Silent supporters
I put a lot of effort into drawing cartoon for this video post. Then…
“Hmm, so many are viewing my video on “Fitting mental chips…” The traffic seems to be increasing of late!”
Then I stumbled upon a few bloggers who had been sharing my posts on other social media, no wonder!
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I am amazed with this blogging community!
Blood transfusions: can beggars be choosers?
This is an interesting question!
A handful of patients had requested blood from unvaccinated donors. But more than 90% of current donors have either been infected with covid or vaccinated against it. Dr. Michael Busch explained.
People requiring transfusions may donate their own blood in advance (Autologous blood transfusion). They can also request donations from designated friends and family members. But according to Red Cross, there is no evidence that the latter’s blood is safer.
So, should a ‘beggar’ choose at a time like this?
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Those absent- please put up your hands!
… if you are present, would you agree on behalf of those who have left [past]? or for those who have yet to arrive [future]?
In presentism, present-day rules. Not the past, not the future.
Many names of roads during colonial times have been renamed to VIPs of today. That part of history and story about those locations is, therefore, lost.
‘Pa, you always say that during your time, you used to have ten cents daily pocket money! What can ten cents buy today?’
‘We used to manage these workloads with half the workforce! You don’t need extra staff!’ proposed a senior nurse manager. Yea, but today, we manage patients, machines, and lots and lots of defensive documentation! However, the future may be changed when we start to get more robots instead of nurses!
Don’t compare why things were done then, cannot be done now, and vice versa. Each period has its own weaknesses and strengths, and its own challenges. Yet the true challenge is when a veteran or baby boomer, used to chalk and blackboard, now has to meld into current technology and computer age!
One can’t help but to compare and contrast differences!
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Sleeping toes touching toes
It’s wintery cold
lying face-to-face they sleep
bolster in-between
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their toes touching toes
to know the other is warm,
alive and kicking.
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An old aunt describes above how old people sleep and check each other under the blanket during cold winters.
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Increased winter mortality is reported as an important public health matter in China.
In U.S. death rates in winter months have been 8 to 12 percent higher.
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Keeping a promise.
I woke up one morning,
to find him
waiting outside my door.
“Are you ready?”
“Ready for what?”
“You promised,
to take me out for breakfast today!”
He never forgets!
Never make one with him.
I kept forgetting!
He won’t accept a ‘no’.
So I dragged myself out reluctantly
to a ‘get set’ and ‘go’!
Another day began,
keeping in pace with him!
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An aging carer ponders;
‘my mind wants,
as I used to,
but, will my body will it
in years to come?’
I must remember
not to over-promise
to avoid disappointing him.
Differently-abled person(s)
may have different thresholds
to contain disappointment.
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“Don’t make promises you don’t intend to keep.” — Anonymous
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A courier counter service experience for a disabled…
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Last week, a man went to post three A4 brown envelopes with 3 different addresses at a courier service centre.
He came back to the car where his elderly mother was waiting. He showed one invoice (proof of receipt).
The mother went to the counter… and asked.. Why 3 envelopes but only one invoice.
The counter lady raised her voice.. ” I asked him many times if he wants to put them together. And he said yes.
She went on repeating..as if to justify her actions to the other three customers in front of the counter.
The mother intercepted her, “hello, hello,… he is disabled!)
“Saya mahu dia belajar berkomunikasi … nampaknyI want him to learn to communicate… look like he has failed! But I am proud that he entered here just now.)
The lady soften her voice, “ya la…ini maksudnya dia berani mahu masuk sini. Saya pun tak tahu dia OKU.” (Yes, indeed, it means he was brave enough to enter here. I didn’t know he was disabled.)
“Nanti saya akan terangkan kepada anak saya.” ( Later, I will explain to my son.)
The counter lady put the 3 envelopes into 3 separate plastic envelopes…and gave the mother 3 invoices ( proof of receipt).
It was a learning experience for the mother.. and hopefully the courier service counter lady learned something, too.
Real flowers, real love?
“Happy birthday!
Here’s a cemented pot
of flowers for you!
It will last forever…
like my love for you…
forever! “
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“You… you give me
… plastic flowers?”
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“I went through the flowers shop.
Real flowers don’t last long!
And it is a waste of money.”
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That pot of flowers
disappeared soon after.
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Real flowers, real love?
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Watching the school children passing by…
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Patiently, cars lined up
a kid or two per car
stopping briefly
near the entrance to school
occasional buses, too.
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Some kids masked,
hand in hand
their mum’s held on protectively
guiding their child
across the road…
And one crying child, reluctantly,
being dragged by his dad,
but to no avail as he wailed…
as if unwilling to enter …
an invisible war zone!
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First bloom in 2022
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Flowers, flowers, everywhere
But this is my one and only
bloom this new year!
