Archive for January, 2007

The One About Death

One day at work, while mopping the floor, I suddenly had an image of my mom in bed, all frail and weak flash in my mind. Tears just rolled off my cheeks then. I think I was too tired (work has been hectic) and PMS-y.

But this made me think about Death.

I do not cope well with Death.

In fact, I’m one of the worst in my family to cope with Death.

When Nut, my syrian hamster, passed away at a ripe old age of 4 last year, I cried for 2 days.

When Minky’s brothers died, I cried for at least an hour or two for each one of them.

When I cry, I mean bawl. I would bawl until my eyes are swollen, until I’m out of breath and until I have a headache.

I still weep when I think about my grandmom (mom’s mom) and I would cry too when I think about how soon my granny (dad’s mom) would go too.

I have a feeling, I would go berserk if my other family members pass away. Esp my mom, Nad, Lulu, Benji, Chiyo and Kelly. I cannot cannot cannot imagine how I would cope with that.

My greatest wish is to die before anyone of the above dies. Coward I am.

Even writing about this brings tears to my eyes.

Lets not talk about humans. Let’s talk about my pets.

Benji, Chiyo and Kelly. They may one day get some form of cancer, liver failure, kidney failure yadda yadda yadda, or fade with old age.

I would only be at the very very most, 38 – 40 years old. That’s giving them a lifespan of 15 to 20 years. How heartbroken I would be when the time comes for them to leave.

I will be more heartbroken if they have to suffer. I do not believe in euthanesia -  I do not like to be given a decision which only God should have. So I pray that if God has to take any of my loved ones, take them away without sufferings.

And so far, those that have left (relatives and pets alike), do not suffer much.

I can almost picture myself holding on to one of my dogs or cat, hugging them tight. Telling them I love them and I would always love them. Telling them to go in peace and that I will take care of myself. Telling them they no longer have to protect me and they have done their jobs well. Thanking them for sharing their lives with me.

Goodness…. I’m trying so hard not to cry out now that I have a sore throat.

For friends and family, it’s going to be much worse.

I wish my loved ones could live forever.

Although I do not show it outright, I love my family alot. Especially my mom. She has done so much for me and Lulu. She deserves so much more that I will work hard to provide.

I just don’t want any surprises on the way. I don’t want surprises that make me break promises. (I promised my grandma that when I grew up and went to work, I would give her money, but I never did get to do so.) I just want my mom to be able to finally take a break from working so hard all her life, relax and rest.

Life is so unpredictable and only God knows what’s in store.
If Life is a bargain, I would be good for the rest of my life – not fibbing, not judging others, not breaking all the commandments – in exchange for my loved ones longevity.

I realise one should always treat their loved ones well and not take them for granted when they are still living.
Too many times, people do not understand until it’s too late. Too many times.

This post is kinda depressing and it’s all over the place. I usually read my posts once through to vet for incoherance and typos. But I won’t tonight.

I do want to let my family members (inclusive of my parents, my sis, my aunties and uncle and cousins, my granny, my husband, my dogs and my cat) know that;

I love you all. Alot. Thank you for sharing your lives with me.  

Thats Inori, with PMS.

The One About Some Bigots

I read this:The Straits Times

And am appalled that such selfish, self-righteous people exist amongst us.

Do allow me to change a few things :
Let us take a look at the problems created by humans being bred in HDB flats to understand better the impact of allowing the keeping of humans in HDB flats.

1. Dirtying public property.

Many parents are irresponsible and allow their kids to urinate everywhere including in the lifts, the void decks, the playground, the pavements and on the grass patch. (Oooo I wished I had taken a photo of kids doing that. This week alone, I’ve seen 3 already!) To allow the keeping of kids will only compound the problem. Furthermore, kids’ urine is liquid which cannot be picked up, so more people are going to be unwittingly stepping onto it.

Also, I have noticed a trend of ADULT MALES, peeing in the bushes. Tsk tsk tsk. Shame on them. I wished I had taken pictures of that too.

2. Noise.

Kids living in HDB flats create a lot of noise, at all times of the day and night. Add screaming mothers to it, and the problem will get only worse. Imagine the loud noises created by kids running up and down in the corridors and mothers screaming after them. Babies compound the problem by crying for no apparent reason dead in the night.
3. Smell.

The keeping of senior citizens and infants in HDB flats will create a strong unpleasant odour. So do inconsiderate people who eat durian in their flats. What nerve they have! HDB is COMMON HOUSING! HOW DARE they eat durians and throw their durian husks around the corridors and void decks! The Nerve!
4. Disease.

Kids are known to transmit hand, foot and mouth diseases. Since Singapore has been RABIES FREE for the longest time, thank God they won’t transmit rabies, contrary to SOMEBODY’s belief. But oh, humans also share chicken pox virus, measles, flu virus, tuberculosis, SARS etc etc, just to name a few.
5. Child and Senior Citizen abuse.

We have seen many instances of abuse through neglect in The Straits Times. With humans living in HDB flats, this problem will only get worse.

Many working adults leave their elderly parents at home alone and this is a fire hazard. The elderly may forget to turn off a gas stove.

Many working adults also leave their kids in care of their elderly parents or maids. This is also a hazard. Since most kids are ill-mannered and no longer listen to their elders, accidents are just begging to occur.

I strongly urge HDB to maintain the ban on humans in public flats. In addition, I would urge HDB to also ban the keeping of big headed bigots in public flats.

HDB flats are built for angels to stay in, not animals (which, incidently, includes homo sapiens).

Peter Kuan Kok Oon An angel
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I am disgusted that I share the same country with these sort of selfish people.

I’d rather such people be living in their paradise, high above all others, with servants at their beck and call, drinking from their golden cups and shitting on golden toilet bowls.

I’d rather be living down in the dumps with my animals.

Nothing can replace the joy of having them around me. And NOTHING can repulse me further than people who are such bigots.

Shame on you. You bring utter shame to mankind. Disgusting. Totally disgusting.

The One About Packing, Napping, Reading and Anime-ing

Thats right, I’ve been packing.

Things to sell, things to bring, things to throw, things to give away.

Sometimes I wish I didn’t buy things on impulse. Sigh, waste of money and space. Have to learn my lesson.

I also squeezed time for a few naps. Nad managed to go online today for many hours and spent quite alot of time chatting on MSN. :D I feel happy when he’s around. In fact, I think I rely on him too much sometimes. He’s like a security blanket and a pillar of strength for me. Without him, don’t really feel like doing much. Feel tired easily and feel really lonely. :(

However, I couldn’t take it halfway through and told him I was going to take a nap. When I woke up 1 or 2 hours later, he was STILL online. Hahaha.

The naps and long sleep past few days have helped with my tiredness. Work won’t be so bad anymore for the next few weeks. I have only 10 days of work left. Not counting my off days.

Finally managed to catch some anime. I’m watching XXXHolics now.

Frankly, some episodes are rather disturbing. I hate it when the spirits take the form of humans. When they are just weird shaped monsters, I’m fine. When they start to have slit-eyes and stick thin black figures with top hat and umbrella, is when I feel spooked.

Anyway, I borrowed an interesting book from the library yesterday. I actually wanted a book so that I could eat and read at the same time. It’s a very bad habit of mine – I either have to:

  • read a book or comic or newspaper
  • watch tv/dvd
  • chat with people at the table

When I eat without doing any one of the above, I will not feel satisfied. My favourite activity while eating is still reading though.

If I had extra hands and eyes, I would be able to play computer games while eating too. So fun, right?

So anyway, I finished reading the comic my colleague lent me. So being desperate, I popped into the library to look for books.

If you are a frequent library visitor, you should know it’s hard to find just any book you think you’d fancy and leave.

I searched for Mitch Albom’s latest book, “For One More Day” but they were all either on loan or reserved. I searched for Dan Brown’s “Deception Point” but they were all gone too.

So I just went to any random shelf and started to look at the titles.

I finally picked up a book titled:

Breathe: A Ghost Story by Cliff McNish

I didn’t like it so much because the words are abit too big for my liking.

I only realised much later why the words were bigger than my usual novels – The book was from the Junior section. Not the Adult section. -___-
However, it proved to be an interesting read. I loved the way the author depicted the ghosts. It’s not a scary book. It’s more like fantasy.

I finished the book within the day and returned it on the same day. Hahaha.

It’s 1.17am now. I usually feel sleepy only after 3am. But I feel sleepy now already. Funny how naps make me sleepier.

I miss Nad, terribly. Sometimes I just wish we can sleep side by side forever and ever in each others’ arms and never ever wake up.

But that’s just me being lazy. Not romantic. Lazy.

I don’t even mind sleeping forever alone!

*Snorts*

I know I’m terribly slow with the updates (and pictures). It will be worse in time to come because I may not have ready access to the internet. We’ll see what we can do about it.

Goodnight.

The One About God Gave Me Strength

To be cheerful and happy for the whole week!

Even though certain events are rather not-so-nice, i.e dragging my huge bum to work and Kelly contracting fungus on her head.

But yeah…. Even though I’m dead tired and don’t feel like doing much after work past few days, I’m quite cheerful now.

And thus, I shall give you a preview of ONE wedding photo….

I’m very pretty, ain’t I? *Blush blush*

Anyway, the reason why I feel so chirpy is coz of God.

Only He can strengthen the bones of a very lazy pig.

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. – Philippians 4:13

Thank you Lord.

The One About BLARDEECRASHINGDOWN

Work is killing.

I know I shouldn’t complain because my boss works 10 times harder and longer hours than I do.

But I’m really drained.

Some days I don’t even know if I could move my feet.

I have to juggle with way too many things. I won’t say here exactly what it is, but I’ve been sleeping at 3am and waking at 9am for valid reasons.

I’m very very very very very cranky.

I just wish………….I just wish things were a lil’ easier.

I’m crashing soon. I’m crashing soon.