The Red Red Month

Consulted with my gynae and we decided to talk the pill route – mifi & cytotec. No D&C, non-surgical, no anesthetic, more natural. I took mifi on Dec 2nd, and inserted the 4 cytos on the 4th. After the cyto, I started bleeding. It’s the body’s way to clearing out the uterus wall lining tissues. It was crazy. For the first time on my life, I not stained, but soaked my panties and jeans. I had to scramble to buy new underwear and pants!

After a week of bleeding, I thought it was done. But no, for whatever reason, my body did not clear out all the clots. This method is supposed to be 95% - 97% effective. Jackpot – I am one of the 3%.

On the 15th, Doc gave me a 2nd dose of cyto, a higher dose this time. 4 to insert, 2 to ingest. Still not much bleeding. In the end, still have to go for a D&C. On 19th, I went to Roopi again.

I am recovering now. Still a little anemic but glad it's all cleared out.

I had a IUD inserted and hopefully, that’s the end of my of it. Well, at least for 5 years.

Again!

Shit! I am pregnant again…Max’s. I can’t believe I slipped up again. I am too bloody fertile. It was the 3rd morning after I took Postinor. I thought the Postinor should still work. So mad at myself!

To Move or Not? Now That's Really the Question.

I have an offer from Oxford. But it will require me to relocate to Hong Kong.

Hong Kong.....

Can I live in Hong Kong?

Things You Do Not Want to Find on Facebook

Technology is a two-edged sword. You have all the information of the world at your fingertips, including information you probably would have preferred not to know. I realized why we have been what the big hooha over Timeline was about.

Because Ms Carol Lee’s facebook was migrated to timeline recently, I suddenly have access to all her pictures, even though I wasn’t her friend on FB. All the pictures of her with Mark and his parents in Bali, China, Yogja, Sri Lanka, Phuket – all his trips where he told me he went with his sister.

7 years! This is a bigger lie than Daniel. How I could have been so blind sighted for so long? I am so stupid and naïve! This hurts.

Holidays should not end in melancholy, but mine just did.

Incredible Savings or Slaughtering?

The 6 hours of hell was wll worth it. Cochin to Munnar via private car - 24,000 rupees; Cochin to Munnar via public bus - 81 rupess; the savings - a HELLUVA LOT!!!

Unbelievable Tranquility in India

After 6 hours of hell-ride on an Indian public bus from Cochin to Munnar, I finally made it to this hideout along the hills of Munnar - Kaivalyam Retreat. What a gem? It's quiet, blissful and peaceful (this is pretty amazing, considering I am in India). The air is cool and fresh. I could probably stay here for a week and do absolutely nothing.

There is daily yoga and the organic vegetarian food they serve taste awesome. What a great way for post CNY detox.

A Decade Gone By

If a year passed by in a wink these days, I feel like the past decade has gone by in barely two blinks. After more than 10 years in children book publishing, I am seriously thinking it’s time for a change. The question the begets an answer now is… change to what?

Burglared & Flooded

Barely 2 months after moving in, my apartment was broken into on the afternoon of November 24. The burglars broken in by prying open my kitchen window grill and in the process, snapped the kitchen tap. My entire apartment was flooded. They even broke in kitchen tile in the process.

It was heart-breaking. After all the renovations.....

The burglars took my Vaio-P and my brand new iPad. That was it! The total cost of thos 2 items was far less that the damage the caused me. 

The neighbours to my left and right were also burglared. However, I was the unluckiest of the lot, with the water damage.

Everything but the floor has been repaired now and the cost can be claimed from my insurance. But the floor cannot be repaired yet. That will be another headache - to remove all the furniture to regrind and repolish the flood. Sigh....

French Connection

By some strange arrangement in the stars, I have 3 french lover now. Guess I can't complain.