Bear, Diah and Pasha

How Precious Life Is

Posted on the March 4th, 2006 under Family & Friends by Mama Pasha

I called Bert up and told him that I was already approaching Cyberjaya. He said he’s still at home. I was supposed to meet him at his office, where I would leave the Bearmobile and carpool with him to KLIA. We were meeting Lollies there, who was sending her lover back to Qatar.

Well, Lollies and her family came back to Malaysia last week since her mother is in a coma at a hospital in Muar. Now that her lover’s compassionate leaves were exhausted, he had to go back and leave Lollies and the kids here. Therefore, today, Bert and I wanted to pay her mom a visit in Muar and to make it easy for us, since we were not that sure where the hospital was, we had decided to go Muar with her after sending off her lover.

We arrived at the airport and Lollies and the family were not there yet. They were still on the way. So, to kill the time, we went to Mc D since I had not had my lunch. Bert was having fun teasing the Mc D’s girl. You can read about it at Bert’s Road Trip. As I finished my Fillet-o-Fish, Lollies called saying that she had arrived and we went over to meet her.

It was good to see all of them again. The kids didn’t take long to start climbing all over the both of us. Bert was having fun again. Apart from entertaining the kids, he was making fun of the stewardesses that passed by us. You can read about it at the above link. After sending Mr. Yazid off, we drove all the way to Muar. Do you know that Lollies drove quite fast? Bert was having problem to keep up. So Bert came up with this theory about how Lollies would slow down if she didn’t see us at the back. Suffice to say, Bert was wrong.

It was a 2 hour drive on the highway. We talked about many things from fuel price to goat’s milk. Bert drove all the way while I ate snacks and messaging my Little Lion. About 2 hours later we arrived at the hospital. We met up with her father and aunty and then tried to get into the ICU room. You must wear the special slippers that were provided there and it was weird when we discovered only one slipper left. So, we had to wait for others to come out and at the same time we were curious about the person who wore only one slipper. We didn’t manage to see who it was though.

Anyway, our turn came and we went in. It was a depressing sight to behold. Seeing her mother hooked up to the respirator had made us realize who we are, how fragile we are and how precious life is. There was nothing much that we can do but pray for her speedy recovery.

I simply admired the strength and spirit of Lollies and her family, bearing all the sorrow and yet were still able to smile. Only God knows how they felt inside…

Dinner time came and all of us went over to a restaurant that was on the way to Parit Jawa. Along the way, over the speaker phone, Lollies told us what’s this and that, including her old school and a car showroom, which used to be where her house once stood. At the restaurant, we had the famous Mee bandung Muar and Otak-Otak and the kids were having Mee Hailam. After dinner, we said goodbye and off we went separate ways. They went back to the hospital and we went back to Kuala Lumpur.

Along the way, we stopped at two fruit stalls and bought some fruits. I had some Duku Langsat and Bert bought some Honeydews and Mangosteens. About 2 hours later, we reached Cyberjaya and I picked up the Bearmobile and headed home. It was passed midnight by the time I got home. I went online with my Little Lion for a while and then off to bed. I would not be able to sleep if I didn’t look at my Little Lion.

It was a long and tiring trip but we were glad that we made it. There was nothing much we can do for Lollies and her family and we just hope that our short visit would be able to lift up their spirit a little bit higher.

May Allah bless all of them. Our prayer will always be with you Lollies.