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I have not been updating my blog so far as I have been really busy touring Tennessee before I went back to Mobile, Alabama and when I reached back to Mobile, I had to unpack and pack my luggage for my trip back to Singapore. So, basically, I have been rushing and packing.

Touched down at 520am this morning and it was the first time I felt that time passed so quickly on board the plane despite a 18 hours stretch of flight from Newark, New Jersey. We took Singapore Airlines back on Executive Economy class. It is the usual economy class with better facilities like extended leg rest in the seats, more compartments at the front pocket to put your specs,watch, magazines drinks etc, digital entertainment which allows you to pause,rewind,forward the movie as you please with 60 over movies ranging from latest shows, HK, Jap, Korean,Indian,Internatinal,classic films...also 80 over computer games and many many CDs to listen to. The first thing I did on the plane was to take out the entertainment guide and tick which show I want to watch. Sad to say, I only watched half of what I planned to. Managed to catch :"Monster-in-law", "House of Fury" (HK show), "Divergence" (HK show), "The Notebook", "Miss Congeniality 2". I missed watching HK shows..so that was why I chose some to watch in Cantonese! You are also able to learn a language on board the flight as they will give you exercises to do on the computer screen. You can learn French, German, Jap, Cantonese, Chinese, and many others. So, it is quite fun. At the back of the plane, there were also free flow of snacks for you to go behind and eat whenever you feel hungry. So, I took a hot chicken pie, fruits and water from behind. They even have instant noodles when you request.

So, few hours before the plane touched down, I was amazed at how time passes that I do not even have enough time to do much more on board. Ha..But hey, I am glad to be back and breathe the air back home! So, I was pretty excited and happy esp when I saw my mum, mum-in-law and Esther at the airport to receive me and CT.

My mum looks younger and slimmer. Glad she looks good! Went back to my Punggol flat to bathe while my mum and in law sat down and waited for us. Then, I drove to Bedok Market to have breakfast together. Wanted to grab whatever time I have here in Singapore to eat all that I can of the local food. So, we had pork porridge, lor mee, vegetarian bee hoon, char siew pao and soya bean drink. Yummy.

After that, I dropped CT at Bedok MRT where he needed to go Orchard for his training. Poor guy. Then dropped myself and mum-in-law at Simei where I went to Marianne's place to see my god-daughter, Phoebe and to spend time with her. Mum drove off for her Bible Study Fellowship at Pasir Ris.

Phoebe was asleep when I went over but shortly later, she woke up and started reading an animal book which she liked. She was smiling and laughing. So cute. When I first saw her, I was shocked as she grown so much and so tall. She looks more adorable to play with now. So we spent our time playing, bathing her and went out with Marianne, her maid, her parents and Phoebe to the new Cold Storage place at Tampines CC.

Called Reeda on her handphone which she passed the number to Esther. Reeda is this lady whom I know from church in Mobile, Alabama. She is a very nice lady who is in Singapore with her husband as her husband is conducting some seminar in Baptist Seminary. So, I called her to arrange a time with her to meet up and take her around. Anyway, think we arranging on fri to go out...I better start planning where to bring her.

Mum came to Simei to get me to go visit dad. The visiting hours are from 12-2pm and 5-830pm. So, we went to visit dad first as we were still full from breakfast. Dad is in ICA, which is a transition ward from ICU to the normal ward. He still needs assistance as he still relies on oxygen tank to breathe as his lungs are still weak.

When my dad first saw me, he cried as he was very happy. The nurse told me that he kept asking what time was it as he was waiting for me to come. I was so happy to see daddy too and see him always in high spirits and always so strong.

He can move his hands up and down now with more control but still has no feelings on his legs. His left hand is weaker so he cannot really lift that up. But all in all, he looks better and he still never fails to have hope and praise God. Heard from mum that yesterday, the nurse and mum took dad out for a "walk" downstairs on a wheelchair. He had to bring his oxygen tank along. Dad was so happy that he can finally see sunshine. Mum says that people tend to take things for granted as even sunshine and the trees can make my dad so happy now.

Today, the nurse said that he might be going down again. My aunt came during her lunch time to visit my dad. So glad to see my relative again. I feel that through this incident, our family are closer now as I remember my aunt calling me in US to check on my dad's status and even when my family went back to Singapore, she called me to ask how I have been. Really nice.

Anyway, while the nurses were cleaning my dad on bed, mum and I went down for lunch. Initially,we wanted to have lunch at Tiong Bahru but since dad may be out for "walk", we wanted to be there. So, we had lunch at the food court in the hospital. I had duck rice while my mum has duck noodles. yumyum.

When we went back up, we saw my bro's god-parents and dad's friends waiting outside. The nurses were still cleaning my dad up. Spent time talking outside. I was very tired already as my eyes kept blinking cos it was late at night over in US already.

Anyway, when the nurses left, they took turns to visit dad as only allow max 2 people per time. When everyone left, the nurses told us that he would not be going down anymore. But instead, he would be placed on this bed which can raise him up vertically, in a standing position to let him get used to breathing in a standing up position.

They took some time to transfer him and strapped him up on the bed and my dad was raised about 70-80 degrees up. They do not dare to raise him up to standing position yet..So, they let him be in the position for about 15 mins before letting him down. After that, mum and I left as me and mum were feeling very exhausted already. It was 4pm then.

Went to my mum's place to rest. Bro was back from school already. So I greeted him and chatted a while with him before I concussed on mum's bed. Only woke up when mum opened the door and asked me what time I am leaving for my mum-in-law's place. I suddenly got a shock and checked my watch for the time and saw a message on my hp. I realised CT messaged me and told me he was at Simei alr. Ha..I really slept like a log.

So, I rushed and told mum if she could send me there since I was late already. She then told me that I could take the car since she is not using it tonight. So, I drove to Simei and had dinner there. I missed my mum-in-law's cooking as well and it was nice to eat it again.

After dinner, we left together with CT's sis and mum to hospital to visit dad. Met my bro there and my uncle was there as well. Kor was massaging dad and doing some physio on him by making dad raise up his hands.. Spent time there till 830pm (end of visiting hours), then we left. Sent them back to Simei before going home to sleep. CT was sleeping soundly in the car. He was also very exhausted.

However, when we reached home, we sorted out our mails and did some unpacking before sleeping. What a day! So hectic.