COVID-19: No one should die alone

depressed patient against window in light hospital
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COVID-19: No one should die alone

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I read a post 
"No one should die alone" referring to dying alone
in a nursing home. 

My mind goes to 
the many COVID-19 patients 
in Intensive Care Units
who had to die alone 
without their loved ones 
around them.

"Nurse, I am scared to die!"
" Uncle, I will chant a prayer together with you."

Another Buddhist nurse said: 
"According to a Buddhist monk, 
it is better to inform the dying to remember the good deeds 
they have done so that 
they may reborn
in a better realm."

A Muslim healthcare worker 
would hold 
the dying patient's hand 
and say a prayer
during their last breaths.

A Hindu nurse said,
"We can chant 
Om Shivaya Namaha 
or Om Namo Shivaya." 

A Christian nurse said, 
"I would do this:
With both my praying hands held over her/ his praying hands and recite Psalm 23: V 1 - 6"

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When everything else seems futile, spirituality offers great solace and comfort.

Even a Hindu doctor had recited Islamic prayer for a patient on death bed!

Motherly Monday

Motherly Monday (poem, haiku)

Mother monkey and child ( Courtesy of Toh HL)

Motherly Monday

The baby clings for dear life

… till it swings itself!

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Quote:

“Mothers are like glue. Even when you can’t see them, they’re still holding the family together.” —Susan Gale

每日一位访客

每日一位访客 (google translated)

Kind words can be short and easy to speak,  but their echoes are truly endless.“

Mother Teresa, (1910-1997

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在亚洲医院的病房里,

 参观期间热闹非凡

 与关心的亲戚朋友,

 带来水果和家常的最爱。

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不经意间,靠墙,

 站着一位老神职人员

 身着神职人员服装,带有文职领,

 双手紧握在前

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看了一会人,

 他坐在椅子上

 旁边没有访客的病人。

 而且,他只是静静地坐在那里。

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当病人试图伸手去拿杯子时,

 他帮助引导他颤抖的手和杯子

 到病人的嘴唇,下巴下的手帕。

 然后他给了病人一个皮的橙子。

另一个是临终病

 谁不能说话也不能动。

 自入院以来,没有人拜访过他。

 这位照顾者静静地坐在他身边,安详

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他是每天的访客

 对于一些没有访客的患者。

 无论是流浪者还是家人

 可能远在农村和内陆地区

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客气话不必是“话”。

 因为手势可以代替文字。

  •  善意的话语/手势并不难

 但它们的效果是持久和治愈的。

Chen Song Ping @ TPTan

Son, you have two machine guns…

Son, you have two machine guns…

After reading the daily news, Mary looked serious. She called her son to sit down with her.

“Son, you have two machine guns. The first is your car 1.8CC. When you drive to college. Be careful and don’t speed!”

Mary showed him the front page of the daily news. “See? This young man plowed his car into a group of seven people at a bus stop! A car can be like a machine gun if not used carefully!”

Her son nodded. He just came back from college looking tired.

“The next machine gun I have always wanted to talk to you about is this. Don’t you go around shooting wild oats to any girl in college except the one who will bring me, my grandchildren!”

A quiet person, he nodded again and went into his room.


“Sis, such a crude way to tell about the birds and the bees to your son!” Mary’s sister remarked.

“Sigh! I wish my husband would do this job instead of me!” Mary went to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

So, have you spoken to your kids about the birds and the bees?”

I think the ‘Youtube university’ may have already done it!

concentrated black children using laptop and tablet at home
Learning about the birds and the bees online? (Photo by Marta Wave on Pexels.com)

A pug on my mug

fawn pug lean on the table near white mug
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A pug on my mug

Is this pup a pug?
as I looked at the picture
printed on my mug.

This Haiku is inspired by a story of a wrinkly pug ” The Pug.” while I was drinking my mug of coffee.

Quotes:-
1. The pug is [a] living proof that God has a sense of humor- Margo Kaufman

2. A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself-  Josh Billings
  


Terjemahan Google – Pug pada cawan saya

Adakah anak anjing ini pug?

semasa saya melihat gambar

yang dicetak di cawan saya.

Haiku ini diilhamkan oleh kisah tentang kutu “The Pug.” semasa saya minum cawan kopi saya.

happy woman with pug on hands
A pug on my mug (Photo by Gustavo Fring on Pexels.com)
fawn pug lying on concrete surface
Photo by Александр Македонский on Pexels.com

谷歌翻译成中文 – 我杯子上的哈巴狗

这只小狗是哈巴狗吗?当我看着杯子上印的照片时。

这个Haiku的灵感来自一个皱巴巴的哈巴狗(The Pug)的故事。当我喝我的一杯咖啡时。

Tourism: of decors and assurance

Tourism: of decors and assurance (poem)

This poem is about tourism, the street decorations that still linger post festivities, and the assuring sight of police presence!

Quotes:-

  1. “You don’t have to be rich to travel well.” – Eugene Fodor
  2. “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” ― Gustave Flaubert

A dance to welcome in Sarawak!

A dance to welcome in Sarawak!


a welcoming dance in Sarawak

The students showed their welcoming talents during graduation ceremony in Sarawak!

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Quote:-

“Dance is the hidden language of the soul.”
Martha Graham

The most popular pose today…

The most popular pose today…

Today on social media, the most popular pose with a poster is

“I have been vaccinated!”

person holding syringe
“I have been vaccinated ! (Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com)

It’s like announcing to the world.

Hey, now I am safe!

Come join the herd community effort!

Get your appointment fast!

Well, it is not like you can walk into any clinic for a vaccination like our kids do with triple antigen and booster dose immunizations! 😐☹️🙄😟

We wait for our covid-19 vaccination appointments according to the government schedule! Then I saw a Facebook sitting-on-a-rock pose by a senior aunt!

I have NOT been vaccinated! 😞😟☹️

There must be some mistakes with the official scheduler as younger people have already gone for the jab!

I hope the process would buck up!💪💪💪

October 2021 updates:-

I am so glad most people have been vaccinated. The posing after vaccination craze is waning off nowadays.

I doubt the ‘booster dose’ pose will pick up with equal enthusiasm!

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Missing Togetherness on a Thursday!

Missing Togetherness on a Thursday! -Poem

happy children playing with pink feathers in street near building
Kids playing together (Photo by Ben Mack on Pexels.com)

I miss the closeness,
togetherness of playing,
thrilling outdoor games.

How Covid affects,
alters our growing years
restricting spaces
!

Of course, boys can cry!

close up of teenage girl
Of course, boys can cry! (Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com)

Of course, boys can cry!

Face flushed as blood gushed, 
watery saltiness felt,
behind nose and eyes.

"Are you OK, dear?"
No, please don't make me cry more!
But thanks, for being here!

"It's OK to cry!"
"That's because you are a girl!
They say boys don't cry!"

"I have seen dad cry.
In history, great men cried.
Of course, boys, can cry!"

This Haiku tells why boys and men can and should cry, as great men did, too, in history! God makes tears for a reason! So, it’s OK to cry!

Quotes:-

  1. Tears are God’s gift to us. Our holy water. They heal us as they flow. – Rita Schiano
  2. My body needs laughter as much as it needs tears. Both are cleansers of stress. Mahogany SilverRain