Thursday, October 16, 2008
When a family member unfortunately got a progressively degenerative disease, it reveals the best and worse of the other family members. Just chatted with my senior..her mum has got a very bad illness. She, being the youngest in the family, has to burden her mother's medical fees, all because of her father's selfishness. He has kept all his wife's savings and his own away, preventing them from using the money to pay for the medical fees, saying these are his hard-earned money. He even became abusive verbally and physically when my senior tried to made her own decisions on her mother's treatment.
I dunno how to console her.. she being so devastated with her mum's illness..and without the support of her father. All her relatives shunned her because of her father and now she couldn't get enough money for her mum's treatment.
Has he forgotten all the vows he made to her on marriage day that he will take care of her even during illness? I dunno y he wun feel guilty of denying her, his wife from receiving proper treatment, whom i m sure took care of his everyday needs for so many years. Even if it means losing her even after spending so much money, i would still tink its worth it for the one you so loved.. and would like to protect.
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
About 1 month available for me to nua at home. Realise I got more time now for myself compared to when I have job. Tidy up my ever messy room..and dig out class photos from guangyang pri, fuchun primary, woodlands sec and YJC. A lot of memories came out...especially the primary sch days. Decided to try my luck to look for guangyang pri sch friends in facebook..found 3 :) So happy to see them going on well in their own lives.
I spent my hari raya holiday with my ex-colleagues..to walk the southern ridges. We set off at kent ridge park...
walk walk walk to hort park...a lot of flowers to see in the park..but they are all in the greenhouse.
And cute characters plus recycled "pots" for plants..
we rest a while before we continue to walk walk to alexandra arch..
followed by henderson waves...
then to faber park and finally to vivocity.
We took 2 hours plus to walk the whole distance. I realised I learnt alot from my colleagues..not just knowledge in work but how to appreciate the nature in Singapore...how close they are to us but yet easily forgotten. This trip is possibly the last one with Zhaowei before she goes back to China...a good memory for me to keep.
Its amazing how a small gesture or a short sentence can affect profoundly the life of another person. I thank Wenhao for his advice on my career..I was so confused on my future..whether my choice on staying in the analysis field and accepting this job is correct. He told me that even if its doing the same kind of job..a different env will teach me new things...diff ppl I meet there will mould me into a better person. I am grateful that I met him, my best friend, who opens my aspect in life. Same for Zhaowei..who makes me live life to fullest..exploring the nature...and always remain grateful and not to flare up over nothing. Thx them for being my friends..
