What Is Cancer?

Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled
growth and spread of abnormal cells. If the spread
is not controlled, it can result in death. Cancer is caused
by both external factors (tobacco, infectious organisms,
chemicals, and radiation) and internal factors (inherited
mutations, hormones, immune conditions, and mutations
that occur from metabolism). These causal factors may
act together or in sequence to initiate or promote carcinogenesis.
Ten or more years often pass between exposure to
external factors and detectable cancer. Cancer is treated
with surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, hormone therapy,
biological therapy, and targeted therapy.

..........A cancer’s stage is based on the primary tumor’s size
and whether it has spread to other areas of the body. A
number of different staging systems are used to classify
tumors. The TNM staging system assesses tumors in
three ways: extent of the primary tumor (T), absence or
presence of regional lymph node involvement (N), and
absence or presence of distant metastases (M). Once
the T, N, and M are determined, a stage of I, II, III, or IV
is assigned, with stage I being early and stage IV being
advanced disease......

Source: http://www.cancer.org/downloads/STT/500809web.pdf

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How can I make you eat, mama? I know you are worried, so am I. I had to act happy in the office, taking part in the activities, finishing whatever task given to me after office hours before I could rush over to visit pa before the cut off time of 8pm. Jia you ok?

Tell you a secret, I am having chest pain... shh.. I would be fine.. No tears in front of both of them because I must show that I am strong and able to take it.

papa, jia you..

we will fight this long battle with you.

ps: i need to find a new job that pays higher due to donno what is going to happen very soon

i need part time assignment, anyone?

I promise not to cry in front of mama, cos I need to take care of her at home

I got to study hard now because the test is tomorrow, I must score and pass.

I will be strong, don't worry

yes, i won the best compliment this month for going the extra mile. she read out the details of what i did and everyone congrats me. but i wanted to share with 3 people, yet i couldn't express my joy. i wanted to tell u, but u were out running. i wanted to go home and take them, but 1 is sleeping, 1 is on the phone. yet he says i don't care about him when he woke up. i did not ask how is it, i did not take a look at him, i did not care about him.



but the truth it i did take a look at you, i wanted to ask but SHE WAS ON THE PHONE CHATTING. WHAT CAN I DO. by the time she finished chatting, u woke up and accused me



so what if all strangers came forward to congrats me. i only wanted to tell 3 of us how happy i am when they read out my name and the details of what i did. even the best performance of 2009, came forward and asked me what i did, how i did it and why i did it.



yet i get scolded. i get blamed. i am being fault.




i hate me

HUAT AR!

we go purple on chu er!

heart this purple dress from zara (:

this reunion dinner was fabulous. we had "san zheng hai wei" at seafood paradise.

1st day was fun because my mum and aunty taught paul how to play MJ and he won! omg! and i got lovely roses specially handcarried from Houston. we did not pay a cent for it cos it's from G! he got a couple of dozens of white, pink and red roses from houston.

we went dating on 2nd day of cny @ ikea after my house visiting and he got me new blue floral curtain + a mini catus. his bro got some furniture to redo the house. afterwhich was a stroll at the angbao riverwalk.

and it's godma's house today!

back to watching dvd at home while waiting for the parents to come home

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I am so tempted to get sth from Paris in March cos G is going

he keeps tempting me to get sth. he suggested a hermes wallet.. zzzzz

shld i get another chanel necklace?

will be getting a LC sling for mummy

Yes yes I will be spreeing very soon.. hang in there.. when details are confirmed, it shall be broadcast here and there

GONG XI FAI CAI

$595! Shall I?

*Edited* Paul says i can buy another bag only when I start earning $4k. When I ask how about a wallet, he says it's a bag to store coins, so it's a bag. Therefore the same theory applies. BOO!!

will he ever get me a chanel or prada? or a bikins!! I really don't mind waiting

I long for a wallet first. The blue leather one is sold out when i went back wanting to bring it home, I was so sad that I got a pair of blue wedges instead using the Magic Card! oops!

i am busy enjoying life now

been busy with driving lessons, it can never be so fun to drive on the road and chat anything under the sun with my instructor. lessons do not feel like lessons but a nice car ride. i have taken the test date, it would be in april. today he let me drive the car ALONE while he went to get bread because he was hungry. it was quite fun to be alone with his car, practising parking without poles. if u are still not aware, wef March, there would be no more poles during driving test. so what he did was to paste sticker on his window panel for me to gauge the angle to turn.

work is unsecure because u never know when u would be asked to leave. many have left and i hope i would stay till i find a better job with higher pay. this is just not suitable for my character. when managers do not like feedbacks, i feel useless because my mouth just can't shut suggesting new ideas and making improvements. they say i give too many feedbacks. oh well..

this is a poor month due to CNY. i bought goodies for the house and impt people. gave them more money. yet my parents aren't appreciate. they compare me with HIM because HE gave them $5000 compared to my pathetic $200 each. oh well.. i used up my saving this month to be a chinese santa claus. i did not really get new clothes. just gonna wear those 2 dresses i saved since dec and shoes I got from London.

i got random surf like necklaces and earrings. i love pretty little things. the blue leather wallet-cum-clutch is so pretty however i resisted the temptation and told myself that i can make do with this current one. if it is still there, i would bring u home in march.

last but not least, i love my new hair.

Or shall i say EVERYONE lovesss my new hair. i'm no boasting, everyone came to my table and said they love it when i returned back to work after my hair cut. it's rather expensive because i spent $140 on it for the cut and rebonding. but it's all worth it.

i look nerd i noe, but just shut ur mouth.

done my nails today with c but i was a little sad that i couldn't get my pedicure. so i decided to return to sg to do it after the trip and it was so impulsive! i walked into the shop and said i want to pedicure. after the entire thingy, i felt so much happier. i used the new magic card for this naughty act. oops!