One night holiday

November 29, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

My husband and I had a perfectly enjoyable one night holiday recently. Even my mum, who hasn’t left her condominium since the pandemic except for her vaccine appointments, suggested we stay a little longer in order to have a real break. She is right. It usually takes a day to sort of unwind and relax […]

Returning home

November 22, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

My husband and sister number 3 are home now. My husband, after being with his family for seven weeks, following his father’s passing. My sister, on compassionate grounds, to be with my ailing mum. It was not quick nor easy for either of them to return to Malaysia from England. Mainly because Covid-19 is still […]

Live-in or stay-out

November 15, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

I never thought I’d have to resort to outside help for my mum. I prided myself on being able to care for her – when she needed it and for however long. Actually, that’s what sister number 4 and I had discussed on several occasions. We will take care of our mum, between us. Of […]

Terms and jargon

November 8, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

I received this message when I tried to access my blogsite: ‘Login Issues Not Found. The Requested URL was found on this server. Additionally, a 404 Not Found Error was encountered while trying to use an Error Document to handle the request.’ I understood each standalone word but not together in the three statements respectively. […]

QR codes

October 25, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

My first encounter with a QR code was when I subscribed to Fave, a platform that offers deals at several restaurants. I downloaded the Fave app on my mobile phone. Scanned the image of the QR code displayed at participating restaurants. Voila. Discounts dutifully appeared on my mobile phone screen. Next was QR code menus. […]

It’s already October

October 11, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

I didn’t know what to write about last week. There’s nothing exciting or fun happening at the moment. All that’s been happening are illness and death, and I’ve written quite a lot about that. Putting my thoughts on paper or rather in my blog has helped me address them a little. A mental therapy, of […]

Just like me

October 4, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

I’ve known my siblings since forever. But do I actually know them? I think I do. Then I don’t. Then I do. Then I don’t again. It’s complex. I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before. I’ve four sisters and two brothers. One or two read my blog. So, this could be a little tricky. I might […]

88 today

September 27, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

It’s my mum’s 88th birthday today. It’s a super special birthday on many levels. My mum is super-duper special to me. 88 is a grand old age to get to. 88 is an auspicious number. In Chinese it means fortune and luck. As my mum is a quarter Chinese, she will receive abundant blessings of […]

Confusion

September 20, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

A few weeks ago I wrote a post about how I was forgetting stuff more than usual. It was just after my mum started exhibiting some worrying symptoms of memory loss and confusion. She has forgotten this and that, like me, and like most of us, now and again. A birthday or anniversary. A scheduled […]

Not remembering

September 6, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

I used to have a photographic memory. I could remember contents of pages and even page numbers where the contents could be found in books I’ve read. Now, I’d be lucky if I remember the title of a book, any book. My fading or loss of memory worries me. It frustrates me more. I was […]