Skytrex

Sorry la... I actually posted this on the forum before i blogged about it here... if you want to read my forum blog post on this leh... you can find it at http://www.diabetesdaily.com/forum/blogs/hannahtan/3509-importance-support

4th July 2009

Elaine asked me whether want to join this Skytrex thing at Bukit Cahaya (aka Bukit Cherakah...aka Taman Pertanian Malaysia)...her company is organising a trip there to test out the place and need people to qualify as a group (25 people)...so i pay RM35 lo... and have no idea what's it about... only that its walking between trees and very high up one (of course check the website la)...how high?? I DON'T KNOW

So that day arrive, and then wait for the yellow skytrex bus to take us to the spot...after giving the form where i signed my life away (indenmity form)... we put on the safety harness...then go "training" ground to test water first

So the training is a mini replica of the real thing... at like 2 meters high... got walk across planks la, rope swing la... like tarzan...climb the net and then flying fox... of course before we do this the "instructor" give some safety briefing first la...on how to use the pulley and the carabiners on the harness

Training finish d... now for the real thing... climb 15 meters up a ladder... how high is 15 meters leh?? Jeng jeng jeng... see the below pic!!!

So that's like climbing 6 storeys high on a vertical ladder... siow (crazy) right?? Mervyn so cute...when we arrive that time... Ben say "that day we come got so high meh??"...Mervyn's answer... "your grandmother not high!!!"... anyway... some people went ahead d after their training...some were still doing the training... so me and Joelyn decided to go ahead and not wait for the rest...so me climb up first...

WALAUEH!!! you think very easy hoh...climb only right??? you climb and see la!!! Gotta keep singing the Dory song... Just keep climbing, just keep climbing, climbing, climbing!!! took me like 10-15 min to reach the top... siow one...

Reach the top d... walk across a large green net...and gotta climb again...this time...climb 2 meters...to a total height of 17 meters!!!!

Overall...quite fun... flying across flying foxes...crosses obstacles at 17 meters high... walk on zig-zag planks...getting entangled in one of the courses...Joelyn had to be rescued cause she got stuck half way in one of the flying foxes cause she's too busy going...Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...and then forgot to land and grab the rope...so in the end gostun (reverse) all the way to the middle and gotta cry...HELP!!!! ...I didn't know she got stuck... and i was waiting and waiting and waiting...until beh tahan (cannot stand/tolerate) d...i move on and finish the course... and i actually shouted out .... OO-EE-OO-EE-OOOOOOOOO when i swing across the rope into the giant net!! So Shiok!!!

Neway... here's some of the stuff that we did... I WANNA DO THIS AGAIN!!! Who wants to join??

p.s) all the pics are taken from google... didn't bring camera there... not like i have one anyway xop

Summer Vacation

Now everyone in Sweden...okok almost everyone in Sweden and Europe are on their summer vacation... most of the buyers in Sweden left for their holidays at the beginning of July... and will only be back in August...

Walaueh... they go holiday... but i have to work... although i have almost nothing to do... i have emails coming in on old issues that i totally cannot do anything now...why?? Summer Vacation... nothing can be done until they come back on August 10....

How come i no summer vacation one??? After all everyday is summer here right??

What Is More Frustrating Than Work??

What is more frustrating than work??

I tell you...

People keep asking you what time you're going back from work!!!! If got work to do... got work to do lah!!!

That's why i prefer to drive to work... but since i follow daddy... i keep getting that question...

ARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!

Me

I guess a lot of you have not seen me since graduation day... so... I guess lets do some virtual "meet up"...hehehehe

Me in June 08...at Jill's party

Me...after I left college in August...

Then... in Sept on the way back from Redang...

Then in Nov 08 during graduation convo...

In Jan 09...when i started working in Volvo...

In April 09...

In May 09... Karipap very nice oh!!...want some?? :p

Ok...that's about the latest pic i have... so what's up with you guys out there??? very long didn't see you guys d loh!!! how are you guys????????? we need to meet up lah!!!

Super motivated to blog

hmmm...don't know why...but somehow i feel motivated to blog...but then i have nothing to blog...aiyo...cham lo...want to write...also got "writer's block"...even more weird now is...i wanna put " "...i press Shift + ' = @ ...but i press Shift + 2 = " ...WTH??? must be the website since on DD its ok...

so just ramblings...just thoughts...

work is super free now...although i have things to do...but its not a lot now...because the swedish people is having their summer now...and in july i'll be like SUPER free...cause they have one month off...so nice...how i wish i have 1 month summer holiday...

eh...since i have summer everyday...means i can have summer holiday also right?? ...my boss says...in your dreams... :p

oh...yesterday...before i left work for home...was feeling not right...having headaches...felt like i was going low (hypo la...)...luckily i got my meter with me...not everyday i bring my meter to work except weds since i go straight to meeting...but after Dr. Thye say check more 2 hrs food numbers...i have no choice but to bring my meter lo...to test in the office...

Neway...back to story...thank goodness i got the meter...tested myself...i was at 4.1...hmmmm...2 days ago felt almost the same...i was 4.0...hmmm...technically its not hypo level yet...but the feelings were coming in...the signals...super hungry...headaches...hands cold...no shakes yet cause not low enough...walaueh...faster eat my guava that i didn't eat...then driving time...walaueh...headache...like cannot concentrate...lucky a bit jam...so wasn't moving fast...reach home...EAT AHH!!!!! (called up mom earlier to ask her to make sure food is there for me to eat)

wah...2 hours later...i was 4.7...ok la not bad...but then also that time i was super hungry again...hai....eat not enough i guess

ok la...i have no idea what else to write...when i think of something...then i write la...

Diabetes Daily

ok...so everyone knows i'm super active in a diabetic forum...well...let me introduce you to this forum...the forum is called Diabetes Daily ( www.diabetesdaily.com )

Now...what's so nice about this forum??? sounds like just a whole bunch of diabetics there right?? so boring right?? ok...first part correct...it is a forum with a whole bunch of diabetics there (T1, T2, T1.5, Pre-D, GD), and some rare non-Ds there too...second part...SO WRONG!!!

Boring ah?? so not boring man...if its boring would i be spending the WHOLE DAY on the forum (except when i go out or when i sleep la)??? At home...i go on DD...at work...also i go on DD...go back from work...go on DD...i go tanjung jara holiday also...go on DD...you get the point hoh??

So how did i find DD??

After i was dx...was very sien (bored) playing facebook...so just out of curiosity...go type in diabetes group on facebook...and the first or second link showed DD...but it was not a group...more of like application with a link to the forum...so just click loh...then go to the forum...looks nice and informative...so sign up... (according to my DD join date...it was 11 Nov 08)

what username leh?? try hannahtan and see...wah!! can get woh!!! cannot believe it...ok...so sign in d...where to go leh?? ei...inside there got Live Chat woh...ok...click Live Chat...

It took me to the chat room...and wow...soooo friendly one the people inside there...i cannot remember exactly was inside there...but i know one of them is Casey and Nan...maybe Matt was in there too...but...immediately i felt like at home man...not stranger also...wah...quite fun...they talk about so many things...what also talk...and you know me la...what also talk also...hehehehe

Day 3...i was like a regular in the chat room...i remember the room name...it was called coffee shop...like i go kopitiam (coffee shop in hokkien) and talk only...what pat gua (busybody) news also talk... and from the chat only...i got soooo many tips on how to maintain good bg control...and also tricks to change my meter (that's how i got the tip to change from my bloodsucking Accu-chek Advantage 3 that takes so long to read, to my current Accu-chek Performa and takes 1/5 of what i used to need to prick out and the results come out in 5 sec) ...and made a few good friends in there...

Overtime...i also upgrade sikit (a bit) la...i moved on to the forums...ask questions in there...and also to share what i am doing to get my levels...sometimes answering people's question on D... and sometimes give my opinion on certain issues... (told you lo...they talk about anything and everything!!! )

8 months d i join the forum...so its been 8 months since i've been HOOKED to DD...and i tell you...i'll never regret it...not only i'm getting good advice and knowledge from the members in there...i've also made a bunch of great friends!!...people that understand what i'm talking about when it comes to D...agreeing and disagreeing on things...but 99% of the time just having fun and do discussion...

Friends like Cissa, Drew, Barbra, Jody, Casey, Nan, Kris, Dean, Livinghonestly, DLK, Bruce, Matt, Andrew, Denny...and many many many more...great people with great knowledge...and most importantly...great people that make great friends!! For some of the mentioned...we've even evolved to skype and msn... even phone calls and sms...but most of the time its still back to the forums and chat...or even better...i'm on the phone / skype with one of them...and still on chat (with the other on chat as well)...and we are talking 2 different conversations... LOL ...then hear the beep beep beep...

I do realise...most of the close ones that are close to me in the forums are T1s...but there are a number of T2s as well of course...but i think i'm being brainwashed by the T1s a bit...why?? cause my thinking on the D front is highly like a T1!!! ...like not advocating a LOW carb diet...in the forums...a lot of T2s are pushing this to people...me for one...don't agree to this approach...

Well...not all the posts in the forums is all nice...there are some controversial ones too... from food choices...to what a diabetic should not do...or posts that just keep telling people you're gonna die!!! ...or posts that tells you of miracle cures!!! (drink some magic water can cure diabetes one!!) ... but that's when you see a group of people joining together...fighting against wrong perceptions...and fighting off fakes...

We even have a group that founded the Golden Diabetes Cure & UFO Welcome Center!! (of which i was the President - Asia Pacific) ...hahaha...that time was fun...then you have titles like Chief Curmudgeon (like chief complainer)...or official bottle washer...since the cure center was "selling" miracle tap water...only USD$15 ...even got real paypal link k...hehehe...while the group was growing...too bad some people think we were spamming the forums...although the founder David knew our motive behind the titles...and supported us...so in the sake of harmony...we took it off...but that time was FUN!!!

Talking about great support...now DD is really a GREAT place for support... if you need it...you'll definitely get it...you want to vent out...great place to vent...

So...where will I be when i reach home?? of course la DD!!!

To the readers from DD...YOU GUYS ROCK!!! and am DAMN GLAD that to have known you guys and have become great friends...and are always there to listen to my BS (not blood sugar :p)

p.s) i've learned not to ever talk about my bg levels if all possible...cause my high levels...is actually someone else's low levels...so gotta be sensitive a bit sometimes...and i only talk about my bg levels to those that are close to me...that knows my target ranges...

Went to check my eyes...

So i was seeing blured vision...especially when i look at the com...or any book...getting like my power has increased...and then i blink my eyes and refocus...its back to normal...

Since i have not done a dilated eye exam ever since i was dx...so after the blurring...better go check it out fast right?? especially since my company agreed to pay for it but with a referal letter from Dr. Thye...which of course i got la...like the 4th referal letter from her since i was dx!!

11th June 2009

So finally...just to get it cleared...dad took me to the famous eye specialist in Klang...reach there...walaueh...sooooo many people...fine...register first...put the eye drops...go eat Bak Kut Teh since i was sooooo hungry that time...since i was told to come back at 7.30pm

After dinner...went back to the clinic...next door only...the nurse say doctor doing operation...ask gotta wait how long?? don't know oh...right...don't know...great...dad got a meeting to go to at 8.30pm somemore...and he had to leave...and so he left...and bro will pick me up when i'm done...

The eyedrops they put...the nurse said i'll be seeing blur...but then i was seeing clearly only...i can still watch tv...until i tried to find people to call on my phone to talk cause i was freaking damn bored because the tv channel was only showing Hua Hee Dai (taiwan hokkien channel...on food...)...WALAUEH!!! i can't read my phone!!!!!! AT ALL!!!!

right...so how to call and sms??? i remember people's phone number...but i don't remember all!!! so...cannot see cannot see...totally blur...then it started clearing...when i hold my arms out!!!...like you know how your parents gotta put the book far far away just to read?? i was like that!!! and still cannot see clearly....

anyway... i wait wait wait wait wait...and then wait wait wait...managed to talk to chi cheng for a while...then wait wait wait...you get my point...finally...after waiting for almost 1.5 hours...my turn...

Go inside the consultation room...wait somemore for some ah so (old lady) to get her eyes checked by the doc...then my turn...more eyedrops...doc ask me what's wrong...i tell him...he did the dilated eye exam...shine some light...put some dye...something like poke into my eye...walaueh...the light so bright...he ask me to open my eyes...i was like...cannot leh!!! until he gotta help me hold my eyes open...hehehehe

5 minutes later...doc said..."there's nothing wrong with you"....right...nothing wrong with me...then my blurring vision leh??? he ask...temporary or always there?? i say temporary...his answer?? oh...its just dry eyes...put some drops and you'll be fine...

right...so i waited for soooooooooooooooo long...and then just after 5 mins of some light shining...and some poking (some soft stuff i guess)...my appointment ended...oh well guess i can't complain...especially with the good news of nothing wrong with my eyes...especially after how high my BG was when i was dx...

and what is the total damage to my medical limit?? RM58...wow...that's only 20% of what i was to pay if i've gone to Assunta!!!....phew!!! my limit is still safe!! LOL