Act of God
I dont know where to begin. Where to even start finding for answers.
This has been the disaster that has stabbed me straight in the heart. You know, we often read about floods here and there, hurricanes in the West and other mishaps. But somehow we dont get too emotional about it. Perhaps the magnitude of it aint that big or just because it happens a distant away from our region.
This has truely been the biggest natural disaster I have seen in my lifetime. Almost all the countries that share the Indian Ocean as their coast lines are affected. India, Sri Lanka, Shuling's fauvorite Andaman Islands, Maldives, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmmar and Indonesia.
Singapore is safe. But only at the expense of Indonesia. I was looking at the map and realised that Singapore would have been directly in the path of the waves hadn't it been for Sumatra in the way. I must say our little red dot is very strategically located.
The last time I was so affected by anything was September 11 ,2001. But those were terrorist. Who do be blame here?
I remember looking at my dad's insurance policy and there was a clause about Acts of God and how policies dont cover such calamities.
Ahh..God. I believe in Him. But the thing is, sometimes I dont understand Him. If I could post one comment to Him, I bet it would be this ,"All this isnt very fun you know.'' Why does he play with human emotions? Why does he bring misery to our lives? Why does he behave as the Devil or the villain sometimes?
Yes. People need to die. Thats to balance everything. When its time to go, its time to go. But please, make our exit a little less tragic. A little more humane. Suck the life force out of us or something... but not this.
But in the end....we always come back to God when we need him.
So God, help them all.
pin
Is there someone you want to see right now?
Is there someone you want to see right now?
Destiny is like the Big Dipper.
It always point to one direction.
Meeting someone may mark the start of a breakup and a breakup is the beginning of another meeting.
So, is there someone you want to see right now?
Merry Boxing Day
Christmas came and went. Anyway my Christmas was quite dull, like any other day. The only thing different is that there are better tv shows on and my alley gets chocked with cars because visitors drop in at my neighbours.
Actually the hype before Christmas is nicer. Exciting. A good build up.
Looking forward to New Years Day! Somehow the air smells different and the sun shines different. And its enlightening to see how the date on the morning paper reads 1-1-05.
pin.
Merry Christmas!!!
Joy to the world! It's Christmas time! Had a very great time today... Went out to have lunch at Thai Express (Citylink Mall) with my choir friends today. This is like the 4th or 5th branch of Thai Express which we've visited. Do we really like Thai food so much???
Anyway, did a bit of catching up with our choir senior who came back from Indonesia to visit. Went to the Esplanade, tried the "elevator without cables", and took lots of pictures! Think we look more "tourist" than our senior. Ha ha...
Then went to Raffles Hotel to hear my ex-choir sing! How marvellous... I was completely drowned in their melodious voices. They still sound as good as ever. Heh heh... Also saw a lot of my other seniors who have already started working (yes, I think they should have started work liao... If not, I'd really wonder why... =P). And that made me realise how old I was liao... We have now reached the stage of exchanging name cards and such instead of exchanging phone (or even pager) nos! How amazing...
Then we went to Haagen Daaz at Raffles City. But a pity I din stay for long cos I gotta rush back for Christmas dinner. Heh... Had turkey and ham this year. Quite nice! =)
Perhaps many of you dunno, this Christmas has special significance to me. It's my first year celebrating the festival as a child of God. Watched a musical choreographed by my church 2 days ago... I must say I was very touched when they sang the songs "Go change the world" and "Trust His heart". Was it a message to me that I should do something along that line? Well, maybe. Perhaps.
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16
Loving is Caring
Enjoying life!
well..life's really great now...a good time to relax b4 O&G starts...
for the first time i'm going out everyday during hols..hee...it's like back to the past when i go out everyday in a week with totally different grps of ppl...a lot of frenz ah...heh...now not so many frenz...but still enjoyed myself...hee
went to a xmas party yest..it's fun..shall not tok more bout it...can refer to wendy's blog...went there late coz started cooking late...due to xbox! haha...got a great gift from von...(more than $10)..haha...ok for everyone...my wish is to collect ALL the precious moment figurines...including the 2 BIG ones whenever u enter the shop..so u guys can start giving me precious moment figurines...hee...i wonder how much i have to spend to collect them...$10k? heh...i will try....................
today went out with my vj frenz..i mean the 4 of us...plus von and some of her gfs...it was fun...with ws...we can move ard happily coz he always drives..yeah...we didn't take advantage of him ok..i treated him to a can of Yeo's soya bean drink coz he sent me home all the way from siglap to alexandra rd...haha...
brian bought us a wrist support (for the mouse one)..i got a koala bear...love it! haha..super cute...heh...i love cute things...opps...
ok...that's all for now...hope tm's a fun day...it's XMAS....
opps!
oh my god...i thot it's $10 for any currency...so my gift is RM$10...haha...i'm sure the person is cursing me now...do i sound like i'm kidding? haha....
bought prawns and squids...later gotta go NTUC...hee
super sian now...think i can only rot at home today...life sux...
wateva i did in JB is secret...haha....secrets are meant to be secrets...so...SECRET! cannot say...haha....enjoy hols!
My goodness!
OOPS... Sorry for being such a blur head... Ha ha... Should have realised it's Pin's dad... Hope he's better now anyway...
Anyway, Bin, what did you exactly do in JB that's so exciting and dunno what... Tell us leh... And in any case, the present which you bought must still be 10 SING dollars ok??? Using the current exchange rate of S$1 = M$2.xx, you noe how much the present should be hor? =) Hee...
not my dad!
hey..pin's dad had LBP..not bin's dad..hee..
had an eventful weekend..yeah..went to JB..haha...and it's amazing..Starhub has reception at City Square..a big shopping centre in JB..so managed to sms pin there...haha...well....managed to buy a xmas gift from jb..not bad ah...=) ate food there..and did something very drastic and exciting...haha...."secret"
yest went sentosa...ling's fav place...haha...not to suntan....it was PAP community day...dunno wat the hell it was...anyway..it was super hot...didn't really enjoy myself....
xmas party coming...must think of how to enjoy my hols and prepare the stupid costume..haha...
not my dad!
hey..pin's dad had LBP..not bin's dad..hee..
had an eventful weekend..yeah..went to JB..haha...and it's amazing..Starhub has reception at City Square..a big shopping centre in JB..so managed to sms pin there...haha...well....managed to buy a xmas gift from jb..not bad ah...=) ate food there..and did something very drastic and exciting...haha...."secret"
yest went sentosa...ling's fav place...haha...not to suntan....it was PAP community day...dunno wat the hell it was...anyway..it was super hot...didn't really enjoy myself....
xmas party coming...must think of how to enjoy my hols and prepare the stupid costume..haha...
Placebo effect??
The title explains everything yah... Perhaps a RCT can be carried out to determine its true efficacy. Crap... Hope Bin's dad feels much better now...
Just finished watching the Japanese show on Ch8 at 11pm ("Searchin' for my polestar")... How sad! A meaningful quote from the show:
Why do people so often spend so much time on separations and misunderstandings?
Panadol tak boleh
I did give him lah. Somehow didnt work. Eh...how did you know it was 30 dollars. It was exactly that!
Damn. This X mas party turning out to be a headache. Dunno what to wear and all.
Santa help me.
too rich ah..
eh...u could have just given ur dad panadol...and wait for a day or 2...esp when u were sure he had back strain...instead of giving the GP $30...heh...but anyway...ya got the diagnosis rite...that's great...haha...
Orthopaedics revisited
Wow. My dad is so proud of me. He even said that something worthwhile is coming out of the money he is putting into me education.
Basically he had shifted a big piece of vase from one place to another in an attempt to refurbish the house. I wasnt there to help him. The next morning he started complaining of lower back pain which was made worse on practically any movement he made. He had to stand absolutely straight if not the pain would come to haunt him. He was in extreme distress.
I tried to evaluate the situation. I reconfirmed the time of onset of symptoms after the activity and the manner in which he lifted the object. Once i started asking him if he had pain down in the buttocks and the legs, any numbness or tingling, any weakness or any urinary problems, he was amused and asked me why was i asking him such unrelevant questions when he had back pain! I diagnosed him to have a back strain. He asked me if he needed to see the doctor.
I told him the pain would resolve in a matter of days. But if he wanted faster relieve, then the doctor could give him stronger pain killers for i had access to none. There was nothing more that could be done.
I decided the follow him to our GP to see if I had approached the problem in the right way. True enough, he did exactly what I had done at home. The only thing that he gave besides a cox 2 inhibitor was diazepam to relieve the muscle tension. That did not cross my mind.
I know this is a simple problem and most would tackle it easily. Still, getting acknowlegement from your parents is truely an amazing feeeling. Lets party.
XMAS
goodness..xmas is coming..i'm already in holiday mood but tm still got ENT posting..wat the hell...all my frenz are having fun now...and i have to go to the hosp to clean the patient's ear wax...sigh...
had a superb weekend...a very long weekend all thanx to the premature end of our opthalmo posting...this weekend...i went to orchard 5 times...and none of them i went shopping...either sit down drink and go home...or take photographs...haha
did all my fav activities...which sadly my med frenz don't really like....sigh...played 3 hrs of tennis on sat with my best frenz..then came my house to play pool...haha...i suck at it man...sigh...
and today went to sentosa...my fren told me..."welcome to the real world"...haha...it's true man...the whole world is wearing bikini...having fun without any worries...so cool...although my hand hurts...i still enjoyed playing volleyball..haha..got this CHINESE guy with chest hair..wearing only a swimming trunk and playing volleyball the whole day...how amazing....he must be damn proud of his chest hair...heh....
finally went out with my band frenz...it's so great to see them again...yeah...and took some silly photos.,..featuring me and the angels outside paragon....heh....
life's not so bad after all...there's life other than medicine...haha
