life is beautiful

Let me start with some unimportant rambling first:

Shall not waste too much time explaining why I have temporarily stopped blogging. It mainly has to do with the deficiency of a web log as a means of self-expression. Thanks to fyp for allowing me to step back and think through it.

University started here and ends here: a nice perfect cycle. It is really a joy for me to flip through the old entries, so much so that it gets emotionally difficult to put a stop to the continuation of the space. For that reason, and for the sake of the many comments that I can’t bear to delete, I will keep this space open (till the day when msn crashes or decides to trash it). There is still a positive possibility that I will come back to blogging some day, somewhere else, so long as I still feel like writing. Of course I am still reachable through msn and emails, etc. Just that for the time being, it makes environmental sense to use up some of my pretty ‘antique’ pens on decent notebooks that I don’t know what to do with otherwise. =]

p.s. I love you all~

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Anw, thought I owe some of you an update on Xiao’ou’s condition, so here you go:

Updates on Xiao’ou (22 Apr, 2009)

sources:

http://blog.sina.com.cn/blessxiaoou & Xiaonei

On 8th Apr, she flew back to China with her mum and aunt . She currently (as of 22th Apr) stays in ‘人民医院’, according to the latest update by her friend on Xiaonei. If it is the PKU People’s Hospital, it should be one of the best hospitals in China. With the establishment of the ‘World’s Largest Umbilical Cord Blood Cell Bank’ in Beijing, we can have even more confidence in her recovery.  Depending on her recent blood test results, she might be discharged soon and rest in a rented apartment near the hospital till the next chemotherapy treatment. The use of the total donation of S$286,788.10 is believed to be under supervision by two NUS profs and NUSSU representatives, and receipts of medical expenditure would be sent by her family members to Singapore to justify the use of the donation money. For future updates on her conditions, please continue to read the sina blog (link provided above and on the left pane of this space).

Once again, on behalf of my humble self (since I don’t think I can represent anyone else), I thank everyone who read this blog and showed concern for Xiao’ou, and all who had made an effort to help her - You are very much appreciated!

Hope she will recover soon!

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Shearing

British Jazz Pianist. Born-blind (omg...i din know that!). Started learning piano at 3.

Let's see him playing:

George Shearing: Lullaby of Birdland

George Shearing - Shadow of Your Smile

Again couldn't find on youtube any of the songs we are singing,

so, strongly recommend the Chamber Singers Concert!

All the 7 songs by George Shearing are nice!

(among other nice songs of cos.

so far, i have only found 1 song out of the 25 i am involved in, not nice.

i am being really honest.)

“人要为自己而活，

不能太在乎他人的感受。”

妈妈的这句话

深得我心。

摘抄清代学者朱锡绶在《幽梦续影》的几句话,

愿大家为自己

活得更好:

素食则气不浊，

独窗则神不浊，

默坐则心不浊，

读书则口不浊.

http://teabbs.zjol.com.cn/thread-56503-1-1.html

晓鸥写的感谢信

作者： 日期：2009-3-20 1:05:23 人气：44 标签：

实现现实

我是晓鸥，得了白血病。。

一直很想把这句话大声得喊出来，因为到现在我都没有疯狂得发泄过：没有嗷嚎大哭，没有抓狂愤怒。

09年3月3号，很简单得早上。
早起打算去还没有翻得RBR。出了门脚底就拼命打颤，眼前白茫茫得分不清楚阳光和地砖，连走一步多路得力气都没有了。回到最近得休息室，喘了喘养了养神我就去等公车了－只是心里想着今天要去看看医生了。然后就去见了老师，扫描了一些材料，发东西给公司。然后回到clinic，排排队，描述描述情况。在我得要求下抽了抽血－手指得血怎么得指数不够，就又去抽了胳膊。这时候我看见technician得表情在看结果得时候就不对着我友好得笑了。她叫来旁边得白头发老头，对着显微镜看了一会。领着我亲自把报告给医生，叫我在门口等。我在门口等得时候，医生却拿着纸往外跑。再跑出来得时候把我叫进去，开始用华文问我家族有没有血液病史啊，喜欢吃鱼么啊什么得。我实在忍不住了就问：情况严重么？医生告诉我：相当严重等等等等。就这样我连午饭没吃，宿舍得床还没叠，包里干干净净什么得情况下来到NUH。等了一个下午得emergency，被迫用车抬进去，再抽血，等待。。
医生过来，我问什么病？医生说：初步断定血癌。我又问：啊？有没有别的可能性，我没那些症状啊？我午饭都没吃呢，贫血吧。医生很直接了当：你的白血球很高，别的可能性很小。我们现在要。。。

然后我就躺在那发呆。。医生让我联系家里人。我想了想打电话告诉了在新加坡得叔叔，打电话得时候我哭了。。。尝试打电话告诉好朋友可是终究没开的了口说我为什么住院了。

就这样，我没有悬念得被诊断为白血病住进了医院。

现在，有那么多的得好心人在帮助我，关心我，问候我！每一天我都在感动和感恩！了解我得人都知道我不会说客套得话。现在得我，更加说不出华丽得词汇来表达我得感激。我只知道，这些身体得痛苦都不算什么，现在不算什么，以后也不算什么，永远都不会算什么！你们对我得每一份帮助，都会变成我身体里得一个红血球，一个血小板，一个好的白血球！新的血液－健康得血液会重新在我得身体里流淌。我想着遭受痛苦得是我比是我得朋友要好，我想着如果我今天受得能让许多得好心人免除痛苦，我想着一直给我坚强后盾得家里人。没有那些伟大得宣言，当事情真的发生得时候，一切都那么顺其自然，大家给的鼓励就变成我得勇气。

很多时候，我都在自责，为什么之前没有把我得对大家得热爱和感激更坦白得表达出来呢！每一次，即使路上偶然简短得闲聊，一个陌生得人淡淡得微笑，我都会无比得开心。现在，我躺在病床上，不能看见那些生动得笑脸，才发现我之前是多么吝啬表达我得欢喜啊。

还是忍不住，想对所有得人说句谢谢！虽然我知道没有人要求。

真的，谢谢！

摘自校内网：http://blog.xiaonei.com/GetEntry.do?id=371199686&owner=225496887

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So, express all your happiness, gratitude and love

and do things you REALLY enjoy

while you still can!

(illustration is inappropriate, ignore it)

1, From NUS law school:

"Hi, we are a group of students from NUS Law who do not know Xiao Ou personally. Upon receiving the email, we decided to organise a bake sale to help raise funds for her medical bills.
Do support us in this worthy cause. All proceeds will be donated to her. Thank you. "

items & prices:

http://webakewithlove.blogspot.com/

"FOR COLLECTION ON THURSDAY, ORDERS CLOSE 2359HRS ON TUESDAY, 17TH MARCH 2009.

FOR COLLECTIONS ON FRIDAY, ORDERS CLOSE 2359 HRS ON WEDNESDAY, 18TH MARCH 2009.

ALL ORDERS SHOULD BE SENT TO: webakewithlove@gmail.com
For urgent queries, call/text Grace Ong at 90409050, or Michelle Chiang at 97811548."

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2, Bone Marrow Donor Programme

who can & how to become a donor

 

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