Just a mere 5 minutes ago, my dad received a phone call from my aunt in Indonesia saying that my grandfather is in the hospital now for a checkup. i overheard the conversation of my dads. My grandfather has been diagnosed with leukemia. Leukemia is a disease where you have too much of white blood cells. Smoking too much of cigarettes can cause this disease and that's how my grandfather got it.

           Its been years now that I've been telling my grandfather not to smoke too much of his cigarettes but he wouldn't listen to my advises and there he go, he is now diagnosed with leukemia ; but on the upper hand, he is pretty strong for a 72 year old man who is still working! I've seen him jump over a fence with me 2 years back then and it was a pretty hard challenge.

          I always love to spend time with him for breakfast every morning when he comes back to Malaysia because he's usually in Indonesia for months and when he visits his family here, it'll just be a short week or two. Everyone here misses him and wants him. He doesn't seem to have the plan to retire either! I'm blessed to have a caring and strong grandfather who takes care of his family.