Remember tonight, for it is the beginning of always. A promise, like a reward for persisting through life so long alone…A belief, in each other and the possibility of love…that decision to ignore or simply rise above the pain of the past…The covenant which once it bind two souls and yet severs to priorities…The celebration of the chance taken and the challenge which lies ahead. For two will always be stronger than one, like a team braced against the tempest of the world. And love will always be the guiding force in our life. For tonight is a mirthful melody only an announcement to the world of feelings long held, promises made long ago in the sacred space of our hearts

Dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) are acute febrile diseases, found in the tropics, with a geographical spread similar to malaria. Caused by one of four closely related virus serotypes of the genus Flavivirus, family Flaviviridae, each serotype is sufficiently different that there is no cross-protection and epidemics caused by multiple serotypes (hyperendemicity) can occur. Dengue is transmitted to humans by the Aedes aegypti (rarely Aedes albopictus) mosquito, which feeds during the day.

Signs and symptoms

This infectious disease is manifested by a sudden onset of fever, with severe headache, muscle and joint pains (myalgias and arthralgias - severe pain gives it the name break-bone fever or bonecrusher disease) and rashes; the dengue rash is characteristically bright red petechia and usually appears first on the lower limbs and the chest - in some patients, it spreads to cover most of the body. There may also be gastritis with some combination of associated abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea.

Some cases develop much milder symptoms, which can, when no rash is present, be misdiagnosed as influenza or other viral infection. Thus, travelers from tropical areas may inadvertently pass on dengue in their home countries, having not been properly diagnosed at the height of their illness. Patients with dengue can only pass on the infection through mosquitoes or blood products while they are still febrile.

The classic dengue fever lasts about six to seven days, with a smaller peak of fever at the trailing end of the fever (the so-called "biphasic pattern"). Clinically, the platelet count will drop until the patient's temperature is normal.

Cases of DHF also show higher fever, haemorrhagic phenomena, thrombocytopenia and haemoconcentration. A small proportion of cases lead to dengue shock syndrome (DSS) which has a high mortality rate.

Treatment

The mainstay of treatment is supportive therapy. Increased oral fluid intake is recommended to prevent dehydration. If the patient is unable to maintain oral intake, supplementation with intravenous fluids may be necessary to prevent dehydration and significant hemoconcentration. A platelet transfusion is rarely indicated if the platelet level drops significantly (below 20,000) or if there is significant bleeding.

The presence of melena may indicate internal gastrointestinal bleeding requiring platelet and/or red blood cell transfusion.

It is very important to avoid Aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications. These drugs are often used to treat pain and fever, but in this case, they may actually aggravate the bleeding tendency associated with some of these infections. If dengue is suspected, patients should receive instead acetaminophen preparations to deal with these symptoms

Taken from Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Why i'm posting this is because I have just went to test for Dengue again for the 3rd time in 10 months. Malaysia is the 3rd highest cases in the whole world in the year of 2005 with about 33,000 cases reported. In my condo which i am staying, there have also been a number of cases reported. Sometimes i see those lories going over to smoke the whole condo. Im not sure about the other block but my block has been smoked for a number of times already.

Doctor says that Dengue actually will NOT kill you if you EAT normally and drink lots of water. We musnt let ourself dehydrate as this will fasten the growing or multiplication of the dengue cells. Even if we have no apetite or having diarrhea, we must keep eating normally and drink lots of water.

This is a blood cell of a person with dengue would look like:

Oh ya. You guys must be wondering about the results of my blood test. Well, Its negative for now. Why? Doctor says that i have the symtoms of a dengue but still there is no signs of dengue in my blood. And my blood count is also normal. Doc says red spots might be viral infection if it is not dengue. My family thinks it could be measels or allergy because now it itches so much...argh...*scratch scratch* So if i get any worse, then i might be admited to the hospital. i just drank about 1 litres of water and my throat still feels dry...oh gosh...im so full of water...and now my aunt is making this tea which makes you sweat...err..i dont have fever, do i need to sweat...

Ok, off i go to drink those stuffs....bye peeps...

Beware...what this blog is about is gonna be sad....

I started out my day waking up around 11am and did my design work for the bulletin

Then about 12 suumthing, sumone wants to discuss sumthing wif me...To discuss about the hosting for today...We're assign to host this group of people from the UK and our job is to show them around and bring them to places of interest...Well, 2 days have passed...Today is the last day...First i went to fetch a friend and bring her to pudu to buy the tickets for them to Taiping as they are going there for a mission trip and later going to Penang. Then come evening....

We were sopose to fetch them around 645 and bring them to cg...but things change so we fetch them arnd 745...Which i eventually lost my way to the restaurant because i have not eaten there for about a year or so...Then i thought of something...My grandad's house is nearby and my dad is there...Why not i drive there and ask directions...When i reach there....Tables and a number of chairs were being set up by my dad and uncle and cousins...I can guess already as everyone looks sad and like no joy present at all...Everyone looks like wanna mourn or something....Then i asked my dad for directions to the restaurant...I got the directions and then suddenly....To my SHOCK, SUPRISE, SADNESS, within minutes...tears began to roll down my cheeks....Eyes so teary.....i can't control myself at all...This emotion....This sad day...

My dad told me my grand father passed away...He was 88 years old...I couldnt believe this....He just went for a medical check up 1 week ago....Only his pottasium was high...Im still in a shock state and tears are building up everytime i think of Him....I cannot continue this...This is too sad for me......

Grandpa...Im sorry i didnt knew you better...Im sorry for not being able to speak to you much because i lack the chinese education...im sorry that i cant see you for many many years...I know you are in good hands now above there...

God, please take good care of him...

Miss you and love you always Grandpa!!

Everytihing seems to be going on well this few weeks...Even though i struggle with a few things, i got through with it. A huge challenge it is along with so many things going on with Emerge! Parade of Schools practices till late at night or should i say very early in the morning, Futsal practice which i eventually quitted because i had to train for PoS, Transformers design, PS2 Winning Eleven which i lost to Wilsey in the 2nd Round, Then the PoS competition itself on the 1st day of Emerge, And the last day of Emerge which VU eventually emerge as victorious! GO VU!

Although we lost the PoS, but we did our best, we gave our all in practices and also on that day itself. To all the PoS VU members, Girls(Cheryl, Tracy, Haruka, En Ai, Krystina, Christina, Sara, Sharon, Pheobe, and Vina) and Guys(Adam, Hunter, Eric, Wern Sern, YC, Malcolm, David, Edison, and Lex) its so nice to be in the same team as you all. Let's battle it out again next year! Who knows, we might be champions!

Lets bring revival back to Malaysia!