Wednesday, January 28, 2009
The Heat.............
ARGH ARGH...can u believe the weather over here...gosh..I mean I know it's summer..but does it have to be in the 40s all week? sheesh..and they say that the cool change is coming on Sunday..I hardly call something in the 30s cool change....and the poor poor guys playing in the Melbourne Cup Tennis tournaments...apparently center court goes up to the 50s...it's unimaginable...cant wait for autumn and winter...bring out the steamboat and scarves..................oh shoots...I will still be swealtering...only this time in Singapore....just cant escape it.....thank goodness for air cons...
Can you believe it?
Found some old vid of Jayden.....can you believe that these were taken just about 10 months ago? GOSH.....
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
The saddest thing I have ever heard
Watched a documentary called The Beckoning Silence about 2 days ago...I am telling you...that is the saddest story I have ever ever heard...just thinking about it..sigh..it's not that kind of sadness, which makes you weep...at least not for me...but it's those sadness that you can feel it in the core of your being...not exaggerating...anywayz..I shall attempt to tell that story in one short paragraph...do read it though..it's just amazing..the strength of someone..by the way..they made a film about it..called the NorthFace...okay..here goes...
It's the story of 4 young enthusiastic German mountain climbers attempting to climb the North Face. Now...I do not know much about mountains or climbing but I think it's one of the most dangerous...this story is also set in the year 1936...so as I was saying...these 4 guys were more than halfway up the mountain when there was an avalanche. One of them fell off the cliff..so instant death...3 left right...what happened was the avalanche pushed them over the edge of the cliff...and since they were tied together rite...the one at the end of the rope..he got knocked into rocks..and he died..the second I think his name is Tony Kurz is left dangling while the third guy got lodge at the edge of the cliff...now..the rope around the third guy was strangling him..but if he were to cut the rope, Tony would die...so he was strangled to death...apparently it took about 10 mins...sad right...but that's not all...
The rescue people came...but they couldnt get to Tony because of the bad weather so Tony had to spend the night dangling in the cold...next day right...one of his hands got frostbitten le.....the rescuers still couldnt get to him...and the only way is for him to rippel ..but his rope wasnt long enough...so he cut his friend at the bottom off...still not enuff rope..he had to cut the friend at the top off..so with one good hand..he pulled himself up the rope to his friend at the edge of the cliff..and cut him off too...and then he had to unravel the rope and join them together..took him 5 hours..after tat...the rope was too weak to support his weight...so he let the rope down to the resucers to get a longer rope...the resucers didnt have a long enuff rope as well..so they tied two pieces with a knot...i know..now u think good..he can at last be saved rite...WRONG...halfway down right..the knot got stuck in his metal thingy(not sure what it is called)...and he had to undo the knot..but then he was so tired by then...he couldnt do it....so at the end..he sat forward..in a clear voice..he said,"I'm finished"....and then slowly died...CAN U IMAGINE....WAH LAU EH....SO SAD RIGHT
It's the story of 4 young enthusiastic German mountain climbers attempting to climb the North Face. Now...I do not know much about mountains or climbing but I think it's one of the most dangerous...this story is also set in the year 1936...so as I was saying...these 4 guys were more than halfway up the mountain when there was an avalanche. One of them fell off the cliff..so instant death...3 left right...what happened was the avalanche pushed them over the edge of the cliff...and since they were tied together rite...the one at the end of the rope..he got knocked into rocks..and he died..the second I think his name is Tony Kurz is left dangling while the third guy got lodge at the edge of the cliff...now..the rope around the third guy was strangling him..but if he were to cut the rope, Tony would die...so he was strangled to death...apparently it took about 10 mins...sad right...but that's not all...
The rescue people came...but they couldnt get to Tony because of the bad weather so Tony had to spend the night dangling in the cold...next day right...one of his hands got frostbitten le.....the rescuers still couldnt get to him...and the only way is for him to rippel ..but his rope wasnt long enough...so he cut his friend at the bottom off...still not enuff rope..he had to cut the friend at the top off..so with one good hand..he pulled himself up the rope to his friend at the edge of the cliff..and cut him off too...and then he had to unravel the rope and join them together..took him 5 hours..after tat...the rope was too weak to support his weight...so he let the rope down to the resucers to get a longer rope...the resucers didnt have a long enuff rope as well..so they tied two pieces with a knot...i know..now u think good..he can at last be saved rite...WRONG...halfway down right..the knot got stuck in his metal thingy(not sure what it is called)...and he had to undo the knot..but then he was so tired by then...he couldnt do it....so at the end..he sat forward..in a clear voice..he said,"I'm finished"....and then slowly died...CAN U IMAGINE....WAH LAU EH....SO SAD RIGHT
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
One of those things...
During the X'mas break, I had relatives over so I decided that I will take a break for a day..you know..just watching tv...snacking..reading....so I roped the relatives in to babysit J (and Thomas). Halfway thru the "break" day, I found that the day was too quiet, too boring and I kept wondering what J was doing...u know..seperation issue on mama's part....at 5pm...I decided that I have had enuff of this break.....when I got home and saw J, the sense of I dont know...like happiness was huge....and at that point I have decided...there is really not much of a point being away from J doing nothing at all...and that J will grow up all too soon and not need or want me to be around....so thanks for the advice on having the need for my own time Oprah..but unless it has something to do with food or shopping..I think J will be stuck to be like my siamese twin....
Guys and Golf - a dig at Thomas..hee
So...what is it about guys and golf? or is it just Thomas? Try getting him out of bed at 6am to go to work or to change a nappy...it's like trying to move the Great Wall of China(size similar)...but golf...flies everywhere...temp near 40 degrees....and tee time at some ungodly hour...golf course eons away...no problem to waking up at 4am...it's just weird..this guys and golf thing...i wonder if gals are similar....like shopping for some or the best yum cha spot for me....hmmm...
and he insists it's for the exercise...tons of running i see
and he insists it's for the exercise...tons of running i see
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