It's November already? Where did October go?

I can't believe how fast time goes! October has been a very busy month. Have been back and forth between SG and KL a lot - client meetings in KL call me back regularly, and in between the meetings I am in SG. It does get tiring - but at least going from KL to SG and vice versa is not as bad as travelling to some far-flung country where a flight between the two is your only travel option. Most of the time I take the Aeroline bus, and I must say that I think they ARE a great way to travel.

What has actually been happening? Well, apart from work, not a whole lot. The most critical thing that happened is that my Dad had to go into IJN (National Heart Institute) on Thursday... so I flew back from SG on Wednesday, took him to IJN on Thursday, and was at a client meeting on Friday. My Dad was supposed to have an angiogram on Friday, to check for any blockages in his blood vessels and, if any were found, to clear them and insert a stent. What ended up happening was that the first blockage the doctors found was so (literally) convoluted that there was no way for them to push the catheter through to clear the blockage. The catheter just would not bend enough. They tried with 3 different catheters before they gave up on that blockage. They then found another blockage which they could have cleared if they could have injected more dye into my Dad's blood system to show the blockage clearly. But in the process of trying to get into the first blockage they had already put so much dye in him, that any more dye injected could have affected his kidney functions.... so they had no choice but to pull out and terminate the procedure. The doctor told him after that only 1 in a 1000 patients or more, has such problems.. and those of you who know my Dad will know that he was tickled pink by that knowledge. He's going to have fun repeating that statistic to all his friends over the next few days!

Anyway, he has to go for his next appointment in a couple of weeks time, and they will then decide what to do - including the possibility of surgery to clear the blockage. Let's hope it does not come to that!

Apart from that, the other piece of news is that Husband's sister (A) and her husband (J) will be arriving for a holiday early in the morning on Wed 7th Nov! Their first holiday in Asia.. EVER! They arrive in SG, and we will be taking them around SG on Wed and Thur. Fri afternoon we will drive to KL, spend Sat and Sun in KL... including a family get together bbq on Sunday for them to be overwhelmed by my entire family! Mon 12th Nov we drive to Penang, where we will be till Thursday, which is when we head back to KL. Friday we drive back to SG, and they fly out to Aus on Sat evening... and then on Sunday 18th I have to head back to KL again, as I have meetings scheduled from 19-22 inclusive... Sigh... talk about busy running about. Mind you, I wish A and J could stay longer, as this is their first ever trip to this part of the world and it is just not enough to see everything.

That's it folks... have a good weekend, a good month, and a good life. Till next time....