KL Aunties - what an experience ?

From left to right : Aunti MC, Mandy, Hua, BG and G.  After 50 years and sharing their experience on this faithful day.

Latest news that the Aunties reached KL at 4 am , totally exhausted and deprived of their beauty sleep. The driving Auntie Mandy was missing in action for the whole day, recouping her sleep. If we try to keep awake if we are sleepy, it is the most painful torture you can have. An imagine, the pain and frustration which Mandy have to go through. You would not want to go through it , not even one.

During the 2^nd world war, the Japanese used this tactic to torture their prisoners.  The use the tooth picks to open the eyes of their prisoners for a few days until the prisoners can sleep with their eyes open.  Just imagine looking at someone who is staring at you and instead sleeping. It is weird and strange right. Many people are walking sleep.

I have tried to drive to KL in the morning and drive back at night to avoid staying in KL for the night.  The feeling of fighting sleep is very difficult and for a few seconds , our eyes will just closed automatically and if you are aware, you pull back the car at the right time before you hit head on with another vehicle or land in a drain or hit a tree.  There is a point of no return , that is the sleep takes over completely until you landed on the other side of the dimension.  The floating realm when you are dead.

Why is the hurry to get back to KL ? The Aunties should placed safety first and what if something happen ? Not only they cannot sent their children to school but destroy a good and happy family or hurt the loved ones.  Logic and cool head must prevail in these situations.  The risk is very high on the highway  and anything could have happen. There are instances of the ladies been robbed off everything including their dress and make to run half a mile to the next rest area.  Just imagine, running naked in the early morning hours of the morning. Cold and damp and chased by the mosquitoes and wild dogs.  This is not a figment of my imagination and it can be very real.

What is more important in this world than your health and safety ? Just missed a day at school is so important than suffer a whole life time.  What about the companions ? The innocent parties who just happen to tag along ? There is too much to loose and all the right way to stay safe and sound.  

This is a lesson for all of us to learn. Sometimes, it is better to wait and delay rather than rushing ahead  in the direction of dangers. A cool head and a warm heart is needed here. Cool head means logical deductions and warm heart means caring for others.

Aunties… don’t ever do that again.

Namaste.