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Henry, 21
12 January 1989
National University of Singapore, Nursing
He loves books,
his family
and his awesome life!
fan of: harry potter & helping others to the best of his abilities
I wanna fill this new frame; But it's Empty
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Henry and Life
Henry, 21
12 January 1989
National University of Singapore, Nursing
He loves books,
his family
and his awesome life!
fan of: harry potter & helping others to the best of his abilities
Tried to write a letter; In ink
I've got a piece of paper; But it's Empty
Henry Lamer and the Inspirational Inspiration
Hi everyone!! I'm back.. after a couple of days.. can u all feel a new me? yup.. i'm feeling super excited now and i'll let u know why in a few minutes time.. anyway, despite having 3 posts in one week and my counter hits increasing by 10(which 3 of them are by me), there is only 2 tags!!! oh my god.. not that i mind, but seriously guys, i definitely do not mind a few remarks of appreciation ya? so do tag if ur fingers are not too heavy to hit the keyboard.
anyway, i got back all my exam results.. and here are my grades:
GP: 43/100
Grade: S
Economics: 47/100
Grade: E
Math: 41/100
Grade: S
Chemistry: 32/100
Grade: U
Physics: 34/100
Grade: U
yup.. terrible isnt it.. i WAS sad.. but now, i'm ok and full of vibe and energy again!! =)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=) y? coz i for some reason, suddenly was motivated, inspired, by nothing yet everything.. i dun wanna disappoint anyone, i dun wan to be looked down by anyone and i wan to do it for everyone.. today, i went home, with a mindset of wanting to do work that i have set myself to do.. as i was doing half way, i suddenly to do some posters so as to boost my morale and to instill self discipline in myself.. guess wat i wrote in my posters?
One of them, i posted in my room, at the exit, it said: MAXIMUM TEN(IN BOLD) MINUTES BREAK!! hAVE YOU DONE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO DO?!!
Another one was on the door, facing the rest of my house: YOU CAN GET MANY As(MAYBE EVEN ALL) FOR YOUR EXAMS, BUT ONLY IF YOU COME BACK IN NOW!!!(IN BOLD)
I pasted another two on my XBox and computer, they read: IF YOUR NAME IS HENRY AND YOU WAN TO PLAY, STAY AWAY!!!(IN BOLD AND SUPER BIG CAPS)
after i wrote those posters, i felt really pleased with myself, i felt that for once in my entire life(er.. maybe not once), i was ready to rumble in the academic arena.. i wan to put up a gd fight and not let myself down.. i wan to be among those who will be able to successfully scale the everlasting ladder of Academia.. and i know i can do it.. also, thankfully(in a way), i got my class photo today, i placed one of them(the best one) on my desk.. and once in awhile, i'll look up, see the photo and smile, coz in that photo, there were all smiles and most importantly, her smile was there, which totally brighten up my every moment i looked at it.. and i feel evn more motivated.. and when i was thinking wat inpirational stories i wan to share with u all, i feel even more motivated and happy.. and i shall stop awhile here of my ramblings and get on with story number one..
People everywhere look for people of great achievements, of great style and character to inspire them.. me too.. but is it always necessary to look far? the person of inspiration might juz be beside you, and for me, at this crucial stage of my life, i found him, and i hope he can inspire u all too.. He is none other than.. My Dad, David Kong..
My dad was born to a family of 7, his parents, and his four younger sibilings.. He was the oldest, and hence he has to take on the role of looking after his sibilings.. sometimes i think that i had my hands full looking after ONE brother, now come to think of it, my dad muz have many hands.. and whats worse, he isnt born into a well to do family.. He is from hong kong, like his parents, and my grandparents worked as those road side vendors, selling dim sum in the old hong kong days.. U weren't allowed to sell along roads, its illegal.. so once in awhile, police will coem and u will hear people shouting :"jin cha ah!!"(police in cantonese) and all the vendors will push their heavy carts and run away.
In those days, u sell dim sum not by dollars, but by cents.. therefore, u dun really earn much.. and from wat my dad told me, his family leave in some small house on the top of a hill.. den one day, there was typhoon, which blew away many things, one of which was my dad's house.. so they have to stay in their relative house.. it was tough.. due to the meagre income earned by my grandparents, my dad didnt have enough money to go to university, and neither could his sibilings, he couldn't let them happen.. therefore, he went to work for 4-5 years before finally going to uni.. and by then, he was like 6-7 years older than everyone there, he told me.. he was also able to fund his siblings to school and now they are all successful.. my first aunt, lives in Canada with her husband and my cousin, whom retardedly rejected an offer to go MIT in America my second aunt teaches yoga like her husband whom both went to India to learn the traditional yoga.. they used to own a six seater family car and a maid.. though now they dun own both coz they sent both their kids to Canada to study and they might be migrating there soon.. my uncle, the only one, is a sound manager(i think its called that), he manage the sound system for concerts for superstars and he is married and they live in a comfortable 3 room flat in hong kong(mind you, their 3 room flat is expensive due to land scarcity in hong kong), my smallest aunt is a insurance agent(i think) and i think she's married too and she was able to survive reasonably well on her own before she got married.. and my grandma(my grandad passed away), is able to travel from hong kong, to canada or singapore and back to hong kong yearly, expenses paid by her children..
I'm not trying to flaunt the success story of my dad's family, i'm juz trying to say that, due to the hard work put in by my dad, it brought about the success and hapoiness in his family.. he goes back every year to celebrate chinese new year and my grandma's birthday, sometimes bringing my family along.. and everytime, everyone is there(sometimes without my canadian aunt's family) and they are always happy and laughing and stuff.. i dun understand wat they say, but i can feel the atmosphere.. and i'm proud that my dad has a part to play in that camaraderie..
I juz happen to think about this story one day and i was truely inspired.. "Dang," i thought to myself, "ba ba(dad in chinese) is cool man.. i cant let him down.." see, my dad grew up with odds against him, his whole family could have been something else, they could have been food hawkers juz like their parents.. but my dad was determined to change his life, and his family's, and he did.. =) he wasnt exceptionally smart, but he was honest and hardworking and he did it..
I feel inspired and think that i can do it too!
and so should the rest of you, dun feel disheartened by your failures, they are only temporary, unless u wan to make it permanent.. learn from ur mistakes and start again.. this post is specially for those taking exams or going to take exams, but u can use it to help u in ur life in general.. during my mid yrs, i put in effort, more than wat i did for my other tests and exams, i failed.. and boy did i fail bad.. i got D, U, U, U, U.. ya.. it was horrible bad, terrible bad,, i was very very very disappointed.. i cried once when i was studying, feeling helpless and lost, and thinking about a lot of stupid things, like whether i should ignore my best fren so that i wun waste her studying time.. but in the end, i picked my self bit by bit.. and here i am..
ya, i still failed, so? this is not the end.. there is still some way to my A levels, and i KNOW i WILL be making full use of my time.. i KNOW wat i wan to do and achieve.. and nothing will stop me..
hmm.. dun think many of you will be able to read till this part, coz its quite long already.. for those who are still reading, sorry to waste your time but, i haven finish yet.. haha..
My frenz, think about it, we have many things in life, our family, our frenz, the one we love, our possessions, our belief etc.. all those make up who we are.. but think about it, for these period of time, for the next one month plus, JUST for the next one month plus, u hold on, study hard, and it will be all over!! den u can savour the feeling of victory! dun let urself regret by then: "HAIZ, i should have studied harder", "HAIZ, i shouldnt have wasted time doing this this this..", "HAIZ, why did i waste my time daydreaming?"
would u wan that?
therefore, a desperate plea for my frenz who are finding inspiration from this post, put aside all that, i said PUT ASIDE, not GIVE UP.. got diff one..(for eg, studying hard and being a gd student doenst mean i should stop being a gd son.. i was marinating chicken for my mum half way thru i was blogging) put all that into a small corner of ur mind and heart, and focus on ur results, do my poster thing if u need to so as to constantly remind urself wat u muz do now, draw up a study plan, and plan wat u wan to do each day, and wat u wan to achieve in the long run.. think about ur success.. do u know that many successful people imagined themselves to success, like california governor Arnold Swaewhateveruspellhisnameas.. ya.. its true.. and Tiger woods, IMAGINE about how to swing that perfect stroke.. ya.. so imagination is impt..
and lastly, be confident, inspire urself, like wat i am doing, forget about whatever that makes u unhappy and not willing to study.. dun treat studying as a chore, treat it as a fren.. i know it sounds crazy but liking something makes u achieve more in the area.. and also, find a sturdy source of motivation, so that u can remain motivated.. once before i went for a competition, i got my team together, told them to close their eyes, and search within them a source of motivation, may it be food, a person or whatever.. at the end of the competition, i asked them has it helped, and all 4 of them said yes.. so, ya.. find motivation..
and finally, GO FULL STEAM AND ALL THE WAY!!! =)=)=)=)=)=) so what are u waiting for?!! GO GO GO!!! and see u back here in around one month's time ya? =) go for it people!! like wat my sec sch principal used to tell me,
"reach for the sky, and even if u miss, u will land among the stars." =)
Gd luck my frenz!
p.s if u like my post, pls do share with ur frenz, i wan to be as famous as the singaporean blogger Xiaxue.. i'll call myself Xiayu, english name, Rain.. *winks*
to all my frenz out there who feels that it is worth it, to slp less, learn more..
Lack of sleep may be deadly, research shows
September 24, 2007 06:39:50 AM PST
People who do not get enough sleep are more than twice as likely to die of heart disease, according to a large British study released on Monday.
Although the reasons are unclear, researchers said lack of sleep appeared to be linked to increased blood pressure, which is known to raise the risk of heart attacks and stroke.
A 17-year analysis of 10,000 government workers showed those who cut their sleeping from seven hours a night to five or less faced a 1.7-fold increased risk in mortality from all causes and more than double the risk of cardiovascular death.
The findings highlight a danger in busy modern lifestyles, Francesco Cappuccio, professor of cardiovascular medicine at the University of Warwick's medical school, told the annual conference of the British Sleep Society in Cambridge.
"A third of the population of the UK and over 40 percent in the U.S. regularly sleep less than five hours a night, so it is not a trivial problem," he said in a telephone interview.
"The current pressures in society to cut out sleep, in order to squeeze in more, may not be a good idea -- particularly if you go below five hours."
Previous research has highlighted the potential health risks of shift work and disrupted sleep. But the study by Cappuccio and colleagues, which was supported by British government and U.S. funding, is the first to link duration of sleep and mortality rates.
The study looked at sleep patterns of participants aged 35-55 years at two points in their lives -- 1985-88 and 1992-93 -- and then tracked their mortality rates until 2004.
The results were adjusted to take account of other possible risk factors such as initial age, sex, smoking and alcohol consumption, body mass index, blood pressure and cholesterol.
The correlation with cardiovascular risk in those who slept less in the 1990s than in the 1980s was clear but, curiously, there was also a higher mortality rate in people who increased their sleeping to more than nine hours.
In this case, however, there was no cardiovascular link and Cappuccio said it was possible that longer sleeping could be related to other health problems such as depression or cancer-related fatigue.
"In terms of prevention, our findings indicate that consistently sleeping around seven hours per night is optimal for health," he said.
hmmm... no "henry lamer and the.." whatever today.. sorry guys(and girls) for the fact that i'm temporaily unable to deliever the insipirational entry that i promise u all coz i'm feeling quite inspirationless now.. haha.. juz wan to post a random post here that might satisfy some of u that are interested in a glimpse into my life..
Anyway, juz got back a few of my exam papers these few days and ya.. upset over it.. personally, i think i deserve the grades.. coz i didnt out in as much effort for mid yrs.. but still, knowing that our fren is barely less than 40 days away, u cant help but start to get worried.. and now i'm kinda in the lost state.. u know that in ur life, there will be times whereby u feel lonely and helpless? yup.. thats why i am here.. it feels weird not messaging anyone.. coz i'm sure u get the idea that i sms a lot.. causing major displeasure to my parents.. my record was about 2000+ in one month.. yeah.. shocking.. ya, there are people to msg.. but juz not the people i wan to msg..
U know.. i kinda realise why some people are so into their religions and stuff.. coz they dun feel secure among people.. they are not convince that people can provide them with the security that some supreme being is able or supposingly able to provide.. ya.. i sort of understand how they feel.. how many of u can use ur life to guarantee me, that ur bestest bestest fren, will be there for u ALL the time? how many of u can guarantee me that whenever u need support and what they call "a shoulder to lean on", u will DEFINITELY have someone there for u?
Life is unpredictable my frenz.. no one knows wat will happen the next second? me sitting here typing this entry does not necessarily i will finish this sentence.. perhaps when i finish typing this word, some asteroid flies into my room and crush me to death.. or maybe i decided to leap out of my window immediately after this word.. life is complicated.. it is like an extremely difficult maze, coupled with the fact that every step may be a trap, or behind every turn there will be an obstacle: ur deepest fear, ur loss of a relative, bullies, bad results, teasing etc..
ya.. that's why i am posting this entry today, now.. coz i fully get the whole damn thing blown rite into my face rite now.. and it is weird that i choose to blog it and share with the entire world than whisper it into the ears of my closeset fren something so personal.. ya.. there's no one to talk to.. its weird that i wander from my living room ,to my room ,to the kitchen, doing household chores, watching tv, reading harry potter(again) and yet.. at the very back of my mind, something is niggling at me.. something that tells me that i shouldnt be doing all those things.. that something tells me to maybe 1)jump out of the window 2) join a gang and be a juvenile delinquent 3) scream at everyone of my family and leave the house 4) call all my frenz and tell them i dun need them anymore,, but that little something is wrong, i wun do that.. i wud NEVER do any of the above mention things.. no, not now, not ever.. it is not me.. i wud hate myself if i were to do any of that..
its so strange that i can talk about how i feel on this emotionless piece of emtional sketch pad.. and then, when people start reading it, and attempting to decipher this entry, and if they understand it, some nice people may drop nice messages of pity or encouragement which i do not need.. if not, some people may start insulting me saying that wat i am going thru is nothing compared to them and ask me to screw off.. see? life is full of extremeties.. there is hardly a go between..
its weird.. really.. and it is weird enough without people throwing in more four letter words.. especially the one that starts with "L".. not life, but love.. Dumbledore said it is the most powerful form of magic.. i dun believe in magic.. but i believe that love is great.. but how strange that it can determines how one's life can turn out.. i'm not one to be controlled by love.. no, love has no power over me.. it cannot drive me crazy, reckless or depressed.. no, i think i am more affected than sch work than love.. haha.. but no, others are not like that.. i guess perhaps as adolescents, we have wat u call a overflow of emotions, fantasies, dreams and aspirations.. we want to be come doctors, supermans, romeos and best if it can all be rolled into one.. but i am sorry young boys and girls, u cant order abalone, shark fins and bird nest all combine into one.. u will get abalone fins in a nest.. wud u wan that? love is a feeling that many people wan to get a feel of.. u look in envy why some guys and girls click but u and that girl from ur sch bus don't.. u wonder why that guy next door hangs out with girls everyday but u seem to have the natural ability to deter all girls away.. well, as they say, love is a funny little thing.. But please, love is not life.. it is not practical to let love take control of u.. it wun help..
haiz.. back to where i left off.. ok la.. after typing so much.. i feel slightly better.. like having a small piece of ur load lifted off from me.. guess i know where to go when i have the same problems again.. guess all my frenz are going thru some problem of their own.. everybody in this world is going thru some problem of their own.. it is impt that we stand strong and dun let life over run u with its endless obstacles.. deal with them one at a time, and savour the moment when u overcome it, and get urself ready for the next one.. =)
For those who failed, dun worry.. if u get beaten down, stand up, face ur opponent, and this time, u aim.. =)
it is suppose to end here i know? this entry.. it is supposely to end coolly with the above quote.. but i cant help by adding that, as someone capable of smiles in the toughest times and relentless encouragements for others whenever they need it, i dun seem to be able to do that when i am with myself.. i dun inspire myself.. like wat i once told my fren, i'm those people that stand behind you, push u towards ur finishing line, no matter how hard it takes, and i'll be happy to see u complete ur race.. i dun wan credits, dun wan recognition ,juz the happiness that i get when i help someone, even if i myself falter in the race, i'll still push you..
"Welcome back ladies and gentlemen to the 1st Osblog awards! And in case you just tune in ,i'm Ryan Seatrough and i am your host for tonight."
"Now, for the award all of you have been waiting for, the last award for today, The most Dead Blog ever award.. Let us put our hands together to welcome, Tom Sampan and Katie Watson to present the awards!"
"Hi everyone, its gd to be here. Hey honey, blogs are now kinda the in thing now ya? So let us wait no longer and let us now look at the nominees.."
*video screen flickers on*
"The nominees are: "Zzzzzz..- by Docter Braindead, You snooze you lose- by Arnold Swagger, Yawns- by Sleeping beauty and Wat?!- by Henry Lamer"
*Tom opens the envelope*
"the winner is.... *drumroll* Wat?! by Henry Lamer!!!"
*nominees all sleeping at their seats..*
Henry Lamer and the him, you and they
*yawns* Wat? i won.. oh.. hi everyone.. i'm back i guess.. sooner than i expected.. coz i am unable to resist the temptation to share with all of you my inexplicable humour despite my impending death and also i dunno when else i can update this thing.. but still.. guess i wanna say a big thank you(big enough?) to all those souls who have been visiting this cyberspace corpse despite me telling u all that it will be dormant for quite awhile.. i'm happy to see that the counter still increases despite with no updates.. so hope it will not stop now that i am updating again..
Anyway, it's been a long while people.. a really long while.. u have no idea how much i wan to say.. so i shall start here.. a few months ago.. i was talking to my dear math teacher, a teacher whom i respected while others thought otherwise.. we were discussing bout how best i can save myself from the academic graveyard.. den he mention something, "Henry, do you know that your studying career, is free, becoz of the thousands of tax payers out there who fund for ur sch fees? If u dun work hard and do well. u better find enough money to pay them!" Hmm.. i find that thought rather interesting.. it kinda let u see studying from a different point of view.. i totally agreed with him and i was motivated to study.. but can't help but to take a little dig at that.. hehe.. sorry mr p..
A letter to the taxpayers who fund my school fees
Dear taxpayers,
I'm henry. A student currently schooling in **JC. I am aware that you have been funding my school fees since i was 5? and i am eternally grateful for that. however, i have to apologise for a couple of things i have done..
1) I'm sorry that i got a zero for my econs essay
2) I'm sorry for throwing pebbles into my school lake and killing numerous fishes and turtles along the way.
3) i'm sorry i performed works of art on my school wall
4) I'm sorry that ever since i stepped into JC, my results has always been of a highly UNIQUE standard.
5) I'm sorry i have to cut down so many trees coz i have no choice as my school has been very helpful in providing notes for me to print.
6) I'm sorry i have been making full uses of the school basketball courts, football fields, volleyball courts and street soccer courts more than the library.
7) I'm sorry the time i spent typing words on my handphone is more than the time i spent on writing words with my pen.
8) I'm sorry i did not participate in a CCA that my principal deem useful to the college and instead joined a cca i loved.
9) I'm sorry i ran greater distances on foot den my pen on paper.
10) I'm sorry that i have spent the past 15 minutes resurrecting my blog instead of my results.
11) I'm sorry for being a sarcastic idiot.
I sincerely hope that u would accept my deepest apology. I promise i will work hard in my studies and stop being cynical bout everything, especially the part where i think my principal might be simon cowell in disguise.
Yours sincerely,
Henry Lamer
ok.. done.. hmmm.. anyway, i think it will be another two months before i dig this cyberspace corpse out again.. so in an attempt to hold onto whatever readers and fans i got.. here are some of the things that will be in stall for you in two months time.. *sneak preview*
1) Henry Lamer and the Very interesting conversation Part 3
2) Henry Lamer and the Deathly Relationship
3) Henry Lamer and the Spider Class
4) Henry Lamer and Miss Lamer
well.. for now, it will be this few titles, hope that it can whet your appetite.. oh ya! i nearly forgot.. there will most prob be another post in a couple of days time.. it will be used to inspire and encourage al those who will be taking their exams in these few months.. so for those who needs motivation adn encouragement, or those who are skeptical that a lamer and encourage people.. stay tune.. for now.. take care and see ya!!
I've got a piece of paper; But it's Empty
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Thursday, September 27, 2007 ( 2:47 AM )
Henry Lamer and the Inspirational Inspiration
Hi everyone!! I'm back.. after a couple of days.. can u all feel a new me? yup.. i'm feeling super excited now and i'll let u know why in a few minutes time.. anyway, despite having 3 posts in one week and my counter hits increasing by 10(which 3 of them are by me), there is only 2 tags!!! oh my god.. not that i mind, but seriously guys, i definitely do not mind a few remarks of appreciation ya? so do tag if ur fingers are not too heavy to hit the keyboard.
anyway, i got back all my exam results.. and here are my grades:
GP: 43/100
Grade: S
Economics: 47/100
Grade: E
Math: 41/100
Grade: S
Chemistry: 32/100
Grade: U
Physics: 34/100
Grade: U
yup.. terrible isnt it.. i WAS sad.. but now, i'm ok and full of vibe and energy again!! =)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=) y? coz i for some reason, suddenly was motivated, inspired, by nothing yet everything.. i dun wanna disappoint anyone, i dun wan to be looked down by anyone and i wan to do it for everyone.. today, i went home, with a mindset of wanting to do work that i have set myself to do.. as i was doing half way, i suddenly to do some posters so as to boost my morale and to instill self discipline in myself.. guess wat i wrote in my posters?
One of them, i posted in my room, at the exit, it said: MAXIMUM TEN(IN BOLD) MINUTES BREAK!! hAVE YOU DONE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO DO?!!
Another one was on the door, facing the rest of my house: YOU CAN GET MANY As(MAYBE EVEN ALL) FOR YOUR EXAMS, BUT ONLY IF YOU COME BACK IN NOW!!!(IN BOLD)
I pasted another two on my XBox and computer, they read: IF YOUR NAME IS HENRY AND YOU WAN TO PLAY, STAY AWAY!!!(IN BOLD AND SUPER BIG CAPS)
after i wrote those posters, i felt really pleased with myself, i felt that for once in my entire life(er.. maybe not once), i was ready to rumble in the academic arena.. i wan to put up a gd fight and not let myself down.. i wan to be among those who will be able to successfully scale the everlasting ladder of Academia.. and i know i can do it.. also, thankfully(in a way), i got my class photo today, i placed one of them(the best one) on my desk.. and once in awhile, i'll look up, see the photo and smile, coz in that photo, there were all smiles and most importantly, her smile was there, which totally brighten up my every moment i looked at it.. and i feel evn more motivated.. and when i was thinking wat inpirational stories i wan to share with u all, i feel even more motivated and happy.. and i shall stop awhile here of my ramblings and get on with story number one..
People everywhere look for people of great achievements, of great style and character to inspire them.. me too.. but is it always necessary to look far? the person of inspiration might juz be beside you, and for me, at this crucial stage of my life, i found him, and i hope he can inspire u all too.. He is none other than.. My Dad, David Kong..
My dad was born to a family of 7, his parents, and his four younger sibilings.. He was the oldest, and hence he has to take on the role of looking after his sibilings.. sometimes i think that i had my hands full looking after ONE brother, now come to think of it, my dad muz have many hands.. and whats worse, he isnt born into a well to do family.. He is from hong kong, like his parents, and my grandparents worked as those road side vendors, selling dim sum in the old hong kong days.. U weren't allowed to sell along roads, its illegal.. so once in awhile, police will coem and u will hear people shouting :"jin cha ah!!"(police in cantonese) and all the vendors will push their heavy carts and run away.
In those days, u sell dim sum not by dollars, but by cents.. therefore, u dun really earn much.. and from wat my dad told me, his family leave in some small house on the top of a hill.. den one day, there was typhoon, which blew away many things, one of which was my dad's house.. so they have to stay in their relative house.. it was tough.. due to the meagre income earned by my grandparents, my dad didnt have enough money to go to university, and neither could his sibilings, he couldn't let them happen.. therefore, he went to work for 4-5 years before finally going to uni.. and by then, he was like 6-7 years older than everyone there, he told me.. he was also able to fund his siblings to school and now they are all successful.. my first aunt, lives in Canada with her husband and my cousin, whom retardedly rejected an offer to go MIT in America my second aunt teaches yoga like her husband whom both went to India to learn the traditional yoga.. they used to own a six seater family car and a maid.. though now they dun own both coz they sent both their kids to Canada to study and they might be migrating there soon.. my uncle, the only one, is a sound manager(i think its called that), he manage the sound system for concerts for superstars and he is married and they live in a comfortable 3 room flat in hong kong(mind you, their 3 room flat is expensive due to land scarcity in hong kong), my smallest aunt is a insurance agent(i think) and i think she's married too and she was able to survive reasonably well on her own before she got married.. and my grandma(my grandad passed away), is able to travel from hong kong, to canada or singapore and back to hong kong yearly, expenses paid by her children..
I'm not trying to flaunt the success story of my dad's family, i'm juz trying to say that, due to the hard work put in by my dad, it brought about the success and hapoiness in his family.. he goes back every year to celebrate chinese new year and my grandma's birthday, sometimes bringing my family along.. and everytime, everyone is there(sometimes without my canadian aunt's family) and they are always happy and laughing and stuff.. i dun understand wat they say, but i can feel the atmosphere.. and i'm proud that my dad has a part to play in that camaraderie..
I juz happen to think about this story one day and i was truely inspired.. "Dang," i thought to myself, "ba ba(dad in chinese) is cool man.. i cant let him down.." see, my dad grew up with odds against him, his whole family could have been something else, they could have been food hawkers juz like their parents.. but my dad was determined to change his life, and his family's, and he did.. =) he wasnt exceptionally smart, but he was honest and hardworking and he did it..
I feel inspired and think that i can do it too!
and so should the rest of you, dun feel disheartened by your failures, they are only temporary, unless u wan to make it permanent.. learn from ur mistakes and start again.. this post is specially for those taking exams or going to take exams, but u can use it to help u in ur life in general.. during my mid yrs, i put in effort, more than wat i did for my other tests and exams, i failed.. and boy did i fail bad.. i got D, U, U, U, U.. ya.. it was horrible bad, terrible bad,, i was very very very disappointed.. i cried once when i was studying, feeling helpless and lost, and thinking about a lot of stupid things, like whether i should ignore my best fren so that i wun waste her studying time.. but in the end, i picked my self bit by bit.. and here i am..
ya, i still failed, so? this is not the end.. there is still some way to my A levels, and i KNOW i WILL be making full use of my time.. i KNOW wat i wan to do and achieve.. and nothing will stop me..
hmm.. dun think many of you will be able to read till this part, coz its quite long already.. for those who are still reading, sorry to waste your time but, i haven finish yet.. haha..
My frenz, think about it, we have many things in life, our family, our frenz, the one we love, our possessions, our belief etc.. all those make up who we are.. but think about it, for these period of time, for the next one month plus, JUST for the next one month plus, u hold on, study hard, and it will be all over!! den u can savour the feeling of victory! dun let urself regret by then: "HAIZ, i should have studied harder", "HAIZ, i shouldnt have wasted time doing this this this..", "HAIZ, why did i waste my time daydreaming?"
would u wan that?
therefore, a desperate plea for my frenz who are finding inspiration from this post, put aside all that, i said PUT ASIDE, not GIVE UP.. got diff one..(for eg, studying hard and being a gd student doenst mean i should stop being a gd son.. i was marinating chicken for my mum half way thru i was blogging) put all that into a small corner of ur mind and heart, and focus on ur results, do my poster thing if u need to so as to constantly remind urself wat u muz do now, draw up a study plan, and plan wat u wan to do each day, and wat u wan to achieve in the long run.. think about ur success.. do u know that many successful people imagined themselves to success, like california governor Arnold Swaewhateveruspellhisnameas.. ya.. its true.. and Tiger woods, IMAGINE about how to swing that perfect stroke.. ya.. so imagination is impt..
and lastly, be confident, inspire urself, like wat i am doing, forget about whatever that makes u unhappy and not willing to study.. dun treat studying as a chore, treat it as a fren.. i know it sounds crazy but liking something makes u achieve more in the area.. and also, find a sturdy source of motivation, so that u can remain motivated.. once before i went for a competition, i got my team together, told them to close their eyes, and search within them a source of motivation, may it be food, a person or whatever.. at the end of the competition, i asked them has it helped, and all 4 of them said yes.. so, ya.. find motivation..
and finally, GO FULL STEAM AND ALL THE WAY!!! =)=)=)=)=)=) so what are u waiting for?!! GO GO GO!!! and see u back here in around one month's time ya? =) go for it people!! like wat my sec sch principal used to tell me,
"reach for the sky, and even if u miss, u will land among the stars." =)
Gd luck my frenz!
p.s if u like my post, pls do share with ur frenz, i wan to be as famous as the singaporean blogger Xiaxue.. i'll call myself Xiayu, english name, Rain.. *winks*
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to all my frenz out there who feels that it is worth it, to slp less, learn more..
Lack of sleep may be deadly, research shows
September 24, 2007 06:39:50 AM PST
People who do not get enough sleep are more than twice as likely to die of heart disease, according to a large British study released on Monday.
Although the reasons are unclear, researchers said lack of sleep appeared to be linked to increased blood pressure, which is known to raise the risk of heart attacks and stroke.
A 17-year analysis of 10,000 government workers showed those who cut their sleeping from seven hours a night to five or less faced a 1.7-fold increased risk in mortality from all causes and more than double the risk of cardiovascular death.
The findings highlight a danger in busy modern lifestyles, Francesco Cappuccio, professor of cardiovascular medicine at the University of Warwick's medical school, told the annual conference of the British Sleep Society in Cambridge.
"A third of the population of the UK and over 40 percent in the U.S. regularly sleep less than five hours a night, so it is not a trivial problem," he said in a telephone interview.
"The current pressures in society to cut out sleep, in order to squeeze in more, may not be a good idea -- particularly if you go below five hours."
Previous research has highlighted the potential health risks of shift work and disrupted sleep. But the study by Cappuccio and colleagues, which was supported by British government and U.S. funding, is the first to link duration of sleep and mortality rates.
The study looked at sleep patterns of participants aged 35-55 years at two points in their lives -- 1985-88 and 1992-93 -- and then tracked their mortality rates until 2004.
The results were adjusted to take account of other possible risk factors such as initial age, sex, smoking and alcohol consumption, body mass index, blood pressure and cholesterol.
The correlation with cardiovascular risk in those who slept less in the 1990s than in the 1980s was clear but, curiously, there was also a higher mortality rate in people who increased their sleeping to more than nine hours.
In this case, however, there was no cardiovascular link and Cappuccio said it was possible that longer sleeping could be related to other health problems such as depression or cancer-related fatigue.
"In terms of prevention, our findings indicate that consistently sleeping around seven hours per night is optimal for health," he said.
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Monday, September 24, 2007 ( 7:29 AM )
hmmm... no "henry lamer and the.." whatever today.. sorry guys(and girls) for the fact that i'm temporaily unable to deliever the insipirational entry that i promise u all coz i'm feeling quite inspirationless now.. haha.. juz wan to post a random post here that might satisfy some of u that are interested in a glimpse into my life..
Anyway, juz got back a few of my exam papers these few days and ya.. upset over it.. personally, i think i deserve the grades.. coz i didnt out in as much effort for mid yrs.. but still, knowing that our fren is barely less than 40 days away, u cant help but start to get worried.. and now i'm kinda in the lost state.. u know that in ur life, there will be times whereby u feel lonely and helpless? yup.. thats why i am here.. it feels weird not messaging anyone.. coz i'm sure u get the idea that i sms a lot.. causing major displeasure to my parents.. my record was about 2000+ in one month.. yeah.. shocking.. ya, there are people to msg.. but juz not the people i wan to msg..
U know.. i kinda realise why some people are so into their religions and stuff.. coz they dun feel secure among people.. they are not convince that people can provide them with the security that some supreme being is able or supposingly able to provide.. ya.. i sort of understand how they feel.. how many of u can use ur life to guarantee me, that ur bestest bestest fren, will be there for u ALL the time? how many of u can guarantee me that whenever u need support and what they call "a shoulder to lean on", u will DEFINITELY have someone there for u?
Life is unpredictable my frenz.. no one knows wat will happen the next second? me sitting here typing this entry does not necessarily i will finish this sentence.. perhaps when i finish typing this word, some asteroid flies into my room and crush me to death.. or maybe i decided to leap out of my window immediately after this word.. life is complicated.. it is like an extremely difficult maze, coupled with the fact that every step may be a trap, or behind every turn there will be an obstacle: ur deepest fear, ur loss of a relative, bullies, bad results, teasing etc..
ya.. that's why i am posting this entry today, now.. coz i fully get the whole damn thing blown rite into my face rite now.. and it is weird that i choose to blog it and share with the entire world than whisper it into the ears of my closeset fren something so personal.. ya.. there's no one to talk to.. its weird that i wander from my living room ,to my room ,to the kitchen, doing household chores, watching tv, reading harry potter(again) and yet.. at the very back of my mind, something is niggling at me.. something that tells me that i shouldnt be doing all those things.. that something tells me to maybe 1)jump out of the window 2) join a gang and be a juvenile delinquent 3) scream at everyone of my family and leave the house 4) call all my frenz and tell them i dun need them anymore,, but that little something is wrong, i wun do that.. i wud NEVER do any of the above mention things.. no, not now, not ever.. it is not me.. i wud hate myself if i were to do any of that..
its so strange that i can talk about how i feel on this emotionless piece of emtional sketch pad.. and then, when people start reading it, and attempting to decipher this entry, and if they understand it, some nice people may drop nice messages of pity or encouragement which i do not need.. if not, some people may start insulting me saying that wat i am going thru is nothing compared to them and ask me to screw off.. see? life is full of extremeties.. there is hardly a go between..
its weird.. really.. and it is weird enough without people throwing in more four letter words.. especially the one that starts with "L".. not life, but love.. Dumbledore said it is the most powerful form of magic.. i dun believe in magic.. but i believe that love is great.. but how strange that it can determines how one's life can turn out.. i'm not one to be controlled by love.. no, love has no power over me.. it cannot drive me crazy, reckless or depressed.. no, i think i am more affected than sch work than love.. haha.. but no, others are not like that.. i guess perhaps as adolescents, we have wat u call a overflow of emotions, fantasies, dreams and aspirations.. we want to be come doctors, supermans, romeos and best if it can all be rolled into one.. but i am sorry young boys and girls, u cant order abalone, shark fins and bird nest all combine into one.. u will get abalone fins in a nest.. wud u wan that? love is a feeling that many people wan to get a feel of.. u look in envy why some guys and girls click but u and that girl from ur sch bus don't.. u wonder why that guy next door hangs out with girls everyday but u seem to have the natural ability to deter all girls away.. well, as they say, love is a funny little thing.. But please, love is not life.. it is not practical to let love take control of u.. it wun help..
haiz.. back to where i left off.. ok la.. after typing so much.. i feel slightly better.. like having a small piece of ur load lifted off from me.. guess i know where to go when i have the same problems again.. guess all my frenz are going thru some problem of their own.. everybody in this world is going thru some problem of their own.. it is impt that we stand strong and dun let life over run u with its endless obstacles.. deal with them one at a time, and savour the moment when u overcome it, and get urself ready for the next one.. =)
For those who failed, dun worry.. if u get beaten down, stand up, face ur opponent, and this time, u aim.. =)
it is suppose to end here i know? this entry.. it is supposely to end coolly with the above quote.. but i cant help by adding that, as someone capable of smiles in the toughest times and relentless encouragements for others whenever they need it, i dun seem to be able to do that when i am with myself.. i dun inspire myself.. like wat i once told my fren, i'm those people that stand behind you, push u towards ur finishing line, no matter how hard it takes, and i'll be happy to see u complete ur race.. i dun wan credits, dun wan recognition ,juz the happiness that i get when i help someone, even if i myself falter in the race, i'll still push you..
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"Welcome back ladies and gentlemen to the 1st Osblog awards! And in case you just tune in ,i'm Ryan Seatrough and i am your host for tonight."
"Now, for the award all of you have been waiting for, the last award for today, The most Dead Blog ever award.. Let us put our hands together to welcome, Tom Sampan and Katie Watson to present the awards!"
"Hi everyone, its gd to be here. Hey honey, blogs are now kinda the in thing now ya? So let us wait no longer and let us now look at the nominees.."
*video screen flickers on*
"The nominees are: "Zzzzzz..- by Docter Braindead, You snooze you lose- by Arnold Swagger, Yawns- by Sleeping beauty and Wat?!- by Henry Lamer"
*Tom opens the envelope*
"the winner is.... *drumroll* Wat?! by Henry Lamer!!!"
*nominees all sleeping at their seats..*
Henry Lamer and the him, you and they
*yawns* Wat? i won.. oh.. hi everyone.. i'm back i guess.. sooner than i expected.. coz i am unable to resist the temptation to share with all of you my inexplicable humour despite my impending death and also i dunno when else i can update this thing.. but still.. guess i wanna say a big thank you(big enough?) to all those souls who have been visiting this cyberspace corpse despite me telling u all that it will be dormant for quite awhile.. i'm happy to see that the counter still increases despite with no updates.. so hope it will not stop now that i am updating again..
Anyway, it's been a long while people.. a really long while.. u have no idea how much i wan to say.. so i shall start here.. a few months ago.. i was talking to my dear math teacher, a teacher whom i respected while others thought otherwise.. we were discussing bout how best i can save myself from the academic graveyard.. den he mention something, "Henry, do you know that your studying career, is free, becoz of the thousands of tax payers out there who fund for ur sch fees? If u dun work hard and do well. u better find enough money to pay them!" Hmm.. i find that thought rather interesting.. it kinda let u see studying from a different point of view.. i totally agreed with him and i was motivated to study.. but can't help but to take a little dig at that.. hehe.. sorry mr p..
A letter to the taxpayers who fund my school fees
Dear taxpayers,
I'm henry. A student currently schooling in **JC. I am aware that you have been funding my school fees since i was 5? and i am eternally grateful for that. however, i have to apologise for a couple of things i have done..
1) I'm sorry that i got a zero for my econs essay
2) I'm sorry for throwing pebbles into my school lake and killing numerous fishes and turtles along the way.
3) i'm sorry i performed works of art on my school wall
4) I'm sorry that ever since i stepped into JC, my results has always been of a highly UNIQUE standard.
5) I'm sorry i have to cut down so many trees coz i have no choice as my school has been very helpful in providing notes for me to print.
6) I'm sorry i have been making full uses of the school basketball courts, football fields, volleyball courts and street soccer courts more than the library.
7) I'm sorry the time i spent typing words on my handphone is more than the time i spent on writing words with my pen.
8) I'm sorry i did not participate in a CCA that my principal deem useful to the college and instead joined a cca i loved.
9) I'm sorry i ran greater distances on foot den my pen on paper.
10) I'm sorry that i have spent the past 15 minutes resurrecting my blog instead of my results.
11) I'm sorry for being a sarcastic idiot.
I sincerely hope that u would accept my deepest apology. I promise i will work hard in my studies and stop being cynical bout everything, especially the part where i think my principal might be simon cowell in disguise.
Yours sincerely,
Henry Lamer
ok.. done.. hmmm.. anyway, i think it will be another two months before i dig this cyberspace corpse out again.. so in an attempt to hold onto whatever readers and fans i got.. here are some of the things that will be in stall for you in two months time.. *sneak preview*
1) Henry Lamer and the Very interesting conversation Part 3
2) Henry Lamer and the Deathly Relationship
3) Henry Lamer and the Spider Class
4) Henry Lamer and Miss Lamer
well.. for now, it will be this few titles, hope that it can whet your appetite.. oh ya! i nearly forgot.. there will most prob be another post in a couple of days time.. it will be used to inspire and encourage al those who will be taking their exams in these few months.. so for those who needs motivation adn encouragement, or those who are skeptical that a lamer and encourage people.. stay tune.. for now.. take care and see ya!!
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