27 September 2006
Alright!
So I just had my steamboat. And then comes the birthday cake! It really would be enthralling, but I expected it to be worse. It happens every year. My mom's constant nagging for perfectionism, and my dad's incessant photo-taking and slow movements *rolls eyes*I thought it would not happen again. Apparently I was wrong.
The happiest moment was the time when I was about to blow the cake. And guess what? I blew all the candles!!! =D Boy! I hope my wishes come true!
Besides a couple of goof-ups here and there which I tried to tolerate, the steamboat was alright and so was the cake. Yummy!
freshrimp put thoughts into writing at 20:53.
Comments? Whisper 'em!
(0 whispered.)
Ecstatic!
First, birthday shoutouts to a few people!
- namely, me!
- Caroline, my "pseudo twin", born on same day, same month, same year and same place! Too bad she's older than me by a few hours!
- Avril Lavigne's (sp?) birthday!
- Google.com! It's celebrating it's birthday today (I think). I was like, how come so special one? Hahaha... >.<
16!
I cannot believe time passes by so fast! It seems like yesterday that I'm still 15 (actually, I really was -.-). At first, I just could not accept the fact that I am about to age another year as there is still so much for me to do. But yea, looking back and reminiscing, so much have happened to me when I was 15 that it had so much so moulded me into a person who you see today.
Am I getting a bit boring? Hahaha! Let's see what has happened! I try to sort these events in chronological order:
- Celebrated my 15th birthday in Thiam Hock restaurant! So it was pretty "attention grabbing"; my parents like let me blow out candles in my birthday cake in front of a packed restaurant =S. Haha!
- I got 7A1s and 1B3 for PMB! Yay! I remembered reading Steven's email who told me the good news. I was overjoyed when I saw the 7A1s, but gasped when I saw my B3 (it was Malay by the way). Still, it was a fantastic result nonetheless.
- Travelled with whole family around SW Australia. The sceneries were breathtaking.
- Counting down to 2006 with my whole family in my home away from home. It was awesome to see the transition of the year from 2005 to 2006 and especially with loved ones.
- Stepped into 4S2 and met loads of people there who are now my friends =D! You guys are awesome! Rock on!
- Made a councillor ;)
- Performed during National Day. It was thrilling and enjoyable despite some setbacks!
- BGIC! I made a few friends there, and made my resolution! It didn't pass though. *chuckle* But they were fun times. Read about it here and here.
- Swapped Add. Maths for Geography.
- Was the emcee for PAIRAMA. Gawd, I can never forget that time when the mic got haywire!
- While updating the Councillors' Notice Board, a glass pane fell on my back nearly injuring me severely. I thank God for protecting me at that day =S. I didn't know how precious and fragile life can be until that day...
- Messed up the KK Presentation thing very badly. Made me realize how much my procrastination had led me astray, even leading feuds. I don't want to recall it, and if you're looking to read the blog about it, save your breath; I deleted it.
- Went to KK for the first time with fellow councillors. I love my roomies Steven, Jia Wei and Michael haha. Oh, did my mention the dirty talk by Jordine and Mable?
- Busy with school-related activities (we councillors are involved) sometime in the middle of the year.
I thank all of my friends who wished me a very happy 16th birthday in the form of blogs, tags and verbally. Thank you all so much for remembering, you guys really made my day! =) Now I really must make an effort in remembering you guys birthdays hahaha! I'm not good with dates though, but I must try my best! If I forgot, remind me =P.
I also thank God for making my life bearable and "fantastic" all this while, and I hope I will always be protected and looked after.
So do I want anything for my 16th birthday? Nah! There isn't anything that I really really want now, and even if I do want a few things, they're all intangible anyway. Hahaha! So what do I really want?
If I could be granted 3 wishes today, (arranged in priority level) I want to break free of procrastination! I want to overcome that nasty quality of mine and set my mindset to reaching my goals. Secondly, I want my sins to be forgiven, so that I don't need to carry the dirty burden on my shoulders anymore. Lastly, I want to further my ability of empathy, so that I can understand the feelings of people even more and be able to try my best to help them if they need it.
I want to have more, but one musn't be greedy about all these things =P! Hyuk, hyuk! So I guess I end my long blog here and later, my family and I will have steamboat together. It's going to be awesome!
I guess I shall end here. Check back later for more blogs by me and Steven! Cheers! ^.^
freshrimp put thoughts into writing at 19:04.
Comments? Whisper 'em!
(0 whispered.)
Goood Dayy!
Amgz, so im here posting. No today isnt any special day, nor is a good day like my post title, im just here for fun. Ok i lied, today is a special day. In fact, today is the birthday of the papa of this site. No, not me, the other one, who always posts and tags all the time? Yea, that one. Remember him well. For on this glorious day 16 years ago, he was born. He should be at home enjoying or going out for dinner to celebrate or something later on. Oh well. Enjoy youself Shim. Happy Birthday!
Steven put thoughts into writing at 18:05.
Comments? Whisper 'em!
(1 whispered.)
25 September 2006
More memes
Instead of studying, I broke my own rule, went online and did asome random quiz. Sigh~ So much for diligence and focus. Here's something interesting for me and all:[EDIT: Apparently, the table got messed up somehow, so I just took Print Screen the table and show it as an image instead]
Take Free Advanced Global Personality Test
personality tests by similarminds.com
The one that really gets my attention is 'Hypersensitivity'. And I got 90%! I mean, seriously, whoever has heard of one who is so sensitive to everything?! Lol! And the prefix 'hyper' is not necessary at all! It's pretty interesting, you guys should try it out!
freshrimp put thoughts into writing at 11:40.
Comments? Whisper 'em!
(0 whispered.)
23 September 2006
How "soy" can one be!
I am so prepped up with energy to study Chemistry and am really looking forward to enthusiastically make sense of oxides, ionic equations and redox reactions. Decipher them and comprehend their inner workings!I've got so much driving force in me to finally get cracking!
And I realised I lent my book to a person named Erik. And he didn't return it back. Of all the days! Damn!
Amboi, nasib saya terlalu sasaklah!
I tried calling him, but only to find out that he's out. Furthermore, there's no school on Monday. My goodness, I would have forgotten all my Chemistry by Tuesday, and my motivation would have dwindled by then. What a killjoy!
F***! It could only have happened at such a good time. *goes bonkers*
freshrimp put thoughts into writing at 16:49.
Comments? Whisper 'em!
(3 whispered.)
20 September 2006
911 Coincidences
This Fwd: mail I received from Luisa Jie Jie creeps me out. It's like as if it's bound to happen! It'll probably go down as one of the most controversial mysteries of all time.This is actually really freaky!! (mainly the end part, but read it
all first)
1) New York City has 11 letters
2) Afghanistan has 11 letters.
3) Ramsin Yuseb (The terrorist who threatened to destroy the Twin Towers in 1993) has 11 letters.
4) George W Bush has 11 letters. This could be a mere coincidence, but this gets more interesting:
1) New York is the 11th state.
2) The first plane crashing against the Twin Towers was flight number 11.
3) Flight 11 was carrying 92 passengers. 9 + 2 = 11
4) Flight 77 which also hit Twin Towers, was carrying 65 passengers. 6+5 = 11
5) The tragedy was on September 11, or 9/11 as it is now known. 9 + 1+ 1 = 11
6) The date is equal to the US emergency services telephone number 911. 9 + 1 + 1 = 11
Sheer coincidence..?! Read on and make up your own mind:
1) The total number of victims inside all the hi-jacked planes was 254. 2 + 5 + 4 = 11.
2) September 11 is day number 254 of the calendar year. Again 2 + 5 + 4 = 11.
3) The Madrid bombing took place on 3/11/2004. 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 4 = 11.
4) The tragedy of Madrid happened 911 days after the Twin Towers incident.
Now this is where things get totally eerie:
The most recognized symbol for the US, after the Stars & Stripes, is the
Eagle. The following verse is taken from the Quran, the Islamic holy
book:
"For it is written that a son of Arabia would awaken a fearsome Eagle.
The
wrath of the Eagle would be felt throughout the lands of Allah while
some
of the people trembled in despair still more rejoiced: for the wrath of
the
Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah and there was peace."
That verse is number 9.11 of the Quran.
unconvinced about all of this Still ..?! Try this and see how you feel
afterwards, it made my hair stand on end:
Open Microsoft Word and do the following:
1. Type in capitals Q33 NY. This is the flight number of the first plane
to
hit one of the Twin Towers.
*
2. Highlight the Q33 NY.
3. Change the font size to 48.
4. Change the actual font to the WINGDINGS
What do you think now?!!
Save your breath guys. I'm going to do that for you. And the WYSIWYG gave me the goosebumps...! Like they say, a picture speaks a thousand words.
freshrimp put thoughts into writing at 18:02.
Comments? Whisper 'em!
(0 whispered.)
Special blog?
Yea, as promised yesterday. But before that, my monitor just stopped working and I have no idea why! I was just about to begin blogging when all of a sudden, my monitor went blank leaving a very baffled and irritated guy. Fortunately, my brother had gone for tuition so I got the opportunity to use his PC and blog. It really spoilt my good day.Today is a nice day. I finally could manage to be awake in class; I was practically dead the whole of yesterday. (I lacked sleep the other night. Just take a look at this blog post I made.) The class, more precisely, "the people at the back" was rather rowdy and hyperactive today though, so it really shatters the atmosphere. Other than that, school was fine and we managed to finish up the Mini Magazine. All there is left to do is to distribute them to the teachers either on Saturday or Monday. *sigh of relief*
Other than that, nothing much really happened. Oh, and I love kidneys hahaha (randomness of the day)! So anyway, what makes this blog special is that I'm going to allow you guys to ASK me questions about me, myself and I and I try to answer them and post them all collectively (Computer students, batch process! =D) in 1 blog post next week. So send in your question(s) to me through comments, tags, chats, emails or ask me personally in school. I shall note it down and check back next week for answers! Mwhahaha...
P.S. Don't ask stupid questions, or you'll really regret it! ;) So send in your questions asap =P!
freshrimp put thoughts into writing at 17:50.
Comments? Whisper 'em!
(0 whispered.)
19 September 2006
Swimming around work
Hi guys! Yea, for those of you curious, I've been busy the whole of yesterday and this morning, mainly because we're (the committee involved) have to finish up the Mini-Magazine, which is basically a booklet full of articles from each class to be distributed to all teachers on Teachers' Day.I cannot believe most of them have failed to turn up their articles on time. It's kind of annoying as our work is held up and we cannot actually do anything until late last night. And some how, the message did not get passed along well, and some thought that since the Teachers' Day celebration is cancelled, so they do not need to do it. So many setbacks, so many delays, and of course, not to mention Murphy's law is wrecking havoc unto my printer again.
I seriously do not want to talk about it for now, take a look at Jia Yean's blog for more details. Yea, I will blog tomorrow definitely. Tomorrow should be a special one hahaha... Tune in tomorrow for more of ... my blogs again!
freshrimp put thoughts into writing at 17:05.
Comments? Whisper 'em!
(0 whispered.)
13 September 2006
Reflections
Hello, and once again my apologies to all as I have not updated this blog for a terribly long time, kind of. Yea... I'm just not in the mood to do so, and I did not receive much inspiration to write too. And this is bad. My writing skills have deproved a lot. My English composition (today's assignment) was written horrendously and it sounds as if a Primary kid has written it. My Malay's even worse. I cannot believe I have forgotten/do not know a lot of words.Let's see. Quite a lot has happened this past 2 to 3 weeks. We had school during the 3rd term holidays (so much of calling it a "holiday") and yea. Hung out more with a couple of friends too. I don't usually do that, I'm not the kind of person you see outside my house. And, it's kind of fun too.
And these past few days, I daydreamt a lot. Seriously, it's distracting. You can be talking to me and all of a sudden, you see me nodding and smiling to myself at something. I've been thinking a lot about myself though, I really have no idea why. And no, I'm not going to post my thoughts here, it's very private, and it can be unbelievably long when put on writing.
Man, I can't believe the End-of-Year exams are coming up real soon, and in about 3 weeks time, everyone will be gruelling over the elite papers. And next year is going to be a tough year for us. More stress piling up. Not sure whether I can handle them all or not.
I will be kind of busy too this coming week. There's Teachers' Day to prepare and also some other councillors' stuff to do. Not to mention juggling the textbooks on a unicycle. Okay, I seriously watched too much cartoon to have such an overactive imagination! Either that, or I'm getting lame.
Pardon me if this post sounds kind of draggy and negative in some parts. I'm really too tired to do a proper blogging. I definitely need more sleep, a lot more than most people.
I shall blog soon when I am up for it and not too tired to do so. Sorry to disappoint with a rather "puny" post though, but no worries, I will blog maybe a lot more in the upcoming holidays. Thanks for reading, and good luck to everyone in your exams. (I thank the taggers too for keeping this site active).
P.S. I'm worrying about something that is COMPLETELY irrational, but I don't know what!
Oh, before I leave, here is a Fwd: mail I received from Luisa Jie Jie. Thanks! Keep on sending okay =), they're really cool! This one's targetted especially to the ladies (it's about ovarian cancer...):
SIGNS OF OVARIAN CANCER
THIS IS A MUST TO READ TO THE END. P L E A S E!
(Guys: pass it on to your lady).
An Eye Opener on Ovarian Cancer.
I hope you all take the time to read this and pass it on to all you
can..
Send this to the women in your life that you care about.
Years ago, Gilda Radner died of ovarian cancer. Her symptoms were
inconclusive, and she was treated for everything under the sun until it
was
too late. This blood test finally identified her illness but alas, too
late. She wrote a book to heighten awareness. Gene Wilder is her
widower
KATHY'S STORY: this is the story of Kathy West
I have Primary Peritoneal Cancer. This cancer has only recently been
identified as its OWN type of cancer, but it is essentially Ovarian
Cancer.
Both types of cancer are diagnosed in the same way, with the "tumor
marker"
CA-125 BLOOD TEST, and they are treated in the same way - surgery to
remove
the primary tumor and then chemotherapy with Taxol and Carboplatin.
Having gone through this ordeal, I want to save others from the same
fate.
That is why I am sending this message to you and hope you will print i
t
and give it or send it via E-mail to everybody you know
One thing I have learned is that each of us must take TOTAL
responsibility
for our own health care. I thought I had done that because I always had
an
annual physical and PAP smear, did a monthly Self-Breast Exam, went to
the
dentist at least twice a year, etc. I even insisted on a sigmoidoscopy
and
a bone density test last year. When I had a total hysterectomy in 1993,
I
thought that I did not have to worry about getting any of the female
reproductive organ cancers.
LITTLE DID I KNOW.
I don't have ovaries (and they were HEALTHY when they were removed),
but I
have what is essentially ovarian cancer Strange, isn't it?
These are just SOME of the things our Doctors never tell us: ONE out
of
every 55 women will get OVARIAN or PRIMARY PERITONEAL CANCER.
The "CLASSIC" symptoms are an ABDOMEN that rather SUDDENLY ENLARGES
and
CONSTIPATION and/or DIARRHEA.
I had these classic symptoms and went to the doctor. Because these
symptoms
seemed to be "abdominal", I went to a gastroenterologist. He ran tests
that
were designed to determine whether there was a bacteria infection;
these
tests were negative, and I was diagnosed with "Irritable Bowel
Syndrome". I
guess I would have accepted this diagnosis had it not been for my
enlarged
abdomen. I swear to you, it looked like I was 4-5 months pregnant! I
therefore insisted on more tests.< /FONT>
They took an X-ray of my abdomen; it was negative. I was again assured
that
I had Irritable Bowel Syndrome and was encouraged to go on my
scheduled
month-long trip to Europe. I couldn't wear any of my slacks or shorts
because I couldn't get them buttoned, and I KNEW something was
radically
wrong. I INSISTED on more tests, and they reluctantly) scheduled me for
a
CT-Scan (just to shut me up, I think). This is what I mean by "taking
charge of our own health care."
The CT-Scan showed a lot of fluid in my abdomen (NOT normal ). Needless
to
say, I had to cancel my trip and have FIVE POUNDS assure you), but
NOTHING
compared to what was ahead of me).
Tests revealed cancer cells in the fluid. Finally, finally, finally,
the
doctor ran a CA-125 blood test, and I was properly diagnosed.
I HAD THE CLASSIC SYMPTOMS FOR OVARIAN CANCER, AND YET THIS SIMPLE
CA-125
BLOOD TEST HAD NEVER BEEN RUN ON ME, not as part of my annual physical
exam
and not when I was symptomatic. This Is an inexpensive and simple
blood
test!
PLEASE, PLEASE TELL ALL YOUR FEMALE FRIENDS AND RELATIVES TO INSIST ON
A
CA-125 BLOOD TEST EVERY YEAR AS PART OF THEIR ANNUAL PHYSICAL EXAMS.
Be forewarned that their doctors might try to talk them out of it,
saying,
IT ISN'T NECESSARY." Believe m e, had I known then what I know now, we
would have caught my cancer much earlier (before it was a stage
3 cancer). Insist on the CA-125 BLOOD TEST; DO NOT take "NO" for an
answer!
The normal range for a CA-125 BLOOD TEST is between zero and 35. MINE
WAS
754. (That's right, 754!). If the number is slightly above 35, you can
have
another done in three or six months and keep a close eye on it, just a
s
women do when they have fibroid tumors or when men have a slightly
elevated
PSA test (Prostatic Specific Antigens) that helps diagnose prostate
cancer.
Having the CA-125 test done annually can alert you early, and that's
the
goal in diagnosing any type of cancer - catching it early.
Do you know 55 women? If so, at least one of them will have this VERY
AGGRESSIVE canc er. Please, go to your doctor and insist on a CA-125
test
and have one EVERY YEAR for the rest of your life.
And forward this message to every woman you know, and tell all of your
female family members and friends. Though the median age for this
cancer is
56, (and, guess what, I'm exactly 56), women as young as 22 have it Age
is
no factor
A NOTE FROM THE RN:
Well, after reading this, I made some calls. I found that the CA-125
test
is an ovarian screening test equivalent to a man's P SA test prostate
screen (which my husband's doctor automatically gives him in his
physical
each year and insurance pays for it). I called the general
practitioner's
office about having the test done. The nurse had never heard of it.
She
told me that she doubted that insurance would pay for it. So I called
Prudential Insurance Co., and got the same response. Never heard of it
- it
won't be covered.
I explained that it was the same as the PSA test they had paid for my
husband for years. After conferring with whomever they confer with,
she
told me that the CA-125 would be covered.
It is $75 in a GP's office and $125 at the GYN's. This is a screening
test
that should be required just like a PAP smear (a PAP smear cannot
detect
problems with your ovaries). And you must insist that your insurance
company pay for it.
Gene Wilder and Pierce Brosnan (his wife had it, too) are lobbying for
women's health issues, saying that this test should be required in our
physicals, just like the PAP and the mammogram
PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO SEND THIS OUT TO ALL THOSE YOU CAN. BE IT MALE
OR
FEMALE, IT SHOULD NOT MATTER, AS THEY CAN FORWARD IT ALSO TO THOSE
LOVED
ONES THEY KNOW.
freshrimp put thoughts into writing at 18:14.
Comments? Whisper 'em!
(2 whispered.)
