Knock, knock, are you home?
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“We’re going to granny place this evening. Can you get ready?”
……no response.
“Knock, knock, are you home?”
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Some people can be so engrossed in their activities, they hear…
… yet they don’t!
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Another journey lies ahead
Another journey lies ahead
The surgery is a success!
The growth has been removed.
What lies ahead
is another journey!
A survivor’s journey.
And watch out
if it will appear again!
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Some cancer survivors learn to live
without a certain organ.
Many watch out
for recurrences.
Some battled
recurrences several times!
Like recurring nightmares!
Another journey begins…
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Quote:
“The end is just the beginning”
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Keep going, don’t stop!
Keep going, don’t stop!
Today I saw this on social media. It aptly describes that as we age, we must still be moving, even if, SLOWLY!
A decade ago, I was trying to persuade my special child to go back on a bicycle. I went up the bicycle to show him, “see, mummy can ride!” … after three decades of not being on a bicycle!
When it was time to get down, I panicked. “Help, I don’t know how to stop!” I had to keep cycling another few rounds slowly, trying to find the courage to stop.
I did…with my bicycle wobbling and slowly, I landed on my side with mild abrasions on my palms and elbows! 🥲
As I was falling, a neighbor sitting and watching us for some times, came running towards me. So did my son.
But both did not catch me in time! 😓
Keeping life momentum is like riding a bicycle, indeed!
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Weeping Wednesday
Weeping Wednesday
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- A REAL MAN never hurts a woman. Be very careful when you make a woman cry, because God counts her tears. THE WOMAN came out of a man’s rib, NOT from his feet to be walked on, and NOT from his head to be superior, but from his side to be equal. Under the arm to be protected, and next to the HEART to be loved.
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It takes skill to K.I.S.S.
It takes skill to K.I.S.S.
In Apathy, unfeelingly , I like what a fellow blogger, K.K. commented. “Short and crisp!” Not that it’s like crunchy potato chips, but it reminds one that it takes skill to K.I.S.S. (keep it short and sweet)!
I used to summarize CVs ( 1-4 pages long) to fit them into conferences’ program brochures. They were good exercises for me.
And if one can carry forth a point in 50 words instead of 500 words, I would prefer the shorter one.
I admire how some poets can describe bountifully ( if you can guess who has this name!) in a few words!
Practise K.i.s.s.-ing!
Quote:-
A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist. – Vladimir Nabokov
Free-Falling Heart Jolts
Free-Falling Heart Jolts
Rock climbing, scuba-diving,
and now free-falling bungee jumps
as high as a nine-storey building!
These adrenaline-producing activities
may jolt many-a-parent's heart, many times!
All for the challenge of courage and excitements!
Have you felt such heart jolt before? I did!
Communication between a duck and a chicken
Communication between a duck and a chicken
In a multilingual society, communication can be a challenge in our hospitals. Our main languages are English, Malay, Chinese, and Tamil. I learned a few simple Tamil words too.
Below was my experience communicating with an Indian estate worker who was admitted for a head injury. These were part of the neurological assessment on him.
“Open your mouth.” No response. “Buka mulut (in Malay).” No response. “Via to reh” he opened his mouth! He understood and obeyed the command! “
“Alright close your mouth.”But his mouth was still opened. “Tutup mulut (in Malay).” But his mouth was still open. I didn’t know how to say ‘close your mouth’ in Tamil. I had to physically close his mouth shut!
“Now hold my hands tightly.” No response.
“Pegang tangan kuat kuat (in Malay).” No response.
“Kai pu di” and he held my hands tightly! Proud to show that his hands were strong! There was obviously no weakness in his upper limbs.
“Okay, okay, let go, let go!” How to say ‘let go’ in Tamil? Ouch, ouch, I winced in pain. He saw it. So he let go of my hands!
Some of the young hospital staff I met were able to say some simple words in other languages like ‘what is your name?’ ‘any pain?’ ‘Have you eaten?’ Etc.
Most hospitals nowadays have interpreters as we have more international patients like Japanese, Korean, Arabs, etc.
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Quote:-
“The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said.” – Peter Drucker.
Is a house, a home?
Is a house, a home? ( Haiku)
What this house don’t have
that you must run away from?
It’s for want of love!
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Yes, the house is big
but the family’s broken!
Where’s substitute’s love?
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Quote:-
“Home is the starting place of love, hope and dreams.”
Home is where Mom is. (I lost my mum at a young age. So I always go ‘home’ where my eldest sister is!)
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From womb to tomb
From womb to tomb
“Nurses are there when the last breath is taken, and nurses are there when the first breath is taken.” – Christine Bell
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Finding that equilibrium in family and society
Finding that equilibrium in family and society
Water flow disrupted
finding its alternatives
equalizing equilibrium
to level the playing ground
when ‘Yang’ forces are too strong
the ‘Yin’ comes to rescue
in family, work-life, or societies
aligning that ‘Yin-Yang’ harmony!
no matter how hopelessly life seem
in love, family, or work, remember
the universe is listening- an equipoise
like the sun sets, the sun will still rise tomorrow.
one man’s loss is another man’s gain
respecting work-force; one’s employees
that’s how profound human beings are
in finding that balance; that equilibrium.
in mandating more equity with inequity
assigning financial, economy, and market shares
altering political systems affecting families and society
the effectiveness outcome, too, depicts a need for stability; an equilibrium.
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Quotes:-
- A system is in equilibrium when the forces constituting it are arranged in such a way as to compensate each other, like the two weights pulling at the arms of a pair of scales. – Rudolf Arnheim
- Equilibrium is the profoundest tendency of all human activity. – Jean Piage
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Chen Song Ping 