Monday, August 3, 2009

H1N1, a new mom dies, leaving behind a baby girl

Life is so beautiful for some, but so unfortunate for others. Fate is an inevitable course of events, we have no control over it, like it or not.

Accepting a new life should be celebrated with joy and gratefulness. But it may not always be the case. The body of a newborn baby was reportedly dumped in a toilet bowl at a government aided religious school in Alor Star. I wonder how coldblooded can the mother be, killing her own baby and dumping her infant in the toilet bowl. There is a Chinese proverb saying that a tiger no matter how cruel will never eat its cubs. Homo sapiens, highly sophisticated creature with all the religion teachings, apparently is worst than animals. Dumping a newborn baby, her own fresh and blood into a toilet bowl, how can that be?

Incidentally, an unfortunate baby just lost her mom due to H1N1 in Miri Sarawak. A 24-year old mother contracted H1N1 and lost her life merely 2 weeks after giving birth to her baby. Her heart could have broken into thousands of pieces, knowing that she is going to die soon, not being able to hug her baby anymore, could not even breastfeed her, seeing the little girl growing up. The poor girl will be growing up without knowing what the love of the mother is.

Sometimes, I wonder why things are always at the two extreme. Some babies are born rich, some are dumped inside toilet bowls, some are abandoned by their parents, and some are handicapped. Unless there is punishment attached to the newborn babies due to the original sins committed in the previous life, otherwise how could we explain all these ill-fates in a logical way?

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