Tsunami

Gosh.

26th December 2004. The Indian Ocean Tsunami killed an unprecedented 220000 people and till this day, some are still homeless.

26th December 2008. A weird-ass Tsunami has striked my tummy and is still in its wake of destruction now. 

Xmas was pretty coool until the pre-shocks started to rock my tummy. Felt pretty cold over the few days but BAM, on Xmas day I was down with a freakin fever at 38.5 but miraculously had no more fever the next morning. And then came the freakin tsunami in my tummy. Basket.

First time in loooooooong while that i'm down with some bloody sickness for close to a week. No idea what the heck this is but it's totally draining. Gastric flu? Stomach flu? Or even dengue? Feel pretty weak at times, can't train properly. It's that kinda of stomach-aches where defecating won't solve the problem. Tsunami. Aih. I didn even touch any weird foods, or even alcohol. Baah.

OH OH, just some updates from the real Tsunami. Singaporeans donated a sum total of S$57 million to victims of the catastrophe and many aid programmes have successfully sheltered the victims with new houses. But still many are homeless and living in the camps. Oh boy, one disaster could actually have so much repercussions in the following years. Tsunami warning systems are not exactly functional yet and hence, more spending on the relief fund was pledged to preventive measures rather than relief and response measures.

Mmmmm, reminds me of 4 years ago, on boxing day. Was really taken aback by the photos splashed over the headlines and the casualty count that increased by thousands everyday...

My heart still goes out to those who lost their loved ones .. aih

Oh yes and the following day, I started planning for the donation drive in sec sch. So of the the 57 million dollars, $3312.82 was actually from my donation drive. Haha

And back to my current Tsunami..

thanks to which, training was pretty sucky yea. Couldn push much at all. It became that i was pushing the sickness barriers, not the physical ones. Oh my oh my. Marathon's next Sunday. Whoosh.

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Xmas Eve!:

Met Kengkiat, heeyeong, sly and zhua. 

KK looks pretty fine when shaven yea, and he's got into the MOST HIONG COMPANY -  COUGARS in his BMTC. Man, haha his NS stories from his first 2 weeks were pretty cool. I guess the funniest was his malay OC (Officer-In-Command) for the BMTC (Basic Military Training Centre) 

This OC told them that when they go to the toilets, they should try to go in pairs, and quoted "do not do any funny businesses" in the toilet. 

But, there were some people from China who couldn understand english. (Yea they come to sg to get PR)

So, the malay OC who could speak some chinese said:

"同志!!!同志!!!

去 ce4 suo3 不可以打飞机!

Hahahah

We watched "The Day the Earth stood still" then went to hang out in the Irish Pub till 2. Yea

Xmas Day!:

Dinner at my Uncle's place was pretty fine but I felt kinda bad showing up with a stoney face thanks to the fever. Ate, talked to my cousins, be merry, sang carols, exchanged gifts (:

My cousins, ranging from 12 to 33 years old, went out for a midnight movie but i was too feverish to watch the TV, let alone watch a movie. Anw they watched IP MAN, which i watched earlier on. Heh pretty funny show, nice moves, and the translator was quite funny. Haha

29th Dec: Canoe Gathering @ My place!

Gathering was pretty nice, I hope. Hahaa, spent the morning cooking freakin' chicken stew. OH i told the juniors, "While you all were pumping iron, i was chopping onion" Hahaa.

Met nelson and qianwen at clementi to shop for stuffs and back to my house.

Gosh, because there were last-minute add-ons i had to cook freakin' pasta again.  0_0

Cut cut cut chop chop chop the whole day.

People came and yea things looked fine. We played Cherades! Hahah super funny. And gift exchange too. Post up the pictures when i get it.

Tomorrow's the last day of 2008! My dad's birthday. And countdown. Faddy Waddy's having a countdown at a unit he booked at Pan Pac. Oh gosh that's so damn cool. We'd have a great view of the fireworks. 

(Sorry to the canoe guys yea, maybe ill find you all aft everything ends.)

Class outing this Saturday!

Mmmm i've been wanting to post about teaching. My first day of work starts this Friday! HOW COOL. Hurhur. 

Alright, till then,

Enjoy the last bits of 2008!