Ebola risk in Singapore is low says MOH as the deadliest Ebola virus outbreak goes out of control

The largest Ebola virus disease outbreak to date, the ongoing 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak, which is affecting Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia is out of control. Since March 2014, there have been 1,201 cases of Ebola and 672 died in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. This makes the current kill rate of Ebola 60% and Ebola virus can kill up to 90% of the people it effects.

More worrying aspect of the current Ebola outbreak is its reach. Previous outbreaks were confined to small villages and did not travel long distances. But last week,  a 40-year-old American man of Liberian descent who worked for the West African nation's Finance Ministry died in Nigeria after taking several flights on Asky Airlines.

The idea of the Ebola virus travelling in commercial airliners is a horror scenario. There are 35 countries, including USA, France and Germany which are only one flight away from the epicenter of the outbreak. Although the virus is hard to transmit and makes people to sick to travel around, the average time between contracting the infection and the onset of symptoms is 13 days. Which means a person carrying the virus will not have any sign and symptoms for 2 weeks andcan easily pass through customs without detected.

Ebola can be transmitted from humans to humans but it requires direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person. It is not transmitted through air. Since it makes its victims very sick and kills most of them, a large scale global epidemic is highly unlikely. In fact, simple diseases like diarrhea kills more people in a day than Ebola did since 1976 but its high death rate makes it very scary.

Ebola cases have been suspected in Britain and Hong Kong, but patients have so far tested negative.

2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak is the deadliest since the first outbreak in 1976.

According to Ministry of Health (MOH), Ebola virus disease advised not to be alarmed by reports of Ebola cases overseas:

"The Ministry of Health's (MOH) current assessment is that Ebola poses a low public health risk to Singapore since person-to-person transmission results from direct contact with bodily fluids of those infected, and there is low travel connectivity to West Africa where the current outbreak remains limited to.

MOH is in close contact with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and our counterparts internationally, and will continue to monitor the situation. Our hospitals will be vigilant in testing for Ebola where clinically indicated, such as in patients with the symptoms and a compatible travel history.  All suspected and confirmed cases will be isolated. In addition, the Ministry will conduct contact tracing and all close contacts will be quarantined, if a case is detected."

Source : Ebola Virus Disease 

Paolo Bediones Scandal Video Leaked

Recently, video allegedly showing Filipino television host Paolo Bediones having sex with a woman is circling around the internet. The 6 minute video shows a man resembling Paolo Bediones is getting quite intimate with a woman. He has not released any announcement about the video yet.

Although the woman in the sex video is unidentified yet, some say that she is China Roces, a 22-year-old model and actress[1].

Several photos in her Facebook profile appear to show her with 40-year-old Paolo Bediones. In them, Bediones is accepting some type of award  but she has since deleted the photos. China Roces later spoke on alleged Paolo Bediones scandal and denied being the woman in the video.[5]

An alleged video scandal of host Paolo Bediones spreads online and now going viral on different social media sites. A 6-minute video which shows a man who allegedly be the host and tv personality having an intimate moment with a still unidentified woman has started to circulate online. [2]

Starting his career as a commercial model, Paolo Bediones successfully transformed himself to a  television show host. He is best known for hosting GMA Network's Extra Challenge and Survivor Philippines.He is now a TV host and the newest newscaster on TV5.[3]

You can watch the news about leaked Paolo Bediones video below.


Later, TV5 released a statement on alleged Paolo Bediones video:

"The recent issue involving our news anchor Paolo Bediones on social media is a purely personal and private matter in which TV5 has no involvement or desire to intrude. We accord our employee and talents all respect that are due them for their privacy and personal action or decision." 

“"We disapprove strongly the malicious and wanton publication of the video, an act that clearly violates pertinent cybercrime laws." 

"We firmly express our support for our anchor Paolo Bediones in the face of a controversy that represents nothing more than an attempt to smear his reputation."[4]

[1] - China Roces Photos: FHM Model Allegedly in the Paolo Bediones Video
[2] - Paolo Bediones Scandal Video Leaked
[3] - Paolo Bediones
[4] - TV5 releases statement on alleged Paolo Bediones sex video
[5] - China Roces Speaks Up on Alleged Paolo Bediones Scandal, Denies being the Woman

Singapore tourist scams

Scams in Singapore are negligible compared to its South East Asian neighbors but this does not mean that Singapore is a scam free destination for tourists. There are some scams to be aware of and better to avoid to not lose money in an already expensive place.

Singapore Electronics Shop scams in Sim Lim Square and Lucky Plaza
There are various scam tactics employed by shops in Singapore but Sim Lim Square and Lucky Plaza seem to be the place where most scams are executed against tourists. Since an average tourist assumes that Singapore must be scam free, many easily fall in these scams.

"Many shops, particularly those on lower levels selling games, cameras and mobiles, in Sim Lim Square resort to scam tactics to reap higher profits. Unwary shoppers might fall into the traps of unscrupulous sellers." Source : Sim Lim Square

There are many scams the shops in Sim Lim Square and Lucky Plaza employs. One very popular one is to sell an expensive smartphone with "too-good-to-be-true" price and after buyer pays and before he gets the product, he is forced to pay for extras which will make the total price ridiculously higher than the most expensive price of the electronics good you can find. See these articles for common types of scams :  Scams at Sim Lim Square: How to shop smart and Singapore Shop Scam Tactics at Sim Lim and Lucky Plaza.

My advise : Do only buy products from their authorized vendors. i.e. Apple Shops. I would not also buy electronics from Lucky Plaza or Sim Lim Square. Funan Digital Life Mall in City Hall is a better alternative. Or you try Changi Airport, Challenger outlets (there is a large  Challenger Superstore in Funan), Harvey Norman or Courts kind of chain stores. If you really want to shop in Sim Lim Square and Lucky Plaza, shop in the highest floors where more honest business are located.

Taxi Overcharges
Unsuspected tourist may be overcharged by taxi drivers by taking a very long route to their destination. It is wise to have a local smartphone card with 1 GB internet in Singapore Changi Airport and use Google maps and simply Google to locate the destination and a reasonable route.

If you are overcharged, write down the taxi licence plate and report it to the Land Transport Authority (LTA) at 1800-2255582.

Overcharging Restaurants / Hawker Centers
First, I should say that you may be overcharged not because the owner is a scam artist but because of a cultural misunderstanding. Some food like tiger prawns and crab are expensive. When you order one of these, no one will warn you about its price because doing so may be rude (the waiter may think that he/she may be implying that "you cannot afford it").

Airport Chrysler Taxi Cabs
I am not sure this also can be called scam but this is a definite trick in Changi Airport to part you with your money. In the arrival hall taxi stand, there are old men, called "uncle", who direct you to the waiting taxi. Since I am "Ang Mo" they almost always do this to me and probably doing it to almost every visitor : They direct locals to normal cabs and when a tourist comes next, they direct them to a Cryslar Taxi which is waiting there. These limousine taxis are expensive. They cost almost twice on the same route and if you are going to west end of Singapore, the difference really hurts (can be plus 40 SGD!).

If you are not intentionally looking for a limousine taxi, reject the old man's offer by saying "I do not want Cryslar" or "limo". He will immediately direct you to the normal taxi, which was probably the real "next" taxi for you.

I do not know these uncles are getting money from Chryslar taxis but whenever I fly into Singapore (and I travel quite a lot), I am almost always directed to a Cryslar waiting there.

A Chrysler Taxi in Singapore. These cabs are limousine taxis and they are expensive.

 Stand-up fortune teller man a.k.a You are a very lucky man/woman sir/madam scam ...
I could not find a good name for this but this one must be finding a lot of victims because I see the same line and the same type of scam artists regularly since 2006. Indeed yesterday, when I was visiting a friend in Swissotel The Stamford, I have been targeted by two scam artists in the 20 meter radius of this central Singapore hotel.

An Indian or Sikh dude approaches you with almost always the same line : "You are a very lucky man / You are a very lucky woman ...". And without asking permission, he starts to "read you" with probably one of the few lines he picks based on your gender, age and looks. This "casual" fortune telling takes around 5 minutes and then it is followed by a persuading request to donate money to a charity in Nepal / India / somewhere ... He will have a photo book to show you and this donation will be anything above 20 SGD.

Simply avoid them. I believe there are dozens of these guys roaming Singapore for new victims every day.

Unveiling the launch of Nature’s Farm® e-Store!

With over 30 years of unrivalled passion and commitment in the specialty health supplement industry, Nature’s Farm® now stands as one of the biggest health brands in Singapore. Established in 1982, our one-stop health food and supplements concept dons the title of being the first ever health food retail chain in Singapore, pioneering the introduction of Western supplements into our local market.

Delivering only the highest quality nutritional foods and health supplements, all at great convenience and affordable prices, Nature’s Farm® offers a comprehensive range of healthy products that include Vitamins and Minerals, Diabetic and Organic products, Sports nutrition and Beauty supplements. Housed within our retail stores conveniently located in Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei contains a variety of our very own health supplements as well as a plethora of other popular choices from countries all over the world, including U.S.A., Japan, France, Europe, Italy and Australia.

With the increasing affluence in the South-East Asia, the setback is that more people are suffering from stress and unhealthy habits due to their hectic and luxurious lifestyles. Hence we at Nature’s Farm® recognise the growing demand for health supplements in the region and have just launched our online e-Store for that purpose. So as to be able to provide High Quality health supplements at competitive prices.

Visit our e-Store at http://naturesfarm.com/store

Nature’s Farm® Pycnogenol® 30mg

Nature’s Farm® Pycnogenol® is furnished with a unique and natural blend of 40 powerful biochemical compounds, proven to be a 100 times more powerful than Vitamin E & C and 16 times more active than Grapeseed Extract, and backed by over 300 published scientific articles and 100 published clinical studies.

BioScience Allure Collagen 12,000mg Beauty Drink 
Formulated to reverse the signs of aging skin, BioScience Allure Collagen gives you everything you need in a bottle. It is designed to help improve the skin’s moisture-locking ability, plump up skin cells, protect it from free radicals and other harmful environmental substances, and promote a fairer complexion and more even skin tone.

Haddrell's of Cambridge Manuka Honey UMF 16+
Specially imported all the way from New Zealand, Haddrell's of Cambridge Manuka Honey is 100% natural and manufactured to the highest quality using environmentally sustainable processes. 

Shop the Royal Boutique!

Shopping is one of the many joys in Singapore, but with the countless number of brands around, the local small players sometimes get overshadowed by the big boys.

Introducing to you a local-established up-and-coming fashion boutique, ♔ Princessa’s Royal Boutique ♔.

♔ Princessa’s Royal Boutique ♔ is an online boutique that potrays the fashion style and must-have closet essentisal of blogger-cum-entrepreneur, Sabrina Wang. Most of you may know her from her own blog at http://www.sabrina.sg/diary.

This royal princess has gone all out to hand pick items around the world to bring you ♔ Princessa’s Royal Boutique ♔.

The online fashion store emerged late last year, since, they’ve launched their very own mobile app on Android, followed by an IOS version months after.

Actively engaging on social media platforms, the brand constantly run social media activities on Facebook (with an eCommerce Facebook app) and Instagram. The fashion brand has also gotten itself involved in numerous events such as Valentine Vendetta, NUS Union Camp, etc; and more to come.

1. Why Princessa Royal Boutique?

Online, I’m better known as Princessa, an alter ego, online persona, pen name or however you want to call it, of the original version, which is myself, Sabrina. To be absolutely honest, the persona is pretty much a selective version of my actuality. The persona is position to be a little more “ditsy”, carefree, happy go lucky… and a little spoilt.

I started “blogging” over 16 years ago? It was a personal mix development website while exploring the beauty of the internet (as well as HTML) on a 56k modem. Then, the term blogging didn’t even exist. We were still using platforms like Angelfire, if you have even heard of it – Lycos.

One site after another, then suddenly “blogging” hit the world, and afterwards came Social Media – from Web 0 to Web 2.0 to… I somewhat lost track on the numeric.

A lot has changed, so did my supposed “branding”.

When “blogging” popularized, I started adopting “Princess Sabrina” (every girl wants to be a princessa). Eventually, there was a need to shorten the name… and poof, the birth of Princessa.

So from geeky gamer girl (I was an avid competitive PC gamer, no joke), I revamped into pink princess.

Why am I saying all this?

Princessa was/is somewhat the better version of who I am/was. As the Princessa name caught on, it went from an online/blogging persona to somewhat a brand – like Rachel Zoe, Marc Jacobs, etc.

Now have you seen the online store yet?

Thailand travel deals from Singapore

Thailand, the tourism capital of South East Asia, offers almost everything you would want from a holiday. And it offers all types of holidays. You can go for fantastic beaches, waters and jungles as well as fascinating mountains, night life and culture. The country is littered with historic sites and where ever you go you will find very good food.

Thanks to its proximity, Thailand is a popular tourist destination from Singapore. Bangkok, Phuket, Koh Samui, Chiang Mai, Krabi and Pattaya are the most popular destinations but it also offers many more lesser known places to visit. Thanks to the start of budget airline age in Asia in 2004, last decade made Thailand cheap and convenient to access destination from Singapore.

A more recent development for travelers to Thailand is the group buying sites. Thailand is one of the most popular travel deal destination in these web sites and you can find many deals to the destinations in the country ranging from hotel stay deals to full package holiday deals including flights and land transportation. Although coupon deals were mostly budget a few years ago, you can now find a lot of mid to luxury level travel deals from Singapore to many destinations, resorts and hotels in Thailand.

Even if you already arranged your Thailand hotel and flights, it still worth to check these Thailand travel deals below (click the image to continue).. There are also many activity deals among them which can save money for you in your trip.

Thailand travel deals from Singapore

Online Dating for Married Singaporean

Singapore is a cultural and diverse nation that welcomes all people across the world with warmth and love. It is a cosmopolitan city offering tourism, commercial enterprise, teaching and political options for its visitors and occupants. Amazingly, still being one such busy hub, people do not get time to interact and find like minded fellow. But, now there is a changing trend and people have started using the Internet to find a compatible person, whom they can meet, chat and know with their own comfort and convenience.
Online dating services for married individuals who are lonely and stuck in passionless marriages are growing fast these days. However, one must register as a member at the sites which are renowned and reliable. A reliable Singapore dating site provides a platform for like-minded married people to date again and get to have fun. Best part of the online married dating is that they can chat or talk to their date from the comfort of their home or a workplace without anyone knowing and then fix a date after evaluation and confidence. Also, these dating services are free to use and simple to register.

Almost all of the dating websites are free for their registered members. Some have restricted access, and some are free for all. It is a decision worth considering and one has to choose wisely amongst all.

Dating For Cheaters is one such reliable and renowned dating site that takes care of the privacy and preference of its registered married members who want to try online dating. They offer the most compatible database of like minded, authentic and responsible users, who are searching for someone special outside their marriage. The team of love experts available online can help the members select the best partner. Those who are shy will also be able to go through the site sections that are easy to explore. You only need to specify what kind of relationship you are searching for a fling, simple companionship, sexual relationship, etc.
Using such a simple site to navigate and resourceful dating service will be useful for people, who are looking for some fun and excitement, but at the same time wants to know the person first. Online dating is much easier and helps the first time users to be comfortable and take time to build rapport and then proceed for a date or a meeting.

Online Dating for Married Singaporean

All are welcome to find someone special from a renowned dating website, especially:
People who are seeking fun, and clandestine relationships and understand the sensitivity of dating outside marriage.

Those, who are envisioning for a suitable companion and compassionate to feelings, love and trust
Married men, who respect privacy and comfort of married women, and that a woman wants love and kind relationship.

Married Women, who are looking for love, security and intellectual support from other men.
For people, who do not want to hide their identity as everyone has a right to know the reality of a potential lover.

Another advantage of using an online dating website is that the user can enjoy a face to face conversation experience knowing real people in real time. In fact, the new users can also go to the profile page of potential or selected and read their information and look at the picture without beginning a conversation. This way, the registered users, can have a look at close matches and begin a conversation as per their choice. So anyone, who is looking forward to meet someone apart from their spouse who is more sincere and fun, or find a better attractive individual in Singapore, must register to this website. And the best part is, its personal, its convenient, and its absolutely free. 

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Rent your favorite sports cars in Thailand 
Say you are going on a trip in Thailand, either it is for business or pleasure, why not spice it up a bit and go with our brand new luxury cars? It's fun to explore new places, but with a luxury vehicle it makes it a bit more exciting for you. Instead of some dinky economy small boring car that you got at the sure of the moment treat yourself to a luxury car.

Be The Man To Your clients
If you are going somewhere on business, rent a luxury car makes the perfect option. What a great way to impress to your clients and show them the level of your success. Instead of pulling up in some little economy vehicle that you grabbed at the last minute, pulling up in a luxurious vehicle in style is sure to make a huge impression. You'll definitely give them a great first impression when you meet them in one of these cars.

Trying to impress your significant other
Or May be you are meeting a special person or you are taking your significant other on a romantic getaway. Don't ruin your image or spoil the moment with a less than vehicle that is going to make a huge statement about who you are. Go with our luxury vehicle and wow her with it. She'll be impressed by the vehicle and it will definitely make her take notice because when you feel confident she can sense that and that makes a huge difference. 

Occasions
If you are going to a special occasion and have to rent a car when you travel for your special occasion, Don't you want to impress your friends and family? Maybe you have a family member getting married and you want to show up in style. Well a luxury car will definitely make this possible. You'll be the one looking great in your luxury vehicle, which will make a huge statement to everyone who is at the occasion.

Why Not Try It Before You Buy
Perhaps you are contemplating purchasing your own luxury vehicle. If so, renting one to check it out for a few days is a great idea. This way you can try it out before actually buying one. Doing this gives you more than a test drive so you can ensure that you really love the car before you lay out all that money on it.

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Worth The Money

No matter your reason for using a luxury car in Thailand, you will definitely find that it is worth the money. Sure, it may be a bit more expensive than other types of car that you can rent, but the statement you can make and the fun and excitement you can have driving it definitely will make it worth what you'll pay.

There are so many great reasons for renting a luxury car for a few days. Just book in advance your favorite car in Bangkok at:

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