I received a major news today.
And I made a difficult decision today.
Two big things in a day.
Too much for me to handle.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Get Well Soon Eve!
Visited darling Evelyn with Ah Zhi & Chris. We were so bored, and went around touring the house. Eve's bro has a open concept toilet. OH MAN! This is so cool! I think all the aunties around the neighbourhood will drool. HAHA. Her house is too big until we were panting when climbing the stairs.
Chris admiring the childhood photos of Eve and her boiboi. See she so KPO! :p
While I play with Eve's mirror again!
I think Ah Zhi's pink shirt complements with the pink bear behind. Poor guy nearly fell into the drain on our way home. Very Gao Xiao! LOL!
And look at the injured, still munching away on her PRINGLES! *slaps*
Please get well soon :)
N Zealand confirms swine flu cases
New Zealand begins swine flu tests
ESR scientists have begun testing swine flu samples in New Zealand as suspected cases rise and officials remind Kiwis they can only buy Tamiflu over the counter if they are unwell.
Specialist scientists have been co-opted to assist with the testing process at ESR's National Influenza Centre, a statement said today. "Now the swine flu has been confirmed in New Zealand and the molecular structure of the virus has been identified, ESR's WHO National Influenza Centre can perform the testing."
Meanwhile, at a press conference this morning health officials said while Tamiflu could be purchased over the counter from tomorrow, patients needed to be exhibiting symptoms before they would be sold the anti-viral medication.
"[Buyers] need to be in the early stages of influenza," Deputy Director of Public Health Dr Fran McGrath said.
"If they're not in the early stages then they need to see their doctor for a prescription."
More test results are expected today from patients suspected of having swine flu. The tests will confirm whether they have Influenza A and once this is established more complicated tests will be carried out for swine flu. All suspected patients are however being treated as if they have swine flu and are being isolated for 72 hours and given a course of Tamiflu.
The World Health Organisation this morning raised the pandemic threat level from swine flu to phase 5.
In New Zealand, the number of suspected cases of swine flu has grown to 104.
Included in the isolation tally is Grey District Mayor Tony Kokshoorn. He is under quarantine at home today - one day before a scheduled meeting with Prime Minister John Key.
Mr Kokshoorn and his family flew home from a holiday in Hawaii and North America a day before the "swine flu flight" that carried the flu strain to New Zealand.
A family member was now taking Tamiflu as a precaution and being tested for influenza A after becoming sick five days later, Mr Kokshoorn said today. "[But] I want to stress - I haven't got the flu. I've never been better."
NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE
Health officials moved today to establish a "community-based assessment centre", most likely at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital.
Officials said this morning there were still 13 probable cases of swine flu, with three confirmed by the WHO's Melbourne testing centre. But the number of suspected cases had increased to 104.
"The growth in suspect numbers is primarily from close family contacts from passengers on flights," Health Minister Tony Ryall told a press conference today.
Numbers in isolation have also likely increased, with health officials now dealing with 101 cases. "[But] you can assume that many of them will have two, or three or more family members," Mr Ryall said.
There are 72 isolation cases in Auckland, 16 in Wellington, eight in Nelson, seven in Wanganui. Several other regions also have one or two cases.
Director General of Public Health Stephen McKernan said a community assessment facility would likely be established at Middlemore, so clinical assessments for swine flu could be conducted away from the airport.
Treatment could also be given and patients could be put in isolation in the unit.
It is possible other similar centres will be established in other parts of the country if the flu spreads, he said.
Mr Ryall said New Zealand had moved to a phase 5.1 in its plan but "this is not an escalation in New Zealand's epidemic planning."
Officials were still working to "contain and mitigate" swine flu, he said.
Mr Ryall said 32 countries had now notified WHO of suspected or confirmed cases of swine flu.
"As you know we are working hard to identify people potentially with swine flu so we can provide them with treatment and support and limit the spread of the flu."
The Health Ministry said at least 10,000 people arrived here from North America each week and all were subject to screening.
Eleven people on a flight that stopped off in Auckland yesterday en route to Australia were taken to hospital, suspected of having the virus. Five of those were in transit.
Mr Ryall, said the Government had made an order-in-council making non-seasonal influenza a notifiable disease.
The Canterbury District Health Board has also set itself up at Christchurch International Airport to help passengers from overseas that are unwell.
PANDEMIC ALERT
Earlier today, the World Health Organisation has raised the pandemic threat level from swine flu to phase 5 as the virus spread and killed the first person outside Mexico, a toddler in Texas.
WHO Director-General Margaret Chan made the decision to raise the alert level from phase 4 - signifying transmission in only one country - after reviewing the latest scientific evidence on the outbreak.
"I have decided to raise the level of influenza pandemic alert from phase 4 to phase 5," Chan told a news briefing.
Phase 5 is the WHO's second highest level of warning that a pandemic, or global outbreak of a serious new illness, is imminent. Phase 6 means a pandemic has begun.
Chan said she hoped to reassure governments but urged them to prepare for the worst.
"The world is better prepared for an influenza pandemic than at any time in history," Chan said. "For the first time in history we can track the pandemic in real time."
The H1N1 swine flu virus has spread around the world, killing an estimated 159 people in Mexico, claiming the life of a Mexican toddler in the United States, and infecting people in at least eight other countries.
It is a never-before-seen mix of swine, avian and human viruses and it is not clear how deadly it is or how easily it transmits from one person to another.
"No matter what the situation is, the international community should treat this as a window of opportunity to ramp up ... response," Chan said.
"It is really all of humanity that is under threat during a pandemic."
Pharmaceutical companies should ramp up manufacturing she said. Two antiviral drugs- Relenza, made by GlaxoSmithKline and Tamiflu, made by Roche AG- have been shown to work against the H1N1 swine flu strain.
Nearly a week after the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, first emerged in California and Texas and was found to have caused deaths in Mexico, Spain reported the first case in Europe of swine flu in a person who had not been to Mexico, illustrating the danger of person-to-person transmission.
Germany and Austria reported cases, bringing the number of affected countries to 9. US officials said a 22-month-old boy had died in Texas – the first confirmed US swine flu death – while on a family visit from Mexico.
- ANNA CHALMERS, Reuters, AP and NZPA
As of 1.15pm from Google News.
HO SAY LIAO!
ESR scientists have begun testing swine flu samples in New Zealand as suspected cases rise and officials remind Kiwis they can only buy Tamiflu over the counter if they are unwell.
Specialist scientists have been co-opted to assist with the testing process at ESR's National Influenza Centre, a statement said today. "Now the swine flu has been confirmed in New Zealand and the molecular structure of the virus has been identified, ESR's WHO National Influenza Centre can perform the testing."
Meanwhile, at a press conference this morning health officials said while Tamiflu could be purchased over the counter from tomorrow, patients needed to be exhibiting symptoms before they would be sold the anti-viral medication.
"[Buyers] need to be in the early stages of influenza," Deputy Director of Public Health Dr Fran McGrath said.
"If they're not in the early stages then they need to see their doctor for a prescription."
More test results are expected today from patients suspected of having swine flu. The tests will confirm whether they have Influenza A and once this is established more complicated tests will be carried out for swine flu. All suspected patients are however being treated as if they have swine flu and are being isolated for 72 hours and given a course of Tamiflu.
The World Health Organisation this morning raised the pandemic threat level from swine flu to phase 5.
In New Zealand, the number of suspected cases of swine flu has grown to 104.
Included in the isolation tally is Grey District Mayor Tony Kokshoorn. He is under quarantine at home today - one day before a scheduled meeting with Prime Minister John Key.
Mr Kokshoorn and his family flew home from a holiday in Hawaii and North America a day before the "swine flu flight" that carried the flu strain to New Zealand.
A family member was now taking Tamiflu as a precaution and being tested for influenza A after becoming sick five days later, Mr Kokshoorn said today. "[But] I want to stress - I haven't got the flu. I've never been better."
NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE
Health officials moved today to establish a "community-based assessment centre", most likely at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital.
Officials said this morning there were still 13 probable cases of swine flu, with three confirmed by the WHO's Melbourne testing centre. But the number of suspected cases had increased to 104.
"The growth in suspect numbers is primarily from close family contacts from passengers on flights," Health Minister Tony Ryall told a press conference today.
Numbers in isolation have also likely increased, with health officials now dealing with 101 cases. "[But] you can assume that many of them will have two, or three or more family members," Mr Ryall said.
There are 72 isolation cases in Auckland, 16 in Wellington, eight in Nelson, seven in Wanganui. Several other regions also have one or two cases.
Director General of Public Health Stephen McKernan said a community assessment facility would likely be established at Middlemore, so clinical assessments for swine flu could be conducted away from the airport.
Treatment could also be given and patients could be put in isolation in the unit.
It is possible other similar centres will be established in other parts of the country if the flu spreads, he said.
Mr Ryall said New Zealand had moved to a phase 5.1 in its plan but "this is not an escalation in New Zealand's epidemic planning."
Officials were still working to "contain and mitigate" swine flu, he said.
Mr Ryall said 32 countries had now notified WHO of suspected or confirmed cases of swine flu.
"As you know we are working hard to identify people potentially with swine flu so we can provide them with treatment and support and limit the spread of the flu."
The Health Ministry said at least 10,000 people arrived here from North America each week and all were subject to screening.
Eleven people on a flight that stopped off in Auckland yesterday en route to Australia were taken to hospital, suspected of having the virus. Five of those were in transit.
Mr Ryall, said the Government had made an order-in-council making non-seasonal influenza a notifiable disease.
The Canterbury District Health Board has also set itself up at Christchurch International Airport to help passengers from overseas that are unwell.
PANDEMIC ALERT
Earlier today, the World Health Organisation has raised the pandemic threat level from swine flu to phase 5 as the virus spread and killed the first person outside Mexico, a toddler in Texas.
WHO Director-General Margaret Chan made the decision to raise the alert level from phase 4 - signifying transmission in only one country - after reviewing the latest scientific evidence on the outbreak.
"I have decided to raise the level of influenza pandemic alert from phase 4 to phase 5," Chan told a news briefing.
Phase 5 is the WHO's second highest level of warning that a pandemic, or global outbreak of a serious new illness, is imminent. Phase 6 means a pandemic has begun.
Chan said she hoped to reassure governments but urged them to prepare for the worst.
"The world is better prepared for an influenza pandemic than at any time in history," Chan said. "For the first time in history we can track the pandemic in real time."
The H1N1 swine flu virus has spread around the world, killing an estimated 159 people in Mexico, claiming the life of a Mexican toddler in the United States, and infecting people in at least eight other countries.
It is a never-before-seen mix of swine, avian and human viruses and it is not clear how deadly it is or how easily it transmits from one person to another.
"No matter what the situation is, the international community should treat this as a window of opportunity to ramp up ... response," Chan said.
"It is really all of humanity that is under threat during a pandemic."
Pharmaceutical companies should ramp up manufacturing she said. Two antiviral drugs- Relenza, made by GlaxoSmithKline and Tamiflu, made by Roche AG- have been shown to work against the H1N1 swine flu strain.
Nearly a week after the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, first emerged in California and Texas and was found to have caused deaths in Mexico, Spain reported the first case in Europe of swine flu in a person who had not been to Mexico, illustrating the danger of person-to-person transmission.
Germany and Austria reported cases, bringing the number of affected countries to 9. US officials said a 22-month-old boy had died in Texas – the first confirmed US swine flu death – while on a family visit from Mexico.
- ANNA CHALMERS, Reuters, AP and NZPA
As of 1.15pm from Google News.
HO SAY LIAO!
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Filament '09
So it was yesterday night. After 1 year of torture, all of us can finally showcase our final videos.
With Yunxin... I think her Pasar Malam video is the best last night.
Gosh, Alvi found a stewardess job and may be leaving to Middle East real soon. Im gona miss her :(
And us introducing our film after the audience has watched it.
I am leaving for my Graduation Trip in a few days time, yet I am not at all excited nor happy. Nothing to do with the planning of the trip, but rather the other miscellaneous work which I have to clear before leaving.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Dim Sum at Shangri-La
After late night with Fungie at Echo Music Student Performance on Saturday, we met 12hrs later for Dim Sum today! My good friend will miss me when Im in New Zealand for a month, so she wants to see me more now. Muacks Muacks! Haha!
We initially wana haf Dim Sum in Hua Ting Restaurant (at Orchard Hotel), but reservation is full.
Shang Palace is still pretty. Remembered the last time I went there was for a shoot during internship. Miss the good old days...
We had 10 different kinds of Dim Sums. Not bad! I will blog about it soon in my food blog. I don't really like Siew Mai but the Siew Mai here is really nice! Got big juicy prawns neh~
Taken after meal. We were moderately satisfied :D
We took a photo with the telephones and my telephone is working! Somebody from the Reception answered the phone and keep Hello? Hello? Aiyo, damn malu!
I think Fungie looks very sweet here...
After second attempt. 1st attempt, a small boy tried to take my camera, so I ran back to prevent him from doing that. Ha!
Emo Fungie. Hmmm, who are you thinking of? LOL!
Yesterday I was a feminine lady wearing a pretty skirt. Today, Fungie was wearing a pretty dress. So in the family portrait, I am the MAN, she is the WOMAN! :D
Then off to shopping! I bought a set of new bikini! YAY! :D
Star Awards tonight. FYP Screening tomorrow night.
Blissful Saturday!
It's really great that my exams are over and I no longer spend my weekends in hall rushing reports and mugging hard. It's time to play hard too.
Vesak @ Orchard has always been the annual BIG event. Although I didn't perform this year, I went down to support my YAC friends. Unfortunately, I had tuition before that and when I arrived, the performance has ended and most of them has left. :(
Vesak @ Orchard has always been the annual BIG event. Although I didn't perform this year, I went down to support my YAC friends. Unfortunately, I had tuition before that and when I arrived, the performance has ended and most of them has left. :(
Performance by Kang Kee and gang.
Thankfully, managed to catch Yi Zhu and sisters! They were decorating their rabbits!
Yi Zhu gave me this HAPPINESS CARD. She designed the rabbit! Awww so sweet, will Mr *Ahem* get jealous? LOL! And when she hands it to me, she said: 要开心哦！
Performance by Youth Buddhist Chapter (YCB)
BLACKFOREST BAND!
(Sorry Shigong, really wana stay and support you guys, but I was in a rush...)
Met Fungie and Pei Yuan after that to attend Echo Music Student's Performance as Fungie is performing! It is held in Singapore Arts Museum (I will be there on Monday as well for my FYP screening) and there's free yummy buffet for dinner! LOL!
Thanks for the invitation, Fungie! :D
When we come together, how can we not take some stupid photos? LOL!
Master Fang at work. Do not disturb.
I was wearing skirt, so cannot sit rough. Then I shall take a emo pose :D
In the toilet. Yes, cam whore!
It was supposed to be a family portrait
Fungie's performance (带我走)! Good Job Gal! U are brave and u played well! :D
And guess who I met?
Mr. D's performance!
And to end off today's post,
I saw a big crowd gathering outside this shop in Takashimaya today. Why? Cus these mannequins are humans! Pretty, aren't they?
Yup, this concludes my day. It would be a much better day if the weather is not so hot. But, Im still a HAPPY GIRL! :D
Friday, April 24, 2009
BUSY FRIDAY
The day started with me going to Bishan Park for a jog. I was choosing between going to YCK gym and Bishan Park, and chose the latter eventually. It was totally a stupid idea to do that because the sun was too scorching and by the time i walked over to bishan park, i can already feel the heat burning my body.
Then run over to KMS for a quick prayer. There will be big Vesak celebration this weekend at Ngee Ann City. Bryan Wang will be there on Sunday! There's gona be sing-n-dance, blessings for all, fun fair, vegetarian food fair etc! Come down and have fun! Most probably, I will be there tml :)
It's a pity that I can't make it for prayers and candle lighting next weekend. I will be off to New Zealand. Oh mine, it's arriving too fast that Im kinda caught unprepared. Up till now, we haven't found any farms that are available! Many that I have emailed rejected us as their farm is already occupied and most of them didn't reply me. I am getting abit gan chiong! Dear Adeline has left for China~~~
Then went Bugis to meet Xiaomei for lunch. Initially wana bring her to Yet Con for ymmy chicken rice, but I was too lazy to walk there. So we had our lunch at the food court in Sim Lim Square Basement. She introduced this Indian cum Pakistan meal!
Indian food is real expensive but tasty wor! I used to have indian naan + curry for dinner in my hall (when all other stalls are closed) and it was delicious yet expensive!
Then run over to KMS for a quick prayer. There will be big Vesak celebration this weekend at Ngee Ann City. Bryan Wang will be there on Sunday! There's gona be sing-n-dance, blessings for all, fun fair, vegetarian food fair etc! Come down and have fun! Most probably, I will be there tml :)
It's a pity that I can't make it for prayers and candle lighting next weekend. I will be off to New Zealand. Oh mine, it's arriving too fast that Im kinda caught unprepared. Up till now, we haven't found any farms that are available! Many that I have emailed rejected us as their farm is already occupied and most of them didn't reply me. I am getting abit gan chiong! Dear Adeline has left for China~~~
Then went Bugis to meet Xiaomei for lunch. Initially wana bring her to Yet Con for ymmy chicken rice, but I was too lazy to walk there. So we had our lunch at the food court in Sim Lim Square Basement. She introduced this Indian cum Pakistan meal!
Indian food is real expensive but tasty wor! I used to have indian naan + curry for dinner in my hall (when all other stalls are closed) and it was delicious yet expensive!
We had Butter Chicken with Garlic Naan. It's very delicious! but the hot plate dirtied all our clothes and bags. RAH!
Then Xiaomei had a yummy mango drink at Rockery.
Took her sunglasses and play with it! LOL!
Aunty wana celebrated the end of school for me, so brought all of us to PORRIDGE STEAMBOAT at AMK! We were afraid that we cant find a good aircon seat, so we reached very early.
From Left: 2nd Aunty amused by something in the pot, 3rd Aunty KPO ...
From Left: Mummy busy eating, so was 2nd Aunty!
Grandaddy de-shelling prawns for me! :D YAY!
1ST THING I want to do after my NZ trip:
Go shopping / eat supper with
EVELYN KOH AI PING!
So please recover soon ok! *hugs*
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