Story of Ning #13

It was trying time for the wife, as I was ill - the thing with my health is, I'm usually pretty 'resistant' but once infected, my system fails rapidly - fever, cough, flu, sore throat combo in one go. And it takes a really long time to fully recover, even with medications. I had to be masked all the time around baby Ning and slept in a separate room (was a blessing in disguise lols). It was a...

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Story of Ning #12

APRIL 11 :: The wife checked out from the confinement center, like finally. This was before the full month duration but as we needed to prepare for baby Ning's discharge the following day, we had to, even without any refund as it was voluntary early 'exit'. That and also, the overall experience isn't exactly that pleasant nor rejuvenating - anyway, as mentioned before, it deserves an entry on it's...

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Story of Ning #11

MARCH 30 :: Officially registered baby Ning's name, after much hurdles, discussions and deliberations. The initial round of selection and trimming between myself and the wife was pretty lengthy, taking into account the Chinese and English pronunciations, not to scar her for life due to our bad decision....

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Story of Ning #10

Days turn into week. With my leave over, I was back in the office and at times, I confine myself to my workstation due to constant repetition of story telling - I should have blogged about it then and pass them the link instead, increased viewership *laughs*. By now, baby Ning's condition has shown...

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Story of Ning #9

By the fourth day, baby Ning was already off the CPAP machine and kept on oxygen therapy, meaning her breathing is no longer regulated with pressured intake and just supplied with concentrated oxygen. And with more of the tubes and attachments removed, baby Ning can now be swaddled in blankets, which is such a pleasant sight. And there were more instances of her opening her eyes ever so slightly...

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Story of Ning #8

With the wife checked in to the confinement center and baby Ning well cared for in the private hospital, I resumed our CT home prep work, as it needs to be ready for occupancy in a month, lest we be sleeping under a bridge. To do includes post renovation defect checking, furniture and electrical appliances...

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Story of Ning #7

Now, where was I ... oh yeah, surprises ... I should put more effort on this, really ... At the cashier counter, it was most fortunate that I was seated as my knees weakened upon learning the total hospital costs for wife plus baby, it amounted to 16 thousand plus ringgit, and to think we're not even in a private institution. For a salaried worker like me, that's crazy amount of money. Upon reviewing...

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My GE 14.

"Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters." - Abraham Lincoln. And yes, you've guessed it right, this is a post on our recently concluded 14th general elections, pretty...

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Story of Ning #6

Side story: Part 5 was actually quite difficult to pen down, recalling the events on that fateful day was painful, many times I had to stop my writing as emotions were stirring and tears were welling up. But this serves as a good reminder, to myself, to always cherish my loved ones, family and friends, as things can happen, be it good or bad, in the most unexpected time and way. And as a collection...

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Story of Ning #5

It was ten plus when we were updated that a ventilator has been secured at said private hospital, preparation was in progress to receive baby Ning. The pediatrician and her nurses started pacing around making preparations of their own, reports, diagnostics, equipment, mobile incubator for the transfer, ambulance service and most important of all, to intubate baby Ning. It was much later that I realized...

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Story of Ning #4

Initially, the wife digested the news well, perhaps I unknowingly 'sugar coated' baby Ning's condition or the anesthetics had yet to wear off completely. Because during the later briefing by the pediatrician, the wife cried. Could be gender factor which resulted in a somewhat emotional session as the pediatrician became teary eyed as well, whilst consoling the wife. Or the privacy factor, as we've...

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