Uh huh! It's been more than a month since I last blogged. Haha! Any updates?
Had a pretty long day. I knocked off that 9.30pm today! These 2 days I'm delegated to conduct come eleave and eovertime briefing, catered to all 4 shifts including the night shift employees. Hence, explains my late working hours. It's kinda enjoyable today. Because I'm really busy. Too busy even for a regular smoke break, or toilet break. But the challenge really perks me! I love the challenge, I love my job now, I like my boss, I like my colleagues, and I'm beginning to love the whole environment. The thought of job hopping slowly gets away. The feeling goes right. :) I'm glad.
What about the past 2 days? Goodness. It was hell. I had diarrhoea on Monday. And fever on Tuesday. What the... Had so many runs that I thought I'd died and drown in the toilet bowl! Bought new bedsheets with meimei yesterday. Brought Richard for Teppan. Mum was sweet, she came into my room in the middle of the night to check my temperature. Afterall, it ain't that bad uh? :)
Oh, what causes my diarrhoea? It must be the food at Batam! Arrgghhh! Or even the beer!!! Food, Beer, Food, Beer = Diarrhoea. How could I not think of that. It must be. However, it was a relaxing trip, with the baby bra and company! Nice short relaxing trip!
My National 8 Ball Championship is over! As usual, Coach was grumbling. I haven't been practising for months? Haha! He could have murdered me if that wasn't illegal. Heee... But I'm sure you all know, that I'd already tried my very best. I won 5-0 1st round. And lost to Amy 5-3. :)
Seems like I'm having a good time all these while huh? Now here comes that sad one.... :
Just recently, I've been dealing with this employee due to his work permit (wp) issue. Somehow, he was brought up to our attention that his wp was going to expire soon. Yet, there's no news of him renewing it. FYI, it's one's responsibility to renew his/her wp, and not the Company. My colleague was actually handling his case. But somehow, she handed everything to me. That's why I'm feeling even more upset than her. Anyway, I made a trip down to MOM to settle his wp issue. I got everything settled, and he was glad that he was able to continue his service in the Company as well. He smiled. As he was working on shift, and in the line production, I wouldn't get to see each and everyone of them including him everyday. He was on rotating shift. Again, almost a month had gone, his name appeared right in my excel spreadsheet. He hadn't signed his employee agreement. I stayed late that night to clear his stuff. He was the last guy to come down and see me that night. From far, I saw that cute, fair, plump guy in his jumpsuit walking towards me. I grinned. It's you again!!! Haha. We chatted awhile. And everything was fine. One fine day, he called me up in the office. "Emily, I'm LQ. I'm now hospitalised." I was shocked by this news. And I got to know that he was admitted few days back due to stomach ulcer. I thought it wasn't that serious, so I told him that he must let me know once he's discharged. He agreed and we ended our conversation. A day had passed. I called him up. "Hi LQ, so how are you today? When will you be discharged?" I was stunned by what I heard him over the phone. "I don't know. Doctor says I might be diagnosed Leukemia." HUHHHH??????!!!!!!!! How is that possible man! I couldn't believe my ears!!!! Well, just keep me updated ok?! I passed his message to my colleague and manager. We waited and waited. Got the nurse to liase with the Hospital. In the noon, everything was confirmed. LQ was diagnosed with Leukemia. I went down to see him that on that week. He was very weak. Yet, he didn't want us to inform his parents.
I think I do not want to pen every single detail down as it would badly affect my feelings once again. He passed away 13 days after he was being diagnosed. I was so upset. To think that I'd talked to him, smoked with him, smiled at him, and now he's gone. From the picture of him alive, to him lying on the bed in the isolation ward, to him died on that bed after much struggle, to him all dressed up in the coffin, it's really heart-breaking. I broke into tears at the Singapore Casket finally. He's gone. All gone. Unbelievable. May you rest in peace, Li Qiang. Your family, friends and colleagues will always remember you.
