ic... well its rather normal to feel the heartache if u hv to
give up something which u hv saved over the yrs... but trust me, in
time of crisis, u wld give it all up willing juz to save ur luv
ones 
as for ur family prob now, more or less me hv been thru it b4,
distrust, hurt, money matters etc... but wat can we do abt it? our
parents are old enuff to think, its their life, if they chose
things this way wat can we say abt it? nothing... so for now, juz
do wat u can n tt is to study hard, n be there for ur mum (i
believe she needs all the support tt she can get now fr u children)

as for ur dad (or shld i say for my dad) i already gave up hope on
him, but tt doesn't me i dun care for him.. if he dunno how to plan
ffor his future, i wld.. if he dun do the financial planning, i
wld.. no pt fuss over things tt r not w/in our ctrl, might as well
use tt energy to think of ways to solve it instead? 