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Taman Negara (National Park) Trip

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B ack to nature!.......I went to Taman Negara Pahang last month from 1 st to 3 rd October 2014 with my friends. This is my first trip to Taman Negara. Taman Negara National Park covers 4 areas of Malaysia, Pahang, Kelantan Perak and Terengganu. The rainforest has been recorded to be 136 million years old and is the oldest tropical rainforest on the planet as it was not affected by an ice age and has no volcano activity nearby. It’s taking about 6 hours driving from Kuala Lumpur to Taman Negara. On the way there we stop by at Deerland Park and Elephant Sanctuary at Kuala Gandah. At first I didn’t know that Deerland Park is existed. On the way to Kuala Gandah my friend told me about Deerland Park and suggested to visit there before we visit Elephant Sanctuary. Deearland Park is a great place to visit. A trip to this petting park is an opportunity for animal lovers to get up-close and personal with deers as well as a variety of animals such as Golden Phesant, Bengal Cat, Rabbits, P...
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Look Up

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I'll admit it. I check my smartphone compulsively. And the more I use it, the more often the urge to look at it hits me. In the office, in the class, in meeting even while in traffic jam - looking at my email and my social networks. Sometimes it is in my hand before I even know what I'm searching for.  Old School cell phones only can call and text. While smartphones can get your message across. Smartphones allow you multiple ways of communicating. Not only can they call, text and IM, they give you access to email, video calling and video conferencing. You can also remain connected through social networking sites like twitter, facebook and instagram.   Not just that, Smartphones have improved our lives with variety of apps, for use in fitness and health, in keeping us connected and giving us to the latest news. In fact many businesses now goes to mobile, where they provided to us the flexibility to shop at anywhere and at any times from our mobile. However, besi...
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Osteoporosis: Invasion of bone sappers

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Hi all, this is something good to share with all of you, this article from reader digest.   It is natural for your bones to weaken as you age. But some people, particularly women, lose so much bone matter that their skeletons become riddled with weak spots. Osteoporosis can cause debilitating hip, spine, and forearm fractures. Estimated show that by 2050, about 50 % of all asteoporotic hip fractures in the world will occur in Asia. In Singapore for instance, the incidences of hip fracture in 1998 have gone up five times in women and 1.5 times in men compared to those observed in the 1960s. Most people in the region are now living longer-thanks to the advancement of medical science. This simply means they are also getting older. "The vast majority of eldery people will have one or more osteoporotic spine fractures, "says Prof Tan Seang Beng, Senior Consultanct Orthopaedic Surgeon and Head of the Department of Orthopaedics at the Singapore General Hospital. Asian are...
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