Merry Christmas

Dear all,

It's the Christmas season!

It's the season for gifts, candies, and most importantly it's the season of sharing.

SO share all your money to me people. Haha, just kidding.

Let me share some information on Christmas and its celebration.

Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual Christian holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.

Although traditionally a Christian holiday, Christmas is also widely celebrated by many non-Christians. Popular modern customs of the holiday include gift-giving, music, an exchange of greeting cards, church celebrations, a special meal, and the display of various decorations; including Christmas trees, lights, garlands, mistletoe, nativity scenes, and holly.

In addition, Father Christmas (known as Santa Claus in some areas, including North America, Australia and Ireland) is a popular mythological figure in many countries, associated with the bringing of gifts for children.
Christmas has for many centuries been a time for the giving and exchanging of gifts, particularly between friends and family members.

Christmas Eve is a day that is as much anticipated as the big day itself. Traditionally, it is a time for families and loved ones to gather; marked by the Christmas dinner which is usually a noisy affair.

Then it's time for prayer and thankgiving as families congregate in churches for midnight mass or Christmas service. A Nativity play (or Christmas pageant) is usually held before service begins.

In Malaysia, it is common to see people from different beliefs (among the non-Muslims) attending these church gatherings, to observe if not to soak in the festive spirit. These midnight services are characteristically very lively; people of different backgrounds and ethnicity (both locals and foreigners), all decked in their best, could be seen singing hymns and carols with much enthusiasm, led by a spirited choir.

The celebration then continues till the wee hours of the morning. Typically, families would have late meals (known here as supper) at home, during which the colourful Christmas lights would be blinking, Jim Reeves would be singing in the background, the kids would be running around excited, and gifts would change hands.

I'll stop here for this post as I'm anticipating my company's Christmas lunch which will be held at Bora Asmara, Kg. Pencala. So, my next update will be on our event for today so I'll post up lots of pictures on what we will be doing today.

Before I end this, Labquip would like to wish a very Merry Christmas to everyone and best wishes from all of us in Labquip.

Until next time~

LABQUIP'S CAPTION CONTEST WINNER

Dear all,

Sorry for being so quiet on the winner of this contest.

Waiting to get a good picture on the presentation of award to the winner which is.....

*Drum rolls*

Jennifer from Labquip Singapore!

Presenting the RM50 to Jennifer, on the left is Mahendran (LQM)

Congratulations to Jennifer from all of us from Labquip Group.

*Throws confetti*

Guess it is easy to win from this blog's competition. I think I must make a harder contest then to encourage healthy competition amongst contestants.

Signing out for now.

Meeting with Dynamax

It's December, time of celebrations and most importantly, holidays!!

Anyway, just want to update on the meeting with Dynamax in Singapore recently.

Forgive me for being so excited because this is the first time I step into Singapore soil after more than 10 years. Well, my memory is a bit fuzzy on how Singapore was 10 years ago but yeap definitely lots of changes.

After Mahendran and I reached the airport, we took a cab to Labquip (S) Pte. Ltd. which was during rush hour. Predictably, we were stuck in traffic jam for nearly 1 hour.

After we reach office, we had a little breakfast ala Singapore at a nearby canteen. At 10am, Mr. Claudio Lopez came to the office and hence the meeting commence. People who have attended are, Mr. Claudio, Arjan, Mahendran, Roland, Jennifer, Jothy, Pye Soe, and me.

We talked about the sales report these past year and the potential in Vietnam market.
And also the potential in Malaysia market but because of the unawareness of Dynamax products and what they can do in majority of the plant physiology researchers, a workshop was planned out for next year.

We had a lunch break after that and Roland and Jennifer took us to have some briyani rice along with some Indian dishes. We had fun eating outside where due to the rain, it was quite cold outside.

After lunch, Mr. Claudio explained more in detail on the products and how it can be used. After cramping as much as possible information on the equipments, it was time for Mr. Claudio to leave.

However due to another event in the city, there wasn't any taxi available. Maybe its due to the US President Barrack Obama's presence that all taxi was booked that day or maybe it was because of that day being a Black Friday. Enough of the conspiracy theory, luckily Roland was free to take Mr. Claudio to his hotel.

We would like to extend our appreciation to Mr. Claudio Lopez for taking his time to come over to Singapore to meet up with us. We hope that Dynamax and Labquip will continue to have successful partnership in the future.

Author signing out.

LabIVF & HALOTECH DNA Workshop

It's babies all this month.

LabIVF had held 3 successful workshops recently on 19th till 23rd October 2009 all in different places.

The National Advance Reproductive Biotech Workshop 2009 was held at two separate places which is as for the first part of the programme it took place at Thistle Hotel, Port Dickson predominantly for lecture and presentation.

 Miss Nisa's presention and demonstration on Sperm Class Analyser

As for the second part of the programme it took place at AgroBiotechnology Institute, UPM Serdang marking for hands ‐ on and demonstration. LabIVF's representative from Halotech DNA, Dr Miguel Angel Ramirez did demonstrations and hands ‐ on workshop focusing on Halosperm (human semen sample) and Halomax (animal semen sample).

Hands – on technique on Halosperm and Miguel demonstrating on Halosperm

LabIVF also did presentation on the Sperm Class Analyser lead by Miss Nisa Esa and the participants were impressed and happy with the user friendly approach of the system. LabIVF provided a complete Integra Ti Micromanipulation System for ICSI workshop during the hands‐on session. The session was conducted with the help of our representative Miss Siew Yin a renowned embryologists. Participants were really impressed with our equipments – user friendly and definitely with the latest technology available!

Hands‐on technique on Halomax

Miguel demonstrating on Halomax

Hands‐on on RI Integra Micromanipulator system during ICSI workshop

Q & A sessions by the participants

Explaination and hands‐on on RI Integra Micromanipulator system during ICSI workshop

The DNA Fragmentation workshop took place on the 23rd October 2009 at Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia right after the direct involvement of LabIVF at National Advance Reproductive Biotech Workshop.This workshop was co‐organized with Medically Assisted Conception (MAC) Centre, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia together with LabIVF (M) Sdn Bhd. We would like to extend our heartiest gratitude to Pn. Nurshaireen and the PPUKM staff for their kind co‐operation throughout this workshop.

This workshop was targeted to the IVF practitioners from KL which were also LabIVF loyal customers. The workshop was divided into two sessions. The first part of the programme was presentation done by Miguel Angel Ramirez the representative of Halotech DNA at Dewan Nafeesah Adeeb. The second part of the programme focused on the demonstration and hands‐on on Halosperm which took place at the conference room. The participants were amazed and happy with the Halosperm Kit which is a breakthrough in sperm analysis and astonished with the simplicity and accuracy of the Halosperm Kit.

The feedback was overwhelming as all the participants were looking forward to try the Halosperm Kit in the future and it is going to be a breakthrough product in the IVF market!

 Presentation by Miguel Angel Ramirez on Halotech DNA namely is Halosperm Kit

 Demonstration by Miguel Angel Ramirez on Halosperm Kit

 Hands‐on by the participants on Halosperm Kit

Congratulations and good work to LabIVF Malaysia for making these workshops successful.

Hopefully we'll be able to hear more other exiciting events for the upcoming year ahead.

And we would like to extend our appreciation and gratitude to Halotech DNA for making this possible.

Pictures courtesy from LabIVF.

LABIVF Touching Lives Worldwide

Babies are miracles of life.

They are considered the gifts of gods and are a symbol of hope and innocence.

Parents are considered lucky as they managed to gain said title.

(Don't even think of asking me the process, it is all need to know basis only) >.<

However some people are not so lucky as their physical limitations barred them from getting a child.

Hence, with the innovation of technology in in-vitro fertilisation, their dreams of getting a child of their own is not unacheivable.

LabIVF, is a subsidiary branch of Labquip Group Asia and is a separate entity that specialises in IVF and cryogenic equipments.

LabIVF also is the pioneer of IVF laboratory equipments supplied to South East Asia.

There are two branches of LabIVF, one in Singapore formerly known as Labquip Asia and now known as LabIVF Asia Pte Ltd and one in Malaysia as LabIVF Malaysia Sdn Bhd.

LabIVF Asia have a new slogan Touching Lives Worldwide which shows a budding seed with a baby inside the seed, signifying rapid growth with vitality and a strong will for survival.

Even though their birth to this world is assisted, but their will to grow and give a chance to hopeful parents denote their strength and power in life.

So a shoutout to all couples who wish to be parents out there, do not loose hope as the opportunity to get the ultimate gift of life will be within reaching distance soon.

This is the LabIVF Malaysian team,

From left: Logesh, Ann, Nisa', Farida, Hafiz, Ismail, and Tan.

Signing out now~

DEEPAVALI CELEBRATIONS

Dear all,

Yes, I know it has been a long time since I've updated.

And no, I'm not dead. I've been infected by a dangerous disease that terrorizes mankind even till today, it is known as, PROCASTRINATION!!

According to Wikipedia,

Procastrination is the deferment of actions or tasks to a later time. Psychologists often site this human behaviour as a mechanism for coping with the anxiety associated with starting or completing any task or decision.

Anyway, one of Malaysia's major celebration, the "HARI DEEPAVALI" falls on 17 October 2009, which is on a Saturday.
I know most who do not work on the Saturday mourns the loss a holiday but no matter, the celebration still go wild on the weekends. At 12.00am Friday night, the fireworks was released non-stop for several hours. Well, I know I will lose my beauty sleep so why don't I join in to the celebrations as well by hanging out in my porch and wishing my neighbours a Happy Deepavali.

Just for your information, Deepavali is commonly known as the Festival of Lights, the celebration of Deepavali (or Diwali) marks the triumph of good over evil, the victory of light over dark.

For Malaysians and Singaporeans, 'Open houses' are held where Hindus welcome fellow family and friends of different races and religions to their house for a scrumptious meal. This is a practice unique to us and shows the goodwill and friendly ties practised by all during any festive occasion.
As such, Mr. Arjan held an open house on 17 October 2009 at his house in Singapore.

Everyone from Labquip Group was invited along with their spouses, partners and family.

Here are some pictures of what they did on that day,

Lastly, we would like to wish a Happy Belated Deepavali to everyone.

Lots of love from everyone from LABQUIP.

LABQUIP'S CAPTION CONTEST

Win yourself a RM50.00 today!!

All you have to do is type out a caption for this picture below,

It's simple and it's easy.

So what are you waiting for?

Terms and Condition

1. Participants must leave their actual name, IC no., contact number and company's address.
2. Participants must be Malaysian only except for Labquip Group personnel.
3. Do not plagiarise other people's work and no copy and paste from any other sources. We are looking for originality and creativity.
4. One person can only send in one caption, do not send multiple captions using same or different names.
5. Staff from Labquip (M) Sdn. Bhd. can't participate in this competition.
6. This contest ends at 15th October 2009, 12.00pm. After the dateline, all entries will not be entertained.
7. The winner shall be announced through this blog and will be contacted.
8. The winner will be decided by a  non-biased panel of judges from Labquip (M) Sdn. Bhd.
9. No pleas, request for tips or clues will be entertained.
10. Please do not spam this blog with non-sensical messages. You can discuss it through this blog but there will be only one of the kind answer from each individual.
11. Post your answers on the post a comment. Please include your details as mentioned right below your answer.
12. Multiple exact answers will be rejected and will not be considered. So please be original and creative when sending in your answers.

This contest is closed.

The winner for this contest is Jennifer from Labquip Singapore.

Congratulations from all of us.

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Selamat Hari Raya

To all our Muslims colleagues, partners and friends,

We from Labquip Group wishes all Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri or Happy Eid-ul-Fitr.



For those who "balik kampung", please be careful on the road and drive safely.

By the way, Labquip (M) Sdn. Bhd. will be closed starting from 19 September till 22 September and our office opens back on 23 September 2009.

So for all those messages received during that time will only be replied on 23 September 2009.

For those Muslim colleagues, please do not forget to bring back all the raya cookies from your kampung and drop it off at Labquip. Erm, this is Mahendran's request. *shifty eyes*

And for those non-Muslims, let's have fun on the Raya holiday.

That's all for now.

Over and out.

Buka Puasa at Tropicana Golf & Country Club

Tropicana Golf & Country Club, exclusive, secure and all-inclusive. Located in the prime suburb of Petaling Jaya, this lush green golf course is indeed a wonderful sight for sore eyes especially for those who have busy lifestyle.

Talk a walk inside the airy and spacious interior of the Clubhouse and one is immediately impressed by the two grand staircases sweeping down in a graceful arch from opposing sides.

Stained glass panels and a three-tiered, antique chandelier which hangs from the dome at the centre of the ceiling add atmosphere to the Clubhouse interior. Italian granite flooring and lush, green flora makes up the rest of the wing, giving it the luxurious feel of tropical colonial properties of old, complete with a tranquil Spanish courtyard.

On the 28th of August, an auspicious date to some people, Labquip had decided to organise a Buka Puasa Dinner for the Muslims staff while non-Muslims are also able to enjoy a scrumptious buffet at Tropicana Golf & Country Club.

Faizah: Ms. Tee, makanlah, sedap tau.

Ms. Tee: Yakah, mmmm sedap juga ya.

There were so many variety of food that some we never even seen before. And thus, we stuffed ourselves silly.

Makan, makan, makan, makan, minum, makan, makan, makan, makan.

Rita: Senyum, ada orang nak ambil gambar ni...

Yani: Tengah makan la.....

Haikal: Apa khabar, Haikal staff baru Labquip!!

This cute kid is actually our new staff.

Seriously!!

Really!!

....................

Anyway, we would like to wish all Muslims, Selamat Berpuasa and Berbuka Puasa from all of us at Labquip.Top from left: Saad, Mahendran, Mazwan, Muraly
Middle from left: Faizah, Ms. Tee, Rita, See Wah
Bottom from left: Haikal, Yani

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H1N1 Awareness

Dear readers,

Influenza A H1N1 have been a menace in our country for quite some time now.

However, a lot of people is still ignorance of the danger it poses.

So now, I'll post up some tips regarding H1N1 and its prevention methods.


10 STEPS TO OBSERVE DURING HOME QUARANTINE

1. Stay at home throughout the quarantine period. (As far as possible, stay in a separate room to minimize contact with members of household).


2. You are strictly not allowed to leave home to go to work, attend school, tuition, place of worship, parties, shopping, social gathering or being at any public places.


3. Practice good personal hygiene: Cover your nose and mouth with tissue, towel or handkerchief when coughing or sneezing. Discard soiled tissue in the trash can. Frequently wash your hands with water and soap, especially after you cough or sneeze. Also wash your hands after touching your nose, mouth or eyes.


4. If possible, avoid sharing toilet facilities, personal toiletries such as towels, handkerchief, etc. Make sure there is good ventilation in the premises where you are being quarantined. Surfaces such as floor and table top contaminated by discharge from the nose and mouth (droplets) should be disinfected by a chlorine-based detergent (for example chlorox - mix 1 part of chlorox with 49 parts of water).


5. If you develop fever and any flu-like symptoms and need to communicate with others,wear a mask.


6. Minimize contact with friends or relatives and avoid going to public places.


7. Monitor your body temperature and look out for symptoms of the disease daily for seven (7) days.


8. If staying alone, get help from relatives or friends to get food and essential items.


9. If you have visitors during this period, record their names, addresses and telephone nos.


10. Get the latest information on the development of the disease from the Ministry of Health website, radio, television and newspapers.
    http://www.moh.gov.my/MohPortal/newsFull.jsp?action=load&id=446 http://www.moh.gov.sg/mohcorp/default.aspx http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/en/index.html

Senarai Hospital Khas (Designated Hospital) Swasta Untuk Merawat Kes-Kes Influenza A(H1N1)

Wilayah Persekutuan KL & Selangor
Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre
Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur
Pantai Hospital Cheras
Sunway Medical Centre
Tropicana Medical Centre
Tung Shin Hospital
Sime Darby Medical Centre Subang Jaya Sdn.Bhd
Assunta Hospital, PJ
KPJ Ampang Puteri Specialist Hospital KL
Sri Kota Specialist Medical Centre, Klang

Kedah
Kedah Medical Centre Sdn Bhd

Pulau Pinang
Gleneagles Medical Centre
Island Hospital
Loh Guan Lye Specialist Centre
Penang Adventist Hospital

Perak
Pantai Hospital Ipoh

Melaka
Pantai Hospital Ayer Keroh

Johor
KPJ Johor Specialist Hospital
Pantai Hospital Batu Pahat

Kelantan
Perdana Specialist Centre


Sabah
Sabah Medical Centre

So, please do your share of responsibility.

Stop the spread of Influenza A H1N1 flu virus by following the prevention methods as stated by the Ministry of Health.

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SMOKING KILLS

Dear readers,

You all might be bored with only product news.

Therefore we take a break from those and take a look at these advertisement.

A new way of playing hangman

Before: Mmm, new flavoured lip-stick

After: Ouch!! Guess this brand only comes in hot ash colour

Smoking-B/Smokegate/Smokelie


Quick death or slow death?


Benefits of smoking as stated above.

Smoking falls under the category "self-harm"


Smoking is like a time bomb

Cigarettes are like bullets that kills

Smoking is like a meal you eat but it only consist of paper and ashes

Nothing good comes out of cigarettes

So people, I think the pictures says a thousand words.

If you guys have any comments or fact to refute the idea that smoking is bad, please humour me.

That's all for this post.

Ciao~

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