More Xmas surprises..

Terence popped the champagne...

A little almond figurine (too cute to eat...)

More cute pastries..

Whatz inside the pastry?? *surprise! a little snowman sleeping in a nice creamy raspberry bed

I will share with the pretty thing with u...

A Pre-Bday diiner

A quiet birthday..

trying to look grown-up..
(btw, the pretty pretty boots are my only bday present from Terence)
*awwww sooo nice...

dont steal my wine..

pretty french food (Touted the best french cuisine in Montreal.. L'Express)
I had quail (bird) .. yum! tasted much more chewy than a chicken...)

Too full... (and over exposed light...)

Pre-Xmas

almost..

ALMOST...

FINALLY

yeah!! *FISH*

medical myths busted

Some Medical common beliefs are utterly untrue, while others have no evidential proof....

Researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis found no evidence supporting the need to drink eight glasses of water a day. Studies suggest that adequate fluid intake is often met by drinking juice, milk, and even caffeine-rich tea and coffee. Data also suggests drinking excessive amounts of water can be dangerous.


The belief that we only use 10% of our brains appears to be completely untrue. Studies of patients with brain damage suggest that damage to almost any area of the brain has specific and lasting effects on mental, vegetative and behavioural capabilities. Brain imaging studies also show that no area of the brain is completely silent or inactive.


And the belief that hair and fingernails continue to grow after death may be an optical illusion caused by retraction of the skin after death. The actual growth of hair and nails requires a complex interplay of hormonal regulation not present after death.


Again, illusion may be to blame for the belief that shaving hair causes it to grow back faster, darker, and coarser, report author Rachel Vreeman told the BMJ. The stubble resulting from shaving grows out without the finer taper seen at the ends of unshaven hair, giving the impression of thickness and coarseness.


Again, expert opinion is that reading in dim light does not damage your eyes.


And there is little evidence to support the banning mobile phones from hospitals on the basis of electromagnetic interference.



Conclusion

Dr David Tovey, editor of Clinical Evidence journal, said: "The difficulty is it is often hard to disprove a theory.

"On the flip-side, absence of evidence does not necessarily mean absence of effect.

"Where reliable evidence becomes really important is in helping people make serious decisions about harms and risks.

"Many of these 'myths' are innocuous. However, we are still finding evidence that runs contrary to current practice and what we expect."

He gave the example of the relatively recent U-turn in advice over sleeping positions for babies to cut cot deaths.

Experts now recommend babies are positioned on their backs when sleeping to reduce the risk of sudden infant death.

Adapted from bbc.

A giant rat

Angie's giant rat...

*gota say, i STILL prefer cats ^_^

thoughts

wondering.. why.
i am just feeling...
messy.

Those nights where sleep eludes me.

GLOWING CATS

Something to do with cloning cats,

inserting glowing florescent red protein into the gene using virus to add the information in...

reported in BBC n CNN...

GLOWING RED CAT under florescent light... OMG


If i ever lose my cat in the dark.. she has NO WHERE to hide... ^_^

My head is smashed

NEVER NEVER let someone suck you out from your mum's CANAL using vacuum or forceps etc. THIS IS scientifically proven (live demostration) of what happened in the 1980s... "new technology" to assist births. My poor head became deformed and STAYED deformed.. *GRRR*

POOR ME!

Oh well. Always suspected my odd shaped head...
Instead of a nice round back of my head, an MRI cross section shows..
*or maybe.. someone dropped me..*
^_^

cat cat cat

Resolution: I WANT A CAT