Sunday, September 30, 2007

Friday, September 28, 2007

What My Sister Thinks About ME!!

Something that I find it interesting to share with everyone…the short paragraph below is how my sister describes me on our family blog…hai… here it goes…

Starting with ah jiun (my Chinese name) :
Our dear mei mei joined fitness first (something like California fitness) about 2 wks ago. Day1, she happily went to one of the fitness class, same goes for day 2.... But when day 3 arrived...

EVERYTHING CHANGES~

She has to stop exercising for 3 wks.

Reason?

After 3 days of exercise, she had torn her 'L... (I dunno how to spell the term and she refused to explain to me.... some muscle I assumed). (It was L.I.G.A.M.E.N.T by the way…not a muscle!)

That was news NO.1 about our meimei

Second News...

She is officially gaining weight. AH JIUN is a white-bread (basically FLOUR) addict. One loaf of bread in our house can (AT MOST) last for 4 days because most of the time, we can finish all of them in 2 days time!I am not lying! Even she herself admits that she is gaining weight. Normally when people start gaining weight, they try to get into a diet. Well, our dear sister did try going on a diet. She asked me to cook less for dinner and eat fruits during movies. A healthy, no junk food diet plan!

However.... guess how long it last???

For a person who can never resist snacks temptation, ah jiun diet plan officially lasted for 3 days. Her marketing technique was good though. By day 3, everybody has known about this short-lived diet of hers.
That’s about all the news worthy information about Ah jiun. Honestly, she is not a very interesting person. Her life is her bedroom. She sleeps on her bed and study on her bed. Her only and favourite pastime involves searching the internet for more cartoons. (Its anime, well I guess it really doesn’t make a difference hee :) )
She does not know where the sugar is kept and has no idea that our house has Milo cereal (even though it has been in the kitchen for months!). One morning, when my friend was eating cereal in our house, she asked, “OHH Milo cereal! Where did u get it!!?” >.<

It’s embarrassed to admit but it's entirely true! Oh well what more can I say? My sister understands ME hahahahahha: P

Friday, September 21, 2007

The Beauty of Art (musical-Miss Saigon)

Miss Saigon, a true legend…
Musical is an art, talent and skill….
No word could be used to express the feeling that one gets through experiencing the incredulity of music…
I was captivated by the beauty of their voice. It was not just a sound. Within that simple tune, there were emotions, countless of emotions that could not be expressed through speech and it’s all shown so clearly through the voice of music.
There were no judgment made, no discriminating, no criticizing… people who were there, purely wanted to enjoy the artistry of musical.
I was mesmerized the instant those melodies reached my ears, “ah…how beautiful was that…” was my first thought. Up until now, I never appreciate the exquisiteness of art. It never occurred to me that a piece of composition could bring out such meaningful story.


Today I had discovered something… something that is precious yet priceless. I have learnt to appreciate the beauty of arts. It leads me to places, stories and feeling I never understood before…through them I experience all the wonders and fantasy that could last me a life time :)

Monday, September 10, 2007

Steve Irwin Anniversary


It’s been a year since we last saw our world greatest
o Naturalist
o Zoologist
o Conservationist
o Television Personality

Steve Irwin…… On September 4, 2006, Irwin was fatally stabbed in the chest by a stingray spine while snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef, at Batt Reef, which is located off the coast of Port Douglas in Queensland. Irwin was in the area filming his own documentary, Ocean’s Deadliest, but weather had stalled filming. Irwin decided to take the opportunity to film some shallow water shots for a segment in the television program his daughter Bindi was hosting, when, according to his friend and colleague, John Stainton, he swam too close to one of the stingrays. “He came on top of the stingray and the stingray’s barb went up and into his chest and put a hole into his heart,” said Stainton, who was on board Irwin’s boat the Croc One.
During the time when Steve was still around, he was very concerned with the protection of endangered animals and problems related to deforestation which resulted in massive loss of habitat. He considered conservation to be the most important part for his career. Steve Irwin was a passionate conservationist and believed in promoting
environmentalism by sharing his excitement about the natural world with people all over the planet.

Throughout his lifespan he was trying to inspire people into believing that we, humans can play a big part in helping wildlife and that the purpose of our existence is to protect the nature instead of destroying it. He had urged people to take part in considerate tourism and not support illegal poaching
through the purchase of items such as turtle shells or shark-fin soup.
I personally feel that Steve’s plays a big role in emphasizing the current situation about wildlife to us. If it wasn’t for him, the situation for those animals might be far worse than what we could expect. If it wasn’t for him to raise the concern about the present situation, many more lives would be destroyed. For that reason, I feel that, we should all give our respect to Steve and not forget all the amazing things that he had done. Because of all the hard work that Steve had done, our world is gradually changing for the better. Steve had granted us a good beginning to conservation and I feel that it is now our turn to continue this believe and end it with a pleasant ending.