Gallbladder Out

 2/9/2024

Admitted into Monash to have my gallbladder out!

Its been such a long time ago (6/3/25 today) but all is as good as can be being gallbladderless!

I had to do it before my Malaysia trip (Nov '24) as i did not want to risk having an attack whilst I was overseas.  I definitely do not want to have an emergency operation there eventhough I have premium travel insurance cover!

Well, I had to be very careful with my food intake especially spicy and oily food.  It tends to go through me like lightning and send me to the toilet!

Long story short, look after your body and treat it like a "house of God".  Cherish every part of your body inside out. 

 Nothing is ever the same if you are missing a part of your body or you have healed from your broken femur.  It's not the same as "the original" God gave us!

Since then I have a new phone and all photos are in the old phone so I am unable to attach any pixs if any, right now.

Living without a gallbladder is no big deal but you just have to make sure you are close by to a toilet if you are out for a feast!

Fennemores to Melbourne

 27/2/25

CK arrived on the 27/2 but I was admitted to Monash because of my bloody spectum condition.

Out of Monash 2/3,  had a big nap and went to meet up with CK in Glen Waverley at Shanghai Red for dinner.

It has been at least 2+years since we last met so it was really nice to see them.

Collected my 3 berries jam and Christmas cake made by CK.  She grew all the berries too.

I did not join them on the  roadtrip to Adelaide because we had the "Bunny Themed" birthday party for Eva on Sunday but officially, Eva turned 7 today (4/3).

They will be back on 9/3 so I guess there will be plenty to catch up on the Adelaide trip etc.  Most probably moving over to South Morang to spend a few days with them till they depart for London.

Some snippets from their Adelaide trip so far.....looks like I missed out on the Robe lobsters!

Looks like they are having a good trip so far, so let's just wait to hear all about it when they come back to Melbourne.

Happy Roadtripping my dear friends!

Camping at Breezes Lake Eildon...Gouldburn River

 3-6/1/2025

We spent 2 nights at Breezes in Lake Eildon and had the best time!  I love the outdoors n wished I had starting camping ages ago!

Day One

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Checked in...set up our tents and chilled by the river...water is ice cold and I could only tippy toe in the water.  Managed to sit in it but could not last long.  It was absolutely ice cold.  Unbelievable!  I felt so defeated I could not swim in it.

Lillie prepped dinner and we had guests join us.  Curry chicken was delish and we had the fire 🔥  going later and we cooked sweet potatoes, corn and marshmallows in the campfire.

Drinking started when the stars came out.  We sat around the fire and just enjoyed the silence and flickering flames.

Breakfast

Mucking Around

Toe Dippers

There is only 5 of us on this trip so it was easy to cater our meals.  Our mornings we had cooked breakfast washed down by coffee/tea with a variety of eggs..bacon..mushrooms..brocolinni etc.  Better than some BnB.

Day 2

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We were invited over the river to Annette's for BBQ lunch in their beautiful backyard which backs onto the river.

Definitely a lunch with beautiful views.

Annette's beautiful backyard

John and Marilyn Lambert drove up for the day and joined us at Annette's.

Was hoping for lovely sunsets or sun rises but this trip I was quite disappointed.

2nd nite fire

Good Morning

Forgot to mention everyone  crashed for a nap when we were at Annette's.

After the recharge, we went back to camp to start dinner.

Tonight, it was roast pork! Yes LG can make roast pork even  without an oven!  

We had noddles with it and it was so yummy.

So we have been walking up and down the river and still tip toeing around... but when we went further down and found a spot that was more calm... I just  went in and tried to swim.  It was so so cold and after 4 strokes...I was frozen and had to admit defeat but at least I got my whole body wet!!! 

Breakfast Crew

We did not do much activities except with cooking utensils and the fork and knife.  

Everyone had some down time and we enjoyed each other's company so this short breakation did all of us a world of good!

On the way home we stopped by the Maroondah Dam to debrief and all of us agreed we should do it again!

Forest Hill Chase Cooking Demo

In conjunction with Chinese New Year celebrations. The Foodaffectionist aka Lillie Giang was demonstrating the following dishes at Forest Hill Chase Shopping Centre.

1)  The infamous Prosperity Toss

2) Dumplings workshop by public participation

3)  Longevity Noodles

It was a fun morning and Shoppers and passerbys were treated to a sample of the dishes demonstrated by Lillie.

It was "hard" work and when the "show" was over, we all gathered for dumplings for late lunch as a reward for ourselves!

Another great cooking demonstration by the Foodaffectionist aka Lillie Giang