A journey with ordinary story

I have a couple of experiences taking care of my niece (2 years and 6 months old ) and nephew (4 yrs 10 months old) while my sister and her husband were away. Of course I was not alone. Actually their intention was to leave them with my parents, but it just happened that I was with my parents as well then.  This might be an untraditional thoughts. People said I might feel differently if I have my own child, one born from my womb. Someones said to me, "It's indescribable feeling. Yes, you'll have not enough sleep, endless chores, demands of attention, little time for yourself, but it will all worth it". Really? Knowing me, I feel like it's not for me. It's also not something I can just try, because when it happened, you have to commit for it. I don't want to be unfair to the child. It's not a responsibility that I'm willing to take. That's why I despise parents who neglect their child, and worse even abuse this tender human being

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/15/teenage-girl-kills-herself-after-instagram-poll-in-malaysia https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/05/17/cops-teen-who-committed-suicide-after-instagram-poll-suffered-from-depression/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-48281152 https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/05/16/outcry-over-teenagers-death/ The recent tragedy of a Sarawakian teenager's death last month who made a poll on Instagram, allegedly on her life before her death has been getting global attention. Ironically the incident occurred during the week of Mental Health Awareness Week (13 - 19 May - it starts every year on 2nd Monday in May). Following this tragedy, again, people start to discuss the issue of mental health seriously. It’s a bless in disguise, however unfortunately it is sad to see that mental health seems to have become seasonal discussion. Only when something happened, people will talk about it, and take it seriously, start looking for

Just to let the reader know the current situation: I joined an insurance company in the mid of 2014 and resigned in early Sept 2017 without a job. Later, I came back to the industry in early Dec 2017. This is inspired from some friends who have been asking me how do I make decision to just submit my resignation without having a job to fall back to? Was it just spur of the moment? How do I have the courage to do so? What about my financial commitment? Was I not afraid to be unemployed? Well, it’s actually not that simple and it was not an impromptu decision. I might not have a clear plan, but I had a plan. If you read my past entry, this dormant period of of not working is not the first time. I have experienced it when I quit my job as a medical doctor at a government hospital. Will this become a trend for me? I’m not sure. But for some people (read: me) , 2 weeks of leave might not be enough. They just need that long break. So far 3 months break works for me, but honestly I do