1st Ramadhan

I had a wonderful start to Ramadhan this year. To begin with, I'm on MC today. Couple of months ago, my ankle started swelling/paining. It's been straining (since I walk a lot at work) that I told myself I should consult the Dr. I procrastinated becoz (don't laugh ok!)...I think my legs should be waxed 1st! Yes I'm vain, but what if I ended up being checked by the Dr I've a crush on?!

When I finally waxed, I still didn't go becoz I was too busy at work day in day out. 2 wks after that, my knee started swelling pulak! Very nice. Just on the 1st day of trawih!! I can't bend my knees, I can't squat, I've problems standing up after sitting down...and walking is a chore. So I woke up on Mon 1 Sep telling myself "to hell with work!". I decided to get myself checked, so I made a trip to Tampines Polyclinic.

And here, my 1st Ramadhan tests took place 1 after another:

1. In bus, just 2-3 stops before Tampines Polyclinic, 1 chinese boy started playing music on his hp (chinese song!). Alamak...aku mmg pantang pe'el buruk cam ni. Hello! Not everybody enjoy your stupid chinese music ok!? How wld anyone like to hear some cool hindi music?! It was very tough anger-management for me coz I was seated just next to the hammer meant for breaking window in case of emergency! That guy must be tired of living! There was 2 Indian lady (possibly mother & daughter) 2 seat in front of me. She kept looking back at that boy, obviously not a supporter of such uncivilised behaviour in public! I was so close to asking her "excuse me, wld u like to have some hindi music?" but it was 1st Ramadhan...so...CONTROL! Thank God I reached my bus stop before I reached for the hammer!

2. Took my Q. no. Got seated at Registration. Quite a long q. of patients, but the q. moved very fast. Tried to catch some sleep while waiting (ngantuk ah, barely had 5 hrs of sleep plus deprived of sleep the last few days due to Amsyar's birthday). Just when I was abt to enter la-la land, some lame malay kental song started playing in the background. I turned to my right across the other seats...a young Sec (God knows maybe Pri!) Sch girl was seated, hugging her equally young (but not wearing uniform) bf and the guy was playing song on his hp for their listening pleasure. I swear if it was some Rabbani, Raihan or Hijjaz nasyids, I wldn't have minded. Unfortunately, or fortunately, there was no hammer at Polyclinic! The other issue that irritated me is this teenage dating. With all due respect to those who started dating in school & went to important places like clinics etc with your bf/gf instead of parents/family member, everytime I see such things, this is what goes through in my heart/mind: "Kesian eh...kecik2 mak bapak dah mampos! Nasib baik ada matair utk bawak gi Dr, kalau tak mesti mampos!". Independent la sikit. Hey, I'm not jealoused ok, not that I wasn't blessed with such pleasures, as a matter of fact, my refusal to have my bf accompanying me for my errands & vice versa are cause of fights in my relationships! Everyone's entitled to their own opinion...I know. Just that I feel going Dr/hospital, job interviews, registration for schools etc, all these we should be going with our parent/family member. Kalau parents suruh temankan gi Dr, susah, kalau bf/gf, tak payah suruh pun sanggup! Besok dah kahwin, spouse suruh teman, liat! That's what I observe, sebab tu I anti all these behaviour. Family is more important. Usually I keep quiet, maybe coz it's 1st Ramadhan, so I can't take all these nonsense.

3. Waited in front of Room No. 23. Dr Rekha Rajan. Hey, I remember this room & this name. Amsyar used to see her during his early infant days (jaundice) for abt 1 mth. No, the Dr didn't irritate me. While waiting for my No. (5th in the Q)...there was this baby in front of me. Same thing la, infant vaccination (ala kesian nya). I think the baby just had her injection, so a bit restless & in pain. She was being carried by the maid. Next to the maid, the mother. I know the mother coz the baby's feature just like her. Except the baby has naturally brown feature (hair & bulu roma, eyebrow all)...she has dyed-brown hair...but typical chinese feature. Maybe married ang-mo? Dunno & don't care. Not the topic here. Finally...this is what irritated me. The maid was carrying the baby and the bag was in front. She struggled to take out the pacifier for the baby. The ma'am just sit & cross her leg watching. Then their no. flashed. The ma'am walked in front...holding the child medical book with the necessary clinic forms. The maid struggles to carry the child comfortably and took the bag. The ma'am open the clinic door, went slightly inside to "konon" hold the door for the maid (actually probably for the baby la!)...but not giving the maid enough space to enter comfortably w/o having to manouver herself to avoid the baby or the big bag hiting the wall/door. Thank God nothing happened. Shortly after they went out. Still the ma'am came out lenggang lenggok. I find it puzzling how you can bear the pain of pregnancy & childbirth, but have no passion to handle your cute baby!! Pemalas nak mampos! Make babies champion! Jaga malas! She was so detached from her baby. On the other hand, the baby is so comfortable in the hands of the maid. She so sayang the baby like her own baby. Aiyoh...I see my Sis & Mom fight to handle the baby, I yg pening kepala, in the end I step in "sudah2, let me carry, dua2 jgn carry!" In all honesty, I had thought my Sis wld turn out to be like that ma'am becoz she pemalas nak mampos...but I was wrong! So when she didn't turn out to be like that...it pissed me off to see what I saw today.

I finally saw Dr Rekha Rajan who ordered a blood test to rule out Rheumatoid Arthritis 1st before refering me to a specialist if the swelling/pain doesn't subside. Results will be known on 15 Sep. She gave me some ointment, hopefully it'd help.

Ya...so that was the 3 things that irritated the shit out of me on my 1st Ramadhan this year!

Other than these 3 the other thing that constantly bugs me is this group of bikers who starts vrooming and making a din from 2am every night at the adjacent's block "senior citizen's corner"!! I hate it becoz I'll be startled out of my slumber by the bike & laughter noise which is not healthy! After that, I'll have problems trying to get back to sleep. Sekali dua, I can call the NPC to ask them to patrol (insted of playing games or talking cock in the Centre!) & control the noise. Takkan I must on my hp every single morning just for this, right? I can just hope 1 day the authorities will use their brain and police all these. Afterall, they're the smart alec who created the "senior citizen corner" which is not used by the senior citizen...but the junior citizen for romancing and for the mat motors and their minahs to memekak! Ya ya I know...ROCK NEBER DIES!