havent been here to drop by and pinned down my daily thoughts.
lately, i have been rather busy with work.
work work work. endless of work. having plenty of work keeping u busy is good.
but is tiring and texing.
well, look at the brighter and positive side. all will be better!
so far i am still alright, coping with a calm and steady mentality and attitude.
all will be fine!
i will try my best.
i seem so cool and relax on the outside on the work that i am doing but well deep inside there's plenty of it that i am thinking and keeping it on going on my mind. oh wells. i shall keep it that way.
good night everyone.
i m off to do my work now.
by the way, thank god that my last two modules, by really miracle, i really PASSED!
i am more than happy and really contented.
i only expected for a pass! heeeheee.thank god for the bonus grade. (:
and will be away to GZ this sat morning. from the 5 july.
"世上无难事，只怕有心人. 车到山前必有路."
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
May 15, 2008
Girl rescued after 68 hrs in China quake rubble
YINGXIU - RESCUERS on Thursday pulled an 11-year-old girl from the rubble of a school 68 hours after it was destroyed in the devastating earthquake that hit southwest China, a reporter witnessed.
In one of the few good news stories that have emerged since the 7.9 magnitude quake claimed tens of thousands of lives, Zhang Chunmei was carried out of the collapsed building in Yingxiu weak but alive.
'It's wonderful, she's alive!' one onlooker exclaimed, as a dozen nurses wearing white coats and uniformed soldiers, all wearing protective masks, tended to her.
They wiped her semi-conscious body with disinfectant and checked her pulse before taking her away for medical care.
AFP reporters were among the first foreign media to reach Yingxiu, the epicentre of Monday's quake, which was accessible only by a boat ride and a two-hour hike along a slippery mountain path.
The small village of about 10,000 people was almost completely destroyed in the quake, and Zhang's miracle survival gave little comfort to other people there who had lost friends or relatives.
At the Yingxiu primary school, well over half of its 500 students are believed to have died in the disaster.
While 150 students managed to escape following the quake, only Zhang and one other child have been pulled out of the rubble.
Many of Zhang's schoolmates have been pulled out dead.
'Why did you leave your mama? Why did you die?' a grief-stricken mother said as she bent over the corpse of her son of about 10 years old, draping him in clean clothes she had brought from home.
Meanwhile, a pair of tiny feet were sticking out of the school's massive collapsed concrete roof, a grim sign that many more bodies were likely to be found.
Thank God that another victim was saved.
the victims involved in this unforseen disaster, pls be strong and hang in there. the rescuers are trying their upmost best to save you. Be strong, u will be able to go through this rough patch.it will be over soon.
Be Strong.
Girl rescued after 68 hrs in China quake rubble
YINGXIU - RESCUERS on Thursday pulled an 11-year-old girl from the rubble of a school 68 hours after it was destroyed in the devastating earthquake that hit southwest China, a reporter witnessed.
In one of the few good news stories that have emerged since the 7.9 magnitude quake claimed tens of thousands of lives, Zhang Chunmei was carried out of the collapsed building in Yingxiu weak but alive.
'It's wonderful, she's alive!' one onlooker exclaimed, as a dozen nurses wearing white coats and uniformed soldiers, all wearing protective masks, tended to her.
They wiped her semi-conscious body with disinfectant and checked her pulse before taking her away for medical care.
AFP reporters were among the first foreign media to reach Yingxiu, the epicentre of Monday's quake, which was accessible only by a boat ride and a two-hour hike along a slippery mountain path.
The small village of about 10,000 people was almost completely destroyed in the quake, and Zhang's miracle survival gave little comfort to other people there who had lost friends or relatives.
At the Yingxiu primary school, well over half of its 500 students are believed to have died in the disaster.
While 150 students managed to escape following the quake, only Zhang and one other child have been pulled out of the rubble.
Many of Zhang's schoolmates have been pulled out dead.
'Why did you leave your mama? Why did you die?' a grief-stricken mother said as she bent over the corpse of her son of about 10 years old, draping him in clean clothes she had brought from home.
Meanwhile, a pair of tiny feet were sticking out of the school's massive collapsed concrete roof, a grim sign that many more bodies were likely to be found.
Thank God that another victim was saved.
the victims involved in this unforseen disaster, pls be strong and hang in there. the rescuers are trying their upmost best to save you. Be strong, u will be able to go through this rough patch.it will be over soon.
Be Strong.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
I read this article from the straits times online.
Really made me felt sad after reading it. My mind could imagine the scenario.
I hope that many will be able to overcome this ordeal and hope that the rescuers will be able to save more people.
It's really sad to see the parents of those children that were trapped under the collasped school. what else more, due to china one child's policy, the parents have lost their only child, only hope. it's heart wrenching.
I pray and hope that these people will be strong to get through this rough patch.
This is the article i read:
May 14, 2008
Schools of death
Field is turned into makeshift morgue with bodies of students carried into tent every few minutes
By Chua Chin Hon, China Bureau Chief
JUYUAN (SICHUAN) - NUMB with grief, parents and family members waited in silence as rescue workers pulled one teenage corpse after another from the wreckage of Juyuan Secondary School.
All it took was a single tell-tale sign - a bag, a shoe or a shirt - for hearts to shatter as the lifeless body of a son or daughter was recognised.
The wailing would draw other parents to crowd around, as if to make sure the victim was not their child.
'He is such an outstanding boy! Such an outstanding boy!' the mother of 15-year-old Liu Dingxian wailed, throwing herself over her child's body.
Equally inconsolable, the boy's grandfather, Mr Liu Zhoubo, said between sobs that he had waited without food or sleep since Monday afternoon for news of Dingxian.
I arrived at the school yesterday afternoon to find these wrenching scenes of immeasurable loss repeated over and over again.
Juyuan Secondary is where 900 students were feared buried under rubble after the school collapsed during Monday's powerful earthquake.
The school was due to send off a new graduating class later this month. Yesterday, its grounds were a makeshift mortuary.
As the rain beat down relentlessly, a new victim was carried into a tent at the edge of a muddy field every few minutes.
The school, about 130km from the epicentre of the 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Sichuan province's Wenchuan county, was the most badly damaged building in Juyuan township, residents said.
One of the school's four-storey buildings was said to have collapsed inwards, trapping students before they could escape. But shell-shocked teachers could not verify this version, or even confirm the school's enrolment.
The young appeared to have borne much of the brunt of the devastating earthquake which happened at 2.28pm, when classes were in full swing.
Several other schools in Sichuan and those in neighbouring provinces also reported considerable casualties.
In Sichuan's Mianyang City and Hawang Township, a total of about 1,200 students and teachers have been reported dead or missing.
In Chongqing municipality and Guizhou province, dozens of primary school pupils were killed after school buildings collapsed.
By yesterday, the toll had soared past 12,000, state media reported. But a Chinese official I met told me in the morning that the undisclosed death toll is already twice that figure, though the government was still trying to verify statistics pouring in from stricken regions.
The eventual death toll is expected to be much higher, given that rescuers have yet to find out what had happened to worst-hit Wenchuan and its population of more than 110,000 people.
Several rescue teams were expected to reach Wenchuan on foot last night, after incessant rain and damaged roads prevented them from getting there sooner.
Although the Chinese government mobilised resources swiftly, there was a palpable sense of anger among parents of students at Juyuan Secondary at the rate of search-and-rescue efforts.
'It is going too slowly,' said Mr Dong Xiangshen, 39, as he sat slumped in a chair facing his 14-year-old son's body, wrapped up in blankets and towels.
The family lit candles and placed them at the boy's feet as offerings.
Other families lit firecrackers in an apparent bid to ward off evil spirits.
As another body was carried into the tent, Mr Dong said: 'If any of these children had a chance of survival, it is gone now.'
The official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday that at least 60 bodies had been recovered from Juyuan. It was not clear if any children had been found alive.
The overwhelming grief at Sichuan's schools reflected not only the number of casualties and personal tragedy of so many families. It also came from the unspoken realisation that the community's hopes for a better future had been crushed in a single afternoon when so many of their brightest and youngest were buried at one go.
Given China's one-child policy, many couples had lost their only child.
At Tuqiao Secondary, 14-year-old Wei Jiamin escaped the earthquake unscathed. 'My two cousins were going to graduate soon,' said the teenager. 'This was supposed to be a month for celebrations.'
Pictures:
DEATH'S COLD HAND: A man is overcome by grief yesterday as he grips the lifeless hand of a student near a school that collapsed in Juyuan. About 900 students of Juyuan Secondary School are feared buried under the rubble.
TRAPPED: Only the hand of a trapped child is visible in the rubble of a collapsed primary school in Hanwang township in Mianzhu city. The earthquake struck at a time when classes were in session.
Really made me felt sad after reading it. My mind could imagine the scenario.
I hope that many will be able to overcome this ordeal and hope that the rescuers will be able to save more people.
It's really sad to see the parents of those children that were trapped under the collasped school. what else more, due to china one child's policy, the parents have lost their only child, only hope. it's heart wrenching.
I pray and hope that these people will be strong to get through this rough patch.
This is the article i read:
May 14, 2008
Schools of death
Field is turned into makeshift morgue with bodies of students carried into tent every few minutes
By Chua Chin Hon, China Bureau Chief
JUYUAN (SICHUAN) - NUMB with grief, parents and family members waited in silence as rescue workers pulled one teenage corpse after another from the wreckage of Juyuan Secondary School.
All it took was a single tell-tale sign - a bag, a shoe or a shirt - for hearts to shatter as the lifeless body of a son or daughter was recognised.
The wailing would draw other parents to crowd around, as if to make sure the victim was not their child.
'He is such an outstanding boy! Such an outstanding boy!' the mother of 15-year-old Liu Dingxian wailed, throwing herself over her child's body.
Equally inconsolable, the boy's grandfather, Mr Liu Zhoubo, said between sobs that he had waited without food or sleep since Monday afternoon for news of Dingxian.
I arrived at the school yesterday afternoon to find these wrenching scenes of immeasurable loss repeated over and over again.
Juyuan Secondary is where 900 students were feared buried under rubble after the school collapsed during Monday's powerful earthquake.
The school was due to send off a new graduating class later this month. Yesterday, its grounds were a makeshift mortuary.
As the rain beat down relentlessly, a new victim was carried into a tent at the edge of a muddy field every few minutes.
The school, about 130km from the epicentre of the 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Sichuan province's Wenchuan county, was the most badly damaged building in Juyuan township, residents said.
One of the school's four-storey buildings was said to have collapsed inwards, trapping students before they could escape. But shell-shocked teachers could not verify this version, or even confirm the school's enrolment.
The young appeared to have borne much of the brunt of the devastating earthquake which happened at 2.28pm, when classes were in full swing.
Several other schools in Sichuan and those in neighbouring provinces also reported considerable casualties.
In Sichuan's Mianyang City and Hawang Township, a total of about 1,200 students and teachers have been reported dead or missing.
In Chongqing municipality and Guizhou province, dozens of primary school pupils were killed after school buildings collapsed.
By yesterday, the toll had soared past 12,000, state media reported. But a Chinese official I met told me in the morning that the undisclosed death toll is already twice that figure, though the government was still trying to verify statistics pouring in from stricken regions.
The eventual death toll is expected to be much higher, given that rescuers have yet to find out what had happened to worst-hit Wenchuan and its population of more than 110,000 people.
Several rescue teams were expected to reach Wenchuan on foot last night, after incessant rain and damaged roads prevented them from getting there sooner.
Although the Chinese government mobilised resources swiftly, there was a palpable sense of anger among parents of students at Juyuan Secondary at the rate of search-and-rescue efforts.
'It is going too slowly,' said Mr Dong Xiangshen, 39, as he sat slumped in a chair facing his 14-year-old son's body, wrapped up in blankets and towels.
The family lit candles and placed them at the boy's feet as offerings.
Other families lit firecrackers in an apparent bid to ward off evil spirits.
As another body was carried into the tent, Mr Dong said: 'If any of these children had a chance of survival, it is gone now.'
The official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday that at least 60 bodies had been recovered from Juyuan. It was not clear if any children had been found alive.
The overwhelming grief at Sichuan's schools reflected not only the number of casualties and personal tragedy of so many families. It also came from the unspoken realisation that the community's hopes for a better future had been crushed in a single afternoon when so many of their brightest and youngest were buried at one go.
Given China's one-child policy, many couples had lost their only child.
At Tuqiao Secondary, 14-year-old Wei Jiamin escaped the earthquake unscathed. 'My two cousins were going to graduate soon,' said the teenager. 'This was supposed to be a month for celebrations.'
Pictures:
DEATH'S COLD HAND: A man is overcome by grief yesterday as he grips the lifeless hand of a student near a school that collapsed in Juyuan. About 900 students of Juyuan Secondary School are feared buried under the rubble.
TRAPPED: Only the hand of a trapped child is visible in the rubble of a collapsed primary school in Hanwang township in Mianzhu city. The earthquake struck at a time when classes were in session.
SAVED: Rescuers pull out a young girl alive from under the rubble of a collapsed school in Juyuan yesterday. Untold numbers remain trapped under collapsed schools and are feared dead as the death toll mounts. 
GRIEF-STRICKEN: The parents of an earthquake victim mourning near the child's body at the site of a collapsed school building in Dujiangyan, Sichuan province, yesterday.
记得要感激现在所拥有的，因为不管怎样，我们都是幸福的孩子。
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Monday, May 5, 2008
it's been awhile since i last update.
well, nothing much lately.
just kept things running on my mind 24/7.
i hope that everything will turn out smoothly. but life is never perfect. there bound to be the unexpected occuring to test you.
anyway, nothing much to post, i only know that i want to get my things done.
school is starting tml. say hi to buisness statistics and Organizational Behaviour Modules.
the modules are Dry. Super Dry.
i hope to get over and done with asap.
alrights, i'll take my leave.
bye.
well, nothing much lately.
just kept things running on my mind 24/7.
i hope that everything will turn out smoothly. but life is never perfect. there bound to be the unexpected occuring to test you.
anyway, nothing much to post, i only know that i want to get my things done.
school is starting tml. say hi to buisness statistics and Organizational Behaviour Modules.
the modules are Dry. Super Dry.
i hope to get over and done with asap.
alrights, i'll take my leave.
bye.
Monday, April 14, 2008
i m away!
Goodbye everyone for now.
i will be away for 8days.
leaving home at six to the airport.
have a good week ahead and cya!
byebye!
i will be away for 8days.
leaving home at six to the airport.
have a good week ahead and cya!
byebye!
Thursday, April 10, 2008
TIRED.
been quite a few days that i did not update my blog already.
have been pretty busy thinking about alot of stuff that i need to do.
but anyway, lately i had just finished my exams, and i am now preparing for the china trip，GZ.
will be leaving on monday morning.
time flies.
oh wells, i am feeling so giddy now. since today afternoon till now. what's going on? am i sick or something?
hais. i dunno what to update either. just confused about life for a moment.
awaiting to achieve something, and i anticipate for alot of challenges coming up.
i just hope that i have the endurance, the perserverence to hold on to face all challenges.
i do not want to give up so easily.
我一定要加油， 不能轻易放弃。
我一定能够应付和承受任何的挑战和压力。
没有任何事情是我不能做到的。
只要我有耐心，坚持，用功，努力，信心，勇敢， 万事都一定没问题。
我们大家一起努力吧，为了我们的理想和目标，我们一定要奋斗到底！
加油！加油！
have been pretty busy thinking about alot of stuff that i need to do.
but anyway, lately i had just finished my exams, and i am now preparing for the china trip，GZ.
will be leaving on monday morning.
time flies.
oh wells, i am feeling so giddy now. since today afternoon till now. what's going on? am i sick or something?
hais. i dunno what to update either. just confused about life for a moment.
awaiting to achieve something, and i anticipate for alot of challenges coming up.
i just hope that i have the endurance, the perserverence to hold on to face all challenges.
i do not want to give up so easily.
我一定要加油， 不能轻易放弃。
我一定能够应付和承受任何的挑战和压力。
没有任何事情是我不能做到的。
只要我有耐心，坚持，用功，努力，信心，勇敢， 万事都一定没问题。
我们大家一起努力吧，为了我们的理想和目标，我们一定要奋斗到底！
加油！加油！
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