Piet and my friends

I met up briefly with my close friends in KL. It is the first time they meet Piet.

This is Lan Chiee

I love this shot...his two little front teeth!

Piet & Hui Lee

Piet was in hospital

After we came back to Ipoh from Muar, Piet was still unwell and the fever came back on Sunday evening. The next day the light fever was still there and coughing just turned much more serious. I could see his eyes were sinking and losing focus. His breathing was very quick and shallow. There were lots of flames deeep inside his lung. He wouldn't eat or play.

I was really worried the flu had triggered any viral infection in his lung. Piet had been unwell for four/five days. So I brought him to see the doctor on Monday morning and after examanination, he advised me to bring Piet to hospital for further check up. Well, the health system here is very different from Europe. When they say hospital here, it means private hospital.

In the end we spent one night in the hospital. Piet had a blood test and a chest x-ray. The doctor said his lung was slightly infected. I have to say it was not a pleasant experience to spend the night in the hospital. Here the doctor always prescribe lots of medicine for every flu symptoms. We were woken up in the middle of the night for medicines! I thought it was too much amd at some point I found it totally unbearable.

The next day Piet's temperature went back to normal and he seems much more alert and playful, I am confident that Piet can go home and recover slowly at home. I went against the doctor advice and told the doctor: I WANT TO LEAVE NOW. (The doctor asked us to stay for another a day or two) Since it is a private hospital, I am not surprised they have the tendency to ask you to stay longer than neccessary, as the longer you stay the more you have to pay.

Don't worry, Piet is much better now. Although still coughing, he has returned to his naughty and playful mode! : ) When he is well, he could never stop crawling and playing with my niece and nephew.

I was happy I have the support from my family too. When we returned home from the hospital, I felt totally exhausted (I hardly slept the night before) and Piet and I have a very long afternoon nap.


The staff at the hospital adored him so much...

The Wedding

It was very moving to see my little sis dressed as a beautiful bride. As some of you may know, although my sister and I have completely different interest and personalities, we are always very close to each other.

The wedding was held at the hometown of the groom. It follows the traditional Chinese ceremony, where the groom will come to 'pick up' the bride and a tea ceremony will be held for the family of the bride. Then the they went to the home of the groom and another tea ceremony to be held there for the family. It is not easy to explain in detail, may be one day one of you can come with me to attend a wedding here :)

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