(more than) Me,Myself & I

Lying upon the blue blanket

It was Friday night when I was suppose to complete my Chemistry homework. Instead, I was at Kuching Specialist Hospital accompanying my mum who had been through a minor operation on her legs. Luckily the place was descent, not very much like a ward if you’r not looking at the equipment and beds. My mum was staying in a 3 bedded ward where the other 2 beds were empty. The ward’s washrooms (there were 2) can be considered luxurious. Service was good too, nurses come as soon as patients press the emergency- call button.
When night falls, all I felt was boredom. I brought along my chemistry book but there was no table suitable for studying or rather would I say that I couldn’t study in that environment. Luckily, the programmes on TV that night were good enough. After the Cantonese drama series, I watched the news, then Matrix. The hospital actually provides food for patients, but my mum was too weak to eat that much so she asked me to take the food because it’s a waste to throw it away. There was a cup of soya bean, french beans, fruits, and curry chicken? I wondered what was the curry chicken doing there…should patients eat spicy food? Strange, but I didn’t ask the nurse or the nutritionist if he/she was the one who gave the idea of serving patients with curry. After watching Matrix, I began to feel tired. I was lying on the lazy chair but I really couldn’t sleep. Then my mum asked the nurse if I could sleep at the vacant bed. There, that night, I was lying on the blue blanket. I woke up the next morning opening the windows and took a look at Tabuan Stutong’s view. I could see Hui Ing’s house from there. Air was cool, I was lazy, still sleepy because I’d only slept for not more than 5 hours. My dad then came and brought me to eat the Kampua Mee at the Kopitiam same row with the hospital which costed only RM2 but tasted great.
The doctor come and checked my mum’s condition. He said she can leave that very day. After getting the bill and so on, we left. Oh ya, there’s a very nice looking guy at the counter. Too bad he was married. (He was wearing his golden wedding ring)

Saturday was the day I lied in the blue blanket of nature…Santubong’s beach.
It wasn’t that blue, and in fact, it was more to greenish. It was a beautiful evening until it rained. On the top of your body was rain water; half of it soaked in salt water. When I splashed the water, I couldn’t differentiate which was rain and which was sea water. All I felt was calmness and fun despite the waves which got higher and rougher. The place was deserted except for me and my friends.
I went home wet, tired but satisfied. I love listening to the waves. Everything in the week was being washed off….

It was Wan Lin's birthday yesterday. I sent her an SMS ....wonder if she'd received it?

posted by Shan @ 9:04 PM