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Thursday, Jun 4, 2009

Good morning my friends. I returned to my apartment last night and have just read your comments on the previous post and I want to say thank to all of you who spent time encouraging me through this hard time. I do wish I had something better to say, but truly thank you for making this small page a confidential place where I could write down things I couldn't elsewhere.

Also my apology for being vague in the last post, it was a fibroma in a little bit nasty position but the medical tests have confirmed that it was not malignant. To be honest, I feel so ashamed when rereading my previous post. I shouldn't have been so, well, pathetic, should I? But you see, in my memory some relations on my father's side died of cancerous tumors and I really do not have much knowledge on this topic. So I can only say to myself that's what happens when one is both ignorant and alone.


On my sick bed

Although the incision is healing well, I still feel a bit too cranky for gaming right now. Instead, I have been listening to music a lot and reading my favorite book, a biography of Frederic Chopin. The old book was given to me by my aunt very long ago, and despite having gone through it more than ten times, I always find something new and amazing whenever opening it. This time, the above quotation, an attitude quite different from mine, isn't it?

My friend took a few photos for me in the hospital with her cell-phone. Do you think shameful and miserable experiences are as worth remembering as happy moments in our life?

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Posted by Lovely_beauty, 5:49pm
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I'm glad to know you came through okay! There is no reason for you to be ashamed. Any kind of surgery is potentially dangerous. It is only natural for someone to be scared in your situation. \

I would hold on to those hospital photos. I have many friends and relations who have been through long hospital stays and it seems to feel good when they look back at that time months or even years later and remember what it was that they overcame. \

Hope you are at full strength soon!
Posted Jun 4, 2009 6:07 pm PT
I'm glad you are ok! The bad experiences are what make you realise the good in life.
Posted Jun 4, 2009 8:29 pm PT
I'm very happy to know that everything went well! Don't worry about being ashamed of the last post. I didn't find it very pathetic myself. The thought of going through surgery scares me actually so I can definitely relate to feeling pathetic and scared if I ever had to go through one. Still, it's such a relief to know that your fibroma wasn't malignant. I know that I don't even know you very well, but I can at least tell that you're a very good person through all these blog posts and such.

I agree with johnsteed7, you should hold on to the photos from the hospital. There's no real harm in keeping them and I'm sure it wouldn't be bad to look back at those memories, especially since your friend was there for you.
Posted Jun 4, 2009 8:45 pm PT
Nice quote by Frederic Chopin ...also very true, here at my country doctors are like butchers ...its better not to visit them at all.
Posted Jun 5, 2009 8:17 am PT
I'm glad that you are fine, and it's normal to be nervous like that. So don't worry about it. Just take care of yourself...and Chopin is one of my most favorite composers.
Posted Jun 5, 2009 8:27 am PT
Welcome back home! Glad to hear you survived and are in one piece. Surgery is always tricky and dangerous. It's natural to be scared when something like this happens. All of a sudden we discover that we are not immortal as we would like to think, but that our time here on earth is indeed very finite. I think that scares us but under normal circumstances we don't have to think about that fact, but when we get sick we have to face that harsh fact of life.

But life is all about duality IMO. How can we know good health if we haven't been ill? How can we know wealth if we haven't been poor? How can we know good friendship if we haven't tried to be lonely? That's why I look at people like Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake and wonder how poor and empty their life must be because they only know one side of life (glamour, money, sex, drugs etc.) and not the human side like a good conversation with a friend or spending time in solitude in nature.

Well forget my rambling here. I guess what I am saying is that we should cherish all the moments of our life. If we never suffered we wouldn't learn a thing.
Posted Jun 5, 2009 12:16 pm PT
Nothing pathetic about it. That's what a blog is for - sharing your thoughts and feelings and anyone who says it's pathetic is just wrong. It's normal to be scared of the unknown. Glad you got through it and it's healing. And yes you should try and remember them. Then you can think about how strong you are because you came through it.
Posted Jun 5, 2009 1:12 pm PT
@johnsteed7 I'm glad that you confirmed my thought and I will adhere to your advice. And I nearly forget, how are you getting on with Warcraft 3? I trust all goes well?

@Wren28 Wow I'm so happy I find another Chopin enthusiast here. I know it sounds silly but could you tell my your favorite Chopin composition? (Just test whether we have another same idea or not)

@Platyphyllum You certainly know how to encourage people. By the way, I just discover that your nick name has a very intriguing phonetics and I really like pronouncing it in my mind . Just wonder where the stress is? Second syllable?

@jepsen1977 I think we basically share the same thoughts on this matter, I just lack your, eh, Master writing skill to produce something so rhythmic. But about the celebrities you mentioned, as far as I know, they also have to taste the bitterness in life. Paris Hilton was imprisoned once for her driving when drunk, for example. And Britney is a mother of 2 children, isn't she? Not sure if their lives are really empty. (Just want to discuss a bit )
Posted Jun 5, 2009 8:56 pm PT
One of my favorite Chopin pieces is his Nocturne Opus 72 no 1 in E minor. I have a couple others, but I can't recall the opus number at the moment, lol. I'll get back to you when I do.
Posted Jun 6, 2009 1:05 am PT
I'm really enjoying Warcraft III so far. The last time I played I was near the end of the human portion of the campaign, so I'm looking forward to trying out the other races. Unfortunately, when I tried to continue my game this morning I discovered that all but my first save had disappeared! I have no idea how that happened. \

It really annoys me that I have to play most of the missions I just finished over again. My interest in the game has dropped slightly because of this, but I did enjoy those mission so it won't be too big a deal playing them over. I just wish I knew how my saves got deleted so I could be sure that it won't happen again.
Posted Jun 6, 2009 9:52 am PT
My username is pronounced:

"plat-ee-FYL-lum"

So the third syllable is the one that's stressed.
Posted Jun 6, 2009 11:09 am PT
@Wren28 A very surprising answer because this nocturne is not among his most popular pieces. I like its melancholic atmosphere but my favorites are Ballade opus 52, Polonaise opus 44 and the first concerto

@johnsteed7 Not sure about the save games but you can redo the current mission, can't you? I remember it doesn't take very long.
Posted Jun 6, 2009 9:05 pm PT
Yes, the celebrities may have to face hardship from time to time but mostly it is due to their own stupidity i.e. Paris Hilton serving time for drunk driving and she got out much much faster than others would have due to her fame and her family's money. Technically Britney may be a mom, but do you think she has ever changed a diaper? I don't think so. She has hired nannies to do all the dirty work for her and she gets to have the kids when they are "fun". And she can't even do that right due to her drug abuse.

All I am saying is that it saddens me to see so many people worshipping these glamour people with their expensive clothes and fancy cars and big mansions and their skinny bodies. I would so much more prefer to have a real conversation with people like you about the hard times you may have endured (and it's not pathetic to talk about it like you suggested) than I would listen to the brainless drivel that Paris Hilton talks about on her stupid shows.
Posted Jun 7, 2009 12:34 am PT
I am certainly going to redo the missions. It just annoyed me, is all.
Posted Jun 7, 2009 6:22 am PT
@Lovely_Beauty: Glad to know you're back. I totally missed your last post because I wasn't visiting GameSpot too much when you posted it, so I didn't know about your situation; sorry.

There is nothing pathetic about what you wrote in your last blog post, because facing these things isn't easy at all. It's natural to feel melancholic while in those situations, especially surgery-related ones.

Anyway take jepsen1977's words because they're wise ones. Also I hope you get better quickly so you can go back to game. =)
Posted Jun 7, 2009 8:36 pm PT
@jepsen1977 Sorry for belated response Jeps, I was sick for the last few days. And about your thoughts, yeah, glamor is a nice word choice though I would rather say it more plainly: luxury. I feel sad too about the fact that the distance between the rich and the poor in our society are widened everyday. I'm even scared a bit because this also means it's inevitable for life to be cruel, everybody is trying to reach this so-called "Glamor". So what will happen to us if one day we no longer have enough energy for the competition? That's why we all need friends and beloved ones who care for us till the end of our days

@ChristianKiss Hi Chris, I know that we all have load of real life stuff to take care of. But I'm so relieve to finally find your post here because otherwise I would keep wondering: what's wrong?
Posted Jun 11, 2009 6:03 pm PT
@Lovely_Beauty: Thank you. I hope you're better now. You can always count on your GS friends, at least for a good conversation!
Posted Jun 11, 2009 6:38 pm PT
I'm also really happy to hear that your operation went well. With my very busy times I only read your blog just recently, so couldn't comment earlier. You seem like a nice and insightful young lady with a wide interest range in different kinds of areas of life. That is something that I have always valued a lot in some people. To be able to understand at the same time fine arts and the many sides of the gaming world is something that I see in people rarely. A pity of course to hear that you have had some problems with finding friends. But I'm sure that by time you will find more friends. My wife and I also have had some problems with finding real good friends, but by time we have found at least some, although not that many. Quality matches quantity anyway, so we are happy with how things are.

I think certain kind of people might have a bit of difficulties with finding people with similar kinds of interests and thoughts of life. But when this kind of people finally find their match, it's true friendship for life. Of course it doesn't hurt any of us to have an active and curious approach to life.

Take care and get well! I hope you have a nice summer.
Posted Jul 5, 2009 11:10 am PT
@Ippe Thank you, I will keep trying to improve myself so that one day I will match the lady in your comment.
Posted Jul 5, 2009 11:30 am PT
Hi, happens to be someone with GS friends. I never really found someone with comments on their GS blogs or maybe even blogs at all, which means I don't go under profiles much I guess. I went to yours because lady in the pic reminded me of that solitair and poetic american woman, and was reading a review that felt solid.

Hope you keep health and good luck in your new place, moving can be frustrating specialy if you was unware or didnt wished for. Youll be able to get over it. Here is the most friend lacking person wishing you the best luck.
Posted Nov 26, 2009 11:12 am PT
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