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超配合的妈妈。。。 A very sporting mother…

妈妈虽然出身贫苦,没受过什么教育,但她有个奋斗的个性,不轻言放弃。。。
非常感谢主,她也有幽默感,通常我叫她做什么,她都超配合的。。。

Though mum came from a tough and poor background, not educated, she has a fighter character and does not give up easily…
Really thank God, she has a sense of humour too, normally whatever I ask her to do, she will be very sporting to cooperate…

很可惜,几个月前摔倒跌断了脚,造成她行动不便。。。
Such a shame that few months back, she suffered a fall and broke her bone that hinders her mobility…

虽然这几个星期,在不能避免的情况下,需要暂时入住疗养院,她也不介意。。。
因在疗养院有很多其他老人好聊天、一起游戏、运动等等,而且她也常向他们传福音,我反而发现她气色和心情好了许多!

Though due to some unavoidable circumstances, she has to temporarily stay at a nursing home for these few weeks, she does not mind at all…
Because there are many old folks to talk to over there, to play games and exercise together etc, and she also constantly shares the Gospel with them, I discover her countenance and mood have greatly improved…

每次去看她一定会跟我讲很多其他老人家的故事,和一些在那边发生有趣的事情, 跟闷在家而抱怨的妈妈截然不同。。。
Each time I go and visit her, she will tell me many stories about the other old folks and some funny incidents that happened there, so different from the bored and complaining mother at home….

而且她也对教会节目充满热忱,将来临的圣经考试她也要参与,还很认真的温习准备。虽然明知道老人家的考卷超级简单和容易,她听她组长亚黄说,考平常较难的考卷比较好,她就告诉我说她也要考较难的考卷,只因为她想认识及学写更多字!真服了她!我想我们是有她的遗传,哈哈!

And she is full of zeal for our church programmes too. She will take the upcoming Bible test and is very serious about studying for it. Though she knows the special test paper for the elderly are super simple and easy, she said her group leader Ah Bong said it is better to sit for the harder ordinary paper, so she told me she wants to sit for the harder test as well, for the simple reason that she wants to learn to know and write more words! i have to salute her for that! Guess we really have her genes, haha!

在她还没入住疗养院前,有时候在家我感觉她记忆力怎么那么不好,头脑好像不太清醒;现在跟其他老人家比较,才发现原来她是那么清醒、敏锐和活泼!真的是看到信主老人家的不一样,就连其他来看他们父母亲的孩子都称赞我妈头脑很好、很棒!真感谢主让我看到妈的好见证!

Before she entered the nursing home, while at home, sometimes I would wonder why her memory was not that good and she did not seem alert. Now, compare with the other old folks, I realize she is actually very awake, alert and active! Really shows the difference of an old person who believes in Jesus, even the other children who come to visit their parents praise my mum for being very alert and great! Truly thank God for letting me see my mum’s good testimony!

再过几天,妈就回家了,求主让妈快快康复,让她能够再行动自如,阿们!
In a few more days, mum will be coming home. May God grant her speedy recovery that she can move around as she wishes again, Amen!

妈在疗养院。。。 Mum at Nursing Home…

自从五月中妈摔倒到现在已半年时间,老人家真的是不能摔倒,跌断了大腿骨,手术过后至今还不能自己走路。。。
Since mid-May mum suffered a fall and broke her thigh bone till now, it has been half a year, the elderly really must not fall as even after the operation, she still cannot walk on her own…

行动不便的她,这几个月来都由我古晋的几个姐姐轮流照顾和服侍,那绝对不是简单的任务。。。我则是在精神和经济上支持。。。
Due to her immobility, these few months my sisters who live in Kuching have been taking turns to take care of and serve her, it is not an easy feat… I can only support in spirit and finance…

但这个月,大姐自己需要动手术(大姐也是婆婆级了),二姐和三姐也有宣教行程。。。所以在无计可施之下,跟妈讨论过后,大家皆认为暂住在疗养院几个星期最安全和理想。。。结果她已在我尚在台湾时入住了古晋狮子会疗养院,至今已一星期,1月13日就会回到大姐家。。。
But this month, my eldest sister has to go for an operation herself (she is already a grandma herself(, my 2nd and 3rd sister both have mission trips… So when we were at our wits’ end, and after discussing with mum, we all thought the best and safest option was to let her stay at a nursing home temporarily for a few weeks… Consequently she had moved into Kuching Lions Nursing Home even when I was still in Taiwan, it has been one week now and will stay till Jan 13th before she returns to my eldest sister’s home…

我们当然有先调查疗养院的设备、环境等等,加上妈也愿意,才会让她暂住那边。。。那边有固定饮食时间、运动、治疗、训练等等,短短一个星期就看到妈的气色、脚力等有明显进步。。。
We of course studied the facilities, environment etc of the nursing home first, plus with mum’s willingness, before we let her stay there for a while… They have regular meal times, exercise, physio-therapy, training etc, and within just a short one week, there is obvious improvement in mum’s countenance, legs etc…

我每天都去探望她,第一天我自己有点不习惯,就想联络朋友尽量帮我找能入住的护士照顾妈,把她接回我家。。。结果妈拒绝了,原因是:在我家好像被关在笼子里的小鸟!!!
哈哈哈,原来她在那边有新朋友聊天,有运动、游戏,还有很多弟兄姐妹来探望她,她觉得生活在那边比较没有那么无聊!
I visit her everyday, and on my first day I was not used to the environment, so I wanted to contact friends to somehow look for a nurse who can stay at my house to look after my mum and move her back to my place… As a result, mum rejected the idea, reason being: she would feel like a bird trapped in a cage at my place!!!
Hahaha, that is because she has new friends to talk to over there, regular exercise, games and many brothers and sisters who come to visit her, so she feels life is not that boring there!

大姐说,搞不好到时她还不想回家呢!哈哈!
看我昨天跟她玩自拍!
My sister said who knows in the end she does not even feel like coming home! Haha!
See we photographed ourselves yesterday!

有人看了以上的照片说我跟妈长得很像,会吗?也有人说我比较像爸爸,你们说呢?(爸现在已经在天上了。。。)
Some saw thw above photo and said I really look like my mum, do you think so? And there are some who think I look more like my dad, what say you? (Dad is already in heaven now…)

四兄弟,谁像谁。。。? Four brothers, who are more alike…?

小时候的全家照。。。对啦,那个最整齐打领带的就是我啦!。。。看我们四兄弟,我最像谁?
Family photo when I was little… ya, you’re right, that smartest one with the tie is me!… Look at us the four brothers, who do I look like the most?

几年前我生日时,跟大哥义仁和妈妈合影。。。
Few years back, with my eldest brother Gee Jin and mum taken on my birthday…

1990年,二哥义英和妈妈来纽西兰基督城参加我的毕业典礼。。。
In the year 1990, my 2nd eldest brother Gee Eng came with mum to Christchurch, New Zealand to attend my graduation…

1978年吧。。。与弟弟义威的最后一张合照。。。他1979年回天家了。。。
Must be the year 1978… my final photo with my little brother Gee Wee… he went back to be with the Lord in 1979…