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Your Personality is Very Rare (ESTP)

Your personality type is dominant, driven, poised, and self-aware. Only about 5% of all people have your personality, including 3% of all women and 6% of all men You are Extroverted, Sensing, Thinking, and Perceiving.

How Rare Is Your Personality?

i luv sch.

Ignore the post previously; I am just being very moody for the few hours or so. Pre-menstrual symptom. Going to school is something that I really look forward to each day. My friends are great people, we joke, laugh, do silly projects and search for suitable candidates. I am more bizarre now than I am back in JC. My class is more dynamic and we definitely had extremely interesting practical which could definitely keep you awake. We got our hand going onto places that are so adventurous; we go slotting them into people's butt to feel for muscle. We looked and touched cadavers, and tried hard to differentiate between veins, arteries, muscles and nerves. I am like memorizing muscles everyday on the train. Not just the name but the origin, insertion, nerve supplied and the actions of each.

FOr example,
Muscle: Trapezius
Origin: Medial third of superior nuchal line, nuchal ligament,spinuos process of C7 to C12 vertebrates and external occipital proturberance
Insertion: Lateral third of clavicle, acromium and spine of scapula.
Nerve supply: Spinal root of Accessory (CNX1) and cervical nerves C3 C4
Action: Elevates, retracts and rotates scapula

I baked Brigadeiro, a Brazilian dessert for our project. It was sticky, chewy and tasted okay. Represented my group to present and overheard one saying that my presentation was good. (make me happy after that)

I have one new eye candid lately. Well, hope that he would teach me flipping (while swimming freestyle) one day. He is a very well-toned swimmer. ;P Time to say good bye to my previous candid, Mr Se., my dear adorable Physics lecturer. (heard that he is no longer teaching in MJC, sad.)

Here is the link to my photo to Sentosa.
Physiotherapists ROX!

http://muscleman01.livejournal.com/


Thanks Brother for the invitation! I could really like to go. Paris is the next dream place for me! I am learning French by the way! Salut! :)

Just thoughts.

All of a sudden, I felt so bored reading my anatomy and physiology book. Maybe, I am just tired. Life has been different and great for the past few weeks. Games with new friends and seniors at Sentosa last Saturday, have a glimpse and touched the first cadaver in my life last Wednesday and watched Spiderman 3 with my JC friends last Saturday. I even got a free dinner and cheesecake at Secret Recipes due to a small part of uncooked fish. Sunday was celebration with Mummy, I built a photo frame for her and we went cycling to the reservoir park.

Hong Kong Polytechnic University is not giving me any reply and Daddy worried me by showing me unreliable things. I think I am going to call them up tomorrow if I have a chance to get home early.

Someone in school made me thought of someone else and that occupied my mind for most of today. I tried playing squash to forget about things; it turned out useless though. No more thoughts, maybe, that is something that made me so dull today.

Brother Goat is touring around the world. I just wish I was there.

A moment to remember

『失去了記憶 也就失去了靈魂』

第一次相遇：遺忘了的可樂
第一個吻：遺忘了的感覺　　　　　
最痛的意外：忘記你是誰


※【腦海中的橡皮擦】沒有一般愛情電影的煽情原素-生離死別，

導演李宰漢反而以失去記憶去訴說愛情的無常及傷痛，

他希望藉著電影的感染力，提醒大家要活在當下，珍惜生命的每一刻。

Quote: Forgiving is giving your hate just a little room in your heart. ^^

Well, by the way, I teared through the whole movie. The actor and actress are fanastic!

Something to be learnt-Alzheimer’s disease.

In the local film ``Nae Morisogae Chiugae (A Moment to Remember),’’ one of the latest tear-jerkers playing nationwide, a 27-year-old young woman named Su-jin is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) after marrying a carpenter who works for her father’s company. Starring the popular and attractive Son Ye-jin as the young woman and the equally popular Jeong Woo-sung as the carpenter, the film is built on the premise that it is possible for someone so young to become stricken with an ``old person’s disease’’ like AD.

Some of us might have scoffed at the improbability of the story. Others might have begun worrying whether our recent inability to remember a friend’s phone number is an early sign of AD. But before we jump to conclusions, let’s look at the facts.

Thanks to Ronald Reagan, November has been set aside as National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month in the United States since 1983. But while there is much information regarding the causes and preventive measures of this illness, scientists have still not found a cure and believe they may never get any closer than finding effective preventive medicine.

Alzheimer’s disease was discovered by a German doctor, Dr. Alois Alzheimer, in 1906 while observing the autopsy of an old woman with dementia, a term describing various brain disorders which result in confusion, a loss of memory and difficulty functioning socially.

When researchers opened the brain, they noticed two abnormal structures, known as amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. Plaques are abnormal build-ups of a protein fragment called beta-amyloid in the spaces between the afflicted brain’s nerve cells. Tangles are abnormal collections of twisted threads of a protein called tau within the neuron. It is not yet known whether these are the result of AD, or the cause.

There are really two forms of AD; late onset and familial. Late-onset is probably the type most of us are familiar with as it happens to older people. No one really knows why some people contract the disease, but one thing is certain, it is far more prevalent the older you get; the number of people being diagnosed with AD doubles every 5 years over the age of 65. It is believed almost 50 percent of those over 85 years of age are diagnosed with AD, while only around 5 percent of people aged 65 to 75 fall prey to the disease.

Familial Alzheimer’s on the other hand is extremely rare and may occur among those aged 30-60 years. But, as the name implies, it is hereditary. And although the youngest documented case was 28 years old, for Son Ye-jin’s character in ``A Moment to Remember’’ to have come down with this form of dementia at the tender age of 27 is about as likely as her CEO father allowing her to marry a carpenter.

The only exception would be if at least two other family members had also had early-onset AD. But as no mention of this was made in the film we have to presume that, yet again, filmmakers are taking some artistic license.

And what’s more, while both late-onset and familial AD are progressive illnesses that may last for up to 20 years or so, slowly developing from simple forgetfulness and mild depression, to full-blown loss of recognition and almost complete dependence on others for all daily tasks, familial AD, may also progress very quickly, with sufferers dying within a year. So it looks like Su-jin may just be one of the unluckiest people in the world.

Furthermore, due to the current inability to reverse the condition, the best we can do is to reduce our chances by taking notice of preventive measures.

Preventive Measures Against Alzheimer’s Disease

1. Keep physically active. A lack of glucose-metabolism has been found in the brain of both Alzheimer’s sufferers and those genetically predisposed to the disease, according to a study led by researchers at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Exercise, such as mild weight training, has been proven to drive glucose into the muscles and brain.

2. Keep mentally active. Develop new skills; encourage the brain to form new neural pathways. For example, learn a language or take up a new craft linking the hands and brain.

3. Eat fish. Cold-water fish such as tuna, sardines, salmon and mackerel contain significant amounts of Omega 3 fatty acids known as DHA, which are part of the structure of brain cells. Other excellent sources include sesame seed oil, flaxseed oil and most nuts. Taking Vitamin E supplements can also be beneficial in this regard. Furthermore, there is significant research indicating high cholesterol is linked to developing AD, so it is important to reduce ``bad fats’’ and consume more ``good fats’’ if you think you may be at risk or have been diagnosed with AD.

4. Raise your estrogen level. As a low-estrogen level post-menopause is considered a risk factor, many women may consider hormone-replacement therapy as an option.

5. Drink sage (Salvia lavandulaefolia or Spanish Sage) in tea form, take sage in capsule form or use as a herb when cooking. A study completed in 2003 by the Medicinal Plant Research Centre (MPRC) at the Universities of Newcastle and Northumbria confirmed a centuries-old belief that sage aids memory.

6. Chinese health balls. Get yourself some Chinese health balls to roll around in your hands while you’re watching TV. The Chinese have used these for centuries to stimulate nerves in the hand and fingers which are thought to connect to the heart, internal organs and different parts of the brain, keeping the brain alert and aiding circulation. The monotonous movement also promotes a meditative state of calmness.

(courtesy of KoreaTimes)

Random post.

"And I really don't understand why girls like to say negative things about other guys and their professors. When we guys gossip about girls, our comments are almost always 'woah that one so cute' or 'woah that one so chio' and never 'woah how come that one like monster' one. Maybe you really should read the On Female Mediocrity article I linked on my blog.", quoted from HY senior.

Well brother, I totally disagree with you and I think that you have gotten this perspective out of your very own experiences. Actually, girls tend to look out and talk about better-looking or intellectual man; depending on our own preferences. The story about our dear Dr. Tan lasted for about three days and it stopped. My girl friends started checking out for ruggers in the library, as for me, I prefer those matured-looking blue-eyed Caucasian professor. As I am in a Physiotherapy class, we girls tend to look out for body shape; we admire people with good build and could not put an eye on skinny man or overly-obese individuals.

I enjoying talking with my friends about Korean actors. Almost all of them are above 180cm and with very good build and skin complexion. People such as Cyril Niccolai are seriously someone we consider "man"!

On the other hand, I have a lot boy friends that prefer "hot legs" and always tried to indirectly criticise girls that doesn't have a perfect figure. Yet, not to blame them, I like "hot legs" too; trying hard to have a pair of nice legs like Jun Ji Hyun. ^^ Anyway, I remember you (Brother Goat) labeling girls as "pork chop" (meaning ugly girls in Cantonese for a millions of time before your departure to Baltimore.

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In our Kinesiology class last week, we learnt to observe body movement. We spent one hour observing our friend sitting, standing and lying for two hour or so. We were told to 'stare' at someone, starting from the feet up to the head. The main difference between that of a jerk and us is that, in our brain, we do not think of taking advantage of the person but words like lateral flexion, wrist extension, hip abduction and so on. Yet, for a layman, no one can differentiate between the both. We scan people from bottom to top. Maybe, it would look better with our uniform on.

Anatomy lessons were interesting as well as pressuring. Dr Ulma expects a lot from us. She warned us at the start that she is going to be very bias and that she would compare between classes and make you feel bad if she needed to. We were taught to memorise the different part of the scapula, clavicle and humerus. Interspinuous fossa, trochlea, capitulum, lateral and median epicondyle and so on. After that, we went on with the arteries, veins and nerves. Well, we are working on the BRACHIAL PLEXUS as a start.

2 weeks into class and I found myself doing a lot reading. Dr Ulma said that lecture only contains 5% of the thing that you are going to learn. Friends asked me whether I had a lot of homework to do, not really I replied, but there is a lot independent learning that I had to do. It's tertiary education by the way.

I opted for Malay Language as my elective. Yesterday class was fun though I couldn't remember much that I learnt.

It’s time to move my leg muscle and go for some studying. ^^
Stay healthy people!

A Passage to Pyongyang

I was reading this article titled "A Passage to Pyongyang" featuring a Singapore journalist's account on his trip to the city of the great Kim II Sung. The description of his depicts North Korea as a modernized and a dynamic country with a certain degree of restriction and strange culture. He wrote, "Traffic lights come on only in winter and there are monuments everywhere. But the people of North Korea are no different from you and me.” Are there really no differences? Does the journalist know that he is only comparing the elites of the country to our average citizen in Singapore? I have watched a documentation the very last year, filmed secretly by a foreigner pretending to be a North Korea, about the truth behind this communist country. From that day onwards, I never believe in anything good written about this country. This video has truly touched me and left prints in my heart. I do not blame the young generations of the North Korea; they are simply brain-washed and are oblivious of the things that are going on at the countryside of their own homeland.

A true brave man had risked his life filming a video and presented to me the cruelty of life; well, I wish I could spread it further. North Korea indeed has a modernized capital; however, they are only mend for visitors and the so-called "royal blood" of the North Korea. The city is empty most of time; there is a gigantic theme park but it's close throughout the year. Well, I guess that they wanted to save electricity since they rather employ pretty girls to mend the traffic than switching on the traffic light. The students spend months preparing for their mass dance to celebrate the birthday of their founders and spend the other months singing songs to praise about him. Those able-bodied strong young man would be send into the army, isolated in some deserted dilapidated factories, training skills on how to be mean and heartless to their own citizens. Their main job is to capture children roaming on the streets (mostly at the countryside) and locking them up in factories that are once used for manufacturing purposes. They feed the children with a spoonful of liquid food everyday and taught them to torture one another. For example, those who disobey the order of throwing stones at one's friend tied on a tree would be shot dead on the spot. These soldiers have become beast in other words, they even raped women and when they become pregnant; they think it's a burden and invented ways to cut them open.

Children on the street have no family; they can only speak simple words at the age of twelve. They steal, rob and pick up anything edible to fight for survival. They do not understand the meaning of dirt and drink anything from the puddle of mud at the roadside. One scene after one scene, I have never been able to forget that moment of truth. We are not talking about the past but the present, this very minute. Many had tried to escape into China, some succeeded but many shot dead. Other nations had tried to help but the food they sent in never reach the needy. That's the reality. Those who have watched the >BLOOD DIAMOND starring Leonardo Dicaprio could better understand. People killed each other for no apparent reason (it's only the leader that craved for the diamond); they are just taught to kill. It is not their natural instinct, maybe, it is their fate.