just had my 3rd chemo and resting at home.
there is a breast cancer fundraising event at Tanglin Mall this friday & sat organise by a new friend i hv yet to meet. initially i thought may be i can be well enough if i had the chemo yesterday. looks like i will still be under house arrest.
pls go & support if you can. See link http://www.quiltsncalicoes.com/
write again soon!
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
dreaming no more
Singapore Dreaming – finally, when i want recommend a good local movie, i dun need to pretend Sepet is made by Singaporeans . Now i have SD.
of course this is very subjective & biased, i hv not seen all the s’pore movies esp not roystan tan’s latest 4:30 which received good reviews.
but for me, SD is sincere, touching, is about humble s’poreans like me – tho i dun share their dreams but i can feel for them. Most of all, the actors esp those who came from the theatre (yann yann, yu beng, serene & dick), they make me feel so proud. Because they are so at ease, speaking naturally acting naturally, whether they are using spore english/mandarin. The audience no longer need to suffer to hear the actors stressed on all the ‘la’s & ‘leh’s & ‘lor’s, or the actors to speak deliberate broken english/mandarin in order to act like the ordinary chinese s’porean. We dun need to have ah lians or ah bengs to show that it is a spore movie abt ordinary s’poreans. It is our story spoken in our languages and in a HDB setting that is not deliberately made to look bad or glorified like a HDB propaganda. Everything is presented as it is.
自然不造作，而且最难得是有心。it is obvious that the movie is made with the heart.
if u cant even tell a story well about your people, how are u going regional or even further to make movies with universal appeal? Mediacorp (dun know wat’s the name of its movie making unit) has so much money but they dun make s’pore movies.
the only complaint is - the film quality looks bad - wonder why.
if u hv not seen SD, wat are u waitin for?
the shameful thing is, i shld hv brought mum to watch SD rather the banquet with the bad after taste. becos i know mum is never ever to set foot in any cinema.
(btw, Sepet is made in Malaysian, checkout www.sepet.com.my or i can lend u my dvd)
of course this is very subjective & biased, i hv not seen all the s’pore movies esp not roystan tan’s latest 4:30 which received good reviews.
but for me, SD is sincere, touching, is about humble s’poreans like me – tho i dun share their dreams but i can feel for them. Most of all, the actors esp those who came from the theatre (yann yann, yu beng, serene & dick), they make me feel so proud. Because they are so at ease, speaking naturally acting naturally, whether they are using spore english/mandarin. The audience no longer need to suffer to hear the actors stressed on all the ‘la’s & ‘leh’s & ‘lor’s, or the actors to speak deliberate broken english/mandarin in order to act like the ordinary chinese s’porean. We dun need to have ah lians or ah bengs to show that it is a spore movie abt ordinary s’poreans. It is our story spoken in our languages and in a HDB setting that is not deliberately made to look bad or glorified like a HDB propaganda. Everything is presented as it is.
自然不造作，而且最难得是有心。it is obvious that the movie is made with the heart.
if u cant even tell a story well about your people, how are u going regional or even further to make movies with universal appeal? Mediacorp (dun know wat’s the name of its movie making unit) has so much money but they dun make s’pore movies.
the only complaint is - the film quality looks bad - wonder why.
if u hv not seen SD, wat are u waitin for?
the shameful thing is, i shld hv brought mum to watch SD rather the banquet with the bad after taste. becos i know mum is never ever to set foot in any cinema.
(btw, Sepet is made in Malaysian, checkout www.sepet.com.my or i can lend u my dvd)
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
two surprises!
wah! two pleasant surprises - last evening i received beautiful purple roses from ttrp staff! delivered personally by my new colleague. dear people, u should be soooo busy unpacking and yet got me flowers. THANK U!
and i met kt and her cutie girl in the botanic garden this morning! she and tc tried several attempts to visit but always wrong timing. and fate arranged for us to meet finally. happy happy.
yesterday between mum & i, we finished a whole chicken (small one la) ! it was simply delicious, 100% hainanese chicken prepared painstakingly by my sis's mum-in-law. she really put her heart & soul into the cooking. imagine goin to different wet markets all over s'pore just to find the ideal chicken. now, that makes her our 大长今！
jackie foo did something incredulous last sunday. we were sitting at the dinner table and he reached out to my bottled medication. naturally, i looked stern (so very slightly) and said "no no". imme he face changed and cried as though i juz punched him! ten minutes later, mum, spy, sis & i gathered round him while he was munchin on his cutie biscuits. he gave one to spy, one to mum and when it came to me, he put the biscuit back into the container and avoided my eyes! worse, when sis handed him a biscuit and asked him to give it me, he shook his head!!! he was only 11 mths and 12 days old. (today he is 11 mths & 14 days) my heart broke into 1,000,000 pcs. BUT he did offer me later after a few more attempts. cannot imagine when he turns 2. oh no, i have not prepared his 1st birthday gift!
and i met kt and her cutie girl in the botanic garden this morning! she and tc tried several attempts to visit but always wrong timing. and fate arranged for us to meet finally. happy happy.
yesterday between mum & i, we finished a whole chicken (small one la) ! it was simply delicious, 100% hainanese chicken prepared painstakingly by my sis's mum-in-law. she really put her heart & soul into the cooking. imagine goin to different wet markets all over s'pore just to find the ideal chicken. now, that makes her our 大长今！
jackie foo did something incredulous last sunday. we were sitting at the dinner table and he reached out to my bottled medication. naturally, i looked stern (so very slightly) and said "no no". imme he face changed and cried as though i juz punched him! ten minutes later, mum, spy, sis & i gathered round him while he was munchin on his cutie biscuits. he gave one to spy, one to mum and when it came to me, he put the biscuit back into the container and avoided my eyes! worse, when sis handed him a biscuit and asked him to give it me, he shook his head!!! he was only 11 mths and 12 days old. (today he is 11 mths & 14 days) my heart broke into 1,000,000 pcs. BUT he did offer me later after a few more attempts. cannot imagine when he turns 2. oh no, i have not prepared his 1st birthday gift!
Sunday, September 17, 2006
bad banquet
aiya the computer kept 'hanging' on me the past few days!
anyways, went to watch The Banquet movie on friday but it is a very BORING movie! very sad u know, bcos i was very excited abt going to the cinema esp when mum was coming with us - she has not been to the cinema for 10 years! poor mum, she fell asleep during the show zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
very very very bad lines - whoever wrote those lines should be made to say those lines for the rest of his/her life! i know at this point of my life i should be peaceful & calm but aiyoh........ so if u hv time to spare, read my blog & leave comment lah better than waste 2 hrs on that movie. AND my blog is FREE to read somemore!!!
enough is enough. no more big budget expensive chinese period drama pls.
having complaint so much, i was still very happy to be out of the flat and see different things and people. and grateful for the company - thank u sy.
and my appetite is back! activities resume back to normal - the botanic gdn walks, reading, emailing etc and once a week i go to the Children's Charity office 2 blocks away to go very simple volunteer work like putting stamps on envelops. ahh, reminds me of those days at tns.......
yeah! 'jackie' foo is coming today - my mum started calling my nephew that name after he displayed his kung fu talent in the photos below:
anyways, went to watch The Banquet movie on friday but it is a very BORING movie! very sad u know, bcos i was very excited abt going to the cinema esp when mum was coming with us - she has not been to the cinema for 10 years! poor mum, she fell asleep during the show zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
very very very bad lines - whoever wrote those lines should be made to say those lines for the rest of his/her life! i know at this point of my life i should be peaceful & calm but aiyoh........ so if u hv time to spare, read my blog & leave comment lah better than waste 2 hrs on that movie. AND my blog is FREE to read somemore!!!
enough is enough. no more big budget expensive chinese period drama pls.
having complaint so much, i was still very happy to be out of the flat and see different things and people. and grateful for the company - thank u sy.
and my appetite is back! activities resume back to normal - the botanic gdn walks, reading, emailing etc and once a week i go to the Children's Charity office 2 blocks away to go very simple volunteer work like putting stamps on envelops. ahh, reminds me of those days at tns.......
yeah! 'jackie' foo is coming today - my mum started calling my nephew that name after he displayed his kung fu talent in the photos below:
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
重出江湖 i am back!
谢谢你，干姐姐 e following is esp for someone who cut my hair for more than 10 yrs for FREE b4 she gave her business to care for her family. And who recently, came personally to my place to cut my hair again.......
台日美三国医生在国际研讨会上碰面，日本医生说，十年前我们有个年轻人车祸手指撞断了，送到医院手术后，今年他得到国际钢琴大赛首奖。美国医生说，十年前我们有个年轻人车祸脚撞断了，送到医院手术后，上次奥运会他一百公尺短跑得了冠军，台湾医生听了在旁边冷笑说： 二十年前，我们有个年轻人车祸脑死了，送到医院，我们把一个猪的脑袋移植给他，现在他是我们的总统。
好笑叻？
sorry for dropping off the radar for so long.
the nausae from the 2nd chemo stayed a tat too long so i had to focus my energy.....
luckily the wonderful ladies at dr khoo's clinic introduced me to a nutritious drink, otherwise..... i am distracted here bcos the drink has a very corny name "Ensure Life"
which brings me to this even cornier name a friend coined for a cologne: Smelly No More.
anyways, things have improved but i am not back to the normal appetite yet. slowly lah. At least i have the energy to read and watch dvds again otherwise my eyes tired very easily and i could only listen to music.
thanks to my beloved friends who sent me encouraging and kind words and funny jokes especially for the past week......and those who remembered my birthday.....my sis for bringing the little man CY who brigthened mum's face & mine of course.
that's all folks, time to rest.
I'LL BE BACK!
台日美三国医生在国际研讨会上碰面，日本医生说，十年前我们有个年轻人车祸手指撞断了，送到医院手术后，今年他得到国际钢琴大赛首奖。美国医生说，十年前我们有个年轻人车祸脚撞断了，送到医院手术后，上次奥运会他一百公尺短跑得了冠军，台湾医生听了在旁边冷笑说： 二十年前，我们有个年轻人车祸脑死了，送到医院，我们把一个猪的脑袋移植给他，现在他是我们的总统。
好笑叻？
sorry for dropping off the radar for so long.
the nausae from the 2nd chemo stayed a tat too long so i had to focus my energy.....
luckily the wonderful ladies at dr khoo's clinic introduced me to a nutritious drink, otherwise..... i am distracted here bcos the drink has a very corny name "Ensure Life"
which brings me to this even cornier name a friend coined for a cologne: Smelly No More.
anyways, things have improved but i am not back to the normal appetite yet. slowly lah. At least i have the energy to read and watch dvds again otherwise my eyes tired very easily and i could only listen to music.
thanks to my beloved friends who sent me encouraging and kind words and funny jokes especially for the past week......and those who remembered my birthday.....my sis for bringing the little man CY who brigthened mum's face & mine of course.
that's all folks, time to rest.
I'LL BE BACK!
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
best-est birthday gift
today i received the best birthday present for this year - no booster jab required!
hurray hurray hurray!!!!!!
the white blood cell & neutrophil has gone up to acceptable levels, almost back to the level even before the 1st chemo.
so i had chemo this afternoon and now resting at home.
my heartfelt gratitute to all who have been praying for me.
i am so touched! yw called from slovakia juz now. got me all misty eyes.........
hurray hurray hurray!!!!!!
the white blood cell & neutrophil has gone up to acceptable levels, almost back to the level even before the 1st chemo.
so i had chemo this afternoon and now resting at home.
my heartfelt gratitute to all who have been praying for me.
i am so touched! yw called from slovakia juz now. got me all misty eyes.........
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Friday, September 01, 2006
毛孩 (hairy kid) no more
yes, i really look stunningly good in my new hairdo.
if u need more of these pictures, pls visit
http://www.sinead-oconnor.com/
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