Not related to my tough life, I have continued the good practice of my late wife to financially helping her relatives when they need help. None of my own relatives are in Singapore but nearly all my in-laws are here. Now with my financial help, I have established much good-will among them. I continued to keep in touch with them especially when I need physical help from them.
I'll mention two significant examples of how I helped my in-laws here. One example is to do with the busy nursing home management staff L who has personally helped to lend and to bring to me walking aids, wheelchairs and exercise equipment. To show my gratitude, when the authorities consider I am in too poor a condition to drive any more, I sell her at very low price my 7 seater car.
The other example is my niece-in-law T. When years ago I went into writing and self-publishing three books about my life, she very kindly helped me with proof editing and coordination with the typesetter. When recently she and her family had to move out of her parent's apartment, I helped her partially with gift and partially with zero interest loan to buy a condominium apartment near her by now widowed father as well as near me.
I'll mention two significant examples of how I helped my in-laws here. One example is to do with the busy nursing home management staff L who has personally helped to lend and to bring to me walking aids, wheelchairs and exercise equipment. To show my gratitude, when the authorities consider I am in too poor a condition to drive any more, I sell her at very low price my 7 seater car.
The other example is my niece-in-law T. When years ago I went into writing and self-publishing three books about my life, she very kindly helped me with proof editing and coordination with the typesetter. When recently she and her family had to move out of her parent's apartment, I helped her partially with gift and partially with zero interest loan to buy a condominium apartment near her by now widowed father as well as near me.
Recently I have extended this generous habit to the young relative of my Philippine helper when their fathers cannot support their studies for degrees or diploma qualifications in Colleges or Universities. I am happy to financially support them as my helper keep on monitoring their progress by phone to make sure they study hard and study well. Without paper qualifications, they can only get very low paid work in the Philippines.
I have also extended my gifts and donations to the Unversity NTU from where I retired. This is even though NTU is considered as very rich among local and international university circles. I would not talk further into this matter as this has been elaborated further in my other blog called "Me and NTU after my retirement."
Near the end of October, I decided to do health screening tests at the NUH, a good government hospital not too far from my home. I have been doing these tests regularly since my retirement in 2000. I am glad the results I get are generally good. Recently they are very good !. This mean that I have been able to maintain a clean bill of health in spite of my old age of 73 !
This also mean my troublesome problems are all to do with symptoms from my brain tumor. They have nothing to do with my health.!
