me and my help of the day :)

Diong and i knew each other after both of us went out of course in Sispec and had to face daunting arrows from the "bullies" of our company. Fortunately, we survived to tell the story and well, meet for today haha. We met briefly one year ago (?) but nothing compared to today.

We met early in the morning as the appointment we booked was at 930. Fortunately Diong was around, if not i don't think i would have made it to the medical centre cause we had to take train, bus and walk abit. haha.

The medical checkup went smoothly except my blood pressure. It was abnormally slightly higher. All of you should know how thin i am, though i know that a slim body doesn't immune myself from high blood pressure, so the chance of me with it i think is something i never expected. haha.

Thing was, when we were about to register and pay for the checkup, we were told the NETS machine was spoilt and we could only pay in cash. Just great cause i had less than 10 dollars, not enough to pay for the 30 dollars required. So in the end, Diong and i had to walk across briskly to find the ATM machine (we didn't want to waste time there, we plan the day for shopping...) .

Maybe it was the short "exercise" we did cause when we had to take our blood pressure at the station, we both had high blood pressure. haha. So the nurse was kinda surprised cause both friends did not "pass" the station. (my high end was 136, his 134, way above the normal 120).

So we rested for one minute and retook. Fortunately, Diong passed this time round, but mine shot up even higher (at a high of 144)! Amazing right.

Then on, nothing the nurse or Diong did could calm me down sufficiently to pass the station (while i rested for the third try, both talked to me other stuff, and told me breathe in). My third try was slightly better at 134 but nowhere "normal" but i had to move on the next X-ray station.

The last stop of the checkup was with the university clinic doctor. The doctor i saw was REALLY nice, very friendly and easy to strike a conversation with. Even so, that didn't calm me down (though i really wasn't nervous or anyth. my heartbeat just remained high!). The nice doctor even told me to rest (again) for five minutes while he took a toilet break before we did another blood pressure test. Well, my last try was i guess significantly better around 130.

I swear the doctor was really nice to me and kept saying i was SO CHEERFUL and was so nice to talk to as i describe my medical history and complaint of being thin (though he was the first one ever to say to me "it's normal to be constitutionally thin..."). If every doctor was like that... haha

Well, somehow i felt very talkative today also cause when i was waiting for Diong's checkup (he didn't get my doctor =P) i began chatting briefly with this other friendly-looking guy who was as clueless as us on what to do etc. Before that i was talking to the medical staff who measured my blood pressure (three times nevertheless) and of course to Diong the whole day whom i have not seen over a year (but kept bothering him whenever i have queries about all these univeristy enrolment procedures haha - i swear i'm so clueless sometimes)

Enough of the checkup. (to keep things simple) We went to Marina Square to shop awhile (for me, it was to check out my desired Topman shirt... which i didn't get in the end). Then had the set lunch at Changing Appetites before we continued to Suntec before walking to Bugis. All while talking and catching up :) haha (i seem to have alot to talk about these days... haha)

But other than the "high blood pressure" thing, it is MY NEW WALLET that made my day :) haha. Had always wanted to change out of my current passe Billabong wallet for sometime but never got down to buy a new one. Very thankfully, the one i saw last December at the Wallet shop was still there. But it was the same wallet we saw at BHG, with a whopping 20% discount, that bought me over - and well, made me buy the wallet finally.

I didn't want to spend money anyhow now that times are bad but guess it's a good investment haha. According to Diong, since the wallet is 62 (after my discount, it was 49.20!!! chio and worth it!), it counts down to 15dollars a year, assuming i use it for 4 years. Plus it looks half casual and half mature, kinda the man-boy stage i am in now hahahaha. But definitely time to grow out of Billabong! haha.

A very pleasant day indeed, seeing an old friend, getting my nice new wallet and the whole blood pressure thingy! :)