Half Year Mark Everyone !!!

'Tis the time to take stock of dreams , goals and aspirations . Not just in our line but in Life as a whole . What are some of YOUR dreams ? some of YOUR goals ? YOUR aspirations ?


NO ONE starts a year thinkin' "this is the year i'd like to achieve nuthin' " OR " this is one year i'd like to have accomplished nuthin' and let it be a total waste of ONE year in my life " well , at least no one i keep company , break bread with .


Wise men have always known this , that you are more or less Defined by the company that you keep . i once read somewhere this quote



" Seek Good company , where there're none .. keep None ."



Any surprise then that most religions have Recluses , Hermits ? In search of wisdom , these sages / holymen made a Harsh Choice ... to be affected by NONE , communicatin' with NONE ... and in so doing ... Distracted BY ... NONE . Spending their entire days , months , years .... Lives even ... in solitude , meditating , whether it's mysteries / meaning of life or wisdom , peace , Nirvana they seek .


There's a sayin' in Chinese as i was so nicely enlightened by our very own Wing Leong on wednesday 17062009 .



" Jing(4) Zhu(1) Zhe(3) Chi(4) , Jing(4) Mo(4) Zhe(3) HeY(1) "**



it justly falls in line with sociologists who lean towards the Nurture school of thought in the great [ Nurture or Nature ] Debate .

[**the (numbers) refer to their tones in chinese phonetics ]



Today , Wednesday the 17thJune2009 , i've witnessed Many things , how some still crave company of others in our line . Others in this sense refers to people not from La Famille .. NO right or wrong here ... depends the reason upon which they act in choosin said company . i have come across many who keep company of those whose productions are waaaaaay below themselves to feel a sense of :



(1)positioning [ to remind themselves where they are and how much better off / positive and happy they are so they strive to stay ahead and keep ahead ] .



(2)Fulfillment [ to remind themselves they're in a position to help , pick up their fallen , straggling comrades , in line or life .




Teach them to fish , people ... NOT keep givin yours or your Famille's .




I guess in Retrospect there's this other school ... and i now realise that it takes a certain type of person to always hang out with people doing waaaaay better than themselves Simply for one reason and one reason alone ... some might think it's to look good cos they then can be in the same Niche group and even if payment is in the form of Flattery or self Degradation , they gladly pay the price . Make no mistake , purpose here isn't to :




[ Zhang(4) Ta(1) Ren(2) Zhi(1) Qi(4) Mie (4) Zi(4) Ji(3) Wei(1) Feng(1) . ]

ie : Praise , Exhort another at the expense of oneself .



It Ought to be , imho ( in my Humble opinion ) , for one reasone and that reason is to one day be part of this Niche Group , if only to LEAD it ... and one day to match , if not to outperform ... outshine ... the person you strive to become .

Be Great , People , if for no other reason then 'cos in OUR eyes ...you are ... YOU ARE .

Back in Hospital !!!

Man i can't believe it , hospitalised again from the same bite ! just goes to show these things could take a while , and a bit more money then expected . Doctors have informed me that in some cases , the residual venom may take a while to act up .

The swelling started again after 4 days of no show , i checked out on monday only to check back into Accident and Emergency on saturday night .. macy was so poor thing !She had an entire day of roadshow on saturday , started very early in the morning and was only able to return home at 11 plus at night only to send AND accompany me to hospital . WE registered ourselves at 1 plus but managed to get warded only at 6 - 7 am ?

i Checked into the same ward and room i was originally stayin in the week before .
will be discharged the following night on the 10th June . Lookin forward to going down to the roadshow and charging right back to work .. albeit with a puffy middle finger ! LOL .

"power" finger :p

Much Delayed Post .

Heyheyhey Everyone ! This is the much awaited / procrastinated post i was talkin about in JohnJohn's and also in conjunction with E's blog on the blessings of Prushield Eggstra !Actually i was already back to work on the very day of my discharge on 1stjune2009 , ask Lauren and Kristen , they'll know .. we went back to office together .so it's not i was lazy k ?? ^^

i Guess most would've heard how i got bitten by that NOTCOOL! dude from the Chilopoda family , the biggest group of anthropods . The Big a$$ centipede with a big a$$ bite to match it's reputation . Here it's shown with it's li'l monsters ... You all know how some parents say " these're my li'l monsters" of their kids ? only in this case ..... THEM centipede mothers would be right !!!!

Sparing the description , i shall instead fill everyone in on what followed that fateful event .

After gettin bitten my first reaction was to suck out what little venom i could from the wound , stay calm AND calmly walk over to tell the rest of the party and my MOM makin sure to calm them down . [ you all know how mommies are .. imma always gonna be her baby .. all 240pounds , 6 ft 3" of me . ROFL ! ]

Made it a point to keep my left hand holdin the wrist of my right , so that the venom from the bite on my right middle finger spreads as slowly as possible in addition , keepin my venin entry point lower than the height where my heart is slowed it further ... All this from years upon years of playin/ messin around with these hazardous/dangerous wild animals AND loads and loads of documentaries from the Discovery channel and Nat geo wild ... just ask Danny , Wing , Alan or even my wife , they'll tell ya .

Next and i guess that's the Natural reaction for most people when they realise that they're no longer in any imminent danger . i asked My experts , Wing and Esther " hey guys , Prupremier [ shortform ] eggstra covers ambulance anot har ? " and they BOTH gave me a very REassuring absolutely Bro ! No worries . " at which point i pat myself gently on the chest with my left hand and said in my mind " heng1 LorLorLor ", relieving my grip of my right wrist cos our very own Paramedic from the Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps did such a Beautiful job restricting the blood flow with his very own version of a Tornique [ a Terra-tie he used .. think that's what Young Master Wing called it ] i Received very good feedback for the way it was tied BOTH at the hospital AND on enroute in the ambulance .. Wing , you shud possibly patent this tying style ???

But that's what people do , don't they ? They wanna know how much $$KACHINK$$ the situation or their affliction is gonna cost them .

To this an EXverydear friend said " Don't talk shop man bro " , should've said "you ok , my brudda ?" know he would've 3 year's ago but that was 3 years' back ... peeps change ... shit happens too , what's next ?? cows flyin' ?...

i wished i had the insensitivity he had , so i could reply " Don't talk C+ man bro , when u tore ur tendon earlier last year your mommy paid for ALL your hospital bills plus therapy .. All 32 years old of them ." But never mind .. sigh .. one lesson a night was already past his treshold , i'd think . And i'd hate to think i owed it to him that night to keep ... Educatin him .

Got rushed back to the mainland and i gotta say this , the cruisers the coastal police use are extremely fast !!! we reached singapore in a little over 10 minutes perhaps ! this coverin a distance spanning at least 45 minutes by our normal boats .

Went To hospital , realised to my horror that B1 has NO aircon , iirc . , i cannot survive ... some of you readin may think me a Spoilt Brat ... but truth be told .. you'd spoil early to in this tropical climate if you were wearin my weight . SoOoOoOo ... A1 class it had to be ... But what an absolutely wonderful experience it turned out to be ... My very own bed , Tv , an additional bed [ $30/night iirc . ] , MY very own shower area , toilet , Picturesque view and nightly " what would you like to have for your meals tomorrow Mr Chiew ? " .

Got some pictures taken , HOPE wingman can help me post in my Blog *hints hints*

*winks winks *

So on the whole my 3 nights' stay was actually fully subsidised and i didn't haveta worry about payment , now that's one and TWO ... This incident might actually serve as a real life experience for some of us to show our clients what this job really DESCRiBES .

[ talkin shop again .. yea ...i'm abashed ... But i guess it's indeed so much easier when u needn't worry about earning money much less planning expenditure SINCE at anytime if any situation happens ... situations such as ..and purely a fictional example ... i must stress " well lets modify my car today ". you merely need to stretch out your hand and miraculously there'll be fools willing to loan the desired amount ."

Guess it IS true when they say there's a sucker born every minute ! Suckers like me who don't wanna burden/ leech / parasite off anyone and whom in turn are in a position to offer help to these clever ones , financial and/or otherwise and whom also coincidentally believe old quotes like " a li'l hard work never killed anyone ". RoFlmFao .

"As a man sows ... so he shall Reap "

Thank you Dear Centipede ...*frowns Briefly* *then continues* for the $375 reimbursement , and quite possibly ... the tens of thousands of dollars the rest of my famille will earn in the comin months with the pictures and personal experience we'll have from now on .

BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE ... i'm still a little angry with ya ... it hurt .

SoOoooo .. with that $375 , some of us are gonna get some equipment , rent a boat .... and return to the island to return the favor to you and your eighty eight thousand siblings residing on the island . Our dad's are gonna be soOoOo glad just thinkin of ALL that medicinal value .....

Right , E ?