AFAX - 2010

Bought the AFAX 2010 tix for the boyz....At first I was gonna join them for the Anieme Festival Asia 2010 - I LOVE Anisong at Suntec Hall 402, however Da decided that we are not going this year hence I only got the boyz their tickets.....

So why am I there? LOL...I am the delivery girl...damn funny right? sigh....

Since I was the one buying the tix I decided to take a picture of it before passing to them...LOL....

Best picture I have taken through out the whole event is the sigh... omg...I don't know what happened to me or the camera...no sexy girls pics cos they are all so blur...sigh...

This little girl is so cute...I was wondering who she is trying to cosplay as...."Candy"?

This "couple" is very interesting, the one dressed as the lady is actually a guy...when "she" see me trying to take picture, "she" demurely covered "her" face with the fan...

This pair of twins is the best...I had to chase them from ground level all the way to 2nd level to get their pictures...worst part of it is some one's trying to interview them when I tried to take a picture for them...waited a long while and finally interrupted the interview to get them to pose for me before I leave them...



Sadly I did not go into the event hall to see the exhibition...too rush...Luckily I took some pictures...Happy =)

Losing an amazing friend

My friend, Jun Hui passed away on tuesday and he is only 31 years old...

Feels so sad about it...I cried so much when I called my friends to inform them...Ziyi who was at the hospital when Jun Hui left was so sad that he could not go for the wake cos he is getting married...

What shocked me so much is that Jun Hui is only 31 years old and he died of stroke...how can such a nice, friendly and helpful person die so early?!??? He has a wife who's so soft spoken and gentle...a wonderful mum and a serious and sucessful dad...the sister is another kind soul...also a little bro who's like only 17 years old this year...

I was sitting at the wake and sharing with his dad and wife how amazing Jun Hui is....of cos I do still remember how weird he can be...always bringing so many things in his bag....I couldn't resist but asked him before how come he bring so much things to school...his answer was typical guy's answer..."oh cos I am lazy to pack my bag so I bring everything..."

Anyway he is so amazing....cos of all people he always remembers your birthday...he is the kind that will always be there to help you if you need help...I told his wife and dad that even though I am not so close to him...I am very very sure that if I ever need help from him...and ask him for help...he will never say no...he will just help you without any second thoughts....He is this kind of person...simply amazing person...the kind of person who will leave foot prints in your life...someone who makes a difference...and he really makes an effort to do things for people...

I would say that he is one of those that makes our class so interesting...the symbol of our class is of cos Jun Hui (sleeping beauty), Sherman (The singer), our four muskteer - Don, Ramesh, Benedict and also Ming Hui. Of cos there is our Terence, who drove his dad's car to our school and scared the hell out of our teachers...

Cos of Jun Hui, I found out that Don also passed away...he died in an accident in Australia, also another interesting person....Sigh...2 shocking news in one day...Don had passed away for at least 6 years before we found out about it...

Sigh...

Foot Prints in your Life

I was just talking to one of my colleague about people who leaves foot prints in your life and came across this very nice verse:-

An Angel wrote:
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.

Do you ever leave foot prints in others life?

Read on below is a very nice story about someone who'd impressed life in a very simple manner...a friend of mine actually sent it to me...

Breakfast at McDonald's

I am a mother of three (ages 14, 12, 3) and have recently completed my college degree.

The last class I had to take was Sociology.

The teacher was absolutely inspiring with the qualities that I wish every human being had been graced with.

Her last project of the term was called, 'Smile.'

The class was asked to go out and smile at three people and document their reactions.

I am a very friendly person and always smile at everyone and say hello anyway. So, I thought this would be a piece of cake, literally.

Soon after we were assigned the project, my husband, youngest son, and I went out to McDonald's one crisp March morning.

It was just our way of sharing special playtime with our son.

We were standing in line, waiting to be served, when all of a sudden everyone around us began to back away, and then even my husband did.

I did not move an inch... an overwhelming feeling of panic welled up inside of me as I turned to see why they had moved.

As I turned around I smelled a horrible 'dirty body' smell, and there standing behind me were two poor homeless men.

As I looked down at the short gentleman, close to me, he was 'smiling'

His beautiful sky blue eyes were full of God's Light as he searched f or acceptance....

He said, 'Good day' as he counted the few coins he had been clutching..

The second man fumbled with his hands as he stood behind his friend. I realized the second man was mentally challenged and the blue-eyed gentleman was his salvation.

I held my tears as I stood there with them.

The young lady at the counter asked him what they wanted.

He said, 'Coffee is all Miss' because that was all they could afford. (If they wanted to sit in the restaurant and warm up, they had to buy something. He just wanted to be warm).

Then I really felt it - the compulsion was so great I almost reached out and embraced the little man with the blue eyes..

That is when I noticed all eyes in the restaurant were set on me, judging my every action.

I smiled and asked the young lady behind the counter to give me two more breakfast meals on a separate tray.

I then walked around the corner to the table that the men had chosen as a resting spot. I put the tray on the table and laid my hand on the blue-eyed gentleman's cold hand.

He looked up at me, with tears in his eyes, and said, 'Thank you.'

I leaned over, began to pat his hand and said, 'I did not do this for you.. God is here working through me to give you hope.'

I started to cry as I walked away to join my husband and son.... When I sat down my husband smiled at me and said, 'That is why God gave you to me, Honey, to give me hope..'

We held hands for a moment and at that time, we knew that only because of the Grace that we had been given were we able to give.

We are not church goers, but we are believers.

That day showed me the pure Light of God's sweet love.

I returned to college, on the last evening of class, with this story in hand..

I turned in 'my project' and the instructor read it.

Then she looked up at me and said, 'Can I share this?'

I slowly nodded as she got the attention of the class.

She began to read and that is when I knew that we as human beings and being part of God share this need to heal people and to be healed.

In my own way I had touched the people at McDonald's, my son, the instructor, and every soul that shared the classroom on the last night I spent as a college student.

I graduated with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn:

UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE.

Much love and compassion is sent to each and every person who may read this and learn how to

LOVE PEOPLE AND USE THINGS -
NOT LOVE THINGS AND USE PEOPLE.

Flew to China - Hai Kou

I had the best ride to China on Tiger Airways to Hai Kou...First I thought we were being delayed as the air line suddenly informed us that we are suppose to change to gate 9 instead of gate 2 which we were at first assigned to....OMG the gates were really far apart =(

Anyway I was given the best seat at the window...when I looked out of the window I was thinking "oh no, next to the engine sure very noisy" and amazingly the whole flight I did not hear any noise or feel nauseous...I guess the traveler's hand wrist that I bought does help...

I slept most of the time in the plane as I did not sleep the whole day...Have been packing the whole night or rather packing till 5am...my flight was at 735am and that I have to reach the airport at around 530am but I kinda reached there only by 610am...

When we touched down I was thinking KQ's and his dad will be there to pick us up but they were late LOL...they had to take a coach for 3 hours just to get to the airport...I wanted to take pictures and to my greatest horror...sigh....I did not bring my digital camera with me!!! Guess no picture for the trip then....sigh....

Later we checked in to a hotel that KQ's dad prefers when he comes down to hai kou to do business...we were given a room that has a computer and I finally can sit down to blog about the start of the trip...but I could not do it since most of google.com was being blocked by China....LOL....

After resting for around 10 mins we went for lunch and KQ's dad got a friend to bring us out to shopping....we were being brought to the wholesale center...omg I have not walked to so many shops in one day...all the shops were closed together...we kinda like walked for 6 hours and I did not find anything I like...there were too many things to see!!!!

Saturday we will be traveling to Hong Kong via Shen Zhen...hopefully I will be able to get the kind of instant camera in HK =D

Singapore NDP 2010

This is the only year that I did not get any NDP ticket for the past 5 years. Every year after I got the tickets something will happen that I will not get to go for the day itself....

This year, being extremely healthy and I had the most excellent time watching NDP live on the 52 inch TV at home LOL...(you can smell the sourness in me) How I wish I could join the crowd at padang!

Extremely impressed by the NDP this year...1st of all it being at Padang...my bro was telling me that there's sure to be show of hardware...and without fail...yes!! The showcase to our nation's armed forces was excellent! Round of applause!

As we were watching the parading party going pass, I was paying most attention to the NDU diver in his gears....OMG! He was actually dripping water! Well done!!! Cool way to show case our divers! Rather then making them stand like idiots...they are really life size demo of what they are doing =) so cool!

The best part of NDP of cos is the "air show", even though it might be a little similar or rather the same every year...it is still the best! I found a few very wonderfully taken picture from hardwarezone.com, the photographers good man! Angle, position etc, wow! really nice! Especially the background with the merlion....you can see lots of pple trying to take a shot too...

OMG the fireworks this year is extremely interesting...throughout the celebration you can see lots and lots of fireworks...there are fireworks shot from the different buildings around...suntec, occbc etc (I just hope I could remember the buildings that the commentator said) Anyway I find it totally great that even though I was at home I could see the hard work and effort that was placed for this year's NDP!

Look at the firework pictures! They are really pretty (got them from hardwarezone.com again, go to the link you can see more fireworks there!)

Well DONE SINGAPORE and HAPPY 45th Birthday!!!

Are you drinking too much water?

I never know that taking more water can cause problem...a friend send me this but its a very old news....posted on THE NEW PAPER on 22 Nov 2007...wow...

In the paper its states that a 26 year old lady drinks 7 litres of water a day to "detoxify and reduce her blood pressure.

But she fainted after continuing the habbit for 3 months and doctors said that her condition is known as "chronic water intoxication"

The amount of water was 3 times more then the recomended daily intake.



I also thought that the more water you drink the better it is for your body! But accoring the the news report, too much water consume causes hyponatremia, a condition where there is insufficient sodium in the blood.

As a result of the extra intake of water, it has caused the lady who is not named to have swelled brain cells and in turn leading to increase of pressure in her brain.

It is said by Dr Jiang "The sodium in our blood maintains our cell metabolism rate. But once you drink too much water, the sodium ions will decrease, causing the brain cells to swell"

Drinking water is good, but we must remember too much of something is always no good....

Here's a list of timings that a friend of mine mailed to me:

Correct timing to drink water, will maximize its effectiveness on the Human body.
Two (02) glass of water - After waking up - Helps activate internal organs
One (01) glasses of water - 30 minutes before meal - Help digestion
One (01) glass of water - Before taking a bath - Helps lower blood pressure
One (01) glass of water - Before sleep - To avoid stroke or heart attack

Another Tree Falling - Sadly a Man Killed

Driver killed when tree falls during heavy downpour
Posted on 20 July 2010 By Sona Remesh

Strong winds and heavy rains Tuesday afternoon claimed the life of one driver.

A 32-year old man was killed when a tree fell and crushed the car he was in, at the junction of Thomson Hills Drive and Yio Chu Kang Road.

The tree was uprooted at the base, dragging along some parts of the drain by the roadside.

The tree was removed at around 4.45pm.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said the car was badly damaged.

Rescuers took about 20 minutes to remove the victim's body with hydraulic spreader-cutters. The driver had suffered injuries to his spine.

Paramedics pronounced the victim dead at the scene. No one else was in the car

An NParks spokesperson said there were strong winds at the time of the accident.



According to NParks, the wind at the time of the accident today was as high as 65km/h.

The National Parks Board also added it will be inspecting other trees in the area - a move welcomed by residents.

One resident, businessman S L Chua, said: "It's sad (that) this incident has killed someone, I hope they have more stringent inspections and they look at the whole canopy of the tree. Because the canopy is so heavy, if its slanting to one side, sooner or later the whole tree will come down, especially with the strong and heavy winds nowadays."

CEO of NParks, Mr Ng Lang said the 35-40 year old raintree was last pruned in January, as part of routine pruning to reduce the weight of the crown.

He added that the tree was likely uprooted due to a weather phenomenon known as a microburst.

This is a localised, powerful descending air draft column that produces damaging winds at high speed, and is known to knock down fully grown trees.

"NParks is deeply saddened by this unfortunate incident. Our priority now is to extend assistance to the family of the deceased," he said.

In a separate incident, another tree fell at nearby Tagore Lane.

Police had to cordon off the section of Upper Thomson Road, after its junction with Yio Chu Kang Road.

No injuries were recorded.

Tuesday's incidents come after National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said some 240 trees fell in June alone.

This is about 170 per cent higher compared to the same month last year, due largely to the adverse weather.

Mr Mah said this in a written reply to a query by MP Baey Yam Keng on Monday, July 19.

I was shocked when my friends was telling me about it during breakfast...Published on THE NEWPAPER was a man (at the scene of the fallen tree) shocked and staring at the car. My heart dropped when I see the baby chair and pram that is being brought out of the car by SCDF.

This so call ACT OF GOD took away a young father's life and also at the same time, the life of a husband. But is it really an Act of GOD? The rain tree is about 35 to 45 years of age, the roots to the ground should be very strong and deep into the ground...however, according to the witnesses who lives around the neighbourhood, they were concern about the "posture" of trees around the neighbourhood after the recent "storms". How can these trees be so fragile and lopsided? Shouldn't NParks be in charge of the "well being" of these trees? Why are trees that are lopsided not dealt with?

I really wonder how are the people affected by the recent floods etc...going to have their damages compensated.