He and all his questions

Was having breakfast with Nic this morning. Suddenly he raised a very funny question. "Mummy, why sometimes the government will give a new heart to bring the dead people back to life again?" I went "HUH? what? what do you mean?" He continued, "you remember? we went to papa Ng's house and we watched on TV? they went to collect a new heart and then they put the heart into the dead man and bring the man back to life?"

OMG! Now I know what he meant. Amazingly, he remembered this show we watched at his brothers' godparent's house in Feb!! It was about this team of doctors harvesting a heart from a brain-dead man to fly it to another city to save a man suffering from heart failure. And this little rascal actually remembered the whole thing and suddenly wanted to clarify his doubts. haha...

So I went on to explain to him that it wasn't the govt that's bringing a dead man to life. The man wasn't dead, just very ill and needed heart transplant to survive. And the heart came from a healthy man who've died suddenly due to accident or other reasons. And the family members of the dead man must consent before the doctors can harvest the heart and make sure the blood type matches the ailing man before they can transplant it. That kind of satisfied his curiousity and he went off to do his things.

And this is not the first time he asked something about 'government'. haha... last month when H1N1 first started and suspected cases were quarantined at Aloha Loyang. His dad cycled him to the beach and they passed by the chalets. His dad told him that was the place where the people were quarantined and they cant go anywhere. Suddenly he asked his dad this question, "Will the people who are quarantined be angry with the government?" =) His dad was totally dumbfounded by his question. haha...

This boy is funny. Very inquisitive and curious. Will be good if he is less stubborn, then he'll probably do better than his brothers.

So proud of him!

Before school closed last term, Drew was nominated for prefect selection. We were really happy for him, but I was, as usual, not so confident of him getting thru the selection interview. This boy is just too nonchalant and sometimes still a little too kiddy. Anyway, he went for the interview and felt confident about it.

Today he called me while I was at Nat'l Eye Centre with dad. He's been selected!! He sounded really excited about it and when I told hub, he was ecstatic! We're really proud of him. He'll hv to go through some training before he'll assume prefectorial duties. We hope this extra responsibility will make him more mature and keep him on his toes with his studies and behaviour.

Son, we're very proud of you. Keep up the good work and live up to your teachers' expectations. We love you.

are people really getting so self-centred?

on the way to fetch Nic, I walked pass Blk 510's void deck. A rubbish bin on the opposite end of the letter box was on fire! Not sparks or smoke, but a small fire was burning in the bin! Immediately I called 995 and asked them to send someone down.

While I was calling the fire brigade, I saw curious children looking and running away quickly. I saw adults passers-by, looked, frowned and walked away. I saw returning office workers passed by, looked shocked but then proceeded into the lift to go home. At least 5-6 pple passed, but no one stopped to even think if there's anything they could do to put out the fire. What's wrong with these pple?

I ran across to the sch gate to get Nic. Checked his water bottle and he still had 1/2 bottle of water left. So we ran back to the bin and I poured all the water into the bin. The fire was put out, but there were still some sparks on those papers in the bin. About 5mins later, a red rhino came. The firemen checked the bin and sprayed some foam into it to prevent any possible re-ignition.

Just feel that pple are getting really self-centred (or is it self-absorbed?). The person responsible for the fire only thot of his/her own convenience, without thinking of consequences. And those passers-by were not willing to stop and help even though it's happening so close to home. Do we hv to wait till it's really serious, like half a house is burning, before pple are willing to stop and help? sigh...

Nic was so cute. After dinner he asked to go back there again bcos he wanted to check to make sure the fire did not start again. Love him.

你是啥形象？

Dear friend, Adel, forwarded an 'image' quiz "你是啥形象？" and I tried it out. This is my result:

你是属于草香形象

你拥有非常坚强的意志，不依赖他人，给人独来独往的印象。你拥有旺盛的好奇心与丰富的感受性，是个过着知性生活的现代人。骤看下你是个自命清高，不好相处的人，但是一旦跟你交谈后，就知道你很好相处，等到交情加深之后，就更知道你其实拥有很爽快的个性。

你所拥有的中性化魅力，让你不论在男性团体或女性团体都大受欢迎，不过你不喜欢让人看到你脆弱的一面。你外表上看来也许很冷静，但实际上却是热情如火。能够知道你真正本性的人，才能够跟你天长地久地交往下去。

so my friends, you tell me this is true or not? I would say it's 80-90% la. hee...

孩子毕竟还是孩子

十三岁的坐在车里，用手假装机关枪向外扫射，嘴里还哒哒哒的装样！？是好笑还是好气呢？

十一岁的最近被一些事吓着了，晚上老是找借口到我房间睡，还得我握着他的手陪他才睡得着！望着他睡觉的样子，让我想起几天大的他在医院里，我守在他床边半忧半喜的心情。他还是我那可爱的baby！

I've got luck

Got this in the mail yesterday. I've got a belated birthday present! An sms lucky draw that I sent in Jan while at the hairdresser and forgotten all about. And suddenly I became a winner of the hamper! Hee...now I can try their new product. Hopefully it's as good as what they claim it to be.

But funny lor. Lucky draw for Jan issue of a mag, winners only got notified in Jun? wah, that's 5 months leh. A bit 夸张 right?

Lucky star, I need you more often, but on different things. Stay with me, I really need you.

He's in pain again...

This morning, after coming back fm the supermarket, saw Dad on the sofa, not looking very good. Then he asked me to get his painkiller fm his room. As I was asking about his pain and stuff, he said, "我看我日子也没多久了，一天一天的这里痛那里痛，前天腋下也开始有点痛了。唉。。。" His words wrenched my heart. Told him, "嘘，不要乱讲啦。我帮你把扫描和医生的日期换早些，让医生看看是什么事。你不要乱想，OK？"

看着他这样，我心里很痛、很无助。我不知道能做些什么？起初还会建议叫老妈帮他揉一揉痛处，可后来想了想，淋巴腺都是连接的，如果揉了会不会导致癌细胞扩散得更快呢？现在不敢再提议了。可是止痛药也不能一直吃啊？该怎么办呢？

另一方面，老妈的精神似乎越来越差，集中力不怎么好。现在跟她讲话，真的要坐到她面前，正面对着她讲，她才能听清楚八九成。有时还得重复两三次。真的很担心她的精神状况。唉。。