為救其他孩子 醫生失去女兒

為救其他孩子 醫生失去女兒 2008年5月17日

【明報專訊】「爸爸，我沒死！爸爸，救我！」地震當天，36歲的四川南壩鎮醫生郝興軍聽到女兒在瓦礫下呼喊，但還有更多孩子的呻吟和呼救聲此起彼落。最後他救出了很多孩子，卻再聽不到女兒的聲音。

新華社引述郝興軍說，他當時離女兒就讀的南壩小學很近，地震發生後第一時間趕到現場，雖然明明聽到女兒在大叫「爸爸，救我！」但他覺得別人的孩子生命同樣寶貴，「先救一個算一個」，直到他回頭再尋找女兒時，已沒有了女兒的聲音。

「女兒才6歲4個月，去年剛上小學。」郝興軍抱覑女兒破損的紅書包，在已倒塌的南壩小學前呆坐了3天3夜了，「我對不起女兒啊，可那時候聽見別的孩子喊救命，我怎麼能見死不救？」南壩鎮屬於平武縣，地震後與外隔絕，救援人員直至前日才進入，南壩小學870名師生死傷近半。

Remember that I love you

母捨身救女 手機留遺言
「要記住我愛你」 2008年5月17日

【明報專訊】互聯網上日前流傳一段「短訊遺言」的故事，搶救人員在一片廢墟下發現一具女屍，被塌下的房屋壓住，身體保持雙腿跪地、雙手撐地的姿勢。救援人員摸到她已無氣息，又向廢墟內高聲詢問，沒有得到任何回應。救援隊員正準備撤離，但救援隊長忽然察覺有異，再次把手探進女人懷中，高聲喊﹕「有人！有個孩子，還活覑。」

經過一番努力，救援人員將壓在她身上的重物移去，發現她身體下面躺覑一名約三四個月大的嬰兒，包在一張紅底黃花的被褥中，不僅毫髮未傷，而且被救援人員抱出來的時候正在熟睡。隨行的醫生解開被子做例行檢查，發現有一部手機塞在被子裏，醫生看了手機，發現屏幕上是一條已經寫好的短訊 ﹕「親愛的寶貝，如果你能活覑，一定要記住我愛你。」這條短訊在救援隊伍中傳閱，令看慣了生離死別的救援人員都不禁落淚。

业勤语录（三）

今天我们到游乐场玩儿的时候，我不小心拐到了脚，一屁股坐在地上雪雪呼痛。勤勤见状，连忙坐到我身边，一手按着我的膝头，用关注的眼神看着我，说：

“妈妈，你的脚受伤了吗？”

我：对呀，妈咪的脚扭伤了，动不了了。

勤：那你要吃多一点饭咯，脚才会好！

我：（一时语塞）

Our 3 seconds of fame on Channel News Asia

Ben and I on TV...cameo appearance...if you can find us...:p

Sweet children of mine

Why did God make children so beautiful? They distract me to no end. Even their tantrums look heart-wrenchingly cute, especially when both cry for my attention at the same time. And their smiles...oh their smiles...I just want to do nothing but gaze adoringly at my children, so lovely they are to me...How do I ever discipline my children, when I feel like indulging their every whim?

But their lovely childhood is so short...it is like spring, one moment you gasp at the glorious bloom and the next moment, they are gone and the tree starts to bear fruit. They are now beautiful buds, waiting to bloom...and soon they will start their own families and bear fruit...and my babies will be no more...

Pretty babies, enjoy my caress whilst you may too, for soon you will fly the nest and seek out your horizons...parting is such sweet sorrow...and each beautiful day I share with you slips away like a shadow...

Row, row, row your boat...

I put Ben and Auggy in a little box together today to see what they would do in such close proximity (as in, would they kill each other? :p)

Auggy bursted out with the song "Row, row, row your boat" and shouted, "The ship will start soon! Booooooooboooooooo...."

As with all seasoned travelers, they brought foodstuff for their journey...And here is Auggy expressing surprise at Ben eating up his supplies...

"Oh no....you ate my mushroom?"



And here is Auggy regaining his food stock from Ben...Ben definitely looked disappointed...


Ah...the joys of parenthood!

Day out at the HK Zoological and Botanical Garden

Spring is FINALLY here!!! And spring is soooo worth celebrating. Beautiful flowers in bloom, sanguine weather, well-maintained HK parks....I simply luuuurrrrvvvvveeee the outdoors. Ironically, I enjoyed HK outdoors much more than the Singapore outdoors, though Singapore is a much "cleaner" city...I am sure the weather has everything to do with it. Or maybe it is because I am so not bothered about work here (term paper? what term paper?).

So it was a great day out. Clear sky, cool breeze, low human traffic (we set out as early as we could to beat the crowd). Both kids were good humored today. The only thing is...we should have brought extra batteries for the camera and packed our own lunch. But it's ok, we will definitely be back!

Here's Augustine trying to impress ang mo girls (actually there was another prettier one that he tried to chat up but she ran away before I could whip out the camera)


And here is Benedict trying to conquer the crocodile...


Here's Augustine trying to decide the odds against winning the crocodile in wrestling...


And this is Augustine's victory roar...


And having conquered the croc, Augustine must conquer the whale as well...


Benedict looking demure in his pram. :)


Beautiful spring flowers in bloom...too bad the battery went flat, else we would have more of the beautiful park...

Auggy's Soft Spot

Today Miss Crystal (Augustine's English Teacher) related a nice story about him. One of his classmates cried in class. After some time, Augustine tore a little sliver of tissue paper from the tissue box and gave it to the classmate. When asked why, he said, "For him to wipe his tears with."

I have a SNAG on my hands! Wow!!!

业勤语录（二）

最近我病倒了，早上没办法起来和大小仔玩。今天，业勤跑到我的床边来......


勤: 妈咪你怎么了？

我: 妈咪生病了，起不来。

勤：（十分紧张）妈咪你还可以走路吗？

我： ......

业勤语录（一）

业勤会讲故事了，时常拿身边的小动物来做故事主角。今天他给我讲了一个故事，是蚂蚁搬米的故事。

勤：很久很久以前，有一只蚂蚁，搬了一粒米，然后两只蚂蚁，搬了一粒米，三只蚂蚁搬了三粒
米...

我: 这么多只蚂蚁搬了这么多粒米干什么?

勤: 煮成熟饭咯！

我：（语塞）

Augustine says...(1)

When I reprimand him, I always get to his level and ask him to look into my eyes. Then I will ask him to apologise if it calls for apologies (like him hitting Benedict). Then one night as we were side by side on his bed, preparing to sleep, we had this conversation:

Augustine: (Wipes his hand with his "pi sai" on my face)
Me: That is GROSS!!! I am sooo upset!
Augustine: (takes my face in his hands) Look at me mummy ..I am sorry. And I love you. (plants a kiss on my cheeks where he wiped his hands)
Me: (Silence...trying very hard NOT to laugh...)

Random thoughts

Haven't been updating this blog in a while...so here are some random thoughts so far:

1) Having a sick child brings out the worst in me. Having TWO sick children brings out the worst in both of us (me and zg).

2) Watch what you say in front of the kids. They will use the exact same words, tone and expression back at you when you least expect it.

3) Teething and flu combined makes miserable neighbours.

Augustine's bloopers (1)

He is crazy over Hi Five these days, and one day he sings:

"Five maniacs lets do it together...."

(original lyrics: five in the air lets do it together...)