A Different Start

No work this morning, and both myself and Idlan didn’t get a good sleep last night. After dinner last night, I went out to McDonald’s with Idlan for some fries, but ended up not able to sleep early.

It was past midnight when Idlan finally slept and I had to miss my football match as well because of that. Then came the kicker. My phone rang at 3 am as the switchboard in Park City did not know that I was on leave. Since I was based in SJMC, the message did not get through somehow. I could not get to bed again after that.

I caught up with the United-Liverpool match highlights before finally able to sleep again. But 2 hours later, I had to get up once more since I promised to drive Idlan to school.

It had been raining all morning and halfway there, we saw an accident on the opposite lane. That would mean that my drive back home would be a nightmare. And so it proven to be.

I cringed when I saw this ...I decided to spend the morning with the Internet at Starbucks near Idlan’s school. Hopefully traffic would ease off somewhat after the rush hour .... Anita would be at home since the cabinet contractor would start some work again this morning. Another 3 weeks, and everything should hopefully be sorted out ...

Happy Sunday Morning

That rare Sunday morning when I was forced not to do the ward round, I was treated to a glorious sunrise.

In fact I just sat there staring away for a good 10 minutes listening to the sound of nature. Cool breeze from my room balcony, I thought I should do it more often. Maybe I should delay starting my Sunday rounds early. Enjoy the morning a bit ....

Now, should I go to the gym or look for breakfast .....

A Long Stretch

8 calls over 40 days did not sound too bad. I was sure I had done worst stretch before. But in private practice, it was different. It was more hands on. Coupled with the fact that the stretch went through my boys Xmas break was really a downer. We ended up staying at home much of the time.

Add to that the renovation which was going on, certainly the weeks could have gone better. And Idlan would be starting his classes again tomorrow, after only 3 weeks break.

It was my day post-call, and my next one would be another 3 weeks away. Time to stretch my back a bit before another series of call around the Chinese New Year period. I also booked 5 days off work in a couple of weeks time. I was thinking of a weekend away maybe with the family. It had been a while since we went back to Penang. I wonder where Anita fancied going ....

Back to Jump Street

Idlan had been nagging me for quite some time to take him to Jump Street. The last time we visited this trampoline park was almost a year ago. It had been a while but I must say that I picked a wrong day to go there. The place was packed with children enjoying their school holiday.

Far too crowdedWhere to go first?I was surprised that the owner actually let in such a big crowd, as we actually checked for teh ticket availability on line a couple of days before. Se assumed that there would be a control in terms of number of people being let in on each of their hourly slots. Obviously the system wasn't working and Idlan ended up only managing about 10 minutes on the trampoline and 3 minutes in the dodgeball court in the whole couple of hours that we paid for.

Not much changed outside ....Except for the lack of car parking spaceLet's queue first ....Before we start bouncingBefore we play a bit of dodgeball ....And there was also a matter of car parking arrangements - or the lack of it. We ended up parking across the road, but since we came in a group, I just dropped Anita and the boys by the entrance before circling around to look for a spot to park. I saw many families with small children having to cross the road to get to the entrance from where they parked. Most of the spots that thye had previously was given away to another company which occupied the building in front of the the facilities.

Not such a clever idea.

Start of a Long Weekend

It was rare for me to not be on call during a long holiday weekend and I was looking forward to some time spent at home doing basically not much ...

But I had to start on a post-call day though, with the boys dragging me out for groceries - read junk food - shopping. I decided to let Anita take care of that while I took some time at a cafe having a quiet cup of coffee. It went smoothly and I managed to have a quiet night after that followed by a leisurely breakfast on Sunday morning.

The weather wasn't exactly inspiringI couldn't really remember what I did on the Sunday but it mainly involved taking a rest followed by watching football later that evening. Come Monday, we decided to spend some time at Jump Street - a trampoline park in PJ - followed by a nice lunch.

All in all, I managed to spend some time at home with the boys followed by some rest.

Of course we had a swim regardless of the weatherI will be working through Xmas and the New Year I was afraid, only taking a few day break on the second week of January. Best to enjoy the time off while I can.