The Ultimate Champion

American Lance Armstrong secured his seventh Tour de France yellow jersey in a 21-day cycling event, held over 144 kilometres from Corbeil-Essonnes to Paris on Sunday 24 Jul 2005. Armstrong, a man diagnosed in 1996 with testicular cancer that had spread to his lungs and brain was not expected to even survive the disease. Yet, he provided a dream finish to an illustrious career that ended on Sunday with his retirement. It was the sort of fairy-tale finish that every sportsperson dreams of and yet, few have managed to achieve.

Armstrong is the ultimate champion and his is a saga of a man who fought the odds, refused to give in to life-threatening adversity and finally pedalled some 3,500 kilometres in 21 days for seven consecutive years, thus setting a record that is unlikely to be matched, leave alone bettered for generations to come.

Le Tour is the most difficult and physical sporting event in the World as the cyclists traverse some of the most challenging and varying terrain anyone could imagine. In the pre-Tour build-up, experts wrote off Armstrong who, for the first time in his career was getting into the race without a single victory in the season. It was thought that the Texan was past his prime and might find the field far too competitive.

At the podium by the finishing line, with kids in hand, this was what he had to say: “The last thing I'll say to the people that don't believe in cycling, the cynics and the sceptics – I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry you can't dream big and I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles, but this is one hell of a race, this is a great sporting event and you should stand around and believe. You should believe in these athletes and you should believe in these people. And I'm a fan of the Tour de France for as long as I live and there are no secrets. This is a hard sporting event, and hard work wins it, so vive la tour forever! Thank you.

Two teardrops were floating down the river.

One teardrop said to the other:

"i’m the teardrop of the girl who loved a guy and lost him. who are you?"

The other teardrop said:

"i’m the teardrop of the guy who regretted letting the girl go..."


what would you do if the person who can make you stop crying is the person who makes you cry?

ANNUAL PHOTO TAKING

Kinda of intersting experience for me today. Since i was the only guy left in the class during the photo taking session (FYI our class only got two guys), we came out alot of funny positions. The formal one which i was surrounded by all the girls, the informal one where i carried Ms Ng like the ending of all thoseAmerican love story movies. Besides that, we also took photos where we lied down in the circle, and Ms Ng stands insides the circle. Oh~ and don't forget the Indian Guru-like positions, eventot our class dun really like erm ****ANS yah =P

Oh well, this week i have been doing my math tutorial (tut18), which i am quite proud of, should give myself a pat on my back. This is the first tutorial in the year 2005 that i have not been copying from yu ting at all =P I shuld mantain this and continue to do my math tutorial with dignity (?)

Kinda of addicted to my bed these days, i have the tendency to slept striagh away after the dinner and then wake up in the morning to realise ITS TIME FOR SCHOOL, so unbelivable right. Maybe sometimes, i just to get away from the real world and indulged myself in the world of fantasy, where there is no liar, no stress, plenty of FUN and TRUE FRIENDS, no hapyocrites, no cheating and no competition, by SLEEPING. oh well~

I am wondering what will I be like in the future if I choose to take up CHINESE study in Local University and then become a CHINESE TEACHER in Singapore. Erm. Yah. I think if I have the choice, i will like to teach in some nieghtbourhood sec. sch, where the students there may not be good and achieve what u expected from them , but at least they are easy to get along with. (Infer?)

Yah, today nearly fed up during the sch. There was one girl in my class saying somehing like : "hey, rmb to gel and stlye ur hair like today from now onwards, it looks better then ur previous UNCLE hairstyle!" I replied: "no" then her face turns black. I know she is giving me a positive feedback, but the way she speaks ah.. really turns me off. I think tt is why ppl say communicaiton skill is important bah. And, I have my own right to choose what i want and what i like to do. I dunnnoe why ppl are so surpise with my look today, just because i rarely make myself look nice in SCHOOL, doesn't mean i have not look nice OUTSIDE the school. Oh well, think i shuld stop being a petty guy and making a big fuss abt it anyway. Of cos, i have to admit tt i am really appreaciate the comments from u all yah. Thankz

Next week is the NAFA IPPT test already, got to practice more and improve on my physical conditions liao. hmmmm =(

MISS the chikcen cultet at the CAFE CARTEl... SLURPZ =) hee hee...

If my path has been smooth, I would not have learnt as much. Once i thought my path had ended. Now i see it's just a begining.

或许是生活压力大，工作太忙碌，总之我们有太多借口让自己天天愁眉苦脸，而很多时候不经意也将这些不愉快传染给身边的人。最糟的是，往往是最靠近自己身边的人受自己的气越深。因为我们常常理所当然认为最亲密的朋友，因该对自己最宽容，所以任意生气。

sometimes it feels no one understands

i don't even know why i do the things i do

when pride builds me up till i can't see my soul

will you break down these walls and pull me through

when satan mocks and friends turn to foes

it feel like everything is out to make me lose control

cause it's a long long journey

till i find my way home to you

-very tired ler.

all we did, was not to give up.

LEXICON

Alamak : Expression of surprise, annoyance or incredulity

Buay tahan : Cannot be endured

Buy home : Takeaway

Chin chye : Slipshod, easy going

Half-past-six : Slipshod

Hoot : Beat

Makan : Eat

Obiang : Excruciatingly tasteless

Paiseh : Shy

Sar bo : Sabotage

Shiok : Inexpressibly delivious or enjoyable

Susah : Difficult

Ta pau : Takeaway

Wayang : Drama, to put on an emotional display

On March 23, 1994....... the medical examiner viewed the body of Ronald Opus, and concluded that he died from a shotgun wound to the head. Mr.Opus had jumped from the top of a ten-story building intending to commit suicide..

He left a note to the effect indicating his despondency. As he fell past the ninth floor, his life was interrupted by a shotgun blast passing through a window, which killed him instantly.

Neither the shooter nor the deceased was aware that a safety net had been installed just below the eighth floor level to protect some building workers and that Ronald Opus would not have been able to complete his suicide the way he had planned.

"Ordinarily," Dr Mills continued, "Someone who sets out to commit suicide and ultimately succeeds, even though the chanism might not be what he intended, is still defined as committing suicide." That Mr.Opus was shot on the way to certain death, but probably would not have been successful because of the safety net, caused the medical examiner to feel that he had a homicide on his hands.

The room on the ninth floor, where the shotgun blast emanated, was occupied by an elderly man and his wife. They were arguing vigorously, and he wasthreatening her with a shotgun!

The man was so upset that when he pulled the trigger, he completely missed his wife, and the pellets went through the window, striking Mr. Opus.When one intends to kill subject"A" but kills subject "B" in the attempt, one is guilty of the murder ofsubject "B."

When confronted with the murder charge, the old man and his wife were both adamant, and both said that they thought the shotgun was not loaded. The old man said it was a long-standing habit to threaten his wife with the unloaded shotgun. He had no intention to murder her. Therefore the killing of Mr. Opus appeared to be an accident; that is, assuming the gun had beenaccidentally loaded.

The continuing investigation turned up a witness who saw the old couple's son loading the shotgun about six weeks prior to the fatal accident..

It transpired that the old lady had cut off her son's financial support and the son, knowing the propensity of his father to use the shotgun threateningly, loaded the gun with the expectation that his father wouldshoot his mother.

Since the loa der of the gun was aware of this, he was guilty of the murder even though he didn't actually pull the trigger. The case now becomes one of murder on the part of the son for the death of Ronald Opus.Now comes the exquisite twist...

Further investigation revealed that the son was, in fact, Ronald Opus. He had become increasingly despondent over the failure of his attempt to engineer his mother's murder. This led him to jump off the ten-story building on March 23rd, only to be killed by ashotgun blast passing through the ninth story window.

The son, Ronald Opus, had actually murdered himself. So the medical examiner closed the case as a suicide.

A true story from Associated Press, (Reported by Kurt Westervelt)

hahhha, this post is in chiense, so i think zhao yi will complain again bah =P paiseh lah..

儿时，小男孩家很穷，吃饭时，饭常常不够吃，母亲就把自己碗里的饭分给孩子吃。母亲说，孩子们，快吃吧，我不饿！——母亲撒的第一个谎。

男孩长身体的时候，勤劳的母亲常用周日休息时间去县郊农村河沟里捞些鱼来给孩子们补钙。鱼很好吃，鱼汤也很鲜。孩子们吃鱼的时候，母亲就在一旁啃鱼骨头，用舌头舔鱼骨头上的肉渍。男孩心疼，就把自己碗里的鱼夹到母亲碗里，请母亲吃鱼。母亲不吃，母亲又用筷子把鱼夹回男孩的碗里。母亲说，孩子，快吃吧，我不爱吃鱼！——母亲撒的第二个谎。

上初中了，为了缴够男孩和哥姐的学费，当缝纫工的母亲就去居委会领些火柴盒拿回家来，晚上糊了挣点分分钱补点家用。有个冬天，男孩半夜醒来，看到母亲还躬着身子在油灯下糊火柴盒。男孩说，母亲，睡了吧，明早您还要上班呢。母亲笑笑，说，孩子，快睡吧，我不困！——母亲撒的第三个谎。

高考那年，母亲请了假天天站在考点门口为参加高考的男孩助阵。时逢盛夏，烈日当头，固执的母亲在烈日下一站就是几个小时。考试结束的铃声响了，母亲迎上去递过一杯用罐头瓶泡好的浓茶叮嘱孩子喝了，茶亦浓，情更浓。望着母亲干裂的嘴唇和满头的汗珠，男孩将手中的罐头瓶反递过去请母亲喝。母亲说，孩子，快喝吧，我不渴！——母亲撒的第四个谎。

父亲病逝之后，母亲又当爹又当娘，*着自己在缝纫社里那点微薄收入含辛茹苦拉扯着几个孩子，供他们念书，日子过得苦不堪言。胡同路口电线杆下修表的李叔叔知道后，大事小事就找岔过来打个帮手，搬搬煤，挑挑水，送些钱粮来帮补男孩的家里。人非草木，孰能无情。左邻右舍对此看在眼里，记在心里，都劝母亲再嫁，何必苦了自己。然而母亲多年来却守身如玉，始终不嫁，别人再劝，母亲也断然不听，母亲说，我不爱！——母亲撒的第五个谎。

男孩和她的哥姐大学毕业参加工作后，下了岗的母亲就在附近农贸市场摆了个小摊维持生活。身在外地工作的孩子们知道后就常常寄钱回来补贴母亲，母亲坚决不要，并将钱退了回去。母亲说，我有钱！——母亲撒的第六个谎。

男孩留校任教两年，后又考取了美国一所名牌大学的博士生，毕业后留在美国一家科研机构工作，待遇相当丰厚，条件好了，身在异国的男孩想把母亲接来享享清福却被老人回绝了。母亲说，我不习惯！——母亲撒的第七个谎。

晚年，母亲患了胃癌，住进了医院，远在大西洋彼岸的男孩乘飞机赶回来时，术后的母亲已是奄奄一息了。母亲老了，望着被病魔折磨得死去活来的母亲，男孩悲痛欲绝，潸然泪下。母亲却说，孩子，别哭，我不疼。——母亲撒的第八个谎。

I'm sure everyone knows about the recent NKF scandal that rages everyone. I was quite disappointed at NKF myself. I mean, even though I know they are not exactly that ideally charitable (since I worked there for the internship), I didn't know that they are so horribly non-charitable!

I just read somewhere that only a miserable 55% of the fund they receive goes to the patients. The rest goes to the operational costs, including the CEO's huge salary! This is laughable compared to the 95% of the American Kidney Fund (AKF) which has similar revenues as the NKF!

He's very arrogant for one and he sure is cunning! He will use different sorts of cunning ways to sack staffs that he no longer want to keep! He conducts "training sessions" every monday and saturday and through these sessions, he will teach staffs how to use ways and methods to make people part with their money! All the staff have to attend his training and I even remember one incident when he gave an account of how he made the CEO of BelAir to donate a huge sum of money to them. He was damn proud of his cunning method and encouraged everyone to learn from him! NKF also has these medic vans that are suppose to transport the patients.

BUT

As a GP student, we must balance our view points. There is something made me feel more disgusted.

Read from the newspaper, there was one guy (uncle), chiong to the NKF building to ask for his refunds for the two charity calls that he has made (1900-112-6868), $12, once he heard the NKF incident. He annoyed me, not because he calimed his money back; he annoyed me, because he only make ONE call, not TWO call. what's the difference between HE and the NKF's CEO then? since both parties are "cheating" money for their own good. diaoz~ (chen huo da jie)

Exhausted...

My mind is empty so does my soul now...

Breath...

I need a space...

Ponder...

I am lost....

Oh well, my GP failed by 0.5 mark, and then my Econ failed by 2 marks. Forget about the Math, since it was horrendous. I am not going to beg for any mark, is not so much about the dignity that I have.. Is just tt... I really got to work for my marks, I rather earn it by my own efforts then beg for it.



PS. I am wondering who is XY also, hmmmm, any idea ?

HOTEL RWANDAN


The Rwandan genocide was the organized muder of up to one million Rwandans in 1994. It is commonly protrated as an eruption of ethnic conflict in which milies of the Hutu ethnic majority, with the connicance ofthe Hutu dominated goverment, attempted to carry out an ethnic cleasnsing of the minority Tutsis, and of Hutu modeates who opposed the genocide. Despite warnings before and intellgience during the genocide about the scale of the violence, the UN declined to take postive acitons. The Failure to act became the focus of bitter recrmination towards the policymaker of the UN, the France and USA.

The genocide ended when a Tutsi Rwandese Patriotic Army The Rwandese Patriotic Front (sometimes referred to as the Rwandan Patriotic Front, abbreviated as RPF) is the current ruling political party of Rwanda, led by President Paul Kagame. It governs in a coalition with other parties.The RPF was founded in 1985 in Uganda. Tutsi refugees from Rwanda had helped overthrow the dictatorship of Milton Obote, but locals resented the presence of the Tutsis in the new Ugandan army.

最初的夢想(韩剧大长今片头曲)(新歌)
作词：姚若龙 作曲：中岛美雪

如果驕傲沒被現實大海冷冷拍響
又怎會懂得要多努力才走得到遠方
如果夢想不曾墜落懸崖前據一方
又怎會曉得執著的人也有隱形翅膀
把眼淚種在心上　
會開出勇敢的花
可以在疲憊的時光　
閉上眼睛聞到一種芬芳
就像好好睡了一夜直到天亮
有人邊走著邊哼著歌用輕快的步伐
沮喪時總會明顯感到孤獨的重量
多渴望懂得的人給些溫暖借個肩膀
很放心一路上我們的默契那麼長
穿過風　又繞個彎　
心還戀著像往常一樣
最初的夢想緊握在手上　
最想要去的地方
怎麼能在半路就返航
最初的夢想絕對會到達
實現了整個渴望
才能夠算到過了天堂
Repeat Once
最初的夢想絕對會到達　
實現了整個渴望
才能夠算到過了天堂

A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. Duringsome point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE."

They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him. After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE."

The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone. Why?" The other friend replied: "When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it."

LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE.

They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to forget them.

The higher the stakes, the higher the rewards, the hihger the level you situate at. I have always had that. i think that's the mental part of the challenge. I love to hear people say they doubt me. That's something that has always driven me. You tell me I can't do something, and that's what I am goign to try to do.


LET'S WAIT AND SEE....

单身是领悟

恋爱是失误

分手是觉悟

结婚是错误

离婚是醒悟

在婚是执迷不悟

没有情人是废物

情人多了是动物

was chatting to yang while walking on the street just now.

then we talked abt the racist stuffs.

he said tt : "I am not a racist..... BUT i just hate Indians"

>_<"

I burst out into luagher non-stop for nearly 5 mins

Anyway currently he is working for a boss who happens to be an Indians.

and it also happens tt his indians boss is very slow and reluncatnt in giving payment to him.

so oh well... lolx.. good luck to both of them =P

hahhhha, and anybody out there can teach me how to use Pisaca to upload pictures into my blog? heee..