Crazy Saturday 19 May 2007

finally the day has arrived for me to visit the Polyclinic about the bleeding in my anus...
it's been going on for a couple of weeks now...
and the pain can be unbearable at times...

the Hougang Polyclinic now has a website to monitor the number of patients waiting to see the doctor...
when i first checked at around 9am, it was 148...
decided to wait for the number to decrease...
but at 11am, the number was 190!!
shocking...

left the house and walked to the Polyclinic...
checked in at 11:17am...
waited to register...
took around 10 minutes...
waited to see the doctor...
that took more than an hour...
waited to collect medication...
another 20 minutes...
in total i spent 2 hours in the Poyclinic...
talking about efficiency in our healthcare system...
and the bill came up to S$18...
not as cheap as i expected...
considering the time i spent there...
luckily i had my ipod nano and James Patterson's Beach Road to accompany me...

doctor diagnosed that i have piles...
piles are enlarged blood vessels in or around the anus...
for more information about piles, please click here...
doc said medication should help...
gave me Diosmin pills as well as ointment to apply to the affected area...
for more information on Diosmin, please click here...

came home... showered and took a cab to Marina Square for my facial...
they assigned me a different consultant this time...
Celest is her name...
much better than the Audrey i had for the last two times...
Celest must have spent at least 30 minutes on my blackheads...
so darn painful...

after facial... i dropped by Precious Thots at CityLink to buy two Precious Moments figurines for my disciple, Jasen...
was persuaded by the salegirl to sign up for the Precious Moments Club for S$60...
and also ordered a set of figurines at S$80...
they were so cute...

took the MRT to Simei where Jasen lives...
it's his 21st birthday...
kid no more... an adult from now on...
all his friends have left...
only his relatives were around...
chatted with him for a while...
met his younger brother...
asked him to help us take a picture...

took bus 12 from Simei to Katong to meet Kerry for dinner...
last minute arrangement...
but since we are both already in the East...
had my favourite maggie noodle with luncheon meat and egg at the Hong Kong Cafe...
followed by dessert at some two-day old cafe...
it's some family business...
the waiters / waitresses were so raw...
and the tiramisu they served were like chocolate / coffee cake...
but still not too bad for a new cafe...
we chatted so much during dinner and dessert...

Kerry passed me the Eternal Summer book from Kinokuniya...
started reading it on the bus home...

it has been a crazy but pleasant and fruitful Saturday...