National Day

Happy National Day!

Singapore is a great country.

Cycling Trip at ECP

I went cycling from East Coast Tennis Centre (near McDonald's) to Changi Village. It was extremely tiring -- I think she was coping better than me! We started before 9 am but only got back after 3 pm! That was inclusive of rest stops, but still...

At McDonald's, we were spotted by a group of 3 students -- including May and Elice from 2E3! Elice sent May to sit in front of us to take pictures. I realised that but was unable to recognize May due to her different hairstyle. In any case, SC did not notice at all!

Later I saw Elice and knew we had been photographed.

CEA Cleared

I passed the CEA test today! NAD for other tests and exam. No action needed! So effectively I'm cleared for CEA-related cancer!

So there's just the NPC screening once every three months -- because I still failed one specific marker (borderline). Oh well, I can't be that unlucky, right?

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I love kids! They're cute!

Annoying Week

Yesterday and today are very irritating. I had to rush errands yesterday afternoon. I left my Parker pen in Amoy Quee Camp! Either East District Office or Guard Room. It's the cheap Parker -- mine's dark red and silver, as the students will know. It was a Teachers' Day gift -- not expensive at all as you can get one at $6.90 before Teachers' Day. And I had just taken it out from cold storage before the holidays to use...

And I am rushing many things as usual, and more things are coming up, which is very irritating.

Oh, and on Monday, I passed one and failed-borderline the other specific cancer marker test for ENT NPC. This means there is a 1% chance that I currently have a malignancy. So I'll report in every 3 months to check. Effectively, I'm cleared for now!

But there is the other one, GE colorectal cancer...

Toilet Painting and Screening Tests

During the Happy Toilet painting, one of my class' girls mentioned about the boys toilet being dirtier because they boys do their minor business standing and thus cannot possibly keep the toilet clean.

These articles here shed some more light on the issue...

http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=3373
http://www.twisstedswisster.com/2008/06/should-men-pee-sitting-down.html

The Japanese and Swiss keep their toilets clean.

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I went for my specialists' appointment today...

For ENT, the doctor thought it was unlikely to be cancer since I was asymptomatic. He did a nasopharyngeal endoscopy under LA which did not find anything. Blood was drawn for a repeat test using individual markers which would be more conclusive. I'll be seeing him again in two weeks.

For GE, the doctor thought that it was unlikely to be cancer because I was asymptomatic. No palpable masses and not even a FOB test. He himself would not trust the CEA test anyway, since it was only a borderline high. He ordered a repeat CEA and uric acid blood test (borderline high) as well as a chest x-ray to rule out chest infections. I'll be seeing him again in a month's time.

The Power of Facebook

Now I can see that Facebook is very powerful. I just signed up and I immediately learnt that a JC classmate just passed away on 8 June 09.

This is very interesting... Please cry.