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WHo raises pandermic flu alert level to phase 5

GENEVA – The World Health Organization has raised its pandemic alert for swine flu to the second highest level, meaning that it believes a global outbreak of the disease is imminent.

WHO says the phase 5 alert means there is sustained human to human spread in at least two countries. It also signals that efforts to produce a vaccine will be ramped up.

WHO has confirmed human cases of swine flu in Mexico, the United States, Canada, Britain, Israel, New Zealand and Spain. Mexico and the U.S. have reported deaths.

WHO Director-General Margaret Chan made the decision Wednesday to raise the alert level from phase 4 — signifying transmission in only one country — after reviewing the latest scientific evidence on the outbreak.

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BERLIN (AP) — The World Health Organization warned Wednesday that the swine flu outbreak is moving closer to becoming a pandemic, as the United States reported the first swine flu death outside of Mexico, and Germany and Austria became latest European nations hit by the disease.

In Geneva, WHO flu chief Dr. Keiji Fukuda told reporters that there was no evidence the virus was slowing down, moving the agency closer to raising its pandemic alert to phase 5, indicating widespread human-to-human transmission.

But he said the health body not yet ready to move the pandemic alert level up from its current level of 4, which means the virus is being passed among people. Phase 6 — the highest in the scale — is for a full-scale pandemic.

As fear and uncertainty about the disease ricocheted around the globe, nations took all sorts of precautions, some more useful than others.

Britain closed a school after a 12-year-old girl was found to have the disease. Egypt slaughtered all its pigs and the central African nation of Gabon became the latest nation to ban pork imports, despite assurances that swine flu was not related to eating pork.

Cuba eased its flight ban, deciding just to block flights coming in from Mexico. And Asian nations greeted returning airport travelers with teams of medical workers and carts of disinfectants, eager to keep swine flu from infecting their continent.

In Mexico City, the epicenter of the epidemic, the mayor said Wednesday the outbreak seemed to be stabilizing and he was considering easing the citywide shutdown that closed schools, restaurants, concert halls and sports arenas.

Swine flu is suspected of killing more than 150 people in Mexico and sickening over 2,400 there.
Dr. Richard Besser, the acting chief of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said 91 cases have now been confirmed in 10 states, and health officials there reported Wednesday that a 23-month-old Mexican boy had died in Texas from the disease.

Across Europe, Germany confirmed three swine flu cases and Austria one, while the number of confirmed cases rose to five in Britain and ten in Spain.

WHO conducted a scientific review Wednesday to determine exactly what is known about how the disease spreads, how it affects human health and how it can be treated.

Dr. Nikki Shindo, a WHO flu expert, said the review would focus on the large trove of data coming from Mexico and from a school in New York City that has been hard-hit by the outbreak.

Germany's national disease control center, the Robert Koch Institute, said the country's three cases include a 22-year-old woman hospitalized in Hamburg, a man in his late 30s at a hospital in Regensburg, north of Munich, and a 37-year-old woman from another Bavarian town. All three had recently returned from Mexico.

Austria's health ministry said a 28-year-old woman who recently returned from a monthlong trip to Guatemala via Mexico City and Miami has the virus but is recovering.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said health officials were ordering extra medicine and "several million more" face masks to deal with the virus.

British media reports, citing an unidentified European surgical mask manufacturer, said the U.K. was seeking 32 million masks to protect its health workers from a possible pandemic.

"We've decided to build stocks of anti-virals, from 35 million to 50 million," Brown said, adding that the government had put in enhanced airport checks and was going to mail swine flu information leaflets to every household in Britain.

In addition to a couple in Scotland who got swine flu on their Mexican honeymoon, new British cases included a 12-year-old girl in the southwest English town of Torbay. Brown said her school had been closed as a precaution.

He said the other two cases were adults in London and in Birmingham. All three had visited Mexico, were receiving anti-viral drugs and were responding well to treatment, Brown said.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy met with Cabinet ministers to discuss swine flu and his health minister said France will ask the European Union to suspend flights to Mexico.

The U.S., the European Union and other countries have discouraged nonessential travel to Mexico. Cuba suspended all regular and charter flights from Mexico to the island but was still allowing airlines to return travelers to Mexico.

New Zealand's number of swine flu cases rose to 14, 13 of them among a school group that recently returned from Mexico. Officials say the swine flu strain infecting the students is the same as that in Mexico. All were responding well to antiviral drugs and in voluntary quarantine at home.

New Zealand has 44 other possible cases, with tests under way.

Mexico was taking drastic measures to fight the outbreak. It closed all archaeological sites and allowed restaurants in the capital to only serve takeout food in an aggressive bid to stop gatherings where the virus can spread. Schools remained closed until at least May 6.

A regional beach soccer championship in Mexico was postponed and all Mexican first-division soccer games this weekend will be played with no audiences. Cruise lines were avoiding Mexican ports and holiday tour groups are canceling holiday charter flights there.

The Philippine health chief appealed to dozens of Filipino legislators to abandon plans to visit Las Vegas to cheer for boxing idol Manny Pacquiao — even though Las Vegas is more than 300 miles (480 kilometers) from the Mexican border.

Egypt's government ordered the slaughter of all pigs in the country as a precaution, though no swine flu cases have been reported there. Egypt's overwhelmingly Muslim population does not eat pork, but farmers raise up to 350,000 pigs for its Christian minority.

In Australia, officials were testing more than 100 people with flu symptoms for the virus and the government gave health authorities wide powers to contain contagious diseases.

"(We can make) sure that people are isolated and perhaps detained if they don't cooperate and are showing symptoms," said Health Minister Nicola Roxon.

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Associated Press Writers around the world contributed to this report.

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ps: to all my friends all around the world, please be careful with this swine flu as it spreads thru human contacts...it's Phase 5...!!!so please be more careful guys...we never know who we're living with...please dont go to affected countries and forget all your thoughts to have holidays there to prevent this hazardous disease...i just can wish and pray for your safety...i love u guys so much so please stay healthy as much as u can...

established, sexy boy

until then,

i know you love me..

~XOXO~

ATTESTATION DE COMPETENCES EN PATISSERIE

From left: Shin Yin, Me (Frasy), Natalie and Chilie...im gonna miss u guys..!!! =p

the fruit tarts...see, they're shining...and they are delicious too...thanx to the its magic ingredients...hik hik...
these are called choc-dipped cream puffs...

paris brests...this is so good...magic magic..!!

ok, these are the best croissants ever in malaysia..they are very light in volumes yet so crunchy...normally, the one in malaysia is densed, but trust me, u guys will love this very cute croissant...hehe...

i dunno what these are called...but the taste is super duper yummy...they looks like croissants but they are totally different in taste..words cant describe the taste...

~xoxo~

each link a smile..

two guys and a girl...

the girls..!!!

this is our friends...french people...

me, chan, natalie and chef karam...

~xoxo~

tagged by diana!!

u asked for it, so let's check it out!!!



Anda rasa anda HOT??
# yup...of course le im HOT coz klu x, amfibia le i nie kan...ahaks!!!ok2, i think im kinda HOT, but i dunno which part of me...can u tell me which part..??? :))

Upload gambar kegemaran anda.

Kenapa anda suka gambar ini.
# because these guys in this pic are all my best friends though maliq, hilmi and nazih were not in the picture due to some problems...this pic was taken during Hari Raya two years ago...this is one the most memorable moments for us coz we've had a chance to visit loads of houses in selangor area...even we didn't manage to get angpau on that day, but we enjoyed it alot...

Bila kali terakhir anda makan pizza?
# rasenye time last pastry class...2 weeks back..and pizza tu i wat sendiri ok...and of course the taste was really great...klu x percaye sila tgk post2 saye sebelum ni..hehe..

Lagu terakhir anda dengar?
# duh..of course le from Mariah Carey's...she's my muse ok...and the song is I'LL BE LOVIN' YOU LONG TIME..her video is damn cool!!!!

Selain nama sendiri, anda suka dipanggil dengan nama apa?
# ok, people used to call me by Firdaus (most of em), Fariq (some) coz ckp org tua2 nama tuh bawa berkat kan...but my bestfriends panggil Fda...and Frasy is my commercial name...and loads of people now called me with that name...and im lovin' it... =p

Tag lagi 7 orang.
# kamarul
# andi
# shasha
# midie
# imah
# saleh
# kameel

Siapa No. 1 kepada anda?
# he's such a great friend of mine..my best friend..he's so supportive whenever i need him...

No. 3 ada hubungan dengan sesiapa?
# sha, u better tell me if u're in a relationship...dun lie to me ok...im ur B ayte..???i know u love me...hik hik...

Kata sesuatu berkenaan orang No. 5.
# don't u ever give up and never listen to those people who are trying to discourage u...JUST STAND UP!!!!

Bagaimana dengan No. 4?
# one of my best friends...he's such a nice guy and please people, don't hurt him...!!!

Siapakah orang No. 2?
# he's one of my high-motivated bestfriends...trust me, he never let u down...!!!

Pesanan kepada No. 6?
# saleh, gudluck for ur final exam...!!!wat btol2 ok..!!!jgn nak momon jerk..!!! :P

Pendapat anda tentang orang No. 7?
# he's my keeper...hik hik...dia seorang yg tenang dalam mengharungi liku2 kehidupan...ye ke kameel..??hik hik...n now. he's in japan...and i miss u damn much dude!!!!u better buy me vanilla pods ok!!! =p

until then...
~xoxo~

all good things come to an end..

ecstatic...

that's all i can say right now coz im sooo excited to attend the graduation ceremony for pastry course this coming saturday...

because it's like an informal event (really??), so im going to shop some attires for it...

(macam le nak attend Grammy's kan..??) =P

and i dunno what fashion and style i would wear since men's fashion is sooo lame and dull...

not attractive at all..

not much can i do bout it...

but still im going to buy men's clothes of course...hahahahaa....

what a life isn't it..??it's not fair to the men's world... :(

and i think better i cut or trim my hair coz my hair is long...

maybe it's not too long but just wanna make some touch to it...

korean style maybe...hurrmmm...but i like yu shirota's hairstyle..he's japanese...ahaks!!!

ok guys, i will meet ya soon...

sooo looking forward to it...

~xoxo~

agent zero and wolverine

~xoxo~

differences between love and like..!!!

you want to know the differences..??
do you really want to know..???
well,you asked for it..!!!!

In front of the person you love, your heart beats faster

But in front of the person you like , you get happy.

In front of the person you love, winter seems like spring

But in front of the person you like, winter is just a beautiful winter.

If you look into the eyes of the one you love, you blush

But if you look into the eyes of the one you like, you smile.

In front of the person you love, you can' t say everything on your mind

But in front of the person you like, you can.

In front of the person you love, you tend to get shy

But in front of the person you like, you can show your ownself.

Then person you love comes into your mind every 2 minutes.

You can't look straight into the eyes of the one you love

But you can always smile into the eyes of the one you like.

When the one you love is crying, you cry with them

But when the one you like is crying, you end up comforting.

The feeling of love starts from the eye

And the feeling of like starts from the ear.

So if you stop liking a person you used to like

All you need to do is cover your ears,

But if you try to close your eyes

Love turns into a drop of tear and remains in your heart forever after.

this is a very sensitive issue...i guess so since girls really take the terms like or love very serious which we guys handle with levity...they really differentiate between the two unlike we guys. well, sincerely speaking girls want to listen to somethings which I think guys will just have to should I say lie to get their way through...

again, love is not all about intercourse...if you don't know this, get it know...there are people who like each other and the get involved in intercourse if both define it very well and often times they dont get to end up together. So intercourse is not the defining thing when you are in love.

my guys, it's much more than that.

love is like the answer to a riddle.other answers may seem good or clever, but only this one answer is perfect..

until then,

~xoxo~

men are like...

Blenders.

You need one, but you're not quite sure why.



Chocolate Bars.

Sweet, smooth, and they usually head right for your hips.



Coffee.

The best ones are rich, warm, and can keep you up all night long.



Commercials.

You can't believe a word they say.



Computers.

Hard to figure out and never have enough memory.



Coolers.

Load them with beer and you can take them anywhere.



Copiers.

You need them for reproduction, but that's about it.



Curling Irons.

They're always hot, and they're always in your hair.



Government Bonds.

They take way too long to mature.



Horoscopes.

They always tell you what to do and are usually wrong.



Lava Lamps.

Fun to look at, but not all that bright.



Mascara.

They usually run at the first sign of emotion.



Parking Spots.

The good ones are already taken and the ones that are left are either handicapped or extremely small.



Popcorn.

They satisfy you, but only for a little while.



Weather.

Nothing can be done to change either one of them.




until then,
~xoxo~

nothin' much..

ok...

last night i baked some mushroom muffins...

ni sume gare2 my sis yang nak wat assignment about mushrooms products...

so she insisted me to bake some muffins which the main ingredient is mushrooms...duh..

i dunno what kinda mushrooms she bought but the smell is sooo yux...euuuwww...

but the taste was awesome though...

so i managed to bake a frittata at first, but then, i know she's not gonna like it...loads of veges i guess...

then i just baked muffins...

she bought lots of ingredients and the best part was she bought blackberries...

i really like this type of berry...

so tasteful...

one of my guilty pleasure besides ice-cream...so yummy..!!!

mula2 after the muffins were baked, cam nervous gak le coz x pernah wat mushroom muffins kan..

but luckily, they were very mouth watering...with blackberries as garnishing, and carrots and raisins, they did a great combination...so i was satisfied with my work..

thank God for giving me this gift...

alhamdulillah...

until then,

~xoxo~

p/s: i will post the pic later..tq..