Because We Only Have One Life

(This is a blog I've posted on my friendster blog , April 30, 2010. I really love this post because it's exactly how I felt at the moment. So, enjoy guys.. :) ) When I was expecting my second child, I thought our life would be getting tougher... Financially, we definitely needed to construct new budgets: unnecessary trips and some items in the wish list had to be canceled out. Physically, as a working mother from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with bundles of housework await, I barely had time for myself to chill out. Mentally, knowing that I would suffer the same pain I'd encountered before had given me an emotional breakdown... almost everyday. One good point was that raising our eldest son (now is 3 years old) can be considered easy: an obeyer of a single instruction, never give any tantrum in any unexpected condition, and is in his own world when he's occupied with something. Though, there were some moments when I realized that he might not be ready to have a baby brot

" You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for two things, the people you meet and the books you read ." -It's so true what Charles Jones said. To be honest, I am not a bookaholic person even though I'm currently working in an educational environment. I am the kind of person who would just happen to read any book if the book happens to be there at any happenstance. However, when I start reading something, not even a rumbling thunder can wake me up. :) One fine evening, I was looking for a reading material to kill my boredom during the invigilation session. I just grabbed one from my Reader's Digest collection, which was the March 2010 edition and rushed up into the exam hall. I spent the first 30 minutes glancing from page 1 to the back cover, while peeking at the candidates. As I am not a bookworm, I don't normally read every page of Reader's Digest - my favorite page has always been the one-page article like the All in a Day