Monz' Life Journey

GREETINGS!!!

2008-05-19T03:17:00.000+08:00

Have fun reading my blog and be blessed!!!
Feel free to comment or write to me at monicawe@singnet.com.sg

BC Outing

2007-08-06T14:28:00.000+08:00

FCBC Outing 3

2007-07-28T16:51:00.001+08:00

Jael, Yu Ling and myself met at 3pm and we started our day by visiting IOS (Images of Singapore) at Sentosa.

And the group joined us in the evening to watch Songs of the Sea....

ha ha ..... my group of supporters for the night!!!!!

Birthday celebration at Vivo City

Our Birthday Girl!!!!

Hee, hee..... Birthday Girl has to accomplish a GREAT task!!!!

Hur!!! What????
How many candles 'hiding' in there????

Let me dive in to take a look!!!!

WOW ????!!!!!!
I NEED OXYGEN TANK!!!!!

The chocolate is yummy ... but..... where's the hidden candles????

29 sec is up.... MORE CANDLES PLEASE!!!!!

Before ........

After ......

Some cakes..... anyone???? ...... urrrrrrr.......

urrrr...... no thanks!!!!!

Tea is nicer lah!!!!

The celebration ended with a time of prayer together :o)))

FCBC's City Walk

We met at Padang around 7.30am the next day

MY FIRST SHOW!!!! (2/7/07)

2007-07-09T12:06:00.001+08:00

FCBC Outing 2

2007-06-23T01:14:00.001+08:00

The FCBC group gathered to celebrate Ai Ling's Birthday last night at Liang Seah Street 's Hong Kong Restaurant. I was very excited to meet everyone coz' it has been 3 months since we last met each other. To my surprise.... everyone was there except the BIRTHDAY GIRL!!!!!! :o)))) We still went ahead to celebrate her birthday without her being around.....we sang her birthday song, cut the cake and we had great fun!!!! Hee, hee.... all recorded in mobile.....Thank God for technology!!!!

Here we are ..... the FCBC Group ......

Back (left to right) : Pearly, Joanna, myself and Hui Qun
Front (left to right) : Yu Ling, Angela, Clarissa's spiritual daughter and Clarissa

Not forgetting the two brothers..... Clarissa's husband and Pearly's boyfriend :o)

Ai Ling, where are you?????

Quick, come!!! We are going to sing you birthday song and cut the cake already!!!! Where are you?????

Home-made Birthday Cake for Ai Ling.....

The maker of the cake!!!!! Champion Singer and Excellent cake maker!!!! What a talent!

The cake was yummy!!!

Superb!!! Even better than bakery shop!!!!

It's so yummy.....what a waste that the birthday girl didn't get to eat her own birthday cake...

Ai Ling, Come! Eat the cake that was specially made for you.....

You sure you don't want to try????

ok, we'll eat on your behalf then..... HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY DEAR!!!!!

Joanna and myself

Yu Ling and me

Angela and me again!!! =P

Look here..... cheese!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AI LING!!!!!

SONGS OF THE SEA!!!

2007-06-15T23:49:00.000+08:00

Sentosa's latest attraction, built at a cost of $30 million and designed by acclaimed multimedia display designer Yves Pepin.

The attraction runs two 25-minute shows at 7.40 pm and 8.40 pm every night.

This place shall be my second home and I'm proud to be part of the cast :o)

We spent many hours rehearsing the show in the hot afternoon sun and I took the opportunity to have a good sun tan ;-P

Here am I with the Oscar!!!

Night Scene

Getting ready for the show....

Queuing for the tickets ....

Getting ready for the show...... look at the queue!!!

The crowd starts to stream in.....

The cast warming up for the show...

The centrepiece of the show is this 120m-long superb Kelong structure that gives a taste of the old kampong lifestyle in Singapore.

Before Sunset .....

After Sunset .....

The story line has brilliantly included the focus of the 3 main effects namely the fire, the light and the water. The dazzling display of pyrotechnics and laser lights were terrific!

Lord of Fire asking for the Song to regain its power.....

The attraction features flames that leap up to 20m...

Fire works that "wow" all audience....

69 water jets that squirt water as high as 40m....

Performance by live cast - all set to a thrilling musical score!!!

Storyline- Princess Ami is asleep.....

Finale - Awaken by the Songs of the Sea!!!

Climax was Marvelous!!!

Bravo to the Cast!!!

192 DAYS IN HOSPITAL!!!

2007-06-10T17:26:00.000+08:00

129 Days in ICU & ICA
(Tracheostomy done on 4/9/06)

Intubation

Tracheostomy

Admitted to Singapore General Hospital from 19 July 2006 to 27 Jan 2007 for Diaphragmatic amyotrophy with Type II respiratory failure. Intubated 3 times and finally had tracheostomy done on 4th Sep.

Diaphragmatic amyotrophy means the diaphragm muscle became weak and therefore was unable to expel carbon dioxide when I sleep. Hence, the retention of CO2 led to Type II respiratory failure. Very often I would experience sudden shortness of breath (SOB) and when nothing seemed to help, doctors would sedate me and then intubate me. Intubation would allow the ventilator to take over my breathing and thus helped to expel the CO2 from my body.

The pain and discomfort to be hooked to the ventilator was beyond words. Every slight movement would result in excruciating pain. I was literally being "glued" to one position coz' there were so many tubes and wires all over. To be stuck in one position for days after days were no joke. Some days, I would become extremely restless and I wanted to pull out all the tubes and jumped off the bed. I was desperate whenever I felt restless and requested for the nurses to sedate me for fear that I would harm myself if I were to pull out all the tubes and wires. It was definitely better to be unconscious if we have to be hooked up to the ventilator. Being conscious and alert was torturious!!! Usually when the doctor intubate me, they would give high dosage of Domican (hee, hee....don't know the spelling, but it's some form of drug that knock you out) and morphine. Domican caused drowsiness as well as wiped out memories. It was weird coz' I could only remember flashes of events, bits and pieces, just like recalling a dream. In other words, I may "seemed" to be awake but I was not .... so I actually "talked" nonsense too.....hahahahaha....(By the way, I was not able to talk because of the tube in my mouth so I communicate through writing) In fact it was a good idea to write coz' it became the "evidence" of my funny "talks" with different ones.

Noticed the clip board and pen? That's how I communicate while in ICU and most ICU nurses won't know how my voice sounds like =P

After 3 times of intubation, the doctor decided to perform a tracheostomy on the 4th of Sep 2006. The reason for the tracheostomy is so that I can be easily "hooked up" to the ventilator.

Intubation is an invasive procedure of inserting a tube from the throat to the lung so that the ventilator can "blow" air into the lung to prevent the lung from collapsing.

The tube can only be in the mouth for about a week and if patient needs to be hooked to the ventilator for a longer period, tracheostomy would be considered. Tracheostomy is a surgical procedure of cutting a hole in the throat for the tube to be inserted. In this case, the tube would bypass the throat and vocal cords etc. This would reduce the risk of infection.

Most of us are familiar with IV drips (Intravenous means "within a vein") but not many have encountered IA line (Arterial Line).

Take a look at the plug on my left arm.....that's the IA line.

In setting the IA line, the doctor would try to find the artery "blindly". Veins are nearer to the surface so it's easier to be found but artery is embedded far deeper so doctors have to poke the needle deeper in and start to "search" for the artery by pulling the needle in and out. Very often the needle poke everywhere else (like nerves, muscles etc) but the artery!!! Ouch!!!!! Because I had it so often that my arteries were "harden" and that made it even more difficult for the doctors to set the IA line. The doctors would spend as long as more than an hour to finally get a successful line. Sometimes, I do see doctors perspired as they set the line for me and some would apologize continuously coz' they felt so bad that they had to "torture" me. Poor doctors!!! I do have high treshold for pain but at times, these were unbearable.....OUCH!!!!!!! The scars do remind me of how I've endured.... You could easily visualize the swell and bruises all over my arms and wrists. On top of the IA line, the IV lines had also exhausted all my veins!!! To sum up in one word.......it's "PAIN, PAIN and PAIN".....OUUUUUUCCCCCCCH!!!!

I am grateful to God for sending me good doctors and caring nurses. If it were not for them, I would not have"survived" the agony of such long stays in hospital.

My heart is filled with gratitude whenever I think of them.

At times, I was a difficult patient for some ...

but I am thankful for the grace and mercy shown.

How do you like this space-looking helmet?

Because of my CO2 retention, I have to use bipap machine when I sleep. I struggled alot with the mask because it was extremely uncomfortable. Some days I almost cried using it and begged the nurse to remove it. Of course they won't allowed that => so I have to bear with the discomfort. One fine day, the vendor brought something interesting..... this cool looking helmet!!! Hahaha... anything that kills the mundane of life would bring excitement and smile on my face ;-P So i tried the helmet lor! Notice the tube that attached to the helmet? It's hooked to the bipap machine, so the pressure of the air is spread out within the helmet instead of the usual gush of air that pushes into the lung through the nostril. However, if I ever need to scratch my nose or reach for my face for any reason, I would be in trouble coz' the helmet is neatly sealed and there's no way I could remove it without any help. Imagine if I suddenly have claustrophobic??? My goodness, it would be so scary if it ever happens especially when there's no immediate help available!

Because of the thick secretion, I was given nab regularly.

Due to the long stay in the hospital, I was infected with MRSA ("hospital acquired bugs") and resulted in high fever. Look at my face, I was burning like a lobster!!!

I am thankful for the many visitors who brought love and comfort.....

and food of course :o) ................

No food while in ICU because of the intubation

but in ICA, I ate for "revenge" ;->>>>>

I can do a lot more in ICA as compared to ICU. The best thing that I've done in ICA was to dye my hair....hahahahha!!!! Thanks to Sharon who brought the dye for me ;->

We screen up the curtain and with her help, I finally got my hair dyed after staying almost 6 months in hospital!!!! It has definitely brought some change to my mundane life in hospital (",)

See how cool I look!!!!!

TRACHEOSTOMY DAYS

2007-06-10T17:23:00.000+08:00

As was mentioned earlier in my previous blog that I was intubated 3 times and after the third intubation, doctors decided to perform Tracheostomy.

Tracheostomy is a surgical procedure, performed on the neck, to open a direct airway through an incision in the trachea (windpipe) to make breathing easier and it is usually done in the operating room under general anesthesia. However, as for me, it was being performed in the ICU. Normally it was done by the ENT but I was very fortunate to have experienced Respiratory doctors, Dr Loo and Dr Constance Lo, to attend to me. Their skills were so good that the scar would be neat after trachy being removed.

Just before this surgical procedure, I was apprehensive coz' I was fearful that I would never speak or sing again. Different nurses and Respiratory Therapist (RT) did a good job in explaining and assuring me. After this surgical procedure, I could not talk for more than a month but eventually I've learnt to talk by taking a deep breath and placing a finger over the stoma.

This is how it was performed:

After given the General anesthesia, the neck is cleaned and draped. Surgical cuts are made to expose the tough cartilage rings that make up the outer wall of the trachea. The surgeon then creates an opening into the trachea and inserts a tracheostomy tube to provide an airway and to remove secretions from the lungs. So instead of breathing through the nose and mouth, I will then breathe through the tracheostomy tube.

The tracheotomy tube consists of three parts: outer cannula, inner cannula, and obturator. The outer cannula is the outer tube that holds the tracheostomy open.

A neck plate extends from the sides of the outer tube (outer cannula) and has holes to attach cloth ties or velcro strap around the neck.

Here are the inner tubes (inner cannula)

The inner cannula fits inside the outer cannula. It has a lock to keep it from being coughed out, and it is removed for cleaning. The obturator fits inside the tube to provide a smooth surface that guides the tracheotomy tube when it is being inserted.

This is how it looks when being locked in place.

Not many people has seen someone walking around with the trachy. Hence, you can imagine all the stares I get when I'm out in the public. Some would stares and stares and stares, some would ask what that is and why I need it etc. Some adviced to hide the trachy by using a scarf etc, but I've decided to reveal it so that people as well as myself would soon get use to it. It became a new fashion :-))))

However, with this trachy, sometimes it was rather difficult to talk when the secretion builds up and my breathing would become heavier and the sound would "scares" people around me ;-P

I remembered having steam boat at a friend's place and after that we played some card games. My breathing was rather heavy and that caused a friend of mine to look around "searching" where the sound came from. Initially, she thought it was her dog breathing very hard but soon confirmed it was not. Then she thought it could be the snore of a friend of ours who was sleeping coz' she was not well and again it was not. Then soon she realized it was me!!!!! Hahhahhahaha!!!!!

I was the mascot at Sentosa during Chinese New Year period. The job was tough and I was panting most of the time. Imagine having to stand besides the visitors and take pictures with them while panting heavily???? Hahaha.... they must be thinking where the "sound" comes from ;-P Of course I'd tried to hold my breath when I stood beside them.....it was ok if the "camera man" do it fast but some took ages to adjust the camera etc.....and you can beg I was desparately thinking...."QUICK!!!! I CAN"T BREATH!!!!!"

One afternoon at the Sentosa, I had to entertain some VIPs and as usual I was panting. It was ok if no one talks to me but one of the VIP did!!! I was panting so badly as I tried to answer all his questions but I guess he must be thinking to himself if I was ok.... hee, hee :o)))

The trach tube is sometimes sewn to the skin around the stoma but mine was another method in which the trachy is to be held in place with trach ties (tube holder).

However, instead of using the proper holder as was shown in the picture, I've tried to using the normal sewing thread :-O

It was so thin that sometimes I thought it might break!!! Hee, hee.... so daring hor!!! ;-P Take a look at these pictures and that was how it looks.

A gauze dressing was placed under my tracheotomy tube so as to absorb secretions as well as acting as a cushion between the tube and my neck. The gauze has to be changed when it becomes soiled.

Of course when I shower, I have to take extra care to prevent water from getting in. There were few occassions whereby water got in ..... choked, choked, choked......and cough, cough, cough!!!! scary!!!! Immediate suctioning was needed to help me breathe properly again.

My trach tubes have an inflatable cuff near the outer end to keep them from coming out and to prevent air from leaking around them. This is like a balloon, when inflated with air, I would not be able to talk at all. Usually during the day, it would be deflated so I can talk but in the night when I use the bipap, it has to be inflated. This would prevent the air from flowing upwards. This is important because if the air flows upwards, the air to the lung is minimized and I would feel extremely uncomfortable coz' my upper respiratory track would dry up so badly that it hurts.

As long as the trach is in place, I'll need to clean the inner cannula on a daily basis by scrubing it with a small brush so that it would not be clogged with mucus coz' if so, I'll be unable to breath.

Another way to prevent this clog was to do frequent suctioning. Suctioning was a must to get rid of the secretion out from the lung so as to prevent infection as well as to help me breathe better. However, this process was torturous!!! It was painful when the tube was being inserted into the lung and it works like the "vacuum machine", suction out all the secretion from the lung. Sometimes the tube would suction the lining of the trachea or lung that it started to bleed. Of course this was not new for me..... sob sob sob .... so painful lor!!!!

Here's the nurse getting ready to do suctioning for me

Ahhhhhhhhh!!!! "Tortouring Session" would soon begin!!!!!!!

HELP!!!!!

SOMEBODY OUT THERE .... HELP!!!!

A nurse once told me that my pain must be pretty bad that even in my sedated state, I struggled to grab hold onto the name tag of an ICU nurse who did suctioning for me and I tried so hard to focus my vision to see who that nurse was!!! Hahhaha .... that was shortly after being intubated that I was still in the state of confusion which I had no idea of what I did.

Take a look at this picture.... did you notice the bottle hanging on the wall? After suctioning, the secretion would be stored in that bottle. It was bloody isn't it? Sob sob sob .... that means it bled during suctioning!!!!

At home, I have to do suctioning myself. This is how the home suctioning machine looks like....

The suctioning tubes .......

And of course I have to wear sterile gloves before doing it ......

Take a look at these gadgets ..... they are humidifier, one with sponge and another with paper.

When my secretion is thick, it makes it difficult for me to breathe as well as very difficult to do suctioning. To ease the problem, I'll need to use nab or to use this gadget.

When assembled, this is how it looks....

The sponge or paper of this gadget is employed to captured the air (vapor) that I breathe out. This vapor is in turn being breathe in by me again and it acts to humidify the lung. After sometimes, the humidity builds up and the secretion would then be lossen.

Notice the two different kind of inner tubes as shown in the picture? The one with hole would allow me to talk whereas the other type without hole would not allow me to talk.

As for the outer tube, I used to use the kind with a hole as shown in this picture ....

However, I started to face another problem .... the granulation tissue started to grow into the tube through this hole!!!! Not only it has blocked the airway, it has also prevented the inner tube to be inserted. Without the inner tube inserted in place, I would not be able to use the bipap in the night. Because of this problem, I was rushed to ICU in two occassion for an emergency procedure and bronchoscopy. Eventually, the doctor decided to change it to the kind without hole. The one without hole means it would be rather difficult for me to talk. Initially I was miserable but was certainly glad that eventually I found my voice again.

Take a look at the following picture and note the red flesh on my neck. That's the granulation tissue growing outside the flesh. When the tube has been changed to the type without a hole, the space was limited and thus overflowed outwardly.

After more than a month upon discharged, the doctor decannulate (remove) the trachy tube and this tissue started to grow inwardly again. Doctor did bronchoscopy before decannulate as well as after two week of decannulation just to make sure that it was not growing any bigger.

Finally I was glad that life could return to normal again ...... meeting with friends ...... eat and eat ...... celebrate and celebrate =)))))

HOW DO I SPEND MY 192 DAYS IN HOSPITAL?

2007-06-10T17:22:00.000+08:00

SLEEPING

Sleep, sleep and sleep (especially when not well) .... sleep like a sleeping beauty and finally became a beautiful "pig"..... hahaha ........ Someone asked me how do I feel after staying so long in the hospital, I replied, "well rested" ("p)

EATING

Food in SGH was good but eating the same food for 192 days.....urrrrr??? Since most of my days were spent in ICU, ICA and isolation, I was not allowed to leave my room. Hence, whenever visitors brought food during their visit, you can be sure that they have made my day! "Ta pau" food... japanese, korean, noodles soup, fried rice etc..... yum, yum!!! Of course it delighted me the most when my meal ends with dessert!

Recalling those days in ICU when I was intubated, no food was allowed and whenever I watched korean movies, I could not help but had cravings for food coz' most part of korean movies featured on eating and eating and eating.

Since I couldn't eat, I started to draw..... ice kachang was what I craved for.... the icy cold would quenched my thirst!!!

It sure is a blessing to be able to eat! How we have always taken health for granted!!! You can be sure that once I was allowed to eat after a long peroid of "starvation".....I ate "for revenge"!!!!

During my last one to two months in hospital, what I ate was fast food coz' they provide delivery services. I've never eaten so much fast food in my whole life.....Mac Donalds, Mac Donalds everyday!!!

WATCHING DVD

DVD watching has definitely helped kill the time!!! For the first one month and first intubation period in ICU, I do not have DVD player and I was so bored. I could not move, could not eat, could not talk and time passes so so slowly. Soon I started to listen to music and started to draw whatever I could see in my surrounding (hee, hee, found my hidden talent!!!)

Many weeks later, while in ICA, a friend got me a DVD player. I was delighted coz' it certainly brought some change to the mundane life in hospital.

Friends, nurses and other patient's relatives started to offer to lent me their DVD. Thanks to them who offered their VCD and DVD!!! They have been a great blessing to me. Really appreciate their kindness.

CROSS STITCH

Because I was so bored, my beloved nurses started to buy me crafts. It was absolutely therapeutic to my boredom =>>>> Then other friends started to buy me cross stitch and of course I got "hooked" to it too!!!!

VISITORS

Thank God for many faithful visitors who brighten my days with their visit.

Tired? Come share my bed!!! ("P)

Thanks to Sharon who brought her computer to entertain me with all hers and our photos

Visitors from Harebin .... They had to put on mask because I had MRSA and was in isolation room. Did you realize that my mask was not on my face? Hee hee it was at the trachy site.

VFC Family Camp

2007-06-09T11:12:00.000+08:00

This year's family camp was held in Malacca City Bayview from 4th - 8th of Jun 2007.

Worship Session....

Great color combination ...... hee, hee ..... "in the Spirit" :o)

John Telman, our Worship Overseer

John and Carole Telman

Lunch Time

Japanese restaurant

Bowling Session

Good Shot!!!

So cute ....

The ball rolled so SLOWLY...... and finally stop half way!!!

Waiting for the man to clear the ball....

Waiting patiently.....

Two balls???!!!!

Singapore Youth Festival 2007 (Central Judging of Choirs)

2007-05-18T18:03:00.001+08:00

130 Secondary Schools and 16 Junior Colleges participated this event which was held at Victoria Concert Hall from 17th - 25th of April 2007 and 8th of May 2007 respectively.

Each school presented 3 songs. The first song was a common piece entitled "Everybody Sung", composed by one of the panel of judges, Mr Ko Matsushita from Japan.

.... hee, hee, can you imagine us listening to the same song for 130 times???!!!!!! How often I woke up with this song in my mind...hahhaha!!!!!

Here's the panel of judges: (from left to right) Mr Meng Da Peng from China, Mr Ko Matsushita from Japan, Mr Jonathan Velasco from Phillipines, Dr Marget Pride from Australia, Dr Zechariah Goh Toh Chai from Singapore, Mr Fred Sjoberg from Sweden and Dr Wong Su Sun from Singapore.

And of course we have our three beautiful ladies from Ministry Of Education (Hwee Xian, Xiao Hua, Sharon) and me!!!!!!!!

Here's more pictures of Hwee Sian, Xiao Hua and me :o))))

and Sharon......

On 24th April was my birthday and the group got me a cake and we had a "mini" celebration during our lunch break :-P

It was so sweet of them, to make a trip out, to pick up this cake during lunch time ;o)))

You can be sure that I appreciated it and enjoyed every single bite of it (",)

Hey Jun Jie, smile! Don't sleep!!!

Another surprise was the birthday song presented by the MOE personnel.....so honored!!!!

Lunch time..... yum yum....

Yan Xin and me

Chris from Three Angles Production.

Judges at work!

Dialogue with the Adjudicators at the end of the event....

VFC Family Day 07

2007-05-11T12:58:00.000+08:00

Our Family Day was held on the 28^th of April 2007 at the Downtown East Wild Wild Wet. Total attendance was slightly more than a thousand. We had our event from 10am-2pm, started with ice breaking games, VFC workout and official opening ceremony by our Senior Pastor Rick Seaward.

I was the Emcee for that day and of course enjoyed every bits of it. Many prizes to be given out that day. Items like thumb drives were given to those who responded to me. All I wanted them to do was to respond. It was so simple to get a prize!!! So much so that everyone got excited, almost all were at the edge of their seat, ready to respond to whatever I wanted them to do. Hee, hee….. that surely made my day!!!! What an effective way to get people participate!!!! Responsiveness and full participation is what all Emcee would love to achieve.... and of course that would contribute to the success of the whole event.

Our Goal for that day was to allow everyone to relax and have fun and indeed "ALL HAD GREAT FUN" for that day!!!! Thank God for excellent weather too! :o)))

We started with our VFC Boggie Workout, led by the “professional” workout instructors whom I’ve invited. They were from different workout clubs like “No More Fats Workout Club”, “No More ‘How Zya’ (glutton) Club”, “No Oil Club”, “See Muscle Grow Club”, “Only Water Club” and “Only Fruits & Vegetable Club”.

All the April “babies” were also being invited to the front where the whole group sang them a birthday song. Thereafter, I invited our 3 pastors (Bro Paul, Bro Mohan and Sis Yeen Fun) each to relate a story of their past. Out of the 3, only one was telling the truth and the birthday “babies” had to guess who was telling the truth.

Bro Paul Lim relating his incident as a Boy Scout...... how frantic he was when he was lost in the jungle......but was extremely relieved when he was being found......

Me, interpreted into Mandarin for him....

Bro Mohan said..."All my stories are always TRUE"...... hahahhaha.....guess how many laughed when he started by saying that? I supposed he sounded "cheeky" and therefore people didn't think that he was actually telling the truth ..... hee, hee.... that's the whole idea..... so real yet not real, not so real but real.....people has to guess.....who is who and what is what.......

He said he gave his friend a "memorable" day by pushing him into the pool!!!!

Sis Yeen Fun started by saying that she didn't wish to relate her incident but for the sake of everyone, she chose to be vulnerable...... what a great way to start ;->

Her story was so captivating that many believed in her!!!!

The truth is being revealed........ Bro Mohan was telling the truth!!!! ;-P

Hee, hee..... see, I told you I was telling the truth.....why didn't believe in me???? :o))))

Look at how amused the crowd was as they listened to each of their story :o))))

Next, I wanted four persons to come to stage and of course the first four who did what I wanted them to do will get a thumb drive.

Many tried to dash to the front and six ran up the stage…..

but I needed only 4, so the other two had to return to their seats.

This time round, they will not get the thumb drive until they followed my instructions. I got each of them to repeat the “tongue twister”.

I started with the youngest and the simplest ….. The boy has to repeat the sentence…. “She sells sea shells on the sea shore”.

Ha ha...try to follow me...

What about this one... "Peter Piper picks a pack of pickled pepper, a pack of pickled pepper Peter Piper picks. If Peter Piper picks a pack of pickled pepper, where's the pack of pickled pepper Peter Piper picks?

Hummmmm...... how to make it simpler for you???

ha, ha.... do it slow.....I'll help you along...

Try a Chinese version..... "Gao gao shan shang yi tiao teng. Teng tiao tou shang gua tong ling. Feng chui, teng dong, tong ling dong. Feng ting, teng ting, tong ling ting".

"Hur...... Aiyo, impossible lah!!!"

"No worries, do it slowly, sentence by sentence..... let's try....."

Ha! Last one will be the toughest!!!! Not just speaking but also add in the sound effect and coordination of action. Say "5555" in Teochew, add the sound effect using the tongue to create the sound of the word "5".....

.... add in the action ........

"Well Done!!!! Good try!!!" Here's your reward of thumb drive!

Now, who can do it on your own? One last thumb drive to be given out!

Uncle responded......but managed only to say "5555" in Teochew without the sound effects...... Sorry uncle, I need the sound effect and action too.....

What about this brave soul? Can she does it with sound effect?

Try it! Wow, she was so sporty and did it well!!!

About to walk off with the thumb drive but wait!!!! Forgot to get her do the action!!!!

"Action and sound effects together? NO PROBLEM!!!!!" hahhahhaha..... she was so comical that I couldn't help but laugh my heart out!!!!

Time to divide the group for the water telematches..... here's the leaders for every team..... divided according to the color of their wrist band.....

First water telematch is: Catch Em Fish!!! - Player jumps into the pool and attempts to catch 1 fish, then run/swim back for the next player to take over. The team to catch the most number of fishes out of the pool wins.

Run Lavette run!!!!

Don't let the fish escape!!!!!

Hahhaha got another one!!!!

Who got the most????

Water Telematch 2: Sponge Up The Volume!!! - Players will have to sponge up as much water as possible using only what they are wearing and squeeze the water into a pail. The fastest team to fill the pail to the brim wins.

Hahha.....so fun!!!!!

Come on.....Quick!!!!!! Run to me!!!!!

Squeeze it out!!!!! Every single drop!!!!

Water Telematch 3: Balancing Board!!!! - A big foam board will be placed in the middle of the pool. Each team will be given 1 minute to try to get as many players as possible onto the board. Once the 1 minute is up, we will get the rest who are not on the board to move aside. We will then do a 10 seconds count before counting the number of players on the board. The team with the most number of players on board wins.

Push!!!! Get the board out!!!!

Climb!!! Hold tight.....don't fall!!!!!

Balance!!!!

Ready? ok, let's stand......slowly.....find the balance.....grab each other......

Ahhhhhhh....... I'm falling!!!!!!

SPLASH!!!!!!!

Water Telematch 4: Bouncing Baby!!!! - The team forms a human chain to pass the water balloon to the final point. Player at the starting point fills the balloon with water and pass it on to the first pair of the human chain who is holding the towel. First pair of human chain pass the water balloon to the second pair without touching the balloon. Second pair to third pair until it reaches the last player. Last person of the line has to catch the water balloon. The team with the most water balloon wins.

Fill as many balloons!!!

All waiting eagerly for the balloons to be filled with water...

Here it comes.......Catch it!!!!!

As for the elderly and the young, we also had fringe activities for them....... Massage!!!!!!!

All those who are 55 years of age and above enjoyed free massage by the team who are blind. Though they are blind, their skills were excellent!!!! Of course for that instant..... I claimed to be 55 years old and got my free massage too.......hee, hee......believe me, they were superb!!!!!

Just look at the queue!!!!!

As for the young...... Face painting adds to the color of the whole event!!!

"I want more colors....."

"Hee, Hee.... I like the snake!"

"Hey Anne, help me to add colors.....I've done the left side but cannot do the right......please help me..... More colors......make it nice :o))))))

"Angel on the right...."

"Princess on the left...... Cool ya?!!!!

"I like mine too!!!! Butterfly and flower......"

Free Ice Cream was also available for us to cool and quench our thirst!!!

"Give me the tub ice cream...."

"I want that slimy greenish jelly-like ice cream....... yum, yum...... it tasted so different!!!!"

"Time for Lunch!"..... Redeem your lunch and dessert at the counter......

HUNGRY players queuing for their lunch ;-P

"I want the spicy type"

After lunch, it's relaxing time!!! We had performers to entertain the group. Acrobatic Show and Quick Change Magic Show.

Great Stunt by AB Brothers!!!!

Balancing on only three bottles!!!!

"throw that ball towards me?" "Not to low.... so I could catch......"

"Woooo...... perfect catch!!!!"

"balancing act....."

"Oh dear, why am I being attracted to the giant magnet????!!!!!!"

"Thank you AB Brothers for the excellent acrobatic performance!!!"

Here's the Quick Change Magic Show.....

Lastly, it's PRIZES time! Take a look at all the prizes..... LCD TV..... DVD Players...... lots of MP 3 and Ipod etc

Go on Sis Caroline, give us the first blessed person.....

Sis Hazel, look for my number!!! hahahhaha!!!!! .......

Who want MP 3???? Shout out loud for Sis Sandy to pick your number!!!!!

It's time for the Ipod draw..... You can almost hear a pin drop to the ground..... everyone holding their breathe and said a prayer for their name to be called. Sis Dianne, please draw mine!!!!!

And...... the final grand prize of the LCD TV!!!!!........ Bro Han, who's the most blessed one among us????? You choose and you pick.

"Can I pick my own number?" "Of course not but you can pick mine!" ;-P

"Hey sister, it's too heavy for you..... let me help you carry to MY HOME!!!!" ;-))))))

Bro Kenny Soh, our pastor who was the in-charge of the whole event, gave his appreciation to those who participated in the event and those who helped to make this day a successful family day of the year!!!!

Last but not least, we want to give thanks to God who granted us a wonderful day and beautiful weather!!!

My Birthday Dinners (24/04/07)

2007-05-07T11:20:00.000+08:00

Lots of "makan" session.....

1) GG - Fish and Co.... yum, yum

Their fish and chips were yummy!!!

It was an honor to have almost the whole GG group turning up for my birthday dinner :o)))

Papa and Mama Siew, Sharon and Wendy Siew, Jay and Michelle, TS, Dot, Shirley, Sim, Emily and little Isabelle

Everyone studied at the Menu.....

except for Isabelle....waiting eagerly for any food....

Hee, hee, Jay is still busy studying the menu. As for Meng and myself..... "say Cheese"!!!!

Some did not get to see me since their last visit in the hospital and was truly amazed at how well I've recovered. Praise God for His grace and mercy!

We had a great time celebrating and eating. Most of us had the world class fish and chips, Papa Siew had luge samba fish head and rice and Shirley had green noodles.

Wow... look at Papa Siew's giant samba fish head.... yum, yum....

Let me have some too!!!

Yum, Yum... the food was delicious!!!!

World best icy freeze!!!! Brain Freeze to those who tried!!!!

2) Care Group - The group gave Ruth and myself a surprise celebration after church service.

3) Dinner at Westin Hotel - my second time to the 72nd level-high restaurant. Great view!!!

Chor Hoon's Birthday!!!! (22/4/2007)

2007-05-06T14:51:00.000+08:00

I got to know Chor Hoon when I was in Ward 74 NICA. When I first shifted to 74 NICA from 45 MICA, I was very depressed and cried most of the time. Chor Hoon was directly opposite me and when Nancy (Respiratory Therapist) visited me, Chor Hoon got her to buy sweet for both of us. Nancy introduced both of us to each other.

Chor Hoon was an encouragement to me. She is 2 years older than me, married with a teenage daughter. About 4 years back, she was diagnosed with a disease that would degenerate her nerves and muscles. The paralysis started from her legs and slowly to her right arm, she could never move again. Shortly after her diagnosis, her husband was killed in an accident, leaving behind his young daughter to the care of his sickly wife. Chor Hoon was distraught with the calamity befall her. She turned to Jesus for comfort and strength. She is presently under the pastoral care of City Harvest Church.

I've personally met the net group friends of hers who regularly visited her. They are a group of loving people who made frequent trips to keep Chor Hoon company and prayed for her.

A support group was extremely crucial for her life and she was thankful to God for sending friends to help carry the burden and the anxiety.

Through our long stays in the hospital, we had the opportunity to be opposite each other's bed, beside each other's bed as well as next door to each other when we both had to be isolated because of the MRSA (hospital acquired bugs). We connected well coz' we identified each other's feelings. She had the tracheostomy performed on her too.

Upon our discharged from hospital, she was sent to Ren Ci Hospital and of course I continued to visit her there. She ever mentioned to me that there was a patient who "loan" the DVD player to everyone and they rotate among themselves to use the player. It would take months before she get a chance to use the player. I could sympathized with her because I know how blessed it was to have the player after being confined in hospital for so long.

Hence, for her birthday present, a few of us (Sis Swee Cheng, Nancy (RT) and myself) decided to buy her DVD player.

Here we are!!! Sis Swee Cheng and myself presented the DVD player to her on her birthday (22/04/07). Look at the joy on her face :o))))))

Darshini, Chor Hoon and myself ....

Song, Chor Hoon, Nan and myself ....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHOR HOON!!!!!!

Emily's Birthday (7/5/07)

2007-05-01T15:18:00.000+08:00

Birthday Girl say Cheese!!!!!

Birthday Girl loves Chinese food so we had dinner at Spring Court Chinese Restaurant at Upper Cross Street. We ended the dinner with Swensens Ice Cream Cake. Couldn't finished the cake so shared with the next table. Of course the little girl at the next table was delighted with the free ice cream :o))))

The ice cream cake was as hard as a rock. Well frozen :P
Emily and me had fun trying to cut the cake!

Get Away To Sentosa with Shaz

2007-04-28T23:22:00.000+08:00

My first dip in water since the removal of the Trachy Tube!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o))))) Hooray!!!! Into the water again!!!!!

FCBC GANG OUTING

2007-04-02T19:22:00.000+08:00

Clarissa was the one who invited me for the night.

Clarissa and her husband

Was a little nervous to meet new people in a big group. However, the meeting went well and after dinner, we went to Marina Mandarin for drinks. Fun loving group and my fear was unnecessary :o)))) We chat and chat until 12 mid night!

Here's the gang .... Pearly's boy friend (the champion singer), myself, Ai Ling (nurse at Paragon), Joanna (KK A&E nurse), her boy friend, Clarissa (SGH ICU nurse), her husband, Yu Ling (KK ICU nurse) and Pearly (the champion singer)

We attended Pearly's singing competition at ACS Baker Road the following day.

Pearly, the champion singer!!!

Ha! Ha! Guess why these picture's colour are as such? It's because my eyes were extremely sensitive to the flash light!!!! It just couldn't behave itself and thus difficult to get a good shot.

Look at my eyes ....

Stop!!!! Don't take!!!!

SENTOSA SONG OF THE SEA EVENT

2007-04-02T18:35:00.000+08:00

Sentosa Musical Fountain has been closed but Song of the Sea was launched on 26th March 2007. It was held at Silosa Beach and the cost of the whole project was $30 million. Minister of State (Trade and Industry) S. Iswaran launched the attraction jointly with Sentosa chairman Loo Choon Yong.

The centrepiece of the show is a 120m-long kelong (fishing village) structure. The attraction features 69 water jets that squirt water as high as 40m, flames that leap up to 20m, and a performance by a live cast - all set to a thrilling musical score.

And of course the highlight of the night was the appearance of

"THE SINGAPORE MERMAID"

and that was ME lah!!!!!
haahhahhahaha!!!!!

Mermaid and the King of the Sea

Together with the Jelly Fish

Many gather around to have their picture taken. All visitors were VIPs for that night. They were specially invited by Sentosa to witness the launch. Many were from tourism board and some other tourism companies.

Food were provided and few other shows were being performed on that night.

Physically, I wasn't at the top but I went for the event anyway. It went well and I did enjoy the night entirely. No one would guess that I was pretty sick just a week ago :o)))))) Hee, hee ..... I was absolutely glad that I made it through the night!!!!

ROAD TO RECOVERY

2007-03-04T17:30:00.000+08:00

Nurse Geetha and Me met at Vivo City :o))))

Tried Cycling

pedal...pedal....pant....pant.....pedal...pedal....pant...pant!!!!

whew! it's tiring!!!!!

Tried Bowling

How you like the way I bowl???

Hee...heee......

Attended House-Warming

House warming at Athel's place after Sentosa event.

FLOWER EVENT @ SENTOSA

2007-03-03T17:14:00.000+08:00

Fun Time @ Sentosa

(1st day till 8th day of CNY)

As Sunflower Mascot, my job was to mingle with the crowds and take pictures with them.

Rush, rush, rush....the crowds pressed in to have their photos taken!!!

"Excuse me, excuse me" was what I heard all the time...

"Can you take pictures with me?"

Sure felt like a celebrity!!!

I was the card too!

Me and my team!

My relatives' visit to Sentosa

(Aunties, me and my mum)

FAMILY REUNION DINNER '07

2007-03-01T16:41:00.000+08:00

This year's Chinese New Year's Reunion Dinner was held at my brother's place....

My dad and me...

The living room...

My brother's bedroom...

DIVING EXPEDITION

2006-04-04T20:44:00.000+08:00

FIRST DIVING TRIP - DAYANG (MALAYSIA)

My dive journey began in Aug 2004 with Team 51. My dive instructor was Dennis M. Reyes and I was certified with PADI Open Water as well as PADI Advance Diver on 9th Aug 2004 at Dayang Malaysia. Carmen, Joy and myself did our theory and pool sessions in Singapore many weeks before we made our trip to Dayang for the actual Open water and Advance certification.

The journey to Dayang was 4hrs bus ride from Singapore to Marsing and 41/2hrs boat ride from Marsing to Dayang. The waves in the night was so strong that I thought the boat might capsize. It was so choppy that I felt sea sick all the way there and kept throwing out =<

There were 30 of us in the group and Erlinda, Carmen, Joy, Phyllis were my course mate and Amy Austin was my dive buddy for this trip. Sharon Siew and Bernard Chin (Leisure divers) joined us for this trip too. My room mate was Sharon Siew (Shaz), Bernard Chin and Matthew (Dive Master). Shaz was the one who encouraged me to take up the course and after this trip, we made many other leisure trips together to places like Manado, Redang, Liveaboard West Malaysia etc.

We arrived the island at about 5am, and had our first dive at 11am. We had 3 dives for that day. Wasn't feeling too great for the first day due to motion sickness. However, from the second day onwards, the dive was excellent after a good rest in the night.

The waves on the first evening dive was extremely choppy and visibility was bad. As we jumped into the water, we were unable to "congregate" at one point before we descend coz' all of us were drifted away while waiting for other divers to jump in one by one. Eventually we had to descend from wherever we were. As I descend, my buddy did a hand signal for me to look down and as I did that, I saw Joy grabbing my fin and waved at me using my fin!!! My fin has dropped off!!!! It was hilarious coz' I tried to reach for it but were unable to because Joy was descending too fast. Then she inflated her vest and started to make her way up!!!????!!!! Thanks to Paul, one of the Dive Master (DM), came to our "rescue". He grabbed the fin from Joy and stuck it back to my feet! :-P We lost the rest of the team by the time we reached the bottom because the visibility was very bad so few of us were led by Paul. All of us were safe and sound but our dive instructor almost had a nervous breakdown! The sea was rough, visibility was poor and the whole group were all over the place. Thanks to all the DM who took care of different individuals. It was no joke to have to handle such a big group of new divers.

The whole place was like a "war-zone", the makan area, the bunk, the bath room etc. My first experience of the night dive was pretty "scary" too. Because it was the first time for everyone in the group to dive in the night, certainly everyone was pretty anxious. It was pitch-darkness in the sea except those lights from our torch. No one wants to go missing in this pitch darkness sea, so everyone tried to swim near the instructor. It was like many chicks tried to crowd around the mother hen!!! Can you imagine what happened when all divers swam near each other? Especially when our instructor saw something interesting, he would use his "metal rod" to hit his tank in order to catch our attention. Once the sound is heard, everyone started to "dash" towards him. Then you would hear more sound...."kong! kong! kong!" the tank hitting another tank!!!! It was so noisy and painful coz' another tank hit my face!!!! "Ma Boh" after that ;-) It was also very cold to dive in the night and hence I've never really enjoy night dive even though some creatures can only be spotted in the night.

The next day, we had our first dive at 10am. It was a better day because the sea was calmer, visibility was clearer and stomach felt better (no more throwing out). I started to enjoy the splendid underwater world, the beauty of the corals and the uniqueness of God's design ;o) Lots of Blue Star Fish, colourful Christmas Tree Worms, adorable Clown Fish and Anemone, Sting Ray, poisonous Lion Fish, yummy Spagetti Worm (eeerrrrr ;P), Giant Moray Eel, Giant Hermit Crab, Turtile, Cuttle Fish, LA pool of Ikan Kuning Scad swimming around us, Eagle Ray etc

SECOND DIVING TRIP - MANADO (INDONESIA)

A month later, Shaz, Carmen, joy and myself made our way to Manado! Wow! Manado's experience was heaven!!!! After this trip, we became so "spoiled" ;-))) We were being treated like the "King"!!! After each dive, someone would help to pull us back to boat, help to ungear our equipments and help to change the tank etc... plus fresh water was available for us to wash up!!!! .... Basically, we don't have to do anything. Just put on the gear, jump in, do our dive, surface and get back to boat, relax, do our log and prepare for the next dive......no hard work needed lah! ;-P However, we cannot be too spoiled for too long or else we might forget the skill on how to change the tank, check the air and do all the necessity for the next dive etc plus our pocket would suffer a great lost!!!!

:-))))

On 23rd Sep 2004 at 9.55am, we took Silkair from Singapore and arrived at Indonesia about 1.40pm. Then another hour of bus ride to Tasik Ria Resort. We got a connecting room. Carmen and Joy shared a room and Shaz and myself another. We rested for the entire day and celebrated Carmen's birthday in the night. Started our diving only the next day, fresh and alert, all really for the sea!!!! Monica, our dive guide, did an excellent job to bring us around the Manodo sea!!! The sea was calm and visibility was clear. The boat was clean, neat and spacious, and the resort was luxious. The meal was fanastic and scenery was magnificent. The dive guide were excellent and the dive was superd!!!! How can I not fall in love with Manado???? No No No, No way I'll not fall in love with Manado!!!! Yes Yes Yes, too many good things to say about Manado!!! Hee, hee, hee....Manado need to pay me for the free advertisement lah ;->

On the third day, we started our day at 6am, making the 3 hrs boat journey to Bangka. "Heavenly dive, crystal water" and that's Bangka!!! Stopped by an island for lunch, jumped off boat from the upper deck and had a good swim.

During one of the dive, I had to stay longer in the water than rest because I was chasing the Napolean fish and therefore went a little deeper than the rest. Hence safety stop has to be longer and while waiting for the time to pass, Milky (my dive guide) taught me how to blow bubble rings in the water ..... hee, hee.... it was fun!!!!

During one of the evening dive, I lost 40 bar of air right at the beginning while descending because Carmen's camera stripe got entangled to my Octopus (another mouth piece for oxygen) and thus caused the oxygen to escape. I tried to preserve the air by limiting myself from breathing freely but as a result of that, I suffered severe headache. This could be due to CO2 retention. On top of that, the water tempaerature was 20 degress and that surely didn't help to ease my headache. Soon my buddy (Shaz) signal to me that her feet was numb because of the cold and therefore we both decided to stop our dive. We ascended faster than the rest.

We also visited Lembeh Straits (2 hrs bus ride from Tasik Ria). There were six of us in this trip, four of us plus two English dive instructor, Susan and Jackie. Our dive guide were Richard and Deeker. There were lots of colour Nudibranch (slug) at Lembeh Straits and it was a great place for photo taking. However, this was also the place that my camera got flooded!!!! sob, sob, sob!!!! Just as we were descending, we had to make our ascend coz' camera flooded. You can imagine the shock on my face and how my heart "sinked" to the bottom of the sea as I watched the water filled up my camera housing. Manufacture fault lah, therefore got replacement from Nikon. Since Lembeh Straits were known for its beautiful "micro" creatures, photo taking would add colors to the dive.

I could only watch other divers taking all the pictures and move on. To comfort me, since we were not supossed to touch the creatures, a Nudibranch swam to me and landed on my gloves. It stayed with me throughout the whole dive. I was so excited and delighted that I could stroke it with my finger :o)))) Had lunch on an island.... yellow rice in banana leaves and it tasted great with our bare hands!!!

Creatures of Manado Sea:

Spotted Porcupine fish (Big head), Pyramid Butterfly fish, Crinoid Clingfish, Black Snapper, Porcelin Crab, Morray Eel, hundreds of Dolphins, Pygmy Seahorse (very tiny, had to use magnifying glass to take picture), school of Barracuda, Devil Scorpionfish, Ornate Ghost fish, Pipefish, Tomato Anemone and Clown Anemone fish "kissed" my fingers, Cheron Baracuda made us dive 36m deep coz' we chased it to have the picture taken, Denrone Phatone (Pink) Carb, Bannerfish, Trumpet fish, Orang Utan Crab, Giant Turtle, Cushion Starfish, Lobster, Napolean fish, Plastic bag.....hahhahaha!!!! Carmen thought it was some weird creature of the sea and went for a chase, only to find that it was just a plastic bag!!!! Giant Clam, Emperor Shrimp, Cleaner Shrimp, Anemone Hermit Crab, Red Fire fish, Sting Ray, 'Feather' Sea Pen, Bubble Shrimp (transparent), Sea Urchins, Emperor fish, Frog fish, Blue Ribbon Eel, Anemone in Green Apple Shape, Blue Ring Octopus, Banded Sea Snake swallowing an eel (I was delighted to catch this site and had a great footage of it!!!) Razor fish, Emperor Shrimp, Sea horses, 2 White Tip sharks, Cowfish (family of Box fish).

Some asked me what was it that I like and dislike in a diving trip?

urrrrr....my like.......too many lah!!!!

As for dislike....got two of them....

- nausea and sea sickness

The "non-stop throwing" can make me cry!!!!

While diving ...... nausea!

Upon ascend ........ threw out again lah!!!

Liveaboard trip ..... nightmare!!!! No land, no land, no land!!!

Our Liveaboard trip to West Malaysia was a nightmare because I threw out at least 20 times on the first day. Nothing seemed to help. I've tried both the patch as well as the sea sick pills but I still kept throwing out! The patch should be stronger than the sea sick pills but somehow has got no effect on me lah!!!! I was so miserable and literally stood by the sink coz' the "pipe" leaked non stop!

- Headache and nose bleed

It could be due to the CO2 retention, my dives usually accompanied with headache plus the frequent nose bleed upon ascending ;-P

Despite these discomfort, die hard diver still dives lah....hee, hee.... coz' the pleasure and delights overweighs the discomfort and misery.

During another Dayang trip in March 2006, my luggage was much heavier on my way home. Only when I reached home that I found that the four weights were still in my weight pocket!!!! Each weight was 1 kg, therefore I had 4 extra kg in my laggage!!! Usually after the dive, we will return the weights to the dive operator so we need not bear those weights home. However, I forego my last dive coz' wasn't feeling too well and thought to relax and had a good shower. We packed our gears only when the rest of the divers came back from their dives and it was very rushed before we made our way back to Singapore. So in the midst of the rush, I forgot about the weights :-O

Since I had the weights with me, I got a friend to divide the one kg weights into half. So, both Shaz and myself can have 1.5kg on each side of our weight-pocket. In the past, we always have the problem of the number of weights to use. 3 kg is just nice for us but since the weight comes in 1kg and if we put two in one pocket and 1 in the other, we will be lopsided. So we will use two on each side but that was not the ideal weight for us. Now that we can have 1.5kg on each side, we balance much better without much problem ;-))))

My last diving trip before I fell ill was Redang in May 2006. We took 10hrs bus ride and 30 mins boat ride. Though the journey was long, I kind of enjoy this trip as compared to many other Malaysia trips because I did not throwing out (",) Travelling on land is still better than sea and the coach that we took was comfortable as compared to the small van to Mersing in our last trip.

Saw "Nemo" (Clown fish) egg in this trip. I tried to stir some current so as to get a good shot. The clown fish was as usual, very protective. They were frantic and tried to "attack" my fingers but they looked very cute!!!!

While looking to the right, a large puffy fish suddenly swam pass me from the left. It was so close, about 5 cm away and it gave me a fright!!!

There were few white tip sharks swimming around us. Managed to capture them on video =>

to be continued.............

WORSHIP BOOT CAMP (2006)

2006-03-04T18:28:00.000+08:00

Me, one of the organizer….hee, hee…..my cup of tea!

Games…

More Games….

Managed to secure sponsorship from Complete Optical Company

to supply door gifts and boxes for our game.

Objective of this game is to built the tallest and strongest tower with the Complete boxes.

Even the young played a part!

Judges at work…. “whose tower is the strongest????”

2005 Christmas Project

2005-12-26T20:19:00.000+08:00

Organized the Christmas project in 2005..... from script writing to producing to publicity and to directing ..... what a job but thank God for a great team!!!!

Preparations

Publicity stars

Ironing the costumes for the publicity shooting

Decorating the tree

Smile! You're on candid camera!!!!

Setting up the backdrop

Lunch Break....yum, yum...

Picking costume for the shoot

BINTAN TRIP IN 2005

2005-03-04T19:42:00.000+08:00

Me, the organizer for the Bintan trip….

Our team to Bintan

On our way there...

Preparations for the activities…

Games….

Laughters, laughters and more laughters…..

Foods….

Beijing Trip With Family And Relatives

2005-03-01T16:59:00.000+08:00

Beijing Trip in Feb 2005

Dad and Mum

Here's my family, relatives and the tour guide

My parents and the tour guide

Look at the background, all pond and sea are frozen

Except this hot spring....

We loved the snow.... one morning we woke up seeing it was snowing, my cousin (Joyce) and myself dashed out of the hotel to play with the snow and took some pictures.

Quick!!!! Before Joyce get me!!!!

Ahhhhh......I'm coming!!!!

One more......coming!!!!

Woow.... you are fast but missed!!!!

YES!!!! I WIN!!!!

Hee, hee......it's so cold!!!!!

So fun ya? :o)))) That's my little cousin....

Now the rest are ready to join us in the snow.....

Quick.... capture all scenes in the video....

My other cousin .... Grace .... enjoying the soft flakes of snow....

It's lovely!!!

My aunt and uncle finding their post....

My dad's first touch of the snow (",)

My mum loved it too....

Gorgeous!!!!

Ok....ready everybody? Our target is the young tour guide!!!!

Run Baby Run!!!!

Our visit to the zoo....

More snow scenes .......

My aunt placing some snow on my cousin's head!!!!

Feel the softness of the falling snow...

The Three Sisters .....

.... and the three cousins .....

After being in the cold, it was a great idea to have some Steamy Hot Sweet Potatoes!!!

It's delicious!!!!

Yes, I agreed!!!

Woo.... hot but yummy!!!

Yum, yum.... look at my uncle sticking out his tongue..... hee, hee..... coz' it was so yummy!!!!

Our Visit to the Silk Factory

Here's the Silk Worms...

Looks like cotton ball right?

Was glad that I bought the Silk Blanket, it was so comfortable and I am still using it until this day..... it has been more than 2 years now....

Next, what I enjoyed about China was the food....

Sweet Sticky Potatoes Wedges

Methods of eating: Dip the potatoes wedges into the bowl of water provided

Special Chinese New Year Cake

See how they serve....

Another of their specialty...

Serving us.....yum, yum :o))))

By now you can tell that I've got sweet tooth..... I love all the sweet delicacy!!!

The temple street in China has got lots of yummy stuff.... here they are....

This man was pounding the peanuts.... what a way to prepare their delicacy right?

Couldn't resist the fun so I requested for the man to let me try....

Hee, hee..... and the rest joined in the fun too!!!

That's the final product

... in packet form ....

Look at this huge kettle!!!

That's how they serve tea!!!

Glutinous Rice in bamboo stick

That's how it looks without the bamboo stick

BBQ Chicks

My dad and uncle queuing for it .... urrr ... don't quite like the taste of it :P

My goodness, one stall after another......so many to eat and to shop!!!!

Some sugary stuff...

Sugar sweet being blow into different characters....very artistic but I won't eat them..... hee, hee.... guess why???

Candy Floss

Great place for photo taking....

Lastly, I was stunted when I was being mistaken as the Taiwan S.H.E Celebrity Ella!!!

Different ones asked me if I was Ella.... hee, hee.... to some I replied she was my sister and to some even before I could say anything, I was asked to give my signature!!!!! Of course I signed..... my BIG Signature some more!!!! and lots of photo taking!!!! Soon I'll be in trouble for impersonating :-P

I should go for the look-a-like contest lah!!!!!!

Even at the food court, people would come by to ask if I was Ella ;->

At the shop too......

WHAT A FUN TRIP!!!!!

:O)))))

Dr Aker and Barbara Aker

2004-11-01T16:31:00.000+08:00

Hey Dr Aker, say "CHEESE"!!!!

Dr Aker and Me in our ATCEM classroom

Prosper and Dr Aker

Dr Aker, Barbara and Me.....

"Look here, look here!!!!"

Have some Chinese Food....... Welcome to Singapore!!!!!!

MBA & BA Graduation

2004-10-18T20:12:00.000+08:00

All Glory to God for the wonderful results.... Hooray, no more exams!!!! Finally graduated with Hons for both BA and MBA!!! Praise the Lord!!!!

Graduating Class for MBA

Fred and Margaret Seaward

Grandma Pat

Lily Soh

Grandpa DV Hurst

Dinner with Grandpa DV after the graduation ceremony

Dad and mum

Jay, Michelle and Shaz

and that's ME!!!!!!