A WONDERFUL THIRD BOLGVERSARY!

It was indeed a wonderful 3rd blogversary with all friends, both old and new, coming by and having a good time and not forgetting the 'tumpang lalus' (which means, excuse me).

In my early days of blogging, a few of us regulars would be hopping back and forth to each of our blogs to put in our two cents worth. Then should we, either concur or differ in our opinions, in that very same comment box, we would seek the blogger's permission to respond to that particular given comment. 'Crossfire' of some sort taking place with the blogger being the 'victim' in his/her own blog! Jokingly we would say that toll got to be paid before one can 'tumpang lalu'.

In our confusion of commenting here and there, one of the bloggers even greeted us wrongly! She came to "J"s blog to comment but addressed her as "O"! How 'MCC' could one be! "MCC" here means "mong char char" and "mong char char" means "blur". We all had a good laugh at that!

As our friendships deepened, the younger bloggers soon started addressing us older ones (in terms of age!) as "aunty" and we would offer 'motherly' advice to them. Some even bought "aunty" presents and to think that we've only got to know each other through blogging. That's how closely knit we were to each other. Some of us went one step further by meeting each other personally. Depending on where you are, the circle of bloggers around that area would gather for a 'getting-to-know-you' session.

It was fun. We joked a lot and laughed at our own nonsensical notes.

Sadly, the 'aunties' and 'uncles' grew older (but wiser) and now must take things easy. Have to undergo complete health check before being certified healthy enough to resume blogging! Along the way, some lost their dentures, some had cataract eyes and some, the megabytes in the memory bank got infected by the H1N1 virus! As for the younger ones, upon completion of their studies overseas, returned home with each individuals embarking on their own careers and are now too busy for the aunties and uncles!

As for me, I would like to be that old lady in the movie "Titanic". With God's grace, to stay on long enough to tell my stories one day to the new and younger generation of bloggers! But most importantly, I couldn't have done it without all your support and to this, I say:

THIRD BLOGVERSARY

Three years ago, at the encouragement and support from my friends, Lydia Teh and Judy Leese, I started this blog.

As months went by, I made numerous friends from all parts of the world. The hit counter started clocking in and I felt very pleased and all too soon I became addicted to blogging. I would steal time at work just to take a peek at the comments left in each posting. My enthusiasm grew upon seeing people whom I have never met nor spoken with sharing my thoughts along with my joy and sadness and at times pitching in their words of encouragement and support.

I remember there was this one time in December whilst I was on my annual leave, I literally sat in front of my pc most part of the day going back and forth to other people's postings and putting in my two cents worth. Soon the comment box became something like a chat room with each one of us exchanging our views and opinions and it even turned into a language centre like with each one correcting the usage of our words, Malay words in particular and the 'teacher' at that time was Kak Teh. It was really fun!

Then each one of us, the "regulars", got ourselves buried in our work assignments along with family commitments and hence finding time to post became near impossible. I myself was engrossed with my work and my daughter's further education. Then came the worst of my nightmare which was, my mum being taken ill. Despite all these however, I did continue to post and comment as often as I could. But henceforth, most of my postings were more of depressing tones as I was going through a roller coaster phase.

I took the opportunity to put on my blog the type of illness my mum was suffering from and my SOS call for blood and platelet donors. Thanks to friends I made in this world of blogging, unconditionally they came forward to answer my plea. Not realizing who they were, they even took time to visit my mum while she was in the hospital. I remember one evening when I went to the hospital and my mum said "eh your blogger friend, WMW came by to visit me after donating her blood" and for a while I just stood there in disbelief! So too was another blogger from Japan. She was holidaying here and asked to meet my mum. I felt so blessed to have come to know so many wonderful friends through blogging.

Then as my mum's condition deteriorated I started staying away from blogging. With whatever time I could spare coming by the blogs revealed some of my regulars closing down and soon my hit counter died a natural death!

Sometime later after mum's death, cautiously I returned to blogging. There were times however where I couldn't find a topic to blog about and my blogging became very erratic. That's where I lost some of the 'commentators'. Gradually, new friends came aboard and thankfully, they have been good to me thus far.

LIFE IS LIKE MAIL; SOMETIMES YOU JUST DON'T GET IT!

To all my readers, I thank you very much for dropping in and here's looking forward to welcoming more! I take this opportunity to dedicate to all of you this song "Through the Years" by Kenny Rogers.

MATHS & SCIENCE NOT IN ENGLISH

It is reported in The New Straits Times that the Cabinet has decided that all national primary and secondary schools will teach Science and Mathematics in Bahasa Melayu beginning 2012.

Sad……..it's a no wonder the nurse asked the patient whether the medication taken earlier on was of the same color as the one that she's about to give now!

Sad……..that English words are being borrowed to translate to Malay words like doktor, wad, hematologi, gastrik, kanser, plastik surgeri and so forth.

So what's the Malay word for lymphoma and thalassemia?

What do you call "website" in Malay?

Doctors and nurses, pharmacists, physicians, mathematicians, scientists, when you all attend seminars or conventions, what is the language used?

Sad…….so sad....

The above are my personal frustrations and are confidential and may be legally privileged. Any disclosure, reproduction or distribution of the contents hereof by anyone other than myself is prohibited and unlawful.

... continuation from "ABOUT MY SHOES"

The varying in the height of the heels to my shoes is simply because …. of my backache. Maybe age has something to do with it, I'm not certain but neither am I denying the fact.

It all started about two years back when I hurt my back but never got round to getting it treated thinking that the pain would go away one fine day. Unfortunately, it didn't. Right until now, I'm still being tormented occasionally by the excruciating pain.

One day last year it got so bad that I couldn't endure the pain that I had to run to the orthopedic for immediate cure. X-rays were done and thankfully there wasn't any fractured of any sorts. The doctor then recommended that I undergo physiotherapy sessions pending my decision to do the MRI. (The MRI was needed to facilitate further investigations into the source of the pain and it's very costly and that's why I was contemplating and still is)!

The physiotherapy was superbly soothing - while it lasted. Mine you, it wasn't cheap either! (Private hospital what you expect)! Soon the medical bills started escalating to the extent where I could no longer afford. I then resorted to having a back massage done by the professionals. The massage did help to ease the pain as the masseur concentrated on the points and improvised a bit of the chiropractor skills. But this is only an interim measure. I still need to get to the root of it all.

Fearing to return to the orthopedic (as I've skipped the follow-up appointments), I started my hunt for another orthopedic doctor taking into consideration advices which I've been given based on recommendations and hear say. Meanwhile, I started surfing the net for reasons, for the causes and the answers to my backache. The results were intimidating! I then searched for workouts/exercises that might help to ease the pain. I printed some out and for the first few days, I attempted them diligently. But the pain persisted and so I gave up on those exercises.

Then I sought help from this orthopedic who was treating my mother-in-law. He assured me that it's only with exercises that I could minimize the pain and regain my strength back. I was taught the types of exercises I had to do and was prescribed calcium tablets to strengthen my bones. So do you not agree with me that age has caught up?

Notwithstanding the above, I was told many a times to wear shoes with low heels. It's supposed to lessen the burden on my back and render me better support. That's the reason why I've been alternating between the high and the low heels. Subconsciously I felt that when I'm wearing the low heels I didn't carry myself gracefully as when I was in high heels. Perhaps over time I may be able to regulate well into the low heels.

With the aching back and the switch from high heels to low heels, I therefore conclude that I've been hit by the ageing syndrome!!

A fair face may fade but a beautiful soul last forever!

R.I.P. MJ

You heal the world with your songs and dance. We'll miss you dearly Michael.