Oasis - Live Forever (John Lennon mix)

wisdom of john lennon

In The Mood For Love

This entry is about a date we had which contained videos of seemingly a mundane and pointless activity.

If you are patient and interested enough to see how our date went, you can start to load the videos I posted below first. Do it now.

If you are not interested in whatever I have to say, please direct yourself to this more interesting link.


It's been a long long while since we spend some quality time together what with our different schedules. And today we dated somewhere near her area. Seeing that there's Bottle Tree Park which just newly opened, we decided to went for a stroll.

Yes, we like to stroll aimlessly on our dates. Her shyness to express her vocal prowess with my croaked voice to boot void us in KTVs, she doesn't like to drink as much as I do and me, well I don't have enough money to drink either makes pubbing/clubbing a no no. Her love for shopping which is clearly a torture for me to bear allows a little compromise that malls are for special occasions only. Plus, we don't have enough friends to mingle our content with.

That leaves walking around places. Cheap, non-intoxicating, healthy and intimate.

Breathing starlight and invisible mooches of cooling electricity on our skin.

Our take on bouncing, public walls, vulgarity and handphones

Macdonald and Ow~ Ow~

Invisible flowers, mud and moons in Bottle Tree Park

This is the part where we try to stage an act on a romantic encounter at the park, and failed at doing so miserably

Discriminated by the youth of our nation!

Phone = N73

2046

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A Moment To Remember

Which piece of memory would you take to eternity?

Hold that thought and then consider about it at the end of this entry.

A dozen of years ago, I caught this Japanese art flick offering a refreshing preceptive on afterlife. After one dies, the film claimed, one hovers in an administrative custom-like office for a week. With service-oriented staff members interviewing the dead, processing the queue with slide shows and pamphlets explaining the afterlife process. The dead would be shown the course of their lives in a small room with bulks of video tapes. Each slices of the very details of their lives reeled on the television like a familiar movie. After which, the dead will fill up a form, indicting which would be their decided favorite memory of their lives.

When a week was up, the dead would be shown the clip of the memory they loved and forever they would live in those seconds of memory.

How wonderful would that be?

Which piece of memory would you take to eternity then?

I used to have one that I would take it with me to afterlife. That one moment I would forever be embedded in, living every breathing seconds of it in eternity.

When I was a nursing student, I had a very brief romance with a girl which I affectionately named 'Wang Xiao Jie' (Miss Wang). It lasted only a week and was rather loop-sided. My recovery phase from it was me spending my nights blasting her favorite song 'First Love' on my part-time job working in the Arcade. Every single night, for seven whole hours, the gamers would have to endure non-stop looping of that Hikaru Utada's hit. Nights and nights at the closing of the Bedok Funland, I sat in a corner behind the counter stoning to that song.

Of course, that wasn't the favorite memory. But that was how much WXJ meant to me in those days.

My favorite memory which I would bring to eternity, was one exhaustive night after my nursing attachment, I went to meet her at a bustop near her house. I sat at the plastic seat as she approached. I was too tired to even to stand up and greet her. As she stood erected in front of me, I just simply laid my head softly on her tummy and she hugged my head. I remembered the flashing taxis, the orangish street lights, the suffocating shadows of the night and the burden of my tiredness completely erased by her touch.

That was what I would spent eternity in.

Then again, it would be so wrong to immortalise WXJ in such a way after she ripped my heart carelessly like cheap kindergarten colored papers.

Because unlike me, beneath our touch, she felt no real love nor loss for me.

This week, I took some time between my nodding off on the train on my way to work and feeding patient against the sunny backdrop of Novena, to redefine my favorite peel of memory.

As I floated around the hopes, dashing of hopes, misery, a ray of light, tears and eyes of utter despair in the hospital, I decided to take on that question more casually.

Maybe my favorite memory is still on its way.

It might be late, but it will come. It will be awesome.

What about you?

Which piece of memory would you take to eternity?

The Strokes - Hard To Explain

a very interesting way to shoot an MV, it was like shooting the video in his head. directed by Roman Coppola.

Was an honest man
Asked me for the phone
Tried to take control
I don't see it that way
I don't see it that way

We shared some ideas
All obsessed with fate
Ways we're all the same
I don't see it that way
I don't see it that way

Raised in Carolina
I'm not like that
Trying to remind her
When we go back

I missed the last bus
I'll take the next train
I tried but you see
It's hard to explain
I say the right thing
But act the wrong way
I like it right here
But I cannot stay
I watch the tv
Forget what I'm told
Well I am too young
And they are too old
The joke is on you
This place is a zoo
You're right, it's true

He said he can't decide
I shake my head to say
Everything's just great
Oh I just can't remember
Oh I just can't remember

Raised in Carolina (she says)
I'm not like that
Trying to remind her
When we go back

I say the right thing
But act the wrong way
I like it right here
But I cannot stay
I watch the tv
Forget what I'm told
Well I am too young
And they are too old
I'll make it you see
I'm ever so pleased
Pretend to be nice
So I can be mean
I missed the last bus
I'll take the next train
I try but you see
It's hard to explain

Prodigy - Breathe

Bring them back!!!!

Breathe with me

Breathe the pressure
Come play my game I'll test ya
Psychosomatic addict insane
Breathe the pressure
Come play my game I'll test ya
Psycho-somatic addict insane

Come play my game
Inhale, inhale, you're the victim
Come play my game
Exhale, exhale, exhale

Breathe with me

Breathe the pressure
Come play my game I'll test ya
Psychosomatic addict insane
Breathe the pressure
Come play my game I'll test ya
Psycho-somatic addict insane

Come play my game
Inhale, inhale, you're the victim
Come play my game
Exhale, exhale, exhale

Come breathe with me
Breathe with me

Muse - Starlight

Far away
The ship is taking me far away
Far away from the memories
Of the people who care if I live or die

Starlight
I will be chasing the starlight
Until the end of my life
I don't know if it's worth it anymore

Hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You in my arms

My life
You electrify my life
Let's conspire to ignite
All the souls that would die just to feel alive

But I'll never let you go
If you promised not to fade away
Never fade away

Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations
Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations

Hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You in my arms

Far away
The ship is taking me far away
Far away from the memories
Of the people who care if I live or die

And I'll never let you go
If you promise not to fade away
Never fade away

Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations
Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations

Hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You in my arms
I just wanted to hold

The Strokes - Juicebox (uncut)

Close your door and window and blast this one.

Everybody sees me
But its not that easy
Standing in the lightfield
Standing in the lightfield
Waiting for some action
Waiting for some action
Why wont you come over here

Why wont you come over here
We've got a city to love
Why wont you come over here
We've got a city to love

Oh
Time crutches
We die slow for you
I know you miss the
Way I saw you
And cold
You're so cold
You're so cold
You're so cold

Nobody can see me
Everythings too easy
Standing in the lightfield
Standing in the lightfield
Waiting for some action
Waiting for some action
To say
Why wont you come over here

Why wont you come over here
We've got a city to love
Why wont you come over here
We've got a city to love

Oh
Time hurts so
Oh time
So simply
You can never trust me
For a while
It was nice
But its time to say bye

Cold
You're so cold
You're so cold
You're so cold

NO NO NO
You're so cold
You're so cold
You're so cold

NO NO NO NO
You're so cold
You're so cold
You're so cold

Oh
You're so cold

Bjork - All Is Full Of Love (Live 8)

you'll be given love
you'll be taken care of
you'll be given love
you have to trust it

maybe not from the sources
you have poured yours
maybe not from the directions
you are staring at

trust your head around
it's all around you
all is full of love
all around you

all is full of love
you just aint receiving
all is full of love
your phone is off the hook
all is full of love
your doors are all shut
all is full of love!

all is full of love
all is full of love
all is full of love
all is full of love
all is full of love
...

Nirvana - About a Girl (Live! Tonight! Sold Out!)

I need an easy friend.
I do, with an ear to lend.
I do think you fit this shoe.
I do, won't you have a clue.

[Chorus]
I'll take advantage while.
You hang me out to dry.
But I can't see you every night, free.

I standing in your line.
I do hope you have the time.
I do pick a number too.
I do keep a date with you.

[Chorus]...

[Solo]...

I need an easy friend.
I do, with an ear to lend.
I do think you fit this shoe.
I do, won't you have a clue.

I'll take advantage while.
You hang me out to dry.
But I can't see you every night.
No I can't see you every night, free. I do. [x4]

Stereophonics - Dakota (Live 8 London)

Thinking about thinking of you
Some of the time thinking it was due
Yeah thinking it was due.
Laying back, head on the grass
Children grown having some laughs
Yeah having some laughs.

Made me feel like the one
Made me feel like the one
The one
Made me feel like the one
Made me feel like the one
The one

Drinking back, drinking for two
Drinking with you
And drinking was new
Sleeping in the back of my car
Never went far
Needed to go far

Made me feel like the one
Made me feel like the one
The one
Made me feel like the one
Made me feel like the one
The one

I don’t know where we are going no
I don’t know where we are going no

Wake up for coffee and juice
Remembering you
What happened to you?
I wonder if we’ll meet again
Talk about us instead
Talk about why did it end

Made me feel like the one
Made me feel like the one
The one
Made me feel like the one
Made me feel like the one
The one

I don’t know where we are going no
I don’t know where we are going no

So take a look at me now

Hysteria - Muse

it's bugging me
calling me
and twisting me around

yeah I'm endlessly
caving in
and turning inside out

because I want it now
I want it now
give me your heart and your soul
and I'm breaking out
I'm breaking out
that's when she'll lose control

yeah it's hurting me
morphing me
and forcing me to strive

to be endlessly
caving in
and dreaming of my love

because I want it now
I want it now
give me your heart and your soul
I'm not breaking down
I'm breaking out
that's when she'll lose control

and I want you now
I want you now
I feel my heart implode
and I'm breaking out
escaping now
feeling my faith grow old

Richard Ashcroft and Coldplay - Bittersweet Symphony (Live 8)

'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life
Try to make ends meet
You're a slave to money then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places
where all the veins meet yeah,

No change, I can change
I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mold
I am here in my mold
But I'm a million different people
from one day to the next
I can't change my mold
No, no, no, no, no

Well I never pray
But tonight I'm on my knees yeah
I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now
But the airways are clean and there's nobody singing to me now

No change, I can change
I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mold
I am here in my mold
And I'm a million different people
from one day to the next
I can't change my mold
No, no, no, no, no
I can't change
I can't change

'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life
Try to make ends meet
Try to find some money then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places
where all the things meet yeah

You know I can change, I can change
I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mold
I am here in my mold
And I'm a million different people
from one day to the next
I can't change my mold
No, no, no, no, no

I can't change my mold
no, no, no, no, no,
I can't change
Can't change my body,
no, no, no

I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
Been down
Ever been down
Ever been down
Ever been down
Ever been down
Have you ever been down?
Have you've ever been down?

Coldplay - In My Place (Live 8)

In my place, in my place
Were lines that I couldn't change
I was lost, oh yeah

I was lost, I was lost
Crossed lines I shouldn't have crossed
I was lost, oh yeah

Yeah, how long must you wait for him?
Yeah, how long must you pay for him?
Yeah, how long must you wait for him?

I was scared, I was scared
Tired and underprepared
But I wait for you

If you go, if you go
Leaving me here on my own
Well I wait for you

Yeah, how long must you wait for him?
Yeah, how long must you pay for him?
Yeah, how long must you wait for him?

Please, please, please
Come on and sing to me
To me, me

Come on and sing it out, out, out
Come on and sing it now, now, now
Come on and sing it

In my place, in my place
Were lines that I couldn't change
I was lost, oh yeah
Oh yeah

Coldplay - Fix You (Live 8)

When you try your best, but you don't succeed
When you get what you want, but not what you need
When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep
Stuck in reVerse
When the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can't replace
When you love someone, but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

High up above or down below
When you too in love to let it go
If you never try you'll never know
Just watch and learn

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

Did I Fall Or Was I Pushed?

Ting! Went the buzz of the microwave.

Time: Ashen grey.

I sat in the dark of the kitchen looking at the orange indicator that said Ting!

I'm not ready to go back.

Fast forward eighty three hours later.

I'm dressed in my dirty blue scrubs of human stains and diseases, crouching low beside the patient's bed holding her eightyish old hand. Her helpless family crying around me. The patient wanted to pull out her feeding tube. She wanted to die. The family cried at their helplessness. I held her hand lightly. The longest hour of my life.

Ring! Went someone's phone.

Time: Sunlight rarely.

I was in the train. The sun was smothering my eyes.

I'm not ready to go back.

Backward seven hours ago, my cubical wailed. Three beds, three women crying, sobbing and moaning for the entire day. Their wailing were haunting. Their pain vocalised. One was going crazy, one was rotting off in flesh and bits and the other was dying.

What a fuckup career.

Click, click, click went the brand new pen torch in my hand. Click and shine into the souls of others through their constricted pupils.

I only saw misery.

Twenty four hours ago, I was at the ceiling watching myself working. I was wondering why did I do this to myself.

Snap, snap, snap went the lightbulbs in my head. There were no more life in them.

Blink, blink, blink. Twenty four hours ago, I looked into the pupils in the mirror, hoping to catch a glimpse of my soul.

Time: Ashen grey.

I'm not really to go back.

Garbage - Push it

No band will and can be cooler then them.

I was angry when I met you
I think I'm angry still
We can try to talk it over
If you say you'll help me out
Don't worry baby (don't worry baby)
No need to fight
Don't worry baby (don't worry baby)
We'll be alright
Chorus:
This is the noise that keeps me awake
My head explodes and my body aches
Push it, make the beats go harder
Push it, make the beats go harder
I'm sorry that I hurt you
Please don't ask me why
I want to see you happy
I want to see you shine
Don't worry baby (don't worry baby)
Don't be uptight
Don't worry baby (don't worry baby)
We'll stay up all night
Chorus
C'mon push it, you can do it
C'mon prove it, nothing to it
C'mon use it, let's get through it
C'mon push it, you can do it
Don't worry baby (don't worry baby)
Don't be uptight
Don't worry baby (don't worry baby)
We'll stay up all night
Chorus-(3x)
Don't worry baby
We'll be alright
Don't worry baby
We'll be alright
Push it (x5)

Garbage - I think I'm paranoid

You can look but you can't touch
I don't think I like you much
Heaven knows what a girl can do
Heaven knows what you've got to prove
I think I'm paranoid
And complicated
I think I'm paranoid
Manipulate it
Bend me break me anyway you need me
All I want is you
Bend me break me breaking down is easy
All I want is you
I fall down just to give you a thrill
Prop me up with another pill
If I should fail, if I should fold
I nailed my faith to the sticking pole
I think I'm paranoid
Manipulate it
I think I'm paranoid
And complicated
Bend me break me anyway you need me
All I want is you
Bend me break me breaking down is easy
All I want is you (verse x2)
Steal me
Deal me
Anyway you heal me
Maim me
Tame me
You can never change me
Love me
Like me
Come ahead and fight me
Please me
Tease me
Go ahead and leave me
Bend me break me anyway you need me
As long as I want is you it's alright (verse x2)

Old Boy Trailer

Fatboy Slim - Weapon Of Choice

Liang: Have you watched the clip I recommended to you?

Me: Weapon Of Choice, No. Why?

Liang: It has Christopher Walken! Freakin Christopher Walken!

Me: Okay... With a story? Was it a good story?

Liang: No, just Christopher Walken dancing!

Me: And?

Liang: It's freaking Christopher Walken dancing, all the way!

Me: ???

And so I watched Weapon Of Choice...

Whoa, Freaking Christopher Walken dancing!!!!


Lyrics for: Weapon Of Choice

Don't be shocked by tone of my voice
Check out my new weapon, weapon of choice
Don't be shocked by tone of my voice
Check out my new weapon, weapon of choice yeah

Listen to the sound of my voice
You can check it on out, it's the weapon of choice yeah
Don't be shocked by tone of my voice (aah...)
It's the new weapon, the weapon of choice yeah

You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
Or you can blow wit' us (X2)

Walk without rhythm, it won't attract the worm
Walk without rhythm, and it won't attract the worm
Walk without rhythm, and it won't attract the worm
If you walk without rhythm, you'll never learn

Don't be shocked by the tone of my voice
Check out my new weapon, weapon of choice
Don't be shocked by the tone of my voice
Check out my new weapon, weapon of choice

Be careful, we don't know them
Be careful, we don't know them
Be careful, we don't know them
Be careful, we don't know them

You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
Or you can blow wit' us (X2)

Organically grown
Through the hemisphere I roam
To make love to the angels of life, yeah
And my girl
I guess you just don't understand
It's gone beyond being a man
As I drift off into the night
I'm in flight
She's a boy's scoundrel gal
But I'm gonna hold my cool
Cause the music rules, yeah
So move on baby
Check it out

Halfway between the gutter and the stars, yeah
Halfway between the gutter and the stars
Yeah

You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
You can blow wit' this
Or you can blow wit' that
Or you can blow wit' us (X2)

The Singaporean Death Guide #3 - Arranging A Funeral

You can engage a funeral director to help you with the funeral. Depending on your religion, the funeral ceremonial rites and costs may vary widely. A funeral can be as simple or as elaborate in accordance with the wishes of the deceased or family. The following are some points to consider:

• Funeral Wake

Decide the location and the duration of the funeral wake e.g. at the funeral parlour, void deck or house.

If you are holding the wake at the viod deck, you will need to get a permit from your Town Council. If you are holding the wake in your landed property and need to use part of the road outside your house, you will need to get a permit from the Land Transport Authority. Your Funeral Director will assist you on this.

Please not that if the funeral wake extends more than 7 days after death, prior written permission will have to be sought from the National Environment Agency.

Please write to:
National Environment Agency
Environment Health Department
40 Scotts Road, Environment Building,
#21-00 Singapore 228231

• Burial/Cremation
  

Your funeral director can help you with the booking of the date and time for cremation or burial. Otherwise, you can do the bookings through the phone or at the relevant booking office:

Burial:

Cremation:

The NRIC of the applicant and next-of-kin, as well as the original
Death Certificate, which contains the Permit to Bury/Cremate is needed
when booking for burial or cremation.

Please not that of the
deceased is to be cremated, any valuables placed in the coffin will not
be recoverable after the high heat of cremation.

• Placing An Obituary

If you wish to place an obituary, please contact the local newspapers

• Storage of Ashes/ Scattering The Ashes At Sea

The ashes of the deceased can be stored at home or in a columbarium. Niches are available at the three government-managed columbaria and other private columbaria:

You will need to bring your NRIC and the Death Certificate to book for a niche.

Ashes may also be scattered at sea. The scattering of small amounts of ashes can be carried out at the designated site located about 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) south of Pulau Semakau. The scattering of ashes can be conducted daily, from 7:00am to 7:00pm. For further information on scattering of ashes, please call the Marine Safety Control Centre at telephone number: 6325-2488.

end.

Placebo - Drag (live acoustic)

you're always ahead of the game,
i drag behind,
you never get caught in the rain,
when i'm drenched to the bone every time,
you're the first one to swim across the scene,
i lag behind,
you're always ahead of the game,
while i drag behind..

i drag behind (x4)

you're always ahead of the pack,
i drag behind,
you posses every trait that i lack,
by coincidence or by design,
you're the monkey i got on my back,
that tells me to shine,
you're always ahead of the pack,
while i drag behind..

i drag behind (x8)

you're always ahead of the rest,
when i'm always on time,
you got a's on your algebra test,
i failed and they kept me behind,
i just gotta get off my chest,
that i think you're divine,
you're always ahead of the rest,
while i drag behind..

i drag behind (x8)

Placebo - A Song To Say Goodbye

You are one of god's mistakes.
You crying, tragic waste of skin.
I'm well aware of how it aches.
And you still won't let me in.
Now I'm breaking down your door,
To try and save your swollen face.
Though I don't like you anymore
You lying, trying waste of space.

My oh my. A song to say goodbye,
A song to say goodbye,
A song to say,
Before our innocence was lost
You were always one of those blessed with lucky 7's,
And the voice that made me cry.
My oh my.

You were mother nature's son.
Someone to whom I could relate.
You're needle and your damage done,
remains a sordid twist of fate,
Now I'm trying to wake you up,
To pull you from the liquid sky.
'Cause if I don't we'll both end up with just your song to say goodbye.

My oh my. A song to say goodbye,
A song to say goodbye,
A song to say,
Before our innocence was lost
You were always one of those blessed with lucky 7's,
And a voice that made me cry.
It's a song to say goodbye.

Jay Chou - Twilight's Chapter Seven (夜的第七章)

歌手：周杰伦 专辑：依然范特西

1983年小巷12月晴朗
面对第7章
打字机继续推向结局深深的码下一行
闻着那烟头的雾
看着枯萎的树树也仓皇对我哭
远看前方的圆形广场
回家只是悲伤
月光下的徽章微凉
无人发出声响思念的北方
邪恶在维多利亚的月光下写下的稿
青涩的收场交汇的手掌
融化的理想谁不在场
图画挂在墙上破坏的假象
矛盾通往他对街的小巷
争取变完美的乐章
那操纵这不能诉控的罪就像
我写了首华丽残酷的乐章
把这种理想我会亲手写上
晨曦的光风干吹走一道忧伤
黑色的墨燃烧了香
☆歌词提供:再兴
此时只能吹向没有脚印的土壤
突兀的虚无幻想可以信念的不忠
每个人为不同的理由带着面具说谎
到今夜只有一种名字那叫做欲望
farfartherfarther
越过人心的造作现实的可以不被弄脏
我们可以以往平淡的必需
直到真相被移动
破坏的天窗到最后一块都超越平常
我听见脚步声是预料的软皮鞋跟
他推开门晚风好冷没有的预征
他自己听在诉说的名称我转身
熄灭时的夜空开始沸腾
杜鹃花在学会绽放夜里的曙光
我品尝着最后一口甜美的恣想
回想回想这也只是安静的生长
提琴在泰晤士河岸游荡瞬碎鱼步
我写了首华丽残酷的乐章
把这种理想我会亲手写上
黑色的墨燃烧了香
如果我写了首华丽残酷的乐章
把这种理想我会亲手写上
晨曦的光风干吹走一道忧伤
黑色的墨燃烧了香

Placebo - Follow the cops back home (MV)

This is the music video for Placebo's Follow The Cops Back Home. If you are impatient, kindly go to this link for the live version: http://raknax.multiply.com/video/item/59

The call to arms was never true
Time to imbibe here's to you
I'll tell you stories bruised and blue
Drum machines and landslides

Just one more round before we're through
More psychedelic yuppie flu
It's such a silly thing to do
Now we're stuck on rewind

Let's follow the cops back home
Follow the cops back home
Let's follow the cops back home
And rob their houses

The call to arms was never true
Let's take a ride and push it through
Suspended animation in blue
Blame it on apartheid

Let's spend the night in Jimmy Choos
I'll give you coats and cheap shampoo
I'll give you nothing else to do
Now we're stuck on rewind

Let's follow the cops back home
Follow the cops back home
Let's follow the cops back home
And Rob their houses

The call to arms was never true
I'm medicated, how are you?
Let's take a dive swim right through
Sophisticated point of view

The Singaporean Death Guide #2 - Death At Home

What to do if you are with someone who dies at home and during office hours?

Contact your family doctor who has been attending to the deceased. If the family doctor is able to certify the death, he will issue the CCOD on the spot. If he is unable to certify the death, call the Police for the body to be sent to the Centre for Forensic Medicine (CFM) Mortuary (located at Block 9 Singapore General Hospital) in a Police Hearse. The family will be told by the Police when to go down to the CFM Mortuary (usually the next day).

If you do not have a family doctor, contact the Police who will come to your house. The Police will contact the Forsensic Death Investigator (FDI). The FDI will come to your house to certify the cause of death. If cause of death can be certified, the FDI will issue the CCOD on the spot. If death cannot be certified, the Police will arrange for the body to be sent to the CFM Mortuary in a Police Hearse. The family will be told by the Police when to go down to the CFM Mortuary (usually the next day).

* Office Hours refer to : Mondays to Fridays (0800 to 1630)
Sat, Sun and Public Holidays (0800 to 1230)

What to bring to CFM?

- All medical documents relating to the deceased
- All medicine consumed by the deceased
- Identification papers of the deceased and informant e.g. NRIC/ Passport/ Certificate of Registration of Birth/ Fin Card

On engaging a funeral director, kindly refer to step 2 and 3 of the previous entry.

Then what if someone dies at home after office hours?

If death occurs at home after office hours:

Die die still have to obtain Certificate of Cause of Death (CCOD)

If your family doctor who has been attending to the deceased is unavailable, contact any of the neighbourhood doctor who is willing to make a house call (For what I know, house calls are usually quite expensive.)

If you are unable to contact a doctor, call Police. Then so on and so fro to the CFM.

At CFM, if autopsy reveals that the death is unnatural, the Police will need to conduct further investigations into the cause of death and the family will need to assist. Once the investigation is completed, the family will be told by the Police to attend a Coroner Inquiry at the Subordinate Courts.

The Singaporean Death Guide #1 - Death In A Hospital

What to do when a death occurs?

Step 1:
Obtain a Certificate of Cause of Death (CCOD) from the ward nurse when the doctor at the hospital can certify the cause of death if the cause of death is known AND the cause is natural. This can be done by producing the identity card of the deceased.

If the doctor is unable to determine the cause of death, or a death has been the result of or has been contributed by an unnatural event (e.g. surgical complication, a fall prior to admission), the doctor is under the requirement of the law (Criminal Proceedings Code) to refer the case to the Police/Coroner. In such cases, the body will be sent to the Centre for Forensic Medicine (CFM) Mortuary (located at Block 9 Singapore General Hospital) in a Police Hearse. The hospital will arrange for this to be done. The family will be told by the Police when to go down to the CFM Mortuary (usually the next day).

At the CFM Mortuary:

- Identify and view the body in the presence of the Coroner.

- The Coroner will review the case and determine if an autopsy is required.

- The family will be informed of the Coroner's decision and the time to claim the body for the funeral.

Step 2:
Engage a Funeral Director who will:

- collect body from the hospital mortuary
- send the body for embalming (if required), and
- send the body to the location of the wake

Step 3:
Register Death

Prior to registration, the family should decide whether the body will be cremated or buried.

If the body is in a government restructured hospital, the registration can be done at the hospital (consult the ward nurse where to do the registration). The Certificate of Cause of Death will have to be produced to register the death.

If the body is in a private hospital, then the family will have to register the death at:

- any Police Divisional Headquarters. Neighbourhood Police Centre/ Post

- the Registry of Births & Deaths, 3rd floor, ICA Building, 10 Kallang Road. Tel: 63916100.

If the body is referred to the CFM Mortuary, the death will be registered at the CFM Mortuary.

A Scanner Darkly

Philip K. Dick's

The Muse - Knights of cydonia

What the fuck? Si Peh stylo!

And You Already Know How It Will End

A conclusion for
2006.

Before we buried 2005, I wrote a uber long
entry.
Summary impairment, it's a very haunting condition. There I wrote my
favorite play-list of the entire year and some meek
resolutions.

Journey in life is winding and
unpredictable; (who knows that instead of learning malay or run a
marathon, I went through a open heart operation - [1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7]
[8]
[9]?).
I think I'll scape the resolution part for 2007.

In
honor of closing the year, I'm gonna give out the raknax Award 2006
(which we had in 2005 as
well).





The
raknax Award 2006 for
top 5 movie
events go to:

(not in any
order)

The Host (Bong
Joon-Ho)

I Not Stupid Too
(Jack Neo)

Little Miss Sunshine
(Jonathan Dayton/ Valerie Faris)

Lady In The Water (M.
Night Shyamalan)

The Prestige
(Christopher Nolan)

The raknax Award
2006 for best music album of the
year goes to:

The Eraser (Thom
Yorke)

The raknax Award
2006 for the best graphical
novels
are:

V For Vendetta (Alan
Moore)

Death Note (Tsugumi
Ohba/ Takeshi Obata)

2006 was a very eventful year for me. I learnt more
about myself this year than a dozen combined.

-
That I could not grow a complete beard.

- That I
have a physique of Wolverine! (I healed darn fast from my
operation)

- That I can like other color than my
usual black. It's purple. Yes, you read it right, it's purple. I don't
know why I like purple, perhaps it's a gloomy color like black, or
perhaps I always associate it with kinky sex.

- That
I still like writing. Words, rhymes and its construction to relate a
story still fascinates me.

- That I'm warming up to
the idea of marriage. Now that's something.

- That
I'm in fact very needy. Thus it is very vital to know who you can rely
on, especially after the operation when I learnt the most important
thing about my life - who was there for me, and who wasn't there. It is
very important. No one wants to need the wrong person. I guess
ironically, it helps me to understand that I have so much yet so few
friends.

- That family is very important.



My dreams for 2007 continues to be the
same: Money, chicks and more
money.

Ya.