2008 Reflection

I started the 2008 year without a job since I resigned from managing the family business to pursue my first love and that is making computer programs or should I say being a computer programmer. On the second month (February 10 to be exact), my daughter and I went to Hong Kong and stayed at my sisters’ rented pad hoping to find a job and continue my passion. Sad to say after three months (May), nothing happened and my daughter and I came back to the Philippines. There have been responses and was hoping to hire my services but when they knew that I don’t have the appropriate papers to work legally, they rejected my application and said that they prefer residents.

The upside of our trip was that we were able to tour Hong Kong/Macau (very BIG thanks to my sister) without the press of time and was able to stay in Shenzhen, China for a month (thanks to my brother-in-law Noli). I can now be your tour guide (hehe) :) and go anywhere in Hong Kong without being afraid even though I know a little Cantonese, don’t know anybody, and in a foreign country.

Nothing has happened on my career but I still feel fulfilled because it has made my daughter and I closer. We were able to spend much more time together and had never experienced any dull moment.

Leyna's Accident at Home

What I thought as a simple accident turned out to be a serious one and have learned the lesson to not just take stride your child’s complain and ensure there safety.

Leyna’s accident happened last January 19, 2009 at 5pm when she slipped on the tiled floor and broke her left clavicle (left collar bone).

She and her grandpa were watching television inside the room while I was mopping the floor inside the house. I was confident that she would follow what I instructed her but when I reached the kitchen, I heard her crying and her grandpa was bringing her to our room to rest and was told that she slipt on the floor. I thought it was just a simple slipped so I continued what I was doing and had also instructed her to just lie down in bed. While still in the kitchen, she was still cyring and calling out my name, so I went to her and see what was wrong. When I saw her crying in bed and was pointing that her shoulder is hurt, I panicked and went to her immediately and comforted her. I called her dad on the phone and asked to come home ASAP. It was a blessing in disguise that my brothers’ friend and his wife came to the house (“to talk to me for some business proposal, hehe”) and has offered to bring Leyna to the hospital.

She was admitted and was x-rayed standing. The initial finding of the doctors were just a simple bruise on her shoulder. My husband and I were really in doubt since she was in pain even when just sitting or lying down. So we brought her to the city (since we are living in the suburb about 30-45 minutes ride to the city) for a second opinion and she was x-rayed again lying down and the doctors discovered that her left clavicle was broken. Thank God no operation was needed but instead a figure 8 bandage was applied on her shoulder.

It has been three weeks since the accident and I am happy that she is slowly adjusting to her situation with a bandage and returning to her old jolly/“makulit” self.