Just Another Mother’s Day Dinner

Mother’s Day is this coming Sunday.
Friends were asking me if there are any good recommendations for a restaurant, which I threw a couple of names.
I, myself, will be having the usual Mother’s Day dinner with my in-laws, probably some restaurant too.
Somehow, recently, it had sinked into me too much that I missed my mom. I haven’t [...]

Home Care – Part 2

Bringing the doctors home!
Mother was first diagnosed by Specialists in National Neuro Institute (NNI) located at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Of course, I had to wait for hours at the Polyclinic in order to get a referral into NNI, just to enjoy the subsidized rate. Well, the subsidized rate makes a lot of difference lor. [...]

Home Care – Part 1

Mother has been sick for 6 years. Over these 6 years, there had been modifications to the home, change of caregivers, different caring techniques, change of hospital providers, change of primary healthcare provider, consulting different specialists, use of alternatives medicine, tried TCM, consulted a geomancer, engagement of a spirit cleanser, praying to the Gods and the “confrontation” with my [...]

The Savages

Ever since I heard about the show “The Savages”, I had been eagerly waiting for the DVD release. Not that I’m one of those who complains on the costly movies in the theatres now, but I know I will be with bucket of tears and didn’t want to embarrased myself in the theatre. A box of [...]

This Time

Left work early yesterday to visit my mother, since its Deepavali today.My mother was looking out the window, as if she is in deep thoughts. Even when I called out to her, she didn’t turn her head.What was she thinking?Moments later, she saw me.
She started making some sounds. She frowned. She moaned. She breathed [...]

O2

It was my mother’s bi-monthly doctor appointment. The doctor came to the house with her 2 big bags and nurses along. The usual check up. The usual medication top up. The usual chit chat.This time. The check up prolonged. The medications increased. The chit chat prolonged.I was told to be prepared. One of my mother’s [...]

Want Son?

Had been working so hard…..and no contributions to this blog. Well, didn’t really want to talk about work here…..Brought my mum over to my place to stay for a few nights. I really liked it when she is around, I popped into her room whenever I come home, talked to her, complained to her about [...]

Lifeline

I had been swamped again ….. with work…needing me at 3 places at the same time.

And so happened that my mum needed a PEG surgery at the same time. 9 months since the last replacement of the gastronomy tube. Her medicine and milk were fed into her body through this tube. This is her [...]