Sad

This morning my dad was taken by ambulance to the hospital. My brother and my mum followed by car and as at the time of writing, dad is still in the ER. He is stable, just waiting for blood transfusion and to be placed in a ward.

The healthcare system is so overloaded and you have to wait for hours before you are attended to. The doctors are busy and so are the rest of the medical personnel. So where possible, you really need to take good care of your health and not become part of the statistics.

A client of mine once told me many years ago (after a particularly bad experience caring for his wife at the hospital) - whatever you do, don't get sick. Well, that's what I am trying to do. It is very heartbreaking when a family member is seriously ill. The amount of resources is draining in terms of manhours and finances involved, not to mention the emotional toll. It is very sad indeed.

After breakfast yesterday, this was what was left for lunch. I am getting used to eating meat cold/at room temperature.

Then this was yesterday's dinner. Beef trimmings tossed on turmeric powder and some bottled seasonings.

Last Saturday I ended up at Donald Duck's place again. This time the siew yoke was fresh and crispy. The duck too.

I was feeling kinda down but life goes on. So I went to watch a stupid movie (Meg 2 : The Trench) to get my mind off things. 

Ah, I found a photo of a raw steak. I learnt that to get a nice sear on your steak, you must dab the surface dry. But dabbing with a paper towel is not very effective. So I just air dry the steak overnight on the fridge. It works beautifully, just like air drying chicken overnight before you roast it for that lovely crispy skin.

These were the pork loins that I cooked for breakfast/lunch. As you can see, pork is actually red meat.

To cheer myself up, I went out for a nice cup of coffee. And an Old Fashioned Chicken Chop. As per my current SOP, I removed the carbs.

Dang! The potato wedges were so beautifully browned.

The chicken was very tender and moist and crispy. Really good but priced the same as the pork chops. So I reckon it is more worth it to eat the Classic Pork Chops.

Then I went to Daiso to jalan2 and they were playing a very sappy sad sounding Japanese song and I became teary eyed thinking about my dad. I wished they had played that "ada roti, ada telur" song instead.

So I quickly walked out of there. I will be visiting dad tomorrow and I look forward to that.