Cha Hua exam

15 July 2008

Today is the cha hua exam. Oh no, w/o teacher's guidance, i'm not so confident that i cha all the previous arrangements that i have learned. Teacher let us draw lots of the arrangement that we must be tested on. Phew, i got the long shape arrangement, one that i like and is easier for me.

Teacher assigned red rose (10), white orchid (5), forget me not (5) and leaves for the long shape arrangement. The red rose were very pretty as they were well bloom and big. I concentrate in arranging my flowers for the long shape and finally its done. Oops... something is wrong somewhere though the whole arrangement looked very nice. "Yours is long shape ah, i thought its round shape" noted an auntie from my class. Ya hor, i forgot to arrange longer leaves and flowers at the 2 sides to make it a long shape. Oh no, can it still be saved? Quickly, i went to get more leaves and tried to make the leaves long, but the flowers were cut too short and cannot be lengthened. Aiya, whatever lah, as long as i'm happy with the arrangement and its passable. Not bad the end results were quite good. Haha... probably because the flowers were beautiful.

246 PM

15 July 2008

I went to NKF for the orientation placement programme today. They passed me an orientation pack with a slip of paper (written Aljunied DC Blk 102, 246 PM). OMG... 246PM, does it mean 2.46pm? What an odd timing? Haha... later then i found out that i got it wrongly. Its actually 2, 4, 6 (tue, thurs, sat) 3rd shift (pm).

Kidney Trading Debate

06 July 2008



I read with interest over the organ transplant debate in the newspaper recently. The debate started since the news & newspaper publicize the case of organ trading between the CK Tang chief and an indonesian - Sulaiman. I pity both the donor and Mr CK Tang. Mr CK Tang was alrady on the verge of receiving the organ and getting a new lease of life but it was all in vain at the last minute. I can imagine his hope being tarnished and worst still, a simple hope of life and survivor was termed illegal w/o even having the transplant done. If he had the transplant at least all the troubles would have been well worth. The donor - a simple minded indonesian was jailed and fined for this case. Is it his fault? A desire for money and a better way of life? What is illegal in this case is definitely a controversial topic. I guess any topic that concerns humananity are controversial.



Being a kidney failure patient myself, i could identify with Mr CK Tang and his hope for survival. Given his age, waiting for an organ is impossible for him and dialysis is the only option for him untill he pass off. I have seen elderly patients in my dialysis centre and seen their pain and agony. Some are crippled due to other health conditions. I am thankful that i am still young and able to endure the difficulties. I also wonder how long i can last to be fit with dialysis. Stories i have heard scarded me but there is nothing i could do. Being on dialysis is like putting yourself on a machine and theres nothing you can do besides allowing the machine to manage you. Mr CK Tang has all the money in the world to purchase the organ but this also highlight the fact that money cannot buy health. Giving up a kidney for a normal person will not do a donor any harm but who will do it if it was not for someone close or for some forms of returns? As long as the donor is willing, what is wrong or illegal? Pierre Pang donated part of his liver to Andrea, that was noble of him. If it weren't for him, Andrea would not have lived till today. I hope MOH would review the policy in the near future and sees things from the patients' point of view instead...