Yesterday was my Dad's birthday. It's scary to know that my dad is already 59 years old.. and next year he'll be 60.
I took one day leave yesterday to celebrate his birthday. Went to his rehab center in the morning to pick him up.. He was so happy that he went around telling everyone he went past in the center that i am his daughter, it's his birthday, and i am bringing him out to eat. = )
I was super thankful we had the maid with us all day, cause i wouldn't have been able to handle the wheelchair pushing, getting on and off the cabs etc etc.. We went for Hongkong tim sum at Shaw Center for lunch, then went shopping for handphones to digest our lunch before heading to Centerpoint for a 40-min foot massage at My Foot Reflexology. This place employed the visually handicapped as masseurs so it was a new experience for both me and Dad. I told my masseur i was trying for babies so he could press the right "points". The nice gentleman even recommended to me his friend who's trained in TCM!
As we wanted to beat the office crowd, we decided to head back to the East after the foot massage around 4pm. I suggested taking the MRT back, but we ended up taking the cab again. I never really noticed how wheelchair unfriendly the whole Orchard area is until yesterday! To make things worse, there was so much construction work going on, new shopping malls and residential buildings being erected, christmas decorations being set up etc etc.. it was a total mess! And both Somerset and Orchard MRT stations did not have lifts from the outside into the train station. So i decided to try the underground walkway connecting Wisma Atria to the MRT station. But that was blocked off too. So the poor maid had to push my dad round and round until i got fed up and decided to take the taxi because there was no other choice. I was actually quite surprised my Dad didn't really lose his temper despite all the mess and the humid weather.. = )
Part 2 continued at Tampines Mall as we shopped around for a baby gift for Carol and Kelvin's new born son Travis.. I saw a really nice Classic Pooh baby gift set, but the packaging was slightly damaged so i didn't take it eventually. I wanted something not so cliche, like Mickey Mouse, or the normal Winnie the Pooh, yet still afforadable. In the end, i bought a Forever Friends baby boy gift set for Travis, and a small Forever Friends baby boy bear for mommy Carol - the teddy bear fanatic..
I was totally exhausted by 5pm. Mom came over to meet us after work, and we popped over to M1 to get a new handphone for Dad, courtesy from M1 (because i have been such a loyal and super high-usage subscriber).
I didn't have dinner with Dad after that, cause i had to rush down to Thompson to visit Kelvin and Carol and their new baby. And because K had been sick the entire day, i had to take the MRT all the way from Tampines to Novena, then take a bus to reach my destination. The baby was too adorable; had a dimple on his left check just like his dad, and lips like mommy. Seems like i've passed the phase where "everyone seems to be getting married", to "everyone seems to be having babies"... = )
I took a cab back after that and it only took like 10 minutes for me to get home. Sickening. By the time i reached home with food, K was still sleeping. I felt totally guilty for not being at home for him the whole day even though i was on leave. So today, i worked from home..
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