Chapter 8 Recuperating Cuckoo

With the house being purchased the mother and daughter thus prepared to shift in.So they both went on a shopping spree.So they drove to a Supermarket to do their purchasing.However when at the Supermarket they both decided to split up and each venture a different direction so that they could cover a bigger area to purchase their requirements.

After two hours of purchasing they met at an agreed destination.Both of them definitely covered a huge area of the Supermarket if not all of it.Immediately they set for home.While unloading their purchasers they discovered that they have brought that they have doubled purchased some main items.Such as their crockery which both of them brought.Worst of all almost all identical items.

Other major items included curtains and others.Having laughed over them they next went on to a well known furniture outlet to purchase their requirements..Well,having the dole they spent their money to the fullest purchasing furniture to cover every where of their new residence.

The furniture were immediately transported to their new house by the outlet.With them well arranged they found that the purchases were insufficient so that went on to select them again.With that accomplished they called it a day.

Now that they were already well equipped both shifted into their new house with an easy state of mind. They have more room to move about .The mother was relaxed and her mind wandered back to her sick daughter.Well,as it was she appeared alright but she was at times cuckoo.

Being a psycho her mind would sometimes wonder away into unreality.This happened when she sat around the house thinking of nothing.Her not being able to see her old boy friend appeared to trouble her the most.She seem frustrated.

For each time her thoughts ran across him she would suddenly gave a horrifying yell which brought her dear mother flying down the stairs to her.Had it been someone else claiming her down would be difficult.With her dear mother whom she easily recognized although she went berserk .Everything will be fine within minutes.

In the new house she slept separately from her mother.Her mother occupying the top room while she had the front room of the first floor.Whatever the arrangements were her dear mother still had to be cautious especially in the deep of night.Her daughter Ming was restless in the late hours and was awake most of the time until morning.There after she would dozed off to sleep like a mouse.

Although she seem alright but she was still having hallucinations in the night.Then she would be awake her mind wander off to some where. She began to talk nonsense or talk about things that do not exist at all at times. Thereafter she would be busy walking up and down the house trying to locate something.All done aimlessly.When her mother asked her what she trying to look for.She would just shake her head,looking emptily into the air.

At this stage she was still returning to the University Medical Centre for regular checkup.Initially she was checked by a private psychiatrist at Klinik Pakar located in Petaling Jaya.Doctor in charged was a 71 over years old named Deva Dass.Actual address is 40 A,Jalan 52/8,New Town,46200 Petaling Jaya.

However the good doctor's rate for each consultation was too high.Actually this was not too high as she had her lover to bear the cost.However,she and her mother had second thoughts about that.Both actually thought the good old lover had done more than sufficient for her already.This of course was not factual as the old lover is a multi-millionaire.So they switched to University Medical Centre where the charges were very much lower.

In any case under the tender care of her dear mother she recovered tremendously faster.Both mother and daughter would exercised daily in the morning as well as in the evening,mostly by walking bout the housing estate.By so walking around they also made numerous friends around the neighborhood.However Ming was always doubtful of their sincerity.

With so much time to idle away she began venturing into a buying spree ,and why not with so much cash ti spare?.Should that run low the old lover is always available.And here again "sub sub seow" for one Singapore dollar equivalent to sightly more than three Malaysian ringgit.So money was not a problem to this young Cockoo.

She had longed develop an interest in clothing not only branded but those from boutiques .That was how she met and admired renown designer Chin Toi.She had brought quite a number of clothing items from him.She also stake claim that she was their friend and good customer.

Main reason was because she bore delusions of contradictory evidence with those they talked to.Her moods were often varying most of the time and her mother thus became the binding force between their family and those around.Her paranoid condition made the neighbors forming an adverse opinion regarding her attitude towards them.Being a young woman much annoyance were taken lightly or dispelled.

Her condition improved so fast much to her mother's delight that she pulled up sufficient courage to want to return to work instead idling aimlessly.In fact it would be better for her condition should be utilized fully.At least that would keep her restless mind busy.Of course her top priority was return to nursing where ever possible.

So she began going through the daily newspaper for any position vacant.Getting a job was no big deal with her qualification for nursing position.She came across an ad for a nursing assistant for an ophthalmologist.Well,in the beginning 1977,she was employed by the eye specialist Manjeet Singh for only a short period.In any case she never got used working there but she soon found another nursing position with another clinic.

On leaving the Ophthalmologist she was employed as a staff nurse at Subang Jaya Medical centre where she was placed in charged of dialysis.It was an independent position only seeing to that patients were properly treated.The routine suited her most and her problems never bothered her.She was happy with her job .

Her old lover would call her every now to encourage her,as well as giving her tender advice and loving kisses across the horizons. Keeping her at a safe distance from him,his state and his family.Understandably being a known personality in Singapore does not augured well with a psychotic mistress hanging around. Allowing to be exposed to the general public could extremely disastrous for him.

Well then he should also know that this is a very small world The tinniest of all things even in eggs so tight would could never be hidden forever,yet would eventually it would hatched out a chick.

Of course there was also his family to consider.So he called frequently to keep her at bay.Whenever he was going overseas he would keep her in informed .There were times that he was busy and did not want her to bother him. He would inform her that she was going overseas.Of course he had to lie to keep her calm and free from wild imaginations.As that could be dangerous as she had not fully recovered as yet.

There were few times they met in Singapore.However the meetings were brief and short.Apparently she had to travel down by express bus in the evening and returned the following evening by the same.That was a very smart moved on his part.Leaving no one to suspect him committed any hypocritic moves.Deceiving his family and many because as Boss to stay away from work for a single day is nothing,no big deal.

She served as a staff nurse for Dr. Prasad,a Neurologist visual physician.in mid 1977.She proved her worth there and the good doctor found her an asset.In any case he had a good opinion of her.

That year she also brought a car,a Satria.That was to ease her traveling to work daily.She did not expose how she acquired that car but generally it was well known that she brought it with cash from her lover.What thoughtful lover,or was he?.Somehow being erotic she somehow met with an accident where she banged it against another car which drove out all of a sudden from a blind corner.

Apparently the impact of the crash was quite serious.Had it not been for the air bag she would fatally injured.In any case she landed in the hospital for two weeks.The insurance reimbursed $ 5000/= for repair of the damages.However her sister insisted she abstained from driving for her own safety.So she reluctantly gave up her car.

Her yearning to be with her old lover was driving her nuts.She could not take that any longer.So she hatched out a plan to return to Singapore through nursing for Singapore General Hospital for there was a demand for experienced nurses there.With hesitation,she approached her good doctor who gave her a very strong testimony to support her re-application to that hospital.

Her application was readily accepted after a brief consideration.As she had resigned from that hospital on her own accord and had no adverse reports against her during her last tenure with them,She was re-instated duly and she return to serve there in 1988.