The last 2 weeks have been eventful, to say the least. Several new experiences, good and bad, but there's a first for everything, and I'm happy to report that we are happy, healthy, and alive!
Last weekend was our diving trip to Tioman. We had a blast. We met the other divers at the dive company Friday at 7pm, then the company chartered a bus to drive us towards the Malaysian border. It took about 3 hours to get to the border, then after customs, we took a ferry to the island. We arrived at the resort in about 2 hours, checked in, and called it a night. Saturday and Sunday were filled with dive after dive, so we did a total of 5 dives in 2 days. We were so bummed that we couldn't find our underwater camera case before we left, so we couldn't take any underwater photos ourselves. However, our dive master brought a camera down so I'll post those pictures once I receive them. Saturday night was filled with Carlsberg, red wine, vodka, and scotch. Enough said. It was so fun hanging out with our new friends from France, Italy, Singapore, and the states.
We met up with a couple also from northern CA for dinner last week, and we visited a restaurant in Robertson Quay that served hamburgers, Thai, and Indian all at once. I had Pad Thai, Josh had a burger, and Lisa and Adrian had curry. That's the funny thing with Singapore, if you think San Francisco is a melting pot, this place is exponentially more so!
This past weekend was meant to be relaxing and filled with sports. Saturday morning, I went to my spinning class, then was on my way to cheer J on in his corporate tennis tournament against Microsoft. They were playing at the Yio Chu Kang tennis club which was bout 7 MRT stops away from Paragon, where my gym was. It took just about 20 minutes to get there. After the game, we were heading to lunch with people, and Josh started getting severe cramps in his legs. The cramps started in the calves, then went to his hamstrings, and eventually, even his toes and arms were cramping up. It was so bad that we had to get off the subway and he was laying on the platform due to pain. I tried to stretch him out but the cramps were continuous and getting worse all over his body. I was terrified. I had never seen him so helpless and in so much pain. The MRT station called the medics for us and we were on our way to the ER in an ambulance. During this whole time, I was making Josh drink sports drinks to replenish his electrolytes, and at one point, he drank pure salt water. After resting in the ER for 2 hours and being checked by the doctor, he was diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis because his myoglobin level was very elevated due to muscle damage. It's normal for myoglobin to elevate during exercise, but not to this degree. Too much myoglobin can become toxic and eventually cause acute renal failure. They wanted to admit Josh right away to give him sodium bicarbonate IV. After some discussions, we were able to get discharged and implement aggressive oral hydration at home, but had to come back to the hospital for a blood work follow-up the next day. When we got home, Josh played king for the night, and I was at his service. He drank at least 7 liters of Pocari Sweat and water. He was feeling much better, but definitely milked it and ordered his servant around. The next day, we returned to the doctor and we were so happy that his myoglobin reduced drastically and the doctor cleared us. Moral of the story - do not play tennis for 4 hours in 90 degrees and 90 % humidity. Thank God he's ok now!
I also watched my first World Cup game last night at our British friends' place - England vs. Germany. What a tragic loss for England! World Cup is huge here, it's huge everywhere else but the U.S., every bar, restaurant, public squares all have their plasmas on when a game is going, it's quite an atmosphere!
Last thing, there's a big change in my life right now, I will elaborate on a later date. No, it does not involve babies.
Just a few photos before I sign off -
The gang in Tioman, relaxing at night. I had to wear my glasses at night because I dropped one of my contacts! Your vision gets better (things appear larger and closer) in water though, so I was fine seeing underwater.
Taken from the jetty just before boating out to our dive site
Not the Bora Bora beach we were at last year, but had its own tranquil serenity. We enjoyed it!
Jess bought this and I had to snap a photo. It was actually very yummy.
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