Thank You And Keep Smiling Please!

Despite my health situation, I still firmly believe that I am gifted and surrounded by wonderful people, friends and relatives. I am being cared for deeply and overwhelmed by the love and warmth exercised by all these wonderful people. Keep in mind that I have been lazy in writing this blogger for few months and as soon as I posted "My Friend (Cancer) Is Back!", my email inbox immediately filled with your positively energized messages. Some of them make me laugh (together it comes my chest pain) and some give me tears ... tears of happiness derived from your true love and care!

It was 8th December, 1980 when John Lennon's physical life ended. Like many other legends, he out-lived his physical life and continue to live on and influence people. Most of you know well that I am a retard in music, but this fact never stop me from listening to music that my ears enjoyed. Some of these songs, in additional to the music, the lyrics are so beautifully written. They are simply poems in their own right.

Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one 

This picture was taken by Esther in front of the Apple store inside FashionShow, i.e. the big shopping mall in Las Vegas right opposite to Wynn Hotel, where we stayed.

My Friend (Cancer) Is Back!

Thank you to Joey (my brother) and his friends, who organized and invited Esther and I to join them for a 4 days trip to Las Vegas over last weekend. The weather was just perfect as it's not hot nor cold. It's purely coincident that on 5th December, 2010 (Sunday), starting 6:30am was the Las Vegas Marathon, and as we were staying in Wynn, and facing the Las Vegas Strip where the runners were running up and down, we had the best view of the 28,000 people running the marathon. It's really spectacular and makes you feel like running with them, or at least you can pretend to do so.

Then, on Monday 6th December, 2010, Esther and I went to see one of the 7 world natural wonders. Yes, you guessed right, the Grand Canyon. If you picked up any version of "100 places you must visit before you die", Grand Canyon is always in the list. Indeed, it's so so beautiful and immediately acquire the feeling of how small (and insignificant) we are.

Lately, two sides of my hip and my right chest are feeling some pain from time to time. Even though I am under pain management, the pain can be acute for the time and hit me hard. Like someone plunge a knife into you. Various tests and scans confirmed today that Cancer My Friend is now back, this time more on the liver and the chest bones. Like last time, I am going to treat my friend well. Of course, the result is not me to control, but you know what, the process I can at least choose to enjoy, rather than suffering from it. There are always two sides of a coin, and at least two sides of everything. We must learn, and re-learn, how to live peacefully with both sides of all things. No matter what cards we have in our hands, our job is to get the best out of them. If you look again, life is always good ... if you choose to see more the bright side of it and stay positively.