Author: whykeen

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Internet Message In A Bottle?

Ok… What’s up with putting a strange guy’s photo on my blog?

I’ve received a strange request on Friendster one day, from a stranger, by the name of Yoke Ping.

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hi i’m looking for an old friend staying at ang mo kio, i hope to know how is he now before i left SG forever. Could you please help me to forward a pics to ur friend list?

Appreciate if u could help,u may mail to me at yping930@hotmail.com or reply this msg with ur email, and i will send u a mail with his photo.
Thank you and sorry for any inconvenience cause
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Now, I’m usually a very suspicious person, especially about spam and scams. But, well, she had a full detailed Friendster page, and left an email address, so why not find out more. I’ve been watching an incredibly romantic JDorama called Densha Otoko, and the similarities are there.

I’ve always been intrigued by the use of the Internet for good causes. Yes it is sickening after so many chain mails that lead to nowhere, but always, there’s this part of me that believes that, yes, it’s possible that there might be someone with a real need out there.

So I followed up, by emailing her, and so far, I’ve had human replies, and as much as I can ascertain, she’s a living breathing decent person.

So this is me doing my bit. This is what I’ve gathered. This is her friendster page http://profiles.friendster.com/user.php?uid=11256457 and her blog http://ypig930.blog.friendster.com/ if you want to find out more, but basically, she’s searching for a friend whom she had met at a temp job, from what I gather.

A guy who started out as a stranger, but who offered the friendship and support when she needed it the most. His name is Chua Y’ng Gien @ Chua yong jien, age 27-28yrs old, last known area he was staying is Ang Mo Kio. He was serving his NS around 2005 or 2006.

Yoke Ping would be leaving Singapore, maybe for good, and she wants to leave, knowing that this friend of hers is doing fine, and maybe to thank him one more time. If you believe in her cause, do help to spread the word, try to find out where he is?

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The Baby Comes… Ultrasound Images

“If you look at this thingy here…” Dr Ang pointed on the screen, “it’s fairly obvious that it’s
a boy.”

The ultrasound scan is never 100% accurate, as most doctors would point out. But it tends
to be more accurate when the sypnosis is that the baby is a boy. (Unless our baby has a
dark sense of humor, and decides for some reason to fool us all by holding a middle finger
sign with her hands.)

So mum and dad are fairly excited because it means that shopping can be done, finally.

“Oh, evil marketers, and all your cute colour coordinated offerings!”

From TWeaK Me
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The Baby Comes… Month 4

Not quiet anymore! The baby’s coming!

From TWeaK Me

It’s been a while since I’ve updated, but at least now, it’s not so quiet any more!
We’ve announced about a month back, when at the end of the first trimester, we
went for a scan, and the baby is healthy!

Also we’ve completed the Oscar test, OSCAR stands for “One-Stop Clinic for
Assessment of Risk”, and this is a 90% accurate test for evidence of Down Syndrome,
and came out negative too.

As we are fairly young parents, the risk of having a child with Down Syndrome is
pretty low, but it helps to be prepared anyhow.

We have asked ourselves seriously… IF our child really had Down Syndrome, what
would we do?

We both agreed that it would not be right to give up on our child even if he/she had
down syndrome, as it is not a condition where the child has to suffer after birth.
The child would need a little more time to learn, that’s all. The gift of life is still a gift
of life.

In discussing this, and realizing our common stand, it affirms our relationship even
more. I suppose we both have very different ways of explaining why we decide
this way, she would mention about God, and I would mention about the Wheel of Life,
but our respect for life is there, and something we hold in common.

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A Little Sore

I’ve been working non stop for the past week, and now feeling under the weather *.
Had a very clogged nose and bad cough for days. Surprisingly, I’ve got through two full
day weddings with morning trailer trailer editings, and in fact felt slightly better through
it all! I guess the positive energy from weddings and the adrenaline helps.

Actually, I couldn’t have survived as a full time wedding videographer without my dear
Hwei Min, drowning me with “Liang Cha” (Herbal Cooling Tea), and helping me man the
computer while I’m converting tapes, which allows me a half an hour nap. But most of
all, by being my first audience for every single wedding video I complete!

Anyway, I went to find the origins of the phrase “under the weather” and this was what
I found. Google is wonderful! Total time to find answer? 1 minute… 🙂

* Under the weather.
To feel ill. Originally it meant to feel seasick or to be adversely affected by bad weather.
The term is correctly ‘under the weather bow’ which is a gloomy prospect; the weather
bow is the side upon which all the rotten weather is blowing.

– from Salty Dog Talk: The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions
by Bill Beavis and Richard G. McCloskey (Sheridan House,
Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., 1995. First published in Great Britain, 1983).

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Quietly… The Baby Comes… Part 3

3rd November 2008
14:19 HRS

Visited the gynaecologist today at Thomson Medical Centre.
It was so tough to find! Our doctor, Dr Lawrence Ang is based
at Sun Plaza, but comes in to a temporary clinic at TMC every
morning. That temporary clinic was in a corner somewhere
without a sign to indicate it’s location…

Anyway, everyone was very gentle about it, and treating us
very nice as we were first timers. However both the nurse and
the doctor were so quick about doing everything, anxious at
doing things quickly, yet wary about spoiling our experience
and scaring us, so it’s quite amusing.

My first impression of Dr Ang? Thumper from Bambi. 😀
His feet were thumping so quickly, it’s quite funny. I think
he was going to rush off to his other clinic soon.

Sorry… 😛 I observe people… Can’t help it! Occupational
hazard, I guess.

Anyway, Dr Ang gently reminded us, after congratulating
us first, that 1 in 5 mother’s lose their child in the first
trimester, so he asked that we take care.

He moved into a few don’ts for the first trimester…

    Don’t take raw food
    Don’t take caffeine
    Don’t take alcohol
    Don’t have SEX!

The last point was a surprise, actually.

And he moved us to the scan. Ultrasound, if I am not
wrong. It was quite unexpected. We had no idea we
would do an ultrasound so early, but the doctor said
we could check on the baby’s condition on the first
test.

I saw the little bean of Baby Tham on the screen
straight away. And there was a blinking spot, and
I knew without the Dr telling me that that was it’s
little heart, beating.

It was quite emotional for me. It was the first
acknowledgement that all this was very real.
There’s a new life taking form in Hwei Min.

The doctor measured Baby Tham, with a simple drag
and drop tool like it came out of Google Earth.

    1.41 cm!

And here’s the totally amazing thing. Based on the
measurement, the computer hums to generate the
estimated age of Baby Tham. 7 weeks 5 days. Estimated
arrival…

    17 June 2009!!!!

We were talking about planning for our baby to be
born on my birthday, which is also our Legally Married
Anniversary, and it came true! Oh My Goodness… Is
this the Law of Attraction, or what!!??

Of course, it’s an estimation, by no means an accurate
figure, but seeing it appear on the screen was enough
for us!