Happy Teacher's Day

Happy Teacher's Day to all the teachers in this world!

Some schools have either a half day or a school holiday today as Teacher's Day falls on 1 Sept which is a saturday so it's like off-in-lieu. Many schools are having their teacher's day dinner tonight while others had theirs last week or last night.

Teacher's Day dinners give teachers the opportunity to dress up, catch up with one another, take pictures etc. We don't have much time to chat a lot during school hours so tend to talk and laugh more during dinners like this. My school had ours at The Legends. Food was not important but the company we had that night. We were entertained by wonderful songs put up by fellow colleagues and had fun gossiping with close ones outside the venue.

My ex students called and sms me last night wanting to come over to school but I had to turn them down due to my eye infection. I promised them that we shall meet outside school at some fast food restaurant when school reopens. It's very heartening to know that ex students still remember me after all the scoldings and naggings which I've given them ahhaha :)

I guess this year is my most pathetic Teacher's Day. I'm all alone at home updating my blog nursing an eye infection while my colleagues and friends who are teachers are enjoying the celebrations put up by their students. Was still rather pessismistic last night but the thought of my baby and my hubby's encouragement gave me strength and courage to recover as fast as I can. At the same time, I was listening to a song by Josh Groban 'You Are Loved'. I kept repeating the song till my CD player nearly konked out hahaha. The words are simply meaningful.

Simply loved the way Josh sings, so powerful, so manly (hmmmm just like my husband *wink*).
Really missed my hubby's bear hugs.......
Josh's voice can really put me into a mode of relaxation or trance, living in a world of my own not bothering about what happened around me.

Thanks to arwen for the tips and ting for your concern and hugs :))


You Are Loved
(Don't Give Up)

Don't give up
It's just the weight of the world
When your heart's heavy I
I will lift it for you

Don't give up
Because you want to be heard
If silence keeps you I
I will break it for you

Everybody wants to be understood
Well I can hear you

Everybody wants to be loved
Don't give up

Because you are loved

Don't give up
It's just the hurt that you hide
When you're lost inside I
I'll be there to find you

Don't give up
Because you want to burn bright
If darkness blinds you I
I will shine to guide you

Everybody wants to be understood
Well I can hear you

Everybody needs to be loved
Don't give up

Because...you are loved

Don't give up
It's just the weight of the world

Don't give up
Everybody needs to be loved

You are loved

A Challenging Week

This week has been a week of self-reflection, fear, heartache and worry. It all started on 25 Aug 2007 (Sat). I started to experience pain in my left eye with green discharge and blurry eyesight. Consulted a GP and was told that it was eye infection. Put the eyedrops and green discharge stopped. Fever came on at night measuring up to 38.1 degree celsius. Come Sunday, redness went to right eye and left eye was more swollen that before. I decided to consult my family doctor who is more experienced. He gave me a stronger eyedrop and medicine to bring down the swell. Fever continues.

By Monday afternoon, left eye became bloodshot as if some vessel had burst and whole eye looked really like blood. Come Tuesday, I went straight to A&E at TTSH in the afternoon, waited n waited till I saw an eye doctor. I was diagnosed for conjunctivities haemorrage. He gave me some eye drops which I dutifully put on for two days. There is some improvement as my left eye is no longer bloodshot but it will take time for the redness to clear. My right eye is completely alright now.

Throughout these few days, there's this fear of me becoming blind, not able to see my family and my beautiful baby girl. I want to be able to grow up with her and be there when she reaches each milestone. I am separated from her till now as I do not want her to be susceptible to the infection. After all, she's only 4 months old and her immunity has not been built up yet. I could not touch her and could only see her from about one metre away. The heartache is beyond description. I wondered how some mothers could be so cruel as to abuse their own babies or allow others to abuse them.

These few days of separation tore my heart out. She stayed with my in laws at night. I prayed very hard that I will recover by the end of this week so that I can be with my darling, cuddle her and kiss her. I thank the heavens for a very supportive husband. He tries to make everything easy for me and makes me laugh so as not to think of my heartache too much. I thank both sides of the family as well. My parents-in -law who never fails to take good care of my baby. My mum and mum-in-law calls me every morning to make sure I was alright. My brother calls a few times to ask about my condition.

I believe without their support, I could have easily gone into some depression and I can get rather emotional sometimes. Colleagues at work were also wonderful. Just want to say a big THANK YOU to all of you at work! :)