Stressed Tests

Preparation is always the hardest task. Informations gathered were flooding my mind...until to the point that I don't know which one should come first...Many things were planned and re-planned just to ensure that we get the best outcome. Best? What's best? How do we know 'the best'?

Soon enough I learned that we should have just allow things to fall into places and hey, after all it is a BREAK that we were taking...not a contest to maximise every dollar!!!

I had been proud about the trip and was looking forward to it since the 1st of Januray 2008. All items were checked and ticked on the eve. Out of a sudden, bad news hit me like a lightning...my trip partner, Jacsmyn was diagnosed with cornea infection and needed treatment.


I was in dilema as much as she was in...should I encoruaged her to go or to get treatment as the doc recommended...for a while I was like a headless chicken...what am I to do in Gold Coast for 6 days by myself???!!! A comment from a colleague made me even more frantic ..."You won't be enjoying it by yourself in Aussie, I can bet you that" she said. Adding to it, Aileen strongly discouraged Jacsmyn to go ahead with the trip that may caused her blindness...


Sigh...after all the planning and the anxiety to make this trip a great one could then be a dissappointed start, I thought.


My phone rang about 930pm...Jacsmyn confirmed that she will go ahead despite the infection and would make the trip short in Melbourne...a sign of relief or should it not be, in view of her condition...I just could not settle with my mind...


Well, you may plant the seed and water the ground..but it is only God who will make it grow...


In the next 24 hours, we found ourselves waiting for transit in Sydney Airport...