Why Keen?

I was attending my sister’s convocation ceremony with my parents last week, and was wondering about something we noticed. As each member of graduant’s names are called, only about a handful of the audience, fellow graduants included, were clapping to cheer them on.

Probably only the handful of relatives, as well as friends among the audience who recognized him/her contributed to the “resounding applause”.

How sad is that?

One family sitting in front of us were so adamant about lending no one a hand that they sat through the whole hour, wide awake, mind you, without their hands leaving their armpits, not even for their son/daughter on stage? (Maybe they were cold? It was a little chilly in the hall. And ten points to my dear mother for taking notice!)

Hey, here’s an idea! Maybe someone can design a system that would install an applause ring tone to all phones in the hall, so that if someone’s phone rings, it would be that of the sound of applause?

Good manners aside, I was just wondering if there was any reason anyone could bring up to appeal to these folks.

What I know of is this…

• If you open your heart to cheer for another’s achievements, you will be that much happier with your own.

• If you allow yourself to be happy for someone, you are programming your brain to be more receptive to happiness.

Well, the opposite of this is not to let other’s lack of cheer make you unhappy. So those ten points I gave my mom? I take them back, because we shouldn’t vest too much interest in other’s lack of happiness. It really cramps our own style!

One month on, our little bundle of joy has become a little bundle of terror.

he screams his lungs out when he is hungry,

but most of the time, he is still the little angel we have welcomed into our lives.

Here are some of the reasons why I am keen on staying strong, living my life to the fullest,

he’s so tiny, and cute.

she makes bland food look good, and giving birth a breeze.

and she made everything possible.

Fresh like a clear day, our little baby boy was born on the 3rd of June.

I’ve posted mini shoutouts all over the Internet, because that’s all I can manage at the moment, because I would be rushing back to hospital to accompany Hwei Min, but he is so beautiful! Having someone so dependent on you land in your arms really changes your perspective, no matter how much you feel you are “prepared” for the moment.

I promise you will be seeing more of him soon, so hang tight!

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?