super outraged

Naked scanners in airports!!!!

We cannot allow this to become a routine! As a biomedical engineer... I am absolutely against more radiation through our bodies. This is especially more so for women!!!

sleeeeeeeppppppppppp

pretty cute cat

east carolina uni

ITs my first time driving alone in US. stepped out from Raleigh-Durham International Airport, followed the rental car signs. The airport is huge enough that there are shuttle buses to shuttle me from the airport to the rental car site.

My first rental car. its white. its a chevrolet.. that all i know. OHOH.. it has a GPS that works not bad actually! =) Only had a small hiccup on the road. Thanks to my iphone + my gps, i was able to get back on track to East Carolina University at Greensville, NC.

On the way, i was just against the rain. =( it was chasing me alllll the way to greenville.

Anyhow, looking forward to going back tomorrow. need to sleep.

hope my meowmeow is fine...

Boston trip

WOrk is just busy these days.. posting some boston pics that i went awhile ago... road trip =)

I love cats

Cat lux!

If this takes off.. hopefully i can send my dear pet back to sg more easily, instead of her suffering in a carry-on box and not being able to pee, stretch for long hours...=(


http://petairways.com/

Humbles me

You know, i have to admit her voice caught me off guard. One example why we should NOT judge by appearance...

Susan Boyle on Britains Got Talent 2009!! Incredible Voice!! @ Yahoo! Video

cosmetic chemicals to avoid

The Dirty Dozen Chemicals in Cosmetics

by Catherine Zandonella

September 18, 2007

Photo courtesy Shutterstock Images

Beauty is only skin deep, but the products we use to attain it contain chemicals that may penetrate far deeper. The average adult uses nine personal care products a day, with roughly 120 chemicals spread among them, many of which are incompletely tested for toxicity.

Below we've listed 12 chemicals that are best avoided. A single exposure to any of them is unlikely to cause harm, but daily exposure over a lifetime may add up. When shopping, be prepared to spend some time reading labels; even brands that advertise themselves as "natural" or "botanical" have been known to include some of these.

1. Antibacterials
Overuse of antibacterials can prevent them from effectively fighting disease-causing germs like E. coli and Salmonella enterica. Triclosan, widely used in soaps, toothpastes and deodorants, has been detected in breast milk, and one recent study found that it interferes with testosterone activity in cells. Numerous studies have found that washing with regular soap and warm water is just as effective at killing germs.

2. Coal Tar
Coal tar is a known human carcinogen used as an active ingredient in dandruff shampoos and anti-itch creams. Coal-tar-based dyes such as FD&C Blue 1, used in toothpastes, and FD&C Green 3, used in mouthwash, have been found to be carcinogenic in animal studies when injected under skin.

3. Diethanolamine (DEA)
DEA is a possible hormone disruptor, has shown limited evidence of carcinogenicity and depletes the body of choline needed for fetal brain development. DEA can also show up as a contaminant in products containing related chemicals, such as cocamide DEA.

4. 1,4-Dioxane
1,4-Dioxane is a known animal carcinogen and a possible human carcinogen that can appear as a contaminant in products containing sodium laureth sulfate and ingredients that include the terms "PEG," "-xynol," "ceteareth," "oleth" and most other ethoxylated "eth" ingredients. The FDA monitors products for the contaminant but has not yet recommended an exposure limit. Manufacturers can remove dioxane through a process called vacuum stripping, but a small amount usually remains. A 2007 survey by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics found that most children's bath products contain 10 parts per million or less, but an earlier 2001 survey by the FDA found levels in excess of 85 parts per million.

5. Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde has a long list of adverse health effects, including immune-system toxicity, respiratory irritation and cancer in humans. Yet it still turns up in baby bath soap, nail polish, eyelash adhesive and hair dyes as a contaminant or break-down product of diazolidinyl urea, imidazolidinyl urea and quaternium compounds.

6. Fragrance
The catchall term "fragrance" may mask phthalates, which act as endocrine disruptors and may cause obesity and reproductive and developmental harm. Avoid phthalates by selecting essential-oil fragrances instead


FYI: THIS IS A FAB site... - thegreenguide.com

Relax for the long weekend!

A friend sent this to me... very catastrophic and funny!

周杰伦 稻香

对这个世界如果你有太多的抱怨
跌倒了就不敢继续往前走
为什么人要这么的脆弱 堕落
请你打开电视看看
多少人为生命在努力勇敢的走下去
我们是不是该知足
珍惜一切 就算没有拥有
还记得你说家是唯一的城堡
随着稻香河流继续奔跑
微微笑 小时候的梦我知道
不要哭让萤火虫带着你逃跑
乡间的歌谣永远的依靠
童年的纸飞机 现在终于飞回我手里
所谓的那快乐
赤脚在田里追蜻蜓追到累了
偷摘水果被蜜蜂给叮到怕了 谁在偷笑呢
我靠着稻草人吹着风唱着歌睡着了
哦 哦 午后吉他在虫鸣中更清脆
哦 哦 阳光洒在路上就不怕心碎
珍惜一切 就算没有拥有
还记得你说家是唯一的城堡
随着稻香河流继续奔跑
微微笑 小时候的梦我知道
不要哭让萤火虫带着你逃跑
乡间的歌谣永远的依靠
回家吧 回到最初的美好
不要这么容易就想放弃 就像我说的
追不到的梦想 换个梦不就得了
为自己的人生鲜艳上色
先把爱涂上喜欢的颜色
笑一个吧 功成名就不是目的
让自己快乐快乐这才叫做意义
童年的纸飞机 现在终于飞回我手里
所谓的那快乐
赤脚在田里追蜻蜓追到累了
偷摘水果被蜜蜂给叮到怕了 谁在偷笑呢
我靠着稻草人吹着风唱着歌睡着了
哦 哦 午后吉它在虫鸣中更清脆
哦 哦 阳光洒在路上就不怕心碎
珍惜一切 就算没有拥有
还记得你说家是唯一的城堡
随着稻香河流继续奔跑
微微笑 小时候的梦我知道
不要哭让萤火虫带着你逃跑
乡间的歌谣永远的依靠
回家吧 回到最初的美好
还记得你说家是唯一的城堡
随著稻香河流继续奔跑
微微笑 小时候的梦我知道
不要哭让萤火虫带著你逃跑
乡间的歌谣永远的依靠
回家吧 回到最初的美好
还记得你说家是唯一的城堡
随著稻香河流继续奔跑
微微笑 小时候的梦我知道
不要哭让萤火虫带著你逃跑
乡间的歌谣永远的依靠
回家吧 回到最初的美好
还记得你说家是唯一的城堡
随著稻香河流继续奔跑
微微笑 小时候的梦我知道
不要哭让萤火虫带著你逃跑
乡间的歌谣永远的依靠
回家吧 回到最初的美好

cutie animalxzxxx

Gaza hope

I stumbled onto this picture strip.. i feel moved.. and upset for these poor civilians.. =(


Home destruction

a HOT song when i was in korea - i finally found it!!

my potential savior!!

Glaucoma drug offers new way to grow eyelashes

Women who long for lush lashes have had to rely on messy mascara and fussy false lashes. Now, doctors have stumbled on a new treatment from an unexpected source: a glaucoma drug.

The drug is called Lumigan. For glaucoma patients, the medication reduces pressure inside the eye. But it also appears to make lashes thicker by increasing the growth cycle of hair follicles and slowing down how fast they fall out.

The drug seems to offer this unexpected side effect because it's made with prostaglandins, hormone-like substances that flourish during a woman's pregnancy and can make her hair thicker.

Now, Vancouver husband wife team Drs. Jean & Alastair Carruthers, an ophthalmologist and a dermatologist, are studying the medication. They say that in their tests, they found that people grew lashes that were about 50 per cent longer and twice as thick. The lashes were also 18 per cent darker - all of this without the need for mascara.

"We've never had anything that could grow eyelashes before," Dr. Alastair Carruthers told CTV.

Jean Carruthers even tried the medication herself.

"I was getting comments like 'Your lashes look great,' something I had not heard before," she says.

Sheryl Myers is one of the patients who has helped test the medication as a lash builder. She says she used it nightly for three months, applying it along the skin at the base of the upper eyelashes where the eyelashes meet the skin.

Within two months, she was ready to throw away her mascara for good.

"There were marked results... I would say significant,' she says. "If I applied mascara, they would hit my glasses. They were long -- really long."

"I'm like, 'Oh my god I hope they don't grow any more!'" she laughs. "It was strange... in a good way."

This is, of course, not the first serendipitous discovery of a new use for an old drug. The baldness-fighter Rogaine started out as a blood pressure drug, for example. And the superstar wrinkle-fighter Botox was first a drug to treat eyelid spasms and other neuromuscular problems.

The Lumigan treatment is not without potential side effects. Studies have found that it can make eyes red and itchy in four per cent of people. And because prostaglandins affect skin pigment, they can darken the skin around the eye. In rare cases, it's darkened a patient's natural eye colour, especially in people with light-colored eyes, though the Canadian researchers have yet to see that in their tests.

The drug works only for as long as it's used. One it's discontinued, eyelashes will gradually return to the length they were prior to treatment.

Lumigan's manufacturer even warns on its website that "darkening of eye color is likely to be permanent" and "The effects of increased darkening beyond five years are not known."

Ophthalmologists say that people with certain eye conditions shouldn't use prostaglandins. They include individuals with previous eye inflammation, or uveitis. People who have recently had cataract surgery and developed inflammation in their retina afterwards should also avoid these drops.

The drug has just been approved by the FDA in the United States as a lash builder, and will be sold by prescription only under the name Latisse.

It hasn't been approved for cosmetic used yet in Canada, as studies are ongoing. *ARGH*****

LINK

Random picts from Caroline F's visit

This is priceless

Guess WHO?

ottawa skating n free concert

I am too lazy to write...

Dempsey hill

A wonderful night, with a wonderful friend. - btw, green beer, suitable for saint patrick's day!

Asia 08

Singapore times passed soooo fast - howz my new haircut?






Korea is great!