Today, my best friend called me out to visit the Tortoise Museum at the Chinese Garden. Since it is my last few days in sg, I thought the distance didn't matter, especially with my under-utilised train concession.
Sze Min needed to get something, so she told me to meet her at Jurong East. I wasn't feeling quite well today as I had my 'big aunt' + her cousins (cousin cramps). It was slightly more painful than usual but I thought a hot drink at JE will do the job. It worsened on the train. When I reached JE's platform, I started to lose vision with intensified cramps.
Sze Min was nice and she came to my rescue, but the road to the nearest mall was a super tough one. I felt like it was seriously JOURNEY TO THE WEST. Every time I tried to stand and walk, my vision would blur and my head would spin, slowing losing consciousness of my place and space. I actually stopped and sat down twice. The first was at the staircase up the platform, the second was just right outside the gantry. It was sooooo horrible. I really forced myself to remain conscious. Looking back, I was quite upset because no one, not even the SMRT staff, came to find out what happened because obviously 1. I look very sick and 2. I was just sitting 5 meters away from the gantry. Perhaps Sze Min was there that's why no one bothered. BYSTANDER EFFECT LA.
I waited till my vision was clearly restored before making a dash to Westgate's toilet. I was still very weak but thank God I made it into the cubicle in a piece, seriously. So... I spent the next 20mins in the toilet while Sze Min waited for me outside. After buckets of perspiration and what feels like eternity, I decided to leave the toilet and we found somewhere to sit and have charcoal pills and hot milo.
I think I ate something wrong for lunch. I think I drank the bottled juiced I placed in the fridge from yesterday. So who can I blame except myself. It's food poisoning + HEAVY loss of blood caused the occurrence of those faint spells. It's really horrible. While I was walking to Westgate seriously relied on God or else I'll just crumble and die. It's like this conviction that God will help me pull through this, not so much that God will make my faint spells go away. I was also sharing with Sze Min how the message "No pain and tears in eternity" felt SO REAL at that instant. Thank God all is well after the charcoal pills, though we didn't get to visit my cousin tortoise (Sze Min says tortoise live very long one, so can go again (: ).
Amidst the shitty situation, I really really truly seriously thank God for Sze Min who was by my side the whole time and and there were no signs of annoyance of frustration. But the best part is.... My best friend got me my birthday present!! LIKE WHAT it's still early but she thought about how I'm gonna spend my birthday overseas, so she got me in advance.
And being the typical, creative Sze Min, she got me super special gifts.
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| This is a Lip Balm. The flavor is 'Coffeeshop Kopi O'. Kopi is probably something I'll miss when I'm away. Kewl. |
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| Ang Ku Kueh earrings!! Pretty cute I must say, best worn with a red dress. I totally laughed and gasped when I saw this. |
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| And this is really my very special friend in action. Singapore gifts. Just because she knows that I love Singapore. |
That said, I'll be leaving Singapore in another 4 days. Packing has been quite slow as I just started to pull out my clothes today. I'll be busy meeting people over the next few days, so I hope I won't be lazy and get to pack everything soon. What's troubling me further is the citibank card I applied last week, but it won't take so soon to arrive. It's just a real hassle.
That concludes my horrible best-est day! I'm sorry if you're a grammar nazi and you had to read through my horrendous sentence structures. But I'm too lazy to edit; leave it natural mah. Off to sleep!
