Yesterday was K's birthday (actual Day).. we woke up at 2pm.. after a whole night of Nintendo Wii with friends until 4 in the morning!
About an hour later.. we headed out for lunch.. K had went on the Internet to see what food promotions there were for our credit cards.. and decided to go to California Pizza Kitchen for their one-for-one pizza / pasta promotion instead..
We ordered our all time favourite Sicillian Pizza, and Jambalaya linguine with roasted chicken and beef.. it was heavenly.. but we didn't manage to finish everything so we packed the remaining pizza home for dinner..
After lunch, K and I went to buy some nonya kueh near our house.. i had this thing for their Kueh Ah Boon.. but unfortunately they didn't sell it (the kind i like) on Sunday.. so i bought some rice kueh, nine layer kueh and the other type of Kueh Ah Boon.. then we headed to my grandmother's house to visit her.. usually, i will visit her every weekend, but last weekend i was in Kuala Lumpur so i didn't.. My grandma had been growing weaker these days, and had a minor fall few days ago.. during my previous conversations with her over the phone, she had sounded very frail and kept telling me she was dying.. she wasn't ill or anything, just said she felt very weak..
Yesterday, when i saw her, she really looked very weak.. she only took a few bites of the kueh i bought, then said she had no appetite.. i'm so worried cause i actually believe her when she said she was dying.. usually, old people know these things.. they have kinda like a feeling when they are going to pass away.. i told myself i had to prepare myself for it , but i don't know how!
I talked with my grandma while she had her dinner.. while K read newspapers in the living room.. i actually felt bad that we had to spend his birthday like this, but visiting my grandma was something i had to do.. i didn't want to regret not visiting her and then the next day she is gone..
An hour after i arrived at my grandma's place, my auntie and her 2 daughters came.. the place immediately became more lively with the kids, and my kueh was 70% consumed less than half an hour later. = ) my auntie again tried to persuade me to get pregnant, citing the recent goverment baby bonuses / incentives as a motivational source... sigh..
K and I left my grandma's house around 6pm and headed home.. we played some wii games: Shooting raving rabbids, tennis and baseball.. then warmed up the left over Sicilian pizza and had it for dinner while watching a few more episodes of 24 season 4 and 5.. in one of the episodes, the terrorists released one canister of nerve gas in CTU (Counter Terrorist Unit), and many agents were killed.. there was one scene where Chloe had to watch Edgar die in front of her eyes, because they had sealed up all the rooms, and Edgar didn't manage to get into the room in time.. it was not possible for them to open the rooms again, because the gas would then get into the room and kill everyone in it.. it was so so sad that i cried.. i hope i won't have to be in the same situation one day...
After dinner and 24, K and I went to bed early.. and THAT, was how we celebrated K's actual birthday.. i feel quite bad actually.. i didn't buy any presents for him, didn't cook for him, and we didn't go to a nice restaurant for a nice birthday meal.. K says he don't need all these, but somehow, i still feel bad, because i knew that if i were him, i will be very disappointed.. then again, we are very very different from each other..
About an hour later.. we headed out for lunch.. K had went on the Internet to see what food promotions there were for our credit cards.. and decided to go to California Pizza Kitchen for their one-for-one pizza / pasta promotion instead..
We ordered our all time favourite Sicillian Pizza, and Jambalaya linguine with roasted chicken and beef.. it was heavenly.. but we didn't manage to finish everything so we packed the remaining pizza home for dinner..
After lunch, K and I went to buy some nonya kueh near our house.. i had this thing for their Kueh Ah Boon.. but unfortunately they didn't sell it (the kind i like) on Sunday.. so i bought some rice kueh, nine layer kueh and the other type of Kueh Ah Boon.. then we headed to my grandmother's house to visit her.. usually, i will visit her every weekend, but last weekend i was in Kuala Lumpur so i didn't.. My grandma had been growing weaker these days, and had a minor fall few days ago.. during my previous conversations with her over the phone, she had sounded very frail and kept telling me she was dying.. she wasn't ill or anything, just said she felt very weak..
Yesterday, when i saw her, she really looked very weak.. she only took a few bites of the kueh i bought, then said she had no appetite.. i'm so worried cause i actually believe her when she said she was dying.. usually, old people know these things.. they have kinda like a feeling when they are going to pass away.. i told myself i had to prepare myself for it , but i don't know how!
I talked with my grandma while she had her dinner.. while K read newspapers in the living room.. i actually felt bad that we had to spend his birthday like this, but visiting my grandma was something i had to do.. i didn't want to regret not visiting her and then the next day she is gone..
An hour after i arrived at my grandma's place, my auntie and her 2 daughters came.. the place immediately became more lively with the kids, and my kueh was 70% consumed less than half an hour later. = ) my auntie again tried to persuade me to get pregnant, citing the recent goverment baby bonuses / incentives as a motivational source... sigh..
K and I left my grandma's house around 6pm and headed home.. we played some wii games: Shooting raving rabbids, tennis and baseball.. then warmed up the left over Sicilian pizza and had it for dinner while watching a few more episodes of 24 season 4 and 5.. in one of the episodes, the terrorists released one canister of nerve gas in CTU (Counter Terrorist Unit), and many agents were killed.. there was one scene where Chloe had to watch Edgar die in front of her eyes, because they had sealed up all the rooms, and Edgar didn't manage to get into the room in time.. it was not possible for them to open the rooms again, because the gas would then get into the room and kill everyone in it.. it was so so sad that i cried.. i hope i won't have to be in the same situation one day...
After dinner and 24, K and I went to bed early.. and THAT, was how we celebrated K's actual birthday.. i feel quite bad actually.. i didn't buy any presents for him, didn't cook for him, and we didn't go to a nice restaurant for a nice birthday meal.. K says he don't need all these, but somehow, i still feel bad, because i knew that if i were him, i will be very disappointed.. then again, we are very very different from each other..
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September 8, 2008 at 3:21 PM
oh gosh, i kept thinking if there was going to be an unhappy ending to the day when you start off like that!
good thing everything is fine with the family. my grandma is like that too but her health is sort of ok. i think they are just depressed they are aging...