SinfuL InDulgEnce

Monday, July 18, 2005

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Before I start my entry proper...
Here's wishing my long-time best friend Huiling: Happy 18th Birthday! =)

The recent buzz surrounding the NKF hype was very much unprecedented. Unfortunately, things turned into a mess even before the last round of NKF show was aired on Channel U. Predictably, event hosts Sharon and Cao did not ask the public for donations, neither were the figures raised and telephone hotlines shown onscreen. I suppose, no one had expected such a huge turn of events to happen overnight. Especially when it involved a major shift in the major positions within the non-profit public organization. True enough, charities that rely on the public' funding ought to be more transparent and accountable with their financial usages. This is necessary to restore the public's confidence.

Personally, I felt that the whole incident was just something that happened to the wrong person at the wrong place at the wrong time. I feel sympathetic, not just to the NKF patients, of which we donors have fervently been donating to, and also to other charities running on a smaller scale. It seems like the incident has left many Singaporeans disillusioned, about how "transparent" we really are and the money we painstakingly fork out. Where on earth are they really channelled to? I still recall one of the few incidents where my dad accidentally pressed 1900 112 6888...not knowing that this number was actually equivalent to 8 calls. The bill came and of course we were aghast. Nevertheless at that point of time, we felt it was for a good deed and didn't really felt the pinch then. As I looked at how commercialised charities have become nowadays, it seems like the public's compassion and generosity towards less fortunate people have been twisted in the hands of the higher powers.
Perhaps time can really heal. Yes, heal the minds and souls of the unfortunate victims.

Biology Practical last Thursday had never been more fun. We dissected sheep's heart! Though it reeked of a rotten cheesy stench, the process of "prying open" the sheep's heart was fascinating. I recall with fond memory the times spent in Anderson's Bio lab watching how Mrs Koh dissected the sheep's heart. Back then, our hearts were itching with excitement. Yet, to our disappointment, there were no hands-on. Initially, it felt disgusting, just by looking at the bloody heart, the various vessels surrounding it..Nevertheless, after shifting my mindset and thinking that it's no different from the one that they sold in the markets, the heart seemed so much more surmountable. Heh...and of course after the whole course of exploration, we had a hell of time chopping up the various parts of the heart into many identical sized pieces.
I'm looking forward to next week's practical...it's dissection of the kidney and rat!

InDuLgeD~|10:52 AM|

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In the mOod for chocs!

It's not that chocolates are a substitute for love. Love is a substitute for chocolate. Chocolate is, let's face it, far more reliable than a man. ~Miranda Ingram
Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get!
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thinking of: holidays!
watching: -
wishing for: tHe dAy tO cHill wItH a gOod bOok
learning: Table tennis!
reading: The 8th Habit
loves:
Kinder Bueno Chocs!
IKEA furniture
Kueh Bangkit
sNow!
西红柿炒蛋
酸梅汤
Pocky (Choc)
K-box
what's left:
movie recommendation: Cape No. 7
last DVD watched: Iron Man
last updated: 13:00 9 Jan 2009
coming up next:
finalterm exams
no. of days back to SG: 5 days
no. of days back to BJ: - day
Other involvements:
SICA(学生国际交流协会)
爱心社护老祖
手语分社表演组
NEAN 08 OC
FACES 08 OC
　 Dharma class

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