Odysseys of George

Lost my watch recently. It was a nice professional type watch in almost in its 10th year of life and were showing signs of aging. Must have accidently misplaced it either in OT or after the gym.

I did not want something fancy but again another professional type watch simple design for me to wear for functions and meetings. Furthermore, I just invested into a dive watch, the famed SUUNTO D6.

So, with a limited budget, extremely limited budget, I went hunting. After,a while I invested in a watch whose name has been in the industry 120 years founded by Kintaro Hattori in 1881. He called his factory Seikosha(Seiko = miniature;exquisite;success: sha= house). Now called SEIKO.I bought a SEIKO 5 series.

Any idea what are the pros and cons of this brand? The SUUNTO is still my favaourite.

Someone out there either has too much spare time or is deadly at Scrabble. (Wait till you see the last one)!

DORMITORY:
When you rearrange the letters:
DIRTY ROOM

PRESBYTERIAN:
When you rearrange the letters:
BEST IN PRAYER

ASTRONOMER:
When you rearrange the letters:
MOON STARER

DESPERATION:
When you rearrange the letters:
A ROPE ENDS IT

THE EYES:
When you rearrange the letters:
THEY SEE

GEORGE BUSH:
When you rearrange the letters:
HE BUGS GORE

THE MORSE CODE:
When you rearrange the letters:
HERE COME DOTS

SLOT MACHINES:
When you rearrange the letters:
CASH LOST IN ME

ANIMOSITY:
When you rearrange the letters:
IS NO AMITY

ELECTION RESULTS:
When you rearrange the letters:
LIES – LET’S RECOUNT

SNOOZE ALARMS:
When you rearrange the letters:
ALAS! NO MORE Z ‘S

A DECIMAL POINT:
IM A DOT IN PLACE

THE EARTHQUAKES:
When you rearrange the letters:
THAT QUEER SHAKE

ELEVEN PLUS TWO:
When you rearrange the letters:
TWELVE PLUS ONE

AND FOR THE GRAND FINALE:

MOTHER-IN-LAW:
When you rearrange the letters:
WOMAN HITLER
Yep! Someone with waaaaaaaaaaay too much time on their hands!
(Probably a son-in-law)

Well I have heard this before but just for you readers out there

Exclusive only to Malaysians and Singaporeans.Nobody else could do this.

Ah Lek was asked to make a sentence using 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and 10.
Not only did he do it 1 to 10, he did it again from 10 back to 1.

This is what he came up with…1 day I go 2 climb up a 3 outside a house to peep. But the couple saw me,so I panic and 4 down. The man rush out and wanted to 5 with me. I run until I fall 6 and throw up. So I go into 7 eleven and grab some 8 to throw at him. Then I took a 9 and try to stab him. 10 God he run away.

So, I put the 9 back and pay for the 8 and left 7 eleven. Next day, I call my boss and say I am 6. He said 5, tomorrow also no need to come back 4 work. He also asks me to climb a 3 and jump down. I don’t understand, I so nice 2 him but I don’t know what he 1.

Well as in the banner above, October is the official breast awareness month. In accordance, Selayang Hospital is holding a month long campaign with its official successful launch was on the 4th of October 2006. The campaign, led by our Breast & Endocrine Surgeon, Ms Azlina Firzah, was the first of its kind in Selayang Hospital.

According to the National Cancer Registry Report 2003, 31% of all cancer occuring among females were of breast cancer making it the leading cancer in women. In Selayang, women of above 30 have been reported to have breast cancer. Just today, a lady in her late 20′s were diagnosed to have breast cancer. There is no race predilection as breast cancer is the leading cancer in women of all races. If not mistaken the risk of a women getting breast cancer at present is 1 in 18. It could be higher than that as many cases are not reported.

Who is in charge? Women! Self breast examination is the single most important screening tool to pick up any lumps early. Sadly, many still feel reluctant to examine themselves and those who do and do find a lump, becomes worried and fearful of seeing a doctor. Some resign from examining themselves because they are worried they may find a lump. Breast cancer like most other cancers if diagnosed early has a better outcome. But yet, fear appears to be a dominant deterrent.

Once a lump is detected, triple assessment is performed to confirm and secure the diagnosis.
This consist of Clinical Assessment(history and breast examination), Radiological Assessment in the form of ultrasound or mammogram maybe both, and lastly a pathological assessment (Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology or Core Needle Biopsy).

Upon confirmation of the diagnosis, clinical staging is performed into Stage 1,2,3 or 4. In Stages 1,2 and some stage 3, the primary treatment is surgery. If possible, breast conservation surgery(BCS) maybe an option but post-operative radiotheraphy is a must. In all whether BCS or mastectomy, an axillary dissection is also performed. This is because axillary nodal status is the single most important prognostic factor in breast cancer.

After surgery, systemic treatment is usually required as even in early breast cancer, some cancer cells could have already travelled away from the primary source and these are called micrometastases. These may not show up until much later when they are reactivated and present themselves as secondary deposits in the lung, bone or liver. Thus, breast cancer is looked upon as a systemic disease and can be very challenging. Active after treatment monitoring and follow-up is therefore of importance.

Sites to check out:

http://www.radiologymalaysia.org/breasthealth

http://www.radiologymalaysia.org/breasthealth/BCWA/aboutbcwa.htm

http://www.radiologymalaysia.org/breasthealth/MBCC/index.htm

http://www.cancer.org.my/can_det_centre.htm

The project seems to take a long time to complete like many other things in Malaysia. They follow the same theme – build, break, repair, break, repair,…build again!!

“Open a single lane to make the public happy but continue the repairs and take your time — the longer better more money for all of us”

tomato anemonefish

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Name : Amphiprion frenatus
Subfamily: Amphiprioninae
Family: Pomacentridae
Others in the Family: Damselfish
Found : Malaysia, Indonesia to Japan
Average Length : 8cm
Description:
One of 27 known Clownfish species. Clownfish co-exists with anemones in the wild and can shelter from predators near the anemone without being stung or eaten. Clownfishes have a special mucus coating which prevents the anemone from stinging them.
The female Tomato Clownfish is significantly bigger than the male Tomato Clownfish and is blackish on the sides of the body, while the snout, belly and breast are red. The male is without this blackish colouration; his entire body is red and he has one single white head bar. A young Tomato Clownfish has 2-3 white bars.