Last Tuesday morning at about 1.07am when I was about to doze off, I received a call from my sis that Ah Mah has passed away. This was not totally unexpected as earlier in the day, my mom told me that Ah Mah has refused to drink milo nor water for the whole day and she was already unable to speak or moved even her head. But yet I was stunned and shocked, my mind immediately woke up and drifted back to the past.
I stayed with my Ah Mah and Ah Kong when I was a toddler and I stayed with them until I went to kindi. I was very close with them even though i was caned many many times for all the chicky things that I hv done. They were poor but yet the unconditional love that they showered was unmatched. I remembered a few things that were out of norm that she did for me.
I once had sore eyes and she uses my pee to wash over them and she said that this would heal my eyes. I couldn't really remember whether it worked but I remembered this till now.
My Ah Mah was a caretaker of an association hall where wedding dinners, celebration dinners and exhibitions were held. And after each events, she would have to clean the floors and keep all the chairs and stacks all the tables. During weekend, I would usually help her and I really enjoyed myself most of the time as I would be playing with water.
Until about 5 years, her physical health deteriorate rapidly and she was unable to walk and bedridden. But she was still able to talk and recognise people.
Over the next few years, her memory eluded her and she couldn't really recognised people anymore. My Ah Kong, my aunties and my mom took turns in taking care of her, cleaning her, feeding her and just be there with her.
Now she is gone and almost all the members of her children, grandchildren and great grand children were there to send her off.
Good bye Ah Mah...
