Girls' Night Out

A fun night out with my girls =)


Out of shape

Jeez and ning

whee!

Jeez's rear

Rooftop =)

Mcd drive thru

in jj

uberly small popcorns..

shadow of karning =p

show me love

Post-starwalk

What i did in parade:
get some massage in Osim
star hunting
shop around
eat sushi
playing around with the cam

Guinea Worms

Check this out:

RHEUMY-eyed Chief Joseph Lokoi has lived through two civil wars in south Sudan, but the scars covering his body are not the relics of battle.

Each one marks the spot where a Guinea worm – a spaghetti-like waterborne parasite up to 1m long – pushed out of his skin.

After living inside its host for up to 14 months, the long worm, often known as the “fiery serpent”, releases chemicals to soften the flesh, making a blistering, pus-filled wound. It then pushes out so it can deposit around a million larvae.

“The pain is great,” said Lokoi, who lives in Sudan’s dry Eastern Equatoria State.

A Guinea worm emerges from the leg of a girl in Juba, southern Sudan, in this picture taken on June 21 last year.

Burning pain sends many victims into the nearest available water for relief. For Lokoi’s Toposa tribe, this is often one of the small stagnant hand-dug rainwater ponds or shallow wells the whole community depends on.

The Guinea worm spews a cloud of larvae into the water on contact and dies. Unless it is boiled or filtered, the water is likely to infect those who drink it.

Sudan is home to four-fifths of the world’s cases of Guinea worm: a painful and soul-destroying yearly fixture that often afflicts people during the rainy season. But now, there is fresh hope the parasite can finally be eradicated.

The semi-autonomous southern government and the US Carter Center, an aid group set up by former US president Jimmy Carter, aim to eliminate Guinea worm from Sudan by next year as part of their goal of ridding the world of the disease by then.

This would be the first global eradication since smallpox was wiped out in 1977, and the first without vaccines or medicines.

“There is no silver bullet, no vaccine. If you can keep everyone who has Guinea worm out of the water for one year, then it’s gone,” said Steven Becknell, who heads south Sudan’s Carter Center office.

When the Carter Center first got involved with the disease in 1986, there were 3.5 million cases worldwide.

In 2006, only 25,217 cases were recorded and just over 20,000 of those were in Sudan, Africa’s largest country. Ghana recorded around 4,000 cases that year, and the parasite, also known as dracunculiasis, is also holding on in Mali, Nigeria and Niger. Since then, there has been dramatic improvement in Sudan, which registered only 5,815 cases in 2007.

The Carter Center distributes cloth filters and plastic drinking pipes with gauze at one end to block the larvae. Ponds are also treated with chemicals, and other agencies have drilled boreholes to provide clean drinking water.

Over 25,500 volunteers monitor around 22,000 villages, counting worms that pop out of the skin, and doing “case management”. This means stopping infected people from going into the water, and pulling worms out of victims’ bodies.

Volunteers use tools like a forked toothpick, which they roll between finger and thumb, twisting the worm around it. Often the worm is wrapped around the victim’s muscles, making the process extremely painful.

Eradicating the disease would bring both social and economic gains, as well as easing individuals’ suffering. The Carter Center estimates rice farmers in south-eastern Nigeria lost US$20mil (RM65mil) in one year because of outbreaks of Guinea worm which incapacitated workers.

The worm itself rarely kills, although secondary infections from the wound can be deadly. But the parasite drains energy and nutrients and hampers movement.

“People cannot cultivate, children cannot go to school,” said Makoy Samuel Yibi, director of the southern government-led project to eradicate the disease.

The disease affects men and women almost equally, especially those aged between 16 and 35 years, the most productive age group.

Guinea worms usually break out of the flesh in the legs or feet, but Lokoi has seen them growing in a person’s head and emerging out of sexual organs and eyes.

In the red dust of Eastern Equatoria State, Toposa Kumoliang, a mother of five, says not a year goes by without one of her children contracting Guinea worm.

“It makes my children restless and unable to play, helpless, it is very painful,” she said. – Reuters

Source: The Star Newspapers

"You Rebel!"

Called Mw yday for An's num(cause i lost it =p)
she reminded me that there will be a career talk today..
and obviously she wont be coming to school..
"PONTENG" Queen.
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(Skipping the dreadful morning duty and registration..)
5rebels (4 prefects and a librarian) decided to skip the career talk
but instead got into a hide and seek game with a teacher
Hell yeah..
it started when
M and A crawled out the lec. hall..and decided to hide in Y's class
then a familiar voice came by..
Oh shit..GBP.
all 5 hid behind the bush (literally)..
squatting and squatting.
haha.
went to a new hideout (a class nearby)
and then up to C's class and down to S's class
while taking a breather
GBP suddenly broke in
causes C and Y to dash out of the room
M S and A then followed..
All 5 ran up to lec hall..and sat there as though ntg happens
-the end-

(p/s: idk what will happen next..hav to wait till tmr..)

"Empty" - Click Five

Tried to take a picture
Of love
Didn't think I'd miss her
That much
I want to fill this new frame
But its empty

Tried to write a letter
In ink
Its been getting better
I think
I got a piece of paper
But its empty
Its empty

Maybe we're trying
Trying too hard
Maybe we're torn apart
Maybe the timing
Is beating our hearts
We're empty

And I've even wondered
If we
Should be getting under
These sheets
We could lie in this bed
But its empty
Its empty

Maybe we're trying
Trying too hard
Maybe we're torn apart
Maybe the timing
Is beating our hearts
We're empty

Oh oh
Oh oh
Oooooh
Oh oh
Oh oh

Maybe we're trying
Trying too hard
Maybe we're torn apart
Maybe the timing
Is beating our hearts
We're empty

We're empty
We're empty

p/s: i felt a lil gloomy today..haih.
a song that fills my heart.. =(

Once Broken Remains Broken

Misunderstandings can bring a whole new meaning
as to what ppl are saying
Everything u heard
goes thru a completely different filter
changing the forms of words to sharp hurtful remarks
"Thorn in heart"
ironic.

Beat it!

The other day when i was watching tv
i came around the Oprah Show and i saw this Dr.Oz thing..
Stress is something very common to us..
Yes...and it seems like i'm always under stress even when i'm going for shopping..
Apparently, stress can be health damaging too!
it doesnt only affects emotional and mental health..but also the physical.
Dr.Oz said something bout beating stress
so that v could live longer..
he then said..
Human chromosomes are capped by Telomeres which are used to protect chromosomes from destruction..
To be short, stress damages telomeres
As a result..replications of cells couldnt be done..
if v lose the ability to produce new cells..
that means v r aging..
Japanese study found that an individual's age can be roughly estimated from the length of their telomeres.
Tai chi ,Qi Gong and meditation are effective ways to reduce stress
SO Protect the telomeres!
and beat stress!

Daddy Love

Fathers' Day is coming!
15th of June
Have steamboat with Dad (what he always wanted)
and this is also the first time ever dad has requested us to buy him something
For more than 20 years..
v bought cards and shirts and pants..etc..he never requested for anything neither does he complain bout his presents..
This year..he wanted a brand new phone..
I know my dad
he wouldnt ask us to buy expensive 3G phones
just a simple one..
That costs RM300+
Then i got to know his intentions..
No.1 - i dun hav a phone (now)
No.2 - He wanted to get a spare phone
SO...go figure..
Then..he offered to "lend" his phone to me..
New phone..i use..
Old phone..he use..
My dad..have always been the best..
Give us the best that he could afford..
And as for him.. he said " anythinglah.."
I love you daddy
with all my heart..
xoxoAMESxoxo

P/s: not a super high tech phone..but..love it!

Restart - A new day, a new hope

Tomorrow is a school day
An ordinary right-after-holidays kinda Monday
Feels reluctant to return to school..
Maybe because i failed my chemistry..
It's a midyear exam..and i failed..haih..
"Failure makes success a step closer to us..
Each time when v face failure..V eliminate a way to succeed and v r much closer to the pathway to success"..(From Billy Ray Cyrus)
Yeap..
That means i shud change right?
Aint that easy..
So i'm making a promise to myself now!
Goals:

• A healthy lifestyle by

-exercising(yoga)
-eat ! (consistency baby)
-sleep early!!!
-Lots of H2O

• Study(consistently)
• Save $$$

• Spiritually (Respect!)

One thing tat i really wanted but......
Dun think it'll happen anytime soon..

Phony Flake!

A couple of days. ago...my phone kinda stopped functioning like the way it's suppose to be
yeap..screen went blank and i cant reopen it or wtv.
i was forced to hav to look for someone to fix it..
sort of thought of this reload uncle right outside my house...my mom too was thinking bout that place..
so why not?..
Then problems started..
I think A was not a sales person or something.
maybe just helping her husband around i guess..
At first they have to perform any post mortem thingy ..diagnosis tests or wtv to get to know what's wrong with my phone and how much it would costs to fix it..
She called and said about 180..
I thought i was quite pricey...so decided to send to another shop..
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I went to collect it today..
And i spotted missing screws..
My phone has never been sent for repairs...so i'm 100% sure that they r the ones who should be responsible..
Before i send for repairs...the phone was completely fine except for the non functioning LCD screen..i can still call and receive calls
Now..it went berserk...cause whenever i pressed the dial button..it'll vibrate.
Couldnt even switched it on..
So..back to the shop for some Q&A..
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I spoke to the technician..He said he din touch a thing.he only changed the "ribbon" or something..(that's what i heard)
When i asked about why sudd myphone isnt functioning like before..
He blamed my phone ..said that the electronic components were already not functioning well..
and that he didnt touch a thing..
"A" on the other hand..said..it was very old..
they dont produce it anymore..
Doesnt worth much if i were to trade it in..
nobody wants...and so on..
My reaction?
WTF!!!!!!
i din scold her ='(
manners...patience..
arghhhh...........
My head was going berserk..
like what the hell.
Temperature rising inside..
haih..
And so she asked me to come back on tuesday...
to get my phone fixed back the way i suppose to be..
I'm not sure what's my next move is..
but..
i'm gonna be extra careful in case they demand for money..
yeap..



This is the combination of bad drawing and yes it is suppose to be a broken thermometer

Rememberance....

It's been with me since Form 4...my PMR present/reward..
Love it sooooo much...altho new ones came by..
i never neglect it...
Well slowly aging...day by day..but i kept it till now..
Came to a day where...i cant slide you down no more...
It was not much of a problem..so okay...
Battery came loose...still fine..cellotape can stick it together..
slowly...problems came gathering...
sometimes when i slide u down...
the screen went blank..
aiks...i know someday it's gonna retire...
Memories of the past..what i've/we've been thru..
pics...and messages..
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Trippin' -3-

After one whole night of partying..i'm getting really blur..
woke up in the morning..reach for my contacts..put it on..
Is it something wrong with my eyes??
why is it still so blur after putting my contacts on??
OMG..
Lil did i realize..someone's lost his contacts...lol
Then i found out i've put on somebody else's contacts..haha..
Mine was in the bag..silly me..
So first destination- Mid Valley.
Went to have lunch (skipped breakfast) at the food court.
i ate KimChi rice..yumyum..
I din hav much time..so i have to shop and shop in hope to find something for myself..
still..nothing..
saw this top at miss selfridge..ran outta my size..i think this seasons' clothes are getting a lot bigger..cause i can hardly find something that fits me..
or really..did i shrunk?? that much...?
I found one top that is nice and it fits...but what does he says? "NOT NICE"...Fine..
Then v finally got tired sat down and wait for the others to come meet up with us..
Sad day...to head home with nothing..well at least i'm happy..
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General Review - Money wise..not ok..used a lot of money..but bought nothing..
i was really happy..cause it was my first..have a blast with my frens.. =)
Hope to hav better trips ahead! =)

p/s:bout that fella yday...something wrong with my ears..misunderstanding it is..i heard cantonese but it's not..so i'm totally wrong..and i glad! =)

Trippin' -2-

Woke up early in the morning get ready and off v go for bfast.
Breakfast at Pj street- i ate Pan Mee + Soya Bean , He ate Wanton Mee + Lo hon ko.. eeuww..
and also duck thing and curry puffs (saved for dinner cause too full)
As i was walking around i suddenly stopped in disbelief..
I saw loads of lychee..OMG..big red juicy lychee..haven seen such big lychees in years..
I have a history with lychee..they are considered as my worst enemy besides cockroach
yeap..it makes me sick literally..
Next Stop - Pavillion Kl.
I was excited cause i really wanted to shop..hoping that i could bring home the whole topshop or forever 21..hahaha
unfortunately nothing! only iskin for my ipod..sob..



wanted to buy a watch for him..but he doesnt want..
Next v went to the food court to find a way to make our crazy stay-another-night idea...
worrying bout C's mom...and at that time Y and U fought and they sort of disappeared from our sight..
C's mom was kinda upset.but finally it was a yes.. =)
the first thing that came into my mind..no more clothes..aiks..
Idea? Cross dressing with ur fren.. =) lol
i wore Y's she wore my outfit for the day..
Without anybreaks...v went to find a settling place..
sigh..tired..
Nite-Ruums
When the night was over..i was partially deaf..and exhausted..and kinda drunk..
thanks to S...offering me drinks nonstop..
It was pretty nice..
One fella came over said a bunch of stuff but i couldnt hear what he was sayin..
i heard "kai" i was pretty pissed..and in shock..wtf..
it stays in my head for quite some time ..
after that v went for some early morning supper then rest..in bedrock...sigh..

Trippin' -1-

First stop- the place v stay...it was kinda nice

Then Pj street wanna meet up with my sis to give her my cleanser and to get my camera.
And she sponsored me 50 bucks for shopping...sweet!
Then v r off to times square not exactly where i wanna go but nvm..
I've promised S that i'll meet up with him in Pudu..But since i'm in Times Square already i might as well ask him to come look for me..
He got angry..and i was really upset..bcz there's no way for me to go back there anymore.
so i sort of left him alone..
With the combination of my foolishness..i made him furious again by directing him to the wrong LRT station...*sorry*
I assume that he was pretty excited to c me..cause the anger was gone..haha.
went to hav chicken rice..and it was bad..wasted my money for that.
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All dressed up for clubbing..what do v get? One whole night of nothing..lol
Instead of goin Barcelona..v sort of went visiting clubs.. sitting in the car enjoying the environment..lol..
Then one crazy idea came into our minds..stay for another night..to club.. haha
yeap.

Beginning =)

It started out with a painful decision whether to follow M or not..
i know she wanted to go wit me but i wanted to go with them.
Conclusion? Do both.
M freaked out when i told her bout my plan...she said " I'm NOT Going".
This is how i broke her heart.
On the other hand, C's incredibly strict mom not letting C to join us
What more that v have to plan for accommodations and stuffs.