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Saturday, December 08, 2007

12:52 AM

Accident at home

This happened a few hours ago.

I was watching Alias on my laptop when suddenly, there came a really loud crash of many glasses breaking. I was so startled that I immediately paused the show and went to the kitchen. And there, I found my mother sitting on the floor with broken pieces of glasses and mugs about her.

My first thought was, oh no, she's bleeding! Because there was a red stain on her night gown and another one on the floor near her. But after awhile, I was really relieved because the red stain was actually the sambal that my mother was carrying.

The reason she fell was because my father was wiping the floor. She didn't realize it when she walked into the kitchen, and so she slipped and fell. And she must've grabbed hold of the trolley that held the mugs and glasses. Either that or she could have just knocked into it.

After my brain had comprehended that my mother had fallen, I went straight to get some newspapers to wrap the broken glasses and mugs up and got the broom and dustpan. My father helped my mother up, I picked up the broken pieces and my brother swept the floor. Fortunately, my mother didn't cut herself. I just hope there aren't any splinters that got under her skin.

While I was cleaning up, I was glad that my siblings actually tried to help with the cleaning, even though my sister wasn't of much help(she's just not good and cleaning). I'm glad that they showed some concern over my mother. Because usually, when something happens like my mother falling down, they'll only become interested for a second before resuming whatever they were doing, if they think that she'll be okay. I guess the crash was louder than normal and the sight of seeing our mother on the floor with broken pieces of glass about her just made everyone really concerned. I'm just glad that my siblings showed me that they can be human.