joni | July 11, 2009
This past week had been an exhausting one for me. I got back to work on Wednesday and had to catch up with my China monitoring (there had been major riots in Xinjiang, by the way). Not very surprisingly, I got tired more easily as I had to gradually condition my body for full-time work [...]
Category: Out and about, great gratefulness |
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Tags: appendectomy, china, gifts, great gratefulness
joni | July 1, 2009
I am immensely enjoying my time off from the real world. Today, I finally finished reading Ursula Hegi’s Unearned Pleasures and Other Stories. I cannot help but think of how I pause between each story and feel a tinge of sadness as a luxury, something I would not have had time to do had I [...]
Category: Blogging Rights, Getaways, Sicko-me |
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Tags: appendectomy, blog, vacation, Valenzuela
joni | June 26, 2009
Let’s just say it’s one of those things you hear about but never really thought would happen to you. Well, it did happen to me. Not. Fun.
Series of events:
Monday afternoon: Intense tummy pains. From work, rushed to the hospital in an ambulance (a first for me!)
Tuesday early, early morning, around 1 AM: Sedated and had [...]
Category: Sicko-me, great gratefulness |
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Tags: appendectomy, appendicitis, great gratefulness