Atok progress.....


Atok progress is not encouraging at all I am sad to say since been discharged on monday he has remained in bed and he is indeed very very weak.He is unable to stand up even with help and at one time he will sleep facing to his right but now even turning to his sides needs lots of energy ... poor bapak.He sleeps most time not knowing day and night as he doesn't want his curtain drawn thinking that people will look in.


He is still in delirium most times too asking for things which the maid don't understand most time too.Three important in his possessions are his passport,bankbook and wallet and whenever he opens his eyes and wanting his shirt he will asks for that 3 things.I felt sorry sometimes as his thinking is very far off just on wednesday itself he suddenly want to go for his appt and when I told him its next month ....

bapak ..... then I want to go home
me........bapak you are at home @ BB
bapak..... yes I want to go home to BB
me......yes this is home,you are at BB
bapak.....so I sleep here tonite till tomorrow?
me......you are sleeping here everyday on your own bed
bapak......oh I am at home?

and slowly between me and Wati we managed to coax him back to lay down.........



Now you tell me how do you feel when your own parents suddenly becomes like that?even writing this now I have tears at the corner of my eyes.Father was a very cheerful and always talking all info we want are always at his fingertips.Just ask him he will tell you from taking buses to anything you want to know.He watch the news from local to CNN to BBC world happenings and the sports channels..whose in and whose out...he will tell you.




When my sis Aini came he told her he is worried about his children ( thats us) and his children - what will happen to us??Aini told him not to think too much just try and relax and his answer "how to relax?the things keep coming to his mind".




I have made a point informing all my siblings to come daily and not all at same time during the weekends so that if one of us is around daily even if its just for an hour or so to talk to him so he won't feel lonely and to bring him back to the present.When I am at work he will be all alone with the maid Wati.So far responds is good ...Aini comes in everyday and talk to him since she is taking a break from work temporary.At times he will ask for some of the children and I will sms them to inform them 'father asking for you'....so cepat2 lah dtg....




Alhamdulillah as I am writing this bapak has walked with aids from my brother and Wati to the sitting room after so many days.

Please doakan ye bersama semoga atok akan cepat sembuh.









I managed to get hold of this DVD at last .... my sis bought it in JB 2 weeks ago and now that Aini and family has left for Darwin for a holiday at my aunt Ju's place I am borrowing it to watch one of this days.







till my next entry.................

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posted by Kak Elle at 8:29 AM 16 comments

Gaji buta......


Semenjak cuti sekolah ni kerja saya dipermudahkan bak kata orang2 bergaji buta:) sunyi dan sepi bilik saya .... duduk sorang2 buat kerja sendiri mengait baby's bootees and lansunguri internet kejap2 tapi lebih mengait dari surfing.


Semalam kami diberi pulang pada jam 3 ptg ...yahooooo .... mereka yg dah kerja lama di sana kata tak pernah dpt pulang jam 3!!paling cepat 4pm kira saya ni beruntung lah:)






Bila kami dah bersiap nak keluar alamak hujan pun turun ... aiyo terpaksa tunggu sekejap sampai teduh sedikit...akhir nya 3.15ptg baru kami berjalan menuju ke station mrt tapi basah juga saya di buat nya.

Sampai di Bukit Gombak station tempat saya singgah lagi di Thai take away dan membeli ni huh pulut dgn mango makan ngan cream coconut....sedap tau Nora lain kali cuba ye?

Singgah juga di supermarket beli bahan2 yg tak cukup untuk memasak laksa nyonya di atas tu....Qoth ni dia laksa nya.

Update on atok.

Atok is not well he is still very confuse on his status and hopefully he will recover soon in time insya'allah.

till my next entry........

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posted by Kak Elle at 9:02 AM 10 comments

School holiday......

Yes the school holiday is here and like any other school ACS(International) too is like ghost building except for a handful of students who are back for extra classes.It was in the national newspaper asking " What's a school holiday when children have to go back to school?"so plan for family holiday is difficult to some....and I too will be asking whats the point of having to go back to school when its a school holiday???

Now that I am working in a school I realise that the sacrifies that the teachers are doing is for the benefit of the children.They too want to go for holidays but work comes first they arrange for their students esp those weaker ones so they teachers can spend more time coaching them unlike normal school hours.I salute to the teachers :)


Now that the school are having holiday so is the canteen ... yeah we have no canteen food for 1 month not even my favourite siew mai in the morning and to walk out in the hot sun for lunch .. thank you very much I'd rather stayin and eat anything.



Today I promised the non acedamic staff that I will bring something for the 8 of us and so this morning I woke up at 5.30am to cook this .......

Yes tanghoon goreng .... watching them eat tadi makes me so happy they have second helping that means its very delicious ..... hahaha

My breakfast hehe pisang rebus .... sedappppppp

till my next entry......

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posted by Kak Elle at 9:41 AM 12 comments

Sunyi sepi.....





Hmmm kalau ummi jadi raja di office nya saya pun jadi queen latifah....hehehe .... dan saya tak payah pakai uniform misi juga very casual tapi tees putih.



Memang sunyi sepi di sekolah hari ni kecuali students from year 6 who will be sitting for their important exam end of this year were around having extra lessons from hard working teachers.Also around are the Principal and Vice principal (perempuan) yang lagi satu Mr Charles Png dah ke Chiangmai ngan students doing field work for 1 wk.







Jam 10 pagi handphone saya berbunyi ...








'hello are you Mr.Jellanie's daughter?'...







....yes latifah here...







....I am Jonathan calling from NUH just to let you know your father can be discharge today ... please arrange before 2pm.







....ok and thank you...















So lepas ni mula lah saya sms semua adik beradik beri tau dan ada sesiapa yg bolih tolong ke hospital untuk tengok2kan discharge procedures.Alhamdulillah dapat respond dari adik lelaki saya Rosman sebab dia pun on medical leave seminggu sebab dia kena herpes zoster di badan (bak kata org cina keluar cacar snake).Ambulance was arranged and by the time atok sampai rumah jam 4ptg.Saya mengambil halfday leave dan terus pulang ke rumah menunggu.Sementara membuat entry ni atok dah ready for bed selepas makan ubat dan makan malam sedikit aje.Dia masih ada sakit2 badan hari ni mungkin asyik terlantar atas katil aje.Insya'allah esok lusa baik harap2.











Saya gembira maklang dah mula masuk blog saya dan bagi komen...syabas maklang !!tak lama lagi dah bolih buat entry tu ... dan paklang jangan pulak berhenti ye buat lah entry tu bersama2 ngan maklang ye?











Balik kerja tadi saya singgah di kedai buah2an dan beli ni ........

Cath I paid $6 for this bunch .... sedap manis ......

Stop by the thai take away and bought the turnip spring rolls cicah cili padi sauce .... uummmpphhh......pedasssss

And tapioca with coconut cream ...... hmmm sungguh lazattttt .....

update 27th @ 11.15am

tried doing this buttered prawns in nestum ...taste ok but pedas cili padi too much but not as crispy as at the restaurant though ni kena master lagi .....

till my next entry................

Labels: atok-job

posted by Kak Elle at 7:39 PM 23 comments

JJCM.....

Today like any other day priority is to visit atok at the hospital so no rest for me :( After days of not cooking finally I did it today asam pedas ikan krisi.We brought some for atok but he doesn't want to eat as he already ate the western food I ordered for him from the hospital.Aini came to fetch me at 12.30pm and when we arrived Ram and family already arrived.We stayed till 2pm and we went to VivoCity for lunch at the Banquet....since the S'pore Great Sale has begun you can imagine the crowddddddd.






I had the above for lunch a bowl of laksa nyonya .... so sedapppp its been a long time since I last had that at the banquet.....and fyi I also had a plate of chicken rice too ...*malu nya saya*anyway Aini half of that laksa with me and she too had a bowl of fish slice soup ( ni kalau sya baca mesti mengidam kat fish soup tu).

After that I went to Mark & Spencer to get the powder that maklang pesan I sent 1 to her for her b'day and she is sharing it with Dhirah....ok I also a tees for myself ... mesti ah must buy ....hahaha


After that went back to Aini's place to lepak2 makan keropok dr Bintan with kopi susu ..... oh kenyang nya.


Tup-tup we were told to get ready to go for dinner at 7pm .... alamak I am really full but hearing the below dishes .... apa lagi .... letsssssss gooooooooooooo

Black pepper crab ..... so yummy:)

and buttered prawns ...... the rest didn't snap the picture but you can picture them .... hot-plate tofu,tauge with ikan masin,lemon chicken,sharkfin's soup and cili crabs.Helpppppppppppp

My multicoloured pair of bootees mixture of purple and pinkish with white..... not bad huh?

Atok maybe discharge either tomorrow or tuesday ..... but his flashback is still there so perhaps we have to live with it and play along with him unless miracles happen.

till my next entry..............

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posted by Kak Elle at 9:16 PM 17 comments

Sakit oooooo.......

Who says its not painful?ya..ya..a lot of people say its relaxing but not first timer like our dear Claire - our english language teacher from UK .... sakit ooooo.....we were all chatting while waiting for our turn then I notice she was going aarrrgggghhh .... so decide to tape her in action .....





the lady doing the massage is visual handicap from the Assc for the Blind and she is strong and good .... her means of earning a living......after seing what Claire went through I decide not to have that foot massage ..... hehehehe


Update on atok

Yesterday he went for the brain scan and it was normal no infarc or bleeding in the brain ...alhamdulillah:)


but on the otherside he is still confuse in the sense he is having flashback still and yesterday he says the doctors are KGB and patients CIA and were beaten by the KGB...adoooiiii .... kita layan aje lah ye .... then he told me everyone got a radio each from philips company and when I ask where is his radio? .... he didn't get because he didn't register????


Is this sign of 'nyanyuk'?perhaps lah kan? ... doc say when for course of antibiotic complete see how his memory be like sometimes when old people have fever they tend to be in delirium hope what he said is true.


Update on maklang

I just spoke to maklang few minutes ago she sounded well but tired too many visitors she couldn't rest ... takpe lah maklang semua yg datang tu niat baik ... its true if its me myself I don't really want visitors yet till at least 3-4 days later as after major surgery we should give the patient complete rest first.She is on no movement for another 2 days so tengok ceiling aje kata dia .... cian maklang nanti kita gantung tv kat ceiling so maklang kan watch ye .... sorry suka berguarau:)...she even ask the children to go back to hotel as she got headache with their noise and activities.

You rest lah maklang ye .... we will still doakan for your speedy recovery.


Yesterday was school last day for the term and school will reopen on on June 23rd.....there will 6 groups of student 2 groups will be leaving for chiangmai doing field service work helping the villages people to do painting or repairing, 2 groups leaving for Russia own expenses of course and 1 group going to Vietnam to do field work and a big group going to Africa .... to explore and the its S$5k for the African trip .... if its FOC aunty nurse sure will follow .... hahaha

After 12 noon the school was deserted very quiet indeed only the tutor all were having a discussion and meetings maybe for next term project.When I left they were still around at 4pm.
I probably will be off too for at least 15 days but havent decide which week to take yet....maybe last 3 wks of the school holidays.....yahooooooooooooo......hehehe afterall I have 40 days leave rite??? plenty more to take at end of the year.






till my next entry

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posted by Kak Elle at 9:19 AM 10 comments

Update on atok etc.....


As Ive written before atok is back in hospital he is being diagnosed as having chest infection again.He is stable for now but a little confuse like when he was first admitted 4 months ago.He is getting flashback and I think if this is the beginning of senilety we have to accept it but today the doctor says his delirium maybe due to infection as he is also having fever so to observe after the course of anti-biotic if it still persisit then they will do a scan of the brain incase he had a silent stroke.Today when I visited him after work he closes his eyes most time but talking coherantly to himself and seem like he is plucking something then put it his mouth to eat....but once at times he speaks sense and correct.


Praying hard that he won't suffer anymore and get well soon.



Update on Maklang Kerteh .... paklang sms me in the morning to say that she went into OT at 10 am by 3pm when I had no news I sms him to enquire and ans she is still in operation theatre and finally at 4.40pm he said she is out and am in ICU for obseravtion ... YA all major surgery will be put into ICU for close observations....a speedy recovery untuk maklang juga.




I am done with my knitting and am reading this now ..... found it in the library .... so far so good.



Today is teacher-parents day .... as early as 8.30am parents strolled in to get update on their children's progress and it didn't end till almost 6pm.


As usual the school provided us with lunch ... 6 dishes to go with yellow rice ... so sedapppp .....




The caterer preparing the buffet table ......

What's on my plate ....chicken rendang,mutton curry,beef masak kicap,ikan sambal and tofu and telur dadar berinti udang ..... jahanam diet ku .... last nite BBQ and todayssssss .... ish..ish..ish ....

My bruised arm after yesterday's shoulder massage .... sakitooooooooo

Today terpaksa guna blouse 3/4 sleeve nak sembunyikan dari pandangan orang takut di sangka kena pukul pulak ..... hehehe

Wanmommy ni dia hadiah untuk cucu Jordan ...... universal colour tau since sex not revealed.







till my next entry...............

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posted by Kak Elle at 9:14 PM 14 comments

Staff Welfare Day....


Today is staff day for all of us at the school .... we had a shoulder massage ,foot reflextology and beer tasting for men's folk and women's folk :)



The massage starts at 3.30pm and the teachers started first before us as they finish school at 3.30pm today and by the time I had mine was past 6.30pm ...... adoi mak sakit nya esp bila urut mengunakan siku nya.Both of them are visual handicap and they are really good at it....whatever they earned the association kept 20% as they provide the equipments for them.



This aunty nurse having her shoulder massage ... oh its painful tomorrow sure blue black .... hehehe





Aunty Anne's turn .......




Ms Ang Lay Tee and Pat Simmonds having their foot done .....



Then its BBQ TIME FOR ALL ......



Mr Charles Png in blue our Vice Principal (pastoral)..garang tau dgn murid2....sebelah dia Chin S C guru bahasa melayu and Gregory our IT man.

The lady in red with black jacket another vice principal Ms.Kathleen Manley pun garang....

Me with some of the teachers and Anne our accts executive.

All the teachers having a merry time drinking beer from Belgium ......

Our ex student Charmaine who is doing part time doing input for the school......

Joanna from New Zealand our Councellor

Ni dia org nya yg headhunted me for this job .... Ivy our Associate Director.

Ms An Yan ( mandarin teacher from China) and Ms Haseenah PE teacher.

BBQ time

Our principal Dr John Barret with some of the teachers ......

More photos with cikgu2 ......

there are more pictures but I won't put it up too many ......
overall we had a good time.




till my next entry.............

Labels: Job

posted by Kak Elle at 9:44 PM 16 comments

Get well soon.....

Atok is back in hospital again,he was admitted this afternoon after long persuation by my sis Aini.Yesterday I tried but unsuccessful and in the afternoon my sis Lina also failed.He has been having the run since last week and am getting weaker and he sleeps most time and I am afraid that he may just slip into a coma without us knowing.





This morning Wati told me atok was awake at 2.30am and was delirious which is not a good sign.I called Aini and explain to her and ask her to come by to see atok and do the needful.It isn't easy and finally managed to persuade him into going but when ambulance he acted again but lucky the ambulance staff were patient with him.





I managed to go off work early at 4pm and straight to the hospital to take over from her and by time I arrived a bed was allocated to him in ward 61 room 13 an isolation ward again as he is also having chest infection and this time on his right lung.He is NIL BY MOUTH tonite as they will be doing investigations on him tomorrow and I hope he will be ok otherwise he will be very moody:)Sometimes he remembers and sometimes he can't at this period.



Let us pray for both maklang and atok for a speedy recovery.





till my next entry..............

Labels: atok

posted by Kak Elle at 9:45 PM 19 comments

HAPPY 20th BIRTHDAY.....

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posted by Kak Elle at 7:40 PM 24 comments

Quiet day.....


Normally sunday my sisters will be spending few hours at my place but not today since its along weekend they have their own plans.So that means less cooking for me since no one coming for lunch.Never the less I fried kway teow for breakfast and also had that for lunch and maybe for dinner too....apa tak 1 kg kway teow just for me and Wati.

Atok hasn't been well since last week,he's having loose stool sampai 4 packs of diapers gone...bermacam ubat dah makan.Yesterday Doc Adah bought more medicines for me.Ntah lah why he has this irritable bowels .... sikit-sikit,kejap-kejap...so far not dehydrated otherwise I have to send him to hospital.Since he had the loose stool he also stops his other medications for time being.I just hope the lacteol forte will help him to recover soon.


My sis Ram and b-i-l Saat came by early this morning and brought murtabak from Arab St and of course atok no appetite so the one who wallop is me....hehehe






Huh ni dia murtabak singapura ...byk nya daging puas makan.I only had half of that the other half kept for atok.

My fried kway teow this morning - my whole day meal ler nampak nya :) or maybe tomorrow's breakfast too.

Around 12.30pm sis Lina came with chicken porridge for atok and he only ate half of that and continue his sleep.

I bought a bunch of delmonte bananas 3 days ago and as usual 2-3 will be left no one touching it so I mashed it up and make mini lempeng pisang for afternoon snack and as at this time I am eating them while doing this entry.

Ok need to continue doing my billings now so tomorrow can relax whole day.

till my next entry............

Labels: Food

posted by Kak Elle at 5:28 PM 2 comments

The Musical......



With these 3 tickets finally I get to watch the most awaited PRamlee the Musical.





I went with my niece Huda as her birthday treat along with Doc Adah.What can I say but a superb performance.I can't compare what you may have watch in KL as the casts been change esp lead actor from Sean Ghazi to Musly Ramlee and also from Siti Nurhaliza to Emelda.



Qoth I can't imagine CT playing the role of Azizah especially the part of hugging!!! maybe its change now she is not in the cast... hehehe



The whole show was great and the songs bring back memory of yesteryears .... everyone did well but somehow I don't like Melissa Saila role as Norizzan ... she is too rough and as far as I can remember the late Norizzan is soft spoken.



We clapped throughout the closing curtain non stop and a big hugs to Musly and Liza Hanim for a good performance and singing.They both were superb+++ and 5***** to them:)if given a chance I don't mind watching the 2nd half all over again infact I was singing along .... ho..ho..ho...kaki ni macam nak bangun berjoget aje....hahaha


I bought the circle seats but somehow we change to gallery as there were lots of empty seat for that $80 seats during the 2nd half after intermission.



I would like to take this opportunity in wishing maklang a speedy recovery - just heard she is going for surgery next week.Take care maklang our prayers are with you always.







till my next entry........

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posted by Kak Elle at 8:28 PM 8 comments