Grannie’s 8th Day and Night at Rafflesia Medical Centre

The maid gave grannie porridge three times today because mum put it into a vacuum flask when she went to visit grannie this morning. When I was throwing away the leftover just now, the flask was still slightly half full.

Grannie could recognise mum and I but called Aunty Linda Ah Wai (my late sister).

Tonight she talked a lot. Among them:-

1. I want to go to Singapore to visit my sister. (Aunty Linda had to pacify by saying we will decide tomorrow because the time is already 8 something to 9).
2. I want to die.
3. I want to get out of the bed.
4. I am in a lot of pain.
5. I can see Jesus. He is very tall, beautiful and is wearing a beautiful robe.
6. I can see angels.
7. I can see white light.

Before we left, Aunty Linda prayed for her. We told her to go to sleep and pray to Jesus. She nodded her head.

Weida 2008 Planner

For the last few years I have been using the Weida Planner both at work and at home.

Today a friend of mine from Weida Environmental Technology Sdn. Bhd. delivered two 2008 Planners for me.

I like the Planner because I can see one month calendar at the same time. I can jot down events for the month and plan for my holidays as well.

Grannie’s 7th Day and Night at Rafflesia Medical Centre

Aunty Linda looked after grannie the whole day today while grannie’s maid came home for a rest.

Tonight when we visited grannie, she looked the worst since admission. She was still eating her porridge when we left. The weird thing is Dr. Kiew Chik Sang said grannie’s condition is improving.

Grannie’s does not have teeth anymore because all her dentures were taken out. So now it is harder to hear what she is talking about. Aunty Linda said she did mention something about she can see Ah Wai. But when aunty asked grannie whether she’s talking about my late sister or a distant relative of the same name, grannie did not answer her.

Before we left the medical centre, I took a photo of the two newly born babies at the ward.

We went to have dinner at Win Lap Coffee Shop in Kepayan and ordered 'sayur manis' (local Sabah veges) with shrimp paste, stir fried beef with ginger and shallots, mango chicken, ‘ko lo yuk’ (pork) and five barbeque chicken wings. Every dish tasted nice except the veges. Just because we do not want it to be too hot and spicy, the cook omitted the shrimp paste totally.

Awal Muharram 2008

Yesterday was Awal Muharram, a Muslim public holiday. Awal means beginning while Muharram is the first month of the Muslim calendar. That means yesterday was the Muslim’s New Year. There is going to be another Awal Muharram on 29 December 2008.

I managed to clock in seven hours of sleep. I had two mini croissants with a cup of Milo for breakfast.

I drove and parked the car at Sunny Garden so that Lily Tan can fetch me and we went to Fook Look Siew Funeral Parlour to pay our last respect to Sharon Lai’s younger brother and chatted with her for a while.

I proceeded to Karamunsing Shopping Complex and parked the car at the carpark next to the Sabah Electricity Sdn. Bhd.’s Building. Eventhough the time was only slightly after 11a.m., there were not many parking bays left.

I went to McDonald’s and took away a beef burger to eat at the hair saloon when the saloon worker was washing my hair. At first I only wanted to trim and steam (treatment) my hair. But when my hairdresser Maggie was trimming my hair, I asked her whether I have a lot of white hair and she answered in the affirmative. So I decided to colour my hair as well since Chinese New Year will be in exactly four weeks’ time. I do not wish to go back to the hair saloon between now and then. After my hair do, I had a bowl of ‘Pan Mee’ at Nice Café located at the First Floor and I did some shopping before going home.

I managed to have two hours of sleep in the late afternoon. We had dinner at home before going to the airport to fetch Aunty Linda. I went inside the arrival hall to check whether she arrived. I felt so foolish when my brother called to say that aunty had come out already. I must have missed her while I concentrated on making a call to her which she did not answer.

We went to Rafflesia Medical Centre and grannie recognised Aunty Linda. Before we left, aunty prayed for grannie.

Aunty had a plate of noodles near the medical centre and together with four glasses of herbal tea, the bill came to RM12! Unbelievable!

On the way home, mum told aunty that we will bring her out for dinner tonight to ‘sai chan’ (wash dust). Haha This is a Cantonese term which means to get rid of all the dust from her and start anew again in Sabah.

Grannie’s 6th Day and Night at Rafflesia Medical Centre

Tonight Aunty Linda Chew arrived from Tanjung Malim. We went to airport to fetch her before going to see grannie.

Grannie recognized Aunty Linda. She looked tired again tonight and the maid said she has been sleeping at night. Grannie ate a few spoonful of porridge.

Dr. Kiew Chik Sang said grannie’s condition is improving.

Grannie’s 5th Day and Night at Rafflesia Medical Centre

Tonight when we arrived, grannie was half asleep. She looks weaker than last night.

The maid had to wake her up to eat a few spoonful of porridge.

While she was half asleep, she said the following in Cantonese.

1. Tomorrow I want to go to Hong Kong.
2. I want to eat ‘tong yuan’ (round dumplings).
3. I am very cold (spinxie adjusted the air-conditioner for her).

Grannie’s 4th Day and Night at Rafflesia Medical Centre

Tonight when we arrived, cousin Victor Chong and his wife Rowena were visiting grannie. Grannie ate almost half a bowl of watery porridge, which was a great improvement from a few days ago.

Doctor recorded that her condition has improved a bit. The maid said she might be on the 7th drip since admission.

Grannie’s 3rd Day and Night at Rafflesia Medical Centre

Last night when we arrived, cousin Victor Chong was visiting grannie. Grannie looked slightly better than the previous day. When we asked her whether she wanted to eat watery porridge, she said yes. But after only one spoonful, she did not want to eat anymore and said that she’s full.

Her hearing is still excellent because she could hear what we were talking about. She also told us to go home and sleep.

Grannie’s 2nd Day and Night at Rafflesia Medical Centre

This morning grannie looked tired because she did not sleep much last night. The maid also did not manage to sleep much.

When I was visiting her this morning, she kept on saying words like the following.



Malay - English translation
1. Sakit - pain
2. Jahat - bad
3. Mati - die
4. Ubat - medicine

She also told me to bring her to the toilet. I told her she does not have to go to the toilet because she has diapers on. But she kept on moving her hands and legs to signal me to bring her. She only started doing these movements lately. I guess she’s too frustrated for not being able to do what she wants.

Tonight she is on her 4th packet of drip since admission. She finally fell asleep before we arrived so we let her to continue with her sleep and came home. Now she solely depends on the drip.

Grannie at Rafflesia Medical Centre

This afternoon grannie was admitted into Rafflesia Medical Centre .

Dr. Kiew confirmed what Dr. Joseph Ninan diagnosed last night. She is having pneumonia and there are a lot of mucus in her lungs.

Tonight most of us went to visit her and she looks better. She kept on telling us to go home and sleep. She thought that it was late because the light in her room was quite dim.

When the Chong family had gone home, she told us to take slices of ginger from the kitchen (she thought that she is still at home) to put on her forehead. My sis-in-law took some ointment and rubbed it on her forehead. After a while, grannie felt asleep and we came home.

We will see how she respond tonight and tomorrow to the medicine given today.