When Everything Goes Unhindered

Got up pretty early today, had an appointment with the dentist at 11.00 a.m. Would you believe it that I got up at 7.00 a.m?? I have set my alarm clock at 9.00 a.m.

After tending some in my garden, I left at about 9.30 a.m., figuring that I might get stuck at the road construction work at the town centre. Well, I was pleasantly surprised when I reached the critical juncture, all is smooth sailing, not many cars in sight and I was able to clear that stretch in less than 3 minutes when, at times, it will take all of half an hour or more!!

So, I got to dentist's neighbourhood before way before 10.00 a.m. and lo and behold!! There were ample parking for my picking!! There were times when I had to drive around 5 - 10 minutes, just to find an empty spot!! Well, I got to the dentist by 10.00 a.m., with minutes to spare, and sat down, expecting to wait for another hour, wondering, how to kill one hour with nothing to occupy my time?? Again, I was pleasantly surprised that I was called into the dentist's in less than 5 minutes time! Another surprise!! I used to wait for 15 - 30 minutes, irregardless of whether I turn up early or late. So, for an appointment at 11.00 a.m., I finished everything by 10.30 a.m., which is great! I got back into office before 11.00 a.m. (another wonder, as the traffic was not heavy) and would you believe it, that the traffic at the opposite lanes were jam packed!! What a difference an hour made!! If I had left home a bit later earlier on, I would be caught in the jam that was happening at the opposite lane that I saw. And it looked bad, I estimated that it will take at least half an hour to one hour to clear the stretch that took me less than five minutes, an hour earlier!!!

So, I bought Toto this morning, since Lady Luck is being very generous with me and let's hope she will continue to be generous all the way...

Yesterday, I went to Shogun for some Japanese food again. I think I am really losing control over my eating plan, seemed to be eating a lot recently!! Anyway, after eating, we went to a jewellery shop and looked at diamonds and such again. I am thinking of getting another diamond earring, but a much much smaller carat one, for casual wear, keeping the bigger one for special occasions like dinners and such. My wife bought a pair of pearl earring and we looked at quite a number of diamond rings. There were some good bargains but after considering that the design is practically the same with what we already owned, we end up didn't buy any of the diamond ring. But, it's still very tempting though....