I drove my mom to a traditional massage the other day because her body has been feeling uneasy. The masseuse is a dear friend of her. While waiting for my mum to finish, I played JetPack on my phone to kill time. I don't know if you know this game but I have been so attached to this game lately. Lol.
I don't really like traditional massage. Oh well, there's a story behind it. There was this one time, I injured my ankle from a Netball game and couldn't walk properly after. My mum brought me to this one traditional massage to help me ease the pain. Turned out, it didn't help at all but add more pain to it. Err, probably because I didn't lie down straight when she was massaging me. Well hello, my ankle was already in a terrible pain and how do you expect me to sit straight while somebody firmly pinching all over my foot? At least have some courtesy to drug me to sleep first.
Anyway, back to my mom's story. The masseuse, I call her Kak Rose. After 50 mins of massage, my mom finally done. I saw Kak Rose helped my mom to get up. So nice getting a massage that she needed help to get up now -__- Kak Rose looked at me, I smiled at her ...
"Okay, your turn. Take your clothes off."
My phone almost slipped from my hands! My JetPack ... game over.
" What now? "
" Massage la. Take your clothes off. "
" I never said I wanted a massage?! "
" I know. Your mom asked me to massage you too. She said you never get yourself a full body massage. "
"Whattttt .. No I don't need a massage .. No way .. Its so painful. "
When my mom heard me, " You never get yourself massaged, you don't know how important these traditional massages to your body bla bla bla you are only 23 bla bla bla if you don't take care of your body starting now you are gonna look like a 40 year old in 5 years time bla bla bla .. "
Oh god. What did I do now ..
" You don't believe me, you wait and see. By that time, you wish you would have listened to me bla bla bla You don't take care of your health bla bla bla you don't eat vegetables haaa vegetables, I keep telling you the importance of this vege in your diet but you don't listen bla bla bla"
Now you see how my mom change the topic from massage to vegetables .. I give up ..
" Okay Mom, look. I'm taking off my baju now "
I made Kak Rose promise not to be so hard on me. I lied down .. here we go ... Kak Rose started with my feet, it tickled me a lil bit, then Kak Rose going up to my calf ..... that's the very second I regret that I agreed with my mom. I couldn't shut my mouth up, it hurts so bad. I could feel warm water falling through my cheek.
" Are you crying? " Kak Rose asked.
" No .. sobs sobs , can we stop now? This is so painful " More tears falling through my cheeks.
No, that's not the end. Not. Yet.
I feel a bit relieved when she was massaging my back. The pain there was bearable. I thought I was almost done but no .. she lay her hands on my stomach, asked me to stay calm, not to hold my breath, relax my stomach muscle. Oh my god, what is she gonna do to me now .. she pressed my stomach in really hard, slowly pushed it up, now if you have to know, was the loudest scream of the day. Worst of the worst. I couldn't stand the pain that I had to push her hand away of my stomach. She said this is the most important part of the massage that women's uterus (rahim) needs to be lifted up. Then, she tried again but half way, I just couldn't bear the pain. The 3rd attempt, my mom had to hold my legs so that I won't move my butt, .. so mean .. but still, half way through, I couldn't take it anymore.
Seriously, how do you people do it? I know this kind of traditional massage is important to a girl but how do you stand the pain? how? HOW?!
Sigh. So hard to be a woman.
Wait ... does this mean I have been walking around with my uterus not in place? Gulp!
"Okay, your turn. Take your clothes off."
My phone almost slipped from my hands! My JetPack ... game over.
" What now? "
" Massage la. Take your clothes off. "
" I never said I wanted a massage?! "
" I know. Your mom asked me to massage you too. She said you never get yourself a full body massage. "
"Whattttt .. No I don't need a massage .. No way .. Its so painful. "
When my mom heard me, " You never get yourself massaged, you don't know how important these traditional massages to your body bla bla bla you are only 23 bla bla bla if you don't take care of your body starting now you are gonna look like a 40 year old in 5 years time bla bla bla .. "
Oh god. What did I do now ..
" You don't believe me, you wait and see. By that time, you wish you would have listened to me bla bla bla You don't take care of your health bla bla bla you don't eat vegetables haaa vegetables, I keep telling you the importance of this vege in your diet but you don't listen bla bla bla"
Now you see how my mom change the topic from massage to vegetables .. I give up ..
" Okay Mom, look. I'm taking off my baju now "
I made Kak Rose promise not to be so hard on me. I lied down .. here we go ... Kak Rose started with my feet, it tickled me a lil bit, then Kak Rose going up to my calf ..... that's the very second I regret that I agreed with my mom. I couldn't shut my mouth up, it hurts so bad. I could feel warm water falling through my cheek.
" Are you crying? " Kak Rose asked.
" No .. sobs sobs , can we stop now? This is so painful " More tears falling through my cheeks.
No, that's not the end. Not. Yet.
I feel a bit relieved when she was massaging my back. The pain there was bearable. I thought I was almost done but no .. she lay her hands on my stomach, asked me to stay calm, not to hold my breath, relax my stomach muscle. Oh my god, what is she gonna do to me now .. she pressed my stomach in really hard, slowly pushed it up, now if you have to know, was the loudest scream of the day. Worst of the worst. I couldn't stand the pain that I had to push her hand away of my stomach. She said this is the most important part of the massage that women's uterus (rahim) needs to be lifted up. Then, she tried again but half way, I just couldn't bear the pain. The 3rd attempt, my mom had to hold my legs so that I won't move my butt, .. so mean .. but still, half way through, I couldn't take it anymore.
Seriously, how do you people do it? I know this kind of traditional massage is important to a girl but how do you stand the pain? how? HOW?!
Sigh. So hard to be a woman.
Wait ... does this mean I have been walking around with my uterus not in place? Gulp!
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