Work and My Grandma

This week I went out to interview elderly for a research project. The more I listen to elderly, the more I remember my own parents and grandma. I imagine my mom is interviewed, will she be happy that I 'keep in touch' with her? I have this worry sometimes on "who will take care of my parents later on". (I mean..I'm sure my brother will. I hope I can go home quite frequently too). Singapore is not a friendly place for my parents. Even now, my mom complains that she needs to walk a lot in Singapore. I was jokingly asking them, "Do you want to live in Singapore?" They said, "No!". My dad said, "Look at Mr X. He's sooo rich, he has so many cars, such a big house, and I'm sure he can afford to live here or overseas, but he doesn't want." My dad also kept saying that one day when he grows old(er), he wants to live in my grandpa's hometown (Kuningan). His ideal life: have a fishing pond and some chickens behind the house =.=

Two days ago I called my grandma. The first thing she asked, "Wow. Where did you call me from?" (She thought I was in Indonesia). The second thing, "Have you fried the kerupuk??" I said, "No.. but these few days are very hot, I can fry the kerupuk if I want. Hahaha." So I shared with her how the elderly love to talk round and round and round during the survey. Sometimes their answers do not match the questions, then she said, "Pikun already lah" (Pikun = forgetful). Well, I don't blame them. It's the questionnaire's fault. The language is quite difficult.

Anyway, my mom reminded me that one day I'll be one of them. Yes, each of us will grow old. It's not a surprising fact right? So every time I talk to elderly now, I try to see them as my own grandparents.Oh one more thing, I'm already incredibly talkative now, so my mom said, just be prepared! I'll be one of the aunties who talk round and round and round. Hehehehe. (On this, Paul nodded and agreed).

It's a tiring week (again).
But yeah... interesting :)

The Ups and Downs of the week

Hello!

This week, I've been feeling mentally tired. I was awake physically, but my brain did not feel fresh.
Anyway, this week I did not run any interviews with the elderly, but I conducted experiment at the kindergartens and worked a lot with the excel files. This week, I had a discussion with my boss regarding the past year's performance.Glad to know which areas I need to improve :)

I (finally) watched Iron Man 3. The most amazing thing from Iron Man 3 was...the other Iron Men!! Hahahaha. The design differed each other. So cool!!
The ending was ugly, so I am trying to save the post-watching-mess-up now. Oh well, perhaps I shouldn't try to 'save' it. I sounded more and more disgusting every time I tried to save the situation.

I had a relax Saturday yesterday. After Mass, I slept again until 12.30 pm!! Not healthy, but my eyes were a bit swollen so I think sleeping is the best thing to do :) In the evening, I had a good time ironing my clothes and spending quality time with my roommate.
I guess the best gift of this week is my roommate :) I should open up a bit with my roommate so she was not shocked when she found me crying on my bed. (so...that's the tricky thing about having double-room. Hahahaha)

Anyway, this week was orientation week in my campus (my working campus :P). I couldn't believe that I was one of those screaming and cheering like silly people. Hahaha. I felt old :P

I miss taking photos. Maybe I should post a photo once in a while on my blog?
Ahh..I'm quite sad that this weekend is wasted.

Happy Mothers' Day!
Oh btw, Indonesian Mothers' Day is on 22nd Dec, so I don't really congratulate my mom on this day.