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Friday, November 28, 2014
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
After GCE 'O' Levels... where do we go?
I wish I had this in my mind after my O-Levels.
Click on image to enlarge...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Prostate Cancer ~ 6 things to know
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6 things to know about Prostate Cancer
PUBLISHED ON NOV 24, 2014 5:42 PM, by JOAN CHEW
Sources: Singapore Cancer Society; The Straits Times' Mind Your Body
http://www.straitstimes.com/
The prostate is the gland below a man's bladder that produces fluid for semen. Prostate cancer occurs when the cells in the prostrate grow and multiply uncontrollably, eventually spreading to surrounding tissues, lymph nodes, skeletal bones and other regions of the body. -- ST GRAPHIC
Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong underwent successful surgery at Singapore General Hospital for prostate cancer last Saturday.
Mr Goh, 73, was prime minister from 1990 to 2004. He is expected to make a full recovery as the cancer was localised and detected early, said his doctor, Dr Sim Hong Gee.
Here are six things you should know about this type of cancer:
1. The prostate is the gland below a man's bladder that produces fluid for semen. Prostate cancer occurs when the cells in the prostrate grow and multiply uncontrollably, eventually spreading to surrounding tissues, lymph nodes, skeletal bones and other regions of the body.
2. Prostate cancer is on the rise here. According to the Singapore Cancer Registry, 3,456 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer from 2009 to 2013. This makes it the third most common cancer among men in Singapore and the fifth leading cause of cancer deaths.
3. Men aged 50 and above are at the greatest risk. Age, family history and a high-fat diet may also increase your risk.
4. There are no warning signs of early prostate cancer. The symptoms of advanced prostate cancer include difficulty in passing urine due to obstruction to the passage of urine, back pain due to the spread of cancer to the bone and weakness or swelling of lower limbs due to cancer obstructing the lymphatic channels.
5. A key way to monitor signs of the cancer is with the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test. However, this test has come under controversy in recent years as it has been said to lead to misdiagnosis and overtreatment. A very high PSA level suggests the presence of prostate cancer - but the test is not specific, so there may be other non-cancerous causes for high readings too. Despite that, doctors here have since said that the test should not be dismissed as it remains useful.
6. For localised prostate cancer, treatment involves prostatectomy, a major surgery to remove the prostate and adjacent seminal vesicles. Radiation therapy is an alternative.
 
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Monday, November 24, 2014
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Quote ~ Surround Yourself With Mission
Just like the lions.
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"Surround yourself with those
on the same mission as you"
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014
POSB ~ Retirement Plan 2014
I've just spent some time doing this Blog for various reasons.
I like mathematics:
~ if a day of savings cost $10 a day, then
~ a year would cost $3,650 ( = 365 x 10).
~ and to add $10 every 4 years during the Leap Year
I like savings:
I have always liked the idea of savings and retirement have always been something I have been planning, which began way, way back even while I was as a child.
I like GIF Animations:
I just happen to like animation so I'm dabbling with creation of GIF files.
There are 2 Websites that I use to help me do these. They are...
• 2 ~ 'MAKE-A-GIF' ~ http://makeagif.com/
Scroll down to see my GIF making adventure.
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3rd and Final attempt using 'Screencast-O-Matic'
This is a bigger image. Done so that the 'Screencast-O-Matic' stamp will appear smaller when i shrink the whole image. Click on image to enlarge.
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2nd attempt using 'Screencast-O-Matic'
Found that I could actually start the animation with a button at the bottom left corner of the image. I realize that the 'Screencast-O-Matic' stamp was too big.
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1st attempt using 'Screencast-O-Matic'
Had to start the Flash animation using the right mouse click. You can see the mouse at the almost top right hand corner of this GIF animation.
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Created using 'MAKE-A-GIF'
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STILLs to help create the above at 'MAKE-A-GIF'
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Same suit every day? No problem for man, but a woman ...
This article has some interesting points about sexism and sexual equality.
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No problem for man,
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~ by Todd Leopold, CNN, November 17, 2014 -- Updated 1836 GMT (0236 HKT)
(CNN) -- Australian morning show anchor Karl Stefanovic wore the same suit every day for a year, minus a dry cleaning here and there. Nobody noticed.
His co-anchor, Lisa Wilkinson, wears something different every day -- and viewers regularly let her have it. (One correspondent demanded she "get some style" and called one outfit "jarring and awful.")
A double standard? Of course.
Stefanovic was trying to make a point about sexism, he told Australia's Fairfax Media.
"I'm judged on my interviews, my appalling sense of humor -- on how I do my job, basically. Whereas women are quite often judged on what they're wearing or how their hair is," he said.
It's certainly nothing new. There are hundreds of "worst-dressed women" galleries after awards shows, but almost nobody publishes a "worst-dressed" gallery of actors; few keep track of Brad Pitt's hairstyles as assiduously as they do those of his former wife, Jennifer Aniston.
And often, as Stefanovic pointed out on Monday's show, it's women criticizing other women.
Indeed, there's a whole industry of gossip and fashion magazines targeted at women that exist to showcase women's clothing and "hot new looks," while in magazines aimed at men -- such as GQ and Esquire -- fashion and style are simply portions of a much larger scope of issues.
It's "ridiculous," agrees New York-based style consultant Rachel Weingarten -- but nevertheless, she adds, there's something to be said for being noticed.
"Is it deep down a good thing? Yes," she says. "From a business perspective, it's excellent that viewers feel connected enough or engaged enough that they can write to their local newscaster and say, 'Hey, you look kinda crummy today.' If you're being talked about, great. It means people care about your appearance."
Moreover, she adds, men are aware of image as well, even if it's usually under the radar. (There are exceptions: both Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama were criticized for their choice of suits, and Weingarten says that her mother once accosted the notoriously sloppy New York mayor Ed Koch and told him to clean up.)
"I've noticed that with my (male) executive clients and CEOs, they're more interested in products for their face -- eye creams and whitening their teeth," she says. "So you may not notice it to the naked eye, but the bottom line is there's a lot below the surface we should look into."
Besides, women have more options: a male broadcaster such as Stefanovic is pretty much locked into a suit and tie, while a woman can indulge in some variety (though TV image consultants may have something to say about that, as Wilkinson observed in a pointed speech).
"It's not completely black and white," Weingarten adds. "It seems that way -- and it's unfair -- but there's a lot going on beneath the surface, too."
Still, Stefanovic is glad he got the conversation going. On Monday's show, Wilkinson pointed out that his stunt even got attention in the Middle East.
And now, at the urging of his colleagues, Stefanovic plans to change.
His suit, that is.
"Only Lisa and (colleague Sylvia Jeffreys) know about the suit. They often remark that it's getting a bit stinky," he told Fairfax Media. "I'm hoping to get it into the dry cleaners at the end of the year."
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Friday, November 14, 2014
Easy Sight-Singing
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This is in the Key of Bb or the Relative Minor Gm.
All 'Bb' will be the Do, and all 'G' will be the La... using Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do.
The Last Line is surprising easy to read... which prompted me to Blog this. You must try this.
"in his ri-sing to new life: Re-joice..."
"Do Re Mi-Re Do Ti Do To Do......"
Here is the whole Song if you want to try it:
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014
News Article ~ Thai student discovers a clever solution for killing cockroaches
The theory is interesting and it might just work.
It might even work for Lizards.
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Thai student discovers a clever solution for killing cockroaches
ISAAN:-- Jenjira Ponyong, a Prathom 6 student from Pracha-anukro Primary School, Kalasin province has invented a unique solution for killing cockroaches.
The student created the solution by experimenting with 3 basic ingredients: cement powder, rice flour and Ovaltine powder.
Once the solution is mixed it is put in a place where the cockroaches usually roam together alongside a tray of water.
Janjira summarized the thought process behind creating the solution:
1. Ovaltine powder attracts the cockroaches.
2. The rice flour causes the cockroaches to be thirsty.
3. Once the cement powder mixed with water it will become hardened and caused death to cockroaches.
Comparing to general pesticide, her solution does not use any chemical which will contaminate the environment or affect people.
A big thumbs up for the student for creating kryptonite for cockroaches!
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Friday, November 07, 2014
A Peak into a Great Football Family
Just a little peak at how great families were run. Here's an insight on the great Quah Family and how they created a family of football players.
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Quah Kim Song launches book: 5 things about the former football star
PUBLISHED ON NOV 6, 2014 10:12 AM
by WANG MENG MENG (meng@sph.com.sg)
SINGAPORE - Former Malaysia Cup favourite Quah Kim Song will be launching his book at the Singapore Writers Festival on Friday. Entitled the The Quah Kim Song Story, the 148-page book, which will go on sale for $18.60, shares the story of one of Singapore's most popular footballing sons.
1. Quah Kim Song, now 62, is the most famous footballing son of Singapore's premier sports family. His parents worked and lived at the Sembawang Naval Base, where they raised 11 children. In the 1950s and 1960s, each British warship had a football team and there was a dockyard league of nine British sides and a local team called the Asian Selection that played at the Deptford Ground, a field off Admiralty Road East. The Quah boys honed their skills playing against the British. Six sons went on to play football for Singapore - Kim Beng, Kim Choon, Kim Swee, Kim Siak, Kim Lye and of course, Kim Song. Sisters Theresa, Doreen and Rosa also played for the national women’s team in the 1960s. Youngest brother Kim Tiong was a 400m runner who won a gold medal in the 1975 South-east Asia Peninsula Games.
2. Kim Song's late elder brother, Kim Siak, used to run a watering hole in Sembawang called the Q Pub. It was the scene of many family gatherings, especially for the birthday celebrations for matriarch Lau Ah Noi, who died in 2008 at the grand old age of 99.
3. He was arguably the biggest star in Singapore's star-studded side in the 1970s. The multi-racial team, from Eurasian goalkeeper Eric Paine to Indian free-kick specialist S. Rajagopal to Malay idols Dollah Kassim and Mohamed Noh, won over the hearts and minds of the country. And the players had signature skills - Rajagopal thrilled with his banana kicks, Dollah earned the "Gelek King" nickname for his body feints and Kim Song was famous for his speed and diving headers. But arguably the most exciting of the lot was Quah, who reportedly piqued the interest of English club Everton.
4. Kim Song's role in the victorious 1977 Malaysia Cup campaign is immortalised in local movie Kallang Roar. The 2008 flick, which cost $1 million to make, retold the story of that historic season. The man who played Kim Song's character was none other than his son Leon.
5. Workers' Party chairman Sylvia Lim went public with her relationship with Kim Song last August. The ex-footballer was invited to a WP variety show, where he went on stage to sing the Simon and Garfunkel hit El Condor Pasa and he invited Lim up on stage to dance. Kim Song is a widower whose wife, Shirley, died of cancer.
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Wednesday, November 05, 2014
Prayer for those at Church Cleaning Day
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Prayer for those at Church Cleaning Day. Dear Father in heaven. Bless those who clean your church for the sake of all, and "... if the priest comes to examine it..., he shall pronounce the house clean, because the defiling mold is gone." ~ Leviticus 14:48. Amen.
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Dear Father in heaven.
Bless those who clean your church for the sake of all.
Leviticus 14:48 →
[48] But if the priest comes to examine it and the mold has not spread after the house has been plastered, he shall pronounce the house clean, because the defiling mold is gone.
Luke 15:7-9 → The Parable of the Lost Coin →
[7] I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.
[8] “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn't she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?
[9] And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’
Amen.
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Search for Words in the Bible ~ by Bible Gateway
https://www.biblegateway.com/keyword/
Clean House
https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=Clean+House&qs_version=NIV
Leviticus 14:48 →
[48] But if the priest comes to examine it and the mold has not spread after the house has been plastered, he shall pronounce the house clean, because the defiling mold is gone.
Sweep House
Luke 15:7-9 → The Parable of the Lost Coin →
[7] I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.
[8] “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn't she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?
[9] And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’
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GIFs I found today...
GIFs I found today...
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Happy Halloween! ~ Lizard Buring ~ Jack-O-Lantern
Looks more like a dragon.
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GIF ~ Lego Batman Wink
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GIF ~ Big Bird Costume ~ How It Works
The most interesting part of this was the trick to moving right hand.
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Superman Kite
Search for
"Fiona & the Superman Kite"
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Life-Size Superman Kite: $15 On Amazon
BY JU-OSH M. JUNE 20, 2014 COMICS, T-SHIRTS, TOYS, ETC.
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GIF ~ Father & Son ~ Disney's Mufasa & Simba
A father and son thing.
Disney's Mufasa & Simba from the Movie 'Lion King'.
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Disney's Mufasa & Simba from the Movie 'Lion King'.
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GIF ~ Calvin ~ Faces
Just love the cheeky face.
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Calvin and Hobbes
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Calvin and Hobbes is a daily comic strip by American cartoonist Bill Watterson that was syndicated from November 18, 1985 to December 31, 1995. It follows the humorous antics of Calvin, a precocious, mischievous, and adventurous six-year-old boy, and Hobbes, his sardonic stuffed tiger. The pair is named after John Calvin, a 16th-century French Reformation theologian, and Thomas Hobbes, a 17th-century English political philosopher.[2][3] At the height of its popularity, Calvin and Hobbes was featured in over 2,400 newspapers worldwide. As of January 2010,[dated info] reruns of the strip still appear in more than 50 countries. Nearly 45 million copies of the 18 Calvin and Hobbes books have been sold.[1][dated info]
Calvin and Hobbes is set in the contemporary United States in an unspecified suburban area. The strip depicts Calvin's flights of fancy and his friendship with Hobbes. It also examines Calvin's relationships with family and classmates. Hobbes' dual nature is a defining motif for the strip: to Calvin, Hobbes is a live anthropomorphic tiger; all the other characters see him as an inanimate stuffed toy. Though the series does not mention specific political figures or current events, it does explore broad issues like environmentalism, public education, philosophical quandaries, and the flaws of opinion polls.[4]
Calvin and Hobbes was conceived when Bill Watterson, working in an advertising job he detested,[5] began devoting his spare time to cartooning, his true love. He explored various strip ideas but all were rejected by the syndicates. United Feature Syndicate finally responded positively to one strip, which featured a side character (the main character's little brother) who had a stuffed tiger. Told that these characters were the strongest, Watterson began a new strip centered on them.[6] Though United Feature rejected the new strip, Universal Press Syndicate eventually took it.[7][8]
The first strip was published on November 18, 1985,[9] and the series quickly became a hit. Within a year of syndication, the strip was published in roughly 250 newspapers. Before long the strip was in wide circulation outside the United States. By April 1, 1987, Watterson and his work were featured in an article in The Los Angeles Times.[7] Calvin and Hobbes twice earned Watterson the Reuben Award from theNational Cartoonists Society in the Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year category, first in 1986 and again in 1988. He was nominated again in 1992. The Society awarded him the Humor Comic Strip Award for 1988.[10] Calvin and Hobbes has also won several more awards.
Tuesday, November 04, 2014
GIF ~ Eating
At the right timing, send this picture to whoever
if it reminds that person of someone you both know.
Guaranteed to bring laughter to both of you.
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Makan Time ~ Gif to Video
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