It has not been a very
smooth couple of weeks for Mrs Ussenal in terms of health. Firstly, in February
there was a root canal tooth that had plagued her with pain , followed by a
bout of flu that had us so anxious that she had to go to the A & E at NUH
to conduct tests to ensure that it was not the heart that was beating for help.
A flu could be just so loosely used but I had’nt imagined that a flu without
proper medicine and rest catered to fight it, would implode to something that
can pull a man down to his knees. It was frightening to watch but again, a
timely reminder that sickness and ever new flu viruses are no longer the same
10 years ago.
Followed by a suspected
case of food poisioning last night, it was another horrendous episode. I remembered
the last time I had food poisioning too, I was literally so weak and tired that
I couldn’t go home even after the MO in army had given me the permission to go
home. I had to stay in bed, rest a while before I could determine that I could
at least walk out to the gate to wait for my father who would come later to
pick me up.
Well, I am sure Mrs
Ussenal will be fine soon enough. It’s just a pity that the work she does for
the kids are not in measure to what her body’s health demand for the job duties.
It is no joke, I repeat, to be anxious and in constant worry over a loved one
and in an area where we have no trained expertise, it can play with your mind
and is in no way less daunting than any other stress related issues where we
can only wait.
Yesterday, despite being
the midweek where it is traditionally slow everywhere, I received a piece of
news that I have been waiting for so long – that my firm has paid the invoice for
my Law course and although I’m unsure if there are more hiccups along the way(as
there were regarding my application since last year), I am glad that it appears
all paper work should be done and settled. I have no doubt that I will need to
call upon the discipline I had been taught in Army and also the previous study experience
I have had in the Sports Management to
gear me up properly for the next 2.5 years. While part of me is concerned about
the paper stuff since I live in Singapore,
I am more interested in the vast knowledge that I will get to learn and absorb,
in a topic that not many peers nor people have. It is an area which one day, I
hope to be able to contribute back to society and help the needy.
The picture again depicts
a thousand words. Can you guess in 2 words what does it represents?