We brought Nat to the doctor today, concerned about her phlegmy cough. Tried Kinder Clinic at Paragon which Swana recently started bringing Gigi to but somehow after today I don't think we'll be going there anytime soon.
It was a tad impersonal, and SUPER crowded, there was a non-stop stream of people entering but the names being called did not keep up! Not to mention the lifts at Paragon where forever packed and it took ages to catch an empty one.
The clinic is actual quite large with lots of sofas, but people had to stand around because they were all full. What struck me was the number of Indian expats at the clinic, I think they formed 70% of the crowd. In all the visit took 90 minutes, cost us $180 plus another $9.50 in parking...
Nat was prescribed Ventolin, and luckily we had a nebulizer at home, which we had bought for Arlyn to send home for her son, otherwise it would have been another $50 to rent a set. I could just picture Nick doing the sums in his head...what an expensive cough! But better to be safe than sorry!
In the evening, we met some of Nick's family for dinner at an AMK coffeeshop, had a chili crab craving satisfied but there was some durians next door that were beckoning but I decided to settle for mangosteens instead.
After dinner, some of us headed to Marina Barrage, it was my first time actually stepping foot in the place. Tonight was really humid though, and we were melting. Nat was in her element, charming Uncle Daniel and Uncle Chris and constantly raising her hands to be carried by them, along with Uncle Alvin. The rest of us were chopped liver!
Daniel and Chris followed us back to catch some footie on telly, but they were zonked from their long day and Daniel fell asleep on the couch...that was Nick's cue to send them home!
It was a tad impersonal, and SUPER crowded, there was a non-stop stream of people entering but the names being called did not keep up! Not to mention the lifts at Paragon where forever packed and it took ages to catch an empty one.
The clinic is actual quite large with lots of sofas, but people had to stand around because they were all full. What struck me was the number of Indian expats at the clinic, I think they formed 70% of the crowd. In all the visit took 90 minutes, cost us $180 plus another $9.50 in parking...
Nat was prescribed Ventolin, and luckily we had a nebulizer at home, which we had bought for Arlyn to send home for her son, otherwise it would have been another $50 to rent a set. I could just picture Nick doing the sums in his head...what an expensive cough! But better to be safe than sorry!
In the evening, we met some of Nick's family for dinner at an AMK coffeeshop, had a chili crab craving satisfied but there was some durians next door that were beckoning but I decided to settle for mangosteens instead.
After dinner, some of us headed to Marina Barrage, it was my first time actually stepping foot in the place. Tonight was really humid though, and we were melting. Nat was in her element, charming Uncle Daniel and Uncle Chris and constantly raising her hands to be carried by them, along with Uncle Alvin. The rest of us were chopped liver!
Daniel and Chris followed us back to catch some footie on telly, but they were zonked from their long day and Daniel fell asleep on the couch...that was Nick's cue to send them home!
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