29th November, 2006
Casino Royale
I just watched 007’s latest movie. While it wasn’t your typical James Bond flick (no gadgets, no gizmos, no Q!!!), I still liked it! Don’t know what it is. It was a nice change to see Bond in a different light.I’m sure die hard Bond fans are annoyed with this change. I, on the other hand, enjoyed it!
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28th November, 2006
¿Habla Español?
“Yo soy un alumna de español. Yo hablo árabe, inglés, francés y un poco de español.”
I started Spanish classes on November 6th. It’s something I’ve been wanting to do for years. I love the language!
We’re taught conversational Spanish, i.e. we dove right into conversation as opposed to learning all the verbs and their conjugations first. I have to admit that this is a much faster way to learn and it’s quite useful!
Once I’m done with this, Italian sounds good!! 
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25th November, 2006
Look At Me!
So for the past 5 years, work has been telling me that I am entitled to a free full medical check up. Like the lazy person I am, I just ignored that.After many attempted scheduled appointments, followed by many cancellations, I finally did it!!! The outcome? Well, you are now the lucky recipient of at least another couple posts dedicated towards my adventure today.
I’ll start with the eye exam this morning. How bad can that be, right? After all, I did lasik a few years back so all should be A-OK. Ha, right!
First set of tests went well. The minute I saw them writing 6/6 on the paper, I breathed a sigh of relief. Within 7 minutes I was done. The doctor told me the results were excellent. I grinned to myself like an idiot thinking ‘yay I passed.’
She was just about to walk out the door to tell the nurse we’re done, when she suddenly stops. I flinched. One of my eyebrows went flying up. She turns around and comes back, holds my chin, tells me to look down, then proceeds to POKE my eyes with her fingers.
Ok, no biggie. It doesn’t hurt. I’m just concerned that if she keeps that up, my eyeballs will pop out.. but hey, whatever makes her happy!
She then gets this ‘concerned’ look on her face. I suddenly am fully alert and while I think I still have that “one eyebrow raised” look on my face, I believe I actually had “both eyebrows up deer in a headlights” stare.
She calls the nurse and suddenly they start putting some drops in my eyes. Mind you, I’d only gotten about 3 hours of sleep the night before, and it was still before 9 am! So, of course, it burned like anything! Next thing I know, she pushes my head back, the nurse puts a finger out on top of me and instructs me to keep staring at it. How? My eyes burn now, thanks to you, and you want me to stare at your finger when there’s a BRIGHT LIGHT behind it!
Then the doctor starts moving this black object towards my eyes. I didn’t even see what it was nor where it came from! Obviously, I looked away. She tells me not to blink. Yeah! Right! She asks me to continue looking at the nurse’s finger. How am I supposed to do that when you’ve got what looks like a hole puncher coming at my pupil?!?!
Well, to make a long story short, in case you weren’t sure, I survived. She suspects that my right eye has “high pressure”. Who knew?! I didn’t even know that was possible. She says based on today’s tests it’s borderline. So I get to go again next week to see Dr. Scissorhands for a second check on my right eye. Wheeeeeeee!!
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23rd November, 2006
Benefits
the benefits of being sick:
* It’s the best way to lose weight! (Lost 2 kgs in 24 hours!)
* It’s an excellent work out (All that coughing is about to give me a six pack)
* You get spoiled (Thanks to all those who called, sms’ed, and commented)
* You get to skip work (I finally called in sick today)
* You can get some alone time (Locked myself up in my room & no one complained about that)
* You catch up on some well needed sleep (I think I’m good for the next month!)
* You can be legitimately lazy (& everyone expects that anyway)
* You get some mommy TLC (love you mama!)
If I think of more benefits, will keep you posted
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21st November, 2006
Bleh!
I feel as good as that giraffe does! :/Although I’m happy the weather changed, it was like someone had pushed a button and it suddenly changed overnight! Oh well, I’m not complaining. It’s been a while since I got sick, so I guess I’m overdue.
I SHALL PREVAIL!
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