In sickness and in health. . .
See, these are parts of the vows that Robz and I said at our wedding, at the altar . ………… .2 1 /2 yrs ago. I neva really appreciated this phrase to its utmost depth until hours ago this morning.
Yesterday evening, we were out on a rendezvous at Brickfields. In retrospect, it was my bright idea to go to B’fields as we hadn’t been there over the last couple of months. Being the dutiful husband Robz is, he obliged and hence, off we went for an evening of window shopping. Ended up buying several pretty ear-rings at my favourite Indian-accessories outlet -Bombay Point.
In true Malaysian style, all shopping events eventually end up with us hungry souls feasting on FOOOOOOOOD. Which is why multi-level shopping complexes always ensure they have a huge huge food court that serves a wide variety of food to satisfy the hunger and cravings of all those countless M’sians that haunt malls , as entrepreneurs are well versed with the idea that once folks have shopped to their heart’s content, a day ain’t complete until one has feasted on a sumptious meal !
Being in B’fields, I was tempted to have banana leaf meal for dinner as I’m quite a fan of typical South Indian cuisine! Robz opted for his evergreen Chappatti & dhal curry. Dinner was uneventful and all went calm and smoothly. Until this morning, when the storms of ill health struck. Routinely, Sundays are usually filled with church,church,church all morning.
As always, we were sitting in church, and then, I noticed tht Robz made several disappearing acts during the church-service. As I sit upstairs at my piano-organ, I get an aerial view of church and hence, had a good picture of Robz walkin’ in and out. It hadn’t occured to me that somethin’ was wrong, until after service, when our Priest informed me that Robz had to make several emergency calls to the TOILET. I figured that it was his Chappati that must’ve caused a wee tummy upset and once he was out frm the toilet, gave him some moral emotional wifely-encouragement n support, being the good wife I am (yea rite!) and we proceeded with the nxt Tamil service which was frm 9.30-11am. I knew that generally, Robz has a more ’sensitive’ digestive system than mine,and hence, I figured that this was just one of those frequent diarrhea-episodes he had. Felt sorry for him, and said a prayer and hoped that he’d feel better during the course of the day.
At approximately 10am, disaster struck. I was playing the organ for a song, and that was when my tummy started rumbling away. I knew somethin’ wasn’t right. Panic started creeping in. I realized tht I,too, hadn’t escaped frm the clutches of the food-poisoning spell frm last nite! In a matter of minutes, I was in a ’state of emergency’ and HAD to go to toilet A.S.A.P.
Generally, i HATE using public toilets. As much as possible, I try and avoid the usage unless I’m in dire circumstances. This was soon proving to be one of those VERY dire situations. I looked at my watch, there was still another 1 1/2 hrs to go before I could even step back into the comforts of my own home and toilet!!! *sigh.
I knew tht I had to visit a toilet VERY soon or it would get really ugly. Thank goodness for a set of back-up musicians in my church, it didn’t take me long to ask a church-friend to substitute my place as organist. Grabbed my handbag and rushed to the nearest toilet. Checked my handbag, and as luck would have it, I had run out of tissues!
Arggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…………
That was when I found a ‘gadget’ which all this while, I had taken for granted. —> WET TISSUES! I had bought this pack at Watsons ’bout 4-5months ago and it just sat there in the handbag, with minimal usage. At that time, I had purchased it ‘coz it had a delicate sandalwood fragrance to it. Li’l did I even imagine tht months down the line, that very unassuming li’l packet of Wet Tissues would become a life-saver! *giggles.
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In the end, Robz and I sadly looked at each other and we realized that the food we had in B’fields must’ve been stale and hence, both were badly affected de nxt day! Ultimately, we made a portion of our wedding vows become a reality, by suffering an episode of food poisoning together, after havin’ had a meal the previous nite! *grins
