What do you know? My dad has been home for 2 days already. And he is bored sitting around....hahaha. He forgot he has to convalesce. He wanted to go out to pick his grandkids from school. He also has his appetite back. Thank you to all of you who prayed for him.
This morning I too went to Pantai Med Centre for a "Women Wellbeing check up"....hahaha, under the menopause package. Not too bad, everyone was so polite and gentle. Was there from 9.20 till 12.30 just to do a few tests. Oh well, could have been worst. Still have to go back on monday for the results.
Then I went with my son Jordan to 1 Utama for sushi. Its amazing how much a growing young man can eat. Thats where American Express got their logo...never leave home without it!!!!...thank god for credit cards.
Kl can be very boring when you have no plans. How I wish I am home in Sandakan. Its difficult to go anywhere when you dont have a car and driver....hehehe. I have been taking the taxi here and there. Wow its expensive. Normally we have a car but it is in the work shop so , public transport it is !
Life here is ...ahhhhhhh. Nothing like the old small town. 5 mins and you are there. Glad I married a Sandakan man.
On wednesday we are flying to Sri Lanka for a 5 day tour. The flight leaves at 6.15am, so we have to be at the airport by 5am. . I tried their web checkin, made a mistake and only one of us got checked in. So tomorrow I have to call airasia for help.
You can workout what time we have to get up....zzzzzz. My first day in Colombo will be seen through my eyelids. Better bring toothpicks to keep them open. Yawning will be part of the iterinery for all of us. Will tell you more when I return.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Di tepi pantai II
Hello all, There is good news and there is good news...hahah. My dad is recovering well. The day after the operation already nagging so all is well . He looks rosy and can move all his extremeties with no problem. I think its because the pain killer is doing its job. The Dr says that 80% is all due to pain control. He is on morphine but no, he is not hallucinating or anything. I am very sure!!!
Every morning young and pretty physiotherapists come in and make him do some exercises. They taught him the correct way to get out of bed without pulling the stitches etc etc. the doctor comes in about 3 times a day....that will go on the bill I am sure...heheh.
Just to see him back to normal after the surgery is reward enough. This morning he got up and went to the toilet . How strong the pain killer must be!!!! He stood up and didnt feel any discomfort! Even when I gave birth I was in pain for 2 weeks cos the the d.... stitches.
Anyway, I have been here since sunday. Still I havent gone through all the food on the menu at the cafeteria ....hahah. Still many days to go. I have finished reading 2 books and going on to the 3rd one. How I wish to be back in sandakan...but duty calls.
Every morning young and pretty physiotherapists come in and make him do some exercises. They taught him the correct way to get out of bed without pulling the stitches etc etc. the doctor comes in about 3 times a day....that will go on the bill I am sure...heheh.
Just to see him back to normal after the surgery is reward enough. This morning he got up and went to the toilet . How strong the pain killer must be!!!! He stood up and didnt feel any discomfort! Even when I gave birth I was in pain for 2 weeks cos the the d.... stitches.
Anyway, I have been here since sunday. Still I havent gone through all the food on the menu at the cafeteria ....hahah. Still many days to go. I have finished reading 2 books and going on to the 3rd one. How I wish to be back in sandakan...but duty calls.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Di tepi Pantai
Hello all. I am blogging from Pantai Hospital. They do have wifi and internet access from the international lounge where my father is roomed. There is free coffee tea and holicks and biscuits in this lounge too. Not bad for a private hospital.
Well today at 5 pm my dad will be wheeled in for his operation. He is in a very positive mood. No more eating for him from now for a few days as he is on drips. We are sitting and accompanying him, not that he needs the company. He falls asleep so easily. Anyway my mum feels that he need someone to be around. Tried the food at the canteen...ok lah! But I think my mum and her maid had a tummy upset from last nite's dinner here. The food , I am afraid isnt in the same class as the hospital...hahah. But having said that, there is Starbucks, Hotdog 1901 and Ice cream shop ( cant remember the name)by the cafeteria....pity no McDonalds or Big Apple. Better still a shoping centre beside this hospital.
The doctor has asked for a family memeber to be here during the operation. Guess why? No,no not to give us a cigar after he has delivered a baby boy, but so that he can show us the section of the colon he has cut up....ahhhhh....witness that they have indeed taken it out!....no no ...hahah....for us to have a look before he sends it for biopsy. Seriously. May be thats is why in the movies we see family sitting around when one is in the op theatre. Now you know the reason.
Anyway, while I am here I signed up for a full package of tests for women. Why not eh? 2 in 1 sort of thing.Now that I have found this internet room and it is free, I wont be so bored....hehehe.
Well today at 5 pm my dad will be wheeled in for his operation. He is in a very positive mood. No more eating for him from now for a few days as he is on drips. We are sitting and accompanying him, not that he needs the company. He falls asleep so easily. Anyway my mum feels that he need someone to be around. Tried the food at the canteen...ok lah! But I think my mum and her maid had a tummy upset from last nite's dinner here. The food , I am afraid isnt in the same class as the hospital...hahah. But having said that, there is Starbucks, Hotdog 1901 and Ice cream shop ( cant remember the name)by the cafeteria....pity no McDonalds or Big Apple. Better still a shoping centre beside this hospital.
The doctor has asked for a family memeber to be here during the operation. Guess why? No,no not to give us a cigar after he has delivered a baby boy, but so that he can show us the section of the colon he has cut up....ahhhhh....witness that they have indeed taken it out!....no no ...hahah....for us to have a look before he sends it for biopsy. Seriously. May be thats is why in the movies we see family sitting around when one is in the op theatre. Now you know the reason.
Anyway, while I am here I signed up for a full package of tests for women. Why not eh? 2 in 1 sort of thing.Now that I have found this internet room and it is free, I wont be so bored....hehehe.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Vampires are peanuts
If you had a choice between being bitten by a vampire and having an operation, which would you choose? Well the less painful one I think ( as I have never been bitten by one, dont quote me ).. you can still defend yourself against the vampire by holding a crucifix, or if you have garlic breadth after a meal of chicken rice or you can simply hit him on the head with your Jimmy Choos or poke him in the eyes...have you ever seen a blind vampire?....no, cos they'll fly into the lamppost and crack their skull and die anyway!!. But if you have to have an operation then you have no choice but to put your life in the surgeon's hands ( just hope he is not a vampire too )....heheheh
I know I am rambling on but as my father needs to have an operation to remove a tumor in his colon, L am just feeling the fear creeping in, all the what ifs come crawling into my already jammed mind. Never in a million years did I imagine it will happen to someone I hold so dear, its always about someone else isnt it? ...till its your turn to face it. We talk and we laugh but deep down inside we are worried....I take the vampire anyday,....
Tomorrow he has to be admitted early in the morning so that they can clear his system for the operation to be performed on monday at 5pm. Its going to be a very taxing day as we wait for the clock to tick second by second . I am sure all sorts of thoughts will go through my mind as I keep him company but, I hope my faith in the lord will keep me and my dad strong for the ordeal.
Its times like this when friends rely and comfort me with their prayers and good wishes for my dad. Winnie has a been a great source of support to me with her pearly words of wisdom. Others have sms me with their kind words and concern. Thank you all.Today we are all still ok....had babi pongteh for lunch. Tomorrow I am sure some hands will shake when we have to fill in the forms, hearts will be pounding when we listen to what the doctor has to say upon reading the tests results and, maybe tears will flow. I am just guessing as all this is new to me.
On top of this, my sister's mother-in-law passed away so she has to be down in Melaka. It never rains but pours ! So, till tomorrow then, will let you know whether we had an internal tsunami or not. Till then your prayers will be greatly appreciated, may it be to God, Allah or Buddha !!!!.
I know I am rambling on but as my father needs to have an operation to remove a tumor in his colon, L am just feeling the fear creeping in, all the what ifs come crawling into my already jammed mind. Never in a million years did I imagine it will happen to someone I hold so dear, its always about someone else isnt it? ...till its your turn to face it. We talk and we laugh but deep down inside we are worried....I take the vampire anyday,....
Tomorrow he has to be admitted early in the morning so that they can clear his system for the operation to be performed on monday at 5pm. Its going to be a very taxing day as we wait for the clock to tick second by second . I am sure all sorts of thoughts will go through my mind as I keep him company but, I hope my faith in the lord will keep me and my dad strong for the ordeal.
Its times like this when friends rely and comfort me with their prayers and good wishes for my dad. Winnie has a been a great source of support to me with her pearly words of wisdom. Others have sms me with their kind words and concern. Thank you all.Today we are all still ok....had babi pongteh for lunch. Tomorrow I am sure some hands will shake when we have to fill in the forms, hearts will be pounding when we listen to what the doctor has to say upon reading the tests results and, maybe tears will flow. I am just guessing as all this is new to me.
On top of this, my sister's mother-in-law passed away so she has to be down in Melaka. It never rains but pours ! So, till tomorrow then, will let you know whether we had an internal tsunami or not. Till then your prayers will be greatly appreciated, may it be to God, Allah or Buddha !!!!.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
who ate my moon.......cake?
Hari Raya has come and gone. All that fuss over ketupat and beef rendang! Well I had a sumptous affair at Cindy's open house. Kudos to Alice ! And again at another open house on sat...nice! Now we are fussing over yet another event...PMR. To those parents who are running around with high blood pressure, hey, take it easy. Its just the PMR, not the exams for the nobel prize.
I have friends who ran around like chickens about to be slaughtered over the UPSR, now, its the parents of those taking PMR who will be having a sleepless nite tonite worrying about something which is beyond their control and over something which will not stop the world from spinning. Relax folks, your kids got everything under control, believe it or not, they dont want to fail either. Some are still going for tuition tonite....hahah...if they dont know their lesson by now its too late....let them watch TV and relax. A relaxed mind can think clearer and faster.
Of course I am very relaxed, I dont have any doing this wretched exam! Even when my kids were doing it dont think I was in do or die mode. To tell the truth this PMR exam doesnt prove a thing. Even with 5/6 As, the kids can still be average once put outside their comfort zone. Ask them about world affairs, about earthquake,floods, poverty and terrorism and, I bet you they cant tell you anything. Why? Cos it is not in the text book. Preston forgot to add it in....hahaha
How can we expect them to know all these when they have time to read the newspaper. So sad. But that is education in Malaysia. We all survived it and moved on and learnt from it . Sadly the education minister still lives in the past.
Life goes on. We learn, we struggle, we survive and we live on to see our kids make the same mistakes all through their student days, but they too will learn and survive and see their kids do the same. Life is a vicious circle. The only way to break that circle is to send them overseas. Sometimes they move out of the circle so far that they never come back. Also so sad. Just when we can rely on them to take care of us they are so far away. I see so many old parents living on their own in Sandakan cos their kids have all migrated. The old folks struggle with their wizen limbs just to do their daily chores. They try to sound happy when the kids call even though they are in constant ache and pain, even though they are lonely and would like some company, some TLC, some words of comfort when the limbs and joints go on strike.
I was once told that parents can look after 12 kids but not even 1 kid can look after 1 parent . Why is life so cruel? When a baby gets sick the mother stays up all nite nursing him, but when an old parent gets sick, no one wants to volunteer to nurse him. How selfish we all are ? I am no saint either. May god forgive us.
I have friends who ran around like chickens about to be slaughtered over the UPSR, now, its the parents of those taking PMR who will be having a sleepless nite tonite worrying about something which is beyond their control and over something which will not stop the world from spinning. Relax folks, your kids got everything under control, believe it or not, they dont want to fail either. Some are still going for tuition tonite....hahah...if they dont know their lesson by now its too late....let them watch TV and relax. A relaxed mind can think clearer and faster.
Of course I am very relaxed, I dont have any doing this wretched exam! Even when my kids were doing it dont think I was in do or die mode. To tell the truth this PMR exam doesnt prove a thing. Even with 5/6 As, the kids can still be average once put outside their comfort zone. Ask them about world affairs, about earthquake,floods, poverty and terrorism and, I bet you they cant tell you anything. Why? Cos it is not in the text book. Preston forgot to add it in....hahaha
How can we expect them to know all these when they have time to read the newspaper. So sad. But that is education in Malaysia. We all survived it and moved on and learnt from it . Sadly the education minister still lives in the past.
Life goes on. We learn, we struggle, we survive and we live on to see our kids make the same mistakes all through their student days, but they too will learn and survive and see their kids do the same. Life is a vicious circle. The only way to break that circle is to send them overseas. Sometimes they move out of the circle so far that they never come back. Also so sad. Just when we can rely on them to take care of us they are so far away. I see so many old parents living on their own in Sandakan cos their kids have all migrated. The old folks struggle with their wizen limbs just to do their daily chores. They try to sound happy when the kids call even though they are in constant ache and pain, even though they are lonely and would like some company, some TLC, some words of comfort when the limbs and joints go on strike.
I was once told that parents can look after 12 kids but not even 1 kid can look after 1 parent . Why is life so cruel? When a baby gets sick the mother stays up all nite nursing him, but when an old parent gets sick, no one wants to volunteer to nurse him. How selfish we all are ? I am no saint either. May god forgive us.
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