My wife is my official 2nd girlfriend and we dated for 3 years befoe we tied the knot to get married. Before knowing my wife , i have another official girlfriend ~ she is my very 1st love and we go steady for almost 2 years. However, she is a malay girl while i am a chinese man..(don't know why 1'm so fated to have so many malay gf..lol)
Her name is Zebaidah aka IDAH ,nick name twenty bird
She was my former operator and our relationship grew each day until we go dating as steady ...that was about 10 years ago.. (wow...time really flies!)
Both our family member rejected us being togther ~ in the end , both of us had to parted our own way as IDAH had been "force" to marry another man (arrange by her parent) that she do not love...at that time, i also get to know my wife...since then she parted with me sadly with tears , i still remember that i even i wanted to "Kill" myself and 3 of my friends spend the evenong time with me at pungool park during that time when i am also very sad. There is a great love between us then..
since then , time passed quickly....but in my heart i simply cannot forget Idah since she is my 1st love.
Monday morning before going home from work , receive a mysetery call from a lady who sound very familiar ..."Darling ~ i miss you alot" she say over the phone. Idah is formerly working in the same company and recently she meet some of her former friend ...hence manage to get information and know that i am still working in same company until now...so she call me up///
OH !! its zebaidah...she is finally back to my life again...its like a dream come true ~ never expected to talk and speak with her again.So surprise.
No matter how tired i am after 2 days of 12hrs night shift work i went to meet up with her for a nice Macdonald big breakfast. So nice to meet her again..
She had divorse 2 times (the 1st one is he man she don't love , the 2nd man run away with another indonesia girl ). Now she is married to another man with a great age gap and currently they having problem communicating.. She really miss me but i am now married woth 2 kids. She understand and wish to remain contact as very closed friend with me . Yeah , i will treasure and care for her ...definately will value this new relationship (that is once long lost but now found) from now onwards~
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Friday, July 18, 2008
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Memories of 2 malay friends
Last year is indeed a year of "Malay cherry Blossom" for me as i had encountered 2 Malay ladies ...
(1) Adarina (aka Rina)
She work at my company , same shift , as a new cleaner in my Dept. So she had to see me daily to get my signature for the tasked completed. she is beautiful and had caught my heart deeply.
"Hi, i am Eric ~ nice to meet you , next time got chance we go out for coffee"
"Want go out for movie together also can.." she replied giggling like a small kid..cute smile ( i cannot forget how we meet)
Its love at 1st sight and year 2007 is my 7th years of marraige (so start to itch ??)!!
Slowly , we grew from normal friend to lover stage and was together (secretly) for 6 months. Oh mine !! she is married with 2 kids , husband is still around but her family is poor as her husband could not provide her enough...and had to work , work work for more $ , so no time for her. I am different as i had the time and $ for her ... we got alot of things in common , we are the same age and our thinking are all alike . I can feel the love feeling of datuing once again from her being together....Good times never last and our relationship is certainly not healthy as both of us are married with children...in the end come the time of break off. We do not argue or quarrel during the break off...just slowly stop seeing each other and she did replied me that she too miss me. I had made a scrap book contains many of our photos and passed to her as valentine day gift for memory
She had went off ...she quit her job....i sms her but no more reply...
Rina is nothing but more of a memory to me in my heart now
Suddenly received a sms from her @ last day of year 2007 (31/12/2007)
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star , How is Eric doing so far ?
I feel so happy to hear from her but she do not reply my call /sms anymore
A final sms from her on my birthday :
Hi Eric Pls don't get the wrong idea. I am not hurting you. I still remember those memories when we together :-) I feel guilty about myself Eric ! We should've not start it. It's a big sin!
till today..., her handphone contact (98572349) had changed - no longer in service
I still miss Rina ...all those memorable time that we spent together even though they are short period , You will always remain within my heart !
To say "Hello " if i see her again ? Yes , definately
(2) Suliana (aka Nana)
After Rina left, another 18 years old malay girl walk into my life. she occupy my empty heart since Rina had left ...i know her like 3 months...but then there is no love feeling between us .
We meet in KK hospital , same ward when she admitted her son .that time Benson was having high fever and was awarded 5 days.
I sympathy on her as she is a single mother (husband run away) with a 6 mths old baby (Name: Ahmad). Such a young age now had to shoulder this type of heavy burden ..really pity her. I contact her for about 2 months and now no more..
I believe she do not treasure this friendship as she always had to ask $ for hari raya , baby sick , dental pain , fever no $ see doctor..etc..end up just simply change her handphone number (82502085) and run away without paying back all the help she get. I even had bought for her a necklace +cake for her birthday , a pair of shoe for hari raya , a big teddy bear for christmas ..etc
Frankly speaking, i do not miss her much. Just disappointed that she do not value our friendship and run away juz like that..forget it lah
To say "Hello" if i see her again ? NO !!
(1) Adarina (aka Rina)
She work at my company , same shift , as a new cleaner in my Dept. So she had to see me daily to get my signature for the tasked completed. she is beautiful and had caught my heart deeply.
"Hi, i am Eric ~ nice to meet you , next time got chance we go out for coffee"
"Want go out for movie together also can.." she replied giggling like a small kid..cute smile ( i cannot forget how we meet)
Its love at 1st sight and year 2007 is my 7th years of marraige (so start to itch ??)!!
Slowly , we grew from normal friend to lover stage and was together (secretly) for 6 months. Oh mine !! she is married with 2 kids , husband is still around but her family is poor as her husband could not provide her enough...and had to work , work work for more $ , so no time for her. I am different as i had the time and $ for her ... we got alot of things in common , we are the same age and our thinking are all alike . I can feel the love feeling of datuing once again from her being together....Good times never last and our relationship is certainly not healthy as both of us are married with children...in the end come the time of break off. We do not argue or quarrel during the break off...just slowly stop seeing each other and she did replied me that she too miss me. I had made a scrap book contains many of our photos and passed to her as valentine day gift for memory
She had went off ...she quit her job....i sms her but no more reply...
Rina is nothing but more of a memory to me in my heart now
Suddenly received a sms from her @ last day of year 2007 (31/12/2007)
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star , How is Eric doing so far ?
I feel so happy to hear from her but she do not reply my call /sms anymore
A final sms from her on my birthday :
Hi Eric Pls don't get the wrong idea. I am not hurting you. I still remember those memories when we together :-) I feel guilty about myself Eric ! We should've not start it. It's a big sin!
till today..., her handphone contact (98572349) had changed - no longer in service
I still miss Rina ...all those memorable time that we spent together even though they are short period , You will always remain within my heart !
To say "Hello " if i see her again ? Yes , definately
(2) Suliana (aka Nana)
After Rina left, another 18 years old malay girl walk into my life. she occupy my empty heart since Rina had left ...i know her like 3 months...but then there is no love feeling between us .
We meet in KK hospital , same ward when she admitted her son .that time Benson was having high fever and was awarded 5 days.
I sympathy on her as she is a single mother (husband run away) with a 6 mths old baby (Name: Ahmad). Such a young age now had to shoulder this type of heavy burden ..really pity her. I contact her for about 2 months and now no more..
I believe she do not treasure this friendship as she always had to ask $ for hari raya , baby sick , dental pain , fever no $ see doctor..etc..end up just simply change her handphone number (82502085) and run away without paying back all the help she get. I even had bought for her a necklace +cake for her birthday , a pair of shoe for hari raya , a big teddy bear for christmas ..etc
Frankly speaking, i do not miss her much. Just disappointed that she do not value our friendship and run away juz like that..forget it lah
To say "Hello" if i see her again ? NO !!
From Bad to worse ........
(1) Milkk restaurant
At 1st when shifted here to Sembawag new flat, found this place very nice. Good quality food + nice portion of amount ~ worth the $ for the meal
But since then 3 yars from now...things had changed..
It change from Hala certified restaurant to non-halal , so that they can sell prok and beers for more income profit. Accordingly to the boss, muislim customer also not many , hence its better to go for non-halal for better business. To me , this had no impact on me and my family. Halal or not ~ don't care ...just eat loh !
But then , few months ago - the pacaging for take away (tao pao) had shrink fom the square box type to the small rectangle plastic type (at least 1/3 portion is gone) . Old package of fried rice for example can make up 3 bowls , but now new package = 2 bowls..WTF !! At first , i tell myslf "nevermind lah" , at least they still remain old price for friend rice ($3). Other vendor stall had already up $0.50 to $3.50.
This old price with new packaging stays like 1 month...then suddenly i was shocked to find out that the boss up the price to $3.50 for fried rice using the same new packaging !! (Other coffee shop use a much bigger square box/plastic container for same price). So , when we strat to compare, Milkk become expensive. I tell myself yet again.."its okay, as long as it is nice to eat"
Last week , i went to packed Benson's favourite fried rice as usual...then #@$%&^&,,. sorry for the vulgur words...the corns and pea are overcooked and built with black spot !! How to eat now ?? had to take them out slowly , throw them away ~ then called up the restaurant to complain to express my un-satisfaction..no way , me going back there again..enough is enough
If there is no more Quantity (Qty) , then how about the Quality ??
Forget it , i will rather take longer distance go to another nearby coffee shop for a larger portion of tasty fried rice
(2) Company bonus
Everyone know that our company comprises of 3 main plants - Device , Hardware and Solution.
Hardware is in deep shit due to FDA product recall problem and had almost stop all production...and yet all the 3 supervisors get promotion to sensior supervisor for nothing !! What the HR and Management are thinking ?? CRAZY !! we work like dog a word of thanks also dun have ...leave alone promotion or better pay increment ...other people nothing much to do , shake leg can just 1 shot mass promoted to Senior supervisor !! Who say promotion is base on performance ?? Really SUCK to the core ~
then last year since the hardware issue , we had got our lowest AVG (aka comany bonus) - 2.5 weeks ...I had been working here for 12 years + and usually is like 3 -6 weeks for mid year ex-gratia (AVC). So this year , things are not getting any better and the result from Jan08 to April0 8 shows something like 2 weeks bonus... Oh my GOD !! will it be the lowest bonus this year ??
I try to saty optimise and postive thinking ...we got up to June to determine mid -year AVC pay out ~ stil got May, June 2 months to booast up any last minute effort ... So my expectation is that 2 weeks is normal , if given 3 weeks i will be happy ~ 4 weeks is a wonderful JOY and celebration then..my operators all ask me pay out how much , i just tell them mabey between 2 - 4 weeks ?
today plant meeting had announce the pay out ---> 1.5 weeks !!!!!
I nearly fainted ...totally speechless .... Such a large MNC compamy paying out peanuts..what a JOKE , dam it !
If get good opportunity , who the hell still want to stay here in this fuck up place ~ piss off !
At 1st when shifted here to Sembawag new flat, found this place very nice. Good quality food + nice portion of amount ~ worth the $ for the meal
But since then 3 yars from now...things had changed..
It change from Hala certified restaurant to non-halal , so that they can sell prok and beers for more income profit. Accordingly to the boss, muislim customer also not many , hence its better to go for non-halal for better business. To me , this had no impact on me and my family. Halal or not ~ don't care ...just eat loh !
But then , few months ago - the pacaging for take away (tao pao) had shrink fom the square box type to the small rectangle plastic type (at least 1/3 portion is gone) . Old package of fried rice for example can make up 3 bowls , but now new package = 2 bowls..WTF !! At first , i tell myslf "nevermind lah" , at least they still remain old price for friend rice ($3). Other vendor stall had already up $0.50 to $3.50.
This old price with new packaging stays like 1 month...then suddenly i was shocked to find out that the boss up the price to $3.50 for fried rice using the same new packaging !! (Other coffee shop use a much bigger square box/plastic container for same price). So , when we strat to compare, Milkk become expensive. I tell myself yet again.."its okay, as long as it is nice to eat"
Last week , i went to packed Benson's favourite fried rice as usual...then #@$%&^&,,. sorry for the vulgur words...the corns and pea are overcooked and built with black spot !! How to eat now ?? had to take them out slowly , throw them away ~ then called up the restaurant to complain to express my un-satisfaction..no way , me going back there again..enough is enough
If there is no more Quantity (Qty) , then how about the Quality ??
Forget it , i will rather take longer distance go to another nearby coffee shop for a larger portion of tasty fried rice
(2) Company bonus
Everyone know that our company comprises of 3 main plants - Device , Hardware and Solution.
Hardware is in deep shit due to FDA product recall problem and had almost stop all production...and yet all the 3 supervisors get promotion to sensior supervisor for nothing !! What the HR and Management are thinking ?? CRAZY !! we work like dog a word of thanks also dun have ...leave alone promotion or better pay increment ...other people nothing much to do , shake leg can just 1 shot mass promoted to Senior supervisor !! Who say promotion is base on performance ?? Really SUCK to the core ~
then last year since the hardware issue , we had got our lowest AVG (aka comany bonus) - 2.5 weeks ...I had been working here for 12 years + and usually is like 3 -6 weeks for mid year ex-gratia (AVC). So this year , things are not getting any better and the result from Jan08 to April0 8 shows something like 2 weeks bonus... Oh my GOD !! will it be the lowest bonus this year ??
I try to saty optimise and postive thinking ...we got up to June to determine mid -year AVC pay out ~ stil got May, June 2 months to booast up any last minute effort ... So my expectation is that 2 weeks is normal , if given 3 weeks i will be happy ~ 4 weeks is a wonderful JOY and celebration then..my operators all ask me pay out how much , i just tell them mabey between 2 - 4 weeks ?
today plant meeting had announce the pay out ---> 1.5 weeks !!!!!
I nearly fainted ...totally speechless .... Such a large MNC compamy paying out peanuts..what a JOKE , dam it !
If get good opportunity , who the hell still want to stay here in this fuck up place ~ piss off !
My 2 new blogs officially opened
Jokes collections
http://ericjokecorner.blogspot.com
Eric's Believe or not
http://ericbelieveitornot.blogspot.com
Feel free to visit amd tell your friend about it too, if you like the blog
Thank you ~
http://ericjokecorner.blogspot.com
Eric's Believe or not
http://ericbelieveitornot.blogspot.com
Feel free to visit amd tell your friend about it too, if you like the blog
Thank you ~
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Met@morphosis Peixin Nite (23th annvi)
Celebration of 23 th anniversary
Theme : Metamorphosis (Butterfly transformation for a new changes)
Date : 11 July 2008
Venue : School Hall of PPS (PeiXin Primary School)
Our Table : 28
Guest of Honor : Mr. K Shanmugam
Kelvin , me and my wife attended this dinner function. Got nice show and good food
Had a really enjoyable nite
Kelvin and my wife meet up with his class form teach - Mrs Ismail L who had teached for > 15yrs
A nice giant glittering butterfly hang over the roof ceiling
Indian cultural dance
Malay cultural dance
Chinese cultural dance
Mass dance by Teachers and Principal - Mrs Eileen Goh
Pride of PeiXin Pri School ~ concert band that won GOLD with honours
A nice introduction book for this special event
Theme : Metamorphosis (Butterfly transformation for a new changes)
Date : 11 July 2008
Venue : School Hall of PPS (PeiXin Primary School)
Our Table : 28
Guest of Honor : Mr. K Shanmugam
Kelvin , me and my wife attended this dinner function. Got nice show and good food
Had a really enjoyable nite
Kelvin and my wife meet up with his class form teach - Mrs Ismail L who had teached for > 15yrs
A nice giant glittering butterfly hang over the roof ceiling
Indian cultural dance
Malay cultural dance
Chinese cultural dance
Best show of all - Peixin's very own synopsis of Musical performance !!
The school plays a crucial role in nuturing the children and imguing in them the right values. The dramma club present showcasing this important role the school plays in the nuturing process seen through the eyes of students. The cast comprises of pupils from Pri 1 to 6
Mass dance by Teachers and Principal - Mrs Eileen Goh
Pride of PeiXin Pri School ~ concert band that won GOLD with honours
A nice introduction book for this special event
~ See the nice big colourful "pop up" butterfly in the center of the book , so nice !
Local Sweet young thing selling her assets
Girl prostitutes herself on blog to support family
Name: Victoria
Age: Just reached 18.
From: Local! Singapore
Body: Slim,slender & smooth body.
Bust: 36B (quite big for her age and figure)
Height: Around 167cm
Weight: 48kg
Her advertised blog (http://localsyt.blogspot.com) had already closed down.
The blog which was apparently advertising for sexual services by an 18-year-old female Singaporean teenager.
It describes the girl as being "very sweet" and "very gf-feeling", and she is given the rating 8.5 out of 10 for her looks.
It also provides details on the sexual services that are offered by the girl, with racy photos of the teenager.According to the blog, the girl is offering the services as she wishes to earn more money to help her family out with their problems.
As for the charges involved, the blog states:"Damage: $200/1 shot/45 minutes, condom and hotel not included."Time extensions are available, the blog says, but customers will have to negotiate with the girl herself.
This case was brought up for discussion @ Stomp forum
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Erotic Entertainment from WWE
wwe exposed
WWE Diva Lita´s Nip Slip
WWF nipple slip
Bikini Boot Camp - Leyla Nipple Slip (2005 Divas Search) WWE Raw July 4th 2005
Stacy Keibler shows her thong to the fans to anger Test.
Trish Stratus Forced To Strip by Mr.Vince
ECW kelly Expose
TORRIE WILSON SEXIEST STRIP TEASE
Torrie Wilson Poses for FHM- Hot!
Lita Nice Boobs
Kelly Kelly (Barbie Blank) Bikini Strip Expose Sexpose
WWE Diva Lita´s Nip Slip
WWF nipple slip
Bikini Boot Camp - Leyla Nipple Slip (2005 Divas Search) WWE Raw July 4th 2005
Stacy Keibler shows her thong to the fans to anger Test.
Trish Stratus Forced To Strip by Mr.Vince
ECW kelly Expose
TORRIE WILSON SEXIEST STRIP TEASE
Torrie Wilson Poses for FHM- Hot!
Lita Nice Boobs
Kelly Kelly (Barbie Blank) Bikini Strip Expose Sexpose
Monday, July 14, 2008
Ironman - Father and Son
A son asked his father, 'Dad, will you take part in a marathon with me?'. The father who, despite having a heart condition, says 'Yes'.
They went on to complete the marathon together.
Father and son went on to join other marathons, the father always saying 'Yes' to his son's request of going through the race together.
One day, the son asked his father, 'Dad, let's join the Ironman together.' To which, his father said 'Yes' too.
For those who don't know, Ironman is the toughest triathlon ever.The race encompasses three endurance events of a 2.4 mile (3.86 kilometer) ocean swim, followed by a 112 mile (180.2 kilometer) bike ride, and ending with a 26.2 mile (42.195 kilometer) marathon along the coast of the Big Island . Father and son went on to complete the race together. View this race now..
Video song sung by Nicole C Mullen.I have been inspired , how about you ?
Team Hoyt
Rick Hoyt (Son)
Rick was born in 1962 as a spastic quadriplegic, cerebral palsy, non-speaking person. The ability of his mind and person have always been strong, and his family have been hearty supporters of his quest for independence and inclusion in community activities, sports, school and the workplace. Rick is a graduate of Boston University.
Dick Hoyt (Father)
Dick has recently retired as a lieutenant colonel in the air nation guard. He has served his country for over thirty-five years. Dick is a friend of the "Presidents Council on Fitness".
~~
More backgrund (read only if it interest you, ok)
Dick and Rick Hoyt are a father-and-son team from Massachusetts who together compete just about continuously in marathon races. And if they are not in a marathon they are in a triathlon ?that daunting, almost superhuman, combination of 26.2 miles of running, 112 miles of bicycling, and 2.4 miles of swimming. Together they have climbed mountains, and once trekked 3,735 miles across America.
It is a remarkable record of exertion ..all the more so when you consider that Rick can't walk or talk.
For the past twenty five years or more Dick, who is 65, has pushed and pulled his son across the country and over hundreds of finish lines. When Dick runs, Rick is in a wheelchair that Dick is pushing. When Dick cycles, Rick is in the seat-pod from his wheelchair, attached to the front of the bike. When Dick swims, Rick is in a small but heavy, firmly stabilized boat being pulled by Dick.
At Rick's birth in 1962 the umbilical cord coiled around his neck and cut off oxygen to his brain. Dick and his wife, Judy, were told that there would be no hope for their child's development.
"It has been a story of exclusion ever since he was born," Dick told me. "When he was eight months old the doctors told us we should just put him away ,he may be a vegetable all his life, that sort of thing. Well those doctors are not alive any more, but I would like them to be able to see Rick now."
The couple brought their son home determined to raise him as "normally" as possible. Within five years, Rick had two younger brothers, and the Hoyts were convinced Rick was just as intelligent as his siblings. Dick remembers the struggle to get the local school authorities to agree: "Because he couldn't talk they thought he wouldn't be able to understand, but that wasn the true." The dedicated parents taught Rick the alphabet. "We always wanted Rick included in everything," Dick said. "That's why we wanted to get him into public school."
A group of Tufts University engineers came to the rescue, once they had seen some clear, empirical evidence of Rick's comprehension skills. "They told him a joke," said Dick. "Rick just cracked up. They knew then that he could communicate!" The engineers went on to build using $5,000 the family managed to raise in 1972 - an interactive computer that would allow Rick to write out his thoughts using the slight head-movements that he could manage. Rick came to call it "my communicator." A cursor would move across a screen filled with rows of letters, and when the cursor highlighted a letter that Rick wanted, he would click a switch with the side of his head.
When the computer was originally brought home, Rick surprised his family with his first "spoken" words. They had expected perhaps "Hi, Mom" or "Hi, Dad." But on the screen Rick wrote "Go Bruins." The Boston Bruins were in the Stanley Cup finals that season, and his family realized he had been following the hockey games along with everyone else. "So we learned then that Rick loved sports," said Dick.
In 1975, Rick was finally admitted into a public school. Two years later, he told his father he wanted to participate in a five-mile benefit run for a local lacrosse player who had been paralyzed in an accident. Dick, far from being a long-distance runner, agreed to push Rick in his wheelchair. They finished next to last, but they felt they had achieved a triumph.
That night, Dick remembers, "Rick told us he just didn't feel handicapped when we were competing." Rick's realization turned into a whole new set of horizons that opened up for him and his family, as "Team Hoyt" began to compete in more and more events.
It is hard to imagine now the resistance which the Hoyts encountered early on, but attitudes did begin to change when they entered the Boston Marathon in 1981, and finished in the top quarter of the field. Dick recalls the earlier, less tolerant days with more sadness than anger:
"Nobody wanted Rick in a road race. Everybody looked at us, nobody talked to us, nobody wanted to have anything to do with us. But you can't really blame them - people often are not educated, and they have never seen anyone like us. As time went on, though, they could see he was a person ?he has a great sense of humor, for instance. That made a big difference."
After 4 years of marathons, Team Hoyt attempted their first triathlon and for this Dick had to learn to swim. "I sank like a stone at first" Dick recalled with a laugh "and I hadn't been on a bike since I was six years old."
With a newly-built bike (adapted to carry Rick in front) and a boat tied to Dick's waist as he swam, the Hoyts came in second-to-last in the competition held on Father's Day 1985.
"We chuckle to think about that as my Father's Day present from Rick, " said Dick.
They have been competing ever since, at home and increasingly abroad. Generally they manage to improve their finishing times. "Rick is the one who inspires and motivates me, the way he just loves sports and competing," Dick said.
And the business of inspiring evidently works as a two-way street. Rick typed out this testimony:
"Dad is one of my role models. Once he sets out to do something, Dad sticks to it whatever it is, until it is done. For example once we decided to really get into triathlons, dad worked out, up to five hours a day, five times a week, even when he was working."
The Hoyts's mutual inspiration for each other seems to embrace others too . Many spectators and fellow-competitors have adopted Team Hoyt as a powerful example of determination.
Rick too has taken full note of their effect on fellow-competitors while racing:
"Whenever we are passed (usually on the bike) the athlete will say "Go for it!" or "Rick, help your Dad!" When we pass people (usually on the run) they'll say "Go Team Hoyt!" or "If not for you, we would not be out here doing this."
Most of all, perhaps, the Hoyts can see an impact from their efforts in the area of the handicapped, and on public attitudes toward the physically and mentally challenged.
"That's the big thing," said Dick. "People just need to be educated. Rick is helping many other families coping with disabilities in their struggle to be included."
Rick's own accomplishments, quite apart from the duo's continuing athletic success, have included his moving on from high school to Boston University, where he graduated in 1993 with a degree in special education. That was followed a few weeks later by another entry in the Boston Marathon. As he fondly pictured it:
"On the day of the marathon from Hopkinton to Boston people all over the course were wishing me luck, and they had signs up which read `congratulations on your graduation!?
Rick now works at Boston College's computer laboratory helping to develop a system codenamed "Eagle Eyes," through which mechanical aids (like for instance a powered wheelchair) could be controlled by a paralyzed person's eye-movements, when linked-up to a computer.
Together the Hoyts don't only compete athletically; they also go on motivational speaking tours, spreading the Hoyt brand of inspiration to all kinds of audiences, sporting and non-sporting, across the country.
Rick himself is confident that his visibility and his father's dedication can perform a forceful, valuable purpose in a world that is too often divisive and exclusionary. He typed a simple parting thought:
"The message of Team Hoyt is that everybody should be included in everyday life."
They went on to complete the marathon together.
Father and son went on to join other marathons, the father always saying 'Yes' to his son's request of going through the race together.
One day, the son asked his father, 'Dad, let's join the Ironman together.' To which, his father said 'Yes' too.
For those who don't know, Ironman is the toughest triathlon ever.The race encompasses three endurance events of a 2.4 mile (3.86 kilometer) ocean swim, followed by a 112 mile (180.2 kilometer) bike ride, and ending with a 26.2 mile (42.195 kilometer) marathon along the coast of the Big Island . Father and son went on to complete the race together. View this race now..
Video song sung by Nicole C Mullen.I have been inspired , how about you ?
Team Hoyt
Rick Hoyt (Son)
Rick was born in 1962 as a spastic quadriplegic, cerebral palsy, non-speaking person. The ability of his mind and person have always been strong, and his family have been hearty supporters of his quest for independence and inclusion in community activities, sports, school and the workplace. Rick is a graduate of Boston University.
Dick Hoyt (Father)
Dick has recently retired as a lieutenant colonel in the air nation guard. He has served his country for over thirty-five years. Dick is a friend of the "Presidents Council on Fitness".
~~
More backgrund (read only if it interest you, ok)
Dick and Rick Hoyt are a father-and-son team from Massachusetts who together compete just about continuously in marathon races. And if they are not in a marathon they are in a triathlon ?that daunting, almost superhuman, combination of 26.2 miles of running, 112 miles of bicycling, and 2.4 miles of swimming. Together they have climbed mountains, and once trekked 3,735 miles across America.
It is a remarkable record of exertion ..all the more so when you consider that Rick can't walk or talk.
For the past twenty five years or more Dick, who is 65, has pushed and pulled his son across the country and over hundreds of finish lines. When Dick runs, Rick is in a wheelchair that Dick is pushing. When Dick cycles, Rick is in the seat-pod from his wheelchair, attached to the front of the bike. When Dick swims, Rick is in a small but heavy, firmly stabilized boat being pulled by Dick.
At Rick's birth in 1962 the umbilical cord coiled around his neck and cut off oxygen to his brain. Dick and his wife, Judy, were told that there would be no hope for their child's development.
"It has been a story of exclusion ever since he was born," Dick told me. "When he was eight months old the doctors told us we should just put him away ,he may be a vegetable all his life, that sort of thing. Well those doctors are not alive any more, but I would like them to be able to see Rick now."
The couple brought their son home determined to raise him as "normally" as possible. Within five years, Rick had two younger brothers, and the Hoyts were convinced Rick was just as intelligent as his siblings. Dick remembers the struggle to get the local school authorities to agree: "Because he couldn't talk they thought he wouldn't be able to understand, but that wasn the true." The dedicated parents taught Rick the alphabet. "We always wanted Rick included in everything," Dick said. "That's why we wanted to get him into public school."
A group of Tufts University engineers came to the rescue, once they had seen some clear, empirical evidence of Rick's comprehension skills. "They told him a joke," said Dick. "Rick just cracked up. They knew then that he could communicate!" The engineers went on to build using $5,000 the family managed to raise in 1972 - an interactive computer that would allow Rick to write out his thoughts using the slight head-movements that he could manage. Rick came to call it "my communicator." A cursor would move across a screen filled with rows of letters, and when the cursor highlighted a letter that Rick wanted, he would click a switch with the side of his head.
When the computer was originally brought home, Rick surprised his family with his first "spoken" words. They had expected perhaps "Hi, Mom" or "Hi, Dad." But on the screen Rick wrote "Go Bruins." The Boston Bruins were in the Stanley Cup finals that season, and his family realized he had been following the hockey games along with everyone else. "So we learned then that Rick loved sports," said Dick.
In 1975, Rick was finally admitted into a public school. Two years later, he told his father he wanted to participate in a five-mile benefit run for a local lacrosse player who had been paralyzed in an accident. Dick, far from being a long-distance runner, agreed to push Rick in his wheelchair. They finished next to last, but they felt they had achieved a triumph.
That night, Dick remembers, "Rick told us he just didn't feel handicapped when we were competing." Rick's realization turned into a whole new set of horizons that opened up for him and his family, as "Team Hoyt" began to compete in more and more events.
It is hard to imagine now the resistance which the Hoyts encountered early on, but attitudes did begin to change when they entered the Boston Marathon in 1981, and finished in the top quarter of the field. Dick recalls the earlier, less tolerant days with more sadness than anger:
"Nobody wanted Rick in a road race. Everybody looked at us, nobody talked to us, nobody wanted to have anything to do with us. But you can't really blame them - people often are not educated, and they have never seen anyone like us. As time went on, though, they could see he was a person ?he has a great sense of humor, for instance. That made a big difference."
After 4 years of marathons, Team Hoyt attempted their first triathlon and for this Dick had to learn to swim. "I sank like a stone at first" Dick recalled with a laugh "and I hadn't been on a bike since I was six years old."
With a newly-built bike (adapted to carry Rick in front) and a boat tied to Dick's waist as he swam, the Hoyts came in second-to-last in the competition held on Father's Day 1985.
"We chuckle to think about that as my Father's Day present from Rick, " said Dick.
They have been competing ever since, at home and increasingly abroad. Generally they manage to improve their finishing times. "Rick is the one who inspires and motivates me, the way he just loves sports and competing," Dick said.
And the business of inspiring evidently works as a two-way street. Rick typed out this testimony:
"Dad is one of my role models. Once he sets out to do something, Dad sticks to it whatever it is, until it is done. For example once we decided to really get into triathlons, dad worked out, up to five hours a day, five times a week, even when he was working."
The Hoyts's mutual inspiration for each other seems to embrace others too . Many spectators and fellow-competitors have adopted Team Hoyt as a powerful example of determination.
Rick too has taken full note of their effect on fellow-competitors while racing:
"Whenever we are passed (usually on the bike) the athlete will say "Go for it!" or "Rick, help your Dad!" When we pass people (usually on the run) they'll say "Go Team Hoyt!" or "If not for you, we would not be out here doing this."
Most of all, perhaps, the Hoyts can see an impact from their efforts in the area of the handicapped, and on public attitudes toward the physically and mentally challenged.
"That's the big thing," said Dick. "People just need to be educated. Rick is helping many other families coping with disabilities in their struggle to be included."
Rick's own accomplishments, quite apart from the duo's continuing athletic success, have included his moving on from high school to Boston University, where he graduated in 1993 with a degree in special education. That was followed a few weeks later by another entry in the Boston Marathon. As he fondly pictured it:
"On the day of the marathon from Hopkinton to Boston people all over the course were wishing me luck, and they had signs up which read `congratulations on your graduation!?
Rick now works at Boston College's computer laboratory helping to develop a system codenamed "Eagle Eyes," through which mechanical aids (like for instance a powered wheelchair) could be controlled by a paralyzed person's eye-movements, when linked-up to a computer.
Together the Hoyts don't only compete athletically; they also go on motivational speaking tours, spreading the Hoyt brand of inspiration to all kinds of audiences, sporting and non-sporting, across the country.
Rick himself is confident that his visibility and his father's dedication can perform a forceful, valuable purpose in a world that is too often divisive and exclusionary. He typed a simple parting thought:
"The message of Team Hoyt is that everybody should be included in everyday life."
Music from Heaven
Andrew Johnston (Voice of Angel)
13 year old treble Andrew Johnston sings Pie Jesu in the new series of Britains got talent. This was first broadcast in the UK on Saturday 12 April 2008
Will you get touch in heart by his heavenly singing ?Tears actually drop from my eye when i hear his singing ...wow ! His voice is so pure, like straight from heaven
Auction - "Pie Jesu"
Semi-final - " Tears In Heaven "
Final
Even though he didnt win , got 3rd placing- but he is gonna be somebody some day. Thumbs up !!
Bond (A mervelous Band of Violinists )
The ORIGINAL electric string quartet in their high energy music video for their single, "Explosive". They do it way better than Scala / Escala!
Bond member : Haylie Ecker, Eos Chater, Tania Davis and Gay-Yee Westerhoff
Bond - Explosive
Bond- Victory
bond - Viva! (Live in Japan)
13 year old treble Andrew Johnston sings Pie Jesu in the new series of Britains got talent. This was first broadcast in the UK on Saturday 12 April 2008
Will you get touch in heart by his heavenly singing ?Tears actually drop from my eye when i hear his singing ...wow ! His voice is so pure, like straight from heaven
Auction - "Pie Jesu"
Semi-final - " Tears In Heaven "
Final
Even though he didnt win , got 3rd placing- but he is gonna be somebody some day. Thumbs up !!
Bond (A mervelous Band of Violinists )
The ORIGINAL electric string quartet in their high energy music video for their single, "Explosive". They do it way better than Scala / Escala!
Bond member : Haylie Ecker, Eos Chater, Tania Davis and Gay-Yee Westerhoff
Bond - Explosive
Bond- Victory
bond - Viva! (Live in Japan)
A morning full of Surprises ~
Going home time few colleagues crowded around the securtity desk watching something...ohh...there is GHOST image captured on the CCTV last night !!
Surprise me as 1st time really see this type of thing "LIVE" on video footage !
It show a little white light flash appear out of nowhere and float into the air...about the height of a small kid..then disappear fromt eh screen. It appear again outside the reception area and went inside the buiding for 3 second before it come out from it and guide off as a light spot...wow !! so errie , my goosepimper also rise !
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Go eat breakfast at the coffee shop beside Sembawang MRT , surprise to see that the newly opened "you-tiao" stalled had closed and moved out ! This stall managed by 2 middle -aged womens ..and i think they open just only 1 month ??
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Walk to fetch my bicycle, then surprise to see a MRT single ticket card (bent into v shape) placed on the seat paddle. WOW ~ there is a $1 deposit just by inserting the ticket back to the machine slot. Cannot wait anymore , even though i'm tired after night shift...i quickly cycled to sembawang mrt there to collect my free $1..haha . Reached the place , place the card near slot, cannot insert in no matter how i try (i had already un-bent it to make it staright). No choice loh, go to the control tower room to ask for assistant.
the man queue in front of me buy a new mrt card from the counter. I'm surprise to see that the design of the card is so nice wor. A beautiful wide angled taken urban building landscap. I also get 1 for myself (cost $15 - desposit $3 inclusive)
The man inside replyto me that the bent card is expired and is bought on 1st June . So surprise to hear that once it exceed 1 month period, no refund of $1 to be entertained...wow wow ..waste my time and effort cycle to the mrt station for nothing. Throw the card into rubbish bin in anger ~
So many surprises in just a morning..luckily i do not have any heart problem..otherwise..haha
Surprise me as 1st time really see this type of thing "LIVE" on video footage !
It show a little white light flash appear out of nowhere and float into the air...about the height of a small kid..then disappear fromt eh screen. It appear again outside the reception area and went inside the buiding for 3 second before it come out from it and guide off as a light spot...wow !! so errie , my goosepimper also rise !
~~~~
Go eat breakfast at the coffee shop beside Sembawang MRT , surprise to see that the newly opened "you-tiao" stalled had closed and moved out ! This stall managed by 2 middle -aged womens ..and i think they open just only 1 month ??
~~~~
Walk to fetch my bicycle, then surprise to see a MRT single ticket card (bent into v shape) placed on the seat paddle. WOW ~ there is a $1 deposit just by inserting the ticket back to the machine slot. Cannot wait anymore , even though i'm tired after night shift...i quickly cycled to sembawang mrt there to collect my free $1..haha . Reached the place , place the card near slot, cannot insert in no matter how i try (i had already un-bent it to make it staright). No choice loh, go to the control tower room to ask for assistant.
the man queue in front of me buy a new mrt card from the counter. I'm surprise to see that the design of the card is so nice wor. A beautiful wide angled taken urban building landscap. I also get 1 for myself (cost $15 - desposit $3 inclusive)
The man inside replyto me that the bent card is expired and is bought on 1st June . So surprise to hear that once it exceed 1 month period, no refund of $1 to be entertained...wow wow ..waste my time and effort cycle to the mrt station for nothing. Throw the card into rubbish bin in anger ~
So many surprises in just a morning..luckily i do not have any heart problem..otherwise..haha
Friday, July 11, 2008
Good , stupid , deaf people ?
These few days encounter serval type of peoples :
The Good service
Nearby Benson's school is a coffeeshop. Usually went there for my breakfast after taking Benson to his morning class. 2 stall helpers there provide a good service that i can never forget.
1 stall is selling dry fish ball noodles and the other stall selling those pig organs + kuay chap ~ hmm..yummy.. Just ordered once , the 2nd time go there ...both helpers know what i want...good memory wor !
The helpful versus The Noob
Benson got a small urlcer and he complain abit pain at the left inner of his mouth. Quite worried as one of his clasmate actually was on MC due to hand-foot-mouth diease...decided not to see doctor for this little urcler, but instead went to the nearby shop asking for the famous watermelon frost power (from china)
Approached 1st helper inside shop : "Do you have any watermelon frost ?"
she answered : "NO" ...then silent...
As i about to walk away out of the shop..a 2nd helper beside the cashier suddenly called out to me : "I suggest this cream is helpful for urlcer problem ,why not try it too ? "
That is Bonjela , a fast acting (sugar-free)gel for teething and mouth ulcers - from thailand.
Even though it cost $4.90...i bought it !
See the 2 type of attitudefrom these 2 helpers ...the helpful type had help her boss owner clinch a $4.90 business deal from me ...while the other noob is "good- for nothing " ?? New to the job ? Who cares !
Stupid driver
Was late to send Benson to school in the morning due to overslept (cool weather, slight rain). so decided to take the bicycle ride halfway, park there and flagged a taxi to his school. Found a good spot, lean the bike to the lamp post beside the road..saw a empty tavi approaching...i raised my hand to flag it ...hope that it will stop while i chain and locked my bike at the moment. the cab stopped a while , saw me locking my chain for half a second ? then BOOM ~ offf it goes ! Dam it ...STUPID driver !! wait another half second also no patience...end up have to look for another customer . For me , i wait less than a minutes and board up another taxi this time
"Deaf" driver
Last night work night shift ~ super tired . So , in the morning lasy to take train while taing Benson to school. So flag another taxi there. This driver not so old , chinese ~ middle aged man but i think he got hearing problem ! When cming to the junction to go straight ...i told him "go straight" ..he still wanted to steer to left turn...then i had to quickly tell him again..."stright...go straight...no turning !" Besnon almost kocked his head to side window when the taxi suddenly sway to one side from left tback to striaght...knn fuck !! i tell the driver earlier to stop at the traffic light in front....he machamp never listen continue..."STOP....i reach liao ~~!!" i had to scream out , then he stopped ...wow ..wow ...what a ride
"Gangster " driver
Take cab home from hougnag back to sembawang after going to mu friend's place to bring back the new CPU. Along the way, this driver got soem attitude problem, talk damn yaya ...and he even say he get complants more than 10 times...and he mentioned usually aunty just brag there inside the car...then no other action, but MAN will shoot him to Comfort taxi company to complain....blah blah..... he even ant act cool say petrol expensive no point going around try look out for passengers and even say want QUIT to drive. So when i ask him what else he want to work ionce he quit...guess what ...this gamster uncle somemore can talk BIG --"Sit at home shak legs loh.."
The blur
Went to IMM building shop around, decided to buy a new Hush Puppy leather shoe that cost me around $80 (after discount offer , usual price $150) then decided to use my POSB card pay up..and i mentioned "NETS" even though can use the MASTER card credit. The young salesgirl (from china) go logged in as Master card credit !! wow ...so blur lah she...nevermind loh, just sign up and i pay back later loh
The Good service
Nearby Benson's school is a coffeeshop. Usually went there for my breakfast after taking Benson to his morning class. 2 stall helpers there provide a good service that i can never forget.
1 stall is selling dry fish ball noodles and the other stall selling those pig organs + kuay chap ~ hmm..yummy.. Just ordered once , the 2nd time go there ...both helpers know what i want...good memory wor !
The helpful versus The Noob
Benson got a small urlcer and he complain abit pain at the left inner of his mouth. Quite worried as one of his clasmate actually was on MC due to hand-foot-mouth diease...decided not to see doctor for this little urcler, but instead went to the nearby shop asking for the famous watermelon frost power (from china)
Approached 1st helper inside shop : "Do you have any watermelon frost ?"
she answered : "NO" ...then silent...
As i about to walk away out of the shop..a 2nd helper beside the cashier suddenly called out to me : "I suggest this cream is helpful for urlcer problem ,why not try it too ? "
That is Bonjela , a fast acting (sugar-free)gel for teething and mouth ulcers - from thailand.
Even though it cost $4.90...i bought it !
See the 2 type of attitudefrom these 2 helpers ...the helpful type had help her boss owner clinch a $4.90 business deal from me ...while the other noob is "good- for nothing " ?? New to the job ? Who cares !
Stupid driver
Was late to send Benson to school in the morning due to overslept (cool weather, slight rain). so decided to take the bicycle ride halfway, park there and flagged a taxi to his school. Found a good spot, lean the bike to the lamp post beside the road..saw a empty tavi approaching...i raised my hand to flag it ...hope that it will stop while i chain and locked my bike at the moment. the cab stopped a while , saw me locking my chain for half a second ? then BOOM ~ offf it goes ! Dam it ...STUPID driver !! wait another half second also no patience...end up have to look for another customer . For me , i wait less than a minutes and board up another taxi this time
"Deaf" driver
Last night work night shift ~ super tired . So , in the morning lasy to take train while taing Benson to school. So flag another taxi there. This driver not so old , chinese ~ middle aged man but i think he got hearing problem ! When cming to the junction to go straight ...i told him "go straight" ..he still wanted to steer to left turn...then i had to quickly tell him again..."stright...go straight...no turning !" Besnon almost kocked his head to side window when the taxi suddenly sway to one side from left tback to striaght...knn fuck !! i tell the driver earlier to stop at the traffic light in front....he machamp never listen continue..."STOP....i reach liao ~~!!" i had to scream out , then he stopped ...wow ..wow ...what a ride
"Gangster " driver
Take cab home from hougnag back to sembawang after going to mu friend's place to bring back the new CPU. Along the way, this driver got soem attitude problem, talk damn yaya ...and he even say he get complants more than 10 times...and he mentioned usually aunty just brag there inside the car...then no other action, but MAN will shoot him to Comfort taxi company to complain....blah blah..... he even ant act cool say petrol expensive no point going around try look out for passengers and even say want QUIT to drive. So when i ask him what else he want to work ionce he quit...guess what ...this gamster uncle somemore can talk BIG --"Sit at home shak legs loh.."
The blur
Went to IMM building shop around, decided to buy a new Hush Puppy leather shoe that cost me around $80 (after discount offer , usual price $150) then decided to use my POSB card pay up..and i mentioned "NETS" even though can use the MASTER card credit. The young salesgirl (from china) go logged in as Master card credit !! wow ...so blur lah she...nevermind loh, just sign up and i pay back later loh
Thursday, July 10, 2008
New PC is here (no.#4)
Wow !! PC #4 is finally up and running fine after days of wiating....
The last 3 PC is now history and here come the latest number #4 !
Stay tune for more update from me later...bye !
Have a nice day , everyone
The last 3 PC is now history and here come the latest number #4 !
Stay tune for more update from me later...bye !
Have a nice day , everyone
Monday, July 7, 2008
New CPU is ready
Later after work, going to take the new CPU home all the way from Hougang..no choice loh, have to flag a cab...finally got a chance to online once again after so many days without internet. Feel uneasy though..haha
Bad news is that the old 250 GB seagate hard disk crushed and unable to be retrieve any of my data within...and the worst thing is that I DO NOT BACK UP any stuff !! oh my !! Now everything is gone...all my collections of funny stuffs, photos and so many others ...*cry*
I must do back up from now onwards , cannot take it for granted anymore. Going to rebuild my own internet empire from scratch yet again...sob sob
No point crying over spilled milk for now. I must move on from here...
Going to take that damaged back to customer service to eachange a new one since it is still within the 5 yrs warentee period . (nowsaday, these electronic stuffs really cannot last long). Then got intention to buy a external disk casing (may cost $40-50) and use it as a external harddisk as back up purposes. The new CPU come with a 500GB seagate hard disk.
Bad news is that the old 250 GB seagate hard disk crushed and unable to be retrieve any of my data within...and the worst thing is that I DO NOT BACK UP any stuff !! oh my !! Now everything is gone...all my collections of funny stuffs, photos and so many others ...*cry*
I must do back up from now onwards , cannot take it for granted anymore. Going to rebuild my own internet empire from scratch yet again...sob sob
No point crying over spilled milk for now. I must move on from here...
Going to take that damaged back to customer service to eachange a new one since it is still within the 5 yrs warentee period . (nowsaday, these electronic stuffs really cannot last long). Then got intention to buy a external disk casing (may cost $40-50) and use it as a external harddisk as back up purposes. The new CPU come with a 500GB seagate hard disk.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
PC down - Unable to use
Dear friends of Eric,
Pls accept my apology for not updating my daily blogs these few days...even Euro cup had come and gone now = . ="
My home PC which is > 6 yrs old had lots of problem...probably got lots of worms virus inside slowing down the whole start -up process until now cannot even boot up.
Power supply problem ? Never mind lah , i've already bought 1 new entire Duo core 2 CPU processor , and currently my friend will help me load the Operating system + other sofeware such as office etc
It should be ready by next week...so stay tune for more action coming soon...
* Note : I'm keying this "secretly" while in office..haha
Bye for now !
Pls accept my apology for not updating my daily blogs these few days...even Euro cup had come and gone now = . ="
My home PC which is > 6 yrs old had lots of problem...probably got lots of worms virus inside slowing down the whole start -up process until now cannot even boot up.
Power supply problem ? Never mind lah , i've already bought 1 new entire Duo core 2 CPU processor , and currently my friend will help me load the Operating system + other sofeware such as office etc
It should be ready by next week...so stay tune for more action coming soon...
* Note : I'm keying this "secretly" while in office..haha
Bye for now !
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