so tadi aku godey2, click2 invitation semua pun dah invalid. Sorry banyak2 eh. Aku pun dah tak reti lagi pakai multiply ni sangat dah. Pening..

Anyway, ntah eh, ada benda dah berubah, tapi masa yang sama tak berubah. Nengok cammana kita nengok benda tu.

Aku masih simpan ni akaun, ye la nak baca korang2 nye adventures macam2.. tapi kalo aku konpius2 kalau kena prompt itu ini, sorry again. Thanks kat smua masih masuk multiply ni. Rasa2nye lebih kepada termasuk.

Deaf

www.deaf-angel.blogspot.com

 

 

I something like move house la...
So..if anybody interested...my new adress is... http://deaf-angel.blogspot.com/

but this house never close down..its just that...ntah eh.
anyway that side i more speak malay..

k. slamat hari raya aji and happy new year 2007.

i like this photo, everything is blue. Its raining heavily when I took the photo. Raining like inside of me now hehehee... 

Dont know what is the meaning of blue really. Is it sad? or headache? or troubled soul ( a direct translation of jiwakaco ). I dont really know.. But all I know is i like the groovy kind of love song. But that song is happy ending isnt it? so must fine another song.. sigh...

When I'm feeling blue,
All I have to do
Is take a look at you,
Then I'm not so blue
When you're close to me,
I can feel your heart beat
I can hear you breathing in my ear

Wouldn't you agree,
Baby you and me,
We've got a groovy
Kind of love

Sometimes, dreams do come true...

In my hands, the very very very rare, out of print cd single for Bring Your Daughter... To The Slaughter.. 

Released during Christmas period 1990 in Britain, and hitting the number one POP SINGLE CHARTS!!..The most unbelievable thing ever to happen to Maiden , no radio airplay, but the song hits number one just because of the amount of the singles bought by the fans that week. It helps that Maiden released I believed six different packagings for vinyls , and each one sold contribute seperately to the charts rankings.

Etched in history, this is the very first number one British pop single of the 90s, and the only time Maiden ever had a number one pop single "SNIGGER". Its very funny really. This makes this single a really valuable item.

This cd single is very sought after by millions of Maiden fans all around the world, and after much effort in hunting down one, and paying a king's ransom. I got one at last..YAHOO!!!

I remember being still at school back in 1991, and there was the cd single ( Japanese pressing ) being sold at Far East Plaza for about $20, and I cant afford it...and to think that after about 15 years later, I at last managed to get a copy , albeit a non-mint copy, is sort of a dream come true.  

 

So , If I can only get the rarest of the rare cd single ever released by Maiden " Wasting Love". I think I would kiss my mother LOL!!!!!!

After the mother of all roller coasters emotional ride I was on the past week...

Something to brighten up my day... 

A posting from Producer Kevin Shirley at his official website. This gentleman will again produce the new Maiden album..    Still no mood to type a lot, so just cut and paste la the article and the most beautiful photo for me.

 

"Greetings Maiden fans,

They, the Iron Maiden label chaps, have asked me to write you a little recording studio update, and keep it off my diary - but I'm not promising! They'd have to pay me for that! What I will do, is let you read it in the Fan Club first!

After our first week of knuckling down and beginning to cut basic tracks, we had a very interesting second week. We've cut 10 long songs for the new album, as well as four songs for B sides, which show quite an interesting side to the band. Don't worry, there's nothing like the "interesting-or-maybe-not" B sides which were all that were left over for the Dance of Death singles. These are great cover versions with a terrific and humorous spirit! * Nicko was due to wrap up the album drum tracks this week, which he did - celebrating the end of each new take with very fine and expensive French wines - some Margaux, some Chateau Palmer - you get the idea. Because I join in the celebrations, I bought some wonderful £3.99 Australian Shirazes, which I cunningly decanted before serving them up to our esteemed battery-boy! He seemed to enjoy them JUST as much, and seemingly didn't notice the changes in varietals, regions or vintages! I know a little of wine, as I owned a wonderful cellar of French wines myself, which I sent to auction late last year, as I never got to my house, and the bottles were running a serious risk of becoming thousands of dollars worth of vinegar - and I didn't mind the young Aussie drop at all!

Anyhoo, the spirit in the band is as high as I've ever seen. Wing Commander Biggles (as I call Bruce) is running around like a chicken with it's head cut off, singing every take live, like it was his last - 'Arry, or Steve (Harris - bass) is sounding better than I've ever heard since I began producing the band, galloping along very strongly - and the material is definitely the "groovingest" in a decade. The songs are very progressive, with catchy choruses and I have to confess to being VERY optimistic about the material. The Three Amigos are roaring in their guitar booths, and I have been running around with a video camera, capturing the session as it unfolds, which has been annoying the fuck out of Janick (Gers - guitar), but as he bought me beers in the pub all night long last night (a first!), he can't be too annoyed at me! Anyway, you'll get to see his "bad time of the month" tantrums on the next behind-the-scenes DVD, as well as some stunning acoustic playing he's delivered! Davey (Murray - guitar) is as amiable as ever, playing flowing leads seemingly effortlessly; and Adrian is as concerned as ever - he really is the worry-wort of the sessions. Always quizzing guitar tones, song tempos and second guessing his amazing performances, which are always the most precise of the 3. His wife tells him to go fishing to chill out, which she assures me, calms him down!

We've had a few guests in - Nicko went out with Manuel from Fawlty Towers - I think his name is Andrew Sachs - and then he came by with his rather attractive brunette daughter, to watch me putting the finishing touches to a B side song. * Thursday, Jimmy Page dropped by to see me, and I dragged him into the studio, where all the band were in their positions busy playing, and they had no idea he was coming and were very happily surprised! Jimmy still is the consummate rock star/legend/icon he's always been! And of course, my beloved son Josh, has been watching the sessions unfold, as he sits quietly in the corner doing line drawings of Eddie on pads of foolscap, before he heads out to the pub with his buddies, and fake ID in his pocket! He's the only one who's been allowed to watch the sessions - and he thinks the material is awesome. He's a big fan of Avenged Sevenfold and Chiodos, so...... I think it's going to be a mighty album!

Last night, the 3 Amigos, Wing Commander Biggles and myself (and many Sanctuary personnel) were part of a pub crawl to bid farewell to Jackie da Costa, who's been part of the Maiden camp for some time; and then Biggles and his wife, myself and Mrs. Smith went to dine at the up-yer-bum establishment that is The Electric, on Portabello Road. Adrian was being dad and fishing (?), Nicko had a wisdom tooth removed, and was by all accounts "well out of it!" and didn't make it, and 'Arry "hates that shit" and avoided the two hour drive from Harlow just to drink on St. Paddys Day! + So, while Mrs. Smith and Dickinson pretentiously dined on fish and white wine at our fabby, if horribly smoky dinner, I had a burger and a Coke, and Bruce had beer, broccoli florets and ketchup, and french fries! He insisted that the Lycopene and anti-oxidants were all part of an all-round healthy diet! It was just a classy affair all 'round, really!!

Next, I'm in the process of going through all the takes, selecting the best ones, then the band will be in mid-week to begin the overdubbing phase.

And that's it from Maiden Central - KevTheCave signing off 'til next week....... Up The Irons!
It really is Looney Tunes - and th-th-that's all folks!"

 

people say life is like a wheel....but...dont know when my wheel will turn for the better..

why why my life is like a bit confusing nowadays..Sometimes good, sometimes like a blessing from god, sometimes like making me smile from ear to ear , sometimes like ooohh dear i found true happiness..., even if all is good its all still confusing..becauseeee...

there is that one thing deep inside which always whispers to me, enjoy it while it last. It gets so bad, sometimes I cannot even pretend. End result, I get to feel a change in my voice when answering phone calls at jobs, a bit easily agitated ( dont know the meaning but think is correct word ), and worse, even eating with my wonderful friends, my mouth just locked. I cant even lie anymore , I am the biggest liar in the world, but seems I have lost my touch, or I just dont want to lie anymore..

I got to practise more on how to wear a mask of happiness LOL!!!

Sigh... If I can turn back the time, will I change my life for the "better"? Will I have a proper job? Will I dress better? will I act differently, acting to suit into society?  Will I do things that makes people think I have a future? Especially people that matters to me?

The answer is NO. I thank god for the way my life falls in place...  I will have miss the best things in life if  my life had gone differently, or had gone the path like what normal people wants hehehe  the best things in life even for just a short moment is worth it, even if I am a bit late, but sometimes better late than never ... Oooo I am blabbering away, must be really disturbed till have to express it out, or I will be down the whole weekend.., hopefully now I feel so much better.....

anyway, stranger things have happened, so there is always hope  ...sigh...

If my life right now is a movie, this is the soundtrack I choose

Queen
Innuendo (1991)
The Show Must Go On

Empty spaces - what are we living for
Abandoned places - I guess we know the score
On and on, does anybody know what we are looking for...
Another hero, another mindless crime
Behind the curtain, in the pantomime
Hold the line, does anybody want to take it anymore
The show must go on,
The show must go on
Inside my heart is breaking
My make-up may be flaking
But my smile still stays on.

Whatever happens, I'll leave it all to chance
Another heartache, another failed romance
On and on, does anybody know what we are living for?
I guess I'm learning, I must be warmer now
I'll soon be turning, round the corner now
Outside the dawn is breaking
But inside in the dark I'm aching to be free
The show must go on
The show must go on
Inside my heart is breaking
My make-up may be flaking
But my smile still stays on

My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies
Fairytales of yesterday will grow but never die
I can fly - my friends
The show must go on
The show must go on
I'll face it with a grin
I'm never giving in
On - with the show -
I'll top the bill, I'll overkill
I have to find the will to carry on
On with the -
On with the show -
The show must go on...

 

Ah...I feel like an idiot typing all these "half cooked" feelings , but this is my website, even though I know its free, but its my password, so i can type what i like..

 

ah the attached photo is one i took at macritchie tree top hanging bridge...nice i like.

my life is a bit more occupied nowadays.. Dont know why? must because I have more friends now?? hahahaha. Friends who are real freinds I hope hehehe. But what can possibly happen that will be bad right? I never disturb people, people dont disturb me also. Also, nothing to gain by being friends with me, just true friendship LOL!! This is what you called, "enter basket, and carry the basket yourself " a literally direct translation from malay means praising yourself without anyone praising you!

Suddenly... Been doing more errr...useful and positive things hehehe. Must be all the encouragement received from dear friends ekekekee.

For an example - check out my photo album pages.

ooo yah..I still havent finished viewing the new Maiden dvd yet, will post a review soon once I have the time. The picture attached is the new Maiden "Death On The Road" triple dvd boxset, with the double cd package plus the first cd single from the album..

Lastly, I am in the mood to continue my hunts for rare Maiden stuffs, I know I cannot start on vinyls but I will continue to hunt for all the rarer cd singles releases..beginning with the First Ten Years...a few more to go...LOL!!! Should have collected all those in the early 90s but I cant afford it then, still cant really afford it now to bid on ebay, but I'll try.. UP THE IRONS!!

Got to go to Kinokuniya....got discount coupon 20%

 

my english is very bad nowadays, too cheerful to correct it

Once in a while, the Malay music scene comes out with a song that is just so perfect to me..

This song is going to be a classic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amy Search - Suralaya Dalam D Major

 

Getar senandung Surahaya menggamit
Di ruang sanubari rindu menghimpit
Wajah kasih ku melirik senyum tangis
Sukar untuk ku tangkis

Getar senandung Surahaya menggamit
Di sudut perasaan cinta menjerit
Bisik kasih ku gemersik makin jelas
Makin rasa sebegitu ikhlas

Kata kata mu bagaikan sinar yang ditelan kabus
Yang sempat ku dengar
Hanya madah
Hanya kata
Selamat tinggal

Aku tersentak langsung tersedar
Cuaca dingin menadah hati yang kian rawan
Terbayang seribu kemungkinan
Tergerak ku mendakap kau pun hilang
Dari pandangan

Getar senandung Surahaya menggamit
Di sudut perasaan cinta menjerit
Bisik kasih ku gemersik makin rangsang
Makin rasa sebegitu terang

Aku tersentak langsung tersedar
Cuaca dingin menadah hati yang kian rawan
Terbayang seribu kemungkinan
Tergerak ku mendakap kau pun hilang

Bukan beralah kecewa kerana cinta
Tapi berjuta kecewa kerana rindu
Berjuang ku hanya satu pegangan hidup
Dan mati itu, ingin ku rasa bersama mu

Aku tersentak langsung tersedar
Cuaca dingin menadah hati yang kian rawan
Terbayang seribu kemungkinan
Tergerak ku mendakap kau pun hilang

Aku tersentak langsung tersedar
Cuaca dingin menadah hati yang kian rawan
Terbayang seribu kemungkinan
Tergerak ku mendakap kau pun hilang
Dari pandangan...

 

Some things you will always remember.

This is the front cover of Hades' If at first you dont succeed..  album. Very simple but meaningful.

Never give up if you want something real bad.

Never give up hope if you think it is worth fighting for.

If you failed and there is no more options left, at least you know you tried, and its just God's will.

 

"This is a song of hope", Robert Plant said this as the intro to the most spine tingling version of Stairway To Heaven I ever heard on Led Zeppelin's The Song Remains The Same album.

Everyone of us has our own songs of hope. Usually songs with lyrics that give us courage, motivation and spirit in the face of adversity, sorrow and pain.

I want to kick off by mentioning a song that is to me one the greatest ballads of all time. I watched the Manowar latest dvd again last night and played the band's commentary audio, and the guitarist Karl Logan ( who was not yet in the band when this song was written and first recorded ) said something about this song being full of meaning, a song that makes us look at the positive side of life, a song that brought tears to the fans (including me  ).

When the wind fills the sky the clouds will move aside
And there will be the road to all our dreams
For any day that stings two better days it brings
Nothing is as bad as it seems

For me, the words above tell me, its ok to make a step backward, because there we can always make two steps forward, and its all in the mind. We are the ones who make things difficult for ourselves sometimes. Nothing is as bad as it seems.

 

this is the complete lyrics of the song by the way.

The Master Of The Wind - Manowar

Studio version album - Triumph Of Steel (1992).  Live version album - Hell On Stage.  Live version dvd - Hell On Earth part iv.

In the silence of the darkness when all are fast asleep
I live inside a dream calling to your spirit
As a sail calls the wind hear the angels sing

Far beyond the sun across the western sky
Reach into the blackness find a silver line
In a voice I whisper a candle in the night
We'll carry all our dreams on a single beam of light *

Close your eyes look into the dream
Winds of change will winds of fortune bring

Fly away to a rainbow in the sky gold is at the end for each of us to find
There the road begins where another one will end
Here the four winds know who will break and who will bend
All to be the master of the wind

Falling stars now light my way
My life was written on the wind
Clouds aboveclouds below
High ascend the dream within

When the wind fills the sky the clouds will move aside
And there will be the road to all our dreams
For any day that stings two better days it brings
Nothing is as bad as it seems

Close your eyes look into the dream
Wins of change will winds of fortune bring

Fly away to a rainbow in the sky gold is at the end for each of us to find
There the road begins where another one will end
Here the four winds know who will break and who will bend
All to be the master of the wind 

*  - The lyrics says  : We'll carry all our dreams in a single dream of light but Eric Adams always sings it as We'll carry all our dreams on a single beam of light.

Being a computer idiot who only knows to surf the internet and how to plug and play, i rely on reviews and opinions of others regarding the computers and IT in general.

Seems most people have bad things to say about Norton Anti Virus, - makes the computer slow, expensive, cannot detect this and that, near impossible to uninstall.. but I have no problem at all. I have been using Norton all along and it helps me a lot.

Just bought the original version. It will last for 12 months, just about $5 a month. I think $5 a month is a valuable investment. No point in getting the best computers if we are so calculative in getting a proper antivirus software. Just norton antivirus and lavasoft ad-aware free program is enough for me. I dont want to have the old experience of someone hacking my computer and buying stuffs in Russia using my particulars, and the bills coming to me in Roubles currency ever again.

Sort of a double occasion these last few days..

A happy and prosperous Chinese New Year to all in the Chinese community everywhere..

and a wonderful new year Awal Muharram Maal Hijrah 1427 to all the Muslim community everywhere..

 

 

Very very nice show.. Will post a review soon, and will try to upload some sound too.

no Hollow Years, no This Dying Soul, but the setlist is not bad - Fatal Tragedy is in there and there is this really beautiful rendition of The Spirit Carries On.

Got the tshirt too.

In the process of us leading a full life of our own choice, we sometimes get lost. Definitely this happens to all of us in one way or another. Lost in trying to make decisions that affect our stability, lost in confidence, lost of faith, among others.

In this times, having support is very critical. Some turn to religion, some turn to support groups, some turn to friends.

However, just like drugs, just like dogs, just like heavy rain, friends can also bring positiveness or negativeness. Friends who use our predicament, our sadness, our current lost of judgement in life for their own satisfaction. Friends who jeopardise and inject doubts in our minds by feeding dose after dose of poison. We think these friends are providing us comfy cushions to sit on, but there is a time bomb in that cushion. It will explode one day, and the one being the donkey is only our own self, because our ass is on that cushion. We are so loyal and hero worshipping these people that we become blind. We become stupid. We become gong-gong. We become puppets on a string, manipulated and making a mockery of ourself. We failed to see, that in life, things are sometimes not clear. We have to think for ourselves, and not let others dictate us. 

Its sad if we end up as fools.

~ No Man Is An Island ~   but sometimes, its better to be one self, then go crazy on a ship of fools.

Been trying to get the right English word for Rezeki. I guess this is close enough.

Received three sms from different friends late last night, all with the same message, another friend of ours just got terminated at work. Seems it had something to do with his number of mc's and hospitalization issues. From the bottom of my heart, I think it all depends on his immediate supervisors and also his head of department or whatever its called in various organisations. If they like you, you can be the worse worker with the most notorious pathetic job etiquette  and you will still have a job, even promotions and bonuses especially if you know how to suck up to the boss, but if they dont like you, then life is hell.

To think that my friend has a stable job, unlike so many people nowadays working on contract terms, with no protection from the bosses whims, and yet he got terminated for non disciplinary issues. He has a big family to feed, I hope all goes well for him.

I think earning a permissable legitimate source of income is one of the pillars of life. Its bound to have its difficulties especially with a secular society like ours where anything goes, with the social pressure sometimes tempting us to be in line with everyone else even though we know its just not possible. To justify feeding ourself , our family and to treat our friends using income from gambling and other non-permissable acts like corruption and stealing is virtually impossible, unless we choose to ignore the basics we are taught. its a sensitive topic, seeing pious people betting on horses, justifying what they do is alright, really is mind boggling. Anyway to each is his own, just hope that until the end of my life, my livelihood no matter how small and difficult it is, hopefully is blessed. 

Anyway this is just what I feel, nothing against whoever or whatever.

Two more weeks to Dream Theater. I want to go, I got the tickets already, but I really need to work. (sigh). Just come back from long mc, also with the concert date being the night before CNY reunion dinner, when my Chinese friends may be taking leave, wonder how my bosses will take it .Hope it can be sorted out. Been warming up for the shows by going thru all their live dvds. I dont get Dream Theater 100% on their cds, they sound very boring sometimes but I think they are so brilliant live.

Been going thru their setlist from the South American and Japanese Tour they just did before coming to South East Asia and I think they are not going to play Hollow Years. The live version of this song on Live In Budokan really touch me. It is sort of my song of hope. If they play it live in Singapore, I think I am going to cry  ekekekeke.

Hollow Years -

He's just the kind of man
You hear about
Who leaves his family for
An easy out
They never saw the signs
He never said a word
He couldn't take another day

Carry me to the shoreline
Bury me in the sand
Walk me across the water
And maybe you'll understand

Once the stone
You're crawling under
Is lifted off your shoulders
Once the cloud that's raining
Over your heads disappears
The noise that you'll hear
Is the crashing down of hollow years

She's not the kind of girl
You hear about
She'll never want another
She'll never be without
She'll give you all the signs
She'll tell you everything
Then turn around and walk away

Carry me to the shoreline
Bury me in the sand
Walk me across the water
And maybe you'll understand

Once the stone
You're crawling under
Is lifted off your shoulders
Once the cloud that's raining
Over your heads disappears
The noise that you'll hear
Is the crashing down of hollow years

Carry me to the shoreline
Bury me in the sand
Walk me across the water
And maybe you'll understand

Once the stone
You're crawling under
Is lifted off your shoulders
Once the cloud that's raining
Over your heads disappears
The noise that you'll hear
Is the crashing down of hollow years 

sob..sob...

 

I first saw this painting on the cover of a National Geographic magazine by a painter guy called Rembrandt. Very nice name isnt it? Rembrandt, suitable for a rock band.

Anyway thats beside the point, this is an artwork called Abraham's Sacrifice. Sort of this Rembrandt guy depicting Abraham listening to God's instruction to sacrifice Isaac, and when he really want to perform the act, Gabriel came and bla bla bla. For me these are those sort of things that gives me a shiver. I believe Christianity, Judaism and Islam share some basic same old age belief, one example is this Abraham Sacrifice thingy, the other is Abel and Kane, the first killing on Earth which began when one had his sacrifice accepted, the other selfish idiot did not because he just offered some poor quality sacrifice, the idiot got jealous and kill the nice fellow. Yet here today, the three religions are so much different nowadays. Anyway enough talking about religion comparisons LOL!!.

As a Muslim, we are not suppose to have depictions or photos of our prophets and I guess the angels but I just sort of put it here since today is Aidil Adha. Sort of like a day of sacrifice.

Two million Muslims performing the pillgrammage (dont know spelling ) thingy at Mecca, millions more performing the ritual of sacrificing cows, sheeps, camels worldwide, as a sign of faith and thankfulness. But I think the opportunity to sacrifice happens every day of our lives. Giving help to the needy, making less noise at night so the neighbours can sleep. Even pushing ourselves to give the most sincere of smiles to the most ^*$&ed up arrogant despicable fool at work is also a sacrifice.

I have been typing and deleting, typing and deleting, decide not to type more on this sacrifice thingy. Lets just say, in this happy day, lets think of the many countries and people who are invaded, killed, maimed, having their own homes demolised, chased out of their homes and lands, having their natural riches stolen from them, with themselves remaining destitude. Hope one day will come when the truth and justice prevails. Cheers!!

 

 

Time, got the time tick tick tickin' in my head
An Anthrax song I used to really like long ago.

So its 2006 now, nothing much change in my life the past year LOL!!!  But if I am to choose my life all over again, I will not want anything to be changed. Failures, disasters, problems, and all sort of mess but it has its great and hilarious moments too. Only when you go thru bad times will you feel the true meaning of happy times.

Been putting much effort on this Multiply thingy. Had download 200+ photos of Art of Star Wars in the past two days.Had upload the full audience live recording of Wings live in Singapore in August. At last I got the time to do this.

Looks like 2006 will be another uncertain year for me. Its already waiting time now, see what is the result of the pathology thingy test. Hope its nothing. Hope to still have a job, or at least get a newer one hahaha. Hope all my love ones , friends and everyone have good health, inner peace, happiness, prosperity and their prayers come true. May all their burdens be less, here and there after. May all their burdens be so much less in this life and next. I really wish for that.

 

There is this Star Wars Expo thingy going on at the Singapore Science Center since last month up to April 2006.

Seems like its an official licensed exhibition with all the originals posters from all eras, artworks, lifesize vehicles, costumes, lifesize characters, full scale and complicated models and a 1001 stuffs of Star Wars from all the six episodes.  managed to visit it yesterday. So heres my reviews based on pros and cons.

Pros-

Kin' fantastic. I dont want to go home.. Its really that good, if you know and enjoy Star Wars. I think I spent a few hours there without even realising it. The place was not crowded although its still school holiday and the airconditioning is very cool.

Cameras are allowed with a rule- No flash. Much attention is placed on the Star Wars stuffs on display, even camera flash are strictly forbidden. It comes to an extend where the staffs on duty goes to anyone using flash and meddle with the camera to disable the flash. I completely agree with what they did, there are non stop annoucements and also signages telling people not to use flash and yet people are still using them. It seems the flash may damage the sensitive displays or  something.

And yes, I got some souvenirs like on the photo attached. There is this nice notepad and also a very nice bookmark thingy. I wish to buy some souvenirs or memorabila but they are so expensive, even the tiny lego keychain featuring Star Wars character cost about $8.

 

Cons

 - To enter the exhibition you have to pay for the Science Center tickets too. Tickets are $18 for adults by the way, worth paying for any Star Wars fans.

- There is no AT-AT model, no Darth Maul double bladed lightsaber, no Yoda lifescale model. I was really looking forward to see an AT-AT.

Anyway its been worth it travelling all the way to Jurong. This exhibition brought back memories for me growing up on the original Star Wars trilogy. Its also nice to see not only the adults behaving excitedly snapping photos, but also young kids getting into Star Wars and getting all worked up on lightsabers. I saw this parent bought three lightsabers for each of her sons. It cost $200++ per set. I have to admit the lightsabers on sale are very very good. When its switched on, you can really see the beam rising up from the handle to maximum length, and when you switched it off, it goes reverse. Just like the real thing. I wish I can afford it LOL!!

Hope you enjoy the photos at the photo album page. I tried to sort them out based on my favourite subjects too.

  

I got to type this down.

I have deep profound respect for the nursing and patient care assistants at SGH. I have seen how fantastic they take care of my family member when he was warded for quite some time at both SGH and Changi. I myself really really owe a lifetime gratitude with the SGH physiotheraphy staff for helping me recover my nerves problems, but this latest hospital visit really gives me goosebumps.

Its incredible to see young Malay ladies, who can actually do 1001 things with their lives choosing to become Patient Care Assistants. Its not like its the worse job in the world but kin' hell, I dont believe it pays lots of money either. It needs courage and conscience. Feeding an old man, who is basically helpless, changing his pampers and cleaning the mess, washing him up, attending to his every whim and caprice. Its right there in front me. I was kin' shock as they choose to work this line.

I always belief in life, if we do good deeds, we will get back positive results, maybe not now, maybe we cant even see that blessings is being bestowed on us, so for these nursing and support staffs, what they do cannot be repaid in money.

Anyway I asked one of the care assistant how she got the job, so she says that its a 9 month course at ITE with a 9 month bond of which the course is about $9k and she just need to fork out $1k plus. If anyone of them wants to further their course and cause, it takes another 2 years then at ITE to become an Enrolled Nurse. Then, there is the path to polytechnic nursing diplomas which results in them becoming Staff Nurse. 

Stereotyping of male nursing staff remains the same since last time, male nursing and support staffs are still a bit " half cooked" LOL!!!  . I guess at work they have to present that type of personality and character as you cant be a brutal and rough nurse cant you? But they are really wonderful and have a fantastic sense of humour.

Ooo before I forget, the pix attached with this blog is the container the operation theater nurse prepared for me for my contact lens once she realise I have still them on. As you can see, its the hugest container and also the most overused of sterile soaking solution I have ever used. I burst laughing seeing the containers given to me. I never knew going to the operation theater can have some funny moments. 

So, I guess I wont be sending a gift or a card or a thank you email to the support staffs, cleaning staffs, care assistants, nurses, doctors of ward 58 , operation theaters and recovery rooms but deep inside I am thankful for everything they have done. I will never forget this. I know I am cursing at the high cost of medical fees in Singapore, I am still waiting for the final bills to come my way, but money can always be found thru hard work, but not health. I know this wont be the end, my health track record has been consistent in its own ways, that I am always everyready.