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An uplifting story: Five years ago, a South American Magellanic penguin near death on an island beach near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Joao Pereira de Souza, a part-time fisherman, found the bird and nursed him back to health. Now, the penguin returns every year to visit the man.

Two-year old boy diverts international plane! A plane with 315 passengers on board had to do an emergency landing on its way from Amsterdam to Singapore on 3 Jan 2016.(GMT) because of a 2.5 yr old boy. My wife and I were on board KLM Flight KL835 which departed from Amsterdam to Singapore at about 10 pm on 3 Jan 2016 (GMT). We just took off at 8.50 pm (GMT) and we were barely 1.5 hr into our 12 hr flight back home when the drama unfolded. I was taking something from my bag in the overhead luggage compartment to prepare for some much needed sleep when I heard a faint voice asking if there was a doctor around. A few seats behind us, I saw an anxious mother carrying an unconscious little boy, about two and a half years old. This was like déjà vu. Am I dreaming? Mental pictures of the dramatic resuscitation of the little boy who almost drowned in Temasek Club on 8 November 2015 flashed in my mind. Mouth to mouth resuscitation? Not again! I quickly went over and told her I am a doctor. The little boy appeared limp in his mother's arms. Quickly, I took the child and laid him on his side on an open space next to the emergency exit. "What happened to him?" I asked as I bent down to hear and feel if there was any breathing. "I don't know. Suddenly, he is not responding," she answered weakly. She looked terribly worried. I checked his vital signs and they were still strong. Thank God, the boy was just unconscious. No need for mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Phew! The efficient KLM crew brought the Resus Kit and we quickly administered oxygen on him. He felt warm to the touch and a reading revealed he had a high temperature of 38.6 degree Celsius. I knew I had to cool him down quickly but his thick layers of clothes weren't cooperating. " Do you mind if I cut away his shirt?" I asked. "Yes, yes, please do whatever it takes, " his mother pleaded. But what was I thinking? I realized there may not be any scissors on board. I tried again and finally managed to take off his thick clothing. The crew brought the ice cubes I requested. I proceeded to give him a tepid sponge to bring down his fever. His temperature came down after 30 min of sponging and he started to cry. A good sign. . The child probably became unconscious after throwing a febrile fit during the flight. I found a pulse oximeter in the Resus kit. It worked on my finger but it was too big for the little child. By this time, an elderly male Caucasian doctor (looking very smart in his suit) and a young Asian doctor arrived on the scene to offer assistance. The lady doctor said she is an ICU specialist. The elderly male doctor said he an Internist. I struggled to hear him with all the commotion going on. The lady doctor asked if I was a doctor and about my area of expertise. I told her I am a family doctor, a general practitioner in Singapore. "Oh, then you are the best person to handle this kind of case"' she told all the anxious onlookers. Both of them discussed the boy's condition between themselves while I continued to sponge the boy with cold wet wipes placed all over his chest, neck and forehead. The two doctors concurred that given the long flight ahead, it was best to evacuate the boy at the nearest airport. By now, the boy's temperature had subsided. He started fussing, irritated by the cold wet wipes. "Okay, mummy, you can have your son back ... but please continue to sponge him." I told his mother who looked visibly relieved at this time. The captain explained the situation and told everyone he needed to make an unscheduled landing at Bucharest airport because of the boy's condition. The plane took another 30-40 minutes to dump fuel and we finally made an emergency landing at Bucharest airport in Romania for the boy to be evacuated to the hospital. It took another 4 hours for the plane to refuel while the 315 passengers waited patiently despite the obvious inconvenience caused. Most were hungry, tired and worn but no one made a disapproving sound. 65,000 liters of fuel dumped for emergency landing. Four hours of waiting by 315 passengers. Many passengers must have missed their connecting flights. That is how much it costs if someone falls sick at the most untimely moment in the air. But what is more important than the safety and wellbeing of the little boy? The Captain kept everyone updated regularly and thankedeveryone for their patience and understanding. I must compliment him and his crew for their professionalism and KLM for putting the safety and well being of the passengers as their priority. My wife and I chased the northern light from Iceland to Tromso in Norway. What can be more exciting than catching of the elusive "green lady"? But life loves to surprise us. This 12-hour direct flight became a 17-hour medical adventure in the sky. An adventure that may have given the green lady a run for her money. We were all tired when we landed in Singapore at 7.45pm (GMT +8) but KLM crew and the captain deserved a thumb up. I wrote a few lines of feedback to show my appreciation to the passengers , the captain and especially the male crew member William during the prolonged flight. Well done KLM. Thank you to the rest of the passengers. And let's pray for the boy's speedy recovery. http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/saving-lives-on-land-and-in-the-air https://www.facebook.com/DrLowLeeYong/posts/909127299122651 http://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore-news/boy-3-almost-drowns-doc-saves-him-turning-him-upside-down http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/3-year-old-boy-nearly-drowns-in-pool-but-was-revived-after-doctors-perform#xtor=CS1-10 https://www.facebook.com/TheStraitsTimes/posts/10153205478852115 This doctor saved a drowning boy last year and now he saved this boy in flight. Great doctor indeed

The sad incident happened last year and the report on the ST report on the state coroner's findings was published two weeks ago. MCFers who are staying in old high-rise apartment do take serious note that some of the railing gaps may be wide enough for toddlers to squeeze through. In addition there might be stupid railing or parapet designs with horizontal bars/gaps which allows toddlers or children to climb over. From Straits Times: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/...s-life-20130321 Toddler fell to death two months after maid saved his life Published on Mar 21, 2013 10:07 AM Twenty-one-month-old Eric fell to his death after squeezing through the bars of a balcony on the fourth floor of a condominium unit. -- ST PHOTO: SEAH KWANG PENG By Khushwant Singh LAST April, a toddler was saved as he was about to fall from a fourth-floor balcony. Two months later, he was not so lucky. Eric Wong Yu Hao, a year and nine months old, fell to his death after squeezing through the bars of the balcony at a Hillview Green condominium in Upper Bukit Timah. State Coroner Imran Abdul Hamid, while saying he found that the death was accidental yesterday, urged those who look after young children to check possible dangers in their homes and put in safety measures. He pointed out that there are online groups offering solutions to make homes safe. "While I don't think anyone can guarantee that the suggested solutions will be 100 per cent effective, at the very least caregivers can have the peace of mind that what could possibly be done to make the home safe for young children, has been done," he said.

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Only in China!!! A Chinese baby boy who had been declared dead was saved from being cremated alive when he started crying at a funeral parlour, media reported Thursday. PHOTOS Illustration: A Chinese baby boy who had been declared dead was saved from being cremated alive when he started crying at a funeral parlour. (AFP/Philippe Huguen) Enlarge Caption BEIJING: A Chinese baby boy who had been declared dead was saved from being cremated alive when he started crying at a funeral parlour, media reported Thursday. The parents of the critically-ill boy, who was less than one month old, had agreed to end his medical treatment at Anhui Provincial Children's Hospital in eastern China, hospital sources told Xinhua state news agency. A death certificate was issued before the baby was sent to a funeral parlour in Hefei, the provincial capital -- only for staff there to be alerted by crying on Wednesday. It was unclear how long he had been at the funeral parlour, or when his cremation had been due. The baby was immediately sent back to the hospital, several news outlets including the Beijing News reported on Thursday. "Because the baby still had life signs, we continued to give him transfusion to maintain his life for humanitarian reasons," a hospital staff member told Xinhua. The baby was born with a "congenital respiratory system malformation", the report added. The baby was receiving treatment at the hospital late Wednesday, reports said. A doctor was suspended, a nursing worker laid off and an investigation launched into the incident, the hospital said, according to Xinhua. - AFP/xq

If you take part in motorsport driving, or ride a motorcycle (especially), I would recommend that you do not take your helmet for granted, under any circumstances. This is because you may regret it afterwards. You see, you never know when the unexpected may take place. If you aren't really buying what I am trying to say here, I suggest that you take a look at the picture involving the helmet previously worn by a Spanish F1 test driver, Maria de Villota. If you aren't quite aware or can't recall, Maria de Villota came across a horrifying incident while testing a Marussia Formula 1 racecar nearly a year ago. As for the cause of the incident, it has yet to be clarified. All that we know is that she crashed the F1 car she was piloting at that time due to some unexplained acceleration. According to eyewitnesses, though, the car had been misfiring. Had it been true, I wonder why the engineers weren't really concerned about it. Anyway, it was really a misfortune as Maria de Villota was actually trying to come back to the paddock and she was piloting the Marussia F1 car at a low speed, too. At that point of time, as a matter of fact, she had completed a straight line aero test. Due to the unexpected acceleration, the Marussia F1 car rear ended one of Villota's team trucks. Ironically, the truck was actually the one which brought the Marussia F1 car onto the track in the first place. Unfortunately, the liftgate of the truck was partially lowered at that moment and Villota's head happened to strike it. Well, I bet you can guess what happened next. After the incident, Villota went into a coma lasting four days. Fortunately, the doctors managed to save her life but, well, the same couldn't be said of her right eye. Yes, the horrifying and unfortunate crash cost Maria de Villota one of her priceless eyes. No longer an F1 test driver, Maria de Villota is now working as a road safety advocate in the country where she was born. Working as a road safety advocate, she never gets tired of showing her horribly damaged helmet to her audiences, hoping that more people - especially the more aggressive young drivers - will be more careful and always put on their helmets whenever necessary, for their own sake. For your information, I am confused whether she's stubborn or that she's persistent and just have a strong will. You know, after the horror she encountered, she has revealed that she still wants to get back into the F1 racing world, making an eventual comeback when the time comes.

Just like to share a good experience on change of brake pad, my car is a 2009 Isis, one of the headaches i face is that it's supposed to be a WISH but it's not really a WISH since some parts are different and since its not too common, i do worry about getting the right parts. Anyways been going regularly to the same workshop in the north for some time, last 2 visits at 40K & 50K been getting asked to change pads and skim rotors. I kind of dragged my feet on this and actually dreading it..with the cost of it and how change of ATF, spark plugs etc coincided.. At 70K, i went to another workshop nearer my house (Pasir Ris) same story change pad and skim Price quoted very similar = $230- $250 for brake pad Skimming =$70-$120 I decided to do more research on the internet....more confused and worried...ISIS vs WISH which brake pad...and in terms of rotors more. Discovered some good toyota stockist. Eventually went with Ric -Tat at Owen road...very nice experience there. Confident with price of purchase and also correctness of part!!... Brake pad= $65 Rotors =$210 for a pair Surfed around internet and read about Seng Long at Bukit Merah Lane 3...called and spoke to the boss Alan. Agreed on a price..went down. Was well pleased when i got there no big crowd on a saturday afternoon...his mechanic Ah Wing worked on my car. He worked with focus on my car. I asked them to inform him if i needed to replace rotors, he touched them look carefully and said my rotors were in good shape!! he even told me my rotors were not possible to do a skim...too thin my model. Was impressed by the honesty Brakes pads were fitted, all the old dust from the old pads cleaned up. Later he checked once both sides changed My brake pads according to the mechanic could go a little more, he showed me the part(like a clip spring) that would cause noise once worn down!! anyways, he said it was a good time to change but my rotors could wait longer. I was just happy to get the job done by honest no nonsense honest workshop and look forward to doing more jobs with them! guess..with all the push to skim rotors and change pads at 40K made me bit disappointed with the regular place...i doubt they even open up my tyre to check...after fitting the new pads Ah wing cleaned a lot of old dust from my brakes!! Anyways just to share my saving experience...i have set of spare rotors may try to exchange for something else at Ric-tat or just keep since with the current COE...my car will surely get thru the current rotors

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How on earth their child could be locked inside a car? Could it be they left their son who might be sleeping inside and went for makan session in Jalan Kayu? Or they left him temporarily inside the car to pack stuff inside the boot and the toddler then accidentally locked himself or what? Really puzzling... In any case, it was a big relieve that no harm was done to the kid. Given the sizzling weather we are having lately, it is unimaginable for a child to be trapped in a car under a open-air car park... From ST Forum: http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/...ory_767409.html Locked in car 'My wife and I thank the people who stayed on to help.' MR LAWRENCE QUEK: 'On Feb 4, after dinner, my 19-month-old son accidentally locked himself in the car, with key inside, at the Jalan Kayu open carpark. While my wife and I tried to distract him so that he would not hurt himself, a few people came by and stayed with us to ensure that our son was safe. We eventually had to break the car window and retrieve the key. My wife and I thank the people who stayed on to help us.'

http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sg...y_passerby.html A two-year-old toddler survived a fall from the tenth floor of a building after being caught by a passer-by in Hangzhou, China. Two-year-old Niu had been left alone at home after her grandmother went out to run some errands. The toddler woke up from her nap and climbed onto the windowsill in an attempt to find her grandmother. A neighbour on the ninth floor had noticed Niu dangling from the window and tried to reach her using a ladder but was unsuccessful. Wu Juping, a passer-by, rushed across the street to catch the toddler just as Niu lost grip on the windowsill and fell ten stories down. STOMPer guardianangel says: "The fact someone would sacrifice so much just to save a complete stranger is so heartwarming. "She broke her arm in the process because she absorbed the impact of Niu's fall. "Wu Juping has a seven-month-old baby and said that at that very moment, all she could think of was how her own child had fell from a chair and bled a lot and how much worse the consequences would be if Niu fell from the tenth storey." This is really 用手劳动节

as some of you know I just broken off with my gf and is feeling sad...now my only love is money....sick of work too....so I am wondering if I can retire if I save up $400000 and what can I do with the money....start a business? leave it in a fixed deposit etc etc

as some of you may read some forumers asked if they can retire with 400k. my only love is also money....sick of work too.... so I am also wondering if I can retire if I save up $4,000,000 liquid asset and what can I do with the money besides leaving it in a fixed deposit or buying a ponzi property in sinkie land.

Was having a discussion with collegues in the office and i'm quite amazed to see that people who seems to have not much family committments saving less than 20% of their take home pay! For the purpose of this poll, the percentage of one's income saved is inclusive of money used to invest (securities, units trusts etc.)

...to cut long story short, 'cop on top' was sighted a bit too late last Wed, 21 Apr 2010....speed was slowing down from 80km/h..smiled at the bugger Today received letter blah blah ...'we could have fined you blah blah but now give u warning oni.....' and we caught you at 86km/h pheeeeeeeew... Be careful along that stretch....it is 70km/h limit altho the sign says 60km/h

If in sg, even polis will say, 'please take a civil suit'....there....wohoooo!!! Couple saved from snatch theft in Johor Strangers accost and attack thief who tried to grab woman's handbag By Cheryl Ong Ms Benette Tan and her husband Francis Tham sustained cuts and bruises from the incident at a Johor Baru car wash. -- ST PHOTO: NURIA LING ROUGH justice saved a Singaporean couple from falling victim to a snatch thief outside a Johor Bahru car wash on Tuesday morning. A dozen or so strangers came to their rescue, when a man on a motorcycle tried to grab Ms Benette Tan's handbag as she was waiting for her car to be washed. Ms Tan, a sales consultant, was by the side of the road outside the car wash when she felt a tug on her arm. She looked down and was shocked to see a man on a motorbike trying to pull her handbag free. The tug-of-war lasted no more than a few seconds before Ms Tan, 37, lost her balance and fell forward on the floor. Seeing the struggle, her businessman husband Francis Tham, who was a short distance away, ran with his arms wide to block the snatch thief and stop him from getting away. The slow-moving bike hit him and sent Mr Tham, 44, sprawling. At that moment, a car wash attendant stepped forward and shoved the thief off his two-wheeler. The thief tried to escape on foot, but his run with bad luck continued. He ran straight into the path of a reversing truck and was knocked to the ground. While the man lay stunned, said Ms Tan, some 10 bystanders emerged, grabbed hold of him and started raining punches on him. 'I even saw an uncle use his bike helmet to hit the thief. Everyone just went crazy,' said Ms Tan. She said the thief insisted he was innocent, even after he was dragged before her and she identified him as the man who had tried to steal her handbag. It contained her mobile phones, passport and RM100 (S$42). Bleeding and injured, the man was taken away by police officers who arrived 30 minutes later. The attempted snatch theft was a nasty surprise for the couple, who visit Johor twice a month to shop and eat. They had planned to spend just the morning there, but it was nearly night before they were able to leave. Ms Tan had scrapes and bruises on her knees and hands, while Mr Tham had cuts and bruises on his legs. Kind Malaysians drove the couple to a hospital for treatment and later to a police station. They consider themselves lucky. 'Thank God he didn't have a weapon or I won't be talking to you,' she said. Johor police said about 5,000 incidents of crime were reported in the state from January to March, compared with 6,106 cases in the same period last year. Tourists and women with handbags are popular targets of snatch thieves as they are considered easy prey. The experience has left Ms Tan shaken. She said she would not carry anything valuable in full view next time. 'I thought it was about being unlucky,' she said. 'I just didn't realise how common these cases are and that it could happen to me even if I were careful.' [email protected]

Kudos to the Sazanami... [thumbsup]

Car buff: MrLim converted his Mercedes-Benz Vito 113 van to run on CNG because of his interest in automobiles and engines. WHEN it comes to petrol savings, few can beat Mr Lim Sin Leng. In the last two years alone, he has saved about $7,000 - the equivalent of what an average car owner spends on fuel in about 18months. The reason his van is so fuel-efficient: compressed natural gas(CNG). The 47-year-old businessman holds the possible distinction of being the first Singaporean here to have converted his car so that it runs on CNG instead of petrol. He did it in March 2006 when CNG was still an unfamiliar acronym to many motorists. So while drivers here talk about getting cheap petrol in Johor, Mr Lim is happily getting his full tank refuels at Jalan Buroh for $1.18 a kg. One kg of CNG is equivalent to around 1.1 litres of petrol. The same amount in petrol costs between $2.15 and $2.30, depending on the grade. Mr Lim, who saves 'at least half of what others are paying' using CNG compared to petrol, said: 'To me, CNG stands for 'cheap and good'.' RISE IN DEMAND But money was not his main motivation. The self-professed car buff was first spurred to convert his Mercedes-Benz Vito 113 van to run on CNG because of his interest in automobiles and engines. Although Mr Lim spent $4,000 on the conversion, which included the cost of flying in an engineer from Beijing, he said that it has been worthit. By the end of last year, he recovered the cost of installing the CNG kit in his van. With the savings from using CNG, it is no wonder many others are following in his footsteps. Figures from the National Environment Agency and the Land Transport Authority showed that as of April, there are 540 CNG cars in Singapore. There were only 250 last December. Scantruck Engineering, which helped to install the CNG kit in MrLim's van, has seen a 'definite' increase in demand for CNG conversion. Today, it converts 180 cars a month to run on CNG compared to 60 cars a month six months ago. Citing rising fuel prices and the opening up of more CNG refuelling stations as two factors contributing to the increasing demand, Scantruck Engineering deputy managing director Francis Leong, 64, said: 'Due to the sudden surge in demand over the last six months, we even had to turn four to five customers away each day because we lacked the manpower and stocks.' Another company, CMelchers, which also does installation of CNG kits for cars, currently has a waiting list of up to six months. Mr Shannon Sim, the business development executive for CNG conversion in CMelchers, has been receiving 20 to 30 enquiries a day about CNG conversion, out of which at least 30 per cent commit to installing a kit. Mr Sim expects the company's volume to hit 300 cars a month once their newest workshop opens at Kim Chuan late this month. Currently, the two workshops affliated to C Melchers at Neythal Road and Sin Ming install CNG kits on 200 cars a month. GAINING MOMENTUM Mr Kittichai Jarusrojpoka, managing director of General Motors Overseas Distribution Corp Singapore, said the first two shipments of the Chevrolet Optra Magnum CNG have been sold out since the launch of the car on 28Mar this year. It's not known how many units there are in each shipment. General Motors is one of the authorised dealers for the 1.6-litre Chevrolet Optra Magnum CNG, which is fitted with the CNG kit in its Thai factory. Mr Kittichai said: 'According to feedback that we have received from the showroom, retail interest in the Optra Magnum CNG is steadily gaining momentum in proportion to the rising fuel prices.' Parallel importers have also seen a rise in demand for cars which run on CNG. Mr Kenneth Tan, regional director of Pinnacle International, saw 'an exponential increase' in the number of drivers turning to CNG as an alternative fuel. Pinnacle sold about 200 CNG cars during a road show they held in January this year. VOIDS WARRANTY ComfortDelGro Engineering, the engineering subsidiary of ComfortDelGro Group, is also looking into offering CNG conversion services to private cars. Spokesman Tammy Tan said: 'Details are still being worked out but we expect to launch the new service within the next two to three months. We will test out the market with services being offered at just one of our locations for the initial period. 'Depending on demand, we may extend it to our other outlets.' There are, however, some drivers who are reluctant to convert their cars to run on CNG because doing so would void their warranty. Member of Parliament Charles Chong, who heads the Government Parliamentary Committee on National Development and Environment, said: 'If car insurance warranties are voided because vehicle owners modify their vehicles to take CNG, surely we are not incapable of fixing that without too much of a delay. 'There are safe ways of installing the CNG kit in cars, and LTA should facilitate the conversion. We should not be paralysed by this. 'Hopefully, we can move faster to provide alternatives, and save the environment while saving money.'

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http://thecarblogger.blogspot.com/2007/06/...vor-of-rs6.html Is this the end?