Tuesday, July 25, 2006

I cant believe this!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO KENNETH SOH!!

Wah kau, I cant believe what I just read in The New Paper!!! A 50-year old Chinese guy died in his flat due to heart failure, weak muscles and breathing difficulties... sounds rather suspicious??? Thats because the poor guy weighs a DRASTIC 300 KG... THAT'S 660 POUNDS!!!! And his height is abt 1.7 m... u divide his weight by the square of his height to check his BMI... believe me, the result is at an EXTREMELY MORBID RATE!!!!
The guy named Mr Tan A B got depressed after resigning from his storekeeper's job in 1999... so much that he binged on all types of fatty food he could lay his hands on, other than slacking at home and watching TV... u name it, we have it: cheeseburgers, chicken drumsticks, spagetthi, pizza, potato chips, ice cream... the list goes on and on. Originally weighing 90 kg, his weight ballooned to 200 kg within 5 years, and then to 300 kg late last year. And he was so big, he couldnt fit into any of his clothes (not even his underwear, it would be very difficult and costly to make a XXXXL-sized pair for him) so he had to wear a sarong (leading many to think that he's a Malay, and some Star Wars fanatics to mistake him for Jabba The Hutt from afar!!). And u thot life was tough for former WWE wrestlers like Bastian Booger or the late Yokozuna. I remembered my army friend Shaiful who weighed a hefty 175 kg... shunned by most of his bunkmates due to his enormous size and poor working attitude (yes, he took MC more times than anyone else). I wonder what happened to him now.
Had his wife and brothers sought professional help much earlier (like say, a psychiatrist), this would not haf happened. They must be regretting not being able to save him from destroying himself. I can roughly guess how stressful the funeral parlour workers were when they found out they had to make a coffin thrice the height, twice the width and abt twice the length of a normal coffin, simply bcos the guy's legs were the size of an elephant's The coffin alone weighed 250 kg. It took 10 big-sized men to carry the coffin from the lorry to the void deck. And it took the men abt 2 hours (perhaps even more) to move the poor guy's body up to the 11th floor and then back to the ground floor. And due to the fact that the coffin could not fit into the cremation chamber, the only solution was to give Mr Tan a burial, even though he would not get his wish.
My advice to you people? Firstly watch your diets... secondly, don't look down and mock your friends who are obese... thirdly, cherish the love given to you by your family members and friends... last but not least, if you know a friend who's having a weight problem and undergoing severe depression, do seek professional help. DON'T WAIT TILL IT'S TOO LATE.

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