a girl

"Doctor.. hi" A girl smiled at me.

I smiled back. Strange. Haven't seen her before.

She's around 15 - 17 years old.

She's still smiling.

I'm thinking hard. Nothing came to me.

"Last month, my grandmother passed away"

****

I heard an anguish cry came from the next cubicle followed by hurried footsteps walking away.

After a while. I left the ward and as I turned to the elevator, I noticed a small figure sat down on the floor next to a toilet.

The elevator door opened. But something stopped me.

I turned back and walked to the person who's obviously to me now -a young girl crying unconsolably. Her face was buried between her knees.

I sat in front of her and asked her what had happened.

Her grandmother had just died. And she's angry at the hospital staffs for their lack of attention when she's at her death bed.

"They didn't care. My granny asked for just a drink"

I tried to console her, but to no avail. She's beyond anything then.

Finally, I left her there as I saw her parents came to pick her up.

I didn't get the chance to take a good look at her face. Let alone to remember it.

****

"I just wanna say thank you"

"That's all right. So you're okay now?"

"I'm okay.. yeah "

"That's good.. well I see you around" I walked away.

I looked back one last time "Okay dik.. Take care now, be strong".

She smiled.

Cruising

Sunday morning oh Sunday morning!

After a roti canai & teh tarik breakfast, I made a move to Sunway with the 7 o'clock sun trailing within my peripheral vision

The trip along Federal was always smooth on any given weekend morning. No more 'congestive road failure'. And boy I thought that was a catchy funny phrase.. too bad no one was there to laugh at it.

Now sprinkle a little bit of Katie Melua in the background for that sweet cherry topping... Mama Mia! That was just a little bit too perfect ain't?

It's good to be alive.

Wonderful tonight

It was a long Friday. It felt like one of those long haul flight in economy seat with a not-so friendly stewardess pulling a sour face everytime u ask for a drink.

My morning began with an Indian chap who's hard on hearing suffering from chronic kidney disease requiring long term dialysis support. He is unfortunate to have triple vessel ischaemic heart disease of small diffuse nature which render him unsuitable for CABG (coronary artery bypass graft) @ fondly pronounced as cabbage.

The unilateral conversation between us can be heard by the entire ward, with me literally yelling at his good ears about his options is far better-off with TIPD (than haemodialysis) which is gentler on his semi-infarcted heart.

My stayed-up late the night before till 2am trying to finish off our audit paid well when the presentation went well this evening. The only thing that's eating me alive was the long hours spent in that board room staring blankly at a bunch of pie & bar charts for 3 hours. Not bad for a friday 13th evening.

However, later I had a blast playing with my new gadget - Thanx sweetie. Even mr yoda can't help it from having a wicked time tonight.

Reacquainted

12:45pm on a public holiday... Well I'm just ain't doing much these days. Call it my lazy bones day. Did my laundry yesterday which left me without much options for morning except for getting up late. Hey what do other people do anyway right?

A little past afternoon and a plate of lunch later, found my self at the kitchen corner of midvalley's carrefour. The time has come for me to get in reacquainted with my cooking knife, so brought home with me a kitchen stove, a rice cooker plus some utensils.

Well beyond that I must say me and my sis spent the whole evening watching ER marathon and managed to finish season 1.

Hmm 1 down.. 12 more seasons to go! Whadaya say Clooney.. up for it?