A friend's mother passed away last morning. They arranged for the cremation this afternoon. Could not make it yesterday but made an effort to visit earlier this morning. It is so depressing attending funerals. Theres a memory rush of the events in december when dad passed away. Death of a loved one is never something easy to accept or forget. And yet painful to remember. Teary eyed people within the house. Children and family members. Know most of them. Saw two of the sons and conveyed condolences. Seems the lady was not well for a few days.

There were a few family friends out in the compound of the house. Spent time there talking to them. One of them had just returned from a 30 day trip to southwest India, Kerala. Lucky him. He enjoyed the trip. As did I when i went there back in 1997. Can only hope will be able to go gain preferably next year. Its such a beautiful place.

Left the place by noon and was back at the office by 2 plus.

Kirtisha has been well. But shes still struggling to finish up her antibiotics. Regret starting the course for her. The medicine stinks. And she cries when she is forced to take it. Dhivijah however wasnt in a good state yesterday. She was vomitting a few times. Mom called, and i went home earlier to help take care. Brought her to the clinic ..more medication. Well, shes better today. Its always tough when kids are unwell.

Not so sure why am feeling very lethargic this evening. Supposed to meet up with the guys later tonite for dinner and drinks. Lets see how it goes.

Its been a not so good weekend. The kids have been down with fever. As usual its tough taking care of them. Thankfully they rarely fall sick. Kirtisha got the viral fever first and it was bad for 2 days. She's ok now, and hopefully on the road to full recovery. Dhivijah on the other hand had a slight viral fever and was given medication early. Perhaps that helped and she coped very well with the infection.

Work has been a bit busy. Interviewed a young chinese fresh graduate on saturday. She was interesting. A smart and eloquent person. A bit rough but the potential to do well in her career. Have made an offer to her to join us and she's supposed to start on the 1st of June. On the other hand, an experienced guy is also set to join us from a competitor firm on the 1st of June too. He however will be here for a month before he is sent to be attached to a branch office with a view to subsequently run it. We're hoping that he is the right choice for this posting.

There seems to be a problem entrenched in the office whereby the officers arent bothered about business development and meeting up with clients and bankers. Need to work on this in the days to come.

Theres an early morning meeting at the Land Office tomorrow. 9am of all times. Hope i wont be late. The client will be waiting.

Time to hit the road. Too many things in the mind but too little time to express them here, or to even implement in the real world. Nite2 world.

Its the 5th of may 2005....05-05-05.

Took mum to the hospital for a checkup. She's reluctant to go for the op. Cant blame her.

And as usual driving back, tend to meet same old inconsiderate drivers. Drivers who dont know the meaning of giving way..beri laluan. Drivers who think to give way, is tantamount to surrender of human rights, or loss of ego or water face.

Drove out of lane into a slow moving 2 lane..and the car behind was trying so hard to prevent me from merging into the main road! Even though there were oncoming traffic that would have whacked me head-on!!! Naturally i had to manouevre such to merge into the traffic flow and move on. Surprisingly the old man behind had a grudge and was tailgating for a long time. When it was expanding into a dual carriageway, naturally i lowered the gear and sped off. Guess what! He tried to do the same, trying to overtake me!!! Thankfully, i had reached my junction and slipped off the main road. And the old man had the cheek to look back as he sped pass, attempting to say something! Duh big time.

The alltime classic nutcase is still the type that drives very slowly on the right lane and refuses to move to the left even when if they know youre trying to pass. And when you do attempt to overtake from the left, they attempt to go faster, as though theyre in a race. Its sad actually.

Reading the papers this morning at the hospital was tough. The story about the husband and kid sending the wife onto an express bus and then speeding off along the highway and meeting an accident. And the wife sees the car as the bus passes by, calling the husband and he says his legs are stuck. And within seconds, the line is cut. By the time she alights from the bus and attempts to hitch a ride back to the car... she finds out that there had been a fatal accident. A vehicle slammed onto the car and the car catches fire, both perishing in the car. Its gut wrenching. Its so very sad. To lose a loved one like that. Felt so sorry for the lady. An ultimate nightmare.

Depressing, thinking about it. Best to log off now. Nite2 world.