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Tears in Heaven

Ong Leng Chai 

10th April 2004 - 11th May 2007

"You will always be in our memories, thank you for the joy and happiness that you have given to us. May the Almighty God take you in bless you and take good care of you. Hopefully one day we will be reunited again in Heaven"  REST IN PEACE

I have not blog for a long time now as i am really busy with work. When we are busy we sometimes tend to forget the real important things in life. And when we finally realise it can be too late. I wish i could have spend more time with Leng Chai. I wish i could have taken him out for walks more often. I wish i could have played throw and fetch with him more often. I wish i could have fed him with more of his favourite food more often. I wish i could have hug and kiss him more often. I wish i could have taken more pictures and videos with him. The past 6 months Leng Chai did not live with us as we live in a condo and from last year onwards some Arab Muslim guy moved in next to us and he happily decided to complain to the management to threathen us to kick Leng Chai out. There were a few units who also had small dogs but nobody said anything, why must Leng Chai be victimised? just because the guy next to me was an Arab. Why is this country so unfair to Dogs?

Last week my uncle inform me that Leng Chai does not look to well and has not eaten for 3 days. Apparently 3 days ago there was a dead rat in front of his porch and he believe the rat could be poison by rat poison. Leng Chai could have bit on the dead rat knowing leng Chai but why did it take 3 days for my uncle to notice this. Upon finding out we immediately took Leng Chai to the vet hospital in UPM. 2 days later Dr Ani, the doctor who was treating Leng Chai called me and told me the bad news. His kidney failed due to poisoning and the foud him dead. They will be doing a post mortem this morning to find out the real cause.

I was in the middle of class at the Australian School when the call came. But i was strong when i heard the news and showed no emotions at all but in reality my heart came crashing down. After class i convey the news to my family and they were in shock. Cause when we admitted him 2 days earlier the doctor said that there was a good chance that he will survive. Every living thing experience life and death and all of us knows that. But we always fail to control our emotions when it happens. I guess we are just human after all and dogs are really Man's Best Friend. I put my tribute to Leng Chai and dedicate this 2 songs "Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton & "The Wonder of You" by Elvis Presley to him. For you guys out there who has the song on CD or MP3 please roll the song this one time in tribute to Leng Chai. And for you guys who have never met leng Chai are also most welcome to pay this tribute!  (RIP Ong Leng Chai)

Alan Tam 30 Glorious Years

I've got ticket's to Alan Tam's concert. It's gonna be really exciting to see the legend of HK artist performing the songs that made him famous. A couple of years back i missed his concert when he came with Hacken Lee that was a real bummer. Anyway i hope he will song all my favourite songs on that day. I bought the RM 160 numbered seats which was pretty ok not too far away. To all you Alan Tam fans out there do buy the ticket quick cause it is going really fast. Hurry! 7th October 2006, 8pm, Stadium Nasional, Bukit Jalil. Be There!

Cherish Your Loved Ones

It has been worrying for me in the past 2 weeks when my dad's kidney specialist from Gleneagles Medical Centre confirmed a malignant tumor in his kidney. My dad tried to play it down at first saying that it was a straight forward operating procedure where they will just removed the kidney. But i sense something amiss the night before the operation as we were all having dinner together and my dad did not seem to jolly himself. He had a talk with me and told me in case the operation goes wrong i'm supposed to take good care of my mom. I have seen this type of cases with friends but i never would have thought that it would happen to me. Cause im not ready to lose my father yet. I feel so useless cause my dad work hard all his life to raise and support me and not for one moment i manage to make him proud. Of course he accepted me for who i am and what i wanted to do in my life. When i bought the new house it was mainly for my dad to spend his retirement years comfortably. And it would be really sad if he does not get to live there come next year.

Dr CS Loh the kidney specialist called us on the morning of the operation and reminded us that this is a very high risk operation and 1 out of 20 people usually do not make it under this scenario due to bleeding. I and my mom waited outside the operating theater for 4 hours anxiously hoping and praying that God would protect my dad. As i sat outside waiting i had flashback's of my life with my dad's. All the happy moments we spend together since i was a baby. And as i wept mainly cause i taken him for granted for most of my life i have finally come to cherish him. There was this one time when business was not too well and my dad was struggling financially, i remember asking him for RM 30 to buy a Tamiya car. My dad had RM 30 in his wallet at that time and he still gave it to me. And i never even say a word of thanks. Now he is fighting for his life and i didn't even tell him that i loved him and that he was the best father anyone could have had before they rolled him into the operating theater.

4 hours has passed and we were called but he nurse as Dr CS Loh wanted to see us. Anxiously we got up and sprint down the hall into the OT to see the Dr. we breath a sight of relieve when Dr Loh said that the operation went very well. In fact it went like a dream and my dad did not lose as much blood as feared. My dad was brought into ICU for 2 nights as i sat down watching him with all the tubes around him he was awake but couldn't talk but he stared at me as if too tell me "I'm ok son, you don't have to worry anymore, i won't be going anywhere".

Later on i met Dr Loh again and he explained in detail that even though the tumor and the kidney has been taken out but part of the tumor has grown on one of the veins and has actually touch the walls of it. Whether the cancer has spread through that remains to be known as samples of the veins have been sent for testing. However my dad will need to go for a CT scan every 6 months for the next 3 years to ensure that it does not come back again. Apart from all that I'm just so relieved to have my father back.

National Age Group 2006, Paroi Seremban

The Selangor team left for Paroi on the 27th of April and returned on the 30th of April victorious after clinching the overall medal tally ahead of second place KL and third place Sarawak. Our contingent consist of 68 swimmers and 4 coaches (me, Elvin Chia, Mark Chua & Sgt Ong)

I was homesick on the 1st & 2nd day as i miss MAx and Maxine. At night i played my PSP till i go to sleep. The Paroi Aquatic Centre was really hot and hardly there's any wind. But thank God it rained every evening. By the time we get back to the apartment in the evening the feeling of opening the door and feeling the breeze of the air cond was wonderful. Dinner was fantastic as we dined each night at this Tai Thong style chinese restaurant, there were loads to eat and enough for everybody. Have to say that i kinda put on a couple more pounds on this meet.

So it was a happy ending for everybody except for a couple of disqualifications on our relay team. Next up for Selangor will be SUKMA.

My Dream House!

I put pen to paper to the s&p for my new 2&1/2 storey link house in Serdang today. Built up area 24 x 65, has 5 bedrooms + 4 bathrooms. My room is on the whole of the 3rd floor huge and over looking a beautiful scenary. The place is called Serdang Hills.

As we walk in through the main entrance on the right is the main hall. Not very big but comfortable enough. The staircase to the rooms is on the right hand side and the dining area is just next to the hall.

This is the dining area. You can see the hall from here it's just right next to it. Here we use a piece of designer cloth to separate the dining area and the hall.

Further in is the kitchen. The good thing is that no extension is needed as the house is built in such a way that there is already a separate wet and dry kitchen.

This will probably be turn into a library instead of a room maybe, and my pc will go in here as well. This is on the 2nd floor.

^This is the master bedroom on the 2nd floor. My parents will take this as they do not want to climb up to the third floor.

This is my room on the third floor. This is on the left side where we can put tables and a lazy chair with a reading light.

Maxine Is Born!

It was 2:45pm, on the 28th of March 2006, Maxine Niracha Ong Mei Xin was born. Maxine (The Greatest), Niracha (Beautiful Flower), Mei Xin (Beautiful Heart). May's contractions started at 10am. I was still teaching at that time and then she called me at about 12pm when the pain was unbearable. So i rush back from the pool and we eventually got to SJMC at about 1:30pm. Diameter 7cm already meaning in another half an hour she can start to push. I don't know why it disgust some people. I mean i know there is alot of blood and all but to see your own child being born is a wonderful thing and it makes you forget about the other disgusting stuffs.

When Maxine first came out she was rather blackish on the face. The pediatrician said it was normal cause at times the baby got stuck at the neck as the mother has no more strength to push all the way out. The blackness will subside in another 3 days so that is fine. So in the end everything went well, Maxine & May will be discharge tomorrow and will bring them home.

Goodbye 2005!

Looking back over the past year has many downs compare to up's. So im glad that 2005 has gone and more than happy to welcome 2006. Whether you believe in superstition or not i can tell you certain things you find it very had not to believe. The ceiling at my office cause us alot of problems in the year. We finally sealed it 2 days going into the new year. We had car accidents, car broke in, car lost, police arrest and ect all happen to my staff and me last year. And on Christmas eve thinking that New Year was like a week away what would could possibly happen and true enough another accident came on my new car somemore.

There are some up's, i can count with my 5 fingers over the year. Maximus turning 1yr & HK definitely the best part of the year for me finally getting to meet and shake hands with Leon Lai. Oh yeah and also the O2 Xda 2s i bought during merdeka was also an up for me.

The new year started quite alright, just put down a deposit for a new double storey terrace and also waiting for the arrival of my daughter Maxine. And yes i have chosen the name Maxine, May will choose her middle Thai name and my parents will choose her chinese name. Have also booked flights to Guangzhou to look for business opportunity and also to see my old swimming master. Long time no see him man.

On current events well did not go anywhere as my car is still under repair so bought a couple of DVD's box set. Bought House & Tilt. Currently watching HOuse which starrs Hugh Lawrie who plays a doctor with a sarcastic attitude problem quite funny and interesting. Will also be joining Fitness First again as it is time to bring my weight down. Hope that i can do it as it is one of my resolutions for this year. Next week will be the SAG and hoping my swimmers will be able to do well.

It could be a Girl!

Our visit to the Gynae today as May had her scan. She is practically 6 months pregnant now so of course the big question is will max have a brother or a sister? After much scanning the doctor says that he will put his money on a girl. He has never been wrong in his many years of practice but he says that there always can be a first time. However i can trust this dr as he delivered Max and his work is first class but expensive as well. So im really excited to have a daughter cant wait till March.......

Christmas Eve Crash

It was Christmas Eve. May woke me up that day and told me that we are going to have breakfast with my uncle Henry. My dad was already ready so he wanted to shoot off first. But i told him to wait why don't we go in one car but he insisted on going first so off he went. Minutes later i left the house with May & Max sitting in front and my mom sitting behind. I drove out of the house and then about 5km away there was a proton wira aeroback from afar. I went straight on abit more only to find out that the aeroback was about to turn right. Even when i was so near already and there was practically no space for the aeroback to turn in. But it turn and i could not break in time so i swerve but to no avail as the aeroback did not hit the breaks so i crash my right side. The impact was big enough to give my mom a big swollen right eye as she hit the side window but my biggest concern was May as she flew in front covering Max and hit the front windscreen which cracked. First thing i did was check on May and Max. May was a little bit dazed with a cut on the forehead and max was crying so i sent them to the nearest clinic. After that i went over to the aeroback as the driver was still in the car in a state of shock, it was then i gave the driver a big screwing pretty much like King Kong but much much angrier than that. It was then that i

found out that the driver was a lady. I don't mean to sound sexist but why does lady always tend to cause trouble on the road. She must have panic thats why she did not break cause if she did she would have avoided hitting me. Bitch! at the end of the day she got a summon from the police for being the wrong party in the incident and i get to claim her insurance including medical and lost of usage. My biggest relieved is that Max & May is safe and my mom's swollen eye will subside within days. Thank God for your protection sometimes we fail to notice you but you are always there by our side. Praise the Almighty Lord, Amen.

Lazy

Seems like im getting lazier and lazier to update my blog. Anyway's Max celebrated his 1 year old birthday on the 10th of November. The KSAS swim team participated at the National Inter-Club (OKH) and i guess we were really crap got well beaten by the other teams. And oh yeah we got a new sponsorship and partner. Speedo International has given us various opportunities to try out they products. Thanks to my Ai Wei's parents now i don't have to stick to ARENA anymore. For the time being we are pretty much planning for the next year's swimming season. Selangor Age Group is the target for the swimmers to peak if not i guess ill be fired hehehehee (hope not).