This week is a very sad one, and that incident left me slightly shell-shocked, much too anti-climatic for me after I bought my SD Card.
The week started as usual, but with a tinge of anxiety at work. There wasn't much going on, although the nasty tongues are still wagging. Anyway, my whole week was overshadowed by my grandfather's death. He had suffered a stroke that left him bedridden. His health has deteriorated since. The last image I remember of him before I saw him was a frail man without the strength to move. I feel sad that he was not able to see the day I come back from USA after my postgraduate studies, but it is beyond my control.
The next thing that propped up this week was the cash needed for the funeral. My grandfather has never been a well-off man, living a rather simple life with my uncles whose incomes could barely sustain their own livelihood. Money to get the whole thing going was a real worry. I was really worried about the financial strain on my family and was prepared to be stuck in Singapore for another 2 years. Even through this, my parents tried to push me forward, and I shouldn’t waste their efforts by sulking.
For US, I made a bit of progress, but was really minimal. I still need to clear a lot of stuff, such as my medical, air tickets and arrival, food upon arrival, so many things to worry about. I was not that fortunate to be sponsored so I have to try to work the most out of my budget. How I wish things can be really simple and quiet. How wishful.
