Working abroad: The good & the bad

Living & working in Singapore has been a dream come true for me. I carefully planned everything and waited for almost 3 months until I finally got a job. Now I'm working for a well established American company that pays me well along with a good benefit package. I can easily buy the things that I want & was even able to bring my mom & siblings here for a summer vacation. It got even better when my sister zarah was hired here as well. So now I have someone to share the expenses with along with the allowance that we send back home. Not to mention that I now have somebody to tag along to visit places that I want to explore.  Sounds perfect right?

Today filed for urgent leave because I had to bring zarah to the doctor. She had a very high fever last night, which almost scared me. It was one of those rare occasions that made me wish I was back home where (the experts) my mom & nanay are both there to take care of us when we are sick. I think being sick makes us feel like a child again, waiting for your mom to pamper & cuddle you. But after calling my sister Lianne who made fun of the whole thing, i calmed down.

The doctor said it was food poisoning. He said it was no serious matter. He just advised her to take 2 days rest. Avoid oily, spicy food & milk. She got a shot for her 40 degree fever & a lot of pills to take.




After we went home zarah just ate a few slices of apples, half a banana, her pills & dozed off. She woke up just now, but couldn't convince her to eat anything. She just took a sip of water & dozed off again. Hopefully by tomorrow everything will be alright.