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A friend's daughter... her version of saying peace..

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SHE IS JUST AWAY...

My late Mom

Today marks the 6th anniversary of my mom's passing away. Memories of that fateful Sunday morning, 26th October 2003 when she left never to return, still felt very raw. My mom at 67, was quite sickly then but still very active and she was the type who never sat still for long. My brother who rushed her to the hospital that morning later told us that she has been attacked by acute asthma and efforts by the doctor to revive her was in vain. It came as a shock to us all and at that moment when I saw her lifeless body in the hospital, it hit me that she was gone forever, I suddenly felt lost. I felt I couldn't breath. How do we go on without her? How can she go - no no no ...not our mother. She was supposed to be there for us for a long long time. There were still so many things we wanted to do for her, still so many things not accomplished. I haven't told her enough that I loved and appreciated all that she had done, had sacrificed for me, for us. We thought that there was still plenty of time. Little did we know that God was to take her home that day.

Till we meet her someday, we will hold on to the memories. Lord God, please grant our mom eternal peace..

Random Pics

My siblings and I, taken during the

Raya 2009 at my brother's house - he is seated on my left.

Me and all my sisters having meals at one of my sister's house - she's seated near me.
(shhh..she'd probably kill me for posting this pic because
it is showing her curtain not properly hooked. If I disappear after this, you will know why)...lol.


Me and my beloved siblings during our get-together recently.
To gather everyone is not always easy and whenever the situation permits,
we try and take pictures together. Yes, we are that close.


Surrender Point -
Recent visit to FT Labuan

Ooh I've Missed You

Oh my poor poor blog. You have been... well almost abandoned. I've missed you. But everything seems to be going on a fast pace right now... it's not as if I don't love you anymore, but the days seems to fly so fast - don't seem to have the time for you. Busy... busy is the 'in' thing to say now. 'Ohh I 've been so very busy'... makes one sound so successful..and yes I say being busy is a 'happy' problem. But back to my blog... will be with you again in time...am having fun with other stuff, so you take care of yourself.... be immuned to my absence will you. So looks like absence doesn't make the heart grow fonder...infact....it seems so distant now...and the furious beating of the heart it used to create is now but a sound of distant drum...can't even remember how you looked like.....were you black? No no... no oh yeah I've changed you to white...you will be immuned to my absence... because by now you are used to being lonely...

NEGLECTED

My blog has been neglected again, by choice or otherwise. Just don't seem to have the motivation to write anything. So many times i have started to write something and somehow or rather it comes out sounding rather silly...... and i promptly find my fingers pressing the delete keys! I only write these 'cos i got tired of my blog layout.. couldn't find nice pics, so just resorted to changing the colours. Maybe will write tomorrow or the day after.. or maybe not ever.. i don't know. .

IT WAS HIS BIRTHDAY

Dad and the kids at Sushi King, City Mall

It was a testing day for me at the office that day. Everyone in the office was like moving at such speed, so much activity, too much noise. Everything had to be done before the Raya hols. I felt like my head was about to explode. Was feeling a bit under the weather too. But that shouldn't be an excuse right? It was his birthday and all I said that morning was a birthday wish. I was too preoccupied about the day ahead because of work and other stuff to think about what to do for his birthday. hehehe.. sorry.

That evening he fetched me from work and as I went inside the car, i saw an unsmiling face.... if looks could kill, i would have been dead there and then...hmmm he must have had a tough day at work too coupled with me coming out of the office much later than usual... i mumbled sorry but damage was done. 'So, shall we go out and have dinner tonite?" I asked, and he answered curtly 'No!' and I answered 'Fine!' Reached home, no dinner prepared... so tambah marah lah...grrr

Thank God, the kids bought a birthday cake and Mandy said, let's order pizza online and I said of course.. oh but wait, seeshh... i didn't go out this afternoon and so forgot to go to the ATM to get cash.. all i have are 2 ten ringgit notes and some change... what to do, what to do... Mandy said "can pay by credit card".. so i said "oh ya kan... rite.. ok please order, charge it to my credit card". ... The pizza came about 35 minutes later... yup quite fast considering it was almost 8 pm. The candles blown, the birthday cake cut and pizza eaten...but the mood was still not there.

The following day, mood much better, so I said, come let's go out and eat Japanese food. My treat on his belated birthday and to make up for what happened the day before... so off we went... "Happy Birthday Daddy, wishing you Good Health and May all the Good Things in life be yours. God bless.'

Granted things are not always perfect, but isn't life too good to be perfect?

HEALTH HEALTH, WHERE ARE YOU?

Oh for goodness sake, enough of that Siti Nurhaliza song already. Someone in the neighbourhood has been spinning SN's cd for the umpteenth time and the song 'Biar Lah Rahsia' is in its 3rd or 4th rounds now.. lol. But then again, what am i doing home...

The lingering pain somewhere in my tummy has been going on and off for the past few days..been feeling nauseous, bloated. Spent last Sunday just feeling horrible.. been popping the gastrict tablets.. and it seemed to work a bit, only this time it didn't go off completely. The stubborn me tried to avoid going to the doctor thinking it will pass and clear by itself. After the unsuccessful self-medication, and the unbearable excruciating pain and upon the insistence of my other half, Mandy drove the almost zombie like me to the clinic. Reached the clinic at 8pm last nite and waiting for the receptionist to register me felt like forever... Dr Tan who has been like the family doctor for ages confirmed that I have indeed a stomach infection. What was the culprit? I dont' know...

Now at home just resting.. just what the good doctor has ordered and now just staring in awe at the antibiotics and medicines which the doctor prescribed... how can something so distasteful be so good....the pain is now much lesser...well some small stabs of pain every now and then but no nauseous feeling and I feel almost like my original self but I still need to watch what i eat. No spicy food which i love for the time being. Tomorrow is a non-working day for me and after that, it will be Hari Raya holidays...it will be a lot of days away from office...oh gosh...I am going to be pretty busy after the holidays. My calls to the office on work related matters done - will just forget about work for the time being. Sms from office colleagues, friends and my facebook friends wishing me speedy recovery.. thanks.. Yes I will get well and it will be just in time for the good old visiting spree to Muslim friends/family's home during the Hari Raya hols.

To my Muslim friends 'Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri'!!