where thoughts materialise.

So we're into the sixth version of my blog after the last version hung around for a year or so.

Now, a bit of info on this image. This photo was taken one lovely spring afternoon, featuring the iconic Old Well from the UNC Chapel Hill campus. I would like to think of this image as a tribute to my time in UNC Chapel Hill, the awesome friends I made and the memories I now hold dear.

A milestone in my life indeed.

I've dropped the tagboard cos its useless and taking eons to load. But thanks to Angela who helped me set it up, I still do like and will miss the pink interface.

So yeah, it's the sixth one you fellas!

Yours.

27 April 2008

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Sunday, September 02, 2007

1 more day.

It is a few hours in fact, till the time my grandmother left us.

While we had the memorial service last night, we gathered at my grandma's grave today, as we have did the past 52 weeks, and went for dinner back at her place, as we did for the past 23 years.

It was like any other sunday, but tonight we shared our memories, looked at photos, watched vacation videos and also gave a heart to heart account of our last days with Ah Nae. Each account showed her resilience, her selflessness and her love even in times of pain. Nobody knew she would have left us so quickly, not until a few hours before her death. God took her away swiftly, but on hindsight, I wouldn't have wanted her to stay on and suffer either.

So tonight, this is an entry of lasts. Recalling specific incidents of last moments with Ah Nae. One of the most vivid lasts was my mom's birthday celebration at my grandma's place in late June, 1.5 months before she was admitted to hospital and 2 months before she passed on.

When my sis and I threw a birthday dinner at my grandma's place for my mom, neither of us knew how significant it would be. All we had in our minds were to let Ah Nae share this special day with her daughter - my mom.

Then, Ah Nae was on the experimental drug and was looking well, though as you can see, she has thinned down so much. But she was glad, and what I remembered most was how Ah Nae told me to take a photo of herself with my mom. She was telling me about she wouldn't live on for more than 6 months and I often chided her for that pessimistic thought. Looking back, she seemed to know she didn't have much time left on earth, but how did she know?

It was a joyous occasion, everyone in the family was gathered and many photos were taken. And how precious these photos would be for they were the last photos Ah Nae ever took.

So the Wong family took the very last family photo (top right), a photo which I think looks extremely good and is currently on her tribute table at home.

2 months later, on 3rd September 2006, 8:47am, Ah Nae went home to the Lord - to a place where is no more sorrow or pain, somewhere I know she is happy and at peace and with God.

A few minutes before she passed on, Ah Nae's eyes were dilated and she was not responsive anymore. With an oxygen mask on her face, my last words to her was to keep walking towards the light.

And she did.

My very last photo with Ah Nae.

nimgnoy let the night fall at 11:11 PM

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