Chock-a-block
Right now, Gene is getting pissed drunk at Kumar's (yes, the drag queen of the Boom Boom Room fame) new club.
Heh, am sure it will be great fun.
It is sort of like let's-take-this-opportunity-to-sabo-him-bigtime by some of his colleagues because a) he passed his exams, b) he got through the Mayo interview for the 2006 fellowship ** and c) he's getting married.
It was so funny - they told him that they were going to Sungei Buloh for a nature trail and hike. AT NIGHT.
The poor chap was so confused!
He kept bugging me about what his friends up to - he was convinced that I was in it.
I, of course, feigned complete and total ignorance.
He sent his pals the MOH flyer on the risks of Dengue mosquitos, pleaded ernestly for another friend who's getting married next weekend: "If Alvin falls sick, Vin Yuen will KILL US..''
And when all else fails:
"Guys, there are SPIDERS in Sungei Buloh''.
Anyways, right up till the last moment, we still had him thinking that he was going to Sungei Buloh.
He was busy changing the leather strap on his *new* watch for a rubber one, convinced that he needed to bash through the rainforests at night.
So hilarious.
Anyways, am thinking he will stumble home at about 3 am today. Hopefully he doesn't puke into the sink and choke it up.
For some strange reason, he can't fathom or comprehend the fact that puking anywhere else (eg, sink, bathtub, shower stall) but the bowl will choke the plumbing and it will only mean regurgitation I'LL have to clean up!
Me? I'm at home. TRYING very very hard to type my way through a couple of stories if I want any chance in hell of surviving on Monday. Die lah. Cannot do it. Am tired already.
It's been a very eventful two weeks.
Okay, here's a recap.
1) Eugene passed his exit exams. This is something he had to pass since he started his anaesthesia training SIX years ago. Only now, can he officially call himself an anaesthesiologist (watta mouthful) as opposed to registrar/medical officer/doctor.
2) Eugene also got through his interview with the Mayo Clinic. If (big crossed fingers here) funding from the Ministry of Health gets through... He's on his way to Rochester, MN in July 2006. (This possibility is also responsible for this madness in November)
Anyways, ok, no matter what you may think, journos really aren't paid very well here in Sg.
Really.
I can't afford to buy Eugene a watch for the wedding (all his pals getting married are getting Watches - yes, Watches with a capital W... think Audemars Piguet, etc etc from their dads in laws)... and I kinda sensed that it was getting to him a wee bit, because really wanted a new watch for the wedding.
So I tried to do the next best thing: I got him a digital SLR. It's the Canon 350 D. Check it out here . The good news is that he seems to REALLY like it. Except its soooo fiddly, you can change every imaginable setting, filters, auto focus points... aiyoooo! He already has a hard enough time making up his mind about where to go for dinner - can just imagine the prevarication before he takes the photo. heheheh.
I reckon its good reward for the poor chap who has been busting his a** trying to do all those exams and stuff just to get into Mayo and to pass his exits.
Back to the watch issue. Just two days ago, he saw, and fell in love, with a Panerai. Yes, I think I have some competition. So today, he trotted down and got it. (I'll let him post details himself).
But suffice to say, he was grinning when he came back home from the shops today.
Will post photos if I can.
Heh, am sure it will be great fun.
It is sort of like let's-take-this-opportunity-to-sabo-him-bigtime by some of his colleagues because a) he passed his exams, b) he got through the Mayo interview for the 2006 fellowship ** and c) he's getting married.
It was so funny - they told him that they were going to Sungei Buloh for a nature trail and hike. AT NIGHT.
The poor chap was so confused!
He kept bugging me about what his friends up to - he was convinced that I was in it.
I, of course, feigned complete and total ignorance.
He sent his pals the MOH flyer on the risks of Dengue mosquitos, pleaded ernestly for another friend who's getting married next weekend: "If Alvin falls sick, Vin Yuen will KILL US..''
And when all else fails:
"Guys, there are SPIDERS in Sungei Buloh''.
Anyways, right up till the last moment, we still had him thinking that he was going to Sungei Buloh.
He was busy changing the leather strap on his *new* watch for a rubber one, convinced that he needed to bash through the rainforests at night.
So hilarious.
Anyways, am thinking he will stumble home at about 3 am today. Hopefully he doesn't puke into the sink and choke it up.
For some strange reason, he can't fathom or comprehend the fact that puking anywhere else (eg, sink, bathtub, shower stall) but the bowl will choke the plumbing and it will only mean regurgitation I'LL have to clean up!
Me? I'm at home. TRYING very very hard to type my way through a couple of stories if I want any chance in hell of surviving on Monday. Die lah. Cannot do it. Am tired already.
It's been a very eventful two weeks.
Okay, here's a recap.
1) Eugene passed his exit exams. This is something he had to pass since he started his anaesthesia training SIX years ago. Only now, can he officially call himself an anaesthesiologist (watta mouthful) as opposed to registrar/medical officer/doctor.
2) Eugene also got through his interview with the Mayo Clinic. If (big crossed fingers here) funding from the Ministry of Health gets through... He's on his way to Rochester, MN in July 2006. (This possibility is also responsible for this madness in November)
Anyways, ok, no matter what you may think, journos really aren't paid very well here in Sg.
Really.
I can't afford to buy Eugene a watch for the wedding (all his pals getting married are getting Watches - yes, Watches with a capital W... think Audemars Piguet, etc etc from their dads in laws)... and I kinda sensed that it was getting to him a wee bit, because really wanted a new watch for the wedding.
So I tried to do the next best thing: I got him a digital SLR. It's the Canon 350 D. Check it out here . The good news is that he seems to REALLY like it. Except its soooo fiddly, you can change every imaginable setting, filters, auto focus points... aiyoooo! He already has a hard enough time making up his mind about where to go for dinner - can just imagine the prevarication before he takes the photo. heheheh.
I reckon its good reward for the poor chap who has been busting his a** trying to do all those exams and stuff just to get into Mayo and to pass his exits.
Back to the watch issue. Just two days ago, he saw, and fell in love, with a Panerai. Yes, I think I have some competition. So today, he trotted down and got it. (I'll let him post details himself).
But suffice to say, he was grinning when he came back home from the shops today.
Will post photos if I can.
