"My heart will go on..."
So says Celine Dion in the famous theme song for the movie, Titanic — A wonderful movie inspired by the tragedy of the ill-fated Olympic-class ocean liner in its maiden journey across the Atlantic Ocean.
Celine does not tell us what was it that the heart will go on doing. I suppose she is keeping it open for us to interpret — perhaps the heart will go on loving; hoping etc. Maybe it's better that the song is composed that way — it adds to the beauty and artistic of it...
So says Celine Dion in the famous theme song for the movie, Titanic — A wonderful movie inspired by the tragedy of the ill-fated Olympic-class ocean liner in its maiden journey across the Atlantic Ocean.
Celine does not tell us what was it that the heart will go on doing. I suppose she is keeping it open for us to interpret — perhaps the heart will go on loving; hoping etc. Maybe it's better that the song is composed that way — it adds to the beauty and artistic of it...
"She... was given a new lease of life..."
According to Dr Mohamed Ezani, the Unit Clinical Director of IJN where Hui Yi received a heart from a donor (The Star, 15th October - Hui Yi wants tube removed). I suppose Dr Ezani didn't mean "a new lease" in its literal sense — as in leasing of a house or a shop. He meant the heart can help Hui Yi [a fresh start] to continue living.
"... my heart stopped breathing and my eyes stopped blinking."
This, coming from the famous Malaysian Angkasawan when he saw the view of earth from the ISS (The Star, 16th Oct - Helping out with the repairs). Elsewhere, in another blog, I've expressed my disappointment when the good doctor copied the words of Neil Armstrong — that thing about the small step for him, and the big leap for the Malaysian people.
I said I would have been happier if he had said something original, instead of copying from another spaceman decades before him. Perhaps my comment had reached the good doctor after all, and the above was just him trying to be original this time. But one has to wonder what would happen after his heart stopped breathing — perhaps his nose will start beating.
Maybe the good doctor is better off being unoriginal after all. Good try anyway, doc! Don't mess up with the repairs now, ya hear!?
Edit: I have just learned to add links into my posts, and I thought it would be nice to refer to The Star Online. Well, folks, to be fair to the good doctor, it was The Star that made the mistake. In the hard copy Star, it was published that the doctor said "... my heart stopped breathing...", but in the online version, he was reported to have said "... my heart stopped beating...". Doesn't it annoy you when people misquote you?
2 comments:
It does not matter what the heart stopped doing (breathing or beating) - the point is, it stopped.
And as I know it, when the heart stops, everything else stops. It does not matter whether it is the eyes or other organs - it will stop blinking!
It just goes to show, when in an unfamiliar situation (who else has been to space?), one can just get so nervy and will just say whatever comes to mind. And microgravity probably gives you a loose tongue!
Saw how unstable our AngWan was when he was in the ISS greeting us on Earth? I guess anyone of us would have been too.
Let's hope he had less nervy moments during his experiments with the dangerous viruses.
And I look forward to hearing what he will be saying (or quoted to be saying) when he finally returns to earth and also when he returns to Malaysia.
One thing for sure - whatever he will be saying will be a "Malaysian" original!
Having said all that, it is without any doubt, our AngWan has made us all proud to be his countryperson!
Hi ce5nt,
Welcome to my humble cyber abode! And yes, the blabbering continues..
I hope when the good doctor returns -- and after being bestowed the datukship -- he will continue to make us all proud by breaking new frontiers in the medical field. A cure for cancer would be a nice way to do it.
And then when Malaysia spends another USD20 million on the other doctor, hopefully that too will bring us to greater heights in breaking new frontiers for the betterment of the human race!
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