The Week Eases Towards the Door

Please click the photo above to play the daily videoThe morning announced itself with sun, which after the week I'd had felt like a small act of kindness on the part of the weather. There's a particular quality to a bright start — it sets a tone before you've done anything to deserve it, and you find yourself moving through the early hours with a lightness that the day hasn't yet had a chance to complicate.

Breakfast was a proper one, eaten at home and at a civilised speed. A hearty start, the kind that sees you through the morning without that mid-clinic dip where you start eyeing the clock and wondering whether anyone would notice if you vanished for ten minutes. I've learned, slowly, that a good breakfast is less an indulgence than a form of preparation. The body remembers when you've looked after it.

The roads, mercifully, were on their best behaviour. Smooth all the way in, no grumbling tailbacks, the traffic apparently as ready for the weekend as the rest of us. It's remarkable how much a clear run can soften the edges of a working day before it's even begun.

Clinic was busy — they generally are, by now I'd be suspicious of one that wasn't — but it went through just fine. No snags, no surprises, just a steady working-through of the morning's names, everyone seen, everyone sorted. There's a quiet satisfaction in a busy session that simply behaves itself, that asks a lot of you and then lets you meet it without drama.

The afternoon loosened its grip. A more relaxed pace, the sort that lets you exhale a little and tidy up the loose ends before they accumulate into next week's problems. After the hectic stretch this week has been, that gentler afternoon felt earned — the working days finally relenting, the pressure easing off by degrees rather than all at once.

And the weekend is nearly here, which I'll admit I'm looking forward to with something close to greed. It's been a full week, the kind that leaves you ready for a couple of days that belong to no one's schedule but your own.

There's football, too. The World Cup is starting, which ought to be cause for some excitement, and is — with one small complication. The live games fall in the morning, at hours that would require a devotion I'm not sure I possess and a sleep schedule I'm certainly not willing to sacrifice. So I'll be doing the sensible, slightly deflating thing: watching the highlights instead. Not quite the same, I know. The drama compressed, the result already settled before you've seen a minute of it. But there's a middle-aged wisdom in choosing sleep over spectacle, even if a younger version of me would be appalled.

So the week eases towards the door. Sun, breakfast, smooth roads, a clinic that behaved, an afternoon that breathed. And a weekend ahead with football in it, even if only in edited form. I'll settle for that.

New Year's Morning

After a good night's sleep, I was treated to nice sunny morning when I prepared to go to the hospital the morning round. Really brightened the mood.

Nice relaxing breakfast with Anita - the boys were still asleep - before having a relaxing drive to work. It barely took ten minutes from my car park to work with the traffic being so light.

But the perfection didn't last long and chaos ensue right after I started the round. Well, enough sunshine for the day.

For those having a nice easy day today, do spend time with the family. I would be doing just that this afternoon.

Such Gorgeous Morning

Such nice weather on.my.drive in this morning and I sure home that the rest of my day would be just as sunny. After doing a couple of calls back to back earlier in the week, I could do with a nice relaxing weekend. Anita was talking about a short trip to our apartment in Port Dickson, but I was not sure if that is doable. It certainly had been a while since we last traveled there.

Alternatively, I might take the boys to Genting instead. Either way, I was keen to get out of the city after work tomorrow. I think I deserved it. Now, let get the rounds sorts out.

Sunny Morning

Now, why does the weather always turned out to be much nicer when you were crammed inside being on call? It happened again to me this morning, and the sky was nice and blue all morning, although it later turned cloudy and rained by late afternoon.

We have booked a week break in the middle of December at Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel and hopefully the would be great then as well .....

Sunny Saturday

Nice and sunny morning I has been. As usual, woke up around Subuh time, then head back under the sheets with the iPad checking the feeds and the news. After a few tweets, it was the time for jogging. I wished that I have more time to do this, rather than just the weekends. I may have to get myself a treadmill machine in the future and can do a bit of stamina work indoors.

The sun and the breeze made the jog really enjoyable. The I realized that the my Nike+ network needed upgrading. But the apps was still able to register my run. I spend only half an hour before heading back, quick shower and breakfast.

Family matter today. Would be attending a wedding in Shah Alam for lunch. It was a family's friend reception, and it would be held in a hall. That was good since I can just bring my boys an they could just fill their appetite for destruction running around the hall. My nieces and nephew would be on tow as well. It was going to be havoc!