went to NUH...

05/12/2004, Sunday



book out in the morning about 8am plus, after 3 days of boring duties... got a call from my mother, saying my "ah pei" (Eldest Uncle, also my father's brother) is being hospitalise... I had to accompany her to visit him in the afternoon... seems like i can't keep the day to myself again...



Reached NUH by taxi at 1.30pm... and coincidently saw my "ah ma" (grandmother) and "da gu" (Eldest auntie) at the foodcourt... my mother wanted to wait for my another auntie (my uncle's wife) to come and visit my uncle together... why? i also dun noe, din bother to ask anyway... so we waited, waited and waited... ate kaya toast, 2 half-boiled eggs, listening to the don't-know-what-they-say conversation (because mostly in Teochew) among my da gu, ah ma and mother, and also my grandmother's ever-repeating stories... it's 3.30pm when my mother finally gave up waiting... so my mother, brother and me went up to ward 64 at level 6... discovered that all the wards in NUH at actually in the same building... saw my uncle in a 8-bed ward... he looks quite ok... he still waitng for a thorough x-ray tomolo on his stomach, so still dun noe what's wrong with him... hope he's alright... my mother kept talking and talking non-stop for hours... what can i say? i have to wait for her... luckily, being a RP, i'm trained in standing for hours... it's 6pm when we left...