Here's My Story

Lately, I had been helping the actuary in a new project. We both had to read a particular accounting standard, not only to refresh our memories but also to be updated with the changes these past decade or so lol. There was one particular section that stumped us and I tried hard to convince the actuary to finally accept the illogical conclusion simply because the standard said so. However, to my family and friends, I used the following analogy of what the accounting standard said: If I tell you that a particular creature is a hippopotamus (hippo) and then ask you what animal it is, what will be your answer? A hippo, right? Duh. However, if I tell you that the creature (a) is a hippo, (b) wears a hat, and (c) can twirl around, and then I ask you what animal it is, what will be your answer? Still a hippo, right? Well, according to the accounting standard, it is no longer a hippo. In fact, it is now a crocodile. I kid you not.

Mum followed the psychiatrist suggested method of cutting down clonazepam down to 0.125mg (quarter tablet) each night right up to the next psychiatric appointment. I'm proud of her for trying her best. Fortunately, there was no adverse reaction each time she cut down the dosage i.e. she was able to sleep through the night. However, despite this and the new spectacles , her dizziness worsened instead of lightened. I want to cry for her :( Due to the dizziness, she slept almost throughout the daytime: she got up only to have meals and medicine. She stayed awake after dinner until about 10.30pm and then slept until the next morning. To a particular question by the doctor, I emphasised that this chronic dizziness started when she was warded . Yes, she probably had it before but it was random, not this chronic. After she consulted with the psychogeriatric, she said that they would wait till ENT specialist sees my mum first before planning the next course of action. Meanwhile, giv...

Dad's pain continued to decrease for a few more days but unfortunately it started to worsen. We noted that it coincided with the original planned date for start of Cycle 2. Unfortunately, as blogged before , that started nearly 4 weeks later. Seeing how good the effect of Cycle 1, my dad appeared to be more encouraged and determined to go through this treatment. Cycle 2 was much shorter: 7 hours in total. Unfortunately, the nurse was not as skilled as the one at the ward: his insertion of the needle into the chemo port was painful for my dad :( On Day 3, while the same nurse was in a room detaching the chemo bag, I told the nurses at the desk about dad's experience, of which they said that the needle they used was a little bigger to ensure the connection was made properly, and that perhaps the ward's nurse was using needle that was a little smaller relatively. *shrug* Fortunately, the detachment wasn't painful (my dad expected otherwise). Right up to Day 4 / 5, m...

Since I am needed to be in Butterworth, we couldn't celebrate on the actual day. We'll celebrate the next day instead at an (yes, it is lol) expensive but nice Japanese restaurant and possibly followed by chendol haha. I love you, Ban. I'm so thankful that you love me so much and try to make me happy in so many things that you do. Muack!!!

For quite sometime now, I've changed the mod I use for Grey 's ultimate. For completeness, the build I use is as follows: (refer to this wikia for details on abilities and mods) (1) Tracer bolt - Hunt Them Down (2 loadout points) (2) Hawk drone - Infrared Enhancement (2 loadout points) (3) Tranquilizer dart - Overdose (2 loadout points) (4) Slip away - Agile Escape (2 loadout points) (5) Voltaic cage - Caught in the Web (2) It turns out that the extra range of 1 from "Caught in the Web" matters frequently enough to justify its use. Also, sometimes enemies don't move in anticipation of the cage and so the mod Zapper doesn't provide value in this case. She is still my favourite freelancer. I call her my lazy freelancer (haha) because it's my go-to choice when I feel tired and do not wish to think too much. Here are some gameplays:

A powerful song backed by a powerful voice. Young girl, don't cry I'll be right here when your world starts to fall Ooh Young girl, it's alright Your tears will dry, you'll soon be free to fly, ooh When you're safe inside your room, you tend to dream Of a place where nothing's harder than it seems No one ever wants or bothers to explain Of the heartache life can bring and what it means When there's no one else, look inside yourself Like your oldest friend, just trust the voice within Then you'll find the strength that will guide your way You'll learn to begin to trust the voice within, oh Young girl, don't hide You'll never change if you just run away Ooh, whoa yeah Young girl, just hold tight Soon you're gonna see your brighter day, ooh Now in a world where innocence is quickly claimed It's so hard to stand your ground when you're so afraid No one reaches out a hand for you to hold When you look outs...

This food shop was introduced by my sister and I try to remember this place because Ban loves their la mian soup there. The first time I was there I had dry konlo noodle (can't remember which noodle) but it was disappointing. Barely any ingredient. Stay away from it. The next time, I tried dry la mian: It was delicious! Even the minced pork was juicy (usually dry). The amount of ingredient was quite generous in proportion to the noodle. Overall proportion was just nice for me. Ban didn't say it was light for him and so I guess it should be alright for everyone else.

I believed I tried to be the first 5 to level up Vonn to level 20 but I couldn't match the dedication of some players lol. Nevertheless, I enjoyed playing this firepower, despite the lack of dash. This is the build I'm currently using (and have been using for a long time): (for details on abilities and mods, please refer to this wikia ) (1) Icebreaker: Rangefinder (2 loadout points) I was momentarily puzzled at how an additional 0.5 range can be useful. I quickly realised that it would be the case when you're aiming diagonally. I tried Piercing Cold but as with all piercing mod, it's too conditional for my liking. (2) Cold Snap: Lingering Chill (1 loadout point) This is a good mod because either enemies hit the target this turn or next (you'll get energy either way) or they totally avoid that target, which is great if you have placed it on an ally who's likely to be hit (which you should) but avoid the damage instead. Ice-X appears to be a good mod ...

About three-and-half months after the last test , I retest my cholesterol level at the usual Pathlab outlet but the doctor said that the jump in level was significantly higher than expected given that my lifestyle remained or less the same (despite me admitting to eat murukku nearly every night @@). So he suggested an immediate retest with Gribbles. The gap was a 3-day difference. The results are as follows:                              May 2018          Ref. range                                 (Gribbles) Total cholesterol           4.6                  < 5.2 HDL ("good")               1.81                > 1.03 LDL ("bad")    ...

I bought a return ticket i.e. KL-Butterworth and Butterworth-KL, via ETS. Due to some scheduling issues (in relation to my parents' health), I had to change the date of the KL-Butterworth portion but retain the other portion. Got it done at KL Sentral ticketing counter (it took quite a long time though, imo). Much later, I faced an issue on board the train from Butterworth to KL. There was a lady, sitting together with her family, whose ticket showed the same seat number as mine. I flagged this out to a train conductor and shortly later was told to sit at an empty seat (two of them in fact), while they investigated the issue. About 30 mins before reaching KL Sentral (the last stop), the train conductor and I had a discussion in a small room. He said that my ticket was canceled and showed me what he received from headquarter and that his master list didn't show my name as the holder of the seat. Based on a guess, I told him about having purchased this is one half of a return...