Start of 2013!

Dear blog,

Happy New Year 2013! Can’t believe how fast time flies. In another 3 months time, my life will be entering a quarter of a century with wrinkles becoming more visible, memories failing, and more obstacles and responsibilities as I grow older. Fear not, I have overcome quite a bit last year and surely will do the same if anything crops up. For this, I have to thank God and everyone for supporting me throughout my hard sufferings. In life, everything is unpredictable and only God knows what happen next. What I am trying to say is let’s be optimistic, cast all the worries away and live life to the fullest. There is nothing better than able to live in this beautiful world surrounded by spectacular Mother Nature, fantastic inventions and every single creature on earth. Well, there is always exception like reptiles and crawlies. I really don’t like them. *GO AWAY!*

Today is a Wednesday which is my Friday! Yeah, as I might have mentioned in one of my earlier entries, my working days are Sunday to Wednesday. And this makes Sunday my Monday. Sounds lame? Yeah. Just ignore then. I am really glad I could sleep in tomorrow! Yippee! Sometimes I get tired of working. When I am at work, I never stop working. Yeah, I guess I am a workaholic, more accurately, a perfectionist-workaholic, always aim at quality, accuracy and efficiency. My motto is patients come first. =) It is with mixed feelings that I am going to leave NZ for good soon. On the one hand, I am happy to see my family back home, but on the other hand, I have planted good friendships and rapport with colleagues in NZ and leaving them is like leaving my family too. I feel so loved in the pharmacy. In addition, I enjoy working in NZ due to the friendly team and health system. Ranking is not placed as top priority here compared to Brunei. I just have to say attitude is basically everything when you deal with people regardless of your background.

  Kensington pharmacy x'mas do 

Last year was the worst year of my entire life as of 2/1/2013. It was a huge blow for me in terms of my health and the loss of my loved one. To be honest, as much as I try to think positively, I am still under the fear of relapse whenever I feel the symptoms. Oh well, if it does happen, I just have to deal with it and there’s no way I can escape from it. On a positive note, I do understand how patients feel and empathise with them so this may not be a bad thing after all. Forget about all the sadness for now. I met my dear boyfriend three times last year and am looking forward to our next meeting in April. Even though he could be an average and simple guy to you, he is amazing in my eyes because he is always so wise, funny, complements my personality and most importantly, cares about me a great deal. Now, I have to say I rely on him to a certain extent. He always tolerates my fiery attitude and my curiosity wanting to explore wonders all the times. I know he does not do this but for my sake, he is willing to step out of his comfort shell and come out to see the world with me. It is so ironic when I say this because he travels way more than I do and he is the city boy here while I am just a semi-country girl. I promise I never will take him for granted and will always love him fully with my sincere heart. This just means one thing, my love relationship is still going good with ups all the time and downs occasionally. 

One more thing worth mentioning is this beautiful lady in the photo below. She is my Whangarei mom and has been a great inspiration to me for his big and kind heart. I have to thank her for taking good care of me all the time I am in Whangarei. She's just so lovely and she is certainly one the people I miss the most. The others will be mentioned in my next blog. Oh yeah, I finally say goodbye to my old love. =)

I hope to update my blog more often once I return home.

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