Shouting is bad

Chance upon this article while reading TODAY on 27 Jan 07.

Nothing much to say, just read the article I scanned.







So, stop shouting at your friends, your siblings, your parents and yourself. Teachers, instructors, commando, fishmonger, garang guni man and others, all stop shouting too. Treat each other with love or you might be the next murderer.

Drop dead

Too many news report on people dying suddenly.

Die while sleeping, die while driving, die while waiting, die while doing nothing.

Scary isn't it.

People of all age die suddenly. Is it heart attack? I want to know but the news article doesn't has it. Some of the sudden death victim are even healthy atheletics. WHY?

Well, my 2 intelligent brothers say that it's because of Death Note. The person whose name is written in the Death Note will die of heart failure after 40 seconds.

Very few people know how to perform CPR. Oh well, I don't even know what does CPR stands for. Most people, like me, only know that CPR is a "kissing action" that can save life.

Yeah, CPR can save life only if you perform it correctly. What if one day someone beside you fainted, will you give a free CPR?

My mother is so worried about me because I always complain of chest pain. She's afraid that I must just drop dead one day. I don't know what's wrong with my chest pain. It's just a pain in the chest. Is it common to teenagers? Am I suffering from heart failure?

I don't think it's heart failure. The medical personnel didn't detect anything wrong when I went for the NS medical check up last month. In fact, they didn't comment on the diagram. Are they really professionals or do they skip some checking, assuming everyone is fit.

Hmm, if I happen to faint or appear deadly. Please try to resuce me. Call the ambulance (995) or give me CPR. If I just drop dead suddenly, then too bad.

Victor says that the root to all illness nowadays is the food we eat. Most of the food we eat are unhealthy and genetically modified. We don't really put the image of the "food pryamid" when we are eating. We don't check the nutrition table when we buy packed food. What we care is that whether the food is nice or not.

Quite afraid to visit the doctor and hear him says "you are diagnosed with.....". Who likes to hear that? Who want to be down with an illness? Skip the doctor, if you know you got some serious problem, just get ready to die. Not refering to myself, I'm not dying yet.

I'm healthy. Healthy because I can eat, walk, sleep, run, talk, see, listen and feel. Aww, I'm a dancing and singing handicap.

Who is the next to drop dead?

Joy, you are 21!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHA!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOY! Although I already wished you happy birthday at your chalet last night, but that 3 words is only about 19 bytes so it wouldn't burn too much bandwidth.

Did you have fun? I guess so. With so many of your friends kissing you, hugging you, wishing you, visiting you, smashing cake at you, planning gift for you and lastly me for getting a plastic bag for you before you sleep. You said you might vomit, so did you?

Well, the "JOY IS 21" birthday celebration at Aranda is a success I say. Except at times Joy isn't feeling right. She injured her hand (or arm) while struggling to break free in a cupboard. See? That's the problem when you try to ask for more freedom :D

Good job on banning Teow Hwee after she smash the cakes around, leaving you to clean up the shit. Great, what is a birthday party without any mess. Right? HAHAHAHAHA!

Most people left at 11pm or near 12am. When we were about to settle down to watch a VCD Louis recommended, uncle Rayner got drunk -.-"

Drunk people providing entertaintment spice up the place. Dancing funny chicky dance, doing push-up, drinking hot "mushroom soup" and "tom yum soup", throwing food around, criticizing Bao Fa for wearing pink, eating tea bag. Luckily no vomit. If you are the type that want to see how funny the situation was, the video is in Jimmy's phone.

Being specially appointed by Joy as the cameraman of the night. It's tiring. Suddenly I thought I'm the host of the event. Whenever there's people coming or leaving the chalet, I got to on operation mode. Not forgetting that while I was eating my cake in the room, I got summoned out by Joy countless times. Thanks for giving me the chance to be the cameraman! =)

Another unforgettable incident was THAT TSO kid. Elaine, why did you have such a hyperactive son? Maybe he just like balloon. My bad for "flushing" his favourite balloon down the toilet bowl. LOL. Balloons ballons~

Joy put on her sexy black dress which Wendy (and gangs) bought for her. Hey, nice figure is meant for show off! HAHAHAHAHA! It was nice, but she changed it out after wearing it for less than 15 minutes. I guess she's not used to dressing up nicely. :|

Her mum is super hardworking. Standing there doing the deep fried work for quite some time. Of course, her mum is Joy's mother. Joy is her daughter. Both enjoy posing for photograph. First, she ask me to take picture of her in the kitchen, then ask me to take picture of her eating. I'm not complaining, just that it's interesting to know that the mother and daughter are of the same type. LOL!

Time to comment on the most important thing, the cake. Uhh... The cake, I only managed to eat a slice of it and a strawberry which I ate it immediately after Joy gave the first cut. The strawberry is nice. As for the cake, I was expecting something more. Okay lah, since it's your birthday, as long as you like the cake can liao.

PHOTOS! It's with Han Wei as the camera, memory cards and batteries belongs to Han Wei. It should be circulating around soon as Joy loves to share her joy. If the pictures are not well taken, sorry. Well, I know you would say "it's OK". So, HAHAHHAHAHAHAH!

(I think this entry should be titled HAHAHHAHA)

Happy Birthday Joy!
I didn't give you happiness because happiness is not something that is to be given. It's meant for you to find it yourself.

Signed your guestbook.
Remember, the best is always at the last.

Missed calls, un-replied SMSes

SORRY! I know many times, many of you, give me many calls, many SMSes but I didn't reply to many of them. No, it's not that I purposely ignore your calls or SMS.

Most of the time, my phone is in "Total Silent" mode. It's a profile I created. When activated, my phone will not ring when there's any incoming signal (SMS, MMS, 3G call, normal call), it does not vibrate too. The only noise would only be the alarm. Being in Total Silent mode means I don't wish to be disturbed. I may be sleeping, eating, bathing or on the computer. If you tried calling me but I didn't answer your call, you should SMS me your message and don't expect a reply fast. When I decide to hug my phone again, then I will see the SMS you send me.

One more thing, I usually will not reply common sense message in SMS. For example, I will not reply "ok" or "k" in SMS. It's totally not needed. 5 cents is alot (according to Huiting). So I may not reply to all SMS. I'm not like funny people out there who is always trying to type the last message.

Don't you try to question why I have a phone. A phone is for me to stay in contact when I'm out. I don't like the feeling of staying connected wherever I go. It's like restricting my movements. Another use of phone, for me to play with it. I can install lots of applications, games and music in it to organize my life.

Another thing, I'm simply too lazy to forward greetings and jokes to my friends. I know you people forward it to me too, thanks! Such greetings and jokes make my day! However, don't send me stupid chain SMSes, send to your younger sister instead. Childish act isn't it? Thanks for those season greetings SMSes. I know I didn't reply to it but you know I received it. Thanks.

I hope that clears everything. Don't get the wrong idea that I purposely don't want to answer your calls or ignore your SMSes.

The Miniature Earth

Watch this:


If the above is too small, you can view it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C-u6kdHuXE

For the lazy souls who doesn't want to click on anything, I will write out the video.
The video is titled "The Miniature Earth".

If we could turn the population of earth into a small community of 100 people, keeping the same proportions we have today, it would be something like this...

61 Asians, 12 Europeans, 8 North Americans, 5 South Americans (and the Caribbean), 13 Africans, 1 Oceania

50 women, 50 men

47 lives in urban area

9 are disabled

33 are Christan, 18 are Muslims, 14 are Hindus, 16 are non-religous, 6 are Buddhists, 13 practice other religions

43 live without basic sanitation

18 live without an improved water source

6 PEOPLE own 59% of the entire wealth of the community

13 are hungry or malnourished

14 can't read

only 7 are educated at a secondary level

only 12 have a computer

only 3 have an inernet connection

1 adult aged 15-49 have HIV/AIDS

the village spend more than US$1.2 trillion on military expenditures

and only US$100 billion on development aid

if you keep your food in a refrigerator, your clothes in a closet, if you have a bed to sleep in, and a roof over your head, you are richer than 75% of the entire world population

if you have a bank account, you are one of the 30 wealthiest people in the world

18 struggle to live on US$1.00 a day or less

53 struggle to live on US$2.00 per day or less

Appreciate what you have.
And do your best for a better world.

Okay, after reading so much, you might have abit of "huh" in your head, so just go watch the video!

Do you actually realise that you are so lucky?

All the long, government keep saying that Singapore's economy is growing stronger. Ya true. We totally forget that there are actually poor people living in Singapore too. Until a man jumps onto the MRT track for a suicide. Newspaper report make us realise that there are actually poor people still.

I always write things that people already know in my blog, it's common sense but I still want to write it. WE OFTEN TAKE THINGS AROUND US FOR GRANTED.

A friend of mine threw a freshly baked bread away saying it's not delicious. We don't appreciate clean food. How many are actually suffering from hunger and malnutrition everyday.

Children asking for more pocket money in school from parents. Does a primary 5 student really need $5 pocket money daily? People are struggling to survive with only US$1.00 or less daily.

Ya lah, I'm not trying to compare against the poor people. I can complain against rich people too. Rich people can spend $50+ on a meal without giving it a second thought, throw away things that are just partially spoil and travel in taxi for almost every trip.

It's not about comparing now. It's about time to appreciate what we have before we begin to regret.

The earth is not mini, it's huge. Too huge that we can only see what we want to see. The dark side is not easily visible. Do you notice that there you are lucky, not as poor as alot other people?

Year 2007

HAPPY
NEW
YEAR
2007

Yeah! We must be happy! A new year marks a new start in life.

Rolls of film to capture events that strike just before 2007.

Numberous suicide bombing in Bangkok.

Saddam Hussein hanged.

Flooding of cities due to heavy rain.

Taiwan earthquake that resulted in limited internet access.

Indonesian ferry capsized.

Major events in 2006

Huang Na's missing, later found to be dead. Killed by Ah Hao.

Another malay girl missing, later found to be dead. Killed by her godfather.

NKF drama that everyone can't forget.

Full of crappy "call-now-to-vote" superstars event.

I Not Happy Too a hit among Singapore.

A dealer get shot at home by a few gunmen.

Foreign object at ATM machine trying to read card data.

MOE decides to build sport halls for all schools by year 20xx.

A air-stewardess was trial for pushing a 4 year old girl down a HDB flat.

2 or 3 cases of murderer chopping up body parts.

A man with 1 wife and 2 sons jumped into a MRT track to suicide. The family raised about $500,000 from bai jing.

Massage parlour is now cleaner after new ruling.

Integrated Resorts (IR or casino) is perhaps the most talked about topic.

William Tan attempt to challenge the Guinness World Record in Teamsek Polytechnic but failed to make it.

IMF meeting in Singapore. Singaporeans forced to smile more; standard of service increased during that time.

Every year, when the clock strike 01 January 00:00, we wishes everyone a "happy new year". Despite that, some still ends up with a unhappy year.

2007. I got a feeling I got alot to sum but some firewall in my brain is blocking the information.

So long, I have blogged for quite some time, since September 2005. 1 year and 4 months. Heard about "blogs" a long time ago until my friends encouraged me to blog. I remember telling my friends that "even if no one reads my blog, I will still write." Well, I guess I made it. With only 49 entries in 2006 and pathetic low viewer rate and respond, I'm still posting entry.

Some friends do ask me why didn't I include a tagboard in my blog. Now, I prefer people to reply to my topic instead of using my tagboard (and blog) as a chatroom or instant messaging service. I read and appreciate all the comments in my entries. Thanks to everyone who posted replies. Those who always come, read, left silently and spread around talks are welcome but it would be better if you could leave a comment.

Coming 2007, I will be posting less entries. Greatly lesser because I'm going to serve my nation soon. Unless it's important things about army, otherwise I won't post it. Check out my mobile blog if you want to view some photos.

Now, what do you plan to achieve in 2007. Learn swimming so that you can stay floating when tsunami strikes again? Learn piano so you can impress some girls? Go snowboarding in Japan? Visit Robertson Quay along Singapore River? Earn more money and get ready to marry someone? Get the courage to tell someone that you like/dislike him/her? Adopt a pet dog and take care of it for life? Shave your head and be a monk? Sleep more to remove those panda eyes? Save toilet paper for the sake of Earth? Type at 90 words per minute to impress your boss? Give birth to another baby for you think you are too rich? Film a movie based on your life?

Plan your route and walk it. You will taste the fruit of success when you achieve it.

Happy New Year. May 2007 be a year where everyone will have something memorable to talk about. Cheers~