My soul ( Mother )

It was just after Raya that year, and it happened when it was almost dusk, I just got back from school and mom, and our maid, Maria were in the kitchen cooking for dinner. I took my shower and went straight to watched TV. It was my favorite cartoon at that time, Dexter Laboratory. While I was watching the cartoon, I was shocked to hear Maria was shouted calling my name few times.

I immediately ran to the kitchen and sees what was going on.  What I saw was like unbelievable,mom was unconscious while Maria was holding her so tight! And at first I thought that mom was joking with me, so I woke her up in hope that she was playing. And, I even said to Maria "She is joking right?". 

Maria turned to me and said "She just collapsed and you said that she's joking?", can you please look for your dad and tell him that your mom is unconscious and we need to bring her to the hospital as soon as possible".

I ran to looked for my father at the garage and I found him there and told him what was happened to mom. As soon as he heard the word "collapse" he quickly walked to the back yard and entered the kitchen. He tried to called her few times and still mom wasn't responded to any of his calls. 

He lifted up mom and asked me to look for mom's car key, he was lucky because he doesn't have to carry mom for too long as the car door was unlocked. He placed my mom nicely at the passenger front seat and recline the seat so that mom lay down comfortably.

When we were on the way to the hospital, suddenly my mom was vomiting, peeing and everything. Since the road that we were taking is the same way to my aunt house, so we stopped by her house and took "kain batik" from her to wiped all the dirt's from her body.

After a few minutes stopped, we continue our way to the hospital. And dad decided to stopped at PUSRAWI, after the nurse checked mom conditions she said that we have to bring her to the hospital as soon as possible.

So, we went straight to Emergency department at Sungai Buloh Hospital. And, when the doctor checked mom conditions, he placed her at the CCU, half critical unit. And after a few hours mom was awake, she said she had a very bad headache and she wants to sleep.

After few hours, with all the checked up and everything, the doctor said that she needs to be transferred to GHKL for further checked up. The reason was because they don't have enough equipment for mom disease. So at 3.00 am, they transferred mom to GHKL.

I was terribly tired and so does dad, so we decided to went back home and at the hospital very early in the morning.

The next morning, we went back to the hospital and my mom was transferred to ICU because of her blood pressure was so high and she needs the intensive care. I was not allowed to see her. I waited and dad came out and told me that she is fine and she need to rest well. So, we went home. I was so frustrated that i couldn't see mom.

The next day, I went to school as usual, my body was at school but not my mind. Was thinking too much and I was not focusing at all. I skipped school for almost 2 months.After a week, mom was transferred to the normal ward. And, I could see her almost everyday.

We've been called by the doctor and he said her blood pressure was too high and that's made her collapsed.She had aneurysm. She have to to go for a surgery and it's a brain surgery and the risk for her to survive is only 20%. And dad signed the approval for the surgery. He said that if we didn't do, it will effect moms lives.

A months past by, and she is still warded and  waiting for the surgery to be done. Her first surgery was postponed because she was having a fever, even the second surgery was postponed because her blood type was not available for the surgery. The third time was because her blood pressure increased again. The forth was postponed because she had fever again. And there comes the fifth times. Within the period of her surgery she said she wants to go home and relax at home for few days because she is so bored at the hospital. So, we brought her back. She was so happy but after a few days, she felt like she wants to collapse again. Without any choice, we sent her back to the hospital immediately after she complained.

The day came for her surgery, I was there when she was at the operations theater. Can you imagine a 14 years old girl saw her mother laying on the operation bed and it could be her last time to see her mother alive? It hurt me deep inside. I was crying like a small girl and asked dad not to proceed with the surgery. But, decision has been made and he said "everything is going to be just fine",

I hugged mom and felt like it's going to be my last time to hug her and she proceed to the operation room. The doctor said it will takes about 12 hours for the operation to be finish. And, he advised us to go back and relax, by that time it was in the morning.

Dad brought me home and asked me to sleep and rest but I just could not do that. How am I supposed to do that when mom is fighting her life in the surgery?. I was crying till I fall asleep and woke up in the evening when I heard a phone ringing. Dad went to the hospital after he received the phone call from the hospital. He didn't brought me with him since he said mom is in the ICU. He came back home and I asked him, by looking at his look I know something is not right. And he smile and said " she is okay and she's very tough mother, she survived the surgery".

I was so happy and I couldn't wait to see her. We went to the hospital in the evening and finally I can see her but she was still unconscious. Her face was totally different and I couldn't even recognized her. But, I am very lucky to see her.

After a few months, she was discharged from the hospital and she's very well now. Alhamdulillah.

To all my friends out there, please appreciates your parents while they are still alive. You wouldn't know when are they will be leaving you forever. I felt it and it's really hurts. Trust me. You will feel like you lost half of your soul.

I LOVE YOU IBU
( Rahimah bt Hj Aman )

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Wise Statement from Captain Ahmad Fariz Mokhtar ( MAS Captain ) regarding MH17.. TAKE NOTE!

Bismillahirahmanirrahim...

Before I begin, let me remind you that my words here are not to hurt anyone, at least that is not my intention. But I have to speak up. Enough is enough. I have seen too many comments, too many accusations on the internet, some of which are hurtful to us pilots and flight attendants. Journalists and reporters of the media also chose to publish artlicles or news after interviewing idiots. Like, for example, a remark by a brainless rebel general who claim that some passengers were already dead when MH17 took off.

Now to those who questions us pilots, and the airline, why we flew through Ukraine, let me explain about flight routes. Pilots, for your information, do not fly certain routes as car drivers drive on certain roads. Yes we do get information about the status of certain routes, for example if there are some military activities nearby. Those areas are known as Special Use Airspace (SUA). But we do not simply fly into those airspace. SUAs are divided into four category. Danger, Restricted, Warning, and Alert. Air Traffic Controller (ATC) always see us on their radars, and will warn us the moment our aircraft seems to be headed into those areas. SUAs are not lying around for fun on our regular path, known as airways. Airways for commercial airliners are designed not to cross path with SUA.

But we might steer off our planned airways. Why? Because if a gigantic thunderstorm is right on the airways, you wouldn't want us to fly into it, right? You don't want us to strictly fly on the approved airways all the time. Of course not. But to steer off the airways, we have to get approval from ATC first. Again, if the ATC see us flying off the airway but into SUAs, they would warn us. And in any case, we pilots know the airspace where we are flying. Now do you see that there are two line of defense, before we "stray into some missile zone area?"

About the path used by MH17. Let me quote Malaysia Airline media statement.

"The flight plan was approved by Eurocontrol, who are solely responsible for determining civil aircraft flight paths over European airspace. Eurocontrol is the air navigation service provider for Europe and is governed under ICAO rules. The route over Ukrainian airspace where the incident occurred is commonly used for Europe to Asia flights. A flight from a different carrier was on the same route at the time of the MH17 incident, as were a number of other flights from other carriers in the days and weeks before. Eurocontrol maintains records of all flights across European airspace, including those across Ukraine".

ICAO stands for International Civil Aviation organisation. And to Singapore Airline, you shut up. You were there too. You were just lucky. We were not.

Now let me ask you this. Do you know that the routes that pilots use, from taxy lane, to runway for take off, to airways, are all directed by Air Traffic Controllers? Of course you do. Our office would file a flight plan, approved by local authority, then it is presented to us. We study the routes, concur with them, key in those routings into our flight computers, and off we go. Just imagine driving your car and everytime you want to turn, you must get approval from a traffic police, who happens to be in contact with you all the time. Imagine if you even have to get approval from the traffic police to start your engine, to reverse out of your parking lot, to speed up to 30km/h on the street, to speed up 100km/h on the highway, to use which highway, to slow down, to use which street to get to the parking lot, oh, the list goes on and on.

So STOP imagining us pilots flying our airplanes like you driving your cars. And if you are not in the aviation industry, just read and don't come up with your own theories. Seriously, we pilots are laughing at some comments and theories.

But above all, lets recite al-Fatihah for victims of MH17. A moment of silence. Pray that no more lives are lost senselessly.

*edited, updated version. I started this with the intention of not hurting anyone, but I might hurt some reporters/journalists. I have nothing against them, they are doing fantastic job of reporting the accident. Just too emotional when I read that some passengers were already dead before the crash. And to Singapore Airline, I accept your apology.

Assalamualaikum.

Confused colleague

I received a phone call from extension 1**, it's from my colleague, "A", and he asked me to call our site officer, "RA". So, I said "okay, I'll call him for you".

While I was busy looking for the phone number, a call came in from our Associates Architect, "S" and he wants to speak with "A". So, I passed the call to A without telling him it was S. So, I said, ""A", line one", and he answered the call.

Few minutes later, "A" called me and said "Jo, 'I asked him may I speak to "RA"?', he said 'wrong number'. Who are you calling?", he asked. I said "it was "S" on the line, why didn't you talk to him?". He said, "you should have told me earlier it was "S"". And he laughed and asked me to call "RA".

And S called me again, and told me that A was looking for "RA" and he said "wrong number".  Why can't just he said "This is "S"". I was thinking what was S thinking?

And it made my day.

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