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Thursday, 28 June 2018

MY RICH COUSIN WHO STILL LOVE AND CARE HIS OWN SENILE MOTHER


My cousin's wife who read my Facebook posting entitled  "NO MAID CAN DIE!" saw me and told me "aiyo if i have no maid i will die" and she was right if she has no maid she will definitely die. 

Their bedroom is bigger than my terrace house, two hyperactive kids and my cousin's late mother was suffering from alzheimer and started spitting all over the house. This is not a boast but a true rags to riches story which I want to share with you. This cousin of mine was from Ipoh grew up in the coconut oil factory with his mother. His father worked there before he suffered a stroke and died later. The mother worked very hard and she nearly died from a curious case of thyroid but survived because my father introduced her to another doctor for a second opinion, the doctor gave her some medication on the cheap to help her out and she survived to live a full life till 89 years old.

My cousin started working a a medical rep earlier on after form 6 as they cannot afford to continue his study in  university. Around the mid 90s he started going into business , got cheated by his own class mate(so much about old friend), suffered a short spell of depression. But he came back and got a few good clients supporting him. Within a few years he moved into a semi detached house and then later into a big bungalow fifteen times the size of my terrace house area, land area is even bigger. 

He is the only guy who is willing bring his mother around everywhere without feeling embarrass about the mother spitting everywhere and making funny and irritating sounds(I used to manage two nursing homes and my homes were filled with residents whose children are doing fantastically well but refused to take care of their mother giving all kind of excuses. 

This cousin of mine and his wife both have no problem bringing the mother anywhere and everywhere including breakfast in those old fashion packed coffee shop, while the mother kept spitting everywhere. 

How many of rich people willing to just take care of their old senile mother without a single excuse or feeling embarrassed? I wonder......... which is why I really respect this cousin and his wife, both grew up in simple life , got rich but still stay simple. 

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