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May 20, 2005
May 19, 2005
May 18, 2005
Today is gonna be a ultra long day for me.. Have to submit a quotation by todae midnite.. Then this stoopid agents in hong kong all uncontactable.. they are play me out ahhh .. i supposedly to get some hotel packages from them since yesterday nite.. but till now 3+++ liaos still no one email me one... seow liaos la.. really must work till midnite lo
then got one lousy group of 200++ persons supposedly moving off this sat yet till now at this poitn in time still has not submitted any name list to me yet.. wah lau eh.. how to work.. then still very the ngeo one.. wanna haggle haggle haggle.. i like this how to go on off tomolo... sigh
then this MFA tomolo wants to meet me up... seow liao la.. i push his appt from 9am to 12noon liaos.. otherwise i cannot wake up how.. anyways i tink tomolo is gonna be a full workin day for me as well.. buay tahanz..
ARGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
ok... enuff of rantin..
Play this game.. hahaha .. very shiok.. literally club your way thru to the end
this game was intro-ed to me by some forum pple.. very nice
then got one lousy group of 200++ persons supposedly moving off this sat yet till now at this poitn in time still has not submitted any name list to me yet.. wah lau eh.. how to work.. then still very the ngeo one.. wanna haggle haggle haggle.. i like this how to go on off tomolo... sigh
then this MFA tomolo wants to meet me up... seow liao la.. i push his appt from 9am to 12noon liaos.. otherwise i cannot wake up how.. anyways i tink tomolo is gonna be a full workin day for me as well.. buay tahanz..
ARGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
ok... enuff of rantin..
Play this game.. hahaha .. very shiok.. literally club your way thru to the end
this game was intro-ed to me by some forum pple.. very nice
May 17, 2005
Kylie Minogue diagnosed with breast cancer: Australian promoter
SYDNEY: Australian pop star Kylie Minogue has been diagnosed with breast cancer, prompting her to cancel her current tour, her Australian touring company said Tuesday.
"Frontier Touring Company... confirmed that Kylie's tour has been postponed due to health reasons," the company said in a statement.
"Whilst at home in Melbourne with her family this week... Kylie was diagnosed with early (stage) breast cancer," the statement said.
"She will undergo immediate treatment and consequently her Australian tour will not be able to proceed as planned."
Minogue was said to be disappointed at having to postpone the shows.
"I was so looking forward to bringing the Showgirl tour to Australian audiences, and am sorry to have to disappoint my fans. Nevertheless hopefully all will work out fine and I'll be back with you all again soon," she was quoted as saying in the statement.
- AFP/il
Copyright © 2005 MCN International Pte Ltd
SYDNEY: Australian pop star Kylie Minogue has been diagnosed with breast cancer, prompting her to cancel her current tour, her Australian touring company said Tuesday.
"Frontier Touring Company... confirmed that Kylie's tour has been postponed due to health reasons," the company said in a statement.
"Whilst at home in Melbourne with her family this week... Kylie was diagnosed with early (stage) breast cancer," the statement said.
"She will undergo immediate treatment and consequently her Australian tour will not be able to proceed as planned."
Minogue was said to be disappointed at having to postpone the shows.
"I was so looking forward to bringing the Showgirl tour to Australian audiences, and am sorry to have to disappoint my fans. Nevertheless hopefully all will work out fine and I'll be back with you all again soon," she was quoted as saying in the statement.
- AFP/il
Copyright © 2005 MCN International Pte Ltd
CARING FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA
Dementia a progressive brain dysfunction, leads to a gradually increasing restriction of daily activities. The most well-known type of dementia is Alzheimer's disease. Dementia not only affects patients, but also those surrounding them, as most patients require care in the long-term.
Tips for dealing with dementia sufferers
The basis of the relationship is the absolute and unconditional esteem for the patient, the love for him/her, the struggle for the acceptance of this person with his/her illness. This emotionally dedicated esteem has to be constantly renewed even in crisis situations and does not go without saying. Acceptance of the patient and the situation also means setting limits, taking responsibility and leadership, providing orientation. It is, however, necessary to react to their behaviour in an adult manner and not to embarrass the patient.
You will not succeed without empathy in gaining access to the inner frame of perception and behaviour, in understanding the emotions and feelings of the patient. If the efforts to understand wane, there is a risk that people with dementia become objects of nursing and disappear as a person. There are limits here as well: we cannot understand everything and there is not a convenient theory for every anomaly of behaviour. One must try to accept this as well, to accept what cannot be understood.
Sincerity and truthfulness substantiate sensitive understanding and esteem. One has to be completely genuine provided this does not harm or hurt the patient. Pretending to have more esteem than one really feels undermines relationships. One reacts false using friendly facades, ambiguity, artificial role play, emotionally shallow encounters. People with dementia notice this and reject or retreat - caring for people with dementia means to make your own self available, the whole range of your ability for affection.
It is important to understand the inner world of the care receivers, to foresee their plans, to supplement and to enable again and again a small feeling of success. Behave like a tennis coach who plays the ball to a pupil in a way that he can return it.
Create a reliable daily routine with small rituals (from washing hands, saying prayers, preparing food, cleaning and singing to a little dancing before bedtime). Activate the patient in the framework of this routine without too little or too much demand. Existing capabilities should be used if possible because self-esteem relies on their use. Discreetly link into former habits, weave in memories, give the patient things to hold which represent parts of his/her life (christening candle, child's hat, wedding veil). Remember that the focus is always on the experience and not on the result. Feeling good preserves the feeling of being a person.
As the disease progresses, the body very much becomes the focus. Physical closeness, touching hands, gestures and eye contact, firm grip of the other with your own body, showing your own feelings creates a warm sense of security, closeness and comfort.
Try to communicate attentive calmness: allow unusual behaviour, reduce your rejection of bizarre behaviour and take care that your relative does not endanger himself. Resist the impulse to intervene and ask yourself from time to time what is the meaning of a particular type of behaviour and what 'pleasure' is behind it.
Obtain relief for yourself. People are not made to constantly carry such loads on their own. Take care of your own body, your relationships and interests and get outside help in time. The sooner you accept help, the longer you can be a partner to the person with dementia.
Tips for dealing with dementia sufferers
The basis of the relationship is the absolute and unconditional esteem for the patient, the love for him/her, the struggle for the acceptance of this person with his/her illness. This emotionally dedicated esteem has to be constantly renewed even in crisis situations and does not go without saying. Acceptance of the patient and the situation also means setting limits, taking responsibility and leadership, providing orientation. It is, however, necessary to react to their behaviour in an adult manner and not to embarrass the patient.
You will not succeed without empathy in gaining access to the inner frame of perception and behaviour, in understanding the emotions and feelings of the patient. If the efforts to understand wane, there is a risk that people with dementia become objects of nursing and disappear as a person. There are limits here as well: we cannot understand everything and there is not a convenient theory for every anomaly of behaviour. One must try to accept this as well, to accept what cannot be understood.
Sincerity and truthfulness substantiate sensitive understanding and esteem. One has to be completely genuine provided this does not harm or hurt the patient. Pretending to have more esteem than one really feels undermines relationships. One reacts false using friendly facades, ambiguity, artificial role play, emotionally shallow encounters. People with dementia notice this and reject or retreat - caring for people with dementia means to make your own self available, the whole range of your ability for affection.
It is important to understand the inner world of the care receivers, to foresee their plans, to supplement and to enable again and again a small feeling of success. Behave like a tennis coach who plays the ball to a pupil in a way that he can return it.
Create a reliable daily routine with small rituals (from washing hands, saying prayers, preparing food, cleaning and singing to a little dancing before bedtime). Activate the patient in the framework of this routine without too little or too much demand. Existing capabilities should be used if possible because self-esteem relies on their use. Discreetly link into former habits, weave in memories, give the patient things to hold which represent parts of his/her life (christening candle, child's hat, wedding veil). Remember that the focus is always on the experience and not on the result. Feeling good preserves the feeling of being a person.
As the disease progresses, the body very much becomes the focus. Physical closeness, touching hands, gestures and eye contact, firm grip of the other with your own body, showing your own feelings creates a warm sense of security, closeness and comfort.
Try to communicate attentive calmness: allow unusual behaviour, reduce your rejection of bizarre behaviour and take care that your relative does not endanger himself. Resist the impulse to intervene and ask yourself from time to time what is the meaning of a particular type of behaviour and what 'pleasure' is behind it.
Obtain relief for yourself. People are not made to constantly carry such loads on their own. Take care of your own body, your relationships and interests and get outside help in time. The sooner you accept help, the longer you can be a partner to the person with dementia.
60 Signs you've been in Singapore too long
60 signs you've been in Singapore too long, especially if you come from a Western country :
1. You know that "cum" means something completely different from what you originally thought.
2. You've lost your sense of irony, sarcasm, and cynicism.
3. You don't know what's lame and what isn't anymore.
4. You think there's nothing wrong with putting chilli sauce on everything you eat.
5. You wait for instructions from people in authority before doing anything. Always.
6. You join queues without knowing or caring what the queue is for.
7. You know what "queue" means!!
8. You can type an SMS on your phone as quickly as you would if you had a regular keyboard.
9. Your idea of a good night out consists of having dinner at a hawker centre, drinking beer, and then going to another hawker centre and eating again.
10. You've lost your ability to criticize people in higher positions than you, even if they're wrong.
11. You would buy a $20 product you don't need if it's on sale for $10 just to save the money.
12. You forget to say the last consonant in words like "faCT", "aTE",etc.
13. You think it's okay to have only one meaningful choice on a ballot.
14. Every task you take on and every group you form is incomplete without a mission statement and a cheesy slogan.
15. You think that in a country where young people have little privacy, pornography is completely banned, music and movies are censored, students of the opposite sex in a dorm can't stay in the same room without open doors, and everyone works so much, that people should still want to get laid.
16. "Crossing the country" means taking the MRT to the end of the line.
17. You don't just know what "kiasu" means, you have become it!
18. You think that corn and beans are dessert foods.
19. You would cross the entire country all day to find the places that make the perfect fried noodles, or roti prata, or ice kacang, or chili crab. And none of these places would be close to each other.
20. You have a high tolerance for nagging.
21. Most or all of these acronyms make sense to you: NUS; NTU; ERP; SDU; PAP; MRT; LKY; GCT; PRC; TIBS; SBS; SMS; JB; JBJ; AMK; AYE; PIE; ECP; ISD; ISA; 5 C's; CPF; CHIJMES; SPG; CWO.
22. You use too many acronyms when you talk, or you create new ones.
23. You think that nothing makes a girl or guy more attractive than to dress exactly like hundreds of thousands of other girls and guys who all dress exactly like girls and guys in malls.
24. You think that $100,000 is a reasonable price for a Toyota Corolla and $1,000,000 is a reasonable price for a bungalow, but $5 for a plate of fried noodles is a barbarous outrage.
25. You believe that not being able to get decent roti prata outside Singapore is enough to keep the best and the brightest people from leaving.
26. You see nothing wrong with forming committees of select elite people to deliberate and study ways to stimulate creativity and spontaneity.
27. You justify every argument with the phrase "in order for us to be competitive in the 21st century".
28. You think everything should be "topped up".
29. You have a naive belief that the war against ants will somehow be won.
30. You don't think any dish of Western food is complete without baked beans.
31. You see nothing unusual about an organization of trade unions spending more time owning and operating supermarkets, drugstores, amusement parks, nightclubs, and financial services outlets than planning the next strike.
32. You believe that a lack of land is enough justification for the goverment to do what it wants.
33. You wear winter clothes indoors and summer clothes outdoors.
34. Durian and belachan no longer stink to you.
35. You like to have fun, but not too much fun, since you need to correctly gauge the amount of fun necessary to achieve the optimal result. Any more fun that that would bring shame to your family and your country.
36. Seven french fries with lunch are more than enough for you.
37. You forgot what a city organized around a grid looks like.
38. In a country where people use smart cards for public transit, you have no problem with construction workers riding in the open backs of pickup trucks.
39. You think paying $50 for a bottle of booze that costs $15 at home is a bargain.
40. You're not confused by a street naming system that locates streets like Clementi Road, Clementi Street, Clementi Crescent, Clementi Lane, Clementi Drive, Clementi Way, and Clementi Avenues 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 all within walking distance of each other.
41. You think that skinny girls and guys are the most attractive of all. (How did they get so skinny in the first place?? Do you know how much oil is in nasi lemak, char kuay teow, duck rice, and your average curry?? )
42. You get irritated if you don't see a sign telling you how long your wait's going to be for a bus, a train, or the expressway to take you where you want to go.
43. You're certain that Holland Village is for hippie bohemian artist types and not overpaid yuppies.
44. When you cross the border into Malaysia, you automatically and deeply fear for your life and your wallet. Especially your wallet!!
45. You think that no vegetable should ever be eaten raw for any reason. Except for cucumbers.
46. No matter what you're doing at the moment, you'd rather be shopping.
47. No matter how miserable you may be here, you thank God you're not in Indonesia.
48. You're impressed by high-rise apartment buildings with actual lobbies instead of bare exposed pillars on the ground floor.
49. You don't have a problem with four different direct payment systems spread out over seven different cards in your wallet.
50. You forgot what chewing gum tastes like.
51. You say "handphone", not "cellphone" And you think there's no such thing as a handphone that's too thin.
52. You're not bothered by the fact that government cares whether you know how to use a toilet or urinal correctly. (People squatting on toilet bowls? What the...???--ed.)
53. You're sure that the best way to change social behaviour is through consistent and comprehensive government-sponsored campaigns that permeate as many aspects of daily life as possible. And when they don't work, you never speak of them again.
54. You think chicken floss, corn, mayonnaise, and tandoori spices are proper pizza toppings.
55. You agree that what the government thinks of your personal habits and lifestyle should determine whether you get a condo and how much you pay for it.
56. You've become a fan of either Arsenal, Man. U., or Liverpool when you barely knew what soccer was before you came to Singapore. And you don't care that none of these teams are Singaporean!
57. You think a bus is incomplete without a TV.
58. You accept that expressways here are cleaner than toilets rather than the other way around.
59. You know why this list needs the following disclaimer:
"This list is intended only as an amusing, light-hearted, and exaggerated look at life in Singapore and is not meant to be taken seriously. There is no intention on the part of the author of this list to make any untrue, misleading, or defamatory statements concerning any person in particular, nor to make any statement intended to cause offense. If any such offense has been caused, the author apologizes and retracts the offending statement. In any event, the author's NOT WORTH SUING, so don't trouble yourself."
60. You understand everything on this list!!
Today's a kinda sad day for me la...
Went out early in the mornin as usual for a early meeting in shenton way..
Then got a call form my mum that my dad is warded at TTSH.. i was tinkin why sia.. he go bash sum1 up issit..
My mum say he was shoutin alot today mornin and tink he irked some neighbours.. and they decided to do it.. so guess he was cautioned.. then somemore he today got medical appt with his doctor..
sigh... anyway i rush to hospital already 12++ .. then saw him being admited.. nurse told me he would be bound up if he shows any tnge of violence.. i was tinkin, you might as well cage him up...
I ended up the whole day at hospital.. din work at all TODAY..
at nite aso cannot sleep much coz feeling lousy over ny dad issue
Went out early in the mornin as usual for a early meeting in shenton way..
Then got a call form my mum that my dad is warded at TTSH.. i was tinkin why sia.. he go bash sum1 up issit..
My mum say he was shoutin alot today mornin and tink he irked some neighbours.. and they decided to do it.. so guess he was cautioned.. then somemore he today got medical appt with his doctor..
sigh... anyway i rush to hospital already 12++ .. then saw him being admited.. nurse told me he would be bound up if he shows any tnge of violence.. i was tinkin, you might as well cage him up...
I ended up the whole day at hospital.. din work at all TODAY..
at nite aso cannot sleep much coz feeling lousy over ny dad issue
May 16, 2005
Been an eventful day...
Today woke up at 10am.. same thing la.. arose to my dad's shouting
sigh.. sumtimes tinkin when will all these end.. or rather when will i end...hahaha
then went for mornin devotion.. last 5mins...hahaha
then went into service lor..
aso wanted to sleep abit b4 service.. then swee swee the band got 15mins of rest.. so gatehred ard talk some nonsense as usual..Wahaha
Afternoon spent some good time catching up with jacob and jeremy and jiahao & jason.. hmm interestin eh.. all names start with 'J's
Evenin time the gang celebrated my birthday at Cafe Cartel...hahaha
By the time i reach hoem already 10plus liaos...
Fell asleep while watching survival sunday EPL
Today woke up at 10am.. same thing la.. arose to my dad's shouting
sigh.. sumtimes tinkin when will all these end.. or rather when will i end...hahaha
then went for mornin devotion.. last 5mins...hahaha
then went into service lor..
aso wanted to sleep abit b4 service.. then swee swee the band got 15mins of rest.. so gatehred ard talk some nonsense as usual..Wahaha
Afternoon spent some good time catching up with jacob and jeremy and jiahao & jason.. hmm interestin eh.. all names start with 'J's
Evenin time the gang celebrated my birthday at Cafe Cartel...hahaha
By the time i reach hoem already 10plus liaos...
Fell asleep while watching survival sunday EPL
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