Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Eye Forensic!

Apparently there's a commercially available card to examine for suspects under the influence of CNS stimulants/depressants, narcotics, cannabis, hallucinogen, etc!
Pupillary reactions include dilatation, constriction or normal, and also reaction to light.
Other eye signs include nystagmus (horizontal or vertical).

It is a 3”x5” card with possible reactions to various classes of drugs and pupil gauge ranging from 1.0mm to 9.0mm increments.


There's also a description for body temperature and blood pressure as weel.
Handy for the police!

Price: $10.35


Drug reaction card & pupillometer


Monday, September 06, 2010

BMI factsheet

I've inserted the BMI calculator on the right hand side of this page.

You can also find details on BMI on the factsheet here


Is your BMI status normal?

                                      Principal cut-off points


Underweight                    <18.50 

Severe thinness               <16.00 

Moderate thinness           16.00 - 16.99 

Mild thinness                   17.00 - 18.49 

Normal range                  18.50 - 24.99 

Overweight                      ≥25.00

Pre-obese                       25.00 - 29.99

Obese                            ≥30.00 

Obese class I                  30.00 - 34-99 

Obese class II                 35.00 - 39.99 

Obese class III                 ≥40.00

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

5 Steps to Achieve Wonderful Skin

You can improve your skin, if you follow a few basic rules. Especially for oily skin here is five step to get cleaner, clearer skin.....

Step one: HANDS OFF

Thouching your face is a big no for girls with skin issues. Throughout a normal day, your fingers pick up all kind of dirt and germs that you can't see. Everytime you touch your face, you coat your skin with the same dirt u picked up on everything from the cafeteria table to the coins you drop in the vending machime. So hands off, and it would'nt not hurt to wash your hands a little more often either.

Step two: CLEANSE YOUR FACE TWICE A DAY, MAX

Washing your hands more often is great. But what's good for the hand is'nt good for the face. If you over cleance your face, your oil glands think you're getting low on grease, and they'll up the production. Then pores get clogged, and zits erupt. Plus, over-washing can irritate sensitive or acne-prone skin, causing redness and patchy areas. Not pretty! wash just twice a day, using a mild face soap that's formulated for
your skin type.

Step three: DONT SKIP THE MOISTURIZER

Even if you have greassy skin, it still needs moisturizer. Not only does this keep your skin supple, but it helps to protect it againts enviromental factors, such as air pollution. The trick is finding the right formula for your skin. Just make sure you chooseone that says "non-comedogenic" on the label.

Step Four: BUTT OUT

Besides all the other beauty benefits of quitting smoking (smoking such preventing wrinkles) ditching the coffin nails can make your skin dramatically clearer. That because smoking clogs pores and cuts off oxygen to facial tissue, giving skin a dull gray color and incresing the likehood of outbreaks. Dont believe us smokers? give it up for one week and see if you dontget compliments on your skin.

Steps Five: CHANGE YOUR PILLOWCASE


How often do you change your pillowcase? Once a week, twice a week, once a month? For everynite you use your pillow when you lay your head down on your pillow, your hair transfers all of the hair product that you wear everyday, like gel, wax and hairspray not to mention smog, grease, smoke and dirt to your pillowcase. Then your face gets pressed up againts that breeding ground of bacteria. Change your pillowcase everyday or other day and dont got to sleep in bed with makeup on your face.

The most important is take it easy no stressed because if you completely stressed about all of the things you're doing that will make your face erupt, we hate to tell you this. Stressing out doe'snt help either, stress actually puts your hormones in a heightened state, which can lead to breakouts. So lighten up! When someone makes you angry you have a big test, or a project due take a deep breath and relax. The more chilled you can be, the more your skin will show it.


Read more tips to achieve wonderful skin here http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/578369/how_you_care_your_skin_here_is_5_step_pg2.html?cat=69

SKII brings to you the "Miracle Water"

You wouldn't believe it!

Most women have heard about SK II some time in their life since it is one of the leading skin care lines in the whole world. its best selling item and the flag-bearer of SK II is the Facial Treatment Essence which has been aptly labeled as the "Miracle Water". All SK II products has Pitera which is the substance that makes this skin care works.

The fascinating story behind SK-II began at a sake brewery in Japan, where scientists noticed the elderly workers had wrinkled faces, but extraordinarily soft and youthful hands. These hands were in constant contact with the sake fermentation process. It took years of research for scientists to isolate the miracle ingredient Pitera®, a naturally-occurring liquid from the yeast fermentation process.

Since then, SK-II with Pitera® has become the beauty regimen of many celebrities and beautiful women around Asia and the world. Today, these women have the pleasure of a luxury which the elderly Japanese women unwittingly enjoyed.

i'm telling you that SK II really works!!

Read more in my next post.

My new business Venture - please support!

SK II Facial Treatment Repair C (Normal size)

SK II UP Lifter (normal size)

SKII Skin signature 15 g (travel size)



SKII Facial treatment mask



SKII Whitening source clear lotion 11 ml (travel size)






SKII Whitening Soorce Dermdefinition 4.7 ml (travel size)





SKII Facial treatment lotion 40 ml and 20 ml (travel size)





SKII Facial treatment cleanser 20 g (travel size)



SKII Facial treatment cleansing gel (normal size)


SKII Cellumination Essence 7 ml (travel size)




SKII Facial treatment essence 30 ml (travel size)



PITERA HERITAGE

ABOUT SK-II

How the Miracle of Crystal Clear Skin started in a Sake Brewery

The fascinating story behind SK-II began at a sake brewery in Japan, where scientists noticed the elderly workers had wrinkled faces, but extraordinarily soft and youthful hands. These hands were in constant contact with the sake fermentation process. It took years of research for scientists to isolate the miracle ingredient Pitera®, a naturally-occurring liquid from the yeast fermentation process.

Since then, SK-II with Pitera® has become the beauty regimen of many celebrities and beautiful women around Asia and the world. Today, these women have the pleasure of a luxury which the elderly Japanese women unwittingly enjoyed. Crystal clear skin.

The Wonders of Pitera™

Research has proven that long-term SK-II users have clearer and more translucent skin than non SK-II users*. But what makes SK-II products so effective to use?

The answer – Pitera™.

Made by yeast, SK-II Pitera™ is rich in vitamins, minerals, amino acids, organic acids, and other natural ingredients beneficial to the skin. Containing components that are included in Natural Moisturizing Factor (NMF) produced by human skin, Pitera™ is a gift, given to us by nature itself.

Now, you can have the pleasure of enjoying crystal clear skin with SK-II products enriched with Pitera™.


THE PRODUCTS

A. ESSENTIAL CARE

FACIAL TREATMENT ESSENCE


Containing more than 90% Pitera®, this much loved miracle water is a must-have for healthy, radiant skin. It helps maintain the skin's natural renewal cycle to its optimum condition to allow skin nourishment. It also works to balance the skin's pH and sebum secretion, so oily and dry areas are properly moisturized. It is often described as SK-II’s “miracle water”. Soothes and refreshes skin from sunburn and burning sensation.

Application Guide
Use twice daily, morning and night. After cleansing, gently pat face and neck using a cotton pad soaked with Facial Treatment Essence. You can even use it on the eye area.

FACIAL TREATMENT MASK


This intensive moisture-boosting mask is enriched with Pitera® which gives you 10 times Pitera. Reviving and relaxing, it leaves skin noticeably radiant, soft and crystal clear. It helps to restore skin renewal to its normal 28-day cycle. Deeply hydrates your skin, just like a facial.

Application Guide
Place mask over eye area first, then gently spread over face and pat firm. Remove mask after approximately 20 minutes.

FACIAL TREATMENT CLEANSER


This gentle foam cleanser with a fine, rich lather effectively removes excess oil, dirt and residual make-up whilst conditioning skin and leaving it smooth and velvety to the touch. Contains SK-II Pitera® to revitalize skin's natural renewal cycle and balances skin's natural pH after cleansing. Helps to reduce the occurrences of whiteheads, blackheads and pimples. Contains amino acid based cleansing agent that leaves skin feeling moist and smooth.

Application Guide
Wet face then use water to foam cleanser into a generous lather. Softly massage onto face and neck. Rinse with water.

FACIAL TREATMENT CLEANSING GEL

A make-up remover that quickly blends with your foundation and the dirt embedded in your pores. Removes impurities perfectly without damaging skin. Contains SK-II Pitera® which helps revitalise the skin's natural renewal cycle and balances the skin's natural pH after cleansing. Leaves your skin feeling refreshed and dewy moist after use.

Application Guide

Dot onto dry face, massage with fingertips for 1 minute to blend the gel with the foundation and dirt. Wipe with facial tissue, and then rinse thoroughly with water.


FACIAL TREATMENT CLEAR LOTION


Containing AHA, this wipe-off clarifying lotion gently removes dirt and dead skin cells to allow skin nourishment. Leaving skin clean, lively and perfectly conditioned. Increases skin’s ability to absorb nutrients from other skincare products.



Application Guide
Soak a cotton pad with lotion and gently wipe over T-zone, followed by U-zone and neck. Avoid eye area.



BEAUTIFY AGING

SKIN SIGNATURE


Clinically proven to help you look up to 4 years younger in just one month, this anti-aging moisturizer helps strengthen Skin Power to give your skin total beauty through a balance of firmness, smoothness and radiance. An ultra rich cream that regenerates skin to defy aging. Eliminates formation of fine lines & wrinkles, reduces appearance of dark spots, freckles & dullness. Increases skin firmness & elasticity, promotes a smooth and younger-looking skin.



Application Guide
Apply twice a day. Smooth onto face and neck using spiral movement till thoroughly absorbed


FACIAL TREATMENT REPAIR C


This serum gently reduces the appearance of fine lines in just 2 weeks, improving skin texture so it becomes crystal clear. Its unique blend of concentrated Pitera® and nature's moisture magnets works to help maintain skin renewal to its normal 28-day cycle, leaving skin plumped with moisture and feeling velvety smooth.

Application Guide
Smooth onto face and eye areas



SIGNS UP-LIFTER

This silicon-based serum absorbs quickly into skin, leaving skin moisturised without feeling greasy. Use it to help fight off the first signs of aging and skin sagging. After 4 weeks usage, skin will be firmer and more elastic.

Application Guide

At night, apply a pearl sized amount onto the skin and massaging upwards from neck to temple. Repeat until fully absorbed.


WHITENING/TONE CARE



A) CLARIFY:



WHITENING SOURCE CLEAR LOTION

This AHA-free wipe-off whitening toner helps promote even skin texture, helps reduce dullness and dryness, and helps improves skin tone problems by gently removing old dead skin cells



Application Guide

Use twice daily. After cleansing, place Whitening Source Clear Lotion on cotton pads and wipe over skin.



B) VITALIZE

WHITENING SOURCE DERM-DEFINITION

With regular twice daily usage, this whitening product works beneath the skin's epidermal surface to help remove dark spots. Containing DermComplex enriched with Pitera®, it gives your skin a naturally radiant and translucent appearance.


Application Guide

Use after application of SK-II Facial Treatment Essence. Take a few drops from the dropper and spread evenly on entire face. You can also apply directly onto your pigmented areas.


CELLUMINATION/AURA CARE:

CELLUMINATION ESSENCE

Enriched with a unique active whitening ingredient, De-Melano P3C, this whitening beauty essence works to reveal your skin’s hidden aura, and helps you achieve a vibrant and luminous complexion that glows from within.

APPLICATION GUIDE

After washing your face, condition your skin with Facial Treatment Essence, then spread a pearl-sized drop of Cellumination Essence over your face.





Sunday, April 11, 2010

My husband is a slave driver

I hadn't realized that i have not posted any entry since September 4, 2009! that was about in a writer's time mode - about a million words ago?

Ok, so now my husband has created another blog for me to while my time away, which he has kindly entitled "Correcting Vision disorders" - what does that mean, i'm not quite sure whether he has full grasp of the meaning or not, because we as the guardians of sight always refer the problems in vision as "Ophthalmic Disorders" rather than "Vision Disorders", but i'm not trying to split hairs today...

I have to be "productive" (his words) because one of the reasons - i have indulged myself in the last 3 days by finally finishing Michael Crichton "Prey" and he was feeling envious about it because he has not finished reading the book "Why men want sex and women want love". with that kind of title, i myself felt bored to death....

i would need a surplus amount of self-discipline with this new project so i'd better roll up my sleeves now, or else!

Friday, September 04, 2009

Missing Mak heaps....











This Ramadhan and the coming Syawal are the firsts of many that will come and go without my mom. No words could portray how much I"m missing her. it just went so deep in my heart, the voidness, the incomplicity of it all. the feelings you have when a piece of yourself was not there. not surprising because we all shared a part of her in our soul, the sharing that formed through the lifeline which began from the umbilical cord and extended all throughout our lives. i think everybody misses her so much. we rarely speak up tho', we did not say her name. coz if we did, i suspect there would not be a dry eye around.

what i remembered most at this time of the year was her excellent tasty cooking, especially her signature dish, the asam tumis. my mom's assam tumis could not be rivalled. her simple assam tumis ikan kembung itself would make your mouth water. the leftover would make you want to goreng cekodok just so you could still enjoy the feel of the assam tumis more. my mom was also the best with her traditional kuih muih. her excellent karipap with beef filled curried tapioca or potatoes, her 'cucur badak', and my favourite would still be the 'massala vadai', a traditional Indian 'kuih'. just her simple 'cucur udang' was enough to make you want for more tasty kuih in store...

my memories of her traditional 'kuih muih' and her dishes were so strong during this Ramadhan that each time I visited a bazaar Ramadhan I constantly looked for these dishes, bought them, tasted them and found them wanting. i still wanted my Mom's cooking..... Aku miss giler Mak!!



Friday, April 17, 2009

Our Pictures, Darling!

1. This picture was taken by Mardo, the owner and operator of Luthus Lodge. notice that you had brand new scotland football jersey on. We stayed 1N here after checking out from Novotel Edinburgh Park for 75 pounds. the room impressed you for its many TV channels. for me it was the warm hospitality by the owners. he was very helpful with showing the directions and his wife was very friendly. he was also one of those who had been to Malaysia!

We took this picture in his living room-cum dining where he personally attended to our breakfast which was English continental comprising of toast with jam, butter, fresh fruit jiuce and tea.
There was a gas burner fireplace, presenting the room with very cozy and warm ambience.

the other guests having breakfast were a Ukraine lady and her French boyfriend.


2. This picture was taken at the food court near the Edinburgh Waverly Central Station. we only had hot chocolate 1.20 pounds. we went to the toilet for which you need to pay 30p per entrance. there was also a change machine for use if you do not have small change. handy, huh!

here we were also on the hunt for scotland football jersey since the t-shirts at Royal Mile was not to your satisfaction. we soon found out that there was a Sports World shop at King James shopping centre so we made a dash for it afterward.


3. This photo was taken by a very nice scttish lady at the Haymarket Bus station. we have just bought our all day rider Stagecoach ticket and we were not sure if the Quaylink service accepts it for our ride to the tyneside (Newcastle Gateshead) trip. it fact they did!


4. This picture was a self-captured one on our train from KIng's Cross London to Newcastle. it was a 3hour journey across England plains. on board we were seated a cross a young couple from Sri Lanka, he was a PR and the girl was a British citizen. He did not buy a ticket beforehand, and there was an arguement between him and the train inspector about the train ticket afterward, in which he won. good for him! they stopped in Hull.

the National Express train has a broadband service, so i was reading a lot of RPK and MT articles on the way.

5. Sorry gamba ni seneget, kena bend your head a little. i'm not sure the name of this square? but it was at the end of Oxford Street.


6. This is another self-captured picture. we were having a halal-lunch at one of the malls near Piccadilly Circus, jalan ke Soho? i pun tak ingat namanya. we had a big serving of potato with mozarella cheese and baked beans with coffee.


More pictures in my FB!

Just can't get over it (2)

I'm writing this entry under the same title because i truly am feeling the same way i did the last time i wrote the previous entry. as i was thousands mile away from home now, i remember how i had always reached out to my mum during my solitary moments. how i would feel comforted upon hearing her voice, in her nonsensical chatters, the way she always repeated the same news over again, just making sure all her children knew what happened around the neighbourhood or deaths or births among relatives.
my mum was a very simple homemaker, a simple minded lady, all she ever thought of was her family. i miss her so much. i reached out the phone meaning to call her when i realized she was no longer there, and my heart ached.
the close ties one feels with a mum is not surprising since we have once shared a life, being in our mothers' womb.
Al Fatihah...