My condolences @Flobs.
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@Sithbare stay strong mate. Your Dad needs you.
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condolences Flobs, my thoughts are with you.
i hope everything is as OK as it can be Sithā¦
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I am very sorry for your loss. The way you describe her makes me sure that she lives on in the minds and hearts oof many people.
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Sorry ti hear that mate. Thoughts are going to you and the family
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Mums ā¦ the best friend any of us will ever have. Iām sorry for your loss
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Deepest sympathies
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Condolences to both of you and anyone else with ailing parents. Itās a tough to watch them fade away.
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Sorry to hear that 
condolences to you and family.
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Condolences to you and your family @Flobs.
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Thanks for the good wishes people.
Yeah , me and my bro do take mom out for hospital visits etc and the necessary leg work , if necessary, we do stay the night as well at the hospital (taking alternate turns).
But Iām 41 and my brother is 45. Mom just doesnāt sleep. Just not sure as to what more can be done. Hopefully the immunotherapy does yield some results. But a some total of 0 hours of sleep isnāt good for my dad whoās 73 , which is what is happening right now on a daily basis when mom isnāt at the hospital.
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Apologies, didnāt read your first post properly. You had already mentioned that no medication at all has worked to get her sleeping. Thatās terrible.
All the best, hope they find the proper treatment soon.
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Deepest Sympathies to @Flobs. Difficult time for you and family.
And good regards @Sithbare. Getting old is fraught with so many difficulties and tribulations.
I hope both of you are ok, as much as you can be in your circumstances.
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Snapshots of February 21, our Language Movement Day (also recognized by UN as the International Mother Language Day).
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Reading your post made me suddenly remember this Bangladeshi guy I met. I used to go to Kuala Lumpur for business very often and frequented this cafe for meals often when I am there. Outside the cafe, there was always this Bangladeshi guy who sweeps the pavements. Over time, he recognises me and we started talking about my life in Singapore, how we have many of his countrymen working in Singapore, his life in KL etc. these went on for 4 years and every time I walk from afar to the cafe, he would be shouting āSir you come back!ā. And we would talk again, shake hands and say see you next time. But the last time I saw him was just a couple of months before the COVID shit hits the whole world, he told me his parents arranged a marriage and he is going back to get married and I congratulated, I gave him a congratulatory cash gift as customary for us as Chinese, he was appreciative and says Sir see you next time, I will come back after marriage because he needs to work. Of course I never saw him again, I have been back to KL a few times after COVID but never saw him again, that cafe is closed. I always wondered what happened to him and marvel at sometimes the way peopleās paths intertwined. I always regretted not knowing his full name, I called him brother, he called me Sir. Maybe will never see him again but hope he is well in Bangladesh or wherever he is.
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Maybe heās moved cafe to try this marriage thing all over again with another āsirā? Or is that too @cynicaloldgit of me
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This thread has taken a disturbing turn, as is often the case when Aussie gets involved.
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Haha,maybe. What a slut
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It is my mumās passing away anniversary today. Made her favourite breakfast today, āFrench toastā. Going to see mumās garden. There isnāt a day that goes by when I donāt think of her, miss you mum. I am still trying to come to terms with mum not being here, I know she is with my Dad and they are alright watching over me and the rest of the family.
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