It didn’t rain today.

And just as I thought that I was getting a break from watering the garden! The sky was clear with no sign of cloud cover. I looked up and there was Orion, the Hunter. The three stars of the Orion’s belt can be clearly seen. It’s the most recognizable constellation in the sky.

I remember looking at the desert sky over Alice Springs and seeing Orion in the southern hemisphere. Of course the desert sky was much more starry than our Malaysian skies, since there was hardly any cloud over the desert. It was the most spectacular night sky I’d ever seen and has yet to be surpassed.

Tonight’s night sky (click for a bigger picture) looked quite good too:

Orion

It’s started raining in the late afternoons lately. Of course it does. It’s almost April. The season is the inter-monsoon: the period between the north-easterly and the south-westerly. The moisture doesn’t get blown away and comes down again in the late afternoons. So don’t be surprised that we get “April showers” in this part of the world.

I’m hoping that this will ACCELERATE the growth of the grass in my garden. It’s been two months since my last garden post.. so here are some photos of the garden. The grass is still a bit patchy, much as it was 2 months ago.

Cool Slideshows

You might recognize some of these up there:

• Bamboo
• Pandan
• Jasmine
• Lime
• Daisy
• Epiphytes
• Birds of Paradise

When I posted the hiatus hernia last week, some people couldn’t see what I meant by the mucosa hugging the scope. Here another scope view that shows you the mucosa hugging the scope. This is a normal view of the junction between the esophagus and the stomach from below. The black tube is the scope and it has turned back to look at itself passing down thru the junction.

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Here’s a view marked with red for the mucosa and blue for the scope.

Compare that with a hiatus hernia.

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I was debating whether I should put this up, but then I think that I should share with all those in the nearby area that there will be a cancer screening week here:

From 18th March to 27th March 2007 from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm. Screening tests will be offered at reduced rates during this period.

Cancer	Suggested to attend screening	Test
Breast	Women aged 40 and above	Mammography
Cervix	All sexually active women	Pap Smear
Colon and rectum	Anyone aged 50 and above	Colonoscopy
Liver	Hepatitis B and C carriers	Ultrasound and AFP blood test
Nasopharynx	Aged 40 and above, particularly Chinese male	Nasal endoscopy and EBA VCA IgM blood test
Prostate	Men aged 45 and above	Digital Rectal Exam and PSA blood test

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Update:

I’ve taken out the price column. I’m posting the info here because it’s cheap but you should call to check that out if you are interested for yourself or your family : 04-4428888.

This campaign was organised by the SP division of Wanita MCA on 9th March 2007

The breast cancer incidence for Malaysian Chinese in the year of 2003 was 59.7 per 100,000. The rate in Indians was 55.8 per 100,000 and in Malays, it was 33.9 per 100,000.