I am in shock to learn that my last blog entry was almost
three months ago. Yikes! I will try not to be too hard on myself since
we did go back home to the US in September and it has been a bit of a rocky
road transitioning to life halfway across the world in Singapore. I promise my loyal readers to not be so
neglectful in the future. I am sure the
popularity of my blog has suffered immensely.
Now back to the purpose of this blog entry. I am so easily distracted, which is one
reason why I have not been able to update my blog these past several
months.
Okay, I think I want to go back and whine a little bit about
our transition back to Singapore which eventually leads to this recent blog fail. I am sure you all are on the edge of your
seats just waiting to hear about it!
Well it takes a toddler a lot longer to get used to sleeping in the
proper time zones, so I blame Connor for about the first week. Then he gets sick for about another week. I put the blame back on Connor. This is fun to blame my innocent son for my incompetency
and lack of motivation. Now the real fun part
begins. I get sick and the world
stops. I am put on about ten different
medications and three inhalers. I visited
the doctor four times in one week. I felt
like a science experiment. I took home nebulizers and had my sugar levels checked to prolong steroid treatments. I learned
though that Singapore is very proactive and efficient with their medical
care. I love how you can get your
prescriptions right there in the doctor office without having to go to a
separate pharmacy. Genius! The US needs to pick up on this and stop
slacking. Also, I went to a respiratory
therapist for a consultation and was able to get X-rays done at the adjoining
hospital on the same day. It gets
better! The doctor was even able to read
the results of my X-rays within a half hour in her office by email. I repeat this is all in the same day! She even wanted to have my blood drawn right
then in there to see if I was ever exposed to Tuberculosis but that was where I
drew the line. Now that would never
happen back home. You would have to make
separate appointments for everything, then wait and wait. I loved knowing right on the spot that I didn’t
have a tumor or any other horrible disease that was causing me to wheeze. This is a hypochondriacs dream or better yet paradise! Singapore’s medical system gets two thumbs up
from me. I won’t go into health
insurance because that would be a buzz kill at this moment.
Now my final blame is put on this lovely little thing called
culture shock. I was worried when I got
back from our three week stint in the US that I would go through this but I
tried to stay positive. I don’t think it
was that bad because I had it worse during my college study abroad program in
Spain. I was in a major honeymoon stage
when we first arrived to Singapore. Going home
transforms you a little to another world where you drive a car and make
frequent trips to the beloved store Target.
Yes it’s that simple. You can go
to familiar restaurants where you don’t have to look at a picture to figure out
if this on your acceptable food list. Side
note, I did visit all restaurants that made it on my top ten list. An iced coffee is $2, not a whopping $7. Stores open so early that I don't even have to know the time to even matter. Everything is cheap because I am sure it is triple or quadruple in Singapore. You don’t think about this stuff when you are
exploring a new country and culture for the first time. When we got back I felt like a zombie most
days perhaps due to the mood-altering drugs I was on but all things Singapore
where just simply frustrating to me; the heat, public transportation, my
toddler spitting at me in the taxi. Oh,
how I miss car seats. I did not handle
the different lifestyle very well like I had so easily embraced when I first
arrived. Good thing though is that I
think I am over it for the most part.
Now I have found my happy place again so I am ready to conquer the
world. Well, not quite but I see light
at the end of the tunnel. My regular
blog posts will just hopefully stay regular from now on. Happy reading!
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