Today, we had a family trip to Garden Festival 2018.

Together with our aunties (the 3 aunties who went Hong Kong with me and my sister) and brother, we brought our parents to the Garden By the Bay.  There is a Garden Festival event going on for this week and since my company had discounted tickets, we took the offer and bought the tickets.

It was fun. Brother pretended to be a tour guide and our aunties pretended to be tourists from Hainan Island. Along the way, these foursome cracks jokes and entertain us throughout the trip.

The exhibition is good but not that fantastic. Some of the items are repeated and appeared 2 years ago.  We went to the Flower Dome and Cloud Forest. Both are cooling places and save us from the hot weather. The orchids in the Flower Dome are beautiful but there is nothing much in the Cloud Forest.

We did not visit all the places, we just cover some exhibition halls especially those that are aircon, because it is too hot and humid today.  But these do not matters, it is the company we had (family and the aunties) that makes the day fun.

Next time, we shall plan another outing again.

Health is not good for my mum and me

Mother's health has not been good. She has been hospitalised 3 times since Chinese New Year.

She is on feeding tube now and there is a lot of phelgm which she have no strength to expirate out. We had to use a suction machine to suck out her phelgm but she is very resistant to it and we can't suck out much. Her breathing is getting weaker and she needs a lot of strength to breathe which is not a good sign.

Her parkinson disease had worsen. I don't know is it because of her medication or because it is really deteriorating faster now.

I am worried that she is having infection which we could not detect.  She doesn't have any fever, but she had difficult breathing and that is a sign of infection according to the doctors.  Her last trip to hospital was due to lung infection.  She managed to recover and discharged.  Hopefully, we can keep the infection away.

Next 2 weeks there will be a followup with doctors on her conditions, hopefully the doctors can advise on how to make her comfortable and reduces the phlegm.

I think my health is not good either. I am having back pain all the way to my backside.  According to doctors, I may have slipped disc and it is pressing on my nerves.  Think I had hurt my back when moving of my mum.  Also, I had not been sleeping well.  Had been sleeping very late because I had to make sure my mum's phlegm gets suck out before she dozes off.  Also woken up in the night by her moaning and need to get up to make sure she is not choking on her phlegm.

Think I need to start my exercise routine and read up ways to minimize my back pain.  I read that there is no recovery once you have slipped disc, you can only lessen the pain.  That is the problem of aging, all the parts got worn off.

All right, I am going to get my sleep now.  For a healthier tomorrow ...

It's a new year again

A new year has begun. Review of last year and new resolutions for the new year.

I have only written 3 blogs.  Either it had been very peaceful and non-happening (it is not), or I have been busy. Yeah ... I admit I have been lazy, not busy. 😁

Last year, I brought my aunties to Hong Kong and China for holidays. This is the least I could do for 4 wonderful ladies.  Should they passed on years later, at least I would not have any regrets of not bringing them on a trip.

Mum did a PET scan and nothing was found, which is good.  But her health has been not going well towards the end of the year. Hopefully, it gets well in the new year.

I am still at Level 2 in my pop piano lessons. The school changed my instructors 3 times, but I learn a lot of techniques from the different instructors. Hopefully, I can move up to level 3 this year.

I am learning Lotus Notes and Dynamics CRM.  I will gained these knowledge in depth in terms of technical skills and business knowledge (so that my company will feel that I am indispensable 😈). But I also hope they will retrench me and pay me 24 months salary when I am 55 years old.  So that I can have an early retirement.

Well, last year has really been peaceful.

NOW, for the new year....

No, I am not making resolutions.  I can't keep them and I will feel stress.  I will only make wishes.

I wish
- my parents will be healthy
- my mum will be happier and eats more
- my work will be smooth
- I have work-life balance
- my investments will have good returns.
- I can move up to Level 3 in my pop piano lesson

That is quite a lot of wishes :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! CHINESE NEW YEAR is coming too!!!