So, I went to the ENT at NUH yesterday and took a hearing test and a blood test. The blood test left me kind of giddy and weak. I didn't even have strength to carry my handbag so I was lucky that Sam was with me, otherwise I would be sitting there, not being able to move for quite awhile. In Iceland when I took a blood test, I almost fainted too. I guess this means that I can't ever donate blood haha. Sam joked that if I ever donated blood, someone would need to donate blood back into me hahaha. Dad said that this is because I'm possibly anaemic? I guess I need to eat more iron!! I need to go back out to exercise. Urgh. I'm so unfit now. ):
Anyway, after my checkup, they found that nothing is wrong with my outer ear and that it's probably because a nerve behind my ear drum is swollen. The doc gave me steroids to take for about 2 weeks and then I have to take an MRI in July. To start of my dosage, I need to take 9 tablets at one go in a day for 3 days. The amount of steroids I have to take is quite scary and the side effects are quite dangerous so I don't feel entirely safe about it. ):
I've been feeling rather down about this lately, especially since I just started my internship 2 weeks ago. I've been taking so many MCs to see the doctor and it's making me feel very guilty but what can I do? I'm just hoping that everything is for the best and that I'll recover soon. Well, I guess there's nothing much I can do about all this so to make this post a little less depressing, I shall share pictures of my trips! :D
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I went on a 4-day trip with Sam and his family to Perth in early May. We planned to drive a lot so we decided to rent a Toyota Kluger, a 7-seater for 5 of us. After touching down and picking up the car, we drove to eat dinner first. The servings were huge at Ciao Italia and obviously we ordered more than we could handle. Nevertheless, it was really yummy italian food!
Before
After
We stayed at Sorrento for the first night at an Airbnb.
Fremantle market! Grabbed some breakfast here but didn't have time to walk the whole market.
I think he was eating some chocolate crepe.
Mouthful of chocolate crepe! Haha so silly. (:
I wanted to take a candid shot of him walking and this was what came out. Not bad right!
Saw this car while we were finding a place to park!
Lunch by the pier!
After that we headed to wineries, starting with Wills' Domain
Our car. It was a monster to drive in.
House of Cards was next I think.
We went to a pub restaurant to chill for awhile and to listen to some good local music!
Visited the Farmer's market the next morning after we spent the night at Margaret River.
Pretty chocolates
Then we visited more wineries that afternoon and Voyager Estate has got to be the grandest winery I've ever stepped into. Then again, the number of wineries I've visited are limited to 2 days worth of visits only. :P
Next up was Leuwin Estate which served the best food of our entire trip! It was raining on and off so the floor was always wet. It would pour 10mins of heavy rain and then stop so during each downpour, we were lucky that we had shelter or we were in the car!
We ordered 2 plates of fries because it was too good!
Chocolate factory! Probably my favourite place of the day because it's chocolate!
Free chocolate to try at the entrance! I love the milk chocolate, the dark chocolate is too bitter for me!
Nougat factory
One of the many unique flavours they had! We wanted to buy and try but they all came in big chunks like these so we didn't.
This day happened to be our 1.5 years together too. (:
Ducks crossing the stream!
After Margaret River, we drove back to Perth city and had dinner at a seafood restaurant.
They named this black and white on the menu - for obvious reasons.
We checked into another pretty place for the last 2 nights!
The next day we headed to Yanchep national park to see the koalas and kangaroos! We reached there around lunch time so the guides told us that the kangaroos were all hiding in the shades and wouldn't come back out till evening time.
So we visited the koalas first!
Then we took a guided tour at Crystal cave.
Sam took this awesome picture inside the cave with my camera. I don't know how long he set the shutter though.
We drove up an hour to Lancelin sand dunes to play before heading back to Yanchep around evening time to see the kangaroos!
Tada! The kangaroos were literally everywhere and they weren't too afraid of humans. They used their tails to balance while they nibbled food on the grass.
Tony Roma's on the last night. I think Tony Roma's steak anywhere isn't very good. But their ribs are still the best! :D
So because everyone drank beer during dinner except me, I had to drive the huge car. It was quite scary at first because I felt so short! Drove to visit Nic! :D
Don't mind my socks.
Nic was giving me and Sam a short biology lesson on the human body. Sam was freaked out by the number of books and complicated terms she had to study. Hahaha. Miss you dear!! Can't wait till you come back to Singapore!
And so the next day was home sweet home for us!
Will be posting my Taiwan trip next when I consolidate all the photos. (: I hope all will be okay soon! Fingers crossed.
