As usual I will get up a few times during the night to got to the toilet, drink water or make a cup of hot drink if I feel hungry. My appetite is considered good, eating more meal with small amount.
Sunrise at 7:55am - 03.02.2023
Sunrise at 7.30am - 04.02.2023
Everyday, I see the goodness of God at work in my family and my life. God provides abundantly and He takes care of all our needs. He blesses me with kind and generous "angels" to meet our needs.
Whatever is good and perfect is a gift
coming down to us from God our Father,
who created all the lights in the heavens.
He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.
(James 1:17, New Living Translation-NLT)
Photos of tiny critters from my garden.
Gardenia flower with a tiny insect.
I think this is a wasp fly on the peace lily.
I don't know the ID of this insect but it looks like some kind of fly.
On the 28th March, hubby drove me to the public or government hospital for my pre-chemo blood test. We reached the hospital before 8am and I went in on my own as parking was not available. When I turned the corner to the registration counter, there was a big crowd. The crowd consisted of people waiting at the eye clinic and the pharmacy. The number given to me was 1089 and that means there were 80 people ahead of me.
Sunrise on 15th March, 2023.
I took a seat and waited patiently for my turn. Waiting time plus taking of blood took about 50 minutes. I rested for a while and then called hubby to pick me up.
Yellow and green coleus.
The next morning 29th March, 6:15am, we drove to the hospital. At that hour there is no problem with parking. I was told to present myself at 7am to register at the chemo day care ward. Since it was my 1st time there, I was treated as a new case. I was assigned a bed to rest while waiting for the doctor to do her round and to review the cases.
Angled loofah
The chemo process started at about 11:15am and the whole thing took about 3 hours plus (complete almost 3pm+). Thank God, I was prepared with breakfast, some cookies and drinking water in case I got hungry). All in, I was in the hospital for almost 9 hours and thank God, hubby was there the whole time. He was needed to do some running around to make photocopies of my pension card, identity card, collecting of medication from the pharmacy and etc.
Belimbing buluh
After leaving the hospital, we drove to Ipoh to get our late lunch at a quiet restaurant. Hubby ordered beef rice and I ordered grouper fish porridge. The bowl of porridge was big and I only managed to eat half. I requested for take-away or "tapau" the remaining half of the porridge for dinner. For dinner, hubby went out to take-away fried rice for himself.
My next blood test will be on the 18th April and chemo will be on the 19th April. There will be a change of chemo drug and I will be have to warded for the administration of the chemo. Will update when the time comes.
I want to say that God is good to me all the time and I know He loves me and provides for all my needs in many ways and through people around me. My heart is filled with thankfulness and gratefulness to my Heavenly Father.
From the day I was discharged from hospital, hubby has taken over the role of marketing, cooking, laundry, keeping the house clean, etc. It is not easy and can be stressful for him. To help lessen the work load and stress on hubby, I got a part-time maid through an agency which a friend recommended. The rate for a 4 hours job is RM70. I called the agency on Friday and a date was fixed for Saturday afternoon after lunch for the part-time maid to come to my house. Meanwhile, I prayed for a good maid who will do a good job.
Since it is our first time hiring a part-time maid, I didn't know what to expect. Come Saturday afternoon, the maid arrived at our house and I can see that she is very experienced in her job. There wasn't much talking, I only managed to ask her name. Straight away, she got down to her job. If she needed anything, hubby was there to help her. I went to my room to rest and also to get out of her way. She wiped all the windows, clean the ceiling fan and standing fans, table tops and surfaces, wash the toilet and bathroom. Ours is a single-storey house with 3 bedrooms + 1 room converted to a store room.
She finished all the work in less than 4 hours and asked if there is anything that we want her to clean. We let her off half an hour earlier. We are not fussy and we are happy and satisfied with her performance and we will be requesting for the same maid in 2 weeks time. Alternate week, hubby will only need to give the floor a mop.
Let him have all your worries and cares,
for he is always thinking about you and
watching everything that concerns you.
(1 Peter 5:7, The Living Bible-TLB)
Lunar Occultation Of Venus
Friday, 24th March, 2023.
#1 - photo credited to Jagjit.
On the 24th March evening, an ex-colleague sent me the above shot of the crescent and a star in front of her house.
#2
Photos #2 to #5 were shared by a church member.
#3
Looks like a star almost touching the silver of the new crescent moon.
#4
It is actually the planet Venus, the brightest natural object that can be seen in the sky with the naked eye, apart from the sun and moon. According to the newspaper report, the Moon is about 375,700km from Earth and Venus is 185,000km away. To us, Venus seems to be very near to the moon but it is actually very far away.
#5
I didn't have the opportunity to see these for myself.
Photos #2 to #5 credited to Shirley T.
My friend and I went for mural hunting a few years back. I can't remember exactly when.
My friend who is about 2 years older than me can still do the hopscotch game.
