Thursday, May 1, 2008

Follow up on 'this is madness'...

Really hope the effected family can lead a normal life and continue to live a fruitful life. I think her will to survive and care for the children helped her all these years.

From CNN.

Incest family 'faces years in therapy'

(CNN) -- The woman and children held captive in a cellar for years by their incestuous father will take years to recover from their disturbing ordeal, doctors warned Wednesday as the family at the center of the case remained in psychiatric care.

Members of the Fritzl family will also be offered the chance to adopt new identities in an effort to help them lead normal lives, officials said.

Hans-Heinz Lenze, the head of local social services said the family was "doing as well as can be expected in the circumstances" and said any change of identity would be the family's decision.

Elizabeth Fritzl -- now 42 -- spent more than two decades in the windowless basement after being drugged, handcuffed and locked up by her father, Josef Fritzl, as an 18-year-old. Repeatedly raped, she gave birth to seven children by Fritzl, one of whom died as an infant.

Three of the children -- Kerstin, 19; Stefan, 18; and Felix, 5 -- remained imprisoned underground with their mother. The other three lived in an apartment upstairs with Fritzl and his wife who believed Elizabeth had abandoned them after running away from home.

Elizabeth and five of the children were continuing to receive treatment at a local clinic near Amstetten after being reunited on Sunday. Kerstin, whose hospitalization at the weekend finally brought the family's plight to the attention of authorities, remained in a coma at a nearby hospital.

"It is astonishing how easy it worked that the children came together, and also it was astonishing how easy it happened that the grandmother and the mother came together," clinic director Berthold Kepplinger said. But Kepplinger warned that the family would require extensive counseling.

"We're talking of 20 years of darkness, incest and its effects and other illnesses they might have suffered from."

Kepplinger said the two sets of children were tentatively getting to know one another, adding that the two boys who had lived underground had an unusual way of communicating with each other.

A policeman who had accompanied the boys to hospital after their discovery on Sunday said the pair had "screamed with excitement" during the car journey as they experienced the outside world for the first time.

"The two boys appeared overawed by the daylight they had never experienced before," said Chief Inspector Leopold Etz. "The real world was completely alien to them... We had to drive very slowly with them because they cringed at every car light and every bump. It was as if we had just landed on the moon."

In an interview with the Austrian newspaper, Oesterreich, psychiatrist Max Friedrich, who treated the abducted teenager Natascha Kampusch, estimated it would take "between five and eight years" for the children to recover from their experiences.

Another psychologist, Bernd Prosser, told Austrian television that it would be impossible for the four held prisoner underground to lead normal lives. "I am afraid it is too late for that."

Kampusch, the Austrian girl abducted as a 10-year-old and held captive in a basement for more than eight years until she escaped in 2007, also offered her help to the family on Tuesday, but questioned the decision to move them from the cellar into psychiatric care.

"Pulling them abruptly out of this situation, without transition, to hold them and isolating them to some extent, it can't be good for them," said Kampusch, now 20, in an interview with Austrian TV station Puls 4.

"I believe it might have been even better to leave them where they were, but that was probably impossible. This case is not like mine, where that was not my environment. They were born there and I can imagine that there is a strong attachment to that place."

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

This is madness....

I read the newspaper this morning and was shocked about an Austrian guy who 'imprisoned and fathered children' from his own daughter since 1984. I told my GF about it, she is also disgusted about the $#%$%^#% father.

From CNN.

'House of horror' children never saw daylight

AMSTETTEN, Austria (CNN) -- Three children freed from a cellar in which their mother had been imprisoned and raped by her own father for 24 years had never seen daylight, police in Austria have confirmed.


Police spokesman Franz Polzer told CNN that 73-year-old Josef Fritzl admitted holding his daughter, Elisabeth Fritzl, 42, hostage in the windowless cell and fathering seven children by her.

"The mother had memories [of the outside world] and got used to the situation," Polzer told a press conference Monday afternoon. "The others knew nothing else."

The main question reverberating from the small Austrian town: How could a man keep his daughter locked in his basement for 24 years, where she gave birth to seven of his children while her mother and three of those children lived upstairs without an inkling of the horrors in the cellar?

Fritzl explained Elisabeth's disappearance by saying she had run away from home, a story backed up by letters he forced Elisabeth to write, including one that begged her parents not to look for her.

Other letters made it seem the missing daughter had left the three children on the parents' doorstep -- when in fact they had been born in captivity in the family's basement.

Elisabeth told police that she and her three children Kerstin, 19; Stefan, 18; and Felix, 5, did not see the light of day during their entire time in captivity underneath the building in Amstetten, a rural town about 150 km (93 miles) west of Vienna.

Elisabeth is described as "very disturbed" and having trouble talking to police about her ordeal, reports CNN correspondent Fred Pleitgen. She went missing in 1984, when she was 18 years old, police have said.

More details also emerged at the news conference about the basement dungeon in which the daughter and her children were kept -- and how her father managed to keep them captive for more than two decades. See inside the cellar prison »

The authorities have revealed that the prison, constructed in the basement of the 1960s building, ran underneath both the building itself and the garden outside.

The entrance was via a small door, hidden behind cupboards in the basement, controlled by an electronic keyless-entry system. Polzer said that the prison was hard to find, even if someone was looking for it, and had been soundproofed.

"Even though they shouted and called they were not in a position to let anyone hear them," Polzer told the press conference.

Polzer said that Fritzl made clear to his wife and other children that the area was out of bounds and they were not to go into the basement. He bought food and took it to his captives in the evening. Watch a report on details of the case »

Detectives made the grim discovery about the cellar earlier this month after Kerstin was hospitalized in Amstetten after falling unconscious and taken to a hospital in Amstetten by her grandfather with a SOS note from her mother hidden on her.

A DNA test was later carried out which revealed her grandfather, Josef Fritzl, was also her father, according to ORF, Austria's state-run news agency.

That sparked a police investigation, which revealed that Fritzl fathered at least six children with his daughter, forcing her and three of the surviving children to live in the cellar of his house, according to ORF's Peter Schmitzberger.

On Sunday, police searched the hidden rooms where Fritzl admitted he kept his daughter and their children, including sleeping quarters, a kitchen and a bathroom, which Fritzl told police he built, Polzer said.

Amstetten police say they were put on Fritzl's trail following an anonymous tip off. They apprehended the pair on Saturday near the hospital and once police assured the daughter that she would never have contact with her father again, "she was able to tell the whole story," Schmitzberger said.

Elisabeth said her father began sexually abusing her at age 11. On August 8, 1984 -- weeks before she was reported missing -- her father enticed her into the basement, where he drugged her, put her in handcuffs and locked her in a room, she told police.

For the next 24 years, she was constantly raped by her father, resulting in the six surviving children, she said, according to the police statement.

She also told police she gave birth to twins in 1996, but one of the babies died a few days later as a result of neglect, and Fritzl removed the infant's body and burned it in an oven.

She told police that only her father supplied her and her children with food and clothing, and that she did not think his wife knew anything about their situation

Fritzl lived upstairs with his wife, Rosemarie, who police said had no idea about her husband's other family living in the cellar. The couple adopted three of the children that Fritzl had with his daughter, according to police. He told his wife that his missing daughter had dropped the unwanted children off at the house because she could not take care of them, police said.

When Kerstin fell ill, Fritzl apparently told his wife and the hospital that his "missing" daughter had dropped off the sick girl on his doorstep.

In an effort to find out about Kerstin's condition, the hospital and police asked the media to put out a bulletin requesting any information about the girl or her missing mother, attorney general Gerhard Sedlacek told NTV.

Sometime later, Fritzl brought Elisabeth out of the cellar, telling his wife that she had returned home with her two children after a 24-year absence, police said.

He took Elisabeth to the hospital to talk with doctors about Kerstin's condition, and at that point, authorities became aware of her situation, Sedlacek said.

CNN's Fred Pleitgen, Ben Brumfield and Nadine Schmidt contributed to this report

Copyright 2008 CNN. All rights reserved.



This is not what a father supposed to do to their own children. May this %#%#%# die a horrible death....if law of man can;t get him...may he be judge accordingly during judgement day.

To those of you who have children...please give them an extra hug and say you love them....cause the above news...should not have happend in this day and age.

Friday, April 25, 2008

Please Do Not Forget...



MURDERED. 9 YEARS OLD. WHY? ARE WE HUMAN?

TO AVOID SUCH A TRAGEDY HAPPENING AGAIN, AND FOR THE SALVATION OF OUR CHILDREN, WE ARE DOING A WORLDWIDE CAMPAIGN, DISPLAYING THE IMAGE OF NURIN JAZLIN JAZIMIN IN BLOGS ALL OVER THE WORLD ON 25TH APRIL 2008. LET'S NOT FORGET NURIN JAZLIN.

UNTUK MENGELAK TRAGEDI SAMA BERULANG KEMBALI, DAN DEMI KESELAMATAN ANAK-ANAK KITA, KAMI SEDANG MENGANJURKAN KEMPEN KE SELURUH DUNIA, MEMAPARKAN GAMBAR NURIN JAZLIN JAZIMIN DI BLOG-BLOG DI SELURUH DUNIA PADA 25 APRIL 2008. JANGANLAH KITA MELUPAKAN NURIN JAZLIN.



Got this from Mr David Santos, who few weeks ago have requested bloggers to display the above message on our blogs on this day.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Strangers in the Night






Dedicated to the fans of Frank Sinatra.

SMS..

From KL Aunty....:)

As the SKY breaks into A beautiful sunrise,

may God open the HEAVEN to shower you with

Lots of Love & Happiness to make your day a "BLESSED" one.

Good day.....

Monday, April 21, 2008

Weird dream/nightmare.

On Saturday nite...had a weird dream or nightmare. This one is quite something.

I was at a campus or school...and one pregnant lady was missing. Everyone was searching for her. I kept on telling people to always know where ur friends are.

The search went on for awhile..from top to bottom. Police came but did not enter the place to help search. Then someone found the lady...she was in a dumpster and the baby was taken out. Only then the police came in to do their thing.

I do not know what it meant but i woke up around 4 am. And try to go back to sleep.

I did not watch any horror movies or CSI. So not sure what trigger this dream.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Without you...




Without You....Air Supply version.

Hope it is ok....:)

Monday, April 14, 2008

Sms from KL Aunty

Another lovely gem.

CARING is a gift that no one can buy.

It's made up of love that roots in out heart

& creates memories not just for a while but

for LIFE!! Have a great day :)

Cheers...:)

Friday, April 11, 2008

Please visit this site...

I am sure most of u have heard the story about the young child prodigy (now an adult) who becames famous for the wrong reason in the past few weeks.

Please visit my fellow blogger's blog, Tembam

At her blog, there is a blog that was set up by the family of the lady....in setting the record straight abt certain info on their lives.

Hope this lady will find it in her heart to go back to her family.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Sad email.....

Yesterday received a sms from my ex colleague asking me to check my email...said it was urgent. When i reached home and check the email another ex colleague called to inform me of the news (connected with the email). I told her i was just checking the email.

It seems one of our friend (also ex colleague), was diagnosed of a fatal liver illness, Hepatocellular Cancer. Doctor has indicated a very short survival life span. The only way out is through Liver Transplant.

I was shocked to read the mail. He is a very good person and lecturer...all the students he ever taught have high regards of him. Very active in church too.

He is only 48 years old and children (3 of them) is still young.

I pray that he and his family will pull through.

http://www.medicinenet.com/liver_cancer/article.htm

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=57326

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Hachi-ko

Yesterday i bought this movie, about an Akita Dog of Japan...who was so loyal to his master that he 'waited' for him at the train station for 10 years (even though the master has already passed on). The movie is in Japanese with English Sub.

This is based on a true story, where if u ever get to visit Japan, ask people there if they ever heard of the Dog statue at Shibuya train station.

The dog was born in 1923, he and his master was inseparable. Every day he will follow his master to the train station (when the master go to work) and evening time he will go back to the station to wait for him. Sadly though in 1925, during that fateful morning, as if he knew something was wrong, he was not himself and probably did not want the master to go to work.

He followed the master to the train station and half way through the day, the master passed on. He went to the station to wait for him that same evening. And was doing so for the next 10 years. He himself passed on in 1935.

Its a tear-jerker and it is really a story about royalty.

And good on the Japanese people for remembering him by putting up a statue at the train station and his 'skin' is display at the National Museum of Nature and Science.






http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachi-Ko

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

U make me feel brand new by Stylistics....





Hello,

Hope this is ok. I love this song. It is from the 'oldies'. Hard to find this song in karaoke.

Sorry first, i think i mess up a bit in some parts.

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Knocked on the door...

This morning around 5:30am, there was a knocked on my door. I thought i was dreaming when i heard it. After the third knocked and my name was called, then i realise, i was not dreaming...dad was knocking on my door.

When i open the door, he asked me whether i wanted to go visit grandma...its 'Ching Ming', 'old souls day' for Chinese.

[ Its where people go to their family members (those who had passed on) cemetery to pay respect. Its a yearly thing (my second one though), real date is on the 4th of April, normally it is on the 5th. This year it is on the 5th because of the extra day in the month of February.]

I forgot what i said, (i think i replied ok in my sleepiness)....so went and get ready.

Met up with my uncle (dad's older bro) at around 6am, off we went to the cemetery with (Hell money, jost sticks, food, paper clothings, shoes, slippers) to burn for my grand ma and uncle.

As we reached the place, the road was packed. Last year had bad experience in trying to leave the place, so we park a bit further from the area and walked in with the things. Due to my sleepiness, forgot to bring my camera but then again, may not be nice in taking pictures.

We went to my uncle's first. He passed on in 2001, had an accident in timber camp and at that time also found out, he had lung cancer (due to smorking)....never fully recover from the accident.

My uncle is a pro in handling the rituals,(i am a Christian). I do not burn the jost stick. Just help to burn the 'money' (do u know they even have it in US$, 1 piece is 10 million USD). We burn a lot of pieces...:)

Smoke was bad, cause many people did the same thing. And this year some of them even burned fire crackers. After about 1 hour plus of burning the stuffs....we headed to my grandma's.

She passed on in the year 1993...she have had a good life.
She spent most of her later life in Singpore. Visited Europe once. Visited China a few times. One thing she always do to her grandchildren (me included), is to 'bite' our cheeks...especially when young, got chubby face...haha.

After uncle's place, we went to grandma's. Hers need more clearing up, cause got grass and weeds. Dad and i pulled the weeds while uncle did the ritual.

We finish there about 8:40am, then headed to my grand dad's. His is at different area...he became a christian before he passed on. Dad had function to go to at 9:30am, so we went there burn candles and uncle put some food for offering (normally for Christian, no food offering, but my uncle not a christian and he loves his dad)...dad had a quick prayer and off we go, left uncle dad to sort it out, while me and dad went home to shower and change (we went in one car). After that i went back to pick up my uncle and went for breakfast.

I do not know much about my granddad, he passed on when i was only a baby...so no recollection of him.

One thing sad about this chinese custom, daughters (those who are married) are not allow to visit their parent's grave. I find it sad. Cause i know my dad's sis (my aunty) whould have love to come.

I don;t know..i think Christians and westerners does not have this belief (i may be wrong).


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qingming_Festival

May all of u have a blessed weekend.

Cheers.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Car tyre problem...

For the past two weeks, while i was driving, i notice two cars, back left side tyre not up to par. Different days but same area (what a coincidence).

One was a Kenari or Kancil (guy driving). I saw the car tyre..not enough air. When the car stopped at the traffic light, i roll down my window and informed him. He must have been surprised by it.

A week later, a lady driving a Toyota Unser, her tyre was wobbly...got air but do not know why it was wobbly and she drove quite fast again. I followed her and lucky she was heading to where i was going. And when the car stop...her passenger side, an old lady came out and i told the lady that the car tyre is not good...as driver drove off, she noticed it and thanked me.

Any way hope they get it fixed. I have had tyre problems before and thank God was not involved in any serious accidents.

Now...there have been cases where people temper with car tyres so that they can rob them. As i was thinking of warning the two cars above, i was also thinking whether they think i am going to rob them or not. But safety is number 1 priorty. So i just went ahead to warn them.

My advice is, if you ever find ur self in this situation, please drive to the side after some one had 'warn/inform' you and do not get out of the car. Call ur family or friends and tell them where u r and that some one had warn you abt the tyre. Make sure door is locked and wait until ur family or friends come to help/check with you.

Do not straight away stop car and get out....never know if some one had disturb the tyre. And if possible remember the car number or motorbike number of the person who gave out the... 'warn/inform' about the tyre.

Sunday, March 23, 2008

One of God's precious children.




A six year old girl from UK who sang in 'Britain's got talent'.
Even impressed Simon Cowell.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connie_Talbot






Her singing really touches people.

Enjoy the videos.

Monday, March 17, 2008

Joke

Hehe..got this from KL aunty.

Everyday S gets ready for work,

Wearing tie and coat.

Then he climbs a tree and sits

on a branch all day till 5pm.

When asked he said:

"I've been promoted to Branch Manager"!!!

Have a great week ahead people...:)

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Tag: What Do You Think About Me

Got this from Sting. Thank you for this tag. Will give it my best shot...:)


A) LIST OUT THE TOP 5 PRESENTS YOU WISH FOR :

1- Good career
2- Buy dream car for GF (future wife).
3- Good health for my love ones
4- Get a Golden retriver as a pet
5- world peace *flashes peace sign*

B) THE PERSON WHO TAGGED ME IS: Sting

C) YOUR 5 IMPRESSIONS OF HIM/HER:
1- Loves her family dearly
2- Enjoys her food
3- Likes scuba diving
4- Honest
5- Friendly

D) MOST MEMORABLE THINGS HE/SHE HAS GIVE/DONE FOR YOU-> her friendship

E) THE MOST MEMORABLE WORDS HE/SHE SAID TO YOU"-> "So anyone asked you to be their wedding singer yet?" 5.2.2008

F) IF HE/SHE BECOMES YOUR LOVER, YOU WILL-> Be hunted down by the hubby and family members.

G) IF HE/SHE BECOMES YOUR ENEMY, THE REASON WILL BE-> hmm... don't think we will..

H) PASS THE QUIZ TO 5 PEOPLE THAT YOU WISH TO KNOW HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT YOU:

1- Puteri
2- Smallee
3- JT
4- Cat Cat
5- Rita Ho

1. WHO IS NO.3 HAVING RELATIONSHIP WITH?-> her hubby.

2. WHO IS NO.5 HAVING RELATIONSHIP WITH?-> Hubby

3. IF NO.3 AND NO.2 ARE TOGETHER, WILL IT BE A GOOD THING?-> am sure they will get along great

4. WHAT ABOUT NO.4 AND NO.5?-> yup, them too!

5. WHAT IS NO.3 STUDYING?-> Cross Stitching?

6. WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU CHATTED WIT NO.5?-> I think it was last week on her blog.

7. DOES NO.4 WORK?-> Yes she does. Beside working...she also is a supermom.

8. DO YOU HAVE ANY COUSIN IN HIS/HER OWN SCHOOL?->I don't think so..

9. WILL U BE WITH NO.1?-> If i ever go to USA...will meet up with her (AS A FRIEND), do not want to be killed by her hubby...he is a very good shooter...:)

10. HOW ABOUT NO.5?-> that would be nice too....(AS A FRIEND).

11. DOES NO.2 HAVE ANY SIBLINGS?-> Yes, 2 brothers and 1 sister.

12. HOW DID U GET TO KNOW ABOUT NO.2 AND NO.4?-> No.2 is my old friend since primary school. No 4 is through blogging.

13. WHERE DOES NO.1 LIVE AT?-> US of A.

14. HOW DID U GET TO KNOW NO.2?-> An old friend.

15. IS NO.5 THE SEXIEST PERSON IN THE WORLD?-> haha! not sure.. but i am sure her hubby will say she is...:)

Friday, March 7, 2008

Crazy 8's

I got this tag from Jeanne. Sorry, can;t fill in all the blanks...:) Will add some more if i thought of any.

8 things I passionate about :
1. God
2. My family
3. My GF (future wife)
4. Friends
5. Singing
6. Blogging
7. Reading books (History and novels)
8. Politics

8 things I want to do before I die :
1. To know that people i care live happily
2. Holiday around the world
3. Help some people who r in need of help.

8 things I often say :
1. If don;t take care of health, then health will take care of you.
2. Treat people the way you want to be treated.
3. Always stay young at heart.


8 things I've recently read/currently reading :
nothing

8 things I could listen to over and over :
1. Any songs from El Divo
2. Any songs from New Kids on the block
3. Endless Love - Mariah Carey & Luther Vandross
4. When you tell me that you love me - westlife & diana ross
5. Everyday i love you - Boyzone

8 things that attract me to my best friends :
1. Cheer me up
2. Good listeners
3. supporting
4. Friendly
5. Kind
6. No jealous bone
7. Trust
8. Give sound advices

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Tag- Friendship


Thank you Jeanne.

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1. Make your Authority Technoraty explode.
2. Increase your Google Page Rank.
3. Get more traffic to your blog.
4. Makes more new friends.

Rules :
1. Start copy from "Begin Copy" until "End Copy" to your blog.
2. Put your own blog name and link.
3. Tag your friends as much as you can.

1. Picturing of Life 2. Juliana's Site 3. Hazel-My Life, My Hope, My Future. 4. Jeanne-The Callalily Space 5. Carpe Diem


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