Friday, May 31, 2013

First dengue death - he waited 5hours at TTSH emergency department


http://therealsingapore.com/content/first-dengue-death-he-waited-5-hours-ttshs-emergency-department


Singapore saw its first dengue death on Wednesday morning: Mr Ang Yong Han, 20, had waited for five hours at Tan Tock Seng Hospital's emergency department before finally being admitted the next day prior to his death, said his mother.
Mr Ang Yong Han fell ill on May 22 with a fever. It later worsened to high fever, making him feel weak and uncomfortable, his aunt Madam Yeh, 56, told Shin Min.
He went to TTSH's emergency department last Thursday and was diagnosed with viral fever. He was given a drip and sent home, reported The Straits Times.
However his condition did not improve, hitting as high as 39.5 degrees Celsius, so he went back again in the wee hours of Friday.
According to The Straits Times, his mother, Madam Yap Geok Kuan, 45, said after waiting for five hours, he left to go to a general practitioner near his home.
On Saturday night, Mr Ang was eventually admitted to TTSH and by Monday he was transferred to the hospital's intensive care unit, where he died three days later of dengue shock syndrome.
Madam Yap's only child was due to enlist in National Service a day after his death.
Mr Ang had received blood transfusions in the hospital and also had a breathing tube inserted into his chest.
His father, 56, told Shin Min he was heartbroken: "He is very filial and often helps me with delivering vegetables. I did not think his fever would be so serious, and he would end up dead."
More than 30 people turned up at the ITE graduate's wake on Friday morning in Hougang. These included his friends from school and his pool buddies.
The budding pool player's mother was inconsolable, and both parents did not want to participate in their son's cremation as "the white-haired ones shouldn't send the black-haired ones off," said his father.
Mr Ang had recently been picked for the national youth squad, after placing in the top eight in a national ranking tournament.
This year alone, more than 8,000 people have come down with dengue fever. Since Sunday, 458 have fallen ill.
The National Environment Agency (NEA) is conducting thorough vector control operations around Hougang Avenue 1, after a man living there died from dengue fever.
Mr Ang Yong Hong, 20, lived at block 103 in Hougang Avenue 1, one of the dengue clusters in the current dengue epidemic. NEA inspectors will be sent to the area to conduct the vector control operations.

Translated version (For chinese version, go buy the newspaper)
Source: Shin Min Newspaper 

He's also my friend's friend. Sigh.......please do not under estimate the deadliness of dengue dever. 
Very very sad... The f*up thing with GOVT hospitals is they FORCEFULLY let patients discharged even when they're not ready to do so. NUH once discharged my mon just few days after her stomach surgery. When I asked, "So fast discharge already?? Is she really okie or not??? Can she take porridge?" "Yes, she's fine, she can take porridge." LIKE SHIT!! She vomitted non-stop and had to re-admit after 8hours queue again to be on drip as her stomach totally cant digest food yet. We understand GOVT hospitals are very crowded. Then please build more hospitals on our scarce land instead of all those condos to earn money! That being said, there's hospitals at north, south, east and central but why no hospital in the west area???? West as in, Jurong. I feel NUH is not really west too as it's still some distance away. FYI, I dont stay Jurong, but I just feel a hospital there is necessary. 


Wednesday, May 29, 2013

May 2013 Favorites


Sorry for such a long absence! Here's my May's favorites!! =D I've stocked up on alot of them before I blogged them because everytime after I blogged about them, they're hardly available on the counters anymore. I wonder why. =P





Falsies from Cosmos (VM 414)

Ah....I'm afraid I've thrown away the packaging...but while I was searching for it's images, I came across our Singapore famous makeup artist; Andy Lee's blog. And yes, me too feel Cosmo's eyelashes are of great quality. They feel soft but yet not too flimsy with a sturdy eyelash bone which is comfortable. I think I bought them in Taiwan but you can get them from www.taobao.com by joining sprees. It will come up to maybe less than S$20 including shipping for a box of 10. I like this design(VM414) most of all because it's not scarily long nor hopelessly dramatic. It just looks pretty natural while enlarging the look of your eyes with it's wide fan-out shape. So far, didnt get to see any in Singapore.




Organic Surge - Lavender meadow shower gel
w/ pure lavender & geranium essential oils

Whoever doesnt love lavender or geranium?? I love this organic shower gel to bits!! The lavender is so soothing so I always use it at night; it leads to a great sleep. Not that suitable for the day I guess; you'll feel like going back to bed! Much hydrating than other shower gels I've tried. Despite being a gel, it's not very thick and certainly lathers well. I'm starting to love all organic products. Available at BHG, ALT beauty at around S$15 for 250ml. It gets used up pretty fast. =(  I saw the same at MarketPlace(supermarket) and although the packaging looks similar, the product is not! The texture was thicker and it just doesnt smells the same; it kinda smell...like...the usual fragrance of a particular race. =/




Organic Surge - Daily care face wash with organic rose geranium essential oils

Facial cleanser from the same series. I feel it's very therapeutic to use it to cleanse the face with it's aromatherapy effects. Gentle and mild, suitable for sensitive skin. Cleanses well but doesnt dry out the skin.





Cosmetic Cotton wool pads from DAISO

The best I've used. Previously I've tried inexpensive ones from Watson, SASA, Etude House etc and these from DAISO(S$2 only!) certainly win hands down with quality and price. Very soft and smooth, doesnt fray(very impt) and with the right degree of absorbency.




Confume - Argan Treatment Straight Cream

I permed my hair sometime back. And while it was nice and romantic, the curls didnt last. Partly due to they're big curls so they usually wont last anyway but mostly because I'm didnt maintain them well I finally decided I dont suit permed hair at all because I'm wayyy too lazy. And so I decided to let the curls die softly on their own by simply blowing them dry and combing them as per straight hair. Not to mention, they were pretty ugly because they were neither wavy nor straight; kinda not here not there. However, I dont wish to rebond because it will be very damaging for my hair which was merely permed a month plus ago so I bought this straightening cream to try. And it works great. 



Before(can you see the wavy ends) and After(straight)
Both after simple blow dry without any products.

It costs around S$17 from Beaute Spring and besides the 2 tubes, a comb cum brush was also included. You need additional disposable gloves, a bowl to contain the mixture as well as a water-proof cape(can buy from daiso at $2). There are instructions behind.

But the way I used it is as below:
1) Shampoo and dry hair with a towel. Comb it nicely
2) Apply formula 1 to hair and comb it, maintaining it as straight as possible. I only apply from my eyebrow level downwards so as not to have my top too flat. Leave for 15-20minutes (min 10 to max 25mins, the healthier your hair, the longer you can leave it)
3) Rinse hair off in cold water and blow dry hair in cold wind.
4) Comb hair and apply formula 2. Leave for 5-10mins before rinsing off with cold water(however I got busy on the phone and only washed it after 15 mins. Zzz)
5) Blow dry with cold wind

Use ALL the product to ensure efficiency. Dont keep any behind.

The effects were great!! Hair became softer, smoother and so much straighter. In fact, it looked like I just had a salon treatment and results lasted for quite a long time. My hair no longer looked like dying permed hair. They looked pretty naturally straight but not to the extent of poker straight. Just the way I want it.




Clarisonic Sensitive Brush head

This is my Clarisonic in tangerine and I'm using it's normal brush head all along. It cleanses very very well although sometimes I felt it was kinda harsh with it's bristles on my sensitive skin so I bought this sensitive brush head during Sephora 20% member's sale. The bristles are so much softer and it feels GREAT to glide it across the face. It's so much gentler. It cleanses much better than using your hands alone, BUT not as clean as the normal brush head. So I use this when I feel I need deep cleansing on no-makeup days but I continue to use my normal brush head when I'm doing double cleansing after removing my makeup with cleansing oil. It's S$30 before discount. It's highly recommended for skin with slight blemishes. Because using scrubs might be too harsh when you're having blemished skin during that period of the month. If you have Clarisonic, the sensitive brush head is gentle enough to give you some good cleansing despite your blemishes in the way. 




Benefit -  High Beam

This works as a highlighter which you apply after your foundation or before your powder on areas you wanna highlight; like below your eyes, your t-zone etc. It emits a natural and subtle glow and lasts generally better than powdered highlighters alone. However, if you want more glow, I would recommend using it and then eventually topping it with a powdered highlighter later after powder to make it more glowy and to keep the results more lasting. Because I feel it doesnt build on very well; when applied too much, it enlarges your pores and the glow look rather "alien"; in other words, very unnatural.




Too Faced - La Creme Colour Drenching Lip Cream in Spice Spice Baby

Firstly, how pretty is the packaging? My favorite chrome gold, it comes in a sleek tube. Love the colour, it's my-lips-but-better, a nudish pink. Actually I usually leave my lips bare apart from some lip balm because I dont like the feeling of "something" on my lips. So I love this because it feels so light on my lips as if I'm not wearing any lip product. My lips has been quite dry of late and really, this is a life savior. It's super hydrating, lasts decently well. There's no need to apply lip balm before this at all as it just glides on smoothly. Good colour payoff too. It's around S$32 if I remembered correctly. Bought it during Sephora's 20% sale too with another colour, I want Candy, which is a more pinkish shade. Yes, love this rouge to bits!


Speaking of the Sephora's 20% member's sale a week plus ago, I bought quite abit! Some are for mummy's mother's day pressie. =D



I was definitely expecting crowd so I told dearie I need to go before 2pm. But he was busy and all my frens were working.... Sigh....so initially was feeling blue that I have to shop alone at Sephora and catch my dinner alone...until dearie said "Use my card la". 
I was like, "^o^ Really??!!" 
"Ya. Feel better right?" 
"Yes! So much better". 

He's so sweet right? =))))


Dearie is in Munich now and I'm missing him terribly. =( On the day before he needs to fly off, he said, 

"Dear, I've already stocked up orange juice la...your apple yakult la....tibits la...4leaves bread la......Vickki's food la.....money transferred to your bank account la in case you need."

Isnt him the sweet thing on earth? =D *bursting with happiness* Now my fridge is stuffed to the brim. Lol

And I just thought I will explode(with happiness) when he called me yesterday happily, telling me cheerfully he got all the 3 bags I wanted. One(brand) starting with C, one starting with G, and the other starting with L. Eh.....frankly speaking, I didnt expect all 3 to be available. I kinda expect 2 only. Geez!! Still, very happy of course!!! 

Oh well, I'm so blessed I know. :~D But I'll say something mushy, I was out drinking with friends days ago and just looking at dearie's messages, my eyes got wet. Sigh...........I was never like this before. Sometimes I also find it hard to believe love can grow stronger and stronger with time, especially when we're been together for like...6+ years? But it's really possible. Although I kept forgetting which year we got together and which year we got ROM or married exactly(I'm super bad with dates la...).....I just know he's forever irreplaceable in my heart. =D

Okie~~ I need to go sleep already because tomorrow's going office early to help dearie settle some stuff. I'm his secretary while he's away. =)



COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS, NOT YOUR PROBLEMS





Movie Review: Fast and Furious 6



Movie: Fast & Furious 6
Ratings: 3.8/5
Comments: Not as nice as it's previous sequel.....maybe because I'm not compelled by the new storyline....it's supposed to be a more romantic development....but I really cant feel ..."anything".......my conclusion is...it might be better if they change the female lead.....she simply look too tough to conjure any romantic feelings or chemistry.....oh well

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Movie Review: My Phone Sex Partner (M18)




Movie review: My Phone Sex Partner (M18) 
Ratings: 4.7/5
Comments: A super sweet comedy!! It makes me laugh till cry and cry till laugh, over and over again!! Very engaging. Wonderful story, nice flow. If you think 200pounds Beauty is nice, this is twice as good! Or more!! So go watch it!! =D

Maybe just a pity that some scenes were cut off. It's soOoOO obvious. Common, Sg's-whatever-stupid-department-which-cut-scenes-off, get a grip and get a life!! You're already set M18, you think those 18-21 are thattttt innocent? Hello, there is the internet. And every phone now can surf okie~ It's not as if I'm a tiko who loves such scenes. It just makes the film incomplete and not in complete flow! For such a great flick, the cut-off scenes simply reduce the romance and sweetness of the film. Duhz.....






Friday, May 17, 2013

Hip-Po @ Potong Pasir Lrt Station

Love the crabstick & sausage waffle and the Pu Er Rose Milk tea(25% sugar)!!! Both very nice especially the waffle!! Too bad it's super far from my house. But will definitely patronize again if I'm nearby!
:)

Thursday, May 16, 2013

沒有車 沒有房 PRC girls and guys PK!! Must watch the guy's version. Super funny!!








Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Artease

Dearie and I was waiting for our movie to start at Cineleisure and we wandered into Artease for a quick drink. Had a wonderful surprise because I love love love the Apple Rose Tea we ordered!! The tea is refreshing with very fragrant rose scents despite it's a cold drink. Top up with aloe Vera chunks, it was said to be detoxifying too. 25% sweetness is just right because I dont like it too sweet.  It's so nice that we ordered another to smuggle into the theatres. Super rare that we buy a 2nd similar bubble tea. Service was great. Will try their finger food next time!

Movie Review: The Call




Movie Title: The Call
Ratings: 4.4/5
Comments: Very thrilling show which makes your seats hot! Love the leading ladies who acted so well in the show. Thumbs up to the director for making such a great movie with a low budget and simple plot. Must catch!


Movie Reviews: Trance / The Big Wedding


Sorry that they came kinda late....



Movie title: Trance
Ratings: 4/5
Comments: Not bad.....intriguing kind of show. Got a twist. Although both dearie and me pondered over the choice of the female lead. =P



Movie Title: The Big Wedding
Ratings: 3.5/5
Comments: Kinda disappointed. It's not as funny as expected despite the strong cast. It's a shame that Katherine dont have a funny role(her role is kinda depressed) as she's such a great comedian. Focus were on the older actors/actresses. And dearie and me really...are speechless over the angmos' kind of moral values....Oh well...it's a show we know. Just saying. 

Abalone and Chicken Congee from Xin Wang HK Cafe

Dearie and I have been loving this tasty congee!! Especially for supper. S$8.90++. Lovessss abalone. Yes, 我前世给鲍鱼和虾甩。Lol. Yew tee branch opens till 2am. =)
(P/S this congee is only available in the mornings and after 10pm. Special menu, not in the main menu)
(P/P/S Published this post from (new)Blogger app on Samsung Note 2, great! Such big, clear picture. Hee!)

Monday, May 13, 2013

Love this quote


"Being honest might not get you alot of friends .. but it'll get you the right ones." - John Lennon.


 Sometimes I hate myself for being so honest sometimes. Well, maybe too blunt. *knocks head* This quote makes me feel much better.....makes alot of sense isnt it? =)


S'pore woman drowns while snorkelling in Maldives


Hubby said, "XXX just attended his friend's wedding not long ago....and now he has to attend the funeral...."

I turned around with widened eyes in shock.

"The wife drowned during their Maldives honeymoon while snorkelling...."

Oh my god!! I was so shaken by the news. For awhile, I couldnt speak. I just cant imagine the trauma, shock and grief the husband has to endure. And I told dearie, any accidental deaths, like maybe 6-12months BEFORE or AFTER a wedding will have triple the impact of just other normal deaths.

Then hubby said, staring at me, "So you mean if I die now, you wont be very sad huh because we married for over a year?"

With rolling eyes, I said, "Of course not lah. I mean, of course will still be super super sad, BUT if the death occur like 3 months before a wedding, ON the wedding day or like during the honeymoon, oh my god.....if it's me...I think I will also "follow"(meaning suicide)......

Really.........................

Remember the groom who fell from Hilton Hotel? His grieving wife "followed".....It's super super sad......

I remembered dearie had a Africa trip few months before our wedding and that time SARS was rampant? I dont really remember what kind of danger did it posed....but I was really on tenterhooks then....and I told dearie..."Eh....you...you...dont let anything happen to you leh....I cannot take it one leh...." Eventually he dropped the trip. As much as I think it's kinda wasteful....but really....like I said....that period is really super "fragile"..... If anything happens to him, oh I think my mum will have 1 less daughter too.


Anyway.........the news is here....

http://www.relax.com.sg/relax/news/1785124/S_pore_woman_drowns_while_snorkelling_in_Maldives.html

Sun, May 12 2013


He took a break from snorkelling with his wife and stood on the other side of a pier in the shallow water, watching her.
For five minutes, his gaze was diverted to a group learning how to scuba dive.
When he next looked back, his wife was gone. As he rushed over, others were bringing her lifeless body back to shore.
Singaporean Irene Soon, 34, drowned last Saturday in a snorkelling accident in the Maldives.
The insurance manager had been there since May 1 for what was meant to be a five-night trip, her husband, Mr Mike Lie, 37, told The New Paper yesterday. It was a trip to celebrate her recent promotion from senior executive to assistant manager.
"She got the idea in February and started preparing in March. She booked the resort, bought tickets, exchanged currency," said the financial consultant .
The couple of two years spent May 2 going to Maldives capital Male for shopping and sightseeing, and decided to snorkel the next two days.
It was going to be their first time snorkelling. Ms Soon was not a strong swimmer.
In the 12 years they had known each other, Mr Lie remembered swimming with her less than 10 times and "she wouldn't do laps, just short distances", he said. 

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Before I read the article, a friend(XXX) said the husband, who is an insurance agent, showed him their(his and his wife) insurance coverage. Which is obviously alot, so that he's trying to convince my friend to buy more insurance too. XXX obviously felt skeptical and so he brought up this. But dearie and me thought nothing of it because we both have high coverage as we felt it's important and perfectly normal. We simply thought XXX is being overly sensitive.
Next day, dearie told me XXX said the husband posted a formal statement on his facebook page few days after his wife died(4th May 2013). It went something like..."This is to officially declare my wife had passed on...so and so..."
Then dearie looked perplexed with knitted brows....and said, "The wife passed away just recently....isnt he supposed to be grieving.....hmm....passing off such a formal statement....just sounds so weird....."
Then I started to imagine *touch wood* bad stuff.......and I think if it's me...I will probably rot and grieve in my room for months till I turn into seng-mui(sour prunes).....who will care about facebook? Or pass dont-know-what formal statement. Anyway....I merely shrugged and said, "Maybe he talk is like that one lor. Very formal pattern one."

Still......out of curiosity...I googled about the news.....and cant help feeling indignant about it.

"He took a break from snorkelling with his wife and stood on the other side of a pier in the shallow water, watching her. For five minutes, his gaze was diverted to a group learning how to scuba dive.
When he next looked back, his wife was gone. "


Maybe because I'm a female...not to mention, a very helpless and fragile one, I cant help lamenting to dearie, "How can he not stay close to her and keep her in sight?? Especially when he knows she's not a strong swimmer and it's their first time snorkelling in the SEA with NO life jacket.
We're talking about a life here and quit telling me that "Oh he's in mourning..let's be sensitive bla bla".  It's a fact that he is somewhat responsible and somehow I feel he dont love his wife very much....

Even when dearie and me swims in a swimming POOL, although we have some private time doing our own laps, he still tries to stay close to me to keep an eye on me because he knows I'm not a good swimmer. Hell knows I wont drown in a pool with so many people out there but he is just being careful with me. Indeed, it's necessary...because once I just swam and swam along the length of the pool(right in the middle) because I thought the deepest is at the furthest edge(but it's not =(
 I didnt want to swim along the breath of the pool because it's shorter, and I dont have googles so I swam with my eyes closed; I dont wish to long4-pia4(bang into the wall). =P I swam as long as I can from 1 edge to the middle of the pool and abruptly stopped when I'm very tired. Suddenly I felt my feet couldnt touch the floor and I simply sank. I got so panicked and swallowed 1 or 2 gulps of water as I totally forgot I know how to swim. (=.=)'''' Thankfully in a matter of SECONDS, dearie scooped me up. =) So sweet.

His first sentence to me(although I was still in fright) --> "有没有英雄救美的感觉?"

ZzzzZzzzzz I was "dying" and he still can joke. Anyway, despite it was a few seconds of struggle, we attracted quite a number of audience and I was super duper paiseh. Imagine the headline being...."Lady swam to the middle of the pool and attempted to drown herself" ZzzZzz Aware of all the eyes around me, I hid my head in dearie's shoulder, clinged to him like a koala to a tree and said, "Faster get me out of here!! Very paiseh!!"

He told me the spot where I sank was around 1.8m already...so he also got to swim abit to scoop me because he's 1.8m only. So scary. I "renewed" my phobia for water. I had great fear for water because I nearly drowned when I was 10. That time was real case, I would have REALLY drowned if I didnt try my best to "struggle" to the edge as I didnt know how to swim that time. Nobody saw me that time, being a weekday in a gigantic pool. It took me many many years for me to learn swimming again but I did.

Water sports are just so dangerous lah. Accidents can happen to experienced swimmers or divers too so usually there's a buddy system. Dearie also dont allow me to do water sports like snorkelling with my friends at Bali because he only trusts himself with me as he feels friends might not be as concerned because well..............see this live example of husband neglecting the wife. You cant fault friends but husband? Definitely at fault!

And finally,

"She got the idea in February and started preparing in March. She booked the resort, bought tickets, exchanged currency," said the financial consultant."

I simply feel it's sooOoo weird that after the wife died in an accident and all he can say is, "Oh everything is she plan one. She booked this, booked that, exchanged currency. All she book one, not me."

Like what is he trying to say? I mean, this is so trivial but he chose to mention it, with so much details somemore. Is it so important to mention who booked what or who exchanged currency, when your wife DIED???

And I started to imagine *touch wood* bad stuff again.....like if anything happen to dearie on a trip, will I say, "The trip is he plan one. He booked the airtickets, the hotel, the snorkelling actitivity and oh, he exchanged the currency as well."

Isnt this just 莫名其妙?? Please. The least you can care after your dear spouse died is to announce who booked the trip and exchanged the currency.

Somehow he gave me the feeling that he's trying to steer clear of the fact that his wife's death got anything to do with him. It's too deliberate. So it sounds as if he's 心虚(has a guilty conscience). Oh yes and he stood far far away at the shore too when his wife was far away at sea.


I NEVER IMPLY that he might have plan ANYTHING, for ANYTHING.

I'm just saying, I feel he doesnt love his wife very much.

It's just my personal opinion. I dont know the couple. And it's purely some sentiments I had, which are not meant to be misleading to anyone out there.

Poor Irene. Rest in Peace. May you find a more loving husband in your next life who cares more about your safety because he knows he cant live without you. And not one who probably feels he can live very much ok without you and is so logical and clear-headed that he can pass off a formal statement in facebook to declare your demise few days after you died.


Really......if married 20 years.....maybe still believable........a just married couple....on a HONEYMOON with the surviving spouse behaving like that......hard to believe.


Anyway, around a week ago, dearie and I had this funny conversation in the car on the highway.

Hubby: I wonder what's the fastest and easiest way to earn 1 million? 
Me: Jam brake now.
Hubby: ???
Me:(dryly) I never put on seatbelt
Hubby: Oh...ok...wait. Here got speed camera. 
Me: Hahaha



Lol. Only couples that close can joke about this. Erm just in case you dont get the joke, I meant, if he jam brake immediately, I will definitely die since I didnt put on seatbelt. And he will get insurance claims from my demise; a sad accidental death. Haha. And when this drowning from snorkelling news came up....we discussed this and that.... And I suddenly looked at him, "I'm not going Maldives with you." (Because we mentioned we wanna go there before it's gone) He then burst out laughing and cheekily replied, "Aiyoooo, dont worry lah, I will take good care of you de!"

Hahahaha. It's funny when a couple is sweet in love. But truly sad if the other party does not think the same way/direction as you think.........

Dearie's coverage should be way more than me I think....but I told him somberly....

没有了你,拥有全世界也没有用

=)


I think he was pretty surprised and touched by that statement until he couldnt speak for a few seconds.

But idiot, he never say the same thing back to me. (*&^%$#@$%^&*(*&^%$#