Thoughts and experience of a city girl

3 days my parents and my younger bro is away on a cruise in Singapore. Everyone would think I was looking forward to this as it was a sign of FREEDOM. I am practically the queen of the house, able to do anything I want at anytime. But on Friday night, which is the first day they were away, I was feeling the missing part in my life. Don’t mean to sound so homely but I do MISS them. My elder bro only came back late that day and I already dozed off then. Saturday, I went for my scheduled back exercise, then shopping (like I always do on saturdays) but when the day was ending, I again felt the strong feelings of missing them. It has been so usual that it becomes a norm that on every Sunday, I would go walk the little forest at Bukit Gasing or Bukit Kiara with my family. All of a sudden, I was struck, what am I going to do this sunday. I’ve dedicated my Sundays as family day and part of them are gone on a vacation.

I did go to Pavillion with my elder bro, walking and seeing what’s new there. It was a good outing and also a good day as I know my parents and younger bro is coming back! I just thought of cooking them a meal as a welcoming gesture, where I went to the market to buy all the raw food materials (boy i thought everything was really cheap!) A very obvious first timer, Haha. Preparing for dinner took me close to 2 hours and by 6pm, I was there to fefch my family from Times Square. Was overjoyed to see them, and extremely happy to see them enjoy the dinner I prepared. My family has never failed to appreciate my little gesture and this really matters in all family.

All along, I realised how important family is to me, and this past 3 days further deepened my thought about it. I guess it’s weird to stay in a house without the noise and laughter. It was in fact ok when I was alone in campus but really not the case when I am home, that’s the difference and I am glad I always have a warm home to go back to.

My back pain is really frustrating me. (Yeah, I think i sound as if I am 50 plus, haha). The pain is not going away and sometimes, it becomes from bad to worse if I am determined to hit the gym often enough or sit in the office for a reasonable long period. This sucks and I figure if this condition continues, I will lead a very sad life after the age of 30, just like what my orthopedic specialist told me before.

Finally I decided to take the doctor’s referral letter and book myself a 6 weeks intensive back reconditioning program. Been procrastinating for over 2 months. I really hope this will at least improve my back, even by a bit I will be glad enough. We’ll see…and now that I am driving my new "machine" everywhere, my back is suffering the consequences as well. What to do, I like driving…for now.