What goes on in Mei'z Curly Wurly head

FReaking Out!

I know about writer's getting mental blocks but I never knew it would be this bad. I've run out of ideas. Seriously.

It's been happening for a few weeks now and it's not pretty I tell you. I have so many things to rush. What is a woman to do??

I've been writing. Blindly. I don't get visions on how I want my article to look like anymore. The BIG IDEA. NADA. Why?? Some say it's due to stress and pressure. Freaking myself out now. Some say maybe I lost my confidence in writing. Maybe it's both? Arghhh...

Even my boss (who's a writer himself btw) realised that. He said I have become like other writers. I don't question much anymore. I don't get the big picture. I just write. It's true. But I don't know how to get out of it. Think I need to invest in a good book to read to clear my mind.

Or... The best? Holiday! But it's only my 4th month working at the company. Then again, what I've been doing can equal to a year's worth of work. I don't know. Maybe I DID lose my confidence and curiousity. Think my creativity's dying too.

IF anyone out there have any piece of (functional and constructive of course) advice, please do tell me.

Anyway, need to sleep.


Mei'z Mood Tonight: Missing MR C.

posted by loony|iem @ 9:28 AM 1 comments

Shitting is a luxury... Walking is a luxury....

I'm serious. I was MIA for awhile because I had some severe constipation, fever, cough and cold. It was so damn bad. The constipation part was the worst. I had to see a doctor 3 times and in the end the doc had to pump my anus.

OUCH! It was really painful. And I never want to do go through it again. I realised how we take things like this for granted everyday. For example, shitting. Who knew that doing your business in the toilet could be a happy and joyous occasion. One that you would be celebrating in your mind as if you're having a party just for being to shit. As in being able to 'go' without the aid of medications and... of course those pink pumps ><

On Monday, I went to the hospital for my thyroid check-up with my mum. Apparently, my thyroid hormones are a bit higher but does not account for severe constipation. The doc said it could be my diet. Then, I remembered I changed my diet from 3 meals a day to 5 meals a day. But was not consistent with it after I got sick with diarrhea for a few days. I used to eat salad everyday. However, I wasn't consistent with it after that incident. So, the doc said it could be I lacked vegetables and fruits and was eating more meat. Possible. Though, I'm quite a fruit eater.

ANYWAY, something else popped up during our visit to the hospital. I was waiting at the waiting lounge for my turn at the endocrine clinic while my mum went downstairs to the pharmacy to get our medications. While I was listening to Justin Timberlake and soaking my mind with Amy Tan's The Opposite of Fate, my mum called. She said she was heading to the orthopedic clinic . I was wondering why. But I didn't ask for some reason. Most probably because of the lack of sleep the night before due to OD-ing myself with Amy Tan's wit and rantings till the wee hours of the morning.

So, I managed to meet my doc and then looked for my mum. My mum was walking down a stairs to the pharmacy and she crumbled all of the sudden. She felt a sharp pain on her knees that it was unbearable. Kesian dia...So, my mum was waiting at the outpatient clinic because apparently you need to make an appointment to see a doc at the orthopedic clinic. Pfffftt.... I find that ridiculous. Here you have someone who needs treatment urgently (and it happened on hospital grounds mind you) and doctors who are suppose to treat patients aren't able to perform urgent walk-ins.

One of the outpatient doc sent my mum to get her X-ray done. Now, modern technology has enabled her X-ray to be stored in her file on the computer which enables doctors to check her X-ray on her visits. No more lugging around thick envelopes to the doctors. However, I found a flaw to this system. Or rather a catch. Patients can't have their X-ray in hard copy for purposes to prove that they have a problem to their employers, universities and etc.

A friend encountered this problem when the university required him to submit his X-ray as a proof his arm was fractured and could not write during exams. I'm not sure how that went but in the end, the university granted him permission to use the computer during exams and he could sit for papers he missed the previous semester due to the accident that occurred then.

Ok, back to my mum. Her X-ray showed that she has something called osteo- arthritis on her right knee. I hope I got the spelling right. Her left knee was showing similar symptoms. Apparently, it's kind of normal for someone her age. She's 64. The sponge or jelly-like thing between her bones at the knees were thinning. Therefore, her bones are starting to brush against each other and also the nerve which then created the sharp pain.

So, the doctor gave her a letter to set an appointment to see a doc at the orthopedic department. Thankfully, the appointment was set for the next day. What we didn't know, was that she could only see a medical officer and not a specialist. To add, we realised that medical officers who are actually certified doctors are being pushed around by the head of nurse. Man, she was one lady that really knows how to piss patients off with her "I'm-in-charge-of-everything" attitude. To worse part was, the MOs let her.

She said the earliest time they could give an appointment, was in 4-5 months time. HELLO!! That's preposterous! By then, who knows what would happen to my mum. Her left leg could give way by then due to late treatment. She had the nerve to say "Well, we only give early appointments for those who are in a really serious state. Yours is not so serious is it? You can walk, can you??". Dumb lady. Yes, she may be able to walk now but she's already limping. Would she take the responsibility if anything happens to my mum?? What if her left leg decided to give way too and she was climbing a stairs?? If she fall, would the nurse be there for catch her?? I don't think so. So shut up lady! Because if it was you in my mum's condition, you would be pleading to see a doc ASAP because you demand immediate treatment since you're a nurse there and deserve special treatment while others have to wait ridiculously long.

She wrote down on my mum's appointment card "soon". She said that's the most she could do. As my mum pointed out, that nurse wrote "soon" but she could have told the people at the appointment counter to disregard all these notes if they see it. They just do it to shut us up. Which I find quite logical.

To add insult to injury (literally), the MO said my mum doesn't need operation but needs to see the specialist to confirm whether she could take glucosalmine (again, not sure of the spelling) which is actually more of a supplement than a medication since she's on so much drugs right now. Still, the earliest date they could set is 30th May 2008.

So, basically we wasted half the day there. But we decided to see our family doc here. And she said my mum should be fine taking the supplements despite her long list of medications she's taking now. However to be safe, she recommended that my mum takes it 4 hours away from her other medications to avoid interruptions or clashes between them. So, my mum is taking glucosalmine now. Let's pray she'll be feeling better in 2 weeks time :)

All in all, the moral of the story is don't go to MOs who are not able to stand their grounds and not able to make their own decisions without a bossy nurse by their side would be what I would like to say. But no. Rather, let's not take our everyday business for granted. Our hands, arms, legs, feet and of course being able to do our 'business' everyday. Being able to walk, talk or even shit is how we are able to function normal everyday.

So, take this time and thank God for all these because they may seem small things because we already have these abilities since we were born but once they are taken away from us along the way, we'll start to wonder all the "what ifs" like "what if I was grateful and didn't take for granted what He has given me all these time?".

So thank you God for all these and more. Amen.

posted by loony|iem @ 8:29 PM 4 comments

Tagged :S

I got tagged by Bernard Cheah. Ish. I don't usually do tags but since it's Christmas, I thought why not.

Rules:
Each player of this game writes about his/her Christmas wishes. People who get tagged need to visit your blog to find out more, and then write about the same topic in their blogs. Player must state the rules clearly, and pass this on by tagging the same number of people. To tag someone, leave a comment in his/her blog and tell them that they have been tagged. Number of blogger to tag: up to you.

So, the following is my personal Christmas wish list in not a particular order (random stuff la):

1) Mum and some of the people very close to me to be super happy
2)An unusual Marcasite cross pendant I saw at a mall. Super nice. Super expensive. RM50 ><
3) A new sunglasses
4) A car
5) A driving license (I doubt anyone can fulfill that except God, me and the guys at JPJ)
6) A trip to Colmar at Bukit Tinggi :)
7) To lose more weight but more importantly, to be healthy.
8) To graduate with a first class honours. Hehe.

With that done, I'm am tagging:-

1) Deborah
2) Hui Chuan
3) Darshini
4) Ashley
5) Lydia Wan

Ok. It's 1 hour before Christmas. hehe. Yay :D

posted by loony|iem @ 6:27 AM 0 comments

Sense of humour much needed

I haven't been blogging for...God knows how long.

I feel the past few weeks have been stressful for a lot of us, JRians. Class politics becoming more apparent. We blame it on anger built-ups over the years and crappy assignments given to us on our FINAL semester. (Hey earth to J.S. and the uni staffs, it's only a 7 weeks semester!! Gives us a break already!)

Moving along...

Today, classes were real dead. Lecturer was asking us to answer her questions and all of us look with 'O' on our mouths. Nevertheless, we tried our best to answer the questions on a step-by-step basis. Here's one of them.

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Question 1:

Rewrite the following print article to a broadcast script.



1) Create a headline

Answer 1: X's economy still healthy.
Answer 2: X's economy still sunny.
Answer 3: X's economy still healthy but inflated. o_O



2) Rewrite the article to make it sound better on the ears.

The country is also no longer in an attractive position in the foreign investors’ radar and this will take a toll on the economy in the longer term.

Answer 1: X is becoming less attractive to foreign investors and this will affect the economy in the long term.
Answer2: X needs a bikini and a sexy pose to gain more foreign attention. ><"

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Yup we tried our best despite us being so stoned and brain-dead for intelligent questions. Let's just say the lecturer was not impress. XD

Think this could serve as a gentle(?) reminder to take time to unwind and breathe in and out (wuuuu-saaaaaa...). This especially goes out to my classmates.

Now, to get back to my thesis or to be more accurate (we future journalists suppose to be anyway), final year project.

Take care peeps!

Ta~

posted by loony|iem @ 7:33 AM 2 comments

Pretty cool stuff!

I found this really quirky website with loads of different quizzes! Here's some...

You Should Be a Joke Writer

You're totally hilarious, and you can find the humor in any situation. Whether you're spouting off zingers, comebacks, or jokes about life... You usually can keep a crowd laughing, and you have plenty of material. You have the makings of a great comedian - or comedic writer.

It's kind of different from the direction I was going for :P I was going more towards beauty and fashion. Hahaha...Well, I'm keeping my options open anyway :) Hehe...I also did another quiz on beauty. This was what I got :D

You Are a Natural Beauty!

You're the kind of beauty that every guy dreams about... One that looks good in the morning - without a stich of makeup That's doesn't mean you're a total hippie chic though You have style, but for you, style is effortless

You guys can click on the links to try it out yourself! There are loads of different quizzes there so no worries about finding something of your interest :)

They even have one on "What kind of BRA are you?" o_O

And to prove I ain't kidding, here's mine :P

You Are a Sleek Black Bra!

Subtle, sophisticated, and classy. You're not the first woman a man notices in the room... But you're the one he remembers a week later. You need a guy who will make a lasting impression on you too!

posted by loony|iem @ 8:59 AM 0 comments

ROFL

Photos of the Day

Alex and I bumped into these pics today while looking for some pics! Though they were pretty funny. Enjoy :)



Cat




Copter

posted by loony|iem @ 1:08 AM 0 comments

Just in case . . .

Since yesterday after posting up about Brian AKA Brain and his art work, I've been getting queries ask to who this Brain is. LOL. Pretty curious bunch aren't ya! :D

posted by loony|iem @ 8:12 AM 2 comments