Feeling of being sandwich!

Awful feeling of being sandwich today...

I was called into the room this morning, a very very bad news was relayed to me. Vivien our HR manager have submitted her resignation last week, I am totally shock and tears came to the eyes. When I first joined this company, she was my mentor and I respect her very very much. I have always been grateful to her for giving me the opportunity to work in the company, the news is a bad piece for me. What a week this is, I encountered the MRT train knocking down a poor guy yesterday, and today, I have to receive this piece of bad news.

The news left me in a daze the entire morning, later, Lay Peng told me she had known about it since last week and have been crying. It is no wonder since vivien and her have been together for years before I came, I have only been with Vivien for 6 months yet I have taken the news quite badly.

Concidentally, the weather have been wet and cold. It has been raining hard since noon...

Hot Tuesday Morning

On the Way to Work
2nd day to take the train to work this week, it seems rather warm this morning, I actually sweat from walking to the MRT Station.
At the Choa Chu Kang MRT Station, the crowd of people this morning are on their best behaviour, they actually made huge noticeable effort to stand behind the yellow line. But how long would it be before they actually put the unfortunate incident of the poor guy being knocked down by the train yesterday, and start to push their way beyond the yellow safety line as the train approaches.
There's the usual crowd on the train as usual, people carrying huge backpack on their back and pushing their way into the train. Or there's those carrying huge bags... Majority of these people felt their have bought an extra ticket for their bag as well. Sign... I was lucky to get a seat today at the Woodlands Station when a school boy alights.

Home
The boys are as usual going about their usual noise production, seems like young children forever have to accomplish a certain quota of voice volume in a day. Especially boys, they just can't seem to sit still.
My grandma in a bad health status last week at the hospital, seems to have gotten better and has been given the clear bill to be discharge. Hubby and I visited her over the weekends and she seems to be rather happy to see us, but we were told her bed sore has spread and are getting worse.
Hubby has been very supportive and driving me and my parents into Malaysia to visit grandma very frequently, I am very very thankful to him. Love you, dear : )

A Black Monday

Tragic MRT Incident
I went to work this morning by MRT Train since hubby is travelling overseas, it will be for 3 days before he can drop me off at work again. A brief 10 minutes walk to the Choa Chu Kang MRT this morning, I can't find my Transitlink Card... After purchasing the temporary 1 way travel card, I found them in my bag!!
By the time I got on the MRT platform, it was about 7:59am.
The other platform's train which is heading towards Jurong East approaches, suddenly a loud thud was heard! Screams and shouts follow!!!!!! Someone was banged into by the train, the train screeched to a stop and the driver whom must be in shock sounded the horn. People whom are brave enough, approached to peep under the train, seems like a body was under it, the face cannot be seen.
I was really shocked, my stomach started to turn and the goosebumps on my back surfaced!
How could such a thing happen, it's the start of the week after a weekend of rest, such tragic incident should never happen! The victim had almost a zero chance of survival when the knock from the train was so loud and with the fragile body going under the train. Perhaps the victim have a family and young child waiting at home for him after his work today, was he push down accidentally from the eager crowds behind him as the train approaches? Every morning and evening, crowds can always be seen eagerly waiting along the edge of the platforms at each stations. I really pray that the victim did not suffer too much and have lost consiciousness by the time the train hit her before going down under the train, or at least, there are still a chance of him perhaps surviving the tragic incident?
I could not bear to look on further, in a state of shock, I could only manage to get into the approaching train at my side of the platform to go towards Novena for work.
God, please do help this poor soul.

Lovely Monday

Work
Today is Monday, things has been good so far. Benny our Senior Boiler Inspector is back in the office today after a seemingly long business trip, he looks fresh. Pow and Janetud are away on their trip to Qingdao, an early morning flight today, hope they had enough sleep. Hope it will be a wonderful week ahead, be optimistic and things would be great all the time : )

Home
Bryan's had a mini birthday celebration for him on Saturday, we brought him a cake, crackers, pizza and not forgetting to make him jellies too. He's finally turned two years of age, Sukamti our domestic helper, is very proud and happy to have seen him grow up under her care. I am very appreciative of her wonderful care to the 3 young kids and our family.
We brought the kids to Lorong Harus on Saturday, the place are full of pet shops which specialises in fishes / dogs / pet hotels / etc. The kids enjoyed themselves very much on seeing all the puppies in the shops. Bryan as usual got really close up to the puppies behind the fenced up area, ending up with some of the puppies getting aggitated and barking at him. You should have seen the poor chihuahua quivering in the cage with 3 young excitated boys looking down at him, poor thing. Must bear in mind that should we ever get a pet dog in the future, it has to be of a certain size to be able to withstand the three boys. A small dog like the fragile chihuahua just wouldn't do.
Our dear car Blackie, is finally going to get it's "injuries" fix up this week. After all the "begging" on the other party to do their job of submitting their statement on the accident to their insurance company. Finally things are moving. The other party doesn't sound very happy though, as the driver whom is a foreigner wrote to me that he would have expected Singaporean to be more courtesy in letting people change lane when the indicator light is on, especially when we have to understand that he is doing a lane change across 3 lanes to get to turn into his home. My goodness, I told him that I am taking my driving license now and studying real hard on the driving theory for drivers. Turning on the indicator doesn't mean that it is safe to lane change, there are the following factors to bear in mind.
- road traffic condition (congested / slow moving)
- checking of rear / side mirrors, blind spots (approaching vehicles / etc)
Patrick and I now know why there are a high number of accidents on the road daily, it is because of such inthoughtful drivers whom think that they own the road and talk about courtesy when they themselves are not even considering self courtesy and safety in the first place. Now, we have phobia of vehicles whom always switch lane without considering the safe distance. Our keeping 3 cars' lenght from the front vehicle is never possible since there are always vehicles whom would just turn their vehicles suddenly into your travelling path when it is just 1 car lenght. As everyone knows, so long as your vehicle knocks into the other party's rear, it is always your fault no matter what, even if they are the party whom suddenly switch into your lane from nowhere. Sign!
Now, I'm having phobia on the road with such reckless driving and inconsiderate people...