Signing the AMD form
Many may not know of AMD, Advance Medical Directive act. An AMD is a legal document that a person signs to indicate that he does not wish to have any extraordinary life-sustaining treatment to prolong his life in the event he becomes terminally ill and unconscious.
so far, only about 10 000 Singaporeans had signed this. Most people does not even know this exist. I did not know either, till I watch the talk show "Women on Top" today, and decided to take a look at the form from MOH website.
Decides that I will get it signed eventually. For what they say in the talk show makes sense. I certainly do not want to be a burden when I am terminally ill. And I certainly want to die a dignified death. So I am going to sign this.
As someone who think Singapore should legalised euthanisia, AMD is the next best thing for terminally ill patients. Shortens the pain and let patients go off more peacefully.
ANyone interested in AMD can go to MOH website or have a look at the form here
http://www.moh.gov.sg/mohcorp/uploadedFiles/Forms/AMD_form/FORM1AMD(270905).pdf
Some test
Name: Fayth
Date: 11/18/2008
Colorgenics Number: 61435207
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Enough is enough - and you feel that you've had enough for a while. You don't need any more battles. You just would like to be able to shout 'stop' and experience a little peace and calm - even if it be only for a little while. This doesn't mean that you need to cut yourself off from the rest of the world - it just means that you are seeking some respite, some physical or emotional relaxation that could release some of the the tension and possibly reduce the internal conflict.
Of late, everything seems to be going so slowly - far slower than you anticipated - and this is causing you much anxiety and frustration. It would appear that there is little you can do about the series of events that now seem to be taking place. In spite of the fact that you feel like 'giving up' - don't. Take a deep breath and start over again and you will find that eventually the expression 'All's well that ends well' will have an extra special meaning for you.
You feel that you deserve far more than is being attributed to you, but there is no-one to whom you can turn to for sympathy and understanding. Your pent-up emotions and inherent egocentricity make you quick to take offence, but as matters stand you realise that you will have to make the best of things as they are.
You are being unduly influenced by the situation that is all around you. You do not like the feeling of loneliness and whatever it is that seems to separate you from others. You know that life can be wonderful and you are anxious to experience life in all its aspects, to live it to the full. You therefore resent any restriction or limitations that are being imposed on you and you insist on going it alone.
You need to be needed and would like a situation where you will no longer be subjected to pressures and demands from those about you. There is no harm in 'dreaming' but it is you - and only you - that can be able to realise those dreams and to turn them into reality.
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WOW OMG
SO TRUE!!!
Red Shit
Caution all beetroot lovers! Beetroot gives RED SHIT! (sorry to be gross). I had diarrhea just now and thought I was passing out blood. Thank goodness for internet cos I found out that beetroot causes red colored stools, otherwise I will be running to SGH and putting through all sort of test just to find out that... it's cos of the damn beetroot.
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Life Transformers
Was watching channel 8 Life Transformers today and I felt really upset and sad and devastated for the family. Wanying is around the same age as me but 6 yrs ago, she got very high fever for 2 weeks due to brain infection 1 month before her 21st birthday. It damages her brain and since then, she could not function like a normal person. The parents are using so much time to take care of her cos even the basic things like swallowing she has trouble doing.
I really teared while watching this. You know, compare to her condition, I would really be consider as lucky. Sometimes when I look at youngsters complaineing about life, wasting their life away in cigarettes and alcohol, I really wonder do they ever know how lucky they are. Such nomalcy of life can be stripped away just by a single fever or a single accident. Do people nowadays really appreciate what they have and the people around them? Life is so beautiful but sad to say, most people won't learn to appreciate till something happened to them.
My JC friend was diagnosed with thyriod cancer recently. Went through and operation and taking MC at home now. She did a bit of reflecting and realised that she should really just be happy with life's simple things. Like eating a bowl of bak chor mee with her husband. I guess I also had that kinda revelation when I was first diagnosed. And especially now, after going through 1 round of chemo, it made me love myself even more. I really truly love myself a lot now. I appreciate how I look because I know how I can look worse with my lymph nodes swelling. I appreciate my energy level now, because I know how lethargic I could get when my white blood count was high. Sometimes it's such things that made you appreciate life a little more. Sad but true.
Sometimes, such events in life are like a revelations. Perhaps that is the reason why such things happened.
The world needs change, change is now
On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, a black woman by the name of Rosa Parks refused to obey bus driver James Blake's order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger. She was subsequently arrested for her defiance. This incident sparks off the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
The boycott resulted in the U.S. civil rights movement receiving one of its first victories and gave Martin Luther King Jr. the national attention that made him one of the prime leaders of the cause.
In Washington, 1963, a prominent American Civil-Rights activist, Martin Luther King Jr delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.
Extract:
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor's lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today.
On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr was was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. After King was assassinated, rioting broke out in 125 cities across the United States. At that time, it was impossible to imagine that one day, United States of America will have a black president.
But today, an important chapter of history had been made. Obama Barack became the first African American president of US, 50 years after the assassination of Martin Luther King. He proved that anyone can pursue the American dream, regardless of your age, gender, race, nationality or sexual orientation.
He represents change and hope. He represents the new era.
And the world needs change. And the change is now.
A new era has began. The man who made it happened is Obama.
