June 2011 Eventful month

Attended birthday party of twin sisters, Felicia & Pat from our primary school, Convent Penang Road. Thanks to FB as they found me and that's how we got in touch and met face to face after so many years of losing contact.

Busy attending meetings and making arrangement for a reunion with secondary friends of CLS. Being a committee to represent my class, i had to collect money, book hotel and made advance payment. Contacting and persuading friends to attend were the most challenging task. I still have yet to convince another 5 of them to join the party.

My company acquired another new factory which has given me the most stress. Being so much involved in the acquisition activities and also providing assistance in the administration, it was most disappointing when the business is running into a loss. Busy with everything besides worrying for the monthly loss. We have simply accepted all resignation from employees and finally my HR exec is leaving. I have to understand and plan what or who to do or how to do her job. It is not as easy like plant 1 and therefore i have added worries when we have reluctantly given early release and she has like 4 days to brief or train me. Sigh...

Next, my mom was not well and was admitted to the hosp for dehydration, creatinine at 172 and RBC at 8. Blood transfusion needed since blood count was low. I have to do the basic housework, worry about office work and mom's health condition. When she stayed for the 3rd day, i received a call from Penang Tzu Chi, SN Lim that my godfather needs an admission. Heart enlarged, chest infection and RBC 7.5. I had to rush to Penang to reach Tzu Chi before 8pm to collect his medical report for his admission. Finally admitted at Specialist Centre and on my way home, visited my mom at Seb Jaya hosp. Day ended past 11pm.

Next morning with calls from hosp asking for replacement of blood as godfather needed 2 pkt for blood transfusion. Arrangement had to be made by me. Then another call informing me that my mom at Seb Jaya hosp can be discharged and i need to be there to check her condition with the Doctor. I am needed here & there?? Sigh.... Island or mainland?

June is a real crazy month for me. I am so so stressful that i am also short of breath. Could hardly eat and my mind has too many things to worry.

"Lou Tou, Mummy, you two up in heaven can see me running about, doing my best for my mom and my godfather. Please give me your invisible strength as i am a tired person now. I may physically look strong. You should know i am worried, sad, unhappy and crying in my heart. :( I feel i am no long the Queen i used to be. A jovial and happy go lucky Queen. I don't feel it at all. Why??"

Tertiary Education

When i felt so depressed and stressed with everything around me, I wanted so much to share with someone. It will be such a relieved if i could just release what is all inside me. But I was too tired to talk or to tell anyone how i am feeling and i suddenly remember my Blog.

I do not know if i have over reacted over pressured unnecessarily. Let me see where i should start.

Tertiary education of my daughter.

What is best for her and has a good prospect in the future? Which university should we send her? From education fair to visiting universities, we did not have this problem with my eldest because we chose the course and university and she was very accommodating. Completed her degree with a very affordable fee and is doing pretty good in her career. This other girl insisted on Science related course and had all along wanted Biomedical Science. We had to agree since this has been her interest. In all her public uni application, she has chosen Biomed being her 1st choice. Will she be just a Lab technologist or as a sales rep. What is the future with such a degree? Why am i so worried about it when my husband just simply agree with her to take it up with no worries. She has finally picked Pharmacy and with the hope to do a Master or follow the footstep of her cousin. This is great news to me but i have another worry that there may be too many Pharmacist in the market esp when i even read what our Health Ministry has quoted in the Star that medicine & pharmacy should no longer be considered as critical course with too many graduates in both field. So what now?? Pharmacy or BioMed. She has decided with Pharmacy and i have accepted her decision. Now the cost and which Uni? Taylor's Uni which cost easily RM150K or Aimst for just RM90K. Sigh...