Three days in a row in the last week of September, 2017 saw
me busy visiting relative/friend and attending wedding dinner.
On Thursday, September 28, 2017, my wife Soh Ai and I left
home at 11.15am to visit my cousin brother Pan Mok Weng at his house at Taman
Puchong Utama. Pan had his gallbladder
removed early this month because of cholecystitis. He showed us the many gallstones measuring
about 5mm each kept in a plastic bottle.
He suspected his cholecystitis was caused by his over-eating in the
younger days.
Later we went to IOI Mall, Puchong to have vegetarian lunch
at Simple Life Restaurant. After that
Pan led us to Aeon Big Puchong Utama which was offering 2-day promotional sales
and we just bought a few items of goods.
I sent Pan home after shopping and Soh Ai and I returned home at 4.00pm.
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A pose with Pan MW (潘木荣) at Simple Life Restaurant |
On Friday, September 29, 2017, I went to the Green Forest
Condominium near my house in Bandar Sg Long to wait for Stanley Ong (Chartered
Accountant and Deputy President of CanSurvice Centre Malaysia) at 11.45am. He came out promptly at 11.50am to pick me up
and we went for noodle lunch at Bandar Mahkota Cheras.
We reached Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL), Jalan Pahang at
12.30pm to visit Dr. Lim Ju Boo who is warded at 5th Floor of the
Emergency Department. Dr. Lim has been hospitalized
in HKL for his stubborn leg ulcer treatment since August 14, 2017 (after
transfer from a private wound care centre in PJ where he stayed there for maggot
therapy to no improvement since July 10, 2017).
I brought along with me a packet of Tou Cha grape seed teabags and 2
pieces of moon-cakes as present for Dr. Lim.
Dr. Lim lamented on his prolonged stay in the hospital and
expressed his wish to be discharged and return home as soon as possible. He told us that “other patients with far worse
conditions come and go in droves within days after admission, but it looks like
he cannot leave for some time to come”.
He explained in great details the background and possible
causes of his leg ulcer problem and talked all the time while Stanley and I
could only chip in once in a while. He
is truly “a chatter box by nature” as he himself admitted. But I always enjoy very much listening to him as
it is effectively sharing of his profound knowledge and abundant experience.
We left at 1.45pm and Dr. Lim walked us down to the ground
floor entrance/exit of the Emergency Department and saw us off.
I am grateful to Stanley Ong for fetching me home although I
initially planned to take a MRT ride to return home after the hospital visit. We had a good time chatting during the
journey.
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Waiting for a lift from Stanley Ong |
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A pose with Dr. JB Lim and Stanley Ong in the ward |
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Dr. Lim chatting with Stanley |
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A glimpse of the 1st class ward room |
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Dr. Lim showing the many come-and-go patients with him as the only longest-staying patient |
On Saturday, September 30, 2017, I attended a wedding dinner
of the 4th daughter of my Primary School classmate Chong Kwan (张坤) at Restoran
Loon Sing at Nilai (汝来隆盛佛跳墙大酒家). Wong Chee Kong (黄志光) picked me and Low Ung Lee (刘莺丽) up at 6.30pm from Sg Long and he knew the way so well that we reached our destination within 25 minutes even with slow-driving of his Mercedes car. Thanks to him for shuttling me to and fro the restaurant.
I got to meet around two tables of Primary School classmates
and one table of High School classmates invited by Chong Kwan. It was a banquet
of around 100 tables jointly hosted by the parents of the groom and bride.
The dishes were found to be small in quantity and mostly
cold.
I returned home at almost 12.00am midnight after the wedding
dinner.
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Wedding dinner of a primary school classmate's daughter in Nilai, Negri Sembilan |
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A pose with a High School classmate Hiah Swee Siang (颜瑞生) |
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A pose with Primary School classmate Wong Chee Kong (黄志光) who shuttled me to and fro the dinner |
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With Primary School classmates (from left) 雷美亮, 黄美娇, 蔡秀珠 |
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Pic from left: 陈佛才, 陈日鸿, 张坤 (Chong Kuan, father of the bride) |
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Pic from left: 蔡秀珠, 赖开源, 胡国强, 陈佛才 |
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The newly-weds |
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