WHEN I'M 84

Today a very smartly dressed old lady walked into the clinic to buy parking coupon. She spoke excellent English..and mumsie out of curiosity asked whether she was the one driving the car and she answered 'YES'. And mumsie asked for her age and she told us that she is 84 . Sraight away mumsie said a prayer and then I said my prayer aloud.. " Lord I pray that when I'm 84 I will be like this lady ...can still drive around!" Gosh you're good man...so old can still drive!!! Exclaimed Musmsie..and her answer was simple..."out of necessity.. There's nobody else to drive her !!!Mumsie's next question was how many children had she.. And she said she had 4 daughters but they're all overseas! Then without hesitation she added that her 'cobler' told her husband and her that quote " THE rich are very stupid...they sent their children overseas to study and they never come back...see mine all studied here and I have all of them around me" (FOOD FOR THOUGHT)
Then she walked very slowly out of the clinic to her car..ALL the clinic girls were facinated... dunno by her age or by her remarks! Mumsie would have loved to follow her out to see what car she drives!

RAYA AT MAMAK 'S HOUSE

This is the'Mamak' that I was talking about in my last post...His name actually is 'Farouke' but all the girls in the clinic calls him 'Mamak' He comes from India and is an Indian Muslim.. He really is very patriotic...he goes back to Inida neary every year. Even his son's wife is 'imported' from India...Yeh 'matched-make' In this age there is still such thing... Oh his son is a hand-some guy not those 'dongoy' but 'obedience' is the word!!
(Should have taken a photo of him to prove to my 'little ones'.. I suppose the rest of his children will have to follow this tradition....we'll wait and see.

This is MAMAK'S neighbour's house..see the orange coloured block of cement with steps @ the side in front of the door?? Well this is to block the flood water from entering the house when the sky 'pours' but that Raya when we were there the water still runs into the house...not high enough...see how high the water level was?? CAN YOU immagine the amount of mud that got in and how to'flush' it out after the water recedes? That's why Mamak did not built this blockage but use some wooden plank but the plank was not put up in time so the water came in .
This is Mamak's house without the cement block~
By the way this is Azlan (our driver) and his family...they happen to stay next door..It was Mamak who introduce him to work with us.
Typical 'Raya' makan rice with chili chili chili (don't think Joel can take this...not bad .. no change every year is the same...Incidently all the girls...yeh all of them had diarrhoea the next day....EXCEPT DADDY AND MUMSIE!!!! (Either we have very strong
guts or we were the only ones that didn't eat most of the 'goodies' that were being sent to the ward by the other staff that day...(usually the Muslim girls who are on duty will bring some food to share with the nurses that were on duty that day)

Azlan and daughter and one of our staff's son..See they are all in their 'Sunday' best baju. See the nice carpet ..only laid out on this special day..clean floors ect.Lucky thing that day.. mamak's wife grap all our shoes and put them into a box if not they will become little boats ... and float or sink away.. because of this they were late in putting up the
'defence plank of wood at the door..I suppose when the sky was dark they were too embarrased to do anything until the very last minute when they couldn't put it off any more!
So this year we did not have to 'witness' the embarassment of the flood.. in Mamak's house..I wonder how they felt that day...Mumsie felt terrible for them...especially Mamak and his wife were drenched from head to foot!! The carpet and curtains were rolled up. CAN YOU IMMAGINE STAYING IN SUCH A HOUSE...each time when the rain comes. it's hard work!
I think mumsie's little ones will NEVER WANT TO COME HOME if this was to happen in our place.

Thanks our lucky star

Tomorrow is Hari Raya..and this remind me of an incidence which mumsie thinks that we should say a little prayer to thank the 'Good lord' for giving us what we're (especially my little ones!!) having now..

Every year this 'mamak guy' who has a tricycle 'stall' (selling all those things that you will from the 'ding-ding' man or the 'roti' man who sells his wares from bread, to sweets, biscuits ect ect from house to house)- in front of our clinic will invite all our staff including mumsie and the Dr to his house for 'raya' makan. And every year he will extend his invitation but we never take him seriously and every year he asked why nobody turn up..for his many dishes! So started a few years back mumsie will take Daddy and a few staffs to his house for lunch.
2 years ago something happen on that Raya' day that really opens mumsie's eyes and mumsie has never stopped thanking the 'fella' up there whenever mumsie goes on holidays or even after a nice outing or a nice meal!! OR ANY THING NICE !!!

Well on that particular Raya day...as mumsie and daddy and some staffs entered his house there was already a couple of mamak's neighbours there having lunch. So we sat in another corner tasting some of mamak's kueh-kueh and mueh-mueh' when suddenly all his neighbours disappeared!!
Why?? Because the rain started and do you know that each time when it rains this area gets flooded.....Real FLOOD!!! Daddy just got out of the house in time to move our Estima further down the road before the rain pours!! Within seconds the road in front of his house became a river!! Now mumsie knows why their neighbour disappear..they gotta go back to their house to 'save' their belongings!!!
Mamak and his wife were outside trying to save whatever furniture that were trying to 'float' away...from their little garden and the water level was up to their waist!!! They managed to get a plank of wood to block their door to stop the water from flowing into their house...but not before some of it had already flooded in!! Can you immagine the scene..here we were pulling our skirts up our knees and the daddy rolling his pants up (and some body whispered...'what if Dr had to leave now to answer an emergency??? And daddy replied that we would had to look for a bucket to 'row' him out of the area!!!!!) Now don't forget that the host and his family were in their 'Sunday best' yes in thier new shining 'Raya baju!!!" The house too were 'dressed up' with new carpets , new curtains ect ect..Mumsie remembered picking up some extention plugs on the floor -just in case the whole house 'melutup' if water got into one of those plugs!!! The water just 'GUSHED' into the house and its compound!! Muddy yellow water that leaves yellow muddy stain!!! To them this is a 'daily afair!!!!' Whenever there is a heavy downpour this happens That' why they must always have someone in the house!!! Mumsie really felt 'BAD' AND FELT 'SORRY' for them.... (Hope nobody saw mumsie wiping some tears away) OMG they were trying their best to entertain thier guests showing off their 'dressed up house' and in their 'Sunday best' yes all their children were 'dressed up too' AND THIS HAD TO HAPPEN!!
We were locked up in their house for more than 3/4 hr watching helplessly until the rain stopped.. Now are we going to stay or leave once the rain stopped and after the water disappear??
Yeah once the rain stop ..just as quickily as the torrents came they receded just as quick..But by now the whole floor was filled with filth....and we rolled up our sleeves and skirts..to help them to literally 'WASH' the whole house..YEP you gotta to hose the whole place then mop mop mop!!
We can't just walk out after this we sat down and had our 'RAYA LUNCH' with them as if nothing had happen!!!
HOW MUMSIE WISHED THAT MUMSIE'S 'LITTLE ONES' were around to witness this day with mumsie ..Then they will know how VERY VERY VERY LUCKY they were!!!

From that year onwards before we leave for 'Mamak's house for 'raya makan' we look up the sky to see whether the sky is dark...just in case it rains!!! So tomorrow when mumsie goes to church Mumsie must remember to pray for 'GOOD WEATHER' Don't think mumsie wants to witness another scene of MAMAK AND HIS WIFE drenched in the rain dressed in their 'SUNDAY BEST'

(By the way this 'mamak' guy's tricycle stall has been selling his wares outside our clinic for many many years) He's got a 'moble' (I think that's what's it's called) license..which means that he must move from house to house but because business is good here he 'stays put' for half a day in front of our clinic and you know what happen???? The MPJB fellas will come and give him summons!!!!! YEAH each time they come he had to pay a few hundred $ fine!! So if ever he sees them coming from afar he rides off with them chasing behind...of course whatever that was left behind ie the stools and some wares that mamak had no time to pack before he 'runs away' will be packed into the MPJP van and he will have to pay a fine to claim them back!! Oh BOY
what a way to earn an honest living....!!!

Thanks our lucky star

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MUMSIE'S PHOTOS

This was last week's creation for the altar...if you put this in a vase with as little water as posible (and off course with changing the water daily) the flowers can last for weeks.....This creation is already more than 2 weeks old...
See got this done for the alter.. this morning Was alble to attend the 6.30 am mass...mumsie was the commentator..so must go even though mumsie gotta attend another one @ 10.00am.... then rush to the market..grab some chicken (for hospital use) some fish..lobster...(Danny boy is home this week) vegi..sesamine oil (12 bottles for patients use) a big box of ginger...few kilos of black beans..kilos and kilos of vegi..patient use then ta-pau breakfast for David & friend-after breakfast they are driving up to KL...Yati rang mumsie's h/p to inform that Danny boy is back -gosh only 7.30 am ..he must have started driving from Malacca @ 5.00am! Rush back to add breakfast ta-pau. Reach home just in time to gulp down a little b'fast cos daddy is waiting to go to work patient/or nusrse is calling....(Seems like my whole life mumsie is rushing rushing rushing and running running but this doesn't seem to help mumsie to 'shed off' some unwanted pounds!!!
Mumsie gotta to go back to church @ 10.00 am...but labour room got an emergency...baby's heart beat is dropping...gotta be in OT to receive baby ...time is nearing 10.00 am never mind church is only 5 mins away... can still sneak in (in time)
Wanna try out my hand on photography...with and without flash!!


Dunoo why the photos was not published in the last blog...I did upload them sucessfully...I'm sure I did but well mumsie will try again...just return from sending the patient's food to the hospital and also from the gold fish shop...bought a few more (6 to be exact) hope they behave..
I think you can't add more..too much addition... these new ones may'poison' the old ones..
Think it has got something to do with their 'pooh' the new fish's pooh contain soemthing that will kill the old ones...I think so gotta to controll them too many new ones too much 'pooh' Wonder if I quarantine them for a few days will it work?? Sort of starve them a few days then only add them in the pond..but gotta get something to put them in... arggg to much fuss...just plong them in and pray.....now try again to up load some photos

Precious Saturday

Yippeee it's Saturday....why cos this is the only day that mumsie is @ home when the sun is still shining (ooops haze no sun) Still gotta work but 1/2 day ie mumsie can be @ home by ? 3pm. But the last 2 Saturdays was bad..cos our house designer came and we spent 'talking to him for about 3 hours...then gotta rush out for an emergency LSCS...THAT'S IT WHOLE SATURDAY GONE!!! Then the follwoing Saturday...Kevin our printer (dunno when he became a sales man) came..trying to sell this BIG VACCUUM CLEANER CUM AIR PURIFYER (not cheap about 6-7 K) He was demonstrating what this 'wonder machine' can sucks!!! Ya 'human skin dropings' (mumsie' version) So we took him to grandma's and aunty 's room. This is the only room that the maids are barred from cleaning or entering! Cos aunty kept all her 'eatables and non eatables' in her room..very worried of them disappearing....jokes aside she won't even hang her bras and panties.. any where after washing so they will be hung on a chair outside her room under her watchful eyes whilst they dry!!!! Mumsie thought this will be a GOOOOD DAY FOR
SPRING CLEANING THEIR ROOM!!! Here is this guy trying out all his equipments ..sucking the matress....and mumsie insisted on the walls too... and oh the beside tables ect ect...Auntie was real worried she kept on telling the guy don't 'perform any magic in her room' and mumsie kept on 'shooing' her away..See according to him the mattress needs to be sucked on & off cos human skin not visible to the eyes but does get stuck to the mattress !! Well unlike other vaccuum this guy sucks everything into water yah water so when you open it up you can actually see the dirt floating on the water...but either grandma's mattress is a new one or grandma's skin is too old to drop...so not much of a demonstration.. Of course the wall and the back of the bed is great.....Mumsie thought since we're at it why not demonstrate on the carpet in the hall......won't get much human skin but at least we can get Furbie's fur ! Furbie used to
roll around there and even pooh - pooh there when she was small (No more now according to Yati) So mumsie took the most powerful 'sucker' and brrrrrrr Oh boy was it good dunno about that guy ..think his machine had a 'heart attack' anyway mumsie was pleased not with the machine but @ least mumsie's Saturday afternoon was not wasted!!! (nope don't think mumsie will buy the machine but at least...got quite a bit of work done...) The water was not only black but Yati showed us the amount of fur ...or whatever that was inside the water was yuck !!

Well normally mumsie potter around the garden and also 'garden shopping' in some nearby nursery with Yati...(she loves it...it's a day out for her too...) Sometimes to the 'fish' shop for new goldfish to be added into mumsie's indoor pool..And off course we will end up in Giant..Yati and Jane's favourite outing...here they gotta buy whatever they want from bras panties..shampoo to chocalate (for Jane) coffee (for Yati yeah she drinks 4-5 cups of nescafe daily..tiada makan tapa mesti ada nescafe!!!)

Today is Saturday..so far so good...was able to 'pack' quite a lot of acitvities...now is only 4 pm.
Even though there was an emergency LSCS (fetal distress) this morning mumsie was able to rush off to attend the sisters anniversary mass (was invited by the sisters of the sacred heart of Mary for their 25th year anniversary) @ 10'00 am...Then rope in Danny boy (yeah he's back for 1 week-- Deepavali and Raya hols) and Daddy to one of our new Indian staff's house for lunch!!
Now whilst daddy and Danny boy are watching video mumsie is on the blog! Took some photos to make my blog more interesting.... here they are....Mumsie got some flowers from the market this morning and make some arrangement for the alter...

IS IT A MIRACLE?

Mumsie should have written this letter to the church in Ipon (Mother of Perpectual Help Ipoh Garden) years ago!!! But just didn't get down to doing it...wonder why???? May be I should send them a copy of this blog.. It can be my 'testimonial thingi' and it can also be a 'thanks-giving letter' to be shared with others.

This incidence happens a few years ago...when suddenly mumsie got a phone call in broad day light from mumsie's family (They never ring in the day time...cos mumsie is working working working!!! so when mumsie got called in the day means 'emergency') Being in medical line for sooooooo long the family treats mumsie a 'specialist' in everything..well it was to inform mumsie that one of mumsie's sister had some kind of 'breathlessness' twice the night before..well the advice is 'check it out-do a medical ' and Sister Wan was later told that she had an abdominal cyst in her abdomen....not pelvis..so all arrangements were made for the removal of this cyst.

Mumsie went up to Ipoh to accompay Sister Wan for her op .That night after her op. ...something went very wrong!!!! Her blood pressure was very low....and she was too 'sleepy' so mumsie demanded the nurse to call the Doc in charge.....2.00 am in the morning so mumsie had to threaten the nurse a bit. And when the Dr came he agreed that something WAS wrong so after some X-rays ect.. the Anaesthetist and Cardiologist were also called....it was an emergency cos Sister Wan's heart (3/4 of it) is collapsing in fact they had to put her on to a respirator !!! Mumsie had to call up the rest of the siblings...as Sister gotta be sent to ICU and also to inform everybody that she was being put on the 'DANGEROUSLY ILL LIST' For the next 9 days it was bad cos Sister Wan's Blood pressure kept on falling and Drs didn't know what was wrong...in fact immediately after the op mumsie was informed by the surgeon who did the op that everthing was very successful...mumsie was told that Sister Wan could be discharged in a day or 2. ...IT was really bad we were even told that even if Sister Wan pulls through she might not be able to walk again or do 'normal things' again cos 3/4 of her heart is DEAD!!! All of the other siblings held an emergency meeting....house may need renovation cos she must not climb stairs...she needed to be wheeled around blah ..blah..blah Mumsie remember seeing mumsie's mother kneeling down infront of Sister Wan's Dr. begging him to save her life.. Nothing can be done....the Dr kept on saying...I suppose this is when ONE TURN TO DIVINE HELP...
Mumsie and another sister run to the nearest Church...ie the church in Ipoh Garden and really prayed prayed prayed prayed (Meanwhile mumsie also 'storm heaven' with not only prayers but also rope in a lot of 'holy' friends to pray for Sister Wan) Pray for a miracle...that's what mumsie told everybody...Mumsie even SCOLDED the 'FELLA' up there...for doing such thing to mumsie's mother!!! Don't think she can take it if something is to happen to Sister Wan!!!
Just when we were about to 'air-lift' Sister Wan to KL'S heart centre...we were told that the cyst that was removed from Sister Wan -even though is not malignant has caused the heart to collapse cos during the removal...with all the handling , it releases some chemical that caused the heart to collapse so now we had to find the antedote.. quick...and that was the ANSWER once the antedote was found Sister Wan was taken off the respirator and after being 'DEAD' for 10 days...she came back to life again!!! Mumsie asked the cardiologist...3/4 of the heart is dead.. .what next??? But after conducting a few tests...Sister Wan is as good as new...no more heart problem...(in fact she should be healthier than Mumsie cos even the 'angiogram' showed normal)
The cardiologist told mumsie...'called it a miracle'
See you know now why mumsie goes to church daily not only to say THANK YOU but to continue praying for MIRACLES!!!

Mumsie's garden in the HAZE

At least the haze did not 'choke' mumsie's garden.. Mumsie's orkid is still 'dancing'
Indoor or outdoor they are still good....must be the 'hallogen' light doing the trick

Mumsie's garden in the HAZE

Just heard on the S'pore TV news that this year's HAZE is the worst...in fact PSI level reached
130 this afternoon!!!! And that it has cost ASEAN countries to lost about 9 billion dollars !!!

Well mumsie is still working hard in her garden !!

THE HAZE IN JB

I'm sure by now the whole world has heard about the haze caused by Indonesia's forest burning.
In fact mumsie is bz comparing the daily PSI level from the TV & the radio..@ present moment it is 89....supposedly this level is bad for health..in fact S'pore kept on reminding their people to stay in doors..and avoid outdoor activities...Read in the newspapers..the other day that the haze is costing S'pore to loose a few million $$$ a day!!! Well it certainly burn a bigger hole in mumsie's pocket cause the 'vegi-guy' in the market told mumsie that vegi price is higher because of the haze...no sun for the vegi so it takes longer for harvest and not too good product..
so you've got to pay more for not so good 'hazy vegi...'

Mumsie is so worried about her flowers and plants in her garden that it also burn another hole in mumsie's pocket....electricity bill goes higher...cause mumsie gotta put most of her plants under
'hallogen light' Took some photos to proove that haze or no haze mumsie's garden still gotta look nice!!

MUMSIE'S FLOWERS

Mumsie's Lotus peeping out

This plant has been in mumsie's garden for more than 10 years!!!

A chinese New Year must......supposed to be very auspicious to have this during CNY

NICE PHOTOS (DADDY'S CREATIONS)

Look mumsie's palm seems to like 'that corner' they're thriving well there


Thought I want to show off some of the photos taken by Daddy during the last CNY...think they look like photos out of the magazine of 'home design' quite professional.
















Mumsie used this to put her 'collections'



Dinning room next to our 'dry kitchen'

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MUMSIE FOR LIFE

The very first delivery (of babies) I witnessed was years & years ago in UK....there was this fairly elderly couple who just had their 'first born' Both husband and wife was hugging one another and crying..and I too can feel the tears well up in my eyes and I too cried with them..
But whether you're in UK or in Malaysia first-time parents are the same...Time and time again I've watched them sheding what I used to tell them 'tears of joy'...but wait I too remind them that they will be more 'tears' to come...when their little ones started to call them 'MAMA'
or 'PAPA' or when they had their first 'physical or emotional fall' you will cry with them!!! BUT WAIT TILL the day comes when your tears flow not from your eyes but from your heart....
The 'little ones' that you've been praying for and looking forward so much to turn around and
'snarl' at you..or says something that really hurts....then those are real tears!!

But whatever your children does your're still their mumsie....once a mumsie you're always a mumsie..If you're a teacher...don't like the students -just resign and get another job or get into another school.. Can't get on with hubby....divorce...This is what I used to tell my patients...if your child become the Prime Minister of the country you're their mumsie....but if they become the Greatest Crook of the country you're still their mumsie....YOU CAN'T RESIGN!!! Once you are a mumsie your are mumsie for LIFE!!!

BALDIE FERBIE

Ferbie had her hair cut last week...Boy was she sad! But it has to be done cos her mane was too tangled. I showed on her face....very unhappy for a few days..Mumsie has yet to learn how to groom her..supposedly it include manicure & pedicure but they left it out...so gotta return her there again this weekend!










IT was difficult to take photos of her....cos she thinks the camera is a gun...the minute she sees the camera aiming at her she runs under Yati's bed..!!! So sorry Cheh-cheh & Linny..mumsie couldn't get better pics than these! Linny hope her fur would have grown by the time you come home for Chistmas.

Nowadays...Ferbie is barred from going upstairs by Dadda...cos she was caught poooooing on Cheh-cheh' BED!!! BAD DOG!!!!

COPY CATS

Saw this pot plant in one of the hotels in Japan and fell in love with it....So mumsie came home and produce the one below.


Wonder if this is just as good or better is this better????