my beloved grandma

Forever in our hearts.......
4th September 1919 - 28th March 2000

Whether it was daughter, son-in-law, grandkids, friends, everyone called her Ah Ma. She was everything to us; beloved, mother, grandmother and friend. She had this silent strength and confidence about her. Never missed a day of prayer or praying for all of us. Come rain or shine, she would be dressed and ready for church. The only thing that seemed to upset her most was not being able to go to church.

The day she arrived at church to begin her final journey, her casket was set at the main entrance of the church and I decided that I needed a private moment with her. I looked at her face and I was amazed that she was wearing a serene smile ! There was a strange calmness enveloping me and I knew then that she was at peace and Home with God. Ah Ma was in God's loving embrace.

The day she died was the worst day of my life. I felt lost. The sadness and pain I felt was unbearable. I was alone at her bedside and witnessed life slipping away from her just like that. There was nothing I could do to stop it. I just stood there and watched, said a really long prayer to God and hoped with all my heart that she felt no pain. It was funny how I never shed a single tear. Not one ! I miss her with every passing second. I can still feel and smell her as though it was only yesterday that I was sitting across from her. Her last words to me were, "Don't forget to eat something." and then I left for work that morning. It was so hard for all of us to accept her death but we knew that we had to let her go. God had a plan for her. Her spirit lives on in each and every one of us; today, tomorrow and for the rest of our lives. God rest her sweet and gentle soul.

Eternal rest grant onto her O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon her. May Ah Ma rest in eternal peace.

father ?

Father ? In case you are wondering, what I have is a biological father. If babies could be born of a test tube, I guess my father may have come from one too !

By my definition of 'father', a father is a man who has his fun and conveniently forgets the result of his fun and makes a joke of the lives he helped create, then 'yes' a name does come to mind.

It's been almost 9 years now that we have not been in contact. And NO....I do not regret severing the ties. In fact, it was the one thing that I know I did right in my life !

whatever happened to those legs ?

Gi, this happens to be one of my favourite photos.

You look like a doll; curly hair and that puzzled look !

Do you remember those lovely, huge sunflowers that Grandpa planted ? These were not the ordinary sunflowers from our local florists. I mean these sunflowers were huge, like the size of a dinner plate if not bigger.

adrian and the cabbage patch

Here's one photo that reminds me of so plenty. This photo was taken at No. 15, Jalan 17/28. We moved to this house when I was about 9 years old. Grandpa planted lovely roses of every imaginable colour and vegetables of every kind. I cannot find a way to explain how it looked, smelt or felt like. It's something that one needs to experience personally. It was a split level house with a room downstairs and three rooms upstairs. The master bedroom was huge and that's where we all slept. The other two rooms upstairs we rented out to university students. Times were hard, money was tight. The backyard....oh we had a huge garden behind. This is where you see Adrian standing and looking as confused as ever ! He must have been wondering why the plants were almost as big as he was. This is what I remember, we had long beans, cabbage, kai lan, tomatoes, watermelons, four angled bean, jagung......the list is long. Grandpa loved gardening and used to spend his time with the ever faithful cangkul and that funny bronze coloured canister that he would pump and pump and pump and spray the plants with insecticide. So very different from Grandpa, I never inherited his green fingers and somehow manage to kill even the hardiest of plants !

memories

It's all about the memories. I relate to each picture taken in a different way. Some remain freah in my mind and I can still feel it as if it was only yesterday. Each memory and photo hold something dear to me and it's something to remind me of what it was like and what it has lead to today. It's all about who I am. It's about ME.

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