I woke up, feeling fresh, all recharged & report to work, especially after i took a day's off yesterday, to meet & catchup with an old friend whom i haven't met for 3 years! It was a really timely catchup, where we shared about our lives, our families, our husbands, & even kids!! She has a 3 year old girl named Fatin, & a boy coming along in December/January!! :D

Like I've mentioned, i was feeling fresh & recharged this morning.. But the fresh & recharged feeling soon turned into despair & disappointment...

Why? You may ask..

Being a avid reader of The New Paper, (TNP) today was no different.

I grabbed my copy of TNP & my heart sank deeper & deeper, as i read the reports...

First up, there was this 3 year old, who was diagnosed with a rare condition, BILLIARY ATRESIA, a rare condition that affects 1 in every 14,000 newborns..

Its depressing enough to read how much this poor little girl as to go through @ the tender age of 3...

The mother of this girl, had to juggle 2 jobs on top of caring for her ill child... When asked if she was tired juggling 2 jobs, her reply was:

''which mother would sit by idly & watch their child suffer? If there is a need to, i would even be a prostitute to get my daughter the help she needs...

An answer, shocking, yet heart-warming..

Then i flipped the page to read about the story of Little Sarah's NOBODY'S CHILD - the girl who was dumped by her heartless Mum...

Extracts of the report below:

When this reporter arrived @ the flat on Tuesday, Sarah was in the middle of lunch, her last meal with her step-aunt Jane..

Sitting alone in the kitchen, the little girl was putting forkfuls of beehoon into her mouth. She grinned & asked: 'Are you the aunty'? Is it your house that i'm going to?

No, no.. You're not going to my place.

Her face fell... etc...

Tears started welling up in my eyes, & i started sobbing in the crowded MRT when i read on....

Mary was stoic during the 2 hours The New Paper was @ her flat, & during the 10 minute car ride to MCYS..

But while waiting for the MCYS officer in the MCYS building with Sarah seated on her lap, Mary broke down.

Sarah saw me crying, but didn't ask why. She didn't cry , but she looked uncomfortable, Mary said.

I was already crying @ this point of time.. My tears wetted the paper & i had to tugged Hubb to pass me a tissue to dry my tears... He got the shock of his life, & stared blankly @ me, wondering why am i crying...

Then, as if these 2 reports were not already depressing enough..

As i flipped the pages further, my heart sank deeper & deeper..

I read about the Circuit Road family, where the wife & 2 sons were made to run 40 laps around the neighbourhood & kowtow till her head went blue black on a hot Sunday afternoon..

Seriously, i wonder why did such a heartless & merciless man exists!! Shame on him!!

I'm so relived to read (in yesterday's report) that the wife is now in safe hands..

Flipped again, & read that a woman in Hong Kong dumped her newborn into the toilet bowl of a guesthouse in Kowloon, & the baby was left there to die!!!!!!!

I seriously can't bring myself to read on anymore.. Seriously..

I closed the paper, & listened to songs with Hubb on his iphone...

What is the world coming to now???

I'm very depressed to read such reports, which is happening more often than not now...

Sigh... :'(