I am not really sure how should I be feeling right now. I am going through a plethora of feelings i.e angry, happy, sad, disappointed, grateful, hopeful, confused.
Previously, I mentioned that my mum went through a surgery to remove some non-cancerous growth from her tummy. Today, the “specimen”’s lab report was returned (Specimen refers to [...]
Archive for August, 2008
26 Aug
Cancer? No Cancer? Part 2
21 Aug
My Application to A University That Publishes A Dictionary
It’s great to be back in blogosphere after a few days of retreat. My mum just got discharged today from hospital and thank God, she’s fine. In fact, the highlight of today was mum praying for the entire ward before she left! What a great display of faith, Amen! I was slightly embarassed at first, [...]
16 Aug
Mum Is in Hospital
Today, mum was admitted into hospital to get rid of the non-cancerous growth inside her abdomen. Please refer to my post on Cancer? No Cancer? to get a fuller picture on this.
Mum was in the operating theatre from 4.30pm till 9.30pm. That is a long 5-hour surgery to remove the “thing”. She looked really pale [...]
13 Aug
MIT, the Ivies, and Oxford
First of all, it’s great to be back after two weeks of back-to-back examination. I am not too sure how well I did, but it seems that everyone in IB Jan ‘07 is suffering from mental breakdown, partly due to the purposeful hike of exam standards. I seriously do not know why mock exams are [...]
4 Aug
Cancer? No Cancer?
Cancer is something that everyone in this modern era fears. It is deemed the modern disease of the modern generation. How often cancer is heard of in the 50s?
Question: How would you react when your relatives, particularly your mum, have the possibility of contracting cancer?
Yesterday, I got the shock of my life when mum [...]
2 Aug
Illegal Guard Post in My Area!!!!
Today was really dramatic, in my heart at least, because I figured that the guard post in my area is actually illegal, thanks to the housewives talk vine, from the aunty next door, to the uncle (possibly househusband) next door, to my mom, and finally to me. Here is the story:
Few weeks back, I received [...]
1 Aug
PILOTING: MYTHS AND REALITIES DECODED
Boeing 787 is the dream plane that most aviators out there would like to fly. Some might cite the Airbus A380 – Airbus claims that it is the largest commercial jet plane ever produced. Some may even like the Wright brothers’ Kitty Hawk! I don’t know about you, but as for me, my favourite airplane [...]
