I accompanied my mom to her alumni dinner in Bangkok. It is their 30th anniversary for leaving high school. Well, she used to study at international school and that was why they had their dinner in Bangkok instead. Her school mates (from Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia and the US) flew over to Bangkok on Saturday. The dinner was great and it was held at this grand and quite new 5-stars hotel at the riverside called Montien Riverside Hotel.

I met many uncles and aunties and can’t believe when they met each other, they giggled and chatted like young school kids. How cute! Some of her classmates wanted to introduce their sons to me too..*wink*

Love the costume! That’s why I got one for myself.

My mom can hardly recognise most of them. But surprisingly, her school mates were able to address her full name after 30 years! When it came to performance, the Malaysia representatives (all the cute uncles) dressed up like ladies to compete for pageant. I must say, they were all 40 over years old uncles and guess what, they looked like they were 6 months pregnant with their beer bellies.:)

A big applause to these cute ‘ladies’

We reached there on Saturday. My mom and I went to Chak Tu Chak market right after we touched down. We did not intend to shop there. We just wanted to visit the section where they sell all the pets because we missed it last year.

You can hear barking from far…and of course the smell. People selling puppies everywhere. Some fetched very high prices, ranging from 8,000 to 12,000 bahts (without pedigree). Of course you need to bargain with them. One thing I don’t like about shopping there is I need to bargain! But, I get to learn some new thai words each time I visit Thailand. Now I can even bargain in Thai…especially the NUMBERS! *wink*

Puppies puppies and MORE puppies!

Note: their ears with sticky tapes!

This pup is 8,000 bahts

Rabbits heaven

Isn’t it adorable?

We didn’t buy anything from the market except some local delicacies. I am so happy that I finally found the Thai national costume! It is so hard to get one with the right colour, size and price. (Yeah, one of my hobbies is to collect national costumes).

Wat Arun

We went to Wat Arun the next day at the other side of the Chao Praya River. Nice architecture…Amazing..

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“I think his brother is more friendly..” I overheard my neighbours’ conversation when I was on my way to meet my client. Then it reminded me of how people like to compare my sister and I in EVERYTHING! Luckily, my sister and I are so close that we just ignore whatever people commented on us and we accept what and who we are.

My sister and I had a great discussion the other day. Apparently, she heard what our neighbours said too. She then told me that she used to have pressure at school because teachers expected a lot from her. She and I were very active at school. We participated in most of the competitions ranging from debating to tennis. Sometimes, her teacher would say something like this:”If your sister can do it, why can’t you?” and she was very upset and stressed out. However, we both learned that each of us is good at different things and it is like comparing an apple and an orange. Our neighbours especially, like to comment that I am more reserved and quiet while my sister is more outgoing. Hahaha!

Why did I say sisters are lifetime competitors? When we sent my sister off at the airport, we met a lady carrying her grandchild. She looked young and did not look like a grandma to us. Then we complimented her that she looked very young and surprisingly, she told us that her older sister looked even younger. We really didn’t expect to hear that from her. Mm…

You see. From what I observed from other families, they tend to compare their daughters since they were born. First, whose eyes are bigger? And who is the faster learner? Then when they are studying, they will compare which one is brighter, more hardworking, smarter, taller and fatter. Later on, they will compare whose boy friend is better, richer and more caring. After they get married, they will compare their kids, who is cuter, whose husband has a better career or richer. Blablabla….and the list goes on to whose house and car is bigger.

Sometimes I just don’t get it why people would compare sisters and brothers. Probably we are so used to comparing that we didn’t even realize when we do so. I think when sisters start to compete is when people started to comment and compare. Otherwise, who cares who is better? The worst thing that can ever happen to sisters is when people thought the younger one is the elder one. Hahaha…

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Mooncake festival – at Parkroyal lobby with family, had a nice cocktail with great music..

It has been almost 2 weeks I did not update my blog. Reason: I travelled to KL AGAIN!
I have been flying down to KL every fortnight and this time,
I stayed there for more than a week.
I flew down to meet my new client/friend.
I had busy schedules and several deadlines to meet but I was glad that
I can still catch a movie or two. *grin*

My sister took me for shopping on Wednesday after her class. Seeing her driving a 3 litres car was weird. I still remember the first time when she drove me around. She almost hit the incoming car when she took a left turn at the junction. *phew*

Since then, I had never taken a ride in her car anymore until recently. We had never gone shopping on our own before…you know..just the two of us. Had a teppanyaki meals for lunch at Sunway Pyramid…then we went around shopping for cute briefs and tit-bits, had a girlish chit-chatting and gossiping. It is just too hard to get together with her nowsday as she is so far away from me. When she is free, then I have work to catch up…and vice-versa.

Guess what, I am going to get a schnauzer for my next pet. We sent ‘booboo’ for grooming on Wednesday.We saw a very cute grey schnauzer. His hair was so well groomed and when he looked in my eyes, my heart melted…He is sooooo adorable and when I held him, he was just so tiny and he smelled like heaven! We just can’t stop looking at him…

Ahhh..he turned away!!

Isn’t he cute??

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I have been going ‘in-and out’ of the hospital since Thursday night. Mom was screaming in pain at 8:30pm. I freaked out and begged her to go to the hospital. She was reluctant at the first place but when she started to roll up like a ball, she knew something terrible was happening to her.

My dad thought it was food poisoning but deep down, I knew it was not as simple. We rushed to ‘our hospital’ (Note: We are so regular to the hospital that people usually tease us as it is ‘our hospital’).

Anyway, back to the topic. My mom was constantly moaning and tearing at the back of the car and we were praying so hard that nothing serious will happen to her. I really wish I can do something to make her feel better. She was sent to the emergency ward. After giving her 2 injections to ease her pain, she finally can lie down ‘flat’ on the bed.

The GP thought it might be a cyst or stone in her so we had to wait for the radiologist to come in to do the ultrasound on her.

At about 9:50pm, the radiologist came in with ‘phuket holiday t-shirt’, jeans and flip-flops. After the ultrasound, a stone (approx. 8mm) was founded at distal left ureter (just right before the bladder). The blockage had also caused my mom’s left kidney to swell. That was when the word ‘hydronephrosis‘ came in. The doctor advised her to see the urologist.

The next day, after meeting the urologist, he said the stone had to be removed in 72 hours if it does not pass out by itself. If the kidney kept swelling, it might even cause kidney failure. Somehow, my mom insisted on taking the medicine and will do a follow up on Monday.

However, on Saturday morning, she felt the pain again and was sent to the hospital straightaway while I was still sleeping. Her kidney continued to swell and she had to go for the operation. Unfortunately, the operation theatres were occupied till 4pm. Although she was injected (again) to ease her pain but she felt so giddy and restless. Poor thing…

Finally the stone was removed. There were actually TWO of them. Wow…and I was so glad that they gave us the video of the operation. Well, I am collecting these videos now. First I got my grandpa’s intestine video, then my sister’s endoscope video. Man…think of it, I collected these video once a month since June…Mmm…

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