FollowWelcome October 2024!! As we step into the last quarter of 2024, I’m reflecting on how fast the year has flown by and how busy life has become for everyone in the family. My three daughters are all moving full steam ahead with their studies, hobbies, and personal goals, each on a unique journey. Here’s…
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Alycia’s One Week Holiday in Taiwan
Upon arrival in Taipei, Alycia had a lucky moment and won 5000 Taiwan Dollars in a tourist draw at the airport, which gave her a nice bonus to spend on snacks and shopping. That’s a tidy sum of close to RM700! After landing in Taipei, Alycia and her friends hopped on a train to Tainan…
Alycia’s Wound Care and the Importance of Medical Insurance
Thursday, 22 August 2024 Today, Alycia returned to the hospital for a follow-up wound dressing, just three days after she was discharged. This was the first time I got a clear look at her wound—a small cut on her finger where the doctor had drained the pus, performed in the OT under LA. The sight…
Alycia Underwent Another Surgery!
Yesterday was another fateful day for me that sent my heart racing the whole day. To give you some context, on June 6th, 2024, Alycia had a freakish kitchen mishap. Her finger was badly sliced by shards of broken glass from a container when she was washing dishes at home. The injury was severe enough…
Update on Alycia’s Injured Finger
Today marks almost two months since Alycia’s freakish kitchen accident that nearly cost her a finger. The accident happened on 6 June 2024. As we returned to the surgeon’s office for a follow-up, we were hopeful but cautious about the progress of her recovery. Progress Report The good news is that Alycia’s injured finger has…
A Night We’ll Never Forget: Alycia’s Kitchen Accident It’s been seven weeks since that fateful night when Alycia had a freakish kitchen mishap that almost cost her a finger. The memory of that night still haunts me, but time has begun to heal the emotional wounds. I’ve kept a photo from that night, taken in…
Update on Alycia’s Injured Finger: A Six-Week Journey to Recovery
Friday, 19 July 2024 ~ Today marks exactly six weeks since Alycia’s freakish kitchen mishap that almost cost her a finger. The journey has been long and painful, but we are finally seeing some progress. After six weeks of keeping her injured finger in a splint and her entire left hand wrapped in a big…
12 June 2024: Alycia’s Follow-Up Checkup
Four days after Alycia’s finger surgery, we returned to SJMC for her follow-up checkup with the Hand and Microsurgery surgeon. This was the first time I had the opportunity to meet and speak with the doctor since Alycia’s admission. During her hospital stay, the surgeon did his ward rounds early in the morning, before I…
Day 4 – Alycia Is Finally Discharged!
Sunday, 9 June 2024 Today, I received the best message from Alycia since the unfortunate mishap that happened four days ago. She informed me that the doctor had given her the green light to be discharged from the hospital. This meant her wound was healing well, and the prospect of going home filled me with…
Saturday, 8 June 2024 ~ Day 3 of Alycia’s Hospitalization
The surgeon told Alycia this morning that she has to remain in the hospital for one more night as her wound is still bleeding? . Today I helped Alycia to shower in the hospital. She hasn’t showered since the terrible mishap on Thursday night after she got home from uni. Even with a bloodied and…
7 June 2024 ~ Day 2 of Alycia’s Mishap/Hospitalization
Alycia Whatsapped me in the morning to tell me that she’s the 15th on the OT wait list and the nurses cannot tell her what time her surgery will be because surgeries can run into complications and may take longer than expected. At around 5pm, Alycia told me that her surgery will be at around…
6 June 2024: An Unfortunate Thursday
Our Thursday started like any other day. Little did we know that it would take a tumultuous turn at 9.30 p.m., casting a shadow over what was supposed to be a normal evening at home. It all began innocently enough, with Alycia back from university and ate some fruits. Then she headed to the kitchen…
Still Getting The Jitters
The one-week school holidays have just started for Cass. On Friday, instead of taking the school van back, she requested for me to fetch her home because she has to go for her figure skating class and doesn’t want to waste one hour in school waiting for the driver. Since Alycia was home that day,…
My Tumultuous Relationship with the Month of May
The month of May has always been a challenging time for me. Though I’m not superstitious, the coincidences surrounding this month are becoming increasingly hard to ignore. Each May seems to bring a new set of difficulties, and this year has been no exception. The Nightmare of 2009 The saga began in May 2009 when…
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Bangkok Trip With Alycia – Day 2, King Power Mahanakhon SkyWalk
Ticket price > RM132.35 per pax, pre-purchased from Klook.com Package Type > Mahanakhon Skywalk + 78th Floor Rooftop Ticket Participation Time > Sunset Time (16:00-19:00) After a day of shopping, we reached the King Power Mahanakhon for our much-awaited walk on the glass floor on the 78th floor rooftop of the building at 4pm. It…