The last journey

Was watching the annual 24 hours event hosted by Nippon Televison. The theme this year is "人生が変わった瞬間”or in English, " The moment my life was transformed" and a story of a lady was shared.

This lady was just like anyone of us living day by day doing the most normal things until one day, she discovered she contracted stomach cancer. To make things worse, the doctor also announced to her that she had only 6 months left. As she was working in Australia then, she decided to go back to Japan for the last 6 months of her life.

What would be your reaction if you were told one day that you only had 6 months left? The possible 60 years of life ahead had all of a sudden shrunk to 1/120 portion. In mathematical terms, every one day has now become merely 12 minutes. I would be in a daze for sure.

This lady however took the unimaginable step. She made the decision.
The decision to embark on a final journey to visit the friends she had made all over Japan. Despite the initial firm objections, her family gave in to her last wish eventually.

She visited the friends she made in school, went on hot spring trips with them.. And when it is time to bid farewell everytime, she did not say good-bye. She told them, " See you again soon."
When she did not manage to see the cherry blossoms bloom that day, she told her friend "Let's come back again next year..."

She went on to live for 8 months despite the inital prediction of just 6 months. In that 8 months, the ailing her went on to visit friends from 30 places all over Japan. Today, her friends still talk of her as if she had just visited them... Her friends do not just remember her for who she is. They carry with them the passion she had for them, an action I am sure had changed their lives.

I was truly amazed not just by her courage but the love she had for her friends. That with that very little time left, she did not choose to stop to just waste time being depressed. She had every right too.
But she wanted to see each and everyone of them again.

It just dawned on me how we just take our friends for granted at times. I am definitely guilty of that... Cancelling appointments just because I want to catch up on some sleep, putting Tv programs before meeting friends etc...

I am definitely humbled by her deed.

今日のテンション報告♪♪

爆睡！→テンション↑★

24時間のチケット取れなかった→テンション↓（ToT)
掃除→微妙　ややアップかな
料理→ややや。。。。やるかな

dvd→見る見る！★☆

週末短い→テンションめっちゃさがった↓↓

ニノの熱愛のうわさの発見

１週間後の感想～～

正直にびっくりた。（＞＜）
あまりの驚さで、仕事集中できなかった。（ToT)
何でかな。。別にニノのこと一番好きというわけでもないし。
別にほかの女性と付き合っても私と関係ないし。。。
だたら、あの嫌な予感はなんだろう。
まるで自分の彼氏が奪われたみたい。
怖い！！！
絶対嫌だもん。

福岡のコンで、ニノ自分の口で否定したそうです。
男らしくファンに誤ったらしい。。。
ほっとしたけど♪♪

でも、よく考えたら、何であやまくちゃいけないの。
アイドルといっても、自分のプライベトのこともファンに報告しなきゃいけないわけ？？！！
おかしいだろう！
っていうかかわいそう！
ある日はいずれくると思うよ。
いつか、自分が好きの人に出会って、結婚するかも
（っていうか、もう既にいるかも）

だから、私を含めて、
アイドルと自分の線をはっきり引いたほうが
自分にとっていいことじゃない？
あまり夢中にならないように。
自分のことをもっと守らなくX

でも、やっぱりちょっと安心した。
今、まだほかの人にニノ渡したくないな！
しかも、うわさが本当だったら、ニノ引越しするよ！
もう近所に会えないっていうこと？
しばらく、会えるかも☆★

ちなみに、最近の翼カッコいい！新発見　*ドキドキ*

Summer in Disney!

Last week saw the arrival of my cousin Yong xiang, let's call him Xiang-ge and his wife Areena who is of cus Xiang sao. And 2 other friends from church, Choon Chee and Sarah... SO the 5 of us, decided to brave the scorching sun, the double deadly weekend + summer crowd for a wild time at Disneyland!

The foursome. Xiang-ge already cannot take it too hot .. so it is thumbs down

Very cute or should I say handsome Japanese boy? He looks very cute when he smiles! Was happily chatting with us after this picture was taken...

Posing as geishas upon the wives's request ( or command..)

SPlashED Mountain!

Xiang-ge bought the picture cus he thinks he looks very shuai and brave it it. ahem..

Very hot so eat ice-cream.

Very greedy so eat turkey leg! See other people eat he must also buy one!

Outside Pooh's Hunny Hunt! Finally I appear after half a day of being camera man

They look like they are hiding behind the bush!

Playing the FAKE piano. ACt very well.

Mickey!! Fantasia Mickey is my Fave in the series

My primary sch class mate

Must intro my pri sch class mate... whom I have not met for 13 yrs!

And our re-union had to be so dramatic too...

My weekends...

What do I do?

Among others, clean up one week's worth of mess, catch up on sleep( which is never enough), catch up on TV shows, relax, let time pass and wonder why monday comes so fast...

Till I bought my loyal steed! A bright red bicycle. It brought me further than my legs can and would like to go and look what I discover!

My latest hobby is to spend a lazy afternoon sitting on the slope reading and just enjoying the cool breeze...

Sitting on the slope and watching a game of frisbee

The "slope" that always appears in Japanese drama and the track very condusive for jogging.

A cyclist ahead

The long riverbank and highway across

A typical scene from Japanese drama- baseball game!

The big beautiful grass patch

See others also sitting on the slope watching the baseball game? Very common to see families gathering on weekends to watch games...