Metal Rods and Wire

 the metal rods and wire were taken out of my brother's elbow and arm last wednesday. the metal rods are disgustingly long. they're as long as a normal mechanical pencil! eeks. i cringe at the sight of them. imagine they were once inside someone's body. anyway, because my brother was having a cough on the day of his surgery, they decide to give him a local anaesthesia instead of a general one. so he was awake throughout the entire op. omg, i think i would have fainted if i'm not put to sleep. haha. anyhow, i'm glad this part of the journey is finally over for him. what's left is just removing the stitches. as for me, sadly, i still have quite some way to go. still waiting to get to the finish line. =)

"Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth."
— Mark Twain

my brother

this morning i was having breakfast with my brother. it was slightly past 9am. out of nowhere, he suddenly quipped, "i'm late for work." in a totally nonchalant way. i looked at him, looked at the time and commented, "but isn't this your usual time? you've been going to work at around this time EVERYDAY."

to which he replied in a calmly manner, "ya, that's why i'm late for work everyday".

=.="

i was like, what kind of job allows you to be late everyday?? anyway, after the short exchange above, my brother continued to slowly finish up his coffee, walk in and out of his room, dunno doing what, and finally left the house. no sense of urgency at all. wow. if it was me and i was late for work, i'll be rushing around the house like a mad rabbit. how can he still afford to take his time and behave so nonchalantly?

hmm this is probably something i can learn. haha.