What a Weekend!

Wow, it has been a great weekend... and I hate that it is ending soon. Nevertheless we might have a public holiday if Lee Chong Wei wins the gold later! Come on Chong Wei, you can do it..all Msian supports you..we need a break! :)

On Saturday we celebrated Shin's bday at d'italliane restaurant, Jaya 33. The food was nothing fantastic compares to Nero Vivo, Jln Ceylon. However it was the occassion and the companions that made the lunch simply superb! Blessed Birthday, my dearest pal Shiny..

Ceasar Salad

Mushrooms

Our bday cake for Shin :)

bday girl with Pei Sze n me

An hour after lunch, Pei Sze smsed and suggested to meet up with some old schoolmates. Well, it has been a looooonnnngg time I have not seen my secondary school friends and was recently hooked up via facebook. And we did. 1st to turn up was my form 1 and form 2 sitting partner, Sharon. Wow, the last time we met was during Pei Sze's wedding. It was 6 yrs ago and we realized that we were then in our 20s..how time flies! I still remember the girls who sat behind us ie Hoo Lai Ching and Chew Mei Loo..wonder where are these girls?! Next who walked in was Yoke Mei and then came Swee Cheng. These were the infamous petite pretty girls...I used to envy YM as her god-mom never failed to bring her good food during recess while I had to settle with 50 cents mee sup... :( ...SC as she was and is still like SC...chatty n happy go lucky kinda gal!

We began to chat and many many names appeared in our conversation...brings back a lot of memories and wonders too...we were thinking where they are now ..it's so true that schooldays were the best days in our life - when we have a big bunch of friends (u can actually name 40-50 friends easily) and were so care-free...still remember that we used to gather around and have our very own karaoke whenever teacher was absent...those days New Kids On The Block were like Beatles in the 60s...Tommy Page, Belinda Carlise, Debbie Gibson, Rick Astley etc..when evening comes we would proudly ride our BMX and explored our neighbourhood like the Mat Rempits these days..hahahaha..

Swee Cheng,Sharon, Pei Sze, Yoke Mei

Sigh, it has been more than a decade gone since high school. This gathering is great and i surely hope for more reunions..:)

Healing...

It was already near 1am when I returned home last nite and I saw my mom's room light was still on. I was suprised and felt guilty, thinking if she was waiting for me.

I went in the room and found her lying on the floor like a little girl burning midnite oil...I asked why she was still up and scribbling on the floor. She looked up and told me that Pastor requested her to give a testimony tomorrow morning- last minute preparation! I gave her a big smile...

2 Mondays ago, I was having a meeting and received mom's call. At that moment, I was irritated since the meeting was not going on well and the call was just untimely. Nevertheless I answered and mom was complaining about her headache. I told her to take a pill and lie down. She further asked what's today day? and wondered she has woken up since morning. I did not pay much attention and ended the call abruptly. Within 5 minutes, she called again and repeated the same conversation. The 3rd time she called with the same conversation, I knew something went wrong and my whole body started to shake and mind messed up. The same feeling I felt whenever I received calls from home when my dad was suffering from cancer 2 years ago.

By the time I reached home, brother has takee mom to see Dr Wong. They came home 10 minutes thereafter and noted that my brother was irritated while mom was still in the car. I approached her and her face was so pale. She again repeated the same conversation and this time she was unable to remember that she had earlier called me. My brother and myself decided to take her to another clinic since Dr Wong was closed. Throughout our journey to search for a clinic, our patience was really being tested since mom kept repeating her words.

I felt very lost and called Shin and PZ for advice. Same time, I need someone to pray for mom. So I sms Pastor and my cousins. The doctor has no idea what was wrong with mom apart from suffering migraine. BP and temparature were normal. Doc advised to admit mom to hospital. The thought of going to UH's emergency room was like "the devil pulling me back to hell" again...Crying out in my heart.."LORD! NO...PLEASE"

We headed home to take mom's documents and to feed her with medication since it would take some time for the docs in hospital to attend to her. Pastor and Jaycy came. Mom began to sob when she saw them. It reminded me during the time mom was suffering from depression. My heart hurts so much to see the same scenario but this time my dad is no longer around to hug and kiss her...Mom was totally lost and kept crying as though she was being 'kidnapped'...Jay's eyes were red and trying to hold back her tears..

Pastor was strong and reminded us that we need God and we pray...He guided mom to pray and praise God..each time after a prayer, mom will stop crying and compose..that will only last for 5-10 minutes...the saga began again...and we pray and pray..from 5-10 mintues..the time extended to 15 min then 20 mins....finally we managed to calm her and send her to bed...brother was witnessing the whole episode..

I could hardly sleep that night...my heart felt better when she woke up the next day without headache and able to recall some of the incident ..though was vague. I took her to the specialist and over the week she had done MRI and blood test... Also over the few days, she is her normal self again...

With the tests results, the Prof Tan diagnosed Transient Global Amnesia which can be caused by migraine...Mom is now on medication to control her migraine..The words from Prof "You need not to worry as nothing serious.." lifted my soul and I am so thankful for HIS HEALING..IT IS JESUS...I KNOW IT! AMEN...

The best was that my brother witnessed the confidence of our Pastor and his strong bond between himself and the church people...and how God healed our mom...I am waiting for the one day when my brother will be save...Yes, Amen!