Celebrate the Nation’s 44th Birthday!

Alright, be practical, the tickets are not easy to get. No lobang this year? Not to worry, here are some of the things you can do if you didn’t manage to get a ticket to the National Day Parade at the Floating Platform at Marina Bay this year.

Watch the march-past @

Old Supreme Court
Padang, City Hall
The Esplanade

Watch the fireworks finale @

Merlion Park
One Fullerton
The Esplanade Bridge
Waterfront promenade outside the Esplanade Theatres
Marina Boulevard
Singapore Flyer

Tip of the day: Be kiasu and be early. Don’t forget to charge up your camera!

Squeezing with people is not your type? Then it’s best to enjoy the air-con and watch it from home. Visit http://ndp2009.mediacorptv.sg/

What is ECG?

ECG is an acronym for Electrocardiography which measures the electrical activity of the heart over time. While your heart is a muscular organ that beats in rhythm to pump blood through the body, an ECG takes a record of that rhythm.

Types of ECG

There are mainly three types of ECG, resting ECG, ambulatory ECG and cardiac stress test.

A resting ECG requires the patient to lie down and stay still as electrical impulses generated by other muscles may interfere with those generated by the heart. This type of ECG usually takes 5 to 10 minutes.

An ambulatory ECG allows the patient to move about freely and normally while a portable recording device is worn on the patient for at least 24 hours.

Finally, the cardiac stress test is used to analyse a patient’s heart function during exercise. The patient is required to ride an exercise bike or walk on a treadmill as the activity of the heart is recorded. This type of ECG takes about 15 to 30 minutes.

Below is a video that gives you a good picture of what ECG is about and how it works.

Remember the period when SARS hit Singapore? The time was hard to get by and there was a song delicated to the health workers. Now, H1N1 influenza hits Singapore and there were a few songs were written for the epidemic. Here is one hilarious one. Enjoy.

We know that the 3G technology provides us with greater luxury over the use of a simple mobile phone. Firstly, with 3G, chatting on the phone is brought on to a higher level, allowing one to make video calls. Now, it is also possible to leave video messages to contacts so their video clip appears when the person is calling.

Secondly, these mobile phones allow the users to surf the internet and also send and receive e-mail. This function certainly makes it a hot favourite for businessmen and businesswomen.

Thirdly, with improved transfer rate, users can use the handsets to play back music files, movie trailers, watch live TV programmes and a whole full range of multimedia files available through the internet. Most handsets support a variety of file format, for instance, MP3, AAC, AAC+ and MP4. Games can also be downloaded and played and on the handset. To make the games more enjoyable, they have 3D graphics and better audio system. Making it more fun and exciting, some can even be played in multiplayer format in real-time!

These are some of the advantages of the application of the 3G technology in mobile phones. Though these advantages benefit the people most of the time, there are other times where they are abused.

Using the video call function to insult the modesty of a woman is certainly unacceptable. However, a few days back, a man was fined $2,000 for such an act. The convict used the 3G video call function on his mobile to call the victim while he was masturbating. Performing such obscene acts and showing the video clip to a woman is certainly intolerable. I am sure that the inventor of the 3G phone did not have what the man did as a use for his invention.

In conclusion, the 3G technology is undeniably beneficial to the world, bringing the people closer together. Though there are times where these benefits are abused, I am glad to say that such cases happens in only a minority. Therefore, the application of 3G technology in mobile phone is still considered a boon than a bane.