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CNN's release of video footage of the rehearsal two days before his death on 25 August 2009. Performing "They Don't Care About Us" mixed with "HIStory".

LOS ANGELES - THE 911 call from a member of Michael Jackson's entourage was released here on Friday, providing an insight into the pop star's tragic final moments as he lay unconscious.

On a tape released by the Los Angeles Fire Department, the unidentified male caller tells a switchboard operator that repeated attempts to revive Jackson via CPR had been unsuccessful.

The caller also tells the operator that Jackson's personal doctor - who was reportedly being sought by police on Friday - was the only witness to the star's collapse.

Here is the transcript of the emergency call placed from Michael Jackson's Los Angeles mansion at 12.21pm (1921 GMT, 12.21am Singapore time) on Thursday:

Operator: Fire and paramedics 33. What is the address of the emergency?

Caller: Yes sir, I need an ambulance as soon as possible, sir.

Operator: OK, sir. What is your address?

Caller: It's 100 North Carolwood Drive, Los Angeles, California, 90077.

Operator: You said Carolwood?

Caller: Carolwood Drive, yes.

Operator: OK, sir. What is the phone number that you're calling from?

Caller: (REDACTED)

Operator: And what exactly happened?

Caller: We have a gentleman here that needs help and he's not breathing yet. He's not breathing and we're trying to pump him but he's not. He's not.

Operator: OK, how old is he?

Caller: He's 50 years old, sir.

Operator: 50? OK, he's not breathing? Not conscious.

Caller: No, he's not breathing. He's not conscious sir.

Operator: Do you have him on the floor? Where's he at right now?

Caller: He's on the bed sir. He's on the bed. We need them.

Operator: Let's get him on the floor. We're already on the way.

I'm going to as much as I can to help you on the phone. We're already on our way. Did anybody see him?

Caller: Yes, we have a personal doctor with him, sir.

Operator: Oh, you have a doctor there?

Caller: Yes, but he's not responding to anything. He's not responding to CPR or anything.

Operator: Oh, OK, we're on our way there. If your guy is doing CPR and you're instructed by a doctor, he's a higher authority than me. And he's there on scene. Did anybody witness what happened?

Caller: No, just the doctor, sir. The doctor has been the only one there.

Operator: OK, so the doctor saw what happened?

Caller: Doctor, did you see what happened, sir? (Someone spoke in the background but the words were not intelligible.)

Caller: Sir, if you can please.

Operator: We're on our way. I'm just passing these questions on to my paramedics while they're on the way there, sir.

Caller: Thank you sir. He's pumping his chest but he's not responding to anything. Please.

Operator: OK, OK. We're on our way. We're less than a mile away from Cedars and we'll be there shortly.

Jackson was reportedly rushed to UCLA Medical Center this afternoon; paramedics reported that Jackson was not breathing when he arrived at the hospital. He was pronuced dead at 2:26 pm.

It's beautiful to know that we inherited the Earth at birth. With it... every living creature, every landscape, every wonder. It's ours to use and share while we have our time here. It's ours for now, not ours to keep.

Taking care of this Earth is our responsibility.

I too often take for granted how precious a gift, Earth, truly is. We have it now on borrowed time. One day, I will pass it on to whoever lives after me. I'd like to pass on something worthy of Earth's majesty. I'd like to have made improvements to making Earth a better home.

All these noble "saving the earth" talk, I say with both regret and hope. In my younger days as a teen, I was involved in numerous awareness campaigns. I wrote AV scripts on deforestation, created video presentations and was even featured in some "green" newsletter and the press. I was a Green Advocate that did not follow through. Being "green" is a lifestyle and somewhere along the way, I fell back on the lazy track. Being responsible for preservation and preventing wastage was something I did only when convenient.

These couple of months, being able to contribute back in little ways made me realise that taking care of Earth can be both fun and inspiring.


It started with Earth Hour 2009 in March. On 28 March 2009 at 8:30pm, the world around pledged to turn off all lights in support to stop global warming. For 60 minutes, the world united for a fabulous cause. The FSP princess were over at my place for a Peranakan feast. We had great Nonya food, wine, awesome company; all under the warm flicker of IKEA's vanilla scented candlelight.


The world all over celebrated Earth Hour 2009

We definitely missed the AC. It was a warm night. Still I wouldn't hesitate to participate again in 2010.

I witnessed friends doing their own little part at homes. Fr. David Garcia and Terence both have 2 bins in the kitchen, one for perishable and the other for non-perishable items. I am thinking how this can be made possible in my own home.

Director Luc Besson (of "Nikita" and "The Fifth Element" fame) also produced "Home"; a 90-minute environmental film, which officially debuted on YouTube at the same time it appeared in the cinema and on TV. The docu-movie was a collaboration with photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand who directed the film. 3 years back, while strolling through the walkways of Orchard towards Forum, I visited the open gallery featuring his aerial photography. The pictures were spectacular!

"Home" was magnificently shot over 50 countries and is featured in high def on YouTube. You'd be amazed at the beauty of our world. The full production was released on 5 June World Environmental Day 2009.

Just this week in the office, I decided to pick a cardboard box and transform it quite effortlessly into a "Green IT" Recycle Box. I volunteered to take the paper to the recycle bin periodically. After a quick email to the department and a reminder to use a separate tray for recycled photocopy, I noticed colleagues dropping in their recycling contributions. My only sigh is not being able to find a recycle bin around my office building. It's something that still bafflers me.

At the end of the day, it really wasn't all that hard. We're just one, but in our little ways... we can make a difference.

Woohoo! Catch all the TOYS in action 18 June 2010!
"To Infinity and Beyond"!

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."

There is a certain part of me that is naturally drawn to the Nazi holocaust . The stories are often filled with so much horror, pain and insanity. I found in "The Diary of Anne Frank", a 13 year old who describes her life in hiding and her impressions of the events taking place in the outside world in a secret annex around Holland. There is much sincerity in her writings. Filled with truthful emotions of fear, joy and hope.

I can only imagine what it would be like to live within a confined area with 7 other people for 2 years... not knowing when the end will arrive. In tough circumstances, will I be as hopeful... as faithful? I wonder if I will write and draw.

The last entry to 'Kitty' (the diary) was on August 1, 1944. The annex was discovered.

Anne succumbed to the disease, typhus (which also claimed the life of her sister, Margot) at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in March 1945 a few weeks before the camp was liberated by the British. She was 15 years old ...

Her inner most thoughts scribbled 50 years ago, challenges us today. Her writings lives on not as an ode to the past - but as a beacon of hope to the future ...

"I want to go on living even after my death! And therefore I am grateful to God for giving me this gift, this possibility of developing myself and of writing, of expressing all that is in me. I can shake off everything if I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn." Tuesday, 4 April, 1944

"Still, what does that matter? I want to write, but more than that, I want to bring out all kinds of things that lie buried deep in my heart." Saturday, 20 June, 1942

Her fears...
"I feel wicked sleeping in a warm bed, while my dearest friends have been knocked down or have fallen into a gutter somewhere out in the cold night. I get frightened when I think of close friends who have now been delivered into the hands of the cruelest brutes that walk the earth. And all because they are Jews!" Thursday, 19 November, 1942

"I could go on for hours about all the suffering the war has brought, but then I would only make myself more dejected. There is nothing we can do but wait as calmly as we can till the misery comes to an end. Jews and Christians wait, the whole earth waits; and there are many who wait for death." Wednesday, 13 January, 1943

"If I just think of how we live here, I usually come to the conclusion that it is a paradise compared with how other Jews who are not in hiding must be living," Saturday, 1 May, 1943

Her frustrations...
"'Would anyone, either Jew or non-Jew, understand this about me, that I am simply a young girl badly in need of some rollicking fun?'" Friday, 24 December, 1943

"The war goes on just the same, whether or not we choose to quarrel, or long for freedom and fresh air, and so we should try to make the best of our stay here. Now I'm preaching, but I also believe that if I stay here for very long I shall grow into a dried-up old beanstalk. And I did so want to grow into a real young woman!" Saturday, 15 January, 1944

Her believes...
"Riches can all be lost, but that happiness in your own heart can only be veiled, and it will still bring you happiness again, as long as you live. As long as you can look fearlessly up into the heavens, as long as you know that you are pure within, and that you will still find happiness." Wednesday, 23 February, 1944

"It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery, and death. I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right, that this cruelty too will end, and that peace and tranquility will return again." Saturday, 15 July, 1944

"Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!"

"Design is 70% dealing with people, 3% the idea, 2% selling the idea, 2% the brief, 2% being pig headed, 1% printing, 3% eye for detail, .6% invoices, 2% coffee, .7% tracking, .1% warm glow, .6% panic, 1% 4am, .6% staring, .2% checking, 1% letting go, .8% keeping hold, .7% estimates, .3% checking, .4% proofs, .1% colour, .9% understanding, .4% marketing, 1% checking, .8% beach ball, .5% mice, .3% keynotes, .4% persuasion, .2% bragging, .5% smiling, 2% knowing when to stop." - Duane King

LOL! Don't you just heart designers. Almost perfectly spot on... except maybe for the coffee bit for me... I'll have to substitute it some other beverage.