I took 1/2 day leave yesterday afternoon to chauffeur Mom to Tg Katong Complex (TKC) to collect her sewing machine (which we sent for repair on Sat!). They told us it'd be ready in 3-4 days, but on Mon they already called to say it's ready! I asked Mom to find out what time the shop closes. After checking, she told me it's 8.30pm, so I told her no prob we can collect it on Tues after I finish work.
Went to work yesterday...since it's an amazingly free period for me until Thurs 27 Jul (after I accidentally finished all my work & cleared all backlogs efficiently), I decided to take 1/2 day leave & go earlier instead of getting irritated with the traffic, post 7pm!
Reached home @ 3pm, changed into my cargo pants & off we went to TKC. I parked at the open carpark, put a 1hr coupon from 3.45pm (cheated by 10 mins) & after we collected the machine & put it in the car, we headed for Joo Chiat Complex coz Mom wanted to get herself a yellow-with-black-stripes tudung (she's been searching for it since Sat!)! Oh guess what...talk of tudung, for helping Mom send & collect her machine, she rewarded me with 2 tudungs (1 blue & 1 maroonish-pinkish-brown which I fondly call it "Ovaltine" colour!)!!
On the way to Joo Chiat, we saw an eatery called Teh Tarik (or something to that effect!). Mom suggested "Let's have ice-kachang?"...after thinking for a while, I told her, yeah, I wldn't mind sharing an ice-kachang & a teh tarik, but let's finish our shopping @ Joo Chiat 1st & then we can peacefully sit down for a drink. 
Before heading to Joo Chiat, I saw something which I told Mom I just have to snap & show Maslin "Look, even the shop calls it GORENG PISANG!!" so it doesn't necessarily have to be called Pisang Goreng (although I understand the logic)! Too bad that we've been calling it Goreng Pisang since we started talking...heehee...Oh well, Mom didn't find any tudung to her liking so we headed back to Teh Tarik for our ice-kachang & teh tarik. After 20mins, we set off back to the car, just in time @ 4.45pm!
Did I mention that the weather is SUPER DUPER HOT!?! Yeah...Oh, I was also exposed to some drilling along the Teh Tarik stretch...So, guess what happened by the time I reach home? Migraine...indeed! Nope, don't worry, this time no vomiting! Had my dinner, took panadol & was ordered (by Mom) to sleep!! So from 7pm, I slept till I got awakened (hi-tide) arnd 8.30pm! Sadly, still didn't recover, so b4 going back to sleep, I massaged my shoulder with TigerRub. Still can't sleep till 11pm (kept thinking abt the sudden death of M'sian actor Hani Mohsin...I wish I knew my future coz it surely sux to wake up 1 day not knowing that it's gonna be my LAST DAY!!)...as a last resort, I did reflexology on my toe which helped to clear the migraine & after that I slept all the way till 8am this morning!
Woke up feeling slightly better...but the moment I reached office, the migraine came back (IT'S THE OFFICE!). Wanted to take Panadol Extra but I've not had b/fast...luckily my colleague Saidah came by to pass me a muffin she baked. After I had the muffin...eh? the migraine is gone...so ok la, no need the panadol. Work work work non-stop till 3pm, felt hungry & decided to do my normal Milo & biscuits. Just as I was abt to eat, my boss called & asked me to do a challenging job in T1...so I told her "I just made Milo, I'll finish it & go T1". B4 I went, the migraine just got worse, so I popped 2 Panadol Extra & soon the migraine subsided!! I happily did the challenging job for 2 hrs b4 heading back to office @ 6pm. Did some stuff & felt shiverish & "high" due to the after-effect of the Panadol Extra...so b4 I lose the ability to drive, I decided to head back home. Halfway along the PIE, I did wanna give up driving & stop along the road shoulder to rest (knees shaking & feeling very drowsy) but I perservered & safely reached home. I almost wanted to just phone home to check if bro's home so he can come down & help me park...but I decided not to be a baby & depend on others only to get myself disappointed! When I come home (pissed to find in the mailbox a letter from IRAS for my Income Tax!!) & when Mom asked what's wrong wif me & I told her that I'm drowsy with Panadol Extra, I got a earful from her!!! I've lost count of the no. of time she's nagged me that whenever I'm not well or drowsy due to panadol...DO NOT DRIVE, LEAVE THE CAR IN THE AIRPORT & TAKE A CAB HOME! She started nagging "If anything happen, they check you, they'll charge you saying you took drug!!" Hahaha...MOM & their imagination...Gosh!! They watch too much of TV & then tell us TV is bad for us...LOOK WHO'S TALKING!!
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