Pap Smear Test & Health Issues

Finally, after so much delays, I did my first pap smear test last night. Being health conscious recently, I know I must force myself to do it. The female doctor that I went to was so nice and provided me with lots of information about female's health. I was a bit afraid before she performed the procedure but she was very understanding. She started with breast examination first then the pap smear test. So if you wonder how was it done, if you have gone through the normal delivery process, then it is similar to it, how you suppose to position yourself and remember when doctor doing the 'opening' measurement checking? That was how it is.

The procedure was not so painful but very uncomfortable and quite embarrassing. That's why I go to female doctor. The doctor said the test is best done at the middle of the menstrual cycle, 7 or 10 days after the start of menstruation but I am actually on the verge getting period. The problem is I don't remember the exact date my last period but I know it came at the end of the month (I'm quite anxious for the period to come, delay means something else!). And pap smear is recommended to be done once a year (More information on pap smear is here) .

I also have my blood pressure checked. My bp was 138/86, still not at normal level. I've changed my eating habit, I'm sticking to milo + oat drink (still couldn't like the taste!) for breakfast, small portion of rice but with lots of vege for lunch and avoid those deep fried foods. For dinner, I take soupy meal like meehon soup or plain vegetable soup. My aim now is not focusing on losing weight but to be healthy. But doing constant exercise still a problem to me.

Hope you guys also give attention to your health.....

Doing Tag

Nobody tag me but I've found this tag in Zara's blog. Since I'm feeling so bored this morning, doing tag will make me feel good, I hope. Guess blogging is a good therapy. So here we go.....

The song you've been most singing to yourself recently?
'4 in the morning' by Gwen Stefani

2. What do you currently want right now?
Lepak kat rumah, watching Oprah show or the AFC channel.

3. What did you do today?
Drove to work for nearly 2 hrs

5. What have you been thinking about most today?
It's only 10 am now and I've lots of things in my mind

6. Do you ever just sit outside and watch the stars?
Yes. Those days when I did hiking a lot. Kat puncak gunung adalah tempat yg paling seronok tgk bintang ( kan linda?)

7. What is your current annoyance?
My boss!!!!!

8. Do you want a new cell phone?
No. I don't fancy handphone. But if somebody buy for me, why not?

9. Are you waiting for someone right now?
No.

10. Name two things you're looking forward for next week?
Balik kampung and voting

11. Can you make new friends easily?
Not quite. It depends whom I meet. I'm not the ice-breaker type.

12. ?
Is there missing sentence in this question? I don't know, I just cut n paste

13. Do you plan out what you wear the day before you wear it?
On working days, no. But yes on special occasions.

14. What is life to you?
Bersyukur kepada Allah S.W.T atas segala nikmat dan pemberiannya.

15. Have you ever fallen for your best friend?
Nope

16. If you had a chance to save someone significant to you, would you?
Of course!

17. How many times do you eat each day?
3 times

18. How do you cheer someone up?
Cooking for them.

19. Are you a morning person?
I guess I am. Most of the time I can't sleep after 7 am

20. Is it easier for you to fall asleep or to be woken?
Yup

21. Think of one person, stick with it. You don't have to say their name. Would you pick them up alone 100 plus miles away if it was your birthday?
Why bother? It's my birthday ok...(why a birthday person need to pick up people that far?)

23. Give two reasons why you get distracted in work.
Internet and being summoned by my boss just to check on his PC....stupid!

24. Do you think it's funny when people get hurt?
No. It's cruel

25. Would you rather go to Tokyo or Paris?
Paris.

26. Do you have a guitar in your house?
No.

27. Do you wish you were somewhere else right now?
Yes. At home

28. How often do you get onto friendster?
Everyday on working days

29. How long can you go without your mobile phone?
If I'm at home, I don't ever bother where my handphone is.

30. Where's your mobile phone?
Right in front my eyes.

Ok, I'm done and I'm tagging Linda, Adah, Are-T, Dal and whoever visit my blog.

Ugly Betty vs. Damages

So surprised to know that Ugly Betty - Season 2 is now aired on 8TV, every Tuesday, 9.30 am. Eversince having Astro installed, I hardly switched to 8TV especially when last season of Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives ended last year. Last night, I was accidentally switched to 8TV and saw Ugly Betty is on while I was actually waiting for Damages to start at 10pm on AXN Channel.

I really don't understand why favourite TV shows must be on air almost at the same time and make me to choose while the rest of the other nights only showing boring stuffs. But I have chosen to watch Ugly Betty as Damages will have repeated shows. Last Saturday, I spent most of the afternoon watching Damages the marathon. But free Saturday are not that frequent. And if you miss one episode, it's difficult to understand the sequence of the next episode.

Anyway, it's just TV shows, right? And I don't have to feel so frustrated if I don't commit myself to it. I don't want to be like my elder sister who at one time refused to go out when her favourite TV show is on. And we are talking about those HK cantonese dramas normally aired on 6pm, remember? Her husband was so pissed off with her because of that.

Ok guys, don't let TV control you ok....this is a reminder to me as well :))

Update

After so much of hassles and various phone calls made finally I'm granted with a replacement car. Alhamdullilah...no need to go for unpaid leaves. Thanks to a dear colleague who helped me through this. No thank to the boss who annoyingly gave 'you are on your own' statement. However, the speed meter is not working so I couldn't tell how fast I'm traveling. Have to rely to the rpm which I think if it shows '4' means I'm driving at 110/120km.

Hope this replacement car will not give me any problem.....

Masalah Lagi...

Smlm aku diberitau oleh rakan sekerja yg kembara kami semua termasuk boss akan diambil oleh main contractor utk kegunaan pilihanraya dan kami diminta menggunakan kenderaan sendiri utk kegunaan pengangkutan bermula dari 23/2/08 sampai la 15/3/08. Amboi! Senangnya diorg bg arahan...rakan sekerja aku n my boss ok la sbb diorg ada kereta sendiri. Aku mana ada kereta sendiri. Nak pakai kereta hb pon, dia cemana? Nak hantar budak, nak amik budak, dia nak guna kereta utk urusan dia, pendek kata mmg susah lah kalau aku nak share kereta ngan dia. Tambahan pulak jarak tempat kerja kitorg 120km!

Rakan sekerja aku bgtau dia dah try negotiated ngan org kuat main contractor at least bg pelepasan utk aku, meaning kereta aku x payah la ambik, tapi org tu pon x leh buat apa sbb itu arahan pihak atasan. Huh! Pilihanraya punya pasal, apa pon x kira!

Aku berkira2 kalau dah xde sapa nak tolong aku selesaikan masalah pengangkutan ni, aku amik unpaid leave aje la. Walaupun dari segi financial, aku akan bermasalah tapi aku xde pilihan. Anyway, aku belum berbincang lagi ngan boss aku sbb smlm dia xde. Hari ni pon belum nampak batang hidung dia lagi.

So kepada kawan2 aku, kalau korang x nampak aku kat YM, ataupun blog ni x update, maknanya aku tgh cuti ok :))

Feeling Bad....

Nabihah's fever is coming back on and off starting last Sunday. She will be very hot in the middle of the night, we have to put wet towel on her forehead and insert the bullet fever tablet into her anal to combat the fever. But then in the morning, she's all right. Last nite we went to clinic again cause the fever, cough and flu medicine has finished. But the doctor was not in, so we just took the medicine. Since she looked well except for the mild hot we felt when touching her skin, we thought it was ok not to see the doctor as long as we have the stock of medicine. But when we arrived home an hour later, Nabihah looked unwell and her skin felt so hot. We quickly gave her the fever medicine and she off to sleep. But we have to put the wet towel on her forehead. The whole night I couldn't sleep well, having to wake up on and off to check on her condition. But she slept soundly.

My husband was telling me last night maybe we should take her to the hospital for thorough check-up. Maybe we should refer her to the pediatrician instead of keep seeing the general doctor in the private clinic. But the problem is I can't take emergency leave to take her to the hospital. Remember my post on the MC issue? You can read it here.

My husband also in the midst of workload. He's busy with the university applications, preparation of final exam questions, some university management works he has to handle and all that, the dateline is by Friday. Already he's complaining for not being able to stay back at the office because he has to fetch the twins from the school before 6.30 pm. And I can't take turn to send and fetch them as I leave early and come home late.

He said he will be taking Nabihah to the hospital. I offered to send Nabilah to school but he refused coz he said it's a pity that Nabilah has to go to school without her sister. He said he can managed to bring two of them to the hospital. But I feel really bad for not being able to go with them. I'm not so career-ambitious minded woman but having a boss who couldn't understand problems of married people, makes me very cautious. But definitely if emergency things really happens, I have no choice but has to go off no matter what happen.

Funny is before I off to site, being in HQ is more flexible than here. Despite of having tonnes of works, I have no problem applying for leave, be on MC or taking few hours off from office (with permission of course!) to handle any emergency personal situation, like having to bring the kids to the clinic. That's why I thought working in SMHB for the past six years is very convenient because of the flexibility. Most of my colleagues who went to sites before always describe that working at site is heaven, because the working hours is more flexible (this gotta do with 'mengular' i guess....hehehe). But it doesn't happen here! Not that I want to 'mengular' but never would I imagine applying for leave will be so difficult or taking MC will be a critical issue.

How I wish I could just quit and stay at home. But I couldn't....I still have the financial commitment that I'm bound to at least until my husband is confirmed to further his study. I really really wish that his study plan works well. Now that he has passed his IELTS and going through the university application process.

Those who are stay-at-home moms, I really envy you guys for you all have the opportunity to raise your kids full time. I know this is about choice, but I just can't afford to choose being a full time mom now. Hope I will be able to join the club soon.

By the way, my husband did not take Nabihah to hospital this morning cause she didn't have the fever anymore. But if the fever still coming back tonight, going to the hospital tomorrow is a MUST.

The Cook

I came home with terrible headache and down with flu again. The virus just doesn't want to go away it seems. And cooking was the last thing in my mind. When Cik HB asked what to buy for dinner meal, I suggested (half serious actually) that he should cook kuetiaw soup. To my surprise, he agreed. I told him the ingredients for making the kuetiaw soup were available in the fridge. From my bedroom, I could hear he started digging stuffs from the fridge and the kitchen cabinet. On and off, he kept asking where is the black pepper, where is that, where is this....I was on the verge waking up from bed and took over but I was telling myself, let him do it alone. He should learn.

Not long after that, I could smell nice aroma kuetiaw soup in the making. But since I took the flu medicine which cause drowsiness, I didn't wake up and checked out. Then I could hear him feeding the twins and listening he praised himself for cooking the delicious meal...hehehehe. He then came and asked me whether I wanted to eat his kuetiaw soup but eating was also the last thing in my mind. If I could, I would have tasted his kuetiaw soup and praised him for the effort he made. Futhermore, he told me that the twins ate a lot. Maybe next time, I will coax him to cook the kuetiaw soup again.

This morning I woke up and found my kitchen in a mess. Well, at least he has cooked so I was not going to make any noise. One step at one time, ok! I will find a way to educate him on housekeeping later.

Way to go cik HB!!!!!