As part of the new requirement to take your physical fitness exam, you have to undergo medical examination, or more commonly known as, FFI.

In FFI, one is required to take a blood test, blood pressure test, urine test and ECG test. Based on the result, your cholesterol is on the borderline high and the doctor is sending you for the much-dreaded stress ECG as a precaution given that your father had a heart bypass years ago.

When you look back over the past year, your exercise frequency has reduced and your diet has become unhealthy. It's a shocking reminder that you need to exercise more frequently and watch your diet closely. If you are diagnosed with heart problem, your flying days would be over.

And you know that you will never be the same again.

So you are hoping for the best for now.

How do one cram updates which have been lacking for the past two months into a single post?

There are many thoughts on your mind which you will do your utmost to pen down so as to make things flow. Not easy, but you are willing to give it a shot.

For starters, you have finally set your sights on a house after searching for 3 months. Come August this year, you would be collecting the keys to a resale 3-roomer which will be your abode for years to come. While its a tad small compared to a 4-roomer, it met your principal considerations of budget and proximity to the parents. Notwithstanding these principal considerations, the fully renovated house goes a long way towards reducing the financial outlay necessary for renovations. All that's needed is minor renovations to your specifications.

While the paperwork for the house is underway, you turn your focus onto other things such as spending time with the girlfriend and trying to fly yourself out of the desk job. Even though disagreements are bound to happen, you do feel bad for not spending enough time with her given the distance. As correctly pointed out by her, you tend put the needs of others ahead of yourself, which is not conducive in the long run for any relationships. Note to self; More work to be done on the relationship front..

So, that's it. A quick and short update on a Vesak Day, a day spent resting and recovering from all the flu-induced stresses.