And before you know it...

...you're 18 and living alone.

One day, the slit marks on my arm will not mean a thing.

The healing process was surprisingly fast, yet painful.

It left marks.

And it's very, very ugly.

Today.

I'm right here; waiting, for five long years, for the people in my life to come back to me.

I will be right here, still.

New HIV Strain Discovered

A new strain of the virus that causes AIDS has been discovered in a woman from the African nation of Cameroon. It differs from the three known strains of human immunodeficiency virus and appears to be closely related to a form of simian virus recently discovered in wild gorillas, researchers report in Monday's edition of the journal Nature Medicine.

For more info:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=8233721

Yasmin Ahmad, Malaysian film legend, laid to rest.

KUALA LUMPUR: Renowned film and advertising director Yasmin Ahmad, 51, who died at the Damansara Specialists Centre last night, was laid to rest today at the USJ 22 Muslim Cemetery in Subang Jaya

Gerakan president Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon, who was present, said the country lost a talented film director.

"We are saddened by her sudden demise. In fact, there was a negotiation going on between Yasmin and Datuk Johan Jaafar (Media Prima Bhd executive director) to produce films and commercials on racial unity and the 1Malaysia concept," he said.

Koh, who is Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, said even though Yasmin could not fulfil her wish, he hoped that other film directors would take up from where Yasmin had left off in the efforts to nurture unity through arts.

AirAsia chief executive officer Datuk Tony Fernandes said the late Yasmin was a special person and full of fresh ideas.

Songwriter Habsah Hassan described Yasmin's death as a great loss to the country's film industry.

Renowned film director Othman Hafsham said that even though he did not know Yasmin well, they did share ideas on how to produce high quality films and commercials.

"She was a filmmaker with great ideas including in interpreting the 1Malaysia concept and promoting the culture of unity in her work. Here in this cemetery we can see the testimony of her work," he said.

Yasmin breathe her last at 11.25pm last night. She collapsed while presenting a working paper at the Sri Pentas, TV3's headquarters, on Thursday. - Bernama

Eclipse

From the Ganges River in India to remote islands of the Pacific, the sun rose Wednesday only to vanish again, allowing the stars to twinkle into view in the longest total solar eclipse this century will see — a celestial show that inspired awe and fear in millions across Asia. It lasted for more than 6 minutes and we won't be seeing that again for another 123 years.

MJ's memorial.

Mariah Carey, Jennifer Hudson, Smokey Robinson, John Mayer, Brooke Shields, Usher, Stevie Wonder, Kobe Bryant and Motown's Berry Gordy and some of the people that will attend the memorial. Around 17 500 fans ill alo be at the Staple Cetr, LA for the event.

His caset will also be there during the entire event. That just seem so wrong to me, but there are speculation that the casket migh be empty.

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And also, Rupert Grint, the star of the Harry Potter movie, feared he might die from the H1N1 flu. But he got better.