#245 hiv positive: suffering silently

I’m grateful to Shane, a New Zealander, for sharing his journey that he was HIV+ on this   ‘Death Diminishes Me’   [produced in NZ] on BBC World radio on 17 July 2009:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/documentaries/2009/07/000000_global_perspective_death_diminishes.shtml
Trust that this will speak to those who champion and are proponents of the homosexuality and gay community rights which is a controversial issue and a taboo subject for the average person!

#239 oldest person in the world

Can you imagine living to 130 years old?
From the news on the BBC, I read and viewed this — Sohan Dosovah from Kazakhstan, the oldest person in the world — her eyes still bright and alert:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7992696.stm.

Kazakhstan’s famous ‘130-year-old’

By Rayhan Demytrie
BBC News, Karaganda, Kazakhstan

“Do you remember Tsar Nikolai’s era? When the Red Army [...]

#214 food scare

Milk, an essential for babies and now cup noodles, the popular fast food for adults especially the elderly who found this convenient to prepare.
All one needs is to pour hot water into the cup and wait for several minutes…voila, the food is ready for eating! Mind you, the price for a cup noodle is not that cheap…but [...]

#197 amazing children saved mothers’ lives

Amazing what a child understands and does in times of emergency!
In England, James Cooke reports
A three-year-old boy came to his mother’s rescue by dialling 999 after she had an epileptic fit.
Jack Thomson called the emergency services from his mum’s mobile phone. When the line went dead he found another phone and dialled again.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7627938.stm.
Another,
Jakob Seviour [...]

#195 dream fulfilled @ 16

Yip Pin Xiu, swimmer
Congratulations to Singapore’s first gold medalist swimmer, Yip Pin Xiu, 16 years old suffering muscular dystrophy and is a student at the Bendemeer Secondary School [unfortunately I couldn't find the newsbit I read yesterday to verify some information at the time of writing] at Beijing Paralympic 2008.
Muscular dystrophy is a rare inherited muscle [...]

#191 disabled perform

When I look at these performers, I’m humbled and I couldn’t tell or see any difference from us, the abled.
It appears their performances and their dispositions are so like us, that often times we just forget who they are when we become irritated and unappreciative.
At the same time, they put many to shame for their verve [...]

#190 paralympics opening ceremony

It was sad I could not view the opening ceremony of the Paralympics at all…and neither the competition as this was not broadcast on our television screen.
I copied this slideshow (not sure if I’m allowed, if not, please let me know. Thank you.):
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/photo/2008-09/07/content_7005821.htm.
I read this from chinadaily.com.cn where this 12-year-old Li Yue, who survived 70 [...]

#181 olympic champions

The secret to these champions at the Olympic Games is sheer dedication, persistence and diligence (hard work), tears and disappointments together with the faithful support of one’s loved ones like mother or father.
It’s not the intake of special foods or drugs which the world record breakers in Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt! Their diet is as [...]

#180 bronze for india’s unsung champion boxer

In post #152 Vijender Kumar was cited on BBC page as one who will compete at the Olympic Games ’against the odds’.
The 22-year-old has returned with a bronze medal.
What an achievement for one true to his calling and vocation in sports in spite a lack of support from sponsors or government — his dedication, persistence and hard work…together with the support [...]

#174 ‘Palestinian swimmer beats all odds’

Palestinian Zakia Nassar is a true Olympian at heart and she deserves a gold medal for her spirit and valor…indeed she has fulfilled her Olympic dream.

I lifted this from chinadaily.com.cn…

A 21-year-old Palestinian swimmer embodied  the Olympic spirit and fulfilled her lifelong ambition to compete at the Olympics last week and she deserves a gold medal for her [...]