Original or Fake?

Would you like to know your mobile phone origin? Whether it is clone or not??? I received this tip early morning and checked my phone. Definitely not low quality or dangerous to my health ! Let's try it you guys....BTW, my phone born in Finland..



1. Press the following on your mobile *#06#



2. The international mobile equipment identity number will appears.



3. Then, check the 7th and 8th number (There are suppose to be 15 numbers)

X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
1 2 3 4 5 6 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

4. If the 7th and 8th digits are

• 02 or 20 : Your phone was assembled in China which is low quality

• 08 or 80 : Your phone was manufactured in Germany which is fair quality

• 01 or 10 : Your phone was manufactured in Finland which is very Good

• 00 : Your phone was manufactured in original factory which is the best mobile quality

• 13 : This means your phone was assembled in 'black market' which is very bad quality and very dangerous to your health

Am not very sure whether this tip can be applied to phone without the sim card..





But If it can, you can check your phone origin right from when you shop for it!

Sharing is Caring

Whether accompanying or for yourself, being in the doctor's room is the last place you wanna think of. I came across a pamphlet entitle "Your Child's Favourite Food Can Be A Source of HEPATITIS A" while cleaning my car compartment.






Despite the fact that Hepatitis A can be a serious disease for children, many parents are unaware of what Hepatitis A is, the dangers and what they can do to protect their children against it.

Hepatitis A virus magnified

What is Hepatitis A?

• Hepatitis A is a highly infectious disease of the liver caused by the Hepatitis A virus


• It can lead to varying degrees of illness, hospitalisation or even death

How can Hepatitis A spread?

• From person to person through faecal contamination and then hand-to-mouth contact. This can happen when someone simply forget to wash his or her hands after changing a diaper or using bathroom and then prepares food or touches his or her mouth.



• Through contaminated food and water



• From child to child at childcare centres



• From international travel to places where Hepatitis A is endemic

Why is HEPATITIS A highly infectious and easily transmitted?

• Hepatitis A is extremely resistant and will survive in the environment for a very lont time. It can survive in seawater for a number of weeks and is not destroyed by freezing.




• Hepatitis A spreads easily via the faecal-oral route, e.g through contaminated food or water

What happens if you get HEPATITIS A?

• Symptoms may include fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea, abdominal discomfort, dadrk-colored urine, and jaundice(yellow colouring of the skin and white part of the eyes)




• Adults tend to get sick and as many as 22% of patients need to be hospitalised. Disease severity increases with age




• Young children may not get symptoms, but they can still infect family members and those with whom they come in contact

Can HEPATITIS A be treated?

While some of the symptoms(such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhea) can be relieved, there is currently no specific cure for Hepatitis A infection.

What can we do?

Firstly, good sanitation and personal hygiene are always important especially for children and toddlers who may not have yet developed good hand washing practices.

When traveling, wash your hands carefully and as often as you can especially after using bathroom. But just because you practice good hygiene doesn't mean others around you will. So, your best protection is to get vaccinated.

Vaccines protect you

Hepatitis A vaccines stimulate your body's immune system to produce antibodies which fight off the virus. So even if you are exposed to the Hepatitis A virus, you'll be protected.

(Info source: GlaxoSmithKline)