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In Memoriam – Mum’s Sixth Death Anniversary
Saturday, July 11th, 2009Six years. I think I need to move on now, Ma. I know this is what you would want me to do. I am not going to mourn for you anymore. I am going to celebrate life instead – celebrate the life that you had given me. Yes, that is how I will honour the memory of you. I want to have happy thoughts whenever I think of you. This I will do. Six years on, I think I have learnt a little more about death and life, and why we should celebrate life instead of mourning death. Rest in peace Ma. Till we meet again.
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In Memoriam – Mum’s Third Death Anniversary
Death Clock
Mum’s First Death Anniversary
In Memoriam – Mum’s Fourth Death Anniversary
Remembering Mum – Sixth Month
Look Ma, I Got Chickenpox!
Thursday, January 15th, 2009Up to last Wednesday, I thought I would never get infected with chickenpox. When I was a kid, Mum would make me play with the other neighbourhood kids whenever any of them got it. That did not work. For over three decades, that was reenacted over and over with nephews and nieces without success. Mum did say that the older I get chickenpox, the more miserable I would be. That was why she was in a hurry to get me infected. I, on the other hand, was beginning to believe that I was immune to it after all those failed attempts.
The rest is history not! I did get chickenpox. I am not sure if kids get off easier but I did have a hard time the whole week since the pesky little blisters appeared. It is a little ironic that for all the years that Mum tried to get me infected, she did not live to see this moment. Mothers are supposed to be around to see their children get chickenpox so that they can fuss over us with all the supersitions and taboos.
I am slightly disappointed by this break in tradition but I still need to get this off my chest: Look Ma! I got chickenpox! Yay! Yes, there is a smug smile on my face despite the discomfort of the past week that is slowly being replaced by a sense of having truly grown up. Never mind I got chickenpox at a ripe age of 43. The sense of being like everyone else is worth whatever I went through. I am not that different after all.
Tags: varicella zoster
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Sunset At Bayan Baru
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
View of Bayan Baru from Taman Pekaka at sunset.
Wuan and I were in Penang over the weekend and yesterday to look for a restaurant to host our wedding banquet. I spent some time enjoying the view from my apartment. The panorama at dusk is still an amazing sight to behold now as the first time I looked out that window ten years ago.
So many memories, so many different emotions all swirled in my mind as I recalled the days when Mum would rest her elbows on the window frame and looked out to the orangy sky and beyond. She had so many dreams for me, none that I could fulfil when she was alive. How I wish she is still here to oversee my wedding banquet, to share in my joy on one of the happiest days of my life.
Tags: Bayan Baru, memories of deceased mother, sunset, Taman Lip Sin, Taman Pekaka
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Exits – The Mystery Of Death
Peter & Wuan’s Wedding Banquet – First Photo
