My mama, a typical Foochow lady who was born in the zodiacal year of the pig. When she got hold of the high level of LDL in her blood test and the high risk of getting coronary artery disease, she is constantly alert and vigilant of her daily diet. She has been taking medicine to lower her LDL for numbers of years.
She is stern and disciplinary. She wakes up before dawn. She recites the rosary before she goes for a brisk walk in the park nearby the house at Tabuan Jaya, Kuching. She prepares the food with low fat, low salt, low sugar, no monosodium glutamate ( I called it as Chinese cuisine addict). Hehe, I am not a monosodium glutamate freak. Though she leads a healthy life and consumes healthy food, with the aid of medication, her LDL level never falls to normal range. What a ridiculous!! Do we say that it is so what called 'hereditary cholesterol disorder'? She has 4 out of 6 children are having the same problem.
Though she is in her seventies, dementia or memory loss is absolutely not an element of her age. Her good memory is incontrovertible!
It has been months since her last visit to Mukah. We would be able to chit chat till midnight. I miss the chat so much. We can even hang on the telephone for hour. I requested her to come to Mukah on All Saints Day and spare two weeks with me and she responded spontaneously.
How much I look forward to seeing her in Mukah soon.
Friday, October 10, 2008
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3 comments:
Have a good time with ur mum! People her age cherish every moment their children spend with them. It means a lot to them.
sorry mum, this year not available at your side during all souls and all saints days. Thanks to grandma for her availability to accompany you. Hope her presence could be able to alleviate the anguish solemnisation of the year.
STP, thanks for your wish and your wise and perceptive words. Recently her old age kindled me with anxiety. I just wana to spend as much time with her as I can.
AD, its okay now. I need to admit that I was in disarray when Dora told me that she will only be back on 8 of December.
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