The Unfortunate Events

Funerals, deaths, accidents and tragedies. These are the everyday events that occur around us, with or without our consent. One of my bestmates from college got married the same day her grandmother passed away. It is a fortunate event and an unfortunate event in another matter altogether.

It has been quite a tough year end for my family I must say. Well, my house back in Iph got broken into, leaving behind a messy room and three broken ceiling panels. Fortunately for the wimps, they left with a pot of gold (literally). But the most precious valuable that these robbers took away was my mother's spirit and joy.

My mother's a courages woman, she is. She endured things I could never imagine enduring. The house she's living in has been around for 28 years now. It has never ever been broken into; until last month. She has been coping with the fact of giving away the presence of my father every night and then to my second mother, well in these case they are both strong women.

Yes my mother has been lamenting and complaining about staying alone every other night, but the things that kept her going were:-


The pond with amazing fishes;
Her colorful Orchids;
Astro Ria and Aruna;
The over-friendly neighbors; and
Our house.


I must say that the last bit is the most precious element that has been taken away from her by the bloody robbers. Even with the alarm that has been installed, my mother's bit of self-esteem has been ripped off. The house was taken away from her.

With the tragedy a month behind us now, I still can smell the fear and hearing her silent prayers for the unfortunate event to leave us behind and never come back. She never look at things the same now.

I often ask myself what can I possibly do to improve the situation? Some days, it gets more harder when knowingly, my mother will have to spend the night off alone without the presence of my father. The least I could do from this part of the world is to call her and convince her that her safety is now guaranteed with the help of the alarm and the monitoring from the nearby police station. I know that she's lying when she said that she's not that frightened anymore but as I said, thats the least that I could do.

Is moving to Ipoh an option? Or are there no options because Unfortunate Events come and go. No matter how cautious we are, things do happen. Do we stay together, do we stick to each other, do we lend a helping hand or do we call every now and then. The things to convince us that our loved ones are alright, safe and sound.

Weddings, newborns, anniversaries and birthdays. These are the Fortunate Events that we should appreciate, while we are still here and can make a difference.