~~Outing (Hospital Visit, Thai Food Tasting & Animal Learning Journey)~~

Post Dated Post: 30 Nov 2010

It is with a heavy heart that I am typing this post .. My dad had passed away on 1 Dec 2010 ..

The reason for going into detail of my father's illness in this post is so that the kiddos would understand what happened to their Ah Gong when they read this post in future ..

My father had been diagnosed with Lung Cancer earlier this year and as his condition was in the advanced stage, he opted out of treatment and as time passed, his condition begins to deteriorate and he began going in and out of hospital before he had to be warded "permanently" as he was too weak to move around by himself and need constant supply of oxygen to help him breathe ..

Mum and myself made a painful decision to ward my dad at Bright Vision Hospital since 22 Nov 2010 for Pallative Care as we were unable to care for him at home .. 

I can tell that Dad is unhappy there at the hospital as he wish to be back home .. I also noticed that he had started displaying symptoms being described when people are nearing death .. so we brought the kiddos to visit him just in case anything happens ..

Dad was asleep when we reached and he seems to be in deep sleep as he did not hear me when I leaned closer to call him .. he woke up after a while and for the first time since he was warded, I saw joy in his eyes when he saw the kiddos are there in the ward to visit him ..

We bought food for him but instead of eating it first, he asked the kiddos to come forward so that he could feed them the food and the whole atmosphere seems to lighten up in the ward when the kiddos start to interact with my dad, talking to him and stroking him as he do the same actions to them too .. it was a touching yet heart wrenching moment for me ..

After staying for a while, we left for lunch as Dad was slipping into slumber again so we say good bye to him and left him to rest .. (never did it crossed my mind that it would be the last time all of us saw him)

We first went to Sakon Thai earlier this month (see this post) .. as we were in the vicinity, we decided to pop over with the kiddos for lunch and also to see how they would adapt to Thai food ..

~~ Evangeline, Mummy & Elyssa ~~

~~ Issac in one of his "Do Not Take Picture Of Me" mood ~~

~~ A candid shot of Issac ~~

~~ Mummy favourite soft drink ~~

~~ Daddy's Thai Iced Tea ~~

~~ Father and son not co-operating with me for this pic ~~

Issac: Daddy, can I drink?

Daddy: Why you want to drink?

Daddy: You sure you want to drink, ok, I let you try 

Issac: Ok, I'm ready

~~ Mummy seafood fried rice ~~

~~ Mummy seafood fried rice with the kiddos strawberry smoothie with a very hot, thirsty and hungry Issac in the background ~~

~~ Curry soft shelled crab ~~

~~ Pandan chicken ~~

~~ Honey chicken rice for the kiddos ~~

~~ Daddy's basil chicken rice ~~

~~ Red Tom Yum Soup ~~

~~ Dessert - Red Ruby ~~

After lunch, we went around the estate for our animal learning journey .. a must do when you are in Serangoon North .. this is a pet haven with hamsters, chinchilla, fishes, dogs and birds .. too bad, photography is banned in most of the pet shops so no pics available to show except for the following which was taken outside a coffeeshop ..

~~ Issac looking at the frogs inside the tanks ~~

~~ Elyssa and Issac engrossed with the frogs with a bored Evangeline ~~