A moment of silence please...

There's been a death in the opposite house.
This particular poem came to mind at about 5.30 pm.
Yes. a close relative just passed away. peacefully. while being driven to the nearby hospital.
No. i'm not being melodramatic.
Just yesterday night i heard her singing ever so joyously. without any worries, sounding as pink in health as you'd think possible for a woman in her 60's.Therefore the news of her demise came as quite a shock to everyone.
We were all celebrating a birthday happily just the night before. When i was about to leave the house, my aunt even asked me if i'd come to the next 'do' scheduled at her place in conjunction with the start of the fasting month. Never once have i ever been asked that. It now just seems so ...sad. I said 'if god permits' (grinned) and never thought that that'd be the last time i saw her again.

Growing up, next to my own mother's cooking, my sisters and i basically familiarized ourselves with her catering services. Every family wedding would always be graced with her delicious cooking. She always had this nice disposition (and i'm not saying this just because she's no longer here on earth).
Pic dated May 2009. Family gathering.

Mak Nah, you'll be sorely missed. Here's my tribute to the lil lady who clearly shows that size doesn't matter.
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Death makes you think of your actions.
No one can confidently say if he/she will still be alive the next day.
Her death shot that realization straight into my thick skull.
I should not worry about what the future may hold, but really just dash towards that goal with all my might.
Spent too much time worrying.
Spent too much energy planning the inevitable.

Do what you can now.
Do your best while you're at it.
Everything will somehow come together.
Yes. Translate words into actions.
That's it. simple right?

Getting back the touch...?

Facebook is bad for the health.
and...it's bad for my blogging and photography habits.
Ever since i started using fb, all my activities came to be deemed as no longer being worth blogging about, which is bad, cos i blog to remind me of all the things that has happened to me.

So let's try to get things back on track. and as usual, let the pics do the talking.
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Thursday.
Since none of us wanted to carry our slrs...we ended up with poor camera-phone or compact camera quality shots...
After settling the bus tickets near bangsar, took the cab to Bukit Bintang and just walked around. Decided the night was still too young...and so...walked around aimlessly...till we reached KLCC.
At the park...it was dark~! But oh hey, what do you expect, it was 11 pm! We took some shots with the twin towers as the background but i shall wait till i get those pics from someone else before i get to upload it. All in all, being crazy at night is the best...especially when noone see your faces clearly. hehe.
But see how carefree they get in the attempt to snap jumping shots~!
Ok...so were shoo'ed off from that spot as it seems the park closes at 10pm and we're not allowed to be there. oh well...time to go back anyway...and yes...the cab drivers around were trying to rip people off!
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Saturday
Off to Hilton,PJ for a weekend getaway.
haha...riiite. Mom won a night's stay at the hotel so both my parents decided to take it up (read: drop us sisters at the hotel while they go back home~!XD)
We even managed to have lunch together before going back to the hotel. hmm...on one hand, it was like being sent off to a concentration camp...but slightly posh-er. haha.

It was too hot to go for a swim...so the sister and i decided to take. a . cab. to . Petaling Street. HAHA. to get ourselves even more dvds and dramas which we can't possibly watch in the near future~!
On this particular day, we really felt like tourists seeing KL for the first time. i mean, we could have taken the LRT, but decided against it. It all sounds funnier it you consider the fact that it would have actually been cheaper ...and faster..for my sister to drive to Central Market! aaah....

and just look at the traffic. hm...
and it was back to the hotel...where i went with my hermit nature...and watched bicentennial man for the gazillionth time in the room....
Staying indoors all the time is ...bad..we all know that. so off i went to stalk my sisters swimming. or were they really just floating? HAHAHAH...