A Short Diary of Meeting Joli

AGT-16. Minggu ke 6. Visiting church di Ang Mo Kio Presbyterian Church cukup menyenangkan. Suasana sekolahnya mengingatkan aku pada  gereja di hometown. Special sunday. Will meet JOLI really soon.

Sms ke Joli, let her know that we are almost finish the visitation today. And setelah lunch langsung ke Singapore General Hospital.

Van, agak canggung karena dirinya emang grogi if mau bertemu dengan wanita, dia memang pria yang sopan dan ga cengengesan kaya istrinya. Haha. Then aku meyakinkan dia, bahwa Joli type yang bisa diajakin ngomong apa saja. Joli sudah bertemu banyak orang, dan aku meyakinkan dia, bahwa he must be surprise to meet this lady.

And it was about to be proved about hours later.

Perjalanan ke SGH, sangat sangat sangat melelahkan. Karena tracknya harus jalan kaki (bus dari hospital gak aktif di weekend, weekdays only) dan kebingungan dengan directorynya. SGH is a big-HUGE hospital. Saat masuk, dengan segera sudah dicegat ama guardnya, halah, masuk u jenguk juga mesti chek in. Mesti lapor, mesti daftar. After registered, they gave us one sticker for each person. And they chop the stamp in our arms.

Lantai kamar Joli adalah lantai untuk kandungan/melahirkan dll, i think. I saw many babies, new born babies just moving their hands in each room. So awesome. Its more and more like Seattle Grace Hospital dalam serial drama Greys Anatomy which i addicted to.

They have a museum in the hospital. *can't believe it* They close for sunday. Can't go in.

Nah, kamarnya ketemu. Not sure which lady is SHE. Karena beliau menutup wajahnya dengan tangan, tired may be?

Then, she just called. "Heh, Min." Suaranya, u know lah.

And then, i think we started with laughed and end it with hug.

We sat. We asked about anything passed into our mind that time. Min bertanya soal Om Paul, Clair. Then Joli promosiin GKInya. She is a big fans of GKI, which according to her, the best church in the world.

A minute later, ada dokter muda yang masuk. I think he is a co-doctor, apa ya sebutannya, training docs something. He asked a lot about Joli's health history. Until the question goes to : is she your daughter, with his eyes turn to me.

We saw the doctor took her blood for test, prepared stuff that need to be well prepared for tomorrow.

And we talked. Spend hours, in a room of the hospital, with our famous lady from SS, Joli. Prepared to have her surgery tomorrow. Harus diambil, tidak harus, atau lebih baik diambil. Semua pertimbangan mungkin ada dalam hatinya, dan terus bergumul dan berserah. She laughed and smile. Still concerned about lots things. I just like the ways she is.

When a nurse asked her, "Julia have u made your decision yet?"

She smiled and replied, "I follow the doctor suggestion."

Joli lebih banyak talk to Van. Which is, Van sudah nyaman ngobrol dengan Joli at that time. Min biasalah, dengerin sambil cabut cabut, kupas kupas kuku tangan. :D Menghitung jumlah CCTV, sound detector, dll. Min bukan ga konsen, hanya kalo udah mulai saat saat begini kayanya mata ini terbiasa ngeliat something else yang menarik perhatian. :D

When we came to see her, we prepared a prayer. And we end it with a small pray. Wish she all right, wish she get through the surgery. Pray for her small family, her husband, her daughter.

I think, our prayer is listened and replied by Him in a beautiful way, isn't it? Quoted from Joli : Tidak Menstruasi tetapi Tidak Menopause.

This picture was taken on the second time we met in her room after the surgery. She is healthy, cheerful, bright like always. Min pilih photo Joli-nya yang senyumnya paling bright :), meski min nampak ndut di  foto. Huehehe...

All picture taken by Van.

All in His beautiful way.

-A short diary of meeting Joli -

Ps.  Pas pulang, Van agree dengan pendapat Min ttg Joli.