Wednesday, July 27, 2005
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.
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.
Thursday, July 21, 2005
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
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)
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)
Sunday, July 17, 2005
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。
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。
Saturday, July 16, 2005
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)
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)
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