Memories of Uncle Foo

Mom told me a surprising news when i came home from work. Uncle Foo passed away in KL this morning. Alan is rushing back from Miri and Pat from Holland. Not sure if she is bringing Kim & Steph along. But well, i will be going in to KL to attend the wake this weekend.

It's just so strange. A couple of days back, i was just thinking that i should go in to KL with mom to visit Uncle. After the few days of break, i forgot about it. Instead, i was happily planning to go KL before CNY with Mab. Now, it's for different reasons.

Uncle Foo used to visit us very frequently even when i was very young till now. Whenever he comes, he'll stay with us for 3 - 4 days before going back to Malaysia. The last time when i saw him was about half-a year ago when he came with Auntie for medical check-up. That was the one and only time when he didn't stay with us because our spare room was filled with stuff and our bath-room wasn't working well. In the end, he stayed at Bayview Hotel but we met during steamboat dinner @ Golden Mile Complex. At that time, he wasn't in good condition and had been under going chemo for awhile.

I am not sure how i will feel after the wake since he is so close to my family. Especially so for sis pat and bro alan at the demised of their father. Mom will definedly need to be there to encourage and support them coz. to them, mom is like a dear auntie. When their mom passed away many years back when they were studying overseas, mom was there for them too. In fact, it was Sis Pat who called mom this morning from holland.