Friday, November 30, 2007

Dengue fever

people get dengue fever after being bitten by Aedes mosquito. It spreads when the mosquito bits a person with dengue and another person and give the disease to him. The disease is called dengue fever because fever is one of the symptoms. Other include a red rash, aches, pains, headaches, vomiting and feeling sick. Dengue fever can turn into something more serious called the dengue haemorrhagic fever which is deadly.

Caligula crossescthe Bay of Naple

Emperor Caligula has build a bridge just to prove a fortune teller wrong. When Caligula was young the fortune teller ,Thrasyllus, told Caligula father that Caligula could not be the emperor than of riding a horse across the Bay of Naple. Caligula ask his man to build a floating bridge which need to be supported by ship use as pontoon. (]: Which I do not know :[) The bridge cost thousand of ship to stop transporting grain, which may cost a famine. If this happens, Caligula will became even more unpopular. He once he became unpopular because he wanted his horse to be the chief minister.

The best singapore could offer

The five dragon boater had died by a accident in Cambodia. 1,000 people came to Mandi Crematorium to say their final good byes to the five dragon boaters. Five of them were drown as their dragon boat capsized. Dr Vivian made people feel touching by saying this: "They were the best that Singapore could offer and they wore our flag proudly. And Singapore is proud of them. We are proud of these five young men and we are grateful to their families for letting them represent the best of Singapore.