mid sem break!!!!

After 3 weeks of torturing from archi lecturers, submission and test, finally 1 got 2 weeks break, basically really want 2 leave Perth n forget about uni stuff… last year around this period, i was in KL n Taipei, so this year’s easter would be the same, I went back to KL n Taipei again but this time my trip include half day penang and Singapore 2 visit my friends. I just hope tat this would be my every easter or sem break event!! (dad gonna kill me). My Taiwan trip this time, not traveling alone but wit my family friends, Debbie + her dad n brother and surprisingly my dad, which was force by my mom to follow me… hehe, wit my dad around I can ask him to pay for my stuff!!

(left to right) geting ready to fly to hualien - after landing at cks international from kl, we rushed to songshan domestic airport in the ct to catch another flight to hualien. surprisingly the airport n airlines works exactly like a bus station n bus, any destination ever hour n its cheap!!! no ticket booking, no 2 0r 1 hour check in early. my flight was at 4pm, we only bought the ticket 15 minutes earlier, some ppl even purchace at 4pm n depart on the same plane. ; taipei 101 can be seen at the airport

(left to right) My dad n 1 wit Hualien aboriginal school kids after their performance ; standing infront of TZU CHI 慈濟 original founding building hualien

We went to hualien, toroko national park n taipei. Its their 1st time to Taiwan, so I need to bring them around as a tour guide, not much time for myself to shop but I do enjoy my dad n uncle’s company. It’s my third time traveling to Taiwan ever since 2 years ago, friends wondering y am I travel there so often… They were suspecting me of having some relationship over there! I wish I had… it just that I attracted to their culture, friendliness and hospitality. i felt even more when we visit my uncle's friends in hualien.


toroko national park, hualien 太魯閣國家公園,花蓮

(left to right) debbie n i, having hot steambot 麻辣火煱; adrian, debbie n me having breakfast at taipei CKS airport


back to the old site, CKS Memorial 蔣介石/中正紀念堂 n taipei 101

My trip 2 Penang was a real short one, flew to pg right after I touch down from Taipei, really missed the food, especially assam laksa… 2 bad i cant make it for that, but I manage to have prawn noodle n fry kway tiow … thz 2 teong for spending the whole time wit me, appreciate it a lot. Flew back early next day n without any rest, straight away I drove my family to ipoh!!! 2 days later I missed my flight to Singapore because of overslept.

Somewhere in Perak, Capture this on my way to kl from pg… there was a technical problem on this aircraft, some air pressure shit…that causes my flight 2 delay for 2 hours at pg. the plane was flying very low than usual throughout the whole journey, bet they still use the plane to fly without fixing it!! that's the mas way!!

Anyway I manage to catch another flight the next day but it’s kinda late, supposing to fly on the early morning flight but still, i overslept. Touch down sg at 1pm, n guess wart… I need to be at home before 7pm at the same day for dinner!!!! This means tat I only have 2 hour to spend in sg n my next flight back is at 5pm. I check-in at the airport right after I touch down. a few ground staff at the special check-in lounge gave me a weird look and told me i cant make it to jb n back again to fly at 5... but i took up the challange. Cherry at that time are bz wit her work so have no time to meet up for coffee, so I went across the causeway to jb (msia) met up with han seng n have coffee at starbucks pelangi mall… a quick 1 hour chat n off I go again back to sg to catch my plane back to kl….yes, i made it... i even spent 1 hour at SQ lounge enjoying my champange n food...lol (all together 1 hour on taxi for traveling from changi to woodland checkpoint and back, 20 min for going thru both sg causeway immigration n 10 min on bus on the crossing the causeway)

now, i have no idea y i need 2 put myself in all these.... but it was certainly my another crazy attempt ……… more to come i guess...

i salute him n may he rest in peace

I’m surprise to see this article on sin chiew online newspaper n on thestar.com. My 1st reaction was why is this young man need to go through all these pain n have to leave all his love ones early, why can’t he choose his own journey n not ended there? One thing that I took the initiative to post this on my blog is that I salute this young man for his decision to donate his organs to those who needs. He gave hope to dozens of people who is waiting for a new lease of life. His love n compassion should be followed and remember by everyone. Everything is unpredictable as a lot ppl will say. We won’t know wart will happen at the next minute. Life is precious, appreciate every single moment that we have. God bless

19歲青年病逝遺愛人間捐全身器官救百人

(檳城訊）一名患上腦腫瘤而於週四（11日）病逝的年輕人，死後把身上所有器官都捐了出來，估計受惠的病人有整百名。

這名遺愛人間的年輕人捐出了他的心、肺、肝、腎、骨髓、骨頭，甚至皮膚等器官。


年屆19歲就不幸病逝的張吉華是一名獨生子，他在週四逝世後，醫生就即刻把他的心、肝、腎及肺移植給國內4名病人，其餘器官是收藏器官銀行。

張吉華的家人引述醫生的話說，吉華所捐出的器官，寫下了國內可讓最多人受惠的記錄。

張吉華是一所私人學院的藝術系學生，住在檳城峇都蘭樟。其無私的義舉，令其父母親張長安（55歲）及游素芬（55歲）儘管痛失獨生兒，但心理感到光榮。

死者雙親說：“雖然兒子已經逝世了，不但捐出的器官造福了數百個生命，完成他生前的心願，也令我們欣慰，並時刻感受到他仍活在人世間，其精神永遠留在我們的身邊。”

張吉華在鍾靈中學畢業後，就在一間私人學院進修藝術系。正當年輕力壯，準備在社會上幹一番事業之際，卻傳來患上腦腫瘤的惡耗。

死者父親張長吉說，死者於今年1月感到身體不舒服，頭暈、嘔吐，初期在政府醫院治療，發現了腦腫瘤的病症，而轉入專科醫院醫治。

直到最近，病情一直未改善，最終送入吉蘭丹理科大學醫院。但是，他的病情一直惡化，終於在週四病逝。

張長安說，兒子生前為人樂觀及開朗，擁有堅定的信仰，並且認為，人生只是一個過客及驛站，身體是屬於臭皮囊，逝世後就應該把器官捐出，以讓世上的病黎受益。

課外活動積極份子

他指出，兒子在週四病逝後，我們為他實現生前許下的願望。其實，兒子的義舉具有拋磚引玉的意義，期望得到其他社會人士的仿效，以幫助遭受病魔糾纏的病患。

他說，兒子生前是素食者，在學校是課外活動的積極份子，其身體狀況良好。據理大醫院阿都拉尼教授說，吉華各器官狀況良好，適合捐獻病人。

張長吉說，他們也不想知道接受兒子器官捐獻的病人身份，這才是功德無量。不過，有一名病人家屬非常高興，特地前來道謝，並表示已患上腎病7年了，等到週四方獲得換腎及有了重生的機會。

張母對兒深感光榮

張吉華的母親游素芬，在弟弟游建好的陪同下，向記者陳述兒子生前事跡時說，兒子捐出所有的器官，向人世間散播愛的種子，令她深感光榮。

她說，吉華是獨生兒，上有一名姐姐張婉君（21歲）。兒子生前相當自愛、充滿愛心、助人之心、公德心及循規蹈矩。

她說，兒子人生觀豁達，即刻患上腦腫瘤，仍樂觀以對。 （星洲日報‧2006/05/12)