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L-A got a little camera toy as a “gift” from E.T. last night. She really liked it a lot and she insisted on taking her on a tour around the hospital so she could “take pictures” of interesting objects.

While I was prepared to be a parent, the impact of being one didn’t hit me until L-A was actually in my arms and both Esh and I had to care for her.

I always wondered why people bothered to have children especially since they seemed to be so much trouble, but now I know that it will never be possible to understand the love that a parent has for a child until a person has a child of his/her own…

Seven months ago, a Great Eastern Life insurance planner tried to pull a fast one on me. I emailed her to ask about the insurance plans that could be coupled with a rider plan that I was interested in for L-A and she promptly replied with an email. The plans featured in her email were all very expensive and the impression given was that those were all that I could choose from. Unfortunately for her, I had already done my own research and I asked her about linking it to term insurance. She then send me another email where the prices were about a THIRD of what she had originally sent me!

She still had to give me a house visit because she was delivering a free insurance policy for L-A, but she already knew that she had lost my trust and her credit-worthiness as an insurance agent because she didn’t try too hard to sell me anything.

You should always remember that these planners are not doing their work for free and they may (read most of the time) recommend you some products to their own benefit rather than yours. The Minibonds scandal comes to mind…