The one above is called Lidah Buaya. Looks sweeter than it is, but once in your mouth, you just coukdnt stop asking for more. Dangerous stuff!

And it didn't stop there. I couldn't recall what the second was called, but they were just as nice.

ParkCity Picking Up

For the last couple of weeks, I found that the activity at ParkCity had picked up. Today, to my surprise, I actually had a direct referral from one of the local GP. And this was not to mention a few ward referral from colleagues.

Unfortunately, due to limited time, I was only able to be at ParkCity on my clinic days. Yesterday, since I have an inpatient referral, I drove there during lunchtime. Tiring, but doable, especially with a new referral which I had to see.

I noticed that a couple of new shops were already opened. No sign of the staff cafeteria as yet, or was I looking at the wrong place? The place was definitely getting busy.

Reading on Lugano

It had been a long day. I only reached hone after Maghrib, and by the time I had ny shower and prayer, it was already dinner time. The boys had some test tomorrow at their Qur'an school, so they had to do a bit of reading.

That meant that I would be left alone in front of the TV after dinner. And no, I won't be watching Buletin Utama. Not my cup of tea. So, I decided to do a bit of reading.

Last weekend, I picked up a book on the Italian Lakes at Kinokuniya. So, I decided to have a peek into it. This had been my habit for my trips. The idea was that at least I would have an idea of what to expect and what not to miss when I got to the venue. So far, it had worked. I read about places to visit and shop at Atlanta. Nothing much but at least I knee what to expect. Of course I read about Kyoto before the trip, and the place was amazing.

I would be leaving for Lugano next Monday evening via Amsterdam and Milan. The scary part was, I would be in call on Sunday. Hopefully I could settle my admissions quickly and pass then in to my colleagues. It would be a tiring trip again from the looks of things.