Bad times...

For the last 2 weeks of Term 1, it was rather traumatic when my Dad was hospitalised due to blood infection. It was so bad that he could not urinate and had high fever for 6 days. For the first time in his 55 years of life, he was hospitalised. Thank God he was admitted to the hospital in time for treatment with strong anti-biotics and was cured. Praise be to the Lord that my Dad recovered and was able to urinate normally after being in hospital for 2 weeks. Nonetheless, he has to continue with the oral anti-biotics to further strengthen his immune system after this bout of blood infection. Such is the saying of life is short and you never know what happens next. Thank God for guiding us through that period of time. I even developed urticaria aka hives (hong mo) during that period (last week of Term 1) but recovered after 2 days of rest at home.

I was happy for her that finally she has found a good guy to take care of her. Heehee, she looked gorgeous that day. Together with Thang Li and Hua Chin, we took several photographs together with the pretty bride. Sure missed the good old days when we always took photos together.

Prior to that, I had bought all the ingredients and materials needed for the exciting MLEA activity, 'Making Peanut Butter Happy Faces Snacks', to be done for Term 2 Week 1. Being kiasu, I bought extra ingredients and materials. I spent nearly $50 on these items.

When I returned to school on Wednesday, I brought all these goodies to class. Thank God I was well-prepared with the ingredients and materials as most of my 2D children did not bring their stuff. Being a teacher, one must be ever ready and be willing to GIVE. With much prayers beforehand, I am thankful that everything went quite smoothly, other than having to repeat my instructions and keep reminding the children on what should be done. I was glad that the children enjoyed themselves at the end of the activity.

This time round, the children were able to contribute more to the class dictated story as I guided them with probing questions. Joyful moment of engaging children in learning through activity, yet exhausting. I was so exhausted that I had a bad headache by the time I reached home yesterday. As a result, I had to take 2 panadols and headed straight for bed after dinner.

Today was another tiring day at school. Life as a teacher is always accompanied by never-ending work. It's always a matter of prioritising time. Anyway, there's a time for work, there's a time for rest and relaxation. After settling the main marking of books in school, I returned home to rest. Upon reaching home, I realised my mother and sister went out with my niece and nephew to shop at Takashimaya for baby clothes. Hence, I quickly bathed to freshen up before meeting them at Taka in Orchard.

It was certainly delightful to go shopping with my mother, sister, niece Keziah and nephew Abel. Nevertheless, I had my part in babysitting/ entertaining my niece Keziah. That's what aunt (aka yiyi) is for. It was the first time we went out shopping with my sister ever since she gave birth to her 2 darlings. Heehee... and it was also the first time my bro-in-law Wencong gave my mother and I a treat. Wow!! It was a pleasant surprise. We had dinner together at Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao, sharing 2 enormous bowls of noodles, 1 plate of fried noodles, 2 baskets of xiao long bao, 1 plate of Shanghai buns and 1 basket of Chinese roti prata. It was a satisfying and enjoyable meal. My niece Keziah sure can eat a lot as well. Hahaha, guess she takes after my eating ability. ;P She has grown a lot, more lovely and adorable each day.

After dinner, my bro-in-law, Wencong drove my mother and I home. My niece Keziah was sad to say goodbye to us when she went home. Nonetheless, we had a pleasant evening.

Since tomorrow is GOOD FRIDAY, time for a good rest and recharge. More work to be done tomorrow. Just do the best that I can and complete whatever is possible. Rest is important to renew strength to keep marching on...