Don’t Say Goodbye… but say “I’ll see you soon”

Today my company is having an event that is celebrating happy birthday for employees whose having birthday in the month of April.

Least they know that two of their co-workers are leaving the company today ‘coz it will be their last day working in this company. Ironic? Naaah… I don’t think as it that way.

Not that I’m an expert in this whole ‘separation’ stuff. But, in life there is nothing that lasts forever. People come and go. One minute they are working with you, the next minute they’re not. So, it’s not surprising. However, I’m not arguing or saying that I don’t feel sad at all.

I do feel kinda sad for losing two of my best co-workers, my manager *lasts for two months aaaargh* and one of my crews. Both have been given a better chance to improve in their expertise.

Today, my other crew and Legal manager who are very close with my department are preparing a very simple gift for them. A picture of the five of us together which was taken on the 21st April 2010 wearing batik ^^.. huhuhuhuhuhuhuhu it makes her cry of course xixixixixi.. glad they love our gift.

So… I won’t say ‘Goodbye’ to them but I will say “I’ll see you soon” somewhere, some place where God put us together in the same road ^^,

cheers,

-lee-

Dramas 2

Hellooooo ^^

I’m in the middle of watching old K-Drama called “Princess Hours (Goong)” -just reached the episode 8 last night-and can’t wait to watch more *still waiting the 16 episode aaarghh* oh well… luv the story so far…

Here’s some pictures of it

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*to all blogger, thanks for the pictures*

I finally finished the watching this series. Over all, the story was great.. but hate the ending :p

-lee-

A Buried Ambition

Main Entry:	ambition
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	something desired
Synonyms:	aim, aspiration, desire, dream, end, enterprise, goal, hope, intent, mark, objective, purpose, target, wish

One of my ‘not yet’ accomplished ambition just this one: to be able to write my own novel *a great one* and everybody enjoy reading it

So, what’s yours?

-lee-

Our Dear Felice…

 Our Dear Felice

The story makes me furious…. Poor Felice.. What on earth were the teachers doing when she drowned?! How could they let that happen to a seven year old girl… Such a beautiful angel. Now she’s back in the hand of her Father in heaven and the family is struggling for justice on her case. Close the school, I say! Rest in peace, dear Felice… And for Felice’s family, may justice will always by your side and the truth be revealed soon. Amen.

Here’s the story I got from: http://www.facebook.com/notes/dukung-proses-hukum-felice-please-support-the-law-process-for-felice/explanation-about-felice/106379312730254:

Felice is going for a camp in which the teachers believed that the camp’s goal is to teach independence to children.

The camp is compulsory and if the students do not attend, they still have to pay quite an expensive amount of money for 2 nights 3 days camp at Sukabumi, Villa Pinus (indonesia.)

The camp is conducted from primary 2 to 6.

On the very first day, Felice passed away around afternoon.
we, the family, were informed at 3 pm but she was dead before 3pm.

firstly, the school were irresponsible because we, the family were called not at the moment when she was drowned, but after she died in the hospital, at the death room.
When we were on the way to the hospital, we were told that she was fainted, however, she was actually has died for few hrs ago.

Secondly, although the past 2 same trips few years ago were successfully carried out, the 3rd trip was a disaster.
The schedule for the trip were vague and that the schedule has no swimming as one of the activities.
So the teachers actually allowed students to swim without parental consent, but based on the students votes.
The teachers told us that they asked the students and only allowed those who answered that they could swim were allowed to swim.
However, the teachers should know the children’s psychology, they are still young, especially primary 2 students who could lie that they could swim just because they wanted to join in the fun.
How could they trust those little children?

For Felice, we dont allow her to bring any swimming related clothes and equipments.
The teachers shouldnt allow those who didnt wear proper costume to go for a swim.
And the evidence of her wet clothes (the last clothes she wore when she swam) was not found.
The teachers claimed that they need to cut her clothes into half so as to allow them to do a CPR. However, the clothes were not returned to us.

The hospital told us that she was drowned as her stomach was bloated, full of water.

The teachers at the site claimed that they are taking care of those children, but how could they be so naive to think that she was playing when she was already floating?

Her friends told us that they are the one who help felice and not the teachers, while the teachers claimed they were the one who help her, not her friends.

EVen if the teachers claimed that they were at the site, where are their eyes?

The schedule for the trip was vague and unclear.
But it is confirmed that from the list of things that she needs to bring for the trip and the schedule of the trip, there was no swimming stated as one of the activities.
the parents of other students re-confirmed that there is no swimming session in the whole trip.

The owner of the school told me that they were supposed to take a nap, not swimming, but because of the votes from children, they change the activities .

The hospital told the news that by the time she reached hospital, she was already dead. Her body was very bluish, showing that she was dead for quite a long time,
bt we were told that she was fainted! we couldnt contact the teachers when we were on our way,they do not wish to pick up our calls…

and, they blame her that she was having epilepsi…
well, all her life, she was really healthy,
she loves to play with water since young, since baby…
but she has never had any problem when she went to swimming pool (ancol,jakarta) with my parents. She play with water like any other children,
while epilepsi, means that when they get into water, they will tremble…
but she DID NOT!’ How could teachers said that without knowing and having a proper evidence! we as the family knows her condition better than anyone else!

of course her mouth comes out bubbles, not because she has that disease, but becasue her body was full of water!

She rarely falls ill, and whenn she gets sick, it is only a flu or a cough bt it heals after few days…

that makes my father take the case to the law as it is obvious that the school is not doing the right thing, and that they are covering many information,the truth about the incident.

We dont ask for money, life couldnt be bought with money, all we need is truth…
SHe must not go without knowing the truth. SHe must be remembered as someone who will save other children’s life.

she cares a lot for her friends and family,
we hope that this serves as a learning point to parents, students, teachers, principals, schools, etc.

However we were totally disappointed by the teachers and principals, they underestimate us and thought we were not serious about this case,
only after they saw that we have lawyer, then they started to say sorry, asking forgiveness, asking for peace, even telling us that they are willing to ‘compensate’…
hey, her life is not worth that dirty money!
i dont want her purity to be dirtied with materials!

i look at them deep inside their eyes , i dont see their sincerity,.
their mouth and tongue, the words that comes out is “i am sorry, i felt bad, but we have done our best” and not admitting that it is their carelesness!
they do admit but when they say sorry to me one by one, they do not say it individually.
i told them “done ur best? u think u have done ur best? REFLECT BACK on ur actions! “

so irresponsible, selfish….
Having a heart of ASH.

we hope that they have that courage to take up the responsibility, saying the truth, not covering it up!

the principal promised me that they will tell the truth…
but his words are BULLSHIT!

We sincerely let her go, we know that she is in heaven,
but we were totally disappointed with the teachers whom she respect, and the school.

We trust them that they will take care,..
then why they do not ask about our permissioN!

as parents, they wanted to follow, but they were not allowed to.
of course the only thing that they could do is to trust the teachers!
how do we know that they change the activity without parents’ permissioN?

the goal of the trip is to be independent?
well, primary 2 students… i dont think that age of 7 are old enough to go for a trip stayover without parents!
primary 5 or 6 are still acceptable.

1 teacher to take care of 3 students? them where is his/her eyes who are supposedly to take care of her?

the chronology is still vague and sometimes a doesnt makes sense.
the school and teachers covers up information.

we sincerely let her go, we do not ask for revenge.the case is in the process of lawsuit not because of money, revenge, or any negative
actions but truth!
We are disappointed at how they organised the trip and how they ensure the safety of the students.
Discipline and safety were not handled carefully and strictly.
they must not only be remminded every day, but APPLIED SERIOUSLY!
this case has shows how much they ensure discipline, safety, being responsible…

we hope the parents are more careful…
we hope schools were more responsible…
teachers are more reliable and trustworthy…

~You ask “how deep is our love?”~
I have made a poem from me-to-you,
representing the family,

*Our love is as vast as the ocean
Our love is as high as the clear blue sky
You are our Rainbow, our Sunshine,
Our Brightest Star
We love you more than words can say.*

by: felicity.

“It’s true what they say, when you were born, you cried and the people around you laugh happily..  But when you died, you smile knowing that you’ll coming home to your Father and the people you left behind cried.”

-lee-

From Medan

Wow…

My husband went to Medan last Monday to do an audit in his Company’s branch office. And it is his hometown too. But, he didn’t get much time to spend for sightseeing or anything. Just go to the office and back to the hotel to work again and rest in the middle of the night.

Long story short, I plurked this in my Plurk, and my friends instantly ask whether they can ‘titip’ (can’t seem to find this word in English aaarrrgh) some food originally made from Medan. So, I SMS my husband about it and he’s okay with it. And yesterday, before coming home, my husband went to the places I mentioned to buy the food.

I never taste some of the food before… Just based on my friend’s recommendation, such as Durian Pancake *it’s sooooooooooooooooooooooo yummy for durian’s lover *, the others are Bolu Meranti, Bakpia Tamiang *made with Pork Oil*, Lou Poh Piang and Bika.

Here’s the pictures:

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-lee-

Dramas

I looooooooooooooooooooooooooove movie so much, that I watched so much

I remember the first time I watched movie serial. The Taiwanese serial “Meteor Garden.” Typical story like a fairy-tale. A poor girl met her rich prince charming. It actually adapted from a Japanese comic called “Hana Yori Dango (Boys Over Flowers).”

So, I started to watch the “Meteor Garden I” then “Meteor Garden II” which I hate the story line I like MG I better. Then, my sister rented me several movie serial, hopefully I could remember the titles:

1. Ordinary People
2. Tokyo Love Story
3. MG I , MG II
4. Love Storm
5. The Hotelier (K-Dramas)
6. My Love Pattzi
7. Romance
8. Beautiful Life
9. Long Vacation
10. Endless Love
11. Ichi Ritorru No Namida (1 Litre of Tears)
12. Hana Yori Dango season 1, 2 and movie
13. Boys Before Flowers
14. Cinderella Man
15. Beethoven Virus
16. Coffee Prince
17. Tokyo Dogs *running*
18. Fantasy Couple
19. You Are Beautiful *Luv this movie so very much*
20. Brilliant Legacy (Shining Inheritance)
21. Mei-chan No Shitsuji
22. Nodame Cantabille *about to watch*

Hmm.. and others which I couldn’t remember anymore wkwkwkwkwkw.

Just love these movies so much Helps me to release the stress out of me.Oh well… drama lovers, any suggestion for good dramas? Just let me know ^^,

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-lee-

Happy Earth Day – 22nd April 2010

HAPPY EARTH DAY! Let’s keep our earth healthy! Long live the earth

Thanks Google for the picture ^^

-lee-

My Arts

Not that I’m an artist or something. I just love taking great scenery view from my camera-phone. Here’s some of my shots:

I took these pictures on my way home and going to the office. The first one is sunset, and the other one is in the morning.

And this one, I took it when I was waiting for my son who is been hospitalized. This was taken from the ICU floor of Sint Carolus Hospital.

-lee-

Dave Pelzer

It’s a book I read during my college years. I just kinda to remember it, because a friend just info some news about a mother who irons and hits her son with a pestle. Then I remember about the story of Dave.

The book sure made me cry. To think a child aged 5 would suffer that much, almost died because of the wounds. But God helped him. Through his teacher, Dave was able to survive. Glad he did

STOP CHILD ABUSE!!!

A Child Called “It”: One Child’s Courage to Survive is Dave Pelzer‘s autobiographical account of his alleged abuse as a child by an alcoholic mother, Catherine Roerva. It was published on September 1, 1995.

Surviving a childhood of not only severe abuse by his mother, but the apparent apathy to his plight by his father, Pelzer suffered one of the most severe documented cases of child abuse in California history.

The book starts with a normal day washing the dishes and Dave hopes he can get food. He is caught by his mother that he took his hand out of the water and is slapped. He was then late for school and he would usually run because he would have no time to steal food. So his mother had driven him as he usually would not. He was late so he needed to go to the office to place as late.

He would steal food from the kids’ lunch boxes and gobble down whatever he could in just a short amount of time, just because he was rarely fed. When the children started to notice that some of their food was missing, Dave was caught and the teachers called his mother, not knowing the effect that would have. At this point he began to be punished severely, made to do extra chores, and was banned from family activities.

The frequency of the beatings increased and they now occurred with his father present. That summer he was excluded in a family vacation. At first Dave’s father tried to stop the abuse but as time went on felt unable to intervene. His mother would never exclude his other siblings, who were treated well and never punished as severely as Dave.

The next year abuse intensified and he was no longer allowed to eat meals with the family. Dave was in charge of all the chores in the house while his siblings had few responsibilities. That Christmas, Dave’s mother showed him a letter she claimed that came from North Pole. It stated that Dave was a “bad boy” and would get no toys for Christmas. A few months later, his mother attempted to burn Dave on a stove. Abuse increased even more after that.

By the time he was in second grade, his mother began to make him go without food for extended periods of time. David was forced to sleep in the basement. He got an average of half a meal a day. When David was 10, she stabbed him in the stomach and did not take him to the hospital. The wound eventually became infected and he was forced to squeeze pus out of it himself. (though she did take care of the wound herself). By this point he was no longer considered part of the family and lived in the basement; he was denied basic contact, play, and food. His mother stated that she did not want Dave to interact with “her family.”

Over time the depth of the abuse worsened. David claimed he was forced to sit in the “prisoner of war” position (head bent backwards facing the sky, sitting on his hands). His mother stopped using his name and began referring to him first as “The Boy” and finally “It”. The punishments are reported to have evolved into “sick games” in which she made her son suffer. His little brother becomes his mother’s ‘Little Nazi’, who, brainwashed by the woman, enjoys watching Dave suffer.

Incidents cited in the book include forcing ammonia down his throat, sitting in a sealed bathroom while inhaling the fumes from a bucket of ammonia mixed with bleach (Gas Chamber), inducing vomiting followed by forced ingestion, smashing his face against a mirror while forcing him to say “I’m a bad boy”, lying in the bathtub naked with freezing water for hours, then made him sit in the shade while sunlight was just out of reach, rubbing his face in his baby brother’s soiled diaper, trying to make him eat his youngest brother’s feces, as well as starvation and general malnutrition, and accidentally stabbing him with a knife when he didn’t meet the time limit to do the dishes. Dave’s mother also attempted to force him to lie on a gas stove, saying, “Now sit on the stove so I can watch you burn and die.” Although she only held his arm over the flame.

In each of the sequels, the author reveals more forms of torture he did not describe in this book (e.g., his mother hitting his neck with a broom handle, causing his neck to swell so that he was unable to breathe).

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Child_Called_%22It%22

-lee-

God’s Promises

It’s just something I love doing it. I took these pictures just outside my office’s window. Nice clouds… Reminds me of God

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