Super Shag !!!! Feeling damn tired and sleepy with my back still feeling sore . . .

Woke up 9am in the morning !!! Can you believe it !!! Waking up so early on my precious off day . . . Went to play tennis with Don at one of his friend's condo @Loyang . . . Tennis rox man ~! Though it's hard to master the technique and strokes , I certainly enjoyed it very much . . . Don was my personal coach as he kept on correcting my mistakes and made me worked on it . . . he say my posture & strokes are screwed up and kept on forcing me to play against the wall for long periods of the day so that i can improve on such areas . . . kinda bored to keep on playing against the wall but its for the good of me anyway so no complaints . . . played from 10-12pm under the scorching sun and it leave me with tan lines on my body as I wore a singlet . . .

Quickly bathe and changed up to meet Seng , Wei Cheng & Johnny for Kung Fu Hustle . . . wanted to catch a 1.30pm show but it was fully booked so had to settle for a 2.40pm show . . . Tampines Mall was super packed and it's Monday loh ~! How can it be man ? Don't they need to work ? Sickening . . . thot I could enjoy some peace on Monday but I guess I was wrong man . . . Overall , Kung Fu Hustle was quite a average movie worth $6.50 but not certainly $8.50 . . . It was hilarious but kinda of lack the story plot as it gradually gets boring towards the end of the show . . . if you wana get some laugh after a day of stressful work , its the movie you should watch man . . .

Met up with Jimmy & Samual for some KTV session @K-Box CineLeisure . . . 2nd time of the month I have gone KTV liaoz . . . si bei siong ar ~! My resources running low liaoz . . . need to get some from my mum man . . . hahaha ~! Chill out at McCAFE before realising that it's 10pm liaoz and the next day we gotta report back to camp . . . so we quickly rush back home to have a early night rest . . .

Die lar . . . its only Monday and I have spend so much liaoz . . . seems like for the rest of the week , I gotta survive on my cereal with milo for breakfast liaoz . . . I hate the end of the month !!!! Coz I always have no money !!!! Pay day is still far loh . . . how to survive sia ?? Sigh . . . . . . . . . .

Ho Ho Ho ~! Merry Christmas ~! So how's everyone's christmas ? Hope you guys receive lots and lots of present . . .

Been very busy these past few days as I have been enjoying myself on this joyful feastive season and I really wonder how much weight have I put on ... hahaha ~!

This year's Christmas was very different from last year's as I opt for a more peaceful way of celebration . . . I decided to head for Don's house at Punggol instead of joining my buddies at Zouk . . . haha ? Shock rite ? You guys must be wondering how this could have happen rite . . . Nothing much actually as I felt that the past few years I have been always partying on such feastive season and celebrating with the public . . . So this year I felt that maybe it's time that I should spend Christmas with some of my closed friends and experience a more peaceful & quiet-er way of celebrating Christmas . . . not alot of ppl were involved as only john , don , wei ling , joan , wei ling's 3 cousins and me gathered at his place for our Christmas dinner which was KFC and PIZZA ... hahaha ~! After which , we proceed to decorate the christmas , prepare the balloons and not to forget , light up the christmas tree !!! Hahaha ~! First time decorating the christmas tree and lighting it up . . . it was sure fun man ~! Didn't know it could be so fun doing all those stuff . . . After which we proceed to watch 50 FIRST DATE on Don's plasma TV !!! It sure feels different watching VCD with a plasma TV and good sound system . . . After our very own mini count-down which I shouted "Merry Christmas" to 2 girls who were crossing the road (so damn funny sia ... hahaha) , we proceed to play WarCraft 3 : Frozen Throne til 6am !!!! Played the same old map 7 times til we FINALLY completed it !!! Leave his house in the afternoon after having our breakfast . . .

Went back home , took a quick bath before quickly changed to meet ZaiWei and Chee Peng for some pool session . . . Didn't really spend alot of time with them as it was quite a last min decision and I gotta meet Steven , Li Wen & Tim to go to Danny Sir's house for some Christmas feasting . . . feeling abit guilty as Chee Peng didn't really have lots of time due to his OCS trainings . . . But dun worry !! Next week is CHEE PENG's birthday . . . he shall DIE !!! Guess what ?? We had pizza again !!! OMG !!! 2 days of KFC & Pizza !!! Getting fatter liaoz lah . . . sianz ~! Watched Along Came Polly & a classic Stephen Chow movie before heading back home to catch some precious sleep . . .

Street Soccer on Sunday morning !!! Song !!! My life really revolves around this size 15 soccer ball man . . . can't live without soccer ~! Went Orchard for dinner and saw Ivan & Wei Cheng do some crazy shopping on ZARA products . . . It's the ending of December liaoz and yet they have so much spare cash left !!!! Give some to me leh . . . hahaha ~!

That's it folks . . . time to get some sleep liaoz . . . tml is my off day !!! Wohoooo ~!

It was a great day today !! Feeling very happy nowadays ... also dun noe y ... maybe its becoz I have seen thru life ? hahaha ... feeling super hyper today coz I slept at 7pm last night !!! Becoz of that , I did not eat my favorite Tang Yuans !! Sianz ... must pester my mum to cook for me again ~!

98.7FM aka Perfect 10 rox man !! Everyday on my way to my camp , I will switch on to 98.7FM and listen to Daniel Ong & Grace Chua 's morning show ... world news , sports news , entertainment news , weird stories & etc ... you name it and they have it ... just love the way they entertain their listeners and the way they poke fun at each other ... they are always there to make my day better without thinking that I am on my way to serve my National Service ...

Read up on an article on Digital Life on Tuesday about the life of this women ... it really moved me after reading this article as life could be so fragile ... It made me to realise that life could be so vunlerable and we should live everyday as if it is the last day of our life coz we never know when will we leave for Heaven ...

As Qouted From Digital Life [21/12/2004] :

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There are almost five million blogs - online diaries - in cyberspace as compared to two years ago when there were only 100,000, according to Technorati, a real-time blog search engine. A few weeks ago, the publishers of the Merriam-Webster dictionary officially announced that 'blog' - which is also commonly known as 'weblog' - was its word of the year for 2004.

Singaporeans also blog, and their online diaries win awards, too. For instance, the blog of 20-year-old Wendy Cheng (see page 6), Why Are You Worshipping The Ground I Blog On? (xiaxue.blogspot. com), was voted into the top spot in the Best Asian Blog category for the 2004 Weblog Awards (http://2004weblog awards.com/).

But one blog about a Singapore-born woman that didn't win any awards but won the hearts of many people around the world is the diary of 32-year-old Grace Chow. She died on Dec 6 from a rare tumour growing at the base of her skull called chordoma, for which there is no cure. She was diagnosed three years ago, but only started keeping a blog (www.dyingis.blogspot.com) after her voice became too weak and her speech was affected. The blog became an avenue for her to express herself and to keep in contact with friends and family.

Grace achieved her dream of writing a book called A Pain In The Neck just a year before she died, but her blog about her last 11 days remains an inspiration to those who find comfort in her positive attitude towards life. The last entry in her blog which is called Dying Is... was posted by her husband, Mr Ton de Vries, informing readers that his wife had died. This posting prompted more than 30 people to leave comments on Grace's blog. There were others who responded through her website and these are not seen on the blog.

Most came from all over the world and just wanted to express their condolences, and gratitude for the blog as they found it inspiring and beautiful,' said Mr de Vries, who still gets reactions from people who read the blog. Here are excerpts from Dying Is.


Day 0 (Nov 21)

There's so much to tell. But I don't know who to tell it to. I've even written a book, but that doesn't seem enough now...

Today I've found the resolve to start. I start with the modest hope that there will be many days of dying to come. That I will continue to have enough coordination in my hands and fingers to type on my keyboard to keep this blog going. And that, perhaps, there will be someone worth telling all this to.


Day 1 (Nov 22)

Today I noticed that my right hand isn't as nimble as it normally was anymore. I'm holding spoons in a different way now so they won't fall out of my hand easily. The question is: how long can I still use my hands? I remember that the situation deteriorated very quickly the last time, before my operation.

So often I feel that I am the only one with any semblance of haste. I am in a hurry to do everything, and I want to do it today, not tomorrow - this week, and not the next. The concept of the future doesn't exist for me anymore.


Day 2 (Nov 23)

It was a beautiful day today! It was sunny. A nice change from the gloomy cloudy skies of the past week.

I took the entire afternoon to bake my chocolate cake. But it does look good. Now I only need people to eat it, and it'll be perfect.


Day 3 (Nov 24)

What do you say to friends who say 'I'm sure you will get well soon'? What is the basis of their faith that I'm actually not dying, but merely undergoing a phase that will be temporary before life starts kicking in again? Do they know something I don't

The enthusiasm to believe that I will get better is based on the reluctance to think about the concept of death.

You do not comfort me with your assurance that I won't die, because escaping death is not what I'm longing for. What I'm longing for is for you to understand what death is. Look it in the eye and see it for what it is. And then you'll see that understanding death is the only one and true liberation...

Day 4 (Nov 25)

I slept till 9 o'clock this morning! I was so glad I could sleep longer last night than I have the past week... Perhaps I can finally catch up on all that lost sleep and won't feel drowsy the whole day, 'cause there's nothing more irritating than having to sleep away all that precious little time I have left! And nothing more irritating than having so little energy!


Day 5 (Nov 26)

Now and then I have the urge to cry, and then I mean really to wail my lungs out. To cry over everything that's overcome and is overcoming me, over how it will all end for me. Today was such a day.

My pain increased again this morning...The strength in my right arm and hand is going much faster than I have feared.

Sadness is such an overwhelming emotion. It has a way of derailing all your plans for the day and snuffing out your energy. I guess sometimes you just have to drown yourself in sorrow. I'm drowning...


Day 6 (Nov 29)

Today I've become a southpaw. The right side of my body is now so weak that I've got to use my left arm, leg, foot, fingers, etc, to do almost everything. I had an appointment at the hospital and it became clear that my trip with Ton to the city centre 2 days ago was my last trip outside.


Day 7 (Nov 30)

It was wonderful to have some bit of energy again, even though I can hardly do much more. I can still walk to the toilet myself, but my days of cooking/baking are clearly over.

I will have to be the chef this week, calling the shots in the kitchen, while Ton will have to be the assistant cook, doing the actual cutting and frying.

After this week, I consider myself officially retired from the kitchen.

It is lovely to have Ton around in the house all day... I can't ask for more. Well, no actually, I can ask for more. But I just won't. :)


Day 8 (Dec 1)

One of the things I wrote about in my book... is how dying will be more difficult for the people around me than it'll be for me.

I, for starters, won't need to cope with my death once I'm dead.

It is easier to let everything go when you die, but when someone you love is dying, you'd want to hold on to as much of him as you can instead.


Day 9 (Dec 2)

It seems that death took a couple of free days off. I felt great yesterday and today.

If he stays so nice and sweet, I will go on a march... to demand better working benefits for Death. Paid vacations, early retirement lots and lots of sabbaticals. Now is this a deal or not


Day 10 (Dec 5)

My body is breaking down in so many ways that I wonder what I will die of in the end. One of these days the tumour will probably damage a nerve with fatal consequences.

Perhaps it will become so difficult for me to get my mucus out of my throat that I will simply suffocate.

And then there's the possibility that my right foot will get an infection.


Post-note from Grace's husband, Ton de Vries: (Dec 6, 2004)

After a three-year battle against Death, he came to take her tonight.

But as she was thankful for his blessings last week, she will be grateful again.

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Here I am again blogging from my office all thanks to my boss who will not be coming til 31st December 2004 ....

Its Monday once again ... really wonder how come weekends pass super fast man ... just a blink of an eye and its gone ~! Suffering from Monday blues now ... totally no mood to do nothing lohz ... just wana relac and SLACK ...

Bought an Adidas grey T-shirt with David Beckham's logo at $35 @Suntec City on Friday ... Suntec City was super packed man ~! All thanks to the mid-night christmas shopping sale ... everyone decided to go for it no matter how late its gonna be (including me ) ... Guess what ? I wore my Air Force Number 3 uniform to go shopping ... hahaha ~! Despite the huge crowd , I was the most outstanding person ... feel so pai seh sia ... even saw Wen Xiang there loh ... super pai seh ~!

Met up with Danny Sir , Tim & Steven for some catching up at Cafe Cartel before meeting FFU for some hip hop music at ChinaBlack ... surprising the que on that day was moving quite fast or else I wouldn't have even bother to go in ... been a long time since I have step in there man ... nothing much have changed since I last went as the music is still as rojak as before ...

Went for Dunman's Choir Concert on Sunday with Cheryl , WeiXin , Gim Ann , Rachel & Vicnan and it was quite a good performance put up by them ... saw alot of my old friends and had a very good chat with them ... i saw CELINE !!! My Sec 1 Orientation Camp Leader !!! The last time I saw her was like the day before she flew off to Australia for her further studies ... hmmm ... 2 years ago ?? How time flies man ... and she just came back on Saturday ... hahaha ~! Luckily I went for the concert or else I wouldn't be able to see her again ... hmmm ... seems like next year I must go for any Dunman concerts man ... be able to see so many of my old friends makes me feel so happy man :)

Yawnz ~!

Just woke up not long ago ... its 0420pm liaoz .... super tired man ~!

You guys must be wondering am I or MC or did I take leave for today rite ?

The answer is none of the above !!!!

Haha ... boss on leave til 31st December ... si bei song ~! So we can do whatever we want liaoz .... SONG AH !!! Finally its Friday liaoz ... time to enjoy myself after working so so damn hard these past 5 days ... heard from Ivan that there is a sale going on at Suntec City from 0930pm til 0100am and it sure sound interesting man ~! Time to do some shopping liaoz wor !!!! Let's see how much I am going to spend this time .... hahaha ~!

Til next time ... same time same channel ... tune in to "Days Of Peow's Life" !!! Buaiz ....

I AM BACK !!!

Damn tired sia ... just came back from Cine-Leisure where Shaun , Samual & I sang our hearts out at K-BOX ... wondering whether will I be able to get myself outta bed man later in the morning ... if not .... have to take leave liaoz ... hahaha ~!

Well , life have been quite busy for me as I hardly have any time to blog as currently I am playing Ragnarok Online , Fifa 2005 & Football Manager 2005 ... besides that , I spend most of weekends in town shopping or chilling with FFU and usually reach home at around 4-5am ... where got time sia ?

Guess what ? I have picked up TENNIS recently ever since I started watching PRINCE OF TENNIS and I must say TENNIS is sure the sport for me man ! Simply rox to the max ! All the forehand , backhand , smash . slicing & etc ... I simply love them man ~! Prince Of Tennis is a very nice anime which talks about how the new prodigy in town helps his college win the championship ... So far I have only watched til 24 episode and currently there are 170 plus episodes ....

Christmas and New Year are just around the corner and during weekends , town will be so super packed loh ... si bei sianz ~! Not sure whether where I will be going for these 2 events ... anyone out there got any suggestions ? Been going for all these count-down parties these past few years and maybe this year , I wana spend my Christmas in somewhere quiet ba ...

Did some Christmas shopping these past few weeks and bought myself a T-Shirt and Button Shirt .... I believe the spending won't stop and hopefully I can buy myself a sling bag which I have been looking high and low ... Sad to say , I gotta watch how much I spend as my pay is only like $350 !!!

One of our FFU mate , Don , have finally tie the knot with his long time girlfriend which they held their wedding dinner at PAN PACIFIC on last Sunday ... first time attending my frend's wedding dinner and the feeling is so different from all the previous wedding dinners which are all my relatives ... so now can start calling him Mr. Liew liaoz ... hahaha ~! The food there was damn good man ! So different from the dishes you ate at other hotels .... this hotel serves quality food man ! After the dinner have ended , we tried making him drink TIGER BEER but too bad he was well protected by his father-in-law and wife ... feel very happy for him to be able to find someone to grow old with him day by day ... FFU need a new goalkeeper !!! JIA YOU ~!~!

Yawnz ... buay tahan liaoz ~!

Gotta go sleep liaoz .... Nitez ~!