Another purpose of the trip was to visit 4th aunt at Johor Baru, 2nd and 3rd aunts and 4th uncle in Singaopre. 4th aunt didn't change much but her husband was rather weak after bone surgery. He was lying in the bed-room and just smiled when I walked into the room. 4th aunt told me he seldom came out of the room, almost lying the whole day. I was not very sure if he recognized me.
3rd aunt looked much older and shorter, to my great surprise. I remember she was not like that when I met her at Subang when Dad passed away less than 3 years ago. She has problem walking now after two falls, onc in the toilet. I don't think she is able to come and visit us at Subang again.
2nd aunt is still very healthy, talking loudly and at high pitch.She showed us some of her pretty pictures taken at the age of 20 something. The two young ladies present really admired her. But for me, the pictures were not new as I had seen them hanging in our old house. She complained about receiving late New year Card every year from Hoe Soon family more than 10 to 20 days after CNY in the past 20 years! I couldn't figure out the reasons anyway. I am not sure whether we should blame Pos Malaysia for its inefficiency or else. I think only Hoe Soon or his family members can offer an explanation.
4th uncle looked better than I expected as he had undergone 2 operations recently due to colon cancer. He said it was very messy after the 1st operation, taking 3 months to have another operaion. His wife is planning to go to Australia to see her brother. They insisted taking us for lunch at a grand MTUC restaurant. We drove back to KL after lunch.
Our 2 daughters are really great by cooperating in driving, one looked at the map while the other was driving. Not much mistakes were made. The trip as a whole was interesting. CF took some pictures with our relatives during the trip. I hope she can share some photos with you soon.
p.s. the picture shown bottom left was drawn by Lao Xi Ku...impressive!
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