Mummy's birthday

I'm so dumbfounded. My sis set aside a certain amount of money and ask me to buy stuff for my mum. I told her I can only afford $50 and hers is like 8times more than mine, but I seriously think that she should use the money and settle whatever financial issue instead.

After a long, hard thought (with iPad and iPod and stuff going on in my mind), I've decided to buy her new year clothes. Most of her new year clothes are either given by relatives who doesn't want it anymore, or clothes that her sisters and aunts buy specifically for her because they know she will not buy. I'll probably ask her to pick a set of clothes for chinese new year and it's usable and inexpensive. I do not intend to use all the money because my mum will surely asks her to save - she needs it.

Haiz. Alright. I shall go to Tampines and buy my students' assessments and my need for next year's teaching. I need to get the first aid refresher course done ASAP, and planning for my students' homework while I'm away.

I can only totally relax after ss camp.

Updated:

Decided on compressed cooker instead. Mum wasn't interested in fashion or the sorts. I told her about iPad, iPod or CNY clothes. However, the moment I told her bout the compressed cooker, her eyes sparkled. We went to NTUC and Best Denki in search of the compressed cooker, but none has it. Thankfully, BHG has Germany-imported compressed cooker that are on promotion. After the $200++ discount, we managed to get it for about $369. We know the wonders of compressed cooker (saves time cooking and marinating) so we believe it's going to serve us for a long long time.

When going home, my dad was nagging about my mum's job again. Anyway, mum's worry and dad's worry is understandable, but they are both flawed as well. I also notice my paternal side's manipulative relatives acting.....mum was rather unhappy about my dad spreading it when she haven't even decided to leave her company. Frankly speaking, my dad is not even capable of what he had promised. Mainly because it happened and he can just get so stressed that he'll keep drinking and drinking and then go crazy - smashing beer bottles, threatened to hit mum, complain in loud, drunk manner and stuff. There's just no peace. I find no peace thinking about it actually. None of my ex likes my family. I can only pray to my sweet Lord. If that happens, I'll find a new place and move - so that my family have other place to live if my dad really go crazy.

I don't mind my mum finding a morning shift job. Not working? My dad cannot handle. So it's better she stick to this current job until she finds a new one. Hopefully NTUC or something. I truly wonder why God places me in this family. It does weighs me down sometimes. The thought of having them receive Christ and have a proper and godly lives is my only motivation: it's not the end because I truly believe that God will intervene and show His greatest love to them. I'm just waiting and loving them as God has been loving me so that I can be a testimony of God's goodness and lovingkindness.