Health instalment due...

Fri 30th Nov.
Yup, it's that time of the month...nope, NOT that time of the month la! I mean, it's time for my regular monthly visit to our family doc. You know, the replenishment of monthly life-long, life-saving drugs at this point in time...needed to keep THIS ole junk alive & kicking...hehe...who else but yours truly lo...
Good news tho. BP 110/70. Which is good...so says the doc. And she added...would hv been 160-180! But cos me good self has been taking care of himself, it's medically under control. Ha ha!

The other ole junk...my car this time lo...appears to be none the worse. No further leaks. Joint at air-con pressure switch now clean & dry. A good sign here, too. However, one major transplant is forthcoming. Timing belt & water pump change. Actually, if going by the book, change is not due yet (only @100k km)...abt 14k+ km to go yet. But, most rec change @ 80k km. To be really safe. I did go as far as 90k+ km for my 1st change. 2nd change was earlier @80k+ km. Now? Frankly me am confused, worried & lost!

Anyway, whenever it's to be done, it's gonna be major in $$. Have been delaying & postponing it...keeping me fingers Xed so tightly that my ole junk won't suddenly be terminal till me can do so...knowing the risks involved.

Other than that, life's just routine. Strange? Hard to believe? 'Tis true...

Was kinda reminiscing with my other half while walking around Giant this morning. How life has a funny kind of way to show us how helpless we humans are. It's understandable for animals cos they act only by instinct. Human beings are endowed with a 3lb brain. The largest in the animal kingdom...in relation to body mass.

We talked abt how, no matter how one tries to change things in the family, kids, when they grow up, somehow would adopt the same thinking, behaviour & actions of those around them when they leave the nest. Not that of their own family. And we come to realise that upbringing does not have any lasting impression on them either. Peer groups, peer pressure, environmental factors eg at work...colleagues, the nature of the world today, etc, overshadows all family virtues that one had tried to instill in one's young. Somehow they are not strong enough to resist the influences & practise what they have been brought up to be. Probably their rebellous nature? Somehow, they would end up being the same as others from other families...perhaps even worse cos of their weaknesses.

Of course there are the rare ones who can think & feel what being part of a family is all about...the love their parents have for them. Their sacrifices. Going beyond their call of duty. Not that their parents really had to but they wanted to. Felt the need to. Because they love their kids. And these "strong" kids are able to be themselves...able to stand up tall...loving back with the love they have received from their parents & constantly nurtured in their hearts! The realisation that they would be parents one day, too. With kids of their own. Instead of harbouring in their hearts a no. of those so-called "7 deadly sins"...of which Jealousy, Pride & Selfishness figure ever so prominently. Sadly tho, many do not wake up in time. Only doing so when they find themselves suffering the same pains & feeling the same hurt as their parents b4 them. A factor beyond our control.

Well, like the song...Whatever will be, will be...the future is not for us to predict, wish or ask for but in God's hands...
We can only wish them the best & only pray that their pain & suffering will not be worse than ours...

Sincere apologies cos my other personality...the philosophical one...took over just now.
Count your blessings. I am...now...really! Only way to be happy...extras are bonuses from God!
Like when our doc asked me how I am now...my answer? " You can see me & I can see you...we are both good! "

Have a good weekend! Live the moment.