I have, of course, come across more substantive matters during my hiatus other than this icky picture. ( I believe in the REAL thing, so the above.. cannot make it)
Hahaa.. just wanted to get your attention. =P
Astronaut caught in love triangle faces murder charge
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Orlando police say they've decided to file an attempted murder charge against an astronaut who is accused of trying to kidnap a woman she saw as a rival for a fellow astronaut's affections.
Lisa Nowak was ordered released on bail this morning after a court appearance on charges including attempted kidnapping and battery. But now she'll stay behind bars.
In an Orlando court this morning, Nowak faced charges she attacked and tried to kidnap NASA Engineer Colleen Shipman, her rival in an apparent relationship with astronaut Bill Oefelein.
Police say Nowak drove 900 miles from Houston to Orlando wearing diapers so she wouldn't have to stop for bathroom breaks.
Police say she put on a wig and trench coat and waited for Shipman to get off a late night flight, then followed her to parking garage and then attacked her.
During a check of the parking lot, an officer followed Nowak and watched her throw away a bag containing the wig and BB gun. They also found a steel mallet, a 4-inch folding knife, rubber tubing, $600 and garbage bags inside a bag Nowak was carrying when she was arrested, authorities said.
Inside Nowak's vehicle, which was parked at a nearby motel, authorities uncovered a pepper spray package, an unused BB-gun cartridge, latex gloves and e-mails between Shipman and Oefelein. They also found a letter "that indicated how much Mrs. Nowak loved Mr. Oefelein," an opened package for a buck knife, Shipman's home address and hand written directions to the address, the arrest affidavit said.
Police said Nowak told them that she only wanted to scare Shipman into talking to her about her relationship with Oefelein and didn't want to harm her physically.
"If you were just going to talk to someone, I don't know that you would need a wig, a trench coat, an air cartridge BB gun and pepper spray," said Sgt. Barbara Jones, a spokeswoman for the Orlando Police Department. "It's just really a very sad case. ... Now she ends up finding herself on the other side of the law with some very serious charges."
Nowak believed Shipman was romantically involved with Oefelein, a pilot during space shuttle Discovery's trip to the space station last December, police said.
Nowak told police that her relationship with Oefelein was "more than a working relationship but less than a romantic relationship," according to an arrest affidavit. Police officers recovered a love letter to Oefelein in her car.
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According to NASA's official biography, Nowak is married with three children. During her 13-day mission in July she operated the robotic arm during three spacewalks.
Oefelein is unmarried. He piloted the space shuttle Discovery in December. He has two children, according to a NASA biography.
Nowak and Oefelein were both first-time fliers during their shuttle missions last year. They trained together but never flew together.
Brooke Whitney of WKYC.com
Created: 2/6/2007 12:54:34 PM
Updated:2/6/2007 2:36:57 PM
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I don't know how you feel reading this, but I was just flushed with a disturbance I couldn't quite articulate.
There wasnt any indication from the articles tht she was intoxicated,
so I gather she was not acting under the influence of anything, except perhaps her own free will.
And, perhaps, I havent FELT so compelled to do something before. Havent wanted something or in this case, someone, so bad before?Some wise friend of mine said, we have to decide, right now, when life is just rolling out, what we would or would not do.i.e. lay down your life principles.
Now.
Till wait till that moment is just waayy too late.
Decide how much you want to spend. (gulp)
Decide how far you would go with your significant other before marriage.
Decide what is do-able to get that job.
Decide what you would not do, when faced with pressing demands from a client.
And so on and so forth.
I will be honest, I cant think straight when my head or heart is hot. It doesnt matter that my head cools down quick, and that ultimately I know my heart will choose the right thing.
We see above, crazy things happen quick. I say again, life would be so much better, and safer and happier, if people would just THINK before they do or say something.
But o well.
To all who have been wondering where I am.
Been here - just sorting out what I want to do this year, so havent particularly been in the mood to rant or be philosophical.
You would be glad to know I have s.o.r.t.e.d it out! Muahahaa.. So will write more often.
Some week or so back, I met up with
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DOCTOR NEO!!!
Weethong came back to this part of the world and i was SOOO glad to have had the chance to meet him. Yes sir, thanks for making the time!
So because he is deprived of local food in Aussie, we HAD to eat all the fat fat (but o sooooo yummy) Malay food.
Check out my Kumbing Soup.
Got steam come out all.. can see?
And he ate alot.
But he can afford it la.. people is last time track team wan okays, not Nuah Queen like me.. =)
the rawyer and the doctor.
I miss our old jc days so much! I remember how last time, weethong, zhizhi (zhiyang) and I would stay over in the school canteen on saturday nights, purportedly to mug la.. but i think the doctor was the only one who got the real mugging down..
Saturday night RJ canteen gang!
Zhi Zhi is now a commodities broker, earning the moolah for the things he always did.. (not that we agree with what he is doing of course.. quit smoking already man!! lol)
And because I have been in SUCH a nostalgic mood of late, i went to find our old photos..
We have the broker here, at 18, (note the hand written captions complimenting him, are his.. i didnt write those *rolls eyes*)
My conclusion?
Ego develops from youth!My classmate, me, and the doctor at 18!
Do we feel older already or what?
I lurve my friends. I cant believe we've spent so much time together, thank God for the relationships that survive distances and weathers!
But you wanna see what really melts hearts.
My nana..
We had a reunion dinner at church. (which was really farnee.. cuz the Hallal restaurant served like EVERY DISH prawns. the super big kind.. trust me, can get sick of eating prawns wan!)
So anyhows, she obviously didnt like prawns, because she was sleeping most of the dinner..
Here's her at another angle..
i asked her, pointing at the picture of her in my phone:
Me: Who's that baby in the picture? (pretend act blur)
Anna: Me! Me! Me!
SO CUTE SO CUTE SO CUTE!!!!
lol.
postscript: I realized that everything is flushed to the right today, pardon me. I know how to rectify the problem, but it's gonna just be too painful. So bear with it okays?
Otherwise you can stop reading.. muahahahah. =)
