Sunday, February 27, 2011

"when my darkers days are my alibi"

So here's what I've been up to in the past months since we last talked:

1. I drank coffee. (!!) Although, bear in mind that my version of coffee is Nescafe's 3 in 1 with two teaspoons of sugar. At least.

2. Flew alone, abroad, for the very first time for a business trip. Don't you love how professional it sounds, 'business trip'? When I was little and went to airports, I saw men with gray suits and briefcases and wearing glasses and I wondered, always, what IS a business trip? What do you do there? It sounded far from interesting, but hey, like everything else in this world, you don't know how cold the water is until you dip your feet into it. In other words, it was pretty awesome. I get to look all serious in my work suit and reading glasses. (They weren't necessary, really, if only I didn't have a meeting to go straight into right after I landed. And the glasses were to protect my dear beloved eyes who are getting even more unpredictable. Speaking of which, )

3. I finally learned what my eye condition is !!! Thanks to RS Internasional Bintaro (whoops- I mean Premiere. They changed it after the Health Ministry required all so-called international hospitals to be officially accredited, and RSIB is not. But hey, we'll get to geeky stuff later.) I finally knew what this disease, this gut-wrenching, horrifying, mood-ruining eye condition is known as: Recurring Cornea Something. (Aggrasion? Aggression? Abrassion?). Which means, the most outer layer of my cornea is highly sensitive because it tends to "fall off". In other words, I'm screwed. Bad news, this disease is unpredictable in terms of when it's going to attack me, i.e. making my eye blood-red and making me feel as if a giant seashell is stuck in there. Good news, there is a cure (YAY!), which includes poking my eyeball with needles (I'm not frigging kidding.) which will help sew together my first and second cornea layers. Another news that is between good and bad, I can only undergo the treatment once the disease attacks again. In precaution though, I am now bringing antibiotic eye drops everywhere I go. I swear, it feels more important than wallet or phone that forgetting to bring it wherever I go freaked me out to no end.

3. My most anticipated client project went successfully in two cities. Had the pleasure of managing it on site in Surabaya, and the brand launch went well. Thank God.

4. I applied for a new job. All still very unclear about the prospect, but hey, would appreciate your good-luck wishes. :)

5. I started liking classic piano tunes. Well, at least only from this guy: John Schmidt. He combined songs beautifully, YouTube it if you haven't already.

6. I discovered that I have a tiny dot of mole in my right leg. You know what this means--the old belief is that people with moles in feet are bound to leave far far away. AMEN!

Whilst none of those updates was interesting, I will try to write more frequently here, as promise when I started this blog.

Good night!