some reflections..

i have been thinking.. that in my life, things have always gone smoothly.. from academic life, to work life, to relationships, marriage, parenthood.. i've always felt that i've been receiving some kind of help all this while..

some pple think i'm very kiang3 (hokkien for capable), that i can cope with a part-time course with two children. Actually the truth is, I have sooooo much help. My in-law, my mum, my husband.. they are the wind beneath my wings.. oh no.. i think i'm starting to sound crappy... haha..

the reason for this entry is that recently i think i received help again.. even when it was just about hiring a domestic helper. I started to worry that I may not enough time to hire one to be ready before i resume work. My friends were telling me that it may take a few months to hire one. So, much that i've procrastinated the task of hiring one, i finally got my butt out of my mum's place two fridays ago to the maid employment agencies.. i didnt expect to spot a transfer maid right on the spot and decided to hire her and she'd be ready to start work the following monday (last monday).

Then a problem arose. I was preparing for my exam and her sudden arrival will mean disruptions. Strangely, the maid agency called me while applying for the work permit that MOM's record shows that I'm "single". I was like "WHAT the xxxx!", how can a ministry have my record as single? On top of that, my name in their record is different from the name shown in the IC we faxed over.. that was all so dumb! I was angry with them that cos of their stupidity, it became a hassle to us that we had to provide our marriage cert. Eventually, when i got over the anger, i realised that that was actually to my advantage, that delay meant that i have one less thing to cope with during my exam period..

Now my exam is over and tomo onwards, life will not be the same again... Soon i will be leaving my mum's comfortable home and resume my daily schedule of shuffling between home and mil's place.. but i know everything will be alright..