Symptoms of dengue fever
Thursday, January 17, 2008
I feel obliged to write this post since not many people realize how dangerous dengue fever is. I've lost a good friend to it. So, I wish that people would read this up and educate yourself and other people around you about the symptoms of dengue fever.
- High fever - up to 45 degrees Celsius
- Severe headache
- Retro-orbital pain - pain behind the eye
- Severe joint pains
- Muscle pains
- Muscle aches
- Swollen lymph nodes
- General weakness
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Rash
- Children get non-typical symptoms
- Fever
- Weakness
- Prostration - extreme exhaustion and fatigue
- Severe headache
- Severe muscle pain
- Slowed heart rate
- Enlarge lymph nodes
- Maculopapular rash - a rash that occurs on the skin that appears reddish with macula and papules
So if you see people around you with those symptoms, please, by all means, bring him/her to the hospital and get their blood checked as soon as possible. Don't regret it later
That's all folks!
Posted byAizad at 6:41 PM 1 comments
Rules Kids Won't Learn in School
In addition to the title, childish university students are included as well
Rule #1. Life is not fair. Get used to it. The average teenager uses the phrase "it's not fair" 8.6 times a day. You got it from your parents, who said it so often you decided they must be the most idealistic generation ever. When they started hearing it from their own kids, they realized Rule #1.
Rule #2. The real world won't care as much about your self-esteem as your school does. It'll expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself. This may come as a shock. Usually, when inflated self-esteem meets reality, kids complain that it's not fair. (See Rule No. 1)
Rule #3. Sorry, you won't make $50,000 a year right out of high school. And you won't be a vice president or have a car phone either. You may even have to wear a uniform that doesn't have a Gap label.
Rule #4. If you think your teacher is tough, wait 'til you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure, so he tends to be a bit edgier. When you screw up, he is not going ask you how feel about it.
Rule #5. Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping. They called it opportunity. They weren't embarrassed making minimum wage either. They would have been embarrassed to sit around talking about Kurt Cobain all weekend.
Rule #6. It's not your parents' fault. If you screw up, you are responsible. This is the flip side of "It's my life," and "You're not the boss of me," and other eloquent proclamations of your generation. When you turn 18, it's on your dime. Don't whine about it or you'll sound like a baby boomer.
Rule #7. Before you were born your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way paying your bills, cleaning up your room and listening to you tell them how idealistic you are. And by the way, before you save the rain forest from the blood-sucking parasites of your parents' generation try delousing the closet in your bedroom.
Rule #8. Life is not divided into semesters, and you don't get summers off. Nor even Easter break. They expect you to show up every day. For eight hours. And you don't get a new life every 10 weeks. It just goes on and on.
Rule #9. Television is not real life. Your life is not a sitcom. Your problems will not all be solved in 30 minutes, minus time for commercials. In real life, people actually have to leave the coffee shop to go to jobs. Your friends will not be perky or as polite as Jennifer Aniston.
Rule #10. Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them. We all could.
Rule #11. Enjoy this while you can. Sure, parents are a pain, school's a bother, and life is depressing. But someday you'll realize how wonderful it was to be kid. Maybe you should start now.
You're welcome.
That's all folks!
Posted byAizad at 5:59 PM 0 comments
For House fans
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
OMGROFLMAOWTFZOR!
If you're a true House fan, you'll laugh your arse off when you see this:
Click here
That's all folks!
Posted byAizad at 11:46 PM 1 comments
Racism: Word of the day
Monday, January 14, 2008
You know what we should call people with darker colored skin than a Caucasian's? People. People should be called people.
Acknowledging racism perpetrates racism.
That's all folks!
Posted byAizad at 8:11 PM 0 comments
Have You Seen Her?
Victim
God, please let her be found in one piece.
That's all folks!
Posted byAizad at 1:45 AM 0 comments
Cops: Dad Sodomized Teen Stepson to Avenge Rape of Daughter
Sunday, January 13, 2008
FORT WORTH, Texas — A father sodomized his 18-year-old stepson to avenge the teenager's alleged rape of the man's 8-year-old daughter, police said. The father, 32, turned himself into to authorities on Friday and was released from jail Saturday after posting a $17,500 bond. He faces a charge of aggravated sexual assault. The stepson was arrested Jan. 2 and charged with suspicion of aggravated sexual assault. Police say the father caught him assaulting his daughter, and a subsequent examination at a hospital revealed the girl had been sodomized. Sgt. Cheryl Johnson, supervisor of the Fort Worth sex crimes unit, said in a story posted Saturday on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Web site that people need to "allow the criminal justice system to work for them." "This is a very unique case, but we have a criminal justice system in place, and no one can take the law into their own hands," Johnson said. The Star-Telegram didn't identify the father or the stepson to protect the identity of the girl. Fort Worth police didn't immediately return phone and e-mail messages from The Associated Press. When the stepson was arrested, the man warned his wife not to get the teenager out of jail. She posted bond for the teen's release. When he called home Jan. 3 after getting released, the father took the call and picked him up, police said. Instead of taking the teenager home, the Arlington man drove to an abandoned house in Fort Worth, beat his stepson with a baseball bat and sodomized him with a metal tool, police said. After the man left, the stepson found a pay phone and called police, who searched the abandoned home. "We did find evidence at the scene to corroborate our victim's story," Johnson said.
Author: Wow.. talk about revenge
Reference
That's all folks!
Posted byAizad at 7:45 PM 0 comments
Glory, glory Man United!
Man United win 6-0
Arsenal draw 1-1
Liverpool draw 1-1
Haiiih.. there's nothing better than to end your week watching your team sitting on top of the table. For Liverfool and Arse-nal fans, shut up =D
*grabs a drink*
That's all folks!
Posted byAizad at 7:18 AM 2 comments
Labels: football
Choices, choices
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Have you encountered a moment in your life where you have to make a decision, and yet you're indecisive? Both choices are equally good, equally matches your objective. But still, your mind lingers on the end result of your choice. From a single decision, it branches out to thousands and thousands of possibilities. Before I draw to my conclusion, let me tell you a little story, taken from an article (the story is republished by author).
The story of decision making
There is a track that splits up into two in the middle. One track is damaged and old, while the other is still good and being used regularly. Both tracks lead to the same destination. Everyday, trains would pass the usable track and reach each respective destination safely.
But one day, a group of 20 kids decided to play on the track. 19 of them are playing on the usable track, while the other one, plays by himself at the other side of the track. All of them are aware about their playground's safety issue. But only 1 kid obliged to the most logical action (for a kid), which is to play on the damaged track. The other 19 decided not to be on the safe side, and took the risk playing on the good track.
A train is approaching at full speed. Coming from a sharp corner, the driver saw the kids playing on the track, but it is too late to stop now. Unfortunately, none of them see the train coming, and are still blissfully unaware of the incoming danger. The driver panicked, and he needs to decide what to do now. Will he continue driving on the usable track with 19 kids, or will he reroute to the damaged track with 1 kid. He goes for the damaged track and sacrificed 1 child, while saving the other 19. Or so he thought. In the end, the train derailed and killed everyone on board. (it's not the whole story, but meh.. you get the point)
Now, looking at another angle (aside from the drama), did he do the right thing? Is it ethically and morally correct to sacrifice 1 life in return for 19 other? Had it ever occurred to the driver that the lone kid took the morally-right decision to play on the unused track, in lieu of the other 19 obnoxious kids? Do you see the resemblance of this story?
Conclusion is, sometimes in life, we will face this kind of situation; 2 choices, 2 different ways, 1 destination. So, assess the situation properly, and make the right decision. But the most important thing is, DECIDE. Don't be on the fence. That is not a good practice anywhere in the world. If you're the adventurous one, you'll take the risk. For those who don't, take the safe side. 1 thing in common; no matter what decision you made, sometimes, things get thrown to you unexpectedly, and you need to adapt to changes. Good luck!
That's all folks!
Posted byAizad at 6:32 PM 2 comments
Labels: life
Following up the diet post
Monday, January 7, 2008
Some of my reader doesn't know who the heck Jabba The Hut is. For you-know-who, you should die an agonizing death for not watching Star Wars! Grrr..
Here's a picture of him:
That's all folks!
Posted byAizad at 7:30 PM 3 comments
Labels: health, jabba the hut
Comic strips
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Things not to say when meeting the parents
Bookstore
Facebook sleazy uses
Title says it all
Loud sex
Photoshop
A fight
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Chuck Norris Facts
So I've decided to compile 20 of the most hilarious Chuck Norris Facts that can be found on the net. For those of you who didn't know what Chuck Norris Facts are, I'll give you a hint; it's a set of facts that makes Chuck Norris look like a total idiot, or an uber superhuman (depends on the way how you look at it). This is a picture of him:
Here goes:
20 of The Most Hilarious Chuck Norris Facts (drumrolls):
- Chuck Norris can count to infinity, TWICE.
- Chuck Norris destroyed the periodic table, because he only recognizes the element of surprise.
- There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Chuck Norris has allowed to live.
- Chuck Norris can touch MC Hammer.
- When Chuck Norris does a pushup, he isn’t lifting himself up, he’s pushing the Earth down.
- Chuck Norris’ hand is the only hand that can beat a Royal Flush.
- Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door.
- Chuck Norris eats beef jerky and craps gunpowder. Then, he uses that gunpowder to make a bullet, which he uses to kill a cow and make more beef jerky. Some people refer to this as the "Circle of Life."
- When Chuck Norris falls in water, Chuck Norris doesn't get wet. Water gets Chuck Norris.
- If tapped, a Chuck Norris roundhouse kick could power the country of Australia for 44 minutes.
- Chuck Norris can be divided by zero.
- A picture is worth a thousand words. A Chuck Norris is worth 1 billion words.
- When Steven Seagal kills a ninja, he only takes its hide. When Chuck Norris kills a ninja, he uses every part.
- For some, the left testicle is larger than the right one. For Chuck Norris, each testicle is larger than the other one.
- In the beginning there was nothing. Then Chuck Norris roundhouse kicked that nothing in the face and said "Get a job". That is the story of the universe.
- Little known medical fact: Chuck Norris invented the Caesarean section when he roundhouse-kicked his way out of his monther's womb.
- Chuck Norris once ate an entire bottle of sleeping pills. They made him blink.
- James Cameron wanted Chuck Norris to play the Terminator. However, upon reflection, he realized that would have turned his movie into a documentary, so he went with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- Chuck Norris played Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun and won.
- Some people wear Superman pajamas. Superman wears Chuck Norris pajamas.
That's all folks!
Posted byAizad at 5:06 PM 2 comments
Labels: funny
Next generation children
Inspired by Pei Jet's post about people watching, this is an interesting topic to be discussed about. Have you seen the kids of modern era nowadays? If they're obnoxious, ignorant, lazy and icky, you've found the right one. If you see them with their iPod on the right pocket, one hand typing SMS, and another, chatting on the net, look no further. And now, they're everywhere. It's like a disease!
I still remember how I spend my life as a kid. I play with dirt, I climb trees, I quarrel with other kids (even got thrown with a big stone on the head once, and it gets settled on the spot), I play in the drain, and I chase chicken (and catch them, and eat them). Heck, I even find firewood in the forest and make my own campfire at the back of my grandma's house. But kids nowadays? Pftt.. I see them sitting on their butts, reading Harry Potter, ears stuffed with noise cancelling earphone. They do not practice their social skills, thus making them isolated from everyone else. They have no respect for their elders. NO RESPECT AT ALL. They think that their life is more superior than everyone else. I pity them for their poor upbringing. I wonder what will happen to them when they're all grown up. I sure hope that my sons and daughters in the future won't end up just like them. I despise them.
That's all folks!
Posted byAizad at 8:41 AM 2 comments
Happiness: $ 4.98
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Who says money can't buy happiness?That's all folks!
Posted byAizad at 10:13 PM 2 comments
Labels: happiness
Tip of the day: How to lose weight
Eat to live, or live to eat? That's the big question. For some, they can't live without food (eg. ME). But for some, they feel obliged to cut down the fats on their body, or cheeks, without realizing that they look fabulous already. All cosmetics, not health. As a Chinese saying goes;
Don't add hands and legs to a drawing of a snake
*coughs*
Let's get to the point here. I will now shed some light to those ungrateful type, on how to lose weight and stay healthy, the easy way. By healthy, I mean no how-to-be-bulemic-or-aneroxic here people. Three major points here would be eating right, exercise, sleep well.
Eating right
It's not always about what you eat. It's how you eat, and when you eat as well. When I was just a little boy (still am now), my mom always told me to chew my food 21 times before you swallow it. Now, being a kid, stubborn, impatient and all, I never listened to what my mom said. Later in life I realized the underlying cause of that. Apparently, when you chew your food for a while, the food bits becomes smaller and smaller, and well, if you've learned physics, the smaller the size of an object, the bigger surface area to volume ratio (correct me here if I'm wrong people). Now, when you congest tiny little pieces of food, it is much easier to digest compared to bigger pieces. Hence, it will be easier for your intestines to absorb the nutrients into your bloodstream.
My second point here would be; don't eat before you go to bed. This has been researched by some scientist (don't have the reference here, sorry) and proven to be disastrous for your body, and for your sleep. You won't sleep well and it will encourage fat storage in your body. How so? Well, it's a known fact that after you eat, your digestion system will be given subsidy by your body, in terms of blood supply. So, less blood will be supplied to your brain, thus, your brain will have less oxygen. Et voila! A good start to a sleepless night. And why it would make you fat? Well obviously when you sleep, you won't be jogging and sweating and all (unless for some people with their 'extra-curricular activities'). Therefore, you will gain fat from your food! Simple as that.
Well I'm not going to touch about nutritional values and what not. Eat more fruits, reduce oil in cooking, blablabla.. Help yourself by reading those articles about the so-called food pyramid, and read the back of the packaging before you munch anything. Don't be lazy people! Moving on.
Exercise
Well, I don't see how I can elaborate this point much further. WORK ON THOSE UGLY BUTTOCKS! Oh, and while you're at it, make sure that you are consistent. How to be consistent? Find a motivation to exercise, like music, or appraisal, or a purpose to exercise ("Man, she's coming back from Paris next month and I look like Jabba the Hut!").
Sleep well
Last but not least, you must sleep well. From my very own personal experience (and from watching my mom), unorganized sleep patterns tend to cause fluctuation of your body weight. This has something to do with your internal bio-clock (not going into the details here. Don't fret). In lament terms, at a certain time of the day, your body mechanics are adjusted to absorb more fat than it used to. Example, midday. It's because you'll use the most amount of energy during that time of the day than non-peak hours. Still don't get it? Let's just say in the night, your body uses less fat, so it absorbs less than that in the afternoon. So, when you sleep in the afternoon, and you wake up at night, you'll absorb more fat compared to those normal people.
Conclusion
Eat right, exercise, and sleep well. Hold on to those 3, and you're off to a great start in losing weight. Don't just do it because you want to look slimmer, make it a habit, and you'll be in great shape (literally)!
Disclaimer notice: Exercise those tips at your own risk. The author will not be responsible for any injuries inflicted. The author only holds a Bachelor Degree of Science in Computing from Nilai International College, not Bachelor in Medicine, albeit he's still a bachelor. Thank you.
That's all folks!
Posted byAizad at 5:10 PM 6 comments
Labels: health
First day of school + Work = Traffic jam
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Back to school. I hate those 3 words. I hate it as a student, and I hate it as a working adult. The traffic jams are unbearable. I don't mean to complaint but that's the reality that we are facing here. The fact that impatient parents double parking, causing massive congestions over a long stretch of road irritates me as a driver. Obviously they don't care that other people needs to use the road as well.
And the problem does not stop there. Toll fares hiked up! Soon, I'll bet petrol price will go up too.
*sigh*
Then there will be chain of events that will lead to increase in everything and decrease in nothing, well, other than the cash we have of course. Food, public transport, house, vehicle and loads more. Like it or not, that's the PRICE (literally) that we have to pay for modernisation. Would you rather have all the prices low, but then no shopping mall, no school, no highway? Come to think about it, we're never satisfied with what we have, do we?
On a side note, I want to buy a new desktop for my personal use, since this piece of junk IBM gave me (sorry Mr R50, but you're crap) can't be fully utilized for my personal business. I can't even watch a DVD because the DVD ROM is not functional. Heck, even the hard disk is 30 Gb!
*louder sigh*
God, save me!
That's all folks!
Posted byAizad at 5:24 PM 4 comments
Labels: school, traffic jam
Happy New Year peeps
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
On a different note, welcome, 2008! Hopefully this year will be better than bittersweet 2007. Thanks for the memories!
That's all folks!
Posted byAizad at 10:36 PM 0 comments
Labels: new year
Key to happiness: Misery
As ironic as it can be, yes, misery is the answer to happiness. Quoted from Therapists from California State University, Northridge and Virginia Tech:
The key to a happy relationship could be accepting that some miserable times are unavoidable. Accepting these problems is better than striving for perfection.
To many, cultural fairytales and modern love stories are the perfect way for a relationship to bloom. Not blaming them though. It's only natural for them to have a mindset as such. For a realist, that sort of mindset is a big no-no. In fact, the pursuit of a relationship without any traffic congestions along the way may potentially damage you. And believe me, no insurance in the world would cover that.
How does this happen? Well, it's simple. Logically, trying to achieve something that is impossible (really, impossible. not using any euphemism here) will lead to failure. And strings of failures will lead to suffering, emotionally, and probably physically. This will then cause people to start focusing on the negative part of the relationship, hence, more disappointment and resentment. A fantasy, in that sense, will almost certain lead to a bitter ending, unless treated carefully in the middle of it.
Demanding perfection is not the way things work. It's sometimes true what people say, a successful relationship starts with a lie. And, don't be a hypocrite here, and tell me you never lie in your relationship. Everybody lies. So, what's the remedy for a topsy turvy relationship here? Simple, accept the imperfection. There will always be more difficult times. Couples need to build strength through understanding, to help them cope in the hard times, and at the same time, appreciate the good times.
So, what are you waiting for? Change your mindset and be prepared for upcoming disasters in your relationship. Things aren't always like in the movies. They tend to bend, really far from your imagination storyline. Learn to accept imperfection will always work, although, too much imperfection just means, he/she is not for you!
That's all folks!
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