Hi there…
Finally the internet connection is smoother now. Thanks to my dearest dear who helped me to call the person who is in charged for this connection in our hostel.
Hey…do you know who the oldest person in the world today?
Well, I read this news in an article, and would like to share this amazing news with all of you.
Edna Parker, who is 115 years old today was born April 20, 1893, and was recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest of that group last August after the death of a Japanese woman four months her senior.
Scientists who study longevity of this special people called them the supercentenarians.
Two years ago, researchers from the New England Centenarian Study at Boston University took a blood sample from Parker for the group's DNA database of supercentenarians.
Her DNA is now preserved with samples of about 100 other people who made the 110-year milestone and whose genes are being analyzed, said Dr. Tom Perls, an aging specialist who directs the project.
Perls said the secret to a long life is now believed to be a mix of genetics and environmental factors such as health habits. He said his research on about 1,500 centenarians hints at another factor that may protect people from illnesses such as heart attacks and stroke — they appear not to dwell on stressful events.
"They seem to manage their stress better than the rest of us," he said.
So u see now… stress is also considered as a silence killer.
Stress is often our own doing. When we sin, we bring the stress of painful consequences upon us. Stress comes when we fail to trust God for help.
As an encouragement here… in john 16:33 “I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world”
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Sunday, April 20, 2008
Friday, April 18, 2008
was it a good one or a bad one?
This week all 4th year students are called for medical check ups.
Well, today is group 10, 11 and 12.
When I first knew about this test, I was a little disturbed as I felt very uneasy about the management in the hospital here in Kursk. Well, obviously, there were many arguments and objections, coz; this does not involve time, but money too. We paid so much for our insurance fee every year to out agent, yet, we cannot even earn the benefits from it. I was kind of frustrated with that. This news was even brought up to the Malaysian embassy in Moscow, yet, they can’t help us, in anything, coz, and there is black and white, issued by the government here in Kursk. And there were rumors saying, one cannot graduate if he or she did not undergo the check up.
What to do, rule are still rules. We just got to do it!
There were few things we have to prepare for that check up.
Firstly, we have to prepare
A HIV test to certify you are HIV negative, which cost about 284 Rb (express)
Stool for stool test,
Money 725 rb + 60.50 rb for following test (general body checkup by general practitioner, blood test, ENT check up, dermatological checkup and fluoroscopy)
Well, just want to thank GOD here, coz, the vaginal examination is simply a rumor and was not conducted at all.
Everything went on smoothly, except for the dermatological examinations, when the doctor asked first the boys to take off their clothes and pants (basically naked) for skin check up. There was a little havoc there in the department, when after two of my friends came out from the room, complaining that they had to strip off for the check up. This scares many of us. The girls started to think of reasons and excuses that will prevent themselves from undergoing such scary check up. Some even tried to lie, saying it’s inconvenient for them to do so, as they are having period. Anyways, when the third boy went in, and the doctor asked him to strip, he resisted, saying he had the rights not to do this check up. The doctor then said, she can’t put her signature if, no test was done on him. There was a big fuss. The doctor then gave up, and finally asked all of us to wait for the next doctor for the following check ups. She then left. And all of us are safe from stripping.
Was it a good one or a bad one?
Well, today is group 10, 11 and 12.
When I first knew about this test, I was a little disturbed as I felt very uneasy about the management in the hospital here in Kursk. Well, obviously, there were many arguments and objections, coz; this does not involve time, but money too. We paid so much for our insurance fee every year to out agent, yet, we cannot even earn the benefits from it. I was kind of frustrated with that. This news was even brought up to the Malaysian embassy in Moscow, yet, they can’t help us, in anything, coz, and there is black and white, issued by the government here in Kursk. And there were rumors saying, one cannot graduate if he or she did not undergo the check up.
What to do, rule are still rules. We just got to do it!
There were few things we have to prepare for that check up.
Firstly, we have to prepare
A HIV test to certify you are HIV negative, which cost about 284 Rb (express)
Stool for stool test,
Money 725 rb + 60.50 rb for following test (general body checkup by general practitioner, blood test, ENT check up, dermatological checkup and fluoroscopy)
Well, just want to thank GOD here, coz, the vaginal examination is simply a rumor and was not conducted at all.
Everything went on smoothly, except for the dermatological examinations, when the doctor asked first the boys to take off their clothes and pants (basically naked) for skin check up. There was a little havoc there in the department, when after two of my friends came out from the room, complaining that they had to strip off for the check up. This scares many of us. The girls started to think of reasons and excuses that will prevent themselves from undergoing such scary check up. Some even tried to lie, saying it’s inconvenient for them to do so, as they are having period. Anyways, when the third boy went in, and the doctor asked him to strip, he resisted, saying he had the rights not to do this check up. The doctor then said, she can’t put her signature if, no test was done on him. There was a big fuss. The doctor then gave up, and finally asked all of us to wait for the next doctor for the following check ups. She then left. And all of us are safe from stripping.
Was it a good one or a bad one?
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