Free Morning

Monday and Wednesday mornings were supposed to be my free morning, when I only have clinics in the afternoon. Still, it was not often that I had some time to myself. This morning was an exception and it was such a bliss. I had the choice of either the Oscars, or a bit of a me time.

Me time every time.

Armed with my iPad and a Moleskine, I headed to Bangsar to get some errands done and spent the late morning at my favourite Starbucks. In the last month, that spot is only a five minutes drive from my apartment. And set out to plan the rest of the months.

I then realised that I needed to sort out my budgeting. Moving to the new house, and the coming trip to Kora Bharu is not going to be cheap I'm afraid. Even at the beginning of the month, I was now officially broke .....

Need to work harder I supposed ....

The Pondering Almost Done

People sit at an Internet Cafe for the free wifi. They drink coffee there to pass the time. I often to go there while waiting for Puan Anita to finish up what she was doing at the mall. And the cafe seemed to be the right place for me to chill out alone as well. In fact, I made a lot of my life decision, figuring things out while sitting at such cafe. Trying to catch a moment of clarity.

Before my boys arrive, such moment were had in the early mornings. My favourite were the early hours of Saturday mornings. Why Saturday? Because I never used to work on Saturday and I can catch up on sleep on the afternoon while having the rest of Sunday to recover.

There had been a catalogue of decisions believe it or not. The decision against heading to Australia for further studies and sabbatical. The decision for a career change. The decision to move. All was actually made at the same spot, over a period of five years. The same very cafe. Not just the same chain of Starbucks, but the same Starbucks. Talk about finding one's muse eh!

So, I pondered again earlier this morning for more decisions. Now that things were finally in place, it was the time for the execution. And the breakfast this morning with Puan Anita at La Bodega was nice as well. But I did most of my thinking alone. And she knows when to leave me to figure things out. After all, she had been with me for the last 25 years …..

Decision time boys!

Changes Were Coming

Maybe it was just the in thing to do. But lately I have been spending time, thinking at cafes. There were certainly plenty of things to ponder on a personal level as soon, I would be embarking on a new chapter of my life.

That sounded deep? Well, it is kinda deep, and it was something I have refrained from mentioning in my blog, twitter or Facebook, although those close to me, family and friends have been aware of this plan for quite some time.

Things were almost set and I would be making a big announcement in the very near future. For the meantime, I am enjoying some personal time off with Anita and my boys, as the coming months would be hectic.

Exploring Ipoh

Finally back at the Hotel. The car park was blocked because apparently there will be a party going on tonight. They were testing the soundstage just then with Lady Gaga's numbers. The entrance to the hall was covered with the spelling of 'GLAMOROUS' in glitters. I wonder what that was all about.

Managed to get my fix of reading and Starbucks just now at Ipoh Parade. Nothing much else was going on down there. There were mainly IT shops and bazaar selling clothes. Didn't know what else to expect really. Now it was time for shower. But what's next?

I brought with me a few CDs of Fringe. Might do a marathon of that later. Maybe another article for hematologiPPUM. I'll decide later.

Tried to Leave Early

Jam coming out of University Malaya, originally uploaded by Haris Abdul Rahman.

Was on call yesterday. Managed to get home for Berbuka, then came back to UMMC for my evening rounds. Luckily, the bed situation was reasonable. We did not have to struggle too much except from the usual difficult cases. I reached home at around midnight.

The queue at the DUKE toll plazaWas rather late getting up this morning after a heavy sahur. Sorted out my referrals in the morning as I will be tied up in the afternoon. We had our two-monthly 'Transplant Meeting', followed by the Medical Department Meeting. This will be the last for Prof Wan Azman as he is stepping down from the end of the month. The meeting finished just after 4.30, and I went straight home, thinking that I will be early enough to escape the traffic.

Unfortunately the traffic has started building up. However, I still managed to reach home, have a shower, then went to Pasar Ramadhan. After Berbuka, I went out to Bukit Bintang to pay up my credit card bills at branch of UOB there. The crowd was quite heavy, and surprisingly, the majority was from the Middle East. I would have thought they like to stay back during Ramadhan since there are feast almost every night. Sorted out my bill, and felt peckish. Had coffee at Starbucks, then some ice-cream, and before I know it, it was already 9.30. Time to head home. In the meantime, I managed to do some window shopping as Anita's birthday in coming up on 9/9/9. Better get something good for her.