i listen

i listen to all kinds of songs, as long as they are nice, be it pop rock, sentimental, jazz, slow rock, trance music and many more! at the moment, these songs (not in particular order) are in my mp3 player, wish it was a red ipod nano :o)

1. gives you hell - the all-american rejects
2. right now (na na na) - akon
3. rehab - amy winehouse
4. halo - beyonce
5. if i were a boy - beyonce
6. womanizer - britney spears
7. without you - hinder
8. hot 'n cold - katy perry
9. my life would suck without you - kelly clarkson
10. just dance - lady gaga
11. poker face - lady gaga
12. better in time - leona lewis
13. gotta be somebody - nickleback
14. that's what you get - paramore
15. i hate this part - pussycat dolls
16. rehab - rihanna
17. fall for you - secondhand serenade
18. love story - taylor swift

come! let's shake your bum bum! :o)

三一八

today, i took a day off and went to the hospital with mom. she was scheduled to do her first chemotherapy today. the night before, somehow, i felt nervous even though i was not the one who was going to have the treatment. i guessed it was because she is my mom and i was afraid that chemotherapy might be very taxing on her.

we were already sitting outside the blood-test department at 7am. mom needs to do blood test first to make sure she has enough white blood cells before she can start her chemotherapy. while mom was doing her blood test, i saw a few kids wearing masks over their mouths. i knew they were all young cancer patients. one of them was a young girl, think she was only 5 or 6 years old. suddenly i felt like crying looking at the small kids, imagining the pain and agony that they have to suffer at such young age!

when we were at the radiotherapy unit waiting for mom's turn to see the doctor, she met a few of her friends she knew from the unit! those women really were fighters. they were all so positive and cheerful! they changed my expectation of a radiotherapy unit where i expect to see dull, sad, crying faces! one of the friends, ah hua was like a counsellor offering encouragement to the new patients there.

mom was mentally, physically and emotionally prepared for the treatment. she told me she has made herself 3 head scarves. i told her i would want to take photos of her and my dad with nephew juston when she has lost all her hair! :o) mom brought along water, sandwiches, prayer book and a reading book along, it was like a small outing for both of us, minus the river, the chirping birds, the trees and the green green grass.

mom started her first chemotherapy at 12.45 noon. as i was not allowed in the room, so i went home first. i stood outside looking when she walked into the room. it was like the scene of parents seeing their kids to school, except this time, i was the parents and mom was the kid.

her chemotherapy took about 2 hours and 15 minutes. when dad drove her back, she didn't look tired or exhausted. i asked her how she was feeling, she felt okay and still energetic and cheerful as she always was! she told us her first experience, shared with us the people she met in the chemotherapy room, etc....

i am glad that mom is a fighter, stronger and braver than i thought she was!

三一八 is sure a day to remember :o)

me! me! me!

okay, i always see people writing things like "20 facts about myself" or "10 things about me" and etc.... so now, i am giving it a try, to write something about myself, some known facts and if i know myself well, some dark secrets too! hehehe....

1. i am a dreamy piscean who likes to daydream and have wild imagination.
2. being a piscean, i am quite a perfectionist. i would use liquid paper to erase the not-so-fine-looking handwriting because the "a" is too thin or the "s" is out-of-shape!
3. i liked a girl when i was in primary 1! to be with her, i joined the after-school drawing class that she joined, i asked for permission from her aunt to go together with her, ended up i was known in her whole family! she is now married, yet she is still my best-est girlfriend! right, bayi? :o)
4. i was a class monitor for 6 years in primary school :o) and the head prefect too!
5. i was in the best class for 6 years in high school but never the best student in class!
6. i speak 3 languages and 5 dialects, but only fluent in 2 of them.
7. i passed my grade 6 piano practical exam with a credit, so anyone wants to learn piano?
8. i am not an optimist, tend to worry and to think negatively, but learning to be as positive as possible.
9. i have light acrophobia, so i must hold on to the handrail at all times!
10. i am very observant, sometimes can be scary to other people.
11. i can be very sarcastic to people who get on my nerves, so be careful huh :-p
12. i am an introvert. i don't mix well with strangers.
13. i don't give a good first impression to most people. most of them think i look arrogant!
14. i may look fierce and serious, but i am quite a friendly guy who likes to smile and laugh :o)
15. i was 95 kgs heavy with 42 inches waistline during college time, now, i am 72kgs with 34 inches waistline!
16. i did not take any slimming products though. it was all hard work of doing exercises and controlling diets.
17. i used to jog 1 hour non-stop, play badminton 3 times each week and go to gym everyday.
18. i had a back surgery in 2006, hence i cannot lift/carry heavy things or do strenuous exercises now. i only swim and do light exercises in the gym.
19. i swim freestyle without knowing the breathing technique :o) recently started my yet-to-be-perfected breaststroke! hahahaha...
20. i was always mistaken as malay/native! hahaha....
21. i am a dog person, especially medium size dogs like golden or labrador retrievers.
22. i love photography, started in 2007, especially love food photography and taking photos of non-moving objects!
23. i like traveling, hope to visit at least one country each year! care to join me? :o)
24. i am not a born christian, and i was baptized in 2003 in a catholic church :-)
25. i can cook quite well. don't believe? can always ask my mom or my colleagues! hahaha..... grandma used to say i would become a good wife if i were a girl! hahaha.....

the list is however not exhaustive and will be updated from time to time :o) comments from friends and relatives are welcome too! hehehehe.... so that i can know myself more too!

cheers!