BP monitors + BP

Went to buy a new BP monitor as the one we have at home is spoilt. We haven’t been using it recently until I needed to check on myself, after that high BP recording during my health checkup, to make sure I’m not falling into there and needing 💊. With the trip coming up, I wouldn’t want to suddenly collapse overseas. 

We were using this HEM-7600T blood pressure monitor

I love this coz I didn’t have to deal with the cumbersome tube, just kiap this sleek designed monitor on arm and press the button. It’s so compact that it’s so easy for storage. And most importantly it records into my phone seamlessly together with my Omron body composition weighing scale. 

When I tried to use it, it just wouldn’t inflate after few tries and changing batteries. Dunno where lao huang (漏风), anyway I think it’s time the thing spoil coz hubby bought it quite some time back in 2019 or maybe 2020.该坏了 coz warranty is over 🤣. 

At Guardian - lots of selection with the simple bulky ones that cost less than $100. But I knew what I want, get back the same tubeless monitor. However before I picked that up to the cashier I noticed another machine - HEM 7383T. Afib. WTH is that? Didn’t want to linger around longer as I was googling what is Afib, so walked out of Guardian. (I think that day’s CCTV they will see this suspicious woman walking in and out 3x) Sat down for lunch and made some comparison, I prefer to make a better researched purchase. And of course the cheapskate me had to compare prices in Shoppee and Guardian and Watsons. I can get it $1 cheaper in Shoppee but that is without shipping fees or maybe it’s free shipping. 重点 is I can’t get it the next day, I need to check my BP these days to make sure I’m ok. 

So why are two monitors running a promo at the same price? 

7600T : UP $233 now $169 ($64 cheaper)

7383T : UP $219 now $169 ($50 cheaper)

Why is 7383T UP cheaper? Is this 7383T an older model compared to 7600T? Or is it due to the more intelligent system so more ex? When is manufacturing/ launched date? Lots of questions, so that means researching via Google, reviews in Google and YouTube. 

In the end I settled for 7383T coz of the Afib function. Heck the inconvenience with the tube. We anre old folks liao, so need better detection. Especially so for hubby who has high BP. 

OMRON BP HEM-7383T

Is it necessary to have this measured? 

What is AFib?

To read more, click on this —> What to know about atrial fibrillation? 

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Back home did my measurement. 

Hmmm….. dystolic is considered high? 😮 Tho my BP is not hitting the roof like the other day - that was freaking scary. 

So now I need to relax, too much stress, need to avoid the stress source 😬

Took a break from housework

to get myself more tired. Crazy! I just needed to get my mind off things. Hoping to lower cortisol and lower my blood pressure. 

So funny. While I was doing housework the man went to gym. I went awhile later after he came back. 

@ 1.36pm

Walking to the gym takes me less than 3mins but jam this music to get my adrenaline going first. I always play this when I do my gai-gai at Marina Bay. Speaking of which, I should go back one super early morning after I’m back from my trip. 

At the threadmill I switched to this video. I change about with running and walking videos but all with Switzerland scenery 😂. Makes me forget I’m exercising coz my eyes is concentrating on the video. I wish I can secure the phone at eye level tho, my neck is painful from looking down for the whole 1hr 10mins. 

When I used to ‘cycle’ before my knee problem, I’d watch the cycling videos.

I was just getting warmed up

Feels a little better to sweat it out. But I’m still reeling in anger over mxxxx, something that bxxx mentioned. Bor daiji cwer daiji. Want me to get a mental breakdown is it?

Stomach growling in hunger, actually was hungry more than an hour ago. 

Had a late lunch. 

Deleted a bulk of it

I hope I’m ready for the coming trip. 

Deleted the iMovies from phone, deleted all the photos I don’t need. Coz usually I keep them in the deleted folder until I confirmed the iMovie can playback. 

Actually why still 1/2 storage used. Sigh….

I have voice memos which I need to transfer. I can’t figure out how. If only the xpand Sandisk can do. 

Now I won’t do anymore iMovies. I’ll take time to clear more photos from all the past holidays so that it’ll be ready for collage. 

Need to pack luggage and register MFA. Plus too many things happening, will blog it soon. 

Cortisol level up

Just so many things happening around me. I’m too stressed. 

Worried about lil’ one (which is a lot of things), angry with lil’ one not taking care of herself her tonsillitis, worry about something else, my iMovie pressure. I mean it’s suppose to be happy thing right since going another holiday. iMovie pressure is quite silly but I guess I do get aggitated and gancheong easily. Then another stupid thing that add on to my stress and bad mood. 

Then insomnia, my blood pressure went up. 155/122. It’s damn high I thought the machine is spoilt. Doctor said it’s high. It’s not supposed to be that high! My blood pressure is normal so to see these “hitting the roof” numbers is scary. Must be all the insomnia and bad sleep causing the high bp. I choose to think that is the cause and not because of another stupid bor-liao thing that someone is making me even more stressed.

For the last few weeks my sleep has been interrupted. Tossing and turning but cannot sleep. 2am, 3am, 4am my eyes still big big like owl. I’ve been doing lots of deep breathing as my lungs seem to be heavy, as if someone is sitting on my chest. Can’t be the pillow right? I’ve already changed my pillow to the cradlesloth pillow. And that was the bestest pillow I ever slept on! Then I don’t know why but hubby has been more aggressive in his sleep now, he’s been fighting with someone in his nightmare. He has talked and then punched me 😂, then scratched me when he sleeps on his left side. I hope I’m not the person in his nightmare. When he sleeps on his right side, he has knocked down things from the side table. This has been ongoing for many months, but it has gone worse the past few weeks. So when I’m trying to sleep suddenly he punch or scratch me. For the last few weeks, I’ve been trying hard to sleep. Exhale out slowly thru my mouth wondering if I’d die in my sleep coz I have trouble breathing in the night. Seems an eternity but still can’t sleep. When I am about to doze off, he comes and punch / scratch me. Wah… then I cannot sleep again. Earplugs on to block out his snoring, lavender oil on wrists to coax me to orh orh and now I need to put a pillow behind me. Yet he can push the pillow to my back. Wah…..why he keeps having nightmares? 

My heart heavy my head heavy. Been having headache for past 2 weeks. I probably need to go to a temple and meditate. I actually did play some Buddhist songs just to calm myself down. 

Too stressed until my menses didn’t come. Which is not what I want coz I prefer to go on a holiday without the hassle of having my menses. But yes it means I’m under stress. So leychey! Somemore going china where gotta squat in toilet. I can’t squat properly. No bidet. Wah piang eh. 

Then I have another worry. My health check report came back. I definitely need to monitor and do another mammogram again. Sob sob.. women basically go thru torture to kiap the neh neh. It’s so painful. Just hope it’s nothing serious. Pap smear also not done yet in my health checkup, hopefully I’m healthy. 

Then some bloody nonsense from …. Fuck lah! World so much problem and still gotta add this borliao thing.

Think you may not know what I’m typing, my words are incoherent now. I type as I think, I think with everything jumbled up. Just know that I’m angry, I’m worried, I’m stressed.  

These pics keeps popping up in my feed

20th Feb

So pretty! I want to go. A place to see tulips, sakuras and the alps. A picnic mat is missing tho.

25th feb

I did plan these 2 spots in my solo travel itinerary. But I wasn’t blessed with views like this so …ok good excuse to go back. 

My photo taken last June at the same spot. The bestest visibility of the 5.25 days I was there but still … can make out the shape and the majestic rock emerging from behind

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25th or 26th Feb

28th Feb (Sat) 

Same prompting again. Tulips 正在慢慢的长大

April .. airtickets expensive, hotels expensive coz it’s sakura season. Sigh… I can’t go this year and many Aprils. 

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Not related to Toyama but the Japanese temples and shrines posts do get my attention as well. I’m no holly molly but stepping into temples makes me calm. I love stepping into BTRT, the 4th floor, away from the tourists hustle and bustle area. There’s a platform where one can sit there to meditate. I’ve always wanted to do that but everytime when I drop by BTRT I’m always in a rush to head somewhere else after that. Not that I know what and how to meditate 🤣 , may end up sleeping there.

Wah… looks interesting but I scared gui 👻. Unless someone with super high 光光 is with me, and I bring my amulet to cover top to toe front to back. Maybe should test 我的胆子 in SIN, see if I dare to step into a dark ulu temple. 

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I’d like to hike, think I mentioned years ago in my blog about wanting to hike in Switzerland, to enjoy scenery but it has to be easy for this no stamina ah-so with knee pain. Saw a reel that suggested the 10 places you must go before you die. Literally I think I will die if I ever did crazily went to do it. 

Next pic : Honestly dunno the exact spot this pic this taken as there seems to be a few lakes. After reading a little more, learnt it’s 3000+m. Ehh….no thanks. If I can get an almost similar view like this at a lower altitude I’d probably be able to save my knee. And whether the trails is as scary (to me) as Bright Angels Trail in GC & Canyon Overlook in Zion where the edge in some spots scared me. One wrong step and I’ll drop down the canyon. I didn’t go into YouTube to see how this hiking trail look like coz I wasn’t going to hike. 

Mt Norikura (Nagano, Gifu) 

Next pic : Ahh….this looks safe. Even if I lose a footing I won’t drop down the cliff but just roll on the ground mimicking Julie Andrews doing the entrance song for Sound of Music. Slope looks gradual so I will stop rolling somehow, won’t roll far off the trail. I can apply brake with my weight. 

Kirigamine Highlands

Tairapyoyama 平標山

This pic looks promising but not sure if there’s a climb with stairs to reach this place. I’d definitely need a company if I want to do this, companion must walk equally slow like me or have worse stamina than me 😂 so I wont look so bad holding companion up. 

 

I talk as if I’m going the above mentioned places soon. Truth is, I’m not even sure if I can go. Need to be frugal, me not working and dunno what the world is going to be with the madness of somebody. If only I am rich.

Took me a long time

Sometimes doing some random stuffs/jobs in the house (not housework related) takes days for me to complete. Lots of tidying and tidying, I don’t even know why I have to keep tidying all the time when it’s tidied? Yah, it does get messy sometimes when the family members just throw things in without tidying. Then I have no idea what’s inside the cabinet and have to start putting them in the correct place. Sigh…..am really the only person in the house organizing and keeping things.

For this job - it took me months 🤭. I’m lucky if I do small little jobs with minimal time, for eg. every 6mths or so I’ll check the medicine drawers, teabags drawers n throw out expired stuffs. Every few months I’ll check and declutter my walk-in until I really have nothing to declutter coz those are things that I’ve been using very often.

Project mini-Kiehl’s shop over the years 

Things in my house are organized in boxes including my Kiehl’s products. I started with only 2 boxes then became 4 boxes and now 5 boxes. At one time, my things were all mixed together. Then I segregate them. Over time this face of mine 来不及用 and there were always so many promotions for Kiehl’s members so I buy coz I’m greedy to stock up. Then the boxes got messy again. 🤣. The last time before the 26th Oct 2025 project I did segregate them but didn’t have time to label coz I had to cook dinner. Not that I have good memory, months later I soon forgot which item is in which box. I had to open up the boxes when I needed to get a new facial cleanser. All my projects may not be done on consecutive days coz I only have two hands and many tasks. Have just so many things to do around the house that I can totally forgot I have a project 60% completed. 

26th Oct. 

I had to put Che-che’s new facial wash but I can’t remember which box contained the facial cleansers 😁

a) took all 5 boxes out from two toilets. Ideally is to put in same spot but there’s not enough space where the stupid sink pipe in the way, so need to play ‘fit the space’ puzzle.

b) took everything out again from each box coz decided to list down the items and count them. Then did a temp label ‘BOX A - E’ with a scotch tape  as it’ll take extra time for me / leychey to use my Nimbot label printer. Next time when I’m using the label printer then I will print them out. That is IF I REMEMBER.

Put the boxes back coz I have to cook. 

Intermission : Between 27th Oct to 18th Nov

And then I forgot I had the scribbled list I put in between my iPad coz that’s where I’m going to do a stock / inventory list. Out of sight out of mind 🤣.

19th Nov @ night 

Was reaching for something and then I brought my iPad out. The list dropped on the floor. Oops!🙊 Since I had a little time in the night (I didn’t cook today as I was out in PP so packed dinner home for the family) decided to try to get some work done. 

(a) find apps. Tried some and didn’t like it

(b) opened up my Goodnotes folder to see what templates I have in there 

(c) no inventory templates. Spent time looking in Etsy.

(d) purchased and instant download. Wanted to write but my handwriting is so ugly. Tried typing and it took such a long time and difficult n slow to get the alignment  

Then I stopped coz I was tired and lost interest, spent time clearing photos and draft my blog.

25th Feb 2026 (Wed)

Lo and behold I had totally forgotten about this. Told ya my memory is really bad. 

No way was I going to type in Goodnotes again. It’s so messy and difficult. 有点不甘愿 so looked for apps again. Yippee! I found one which is simple and nice - has Nitori colours.  

Nitori logo

I was able to categorize them so neatly, just typing a few out and it looks so organized. It’s important too that I indicated which box the items are. The only hassle is looking for pictures. No choice if I want things to look neat. Next thing is to figure out if I can put them into folders. I do have my (1) Method cleaning products which I bulk-purchased and the (2) house cleaning products + human cleaning products that I need to do my inventory count. Haha! Like so siao, I don’t have a store but I’m operating like my house is a store. Oh well, it’s actually a store 🤣. 

Till then, I don’t know when I will fully complete this project coz I have 5 boxes items to compile. And I need to clear as much iMovie and photos I can from my phone for my upcoming trip in March. Who knows maybe I will complete this Project mini-Kiehl’s in October? 😉

Tonsillitis II

Her tonsilitis began when she was in Year 1, in 2023. Then it wasn’t a frequent occurrence and if I’m not wrong her MC record for school was perfect. Then it came to Year 2 and Year 3 the frequencies got more and more. She took so many MCs. Worst was when she was doing her intern. Internship leh! How can leave this kind of bad impression on the boss?

In December when internship is all over and done with. It occured again. No more school; no more work.  

22nd Dec (Mon) 

See the Doctor again. She has been having slight pain for the past week and last night she started sniffing. Oh oh! 

Dr Loh saw her 

ENHANCIN 625MG (AMOXICILLIN/CLAVULANATE) TAB - 

15.00 tabs

$16.50

FEXOFEN (FEXOFENADINE) 180MG TAB - 

10.00 tabs

$10.00

SERRAPTASE 10 (SERRATIOPEPTIDASE) 10MG TAB - 

10.00 tabs

$5.00

SODEN (NAPROXEN) 275MG TAB - 

20.00 tabs

$10.00

CONSULTATION - $32

TOTAL : $80.12

23rd Dec (Tue)

Started the course of antibiotics.

30th Dec (Tue)

She was better but decided to bring her for the follow up. Inflammation is gone. 

Dr Tan saw her today

ENHANCIN 625MG (AMOXICILLIN/CLAVULANATE) TAB - 

15.00 tabs

$16.50

SODEN (NAPROXEN) 275MG TAB - 

20.00 tabs

$10.00

FOLLOW UP CONSULTATION - $24

TOTAL : $55.05

Got some antibiotics from the doctor to standby for the trip. Hopefully there’s no need for it. 

During the holiday, made her drink her 板蓝根 and the tablets I bought from medical hall, hopefully can reduce any heatiness. Then …… I’m so damn frustrated with this whole tonsilitis episodes that she gets so frequent. #%^*! It’s mentally draining for me, I have other things to worry about and she gives me this. 

24th Feb 

Was supposed to see Dr Chong, scheduled for 3.30pm, but we cancelled. Coz she doesn’t want to do the surgery so why keep seeing him. 

Previously two or three appointments we waited so long in the holding area, just to hear the “so will she want to do the surgery?” “No? Ok so we will review again after next few months.” Consultation only less than 10mins. Wasted time, petrol, parking, money. Just coz she’s afraid of pain. No choice right? She suffer for that surgery then after that will be ok.  

26th Feb 

F#%^*!!!!! Had pain past few days. Today she was so tired. Been scolding her since her tonsillitis started in dunno which f year to SLEEP EARLY. Been telling her to drink the 版烂梗 then keep saying need my boiled chrysanthemum drink. Oi! How to keep boiling and boiling for her? We have lots of prepacked chrysanthemum sachets also what?! So what if her mother die? Nobody to boil for her then she forever don’t have to drink?! What kind of stupid excuses? Also been telling her to eat the tablets I bought from medical hall. I don’t bring it to her she won’t eat. Come on lah! How old is she?! Need me to feed her or not?! I’m damn freaking angry with her. 这么大了还要一直要 baby her? Told her so many times that to see whether a TCM medication works she needs to eat it on a daily basis. 吃一天五天不吃 how to see the efficacy? Then whatever tablets she’s eaten so far is deemed useless already. Those tablets are free huh? Waste my money. Link on product, click HERE. Then also told her how is she supposed to convince me that she will adhere to sleeping early if I brought her to the sinseh? You know to see sinseh is not just a once time visit, so many visits to 调身体。Once a week at least, so much time and money wasted to send her there and she sleeps late waste the whole bloody effort. 

It’s her life, she wants to suffer in pain forever (and she’s only 19 going 20 now, she’s gotta live till 70,80 or 90) I fucking don’t dare about her anymore! Don’t she ever dare to come and complain to me it’s painful. And yah! Coz I was so damn pissed with her for spending all her late nights on watching stupid things on Instagram, whatever fuck social media, whatever stupid aunty dramas. I should just confiscate her phone away. And she’s not even a student anymore for now. Can’t even take care of herself. I’m so bloody done with her. 

I was just so angry with her, I told her she can just jolly well walk to the clinic opposite us and see the doctor herself. 

Female doctor, Dr Ang saw her. 

Description

CURAM SANDOZ 625MG (AMOXICILLIN/CLAVULANATE) TAB

15 tabs  $18

CURAM SANDOZ 625MG (AMOXICILLIN/CLAVULANATE) TAB

15 tabs $18   [for holiday]

SODEN (NAPROXEN) 275MG TAB

20 tabs $20

CONSULTATION $32

TOTAL : $86.11

I think for future consultations I should just make her pay herself. See whether she feels the pinch to spend her own money or not. Maybe she’ll wise up a little? Or maybe not? She’s so stubborn. Coz I’ve spent so many years and months to keep nagging at her until I 气到自己不能睡. Heart palpitating so hard. Who knows maybe know I have high blood pressure because of her. Why other people’s kids 讲一两次都会听话、她不会？

I need to meditate and drink my Rose essential oil. Cannot apply coz small quantity applied on wrist probably won’t help me reduce the anger inside me.