A gift from CK b4 i flew to Brazil. Someone who nvr fails to noe wat i really need.My fav combination of tea. Lavendar n Rose bud, a match made in Heaven. How abt us?? Are we? I had not touch on the tea since i came to brasil, it makes me think of u when i start sipping the tea.. i need some comfort.. n it helps..
Mum had not called for a weeks, which is unusual. I decided to give her a ring. Shocked but not totally unprepared, i was told the news of Grannie's wither.
I can hardly rem how my grannie's looked like. All i rem.. was she used to take care of me while i was still a toddle. All these years.. i hardly went back to visit my grannie n grandpa, the excuses given was no time.. too far away n so on... The real truth was.. i was too occupied wif my own social life and cant seem to hv them registered in my schedule.
She suffered from a serious stroke last month. The doctor had prepared us with the worst. We all know its just a matter of time. Mum was busy traveling to-and-fro SG n Batu Pahat. I asked mum to keep me posted on her situation at least i can arrange to fly back just in case. Too bad.. i was late.
Things sometimes dont affect you untill a while after, when it sinks in.
Some great article to share:
George Carlin's Views on Aging
Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is
when we're kids?
If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you
think in fractions.
"How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!" You're never
thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's
the key.
You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump
to the next number, or even a few ahead. "How old are you?"
"I'm gonna be 16!" You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And
then the greatest day of your life . . you become 21. Even the words sound like
a ceremony . . YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!!
But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you
sound like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun
now, you're Just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed?
You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa!
Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH
50 and your dreams are gone.
But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would!
So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60.
You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a
day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday! You get into your 80s and every
day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime.
And it doesn't end there.
Into the 90s, you start going backwards; "I Was JUST 92." Then
a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid
again. "I'm 100 and a half!"
May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!
HOW TO STAY YOUNG1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height.
Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay "them "
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening,
whatever. Never let the brain idle. "An idle mind is the devil's
workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.
4. Enjoy the simple things.
5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
6 The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only
person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you
are alive.
7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets,
keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.
8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is
unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next
county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.
10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER: Life is not measured by the number of breaths we
take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
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