<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948199005514992141</id><updated>2012-02-09T20:23:28.807-08:00</updated><title type='text'>G@SR</title><subtitle type='html'>For the love of Literature...</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gatsr.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3948199005514992141/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gatsr.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>G Thing</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00753726822712054705</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948199005514992141.post-290460614804537379</id><published>2008-09-03T01:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T02:43:51.647-07:00</updated><title type='text'>This is my second personal post!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HGkFIMDEuDQ/SL5cEGLP9GI/AAAAAAAAAA4/MmGTsIayi4o/s1600-h/DSC_6317.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241728241752863842" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HGkFIMDEuDQ/SL5cEGLP9GI/AAAAAAAAAA4/MmGTsIayi4o/s320/DSC_6317.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HGkFIMDEuDQ/SL5bhQwMg6I/AAAAAAAAAAw/xMGbBFQ5PlU/s1600-h/DSC_6317.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cccccc;"&gt;These are the latest developments!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cccccc;"&gt;On Tuesday, 26th August 2008, I went for a routine check by with the oncologist, that I have been avoiding for some time because she was the doctor who was the harshest and did not want to pursue any course of action with the disease.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;However,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;this time, she was optimistic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;, ordered a CT Scan (to see the progression of disease in the lungs)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;and booked for Chemotherapy&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;My sister and I were very surprised because all the doctors said “nothing can be done”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;With Chemotherapy, there was 70% chance for the lung tumors to be decreased and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33cc00;"&gt;only 15% miracle chance for the spine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;because of the numerous operations, three Chemotherapy regimens and one convention radiotherapy:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33cc00;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;15% of a capillary reaching the spine to reduce and shrink the tumor.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#33cc00;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;The last Chemotherapy was in 2006.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When the CT scan results came back on Tuesday 2nd September&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;it showed reduction in the lung tumors and some tumors have disappeared.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Go&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;d be praised. It is a miracle. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffcc33;"&gt;So I have started Chemotherapy on the 2nd September.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;It is Carboplatin, a hour long infusion. Then I have one week off and go back to work for two weeks and Chemo on Tuesday of the third week. The cycle goes on for 3 cycles until review. If all is well, Dr. Soh will continue with the Chemotherapy for another 3 cycles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;The usual precautions of infections and since I have zero to minus immunity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffcc33;"&gt;students have to be mindful of not coming close with sniffles and coughs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffcc33;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;God be praised! My Life is a MIRACLE.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Love the G-Thing these miraculous times!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3948199005514992141-290460614804537379?l=gatsr.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gatsr.blogspot.com/feeds/290460614804537379/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3948199005514992141&amp;postID=290460614804537379&amp;isPopup=true' title='126 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3948199005514992141/posts/default/290460614804537379'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3948199005514992141/posts/default/290460614804537379'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gatsr.blogspot.com/2008/09/this-is-my-second-personal-post.html' title='This is my second personal post!'/><author><name>G Thing</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00753726822712054705</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HGkFIMDEuDQ/SL5cEGLP9GI/AAAAAAAAAA4/MmGTsIayi4o/s72-c/DSC_6317.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>126</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948199005514992141.post-4890354051769696776</id><published>2008-09-03T01:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T01:54:58.270-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Let us review what we know about IDENTITY</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;My dear pumpkins, let us now review what we know about &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;IDENTITY&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; by watching these videos and then apply it to &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;KING LEAR&lt;/span&gt; and even what &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;THEMES &amp;amp; IMAGES&lt;/span&gt; that you see in &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;OTHELLO.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Some thing to think about ...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;1. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;WHO AM I&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;(Just one scene of nudity)&lt;br /&gt;Spiritual video concerning identity with the words of philosopher Alan Watts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVXEiYyZKcY"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVXEiYyZKcY&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2. &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffcc66;"&gt;THE HUMAN QUEST FOR IDENTITY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A video made for the Art class in school in 2006 BY SERAPH 1892 - his very first one. One of his fave movies, GATTACA, gave him the main idea for this, so don't be surprised about the endingIt's divided into parts; &lt;em&gt;LIFE, MISSING IDENTITY&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;NATIONALITY&lt;/em&gt;. The music is "The Gravel Road" from "The Village Soundtrack".&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o_My2BmAoI"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o_My2BmAoI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;3.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#33ccff;"&gt;WHO ARE WE?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Identity - Kaun Hai Hum/ Who are we?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;This presentation was created for the Diwali-2004 show (DHOOM) by the University of Kansas Cultural India Club.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Here's the translation: This country of yours is your motherland And is calling out to you This is a bond which can never break How can you forget the scent of your earth You can go anywhere but you'll always come back In new paths, in every sigh To your lost heart Someone will say This land of yours is your motherland Life is telling you You have achieved everything now what's left Looks like happiness has been showered on you But you're far from your home Now come back oh crazy one Where at least someone will call you their own And will call out to you That very same country This land that is yours.. This moment has hidden in it A whole century of life Don't ask why, in the road Has come a fork with two ways You are the one who should choose the path You should choose which direction to take This very country This country of yours is your motherland.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD1VLJpF9qc"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD1VLJpF9qc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;4. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6666cc;"&gt;BRITISH ASIAN IDENTITY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Well known British-Asian personalities talk about their life, their roots and the music that they feel best relates to their identity.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7HaHJQqq1Y"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7HaHJQqq1Y&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;ASIAN-AMERICAN ID &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;What are your view points on your identity and the term Asian-American?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4dio_jotDU"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4dio_jotDU&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Enjoy,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;The G-Thing!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3948199005514992141-4890354051769696776?l=gatsr.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=2ec9eba85bb985f7&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gatsr.blogspot.com/feeds/4890354051769696776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3948199005514992141&amp;postID=4890354051769696776&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3948199005514992141/posts/default/4890354051769696776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3948199005514992141/posts/default/4890354051769696776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gatsr.blogspot.com/2008/09/let-us-review-what-we-know-about.html' title='Let us review what we know about IDENTITY'/><author><name>G Thing</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00753726822712054705</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948199005514992141.post-9200964388045008937</id><published>2008-07-08T14:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-16T05:44:17.062-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;And&lt;/em&gt; so finally my first personal blog entry and the truth about G!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Well it goes ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It all happened so fast that I did not even have time to think about it ... not even the security of a familiar ward to let the thoughts sink in ...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;So after about 13 operations, 3 Chemo regimes, 1 conventional radiation regime and 2 focalised Novlis radiation regime, I had a fever that took me to the EMERGENCY yet again. But there was no room at the inn ... no hospital beds available, that is, and so we waited ... several hours and by the time I was admitted, it was night at the HEART ward. I am a NEURO case.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;All this was in May, you understand.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;So, the &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;tumors, still small and lingering in the LUNGS - a small concern!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The &lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;brat that is causing all the problems - TUMOR resting and clinging to the nerves in the SPINE L3/4/5. It is growing&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;It is so cliched to say that it was a cold day in May, when Dr. John Thomas and his team came to give me the news.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;NOTHING&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;CAN BE DONE!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;No more OPERATIONS! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;No more CHEMO REGIMES! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;No more RADIATION! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;NOTHING&lt;/span&gt;! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;That word rang in the wilderness of my mind!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;So what now? How long? What happens? So many questions ...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc33;"&gt;The doctors do not know! Two months? Two years? Five years?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#33cc00;"&gt;So I wait ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#33cc00;"&gt;They say that I may not even be able to sit up one day ... anymore ... when ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The Pain Management Team are nice!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The Doctor and nurse, Chai from HCA are nice too!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;I&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt; was in pain&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;I was &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;on oral morphine and pain killers&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;They wheeled me around College in the College Wheelchair ... very uncomfortable! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;I was struggling to walk with the tripod and then the frame ... pretending at normalcy?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Then it happened overnight!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;My legs gave way ... I can whiggle my toes and kick out my legs but that was it. I could not walk!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;The tumor pressing on the nerves ... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;What else is going to happen?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;My sister was planning a holiday in June to Melbourne.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;John Thomas said, OK! He gave letters for the travel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The PAIN MANAGEMENT TEAM said, OK and gave me letters for the travel!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The Hospice said, OK, put me on a MORPHINE patch and gave me letters for the travel! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;MORPHINE is a control drug! I can get arrested without the letters!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;I am a BURDEN now! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;I cannot walk!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;We bought a wheelchair for a thousand dollars - comfortable - latest state of the art - not motorised though because I can still use my hands - do not get lazy ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;How can I go on a holiday when I cannot walk, I cannot even bathe myself or take myself to the toilet ... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;I am a BURDEN!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;I have lost my INDEPENDENCE!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;I have TRUST issues!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Then two of my ex-students who have become friends came to the picture!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;They want to go to Melbourne too!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;My brother in law, Martin and Richard, ex-srjcian, carried me in and out of the car and in and out of the wheel chair etc. OK!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;My sister and my student, &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Cheryl, ex-srjcian,&lt;/span&gt; bathed me and changed me, put me in adult diapers in case of accidents ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Who would have thought that the seventeen year old girl that I taught ten years ago, will do this service of love today! One of my angels! My god-child!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Ms Tammy Thiang, my "daughter" and Ms Melissa Chew are the other two angels in College&lt;/span&gt; - they take me to the toilet in College! What labour of LOVE! God Bless them!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;MELBOURNE has changed me!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;I was ready to throw in the towel but after the trip, I am different inside!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Dr John Thomas has put me on STEROIDS! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;It has reduced the swelling somewhere inside! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;But the water retention has made me look bloated! I feel like a pig with an orange in my mouth!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Although I am on the MORPHINE patch, I used to take oral Morphine and other medication!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;But now, I stopped the supplementaries!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;I have almost ZERO Pain score!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;ENJOY IT WHILE IT LASTS!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;It is euphoria!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;I do not know how long this is going to last!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;I wake up every day HAPPY!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;I go to sleep every day HAPPY!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;My sister does not want me to use that word, BURDEN!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;So I have trust issues ... I am learning to trust people to carry me in and out of the car.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Another three, four, five ... angels, God sent-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Mr. KOK WAI TONG&lt;/span&gt; - he takes me to College every morning - carrying me in and out of the car ... he is approaching sixty! What a man!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Mr. &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;GOH TONG WEE&lt;/span&gt; - he carries me out of the car and wheels me to my desk every morning. Some times, he takes me home!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Mr &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;SAMUEL TSUI&lt;/span&gt; takes me home sometimes. He has to carry me into the taxi and out of it again and then take himself home.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Mr. &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;EDSON NG&lt;/span&gt;, another ex-srjcian, has joined the angel troop ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;I am grateful ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;I have found a taxi service that carries me in the wheelchair. There are only twenty of them around and it costs about twenty five dollars between SRJC and home at Fernvale.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;There are ways to stay positive.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Sylvia Plath got it wrong ... She said, "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Dying / is an art, like everything else. / &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;I do it exceptionally well."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;No, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;It is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Living ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;Living is an art that like everything else ... we should strive to do it exceptionally well! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Plath took the easy way out! Living is more difficult!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc33;"&gt;So why am I saying all this to you?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Lets get all this morbidity out of the way!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;So I am a cancer patient and I am in hospice care. Get over it!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;I am living! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;So you do too! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Live! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;And while you live ... live your life right and spare a thought for others ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The G- Thing!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3948199005514992141-9200964388045008937?l=gatsr.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gatsr.blogspot.com/feeds/9200964388045008937/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3948199005514992141&amp;postID=9200964388045008937&amp;isPopup=true' title='24 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3948199005514992141/posts/default/9200964388045008937'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3948199005514992141/posts/default/9200964388045008937'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gatsr.blogspot.com/2008/07/and-so-finally-my-first-personal-blog.html' title=''/><author><name>G Thing</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00753726822712054705</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>24</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948199005514992141.post-8788379144325119019</id><published>2008-06-25T20:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T01:56:29.673-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Here are some interesting clips&lt;/span&gt; - &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;SYLVIA PLATH READING HER OWN POEMS&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; - what a treat!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Listen to her &lt;em&gt;tone,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;nuances&lt;/em&gt; etc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Plath reading &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff9900;"&gt;DADDY&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hHjctqSBwM"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hHjctqSBwM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plath reading &lt;span style="color:#33cc00;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;LADY LAZARUS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esBLxyTFDxE"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esBLxyTFDxE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plath reading &lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;ARIEL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJbX5o2gqhM"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJbX5o2gqhM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plath reading &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;FEVER 103°&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfgtiDvvAR8"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfgtiDvvAR8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plath reading &lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc6600;"&gt;THE APPLICANT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQySAjflgnA"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQySAjflgnA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Enjoy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The G-Thing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3948199005514992141-8788379144325119019?l=gatsr.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gatsr.blogspot.com/feeds/8788379144325119019/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3948199005514992141&amp;postID=8788379144325119019&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3948199005514992141/posts/default/8788379144325119019'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3948199005514992141/posts/default/8788379144325119019'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gatsr.blogspot.com/2008/06/here-are-some-interesting-clips-sylvia.html' title=''/><author><name>G Thing</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00753726822712054705</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
