Pique-Nique.

I start everyday go out and walk walk for rehabilitation.

I can't walk and stand long time and I go to cafe for rest and break.
Last time, I didn't dare to do this alone. Now I got no choice, I really need to rest or my legs and body are pain and ache like crazy.

Today I went to Pique-Nique, they are having weekday offer for high-tea set.
half price! $8.50++ come with a slice of cake and tea/coffee.

The cake was thick and dense...too bad it wasn't my type...=(
Luckily got offer, otherwise need to spend like a bomb.

I had remon meringue cake and chamomile tea.
relax and read book.

Don't really like cafe staff's attitude...



Pique Nique
www.piquenique.com.sg

Spring Cleaning.

We didn't do spring cleaning for almost 2 years.

I decided to do it this year and done for my horses.
Cleaned cabinet and re-arrange horses.

Look! all my horses are nicer looking now!! =D

Dry goods.

CNY is around the corner.

You can easily find dry goods stores selling chinese sausage, canned abalones and blur blur blur...

I realized that there is not much shops selling Mochi this year.
How come?

CNY sweets.

Slowly start buying CNY sweets.

We just bought, we start eating...haha.
Wonder those can last till CNY??? =P

Mechanical Rolex.

Shiu-chan's dad is typical Singaporean men that likes watch.

He has Rolex that manual wind.
I heard that this is no longer in production and should keep.

Really?


This watch is gifted from Ah Gong to him when he married to mum-in-law.

Yuzu Lemon Cake.

Shiu-chan's mum's watch suddenly stopped,
I accompanied her to bring to change battery.

Her watch costs a few thousand dollars but movement is quartz. I was so surprised to know that.

While waiting for battery change,
We went for coffee at SPINELLI.

Had some chat with her and took nice Yuzu Lemon Cake as tea time =)

After that, we went up to service center and shocked to hear that actually not battery, movement has damaged due to badly oxidized battery.

She is keeping watch in the drawer and rarely take out and wear.
This caused battery oxidization, especially in such tropical and humid climate =(

 Suppose just S$55 cost now becomes around S$600...
movement need to be changed...

Sneaky Ang Pao.

Now is preparing for Chinese New Year.
I bought some Ang Paos.


Pretty cute!! =D

Rice Roll.

It's usual Sunday marketing day.

I was resting at home after discharge, I decided to follow Shiu-chan's parents to go out.

Had Chee Cheong Fun for breakfast.

Still surgical wound, muscle and nerves are pains every time I walked for a while but it is still better to try to walk more, for rehabilitation.

I walked extra slowly, nope, I couldn't walk in normal speed...
enjoyed outside air and marketing =)

Ancient cloth.

Now Shiu-chan's mum is busy doing Spring Cleaning.
She showed me interesting cloth.

it is sawing machine cover, which she using it since she got married.
30 years. Wow, but embroidery is still nice!

Discharge.

It's my discharge day today.

Now I can walk slightly more, just very slow.

Drip and morphine dispenser.

Thankful to all the nurses who look after me during hospitalization.

Thankful to the doctor who did my 2 operations in such short period.

Thankful to the friends & families who visited me during hospitalization.

Thankful to Shiu-chan, always being my side whenever he can.

My tumor, histology report says it is "Features Suggestive Lymphangiomyoma".
Doctor said that it may occur in lung and I will need to do lung CT/MRI to investigate in another doctor.

I have very worry about the result, but for the time being, I just need to concentrate on recovery.

After OP - Day 4.

Actually I could be discharged by today.
However, this time round my operation was open approach and I still very hard to walk around, I requested doctor to stay till tomorrow.

from yesterday, I start trying to walk around more and try to bathe see how is the water proof protection.

Today my God-Bro visited me after his work.
They gifted me Essence of Chicken.

Right now I am try to avoid chicken and seafood as advised, I will take it once my fish essence is finished =)

Night time, Shiu-chan came to me after his work,
He all the way came from end of Singapore.

It maybe very normal for couples to look after each other as much as possible,
Still very feel thankful to him...

Just worry that he need to spend quite long going home, and during my hospitalization, his diet is pretty poor...=(

After OP - Day 3.

From yesterday night, I was start having some meals bit by bit.

Today I can say good by to drip, I was happy as my vein has been injured by drip.

By the way it's Sunday today, I thought doctor is not visit me.
But surprisingly doctor still came and check my condition what a surprise!

I was told by nurse that as long as there is a patient, Doctor will visit everyday regardless of any day.
I just wondering then when is doctor's rest day??? =(

My friend visited me in the afternoon,
I had nice chit chat with her. They also gifted me Recovery Ang Pao, in Japan, it is common custom to bring Omimai (Recovery Ang Pao), of course, bouquet, fruits basket too.


Night time I got pretty good appetite, I requested Shiu-chan to get beef wrap from Canele.
It was nice taste, we hope to dine there after my recovery =)

After OP - Day 2.

I was on Morphine as I was struggled with surgical wound pain after the operation since last night.
Today feeling better, even nurse reduced, later stopped morphine.
The pain was eased, I could manage pain just with pain killers.

There was surprising visitor for me, they were, Shiu-chan's relatives.
They spend sometime with me to chit chat.

I was totally unexpected they visit me, I was very thankful to them =)

My colleague also visited me, he made me surprised again as he visited me despite his wife is having flu.
Not only that, but also he bought flowers for me.
He also had some chat with me.
Again, very thankful to him.


I was cheered up by them a lot today =)


the Sunflower bouquet, brightened my days during hospitalization.

2nd Operation

Just after about 2 months from Appendicitis, I went for another surgery.

The tumor (nature of the thing is still under lab test) right side of my stomach area,
was coincidentally found during diagnose CT scan for appendicitis.

I went for MRI on 22 Dec '12, it was found that tumor (cysts) is seemed have blood supply and my attending surgeon suggested to remove it as soon as possible. 

Hence, I decided to remove it on 11 Jan '13.

Same surgeon as appendicitis time as he is expertise in stomach area surgery.


I admitted to the hospital on the same day as surgery, my operation was scheduled as 3.30pm, however,6surgeon called for emergency operation and my operation was delayed till around 6pm.
Anyway, just hope that emergency operation was completed successfully.

Shiu-chan took leave to accompany me, and he was pretty worried after operation.
Operation was successful but I was in the terrible pain after the operation.

I was only keep saying "Pain, Pain", and nurse gave me morphine to ease pain.

My year 2013, started with pain...

Wine -> Whiskey.

@yu invited us for dinner after cafe time,
we went back together to her house and had tasty dinner prepared by her =)


Had nice chit chat with them while sipping wine and whiskey.
This time round, they went to Sake brewery and Whiskey distiller.

They even got some snacks and sweets for sharing with us.

We always delighted by them, really thank them for their treats and sharing their precious time =)

PA sweets.

After having brunch, chit chat for a while and continue to cafe time.

We ordered 3 types of cakes, share and take bites =)
Their cakes are also pricey, yet think again, GST inclusive is still reasonable.
Furthermore taste is pretty nice.

Mont Blanc($9.5) was thick marron cream, with custard cream in it, Saint Honor was rose fragrance cream and cream puff, felt much better than Antoinette's. Of course, no way to compare with La Duree's.

Their small cheese cakes remind me of local cakeshop, Mozaｒt's.
Thick cheese taste. and soft texture. It melts in your mouth.

Their whole cakes are cute too, maybe I can consider getting whole cakes for some special occasion =)

Paris Baguette.

Meet up with @yu for brunch at Paris Baguette.
She just came back from Japan.

Paris Baguette is the bakery cafe, seems like originally from Korea.

Their food are generally slightly expensive than other cafes but one thing good is already include GST and no service charge for all of their menu.
This make sense of being slightly expensive price.

We tried a few bakery items and those taste are pretty nice.


@yu ordered french toast, the toast was thick, not too soft and well soaked in the french toast mixture.
I tried Bulggogi burger as it is from Korea. Bulggogi was well marinated.
Croissant was coated with sugary gravy on it, soft chewy type. Although I prefer crispy crusty type, it was good quality croissant.

We can go there sometimes when we happened to in the town =)


Paris Baguette Cafe
Wisma Atria 2F
eng.paris.co.jp (Korean Site)

Chiffon Cake.

I tried to bake Chiffon cake first time in my life.
The reason is simple, I don't have Chiffon mold.

Well, I searched without mold recipe in Cookpad and baked it.

This is using rice cooker to bake.
Looks not so nice but tasted so gentle and nice sweetness.

After having it, I realized that I missed out an ingredient to add.
I think next time I should get mold for baking!!

imo-mochi

This was given from my Japanese colleague.
I've never had this before, and when I heard the name, I thought it is something like, steamed diced sweet potato wrap with Mochi.

But the thing wasn't.
It was steamed smashed sweet potato knead with Mochi.
I was told there are a few types of Imomochi.

The mochi was smooth and nicely matches with slightly sweetened Kinako (bean flour).

Thanks for colleague to share such nice stuff with me!! =D

Bronze horse.

@ ION.
Look a like Ferrari's =)

New Year 2013

It was very tough and hard year for me in 2012.
I hope this year will be better especially my health.

The tough time haven't passed yet, there always Shiu-chan, friends and families beside me.
I sincerely thank them very much for their kindness, cares and loves.

I wish happy new year for all! =D