Great Start

My father-in-law has been recovering well since the transfer to SJMC on Monday. A CT scan showed full recovery from his head injury and the next few days would be spent sorting out his blood pressure and doing some rehabilitation.

He would still be needing help standing up and getting to the toilet. We planned for him to stay over at our place for the next fortnight while he recovers further. That would help stop Anita from worrying about her father. She had been staying at the hospital every night since the transfer with her Mum staying at our apartment.

My father-in-law is doing well and hopefully he would be discharged in the next couple of days.

A Long Afternoon

I got a phone call during my clinic from Anita. My father-in-law had a fall at home and he was bleeding from the back of his head. He was still at home and my mother-in-law was panicking about what to do. Luckily, the driver was there and called the ambulance.

Anita on the other hand was stuck in a traffic jam after sending off the boys at school and it was one of those foul morning that it rained since the break of dawn and traffic was atrocious. She was desperate to get back to Gombak and only managed to get to see his father after he was transferred to the Casualty in Hospital Kuala Lumpur. The ambulance came pretty quick and since the fall happened on the entrance floor, extracting my father was straight forward enough.

Abah having his transfusion while waiting for a bedTime to registerHe was brought in into the HDU. Anita and the Nurses helping him to settle in.He had a bad bang to the head and required scans and a stay at the ICU. And that was not after the wound was looked at and the bleeding controlled. He was on warfarin and needed a reversal agent to stablilise things. Despite the place being busy, HKL did a great job in sorting out my father. The immediate treatments were renderered at the Casualty floor itself without delay and all the relevant support Specialties were on hand to give their input. He was sorted out within hours. I can’t praise them more.

However it took a while before they had an opening at the observation ward. It was well after Maghrib when he was moved after the emergency treatment given. Now, we have to see how things develop in the coming few days. He would require follow-up scans and some rehabilitation. Hopefully he won't be in for too long.

The Clan Meetup

It was not often that I have family gatherings, not like others who I saw in Facebook. I tended to see these faces during weddings and funerals. It was kind of sad. Why not have a meet up some other times?

Then came my late Father’s cousin, Mamu Mohzani - who was doing this almost yearly - who decided to make it a occasion. It happened to be his birthday recently - and that was as good an excuse as any. His late Father - my Grand-Uncle - was the de facto leader of the pack when he was alive. And it was only right that he carried on the tradition.

The meet up was held last weekend at Double Tree in town. At least 60 of my family members turned up. I brought along Anita, my Mum and Sister, Julia.

A great occasion. Great food. Great company. And then Mamu Mohzani brought out his Father’s old diary and writings. Wow! Those were really something. One of the entry was on the day my Grandfather died. He described in detail how sombre the occasion was, complete with the names of those who were present. He mentioned that I was with my late Father at the foot of the tomb. I was only 10 then. I was sure that if the Internet was around then, he would have had a blog ....

We had a nice lunch and people were still having a laugh when I took my Mum home. It would be great if this were to be a yearly occasion. And I could see myself being one of the host in the future ....

Missing the M

Over the last few months, I have been neglecting my Leica M. Maybe I was so used to the autofocus on my Sony and Fuji, as well as my exploration of wide angle snaps. The M 240 had been in my dry cabinet for far too long and last weekend, I decided to take it out for a spin.

Wow! Was I missing a lot. Coupled with the Summilux-35, you could tell where the charm lies. The crisp RAW files coming out from the camera as well as that instant snap you get off the lens could not be replicated by other set up.

Should I have more free time in the coming weeks, I would definitely be taking it for more spins ...

4K Upgrade

While most of the crowd were excited about the iPhone 8, I was waiting for the Apple TV 4K. Finally I could twin it with my main TV and get HDR to boot.

I guess that I wasn't the only one looking for them. I had to go to a couple of shops before managing to lay my hands on one. And even then, I only managed to get the lower end 32 GB. But it was enough to do the trick.

As usual, getting it set up was easy and I managed to log into my US account within 10 minutes. Most of my old purchases had been updated to 4K and they streamed without a hitch.

The apps were still playing at HD though and those included Netflix and YouTube. Luckily I got 4K streaming directly on my TV for those. Managed to watch the latest episode of Designated Survivor before I called it the night. So far, so good ...