The Infamous Food Critic

Even after the giant shrunk, food is still all so important! He is so famous for his critics on the cuisines served at the hospital that his high EQed nurse went looking for the 2008 menu before he even arrived on 2 Jan this final cycle .... unfortunately it was unavailable.

Well, he just have to make do! Fortunately for him, it seems like the cook received a telepathic message from him, the high steamed food for the 2nd and 3rd cycle looked more presentable. Here's a peep of how the diet is served as I know many are curious.

The Last Cycle

"I feel like crying... cry with tears of joy!" said he during the last day of chemo treatment on Sat, 5th Jan. (His face radiating with joy.... posing with the last bag of chemo drug)

For an active person who is incapable of sitting still and a low tolerance of pain, conquering 8 months of battles - hospitalisation, surgeries, blood tests, scans, side effects, was certainly a admirable feat.

It would certainly be very much more difficult if not for his acceptance of Christ. He learnt to appreciate instead of fault finding, take things in his stride instead of opposing, rationalise instead of jumping into conclusions, trust instead of being skeptical. Most of all, he said he finally understood how to love unconditionally.

With the last 3 bags of stem cells infused today, 7th Jan, he has finally crossed the last hurdle, the only left to the finishing line is for the body to heal.

The Disappearing Act

For family and friends who have known us for a long time, we are a couple who just can't catch up with advancement of technology.... it took us awhile to even invest in a digital camera. To start with, the initial blog template was created by a friend in Hong Kong 4 months ago.

So this amateur couple started to capture our memories. The photos we eagerly took, scanned through together, selected few to post on the blog, wrote captions, had plans to make slide shows, ready to scan into a disc once everything is organised and many more.

Hmmm... when 2 amateurs get excited and try their hand at sorting files, transferring images, shuffle and reshuffle into different programs, things do get haywire. Much to our dismay....95% of the pictures were gone. Even the ones in the camera disappeared!

The shock and disappointment were written all over our faces! Kevin took longer to get over it as he was looking forward in organising them into albums and transfer into a DVD.

Most of all, he wanted to post on this blog our pizza party!!! The pizzas were made from scratch (flour & the works), even the sauce was homemade. There were names given for some pizzas - "Heng Dai" created by the boys, "MaMaPiZa" created by mom, "Anal-Za" for a pizza with an anal placement of ingredients... we even made a special chocolate banana pizza for the countdown to the new year! Well, it gives us another reason to hold another larger pizza party!

For the photos we took with some of you, they will always be in our hearts. Meanwhile, we will start our collection again.....

Looking Ahead a Positive Direction!!

It was a wonderful week spending time with family and friends at home whilst preparing for the final 3rd high dose cycle. Christmas was always fun and jovial with sumptious and delicious meals and great company. Spending the final day of year 2007 with the Lord was my first time, but a meaningful one as I would move forward welcoming year 2008 in a more enlightened direction.

Nevertheless our New Year dinner was fun as well..... We had our very own first of its kind create-your-own pizza party. Making pizza was fun from kneading pizza dough, making the sauce, creating your own ingredients till stuffing it into your own belly was exciting and satisfying.

Overall, year 2008 awaits me with a new direction in life......

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"These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." (John 16:33)