of loss and pain

it was quite an eventful 24 hours since 9.15pm on thursday night, 4 october.

while i was having my class in the living room, the neighbour's shout, "miss L, miss L, come out and see this!" broke the silence of the night.

i thought there was something like a snake in the bushes outside the house since it happened before last time.
when i went out, gosh, it was worse than a snake.

the above was what i saw ;( and also those already shattered pieces on the ground glittering like loose diamonds although it was a moonless night.
the boys followed me out and everyone was awed by what they saw.
haiz.....
the neighbours were actually talking outside the house when they suddenly heard a loud sound. at first they thought it was the dog pulling the rubbish bin or one of the flower pots had fallen. but when they passed my car, the glitters on the ground caught their attention and when they saw the window, the truth was revealed.

it was not someone throwing a rock at the window. nope.
the window just cracked and shattered on its own will. the street was very quiet according to the neighbours and no one was passing by at that time.

woohoooo.....so after class ended at 9.30pm, i started the cleaning job. i worked with the help of the torch light and my neighbours accompanied me all the while. she even brought out a broom and dustpan so i could clear the glass on the road. cleared away all the remaining pieces still in the window frame, got rid of the loose pieces on the car seat so i could still drive the car without being cut by glass and drove the car into the porch after my housemate drove hers out. it was my turn to park the car outside this week so my housemate had to sacrifice one day to me due to this incident.
in the end, the cleaning task took me almost 45 minutes although there were still lots of pieces in the car under the mat. i couldn't be bothered as i was really tired.

then auntie even gave me a rice bag to cover the gaping hole to prevent any cat from jumping in in the middle of the night. bless her.

the next morning, it was a windy ride to work as i took away the plastic sheet and drove with morning fresh air flowing in. a colleague saw the open window and asked me if i purposely left my window opened. i told her, "there is no window to close" lol.
thank god it did not rain the night before nor that morning although it was cloudy.  phew!
i had already made arrangement for the window to be replaced that morning with a phone call to a reliable ex-student whose parent own a car accessory shop. the window was sent all the way from ipoh since there was no stock in bidor.

at 12 noon on friday, they even came to school to pick up my car and everything was done by 2p.m. phew! all in all, i paid rm100 for the glass and rm35 for workmanship. reasonable i think.

and i drove home to tg malim with the window up. phew! can't open the window for 2 days now. i think whatever thing they use to hold the window together has to dry inside first. i am ok with it. but i guess the first click 2 days later will be quite a suspense on my part. keeping my fingers crossed that nothing else will break after this.

it was the screw of the tyre last month, and this month, it was the window.
let me win lottery lah, then it is time to change a car. hahahahha.

another 'painful' experience happened the next day, on 5 october in the morning.

i had signed up for a blood screening package to check for diseases and cancers, hence it was blood 'donation' time at 7.30a.m.
they were right on time. they needed to be since we had fasted and skipped breakfast. everyone was screaming 'hungry!!!'.

i was the second to go because i had to arrange the halls for exam and it was going to be a busy busy day for me. unfortunately, i was indeed the second in line but also the last.
why?? i ended up with 3 holes on my arm and hands. this was the progress.

first, the needle went into my arm and when i saw the needle moving left, right, left searching for vein to draw the required blood out, i already had a bad feeling. oooooo........ooohhhh.......they couldn't find it. yup, indeed, i was right. the needle came out, and a plaster was pasted instead.

then she said she would try it on my hand instead. aawwww.......i had never tried it there before but i had heard that it was painful. but luckily, the pain was not as much as i imagined it to be, so i was happy when i saw blood coming into the syringe.  but again, wait........there was only so little blood that it was enough to fill 2 test tubes. she needed to fill 3!!!!
cry! i was told to go and get a rest, drink some water, and come back later again for the 3rd poke!
as if i had the time to go and get a rest. i climbed up the blocks to check the condition of the examination halls instead and screaming instructions to the kids to get things in order and worked out a sweat.

and so......again i went down to have my hand poked as the last person of the morning. it was already 8.45a.m. and i still had no food inside my stomach. this time, the needle went into the left hand and blood did come out. phew! more than enough to fill that remaining test tube.
my hands were cold and i had cold sweat coming out from my body. i was advised to take some ginkgo biloba and to go get a warm drink.

what a morning. now you know why i still have not been to my first real blood donation yet. it is such a harrowing experience. the blood test results will be known after one week, so let's hope everything is ok with my body. give an update here when the time comes?? let's wait and see.

well, no more torturing news. some fun news now.

h&m has opened its doors in malaysia in 2 malls- lot 10 and setia city mall, but i can't believe that i have to get my thing from singapore still. how sad. and it is more expensive in singapore. no wonder those singapore working people bought bags of goods when they shopped in the local stores here.

the item that i wanted was released on 4 october worldwide. another collaboration collection. this time with anna dello russo. i looked for help on facebook, asking if anyone would be around lot 10 area on that day, unfortunately, no positive feedback. so a friend in singapore volunteered to shop for me during her lunch break, not promising anything  as both of us knew that all their collaboration items sold like hot cakes. but good news came in the afternoon and she got what i wanted. another colour was sold out already but it was not the colour i wanted. hehehe...no a problem for me. so this here was the bracelet i got:

now, how am i going to get it back to malaysia?

last but not least, a fun collage i did of my nephew. i have always wanted to do this since i saw the similarities. and i finally got down to doing it an hour ago when a new photo surfaced of the cute little boy.
what do you think? 

can't wait to see him.

well, i hope after all the loss and pain i experienced, the weekend will be a good and restful one for me.