I knew it... Ben Yang's lessons are gonna be a challenge in future. He had just briefed us about his lecture etc and we are so so so stressed and worried. I dont know about the others, at least i know i'm panicking cos i know it would be so much more difficult than i had thought/ experienced.
Thursdays and fridays are gonna be very tedious and sufficient sleep the night before is a must, though i can't promise if i have got the luxury of doing so. Certainly hope so.
He showed us an educational video today. And its about the ageing population in a certain country.
The documentary includes interviews with the elderly and how they had lived till this old age and how had they coped with their lives despite the illnesses that they are suffering from.
They were so brave when facing these terrible illnesses- some parkinsons, others were diabetes mellitus or respiratory tract illnesses.
There was an interview with an elderly.
Reporter: How old are u now?
Old lady: 99
Reporter: What's the feeling of turning 100 soon?
Old Lady: Well, it still feels like 99!
I wonder if i feel the same too. I wonder if i were to be so oblivious to my age, would my body function feel the same too? No. Ben Yang emphasized to us today- we will all die. And thats cruelly true. I was striken by this thought - how would i live this world?
He said : Either by heart problems (most) , other diseases, or accidents. Even if u had luckily missed these.... u will still die of deteriotion of the body organs and the function of these deterioted organs would not be sufficient to allow u to carry on live forever.
So what exactly do u mean when ppl say forever? Like friends forever, love forever, hate forever. Should they be changed to 'till death' instead?
The narrator of the documentary said: Everyone wanted to live young forever, but when they turn old, they would never wanna live old forever.
Thats true. Nobody in this world would like to suffer forever. But the elderly that i had seen from the documentary were so brave and not hesistant to face their age.
There was a couple who both lived together till 90 plus. His wife had alzhemier's and the hushband had parkinson. They were still living together. Initially, they were moved to the room with 2 separated beds. They later pushed the bed together and slept next to one another.
This left me thinking - The vows that were said at the point of the marriage ceremony are so true. They had executed this and how many couples would have done so?
How many couples would have separated even before this last final stage of test of their love?
They would have thought that the real test of love were at their initial stage of relationship but the real test would only start when they are married. Would they have thought of this at the point of marrying each other? The emotional support of each other would be important esp at the point when they age and unfortunately, with diseases. They would be emotionally and of course physically weak.
If both were to be able to foresee the future together, would they be able to endure the last test?
There was another case about a daughter taking care of his father who has respirator tract diseases. They were mexicans if im not wrong cos she had address his dad as 'papi'.
She had mastered everything that was needed to take care of his bed-ridden father. She had learnt those difficult medical procedures that without learning it at school, it would be ten times harder for her. How would she be able to cope? Thats because of her love for her dad i guess. Would every child in the world be able to do this as she had done?
The commitment is long and hard to maintain. She has the will that is worth respecting.
