Wednesday, June 28, 2006

The New Weird Way To Spread HIV

Weird way drug addict use to spread HIV, the virus of AIDS disease. Below is an article that needed to get attention if you never read it before.

In Thailand, one of drug addict who is HIV positive had been arrested and charged, but it was too late, as he already infected many innocent victim. So be careful! Some place that is dangerous and you might find contaminated needles that have been used by drug addicts.

At a beach. When you are walking at a beach please always wear slippers or shoes as HIV contamidated needles might buried under the sand. These needles might be exposed to underground by sea wave.

At a chidren playground! Another favourite place for drug addict. In Australia, where an innocent child had been accidentally injected with needle when he slide down where a needle happen to be at the bottom of the slide, and then comfirmed HIV positive.

At a cinema! Please check the seat before sitting. A case happened in Hawaii when a woman sat on a chair and felt something injected her. When she stand up, she realized there was a needle and a note written "Welcome to the real world, you are now HIV positive" . Doctor inspected the needle and confirmed it had HIV virus. So be careful.

In Georgia and Florida, US , there's a case a drug addict place a needle in coin balance retriever of vending machine. So if you want to buy drink oy candy or anything else from vending machine, look carefully into coin balance retriever, maybe someone has put a HIV contaminated needle inside it.

Please share this story with anyone else you know, especially family members and friends. You can forward them to this URL (copy and paste the url)

http://uniqueweird.blogspot.com/2006/06/new-weird-way-to-spread-hiv.html

As translated from an article in Bahasa Melayu by Dr Yasmin Anum Mohd Yusof Associate Professor & Head Dept. of Chemical Pathology School of Medical Sciences USM

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Georgetown, Penang and KL is Among Asia's Top Cities By Asiaweek

Penang and Kuala Lumpur been ranked among top 10 cities in Asia by a leading Asia magazine Asiaweek. Other 2 of the Southeast Asia or ASEAN cities also among the list. Kuching has raise it ranked from number 21 to 11. Tokyo take the first place from Fukuoka while Singapore fall from 3 to 4. These cities are judged by several indicators such as transportation, average income, percentage of population with piped water, GDP growth, unemployment rate, ratio of housing price per income, average life expentancy, annual urban inflation rate and vehicle per kilometre per city road.

Below are full list of Asia's Top Cities:

Source from: http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/asiacities/topten.html

1. Tokyo, JAPAN
2. Fukuoka, JAPAN
3. Osaka, JAPAN
4. Singapore
5. Taipei, TAIWAN
6. Georgetown (Penang), MALAYSIA
7. Hong Kong SAR, CHINA
8. Bandar Seri Begawan, BRUNEI
9. Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
10. Beijing, CHINA

11. Kuching, MALAYSIA
12. Macau, CHINA
13. Shanghai, CHINA
14. Cebu City, PHILIPPINE
15. Kaohsiung, TAIWAN
16. Metro Manila, PHILIPPINE
17. Pusan, SOUTH KOREA
18. Seoul, SOUTH KOREA
19. Davao City, PHILIPPINE
20. Chiang Mai, THAILAND

21. Guangzhou, CHINA
22. Hanoi, VIETNAM
23. Ho Chi Minh, VIETNAM
24. Colombo, SRI LANKA
25. Islamabad, PAKISTAN
26. Bangkok, THAILAND
27. Bangalore, INDIA
28. Kathmandu, NEPAL
29. Chongqing, CHINA
30. Yangon, BURMA

31. Chittagong, BANGLADESH
32. Delhi, INDIA
33. Dhaka, BANGLADESH
34. Karachi, PAKISTAN
35. Jakarta, INDONESIA
36. Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA
37. Bombay, INDIA
38. Bandung, INDONESIA
39. Surabaya, INDONESIA
40. Vientiane, LAOS