My Visit to the Dover Park Hospice

This afternoon I visited an ex-colleague at Dover Park Hospice & it's my first time to a place like this. Physically, the place is well kept and very neat & clean. Emotionally this must be a very difficult place for those whose loved ones are there.

My ex-colleague is dying of throat cancer. He is in semi coma.

There I met another ex-colleague & inevitably our conversation turned to how we want to go if we had the choice. Of course we have no choice in such matters. But do we know where we are going? Yes I do. My ex-colleague do not believe in God and prefers not to talk about this topic. People who don't know the Lord do not see physical death as the gateway to heaven. They don't know where they are going & prefers to avoid thinking about it. Hopefully, this afternoon's conversation set him thinking. Lord, have mercy on him!

Is this how old age feels?

The title of this blog is taken from one line of Auntie Mich's blog. She's talking of her frozen elbow, due to healing of an injury......

Well, I have more reasons to ask this of myself. Perhaps its the big milestone that I have just crossed that makes me more conscious of every little ache & pain. But no, I am not giving up. What one cannot do physically, one can still do mentally, like this blog for example. Who cares if everyone thinks I'm a wannabe!

And who of you guys surf the Chinese web? I've found a few neat sites & they are fun!

Also, does anyone make Shanghainese 粽子? I just learnt from that little old lady when we were in 朱家角near上海 two years ago. See old age does not have to feel "old". Just keep our minds young.