Raya Feast at Fat Cat Studio, Damansara Perdana

It was a belated Hari Raya feast last Friday night, 23rd of October (one week after end of Syawal!!) starting at 9 pm,but as sumptuous as it could be, with Wong's barbecued Kambing being the main gastonomical attraction, everyone loved the raya dinner. It seemed that we Malaysians never stopped eating during the month long Hari Raya (to such an extend that we continue with our voracious appetite even after Syawal's end!! ha ha). However, it was a wonderful night where I was glad to be able to meet 25 of my old (literally) school mates from MCKK. We called ourselves the thoroughbred (72-76), as we were the first batch of bright intelligent kids to be accepted to join Form 1 in 1972 in the prestigious Malay College Kuala Kangsar.

....( to be continued)

melankholia...

I guess there are things a man doesn't tell others...
they just haunt him inside...
this is a dark night in my life...
i cannot sleep...frustrated...sad...
has your heart ever hurt so much you thought it was gonna explode?

and right now i am feeling a pain in the pit of my stomach
and right now i am feeling a pain all over my heart
i was not made for this;
love is for the strong and stupid
i am careless and naive...and misunderstood
a deadly combination.

there is no prize
just nights of lost sleep
just dreams of what could've been
sometimes i am spread too thin
trying to make everyone happy is not easy
especially when no one tries to put a smile on my face
just nights of lost sleep...

In my hallucination
I saw my beautiful flower garden.
In my vertigo, in my dizziness
In my drunken haze
Whirling and dancing like a spinning wheel
And I was the spirit of love
Now I am sober
There is only the hangover
And the memory of love
And only the sorrow

ILI: My personal experience- Part 5; Keys to Survival

From my observation of the sufferings of my children, I have understood and recognized the symptoms of serious ILI rather well. The symptoms could be any of the following combinations;

• body aches followed by very high fever (39-40 degrees) for 3 days which became milder and continue for another 2-3 days, no runny nose or blocked nose, dry "bison" cough and severe sore throat and malaise till 8th day.
• severe agonising back ache with very high fever for 3 days, became less severe for another 2-3 days, mild sore throat, no runny nose, dry "bison" cough, malaise.
• tired body, very high fever for 3 days, and became milder for 4-5 days, no runny nose, severe headache, dry "bison" cough .

These I knew are symptoms of H1N1. Perhaps my whole family had had H1N1 ! Only not proven so because I didnt do the lab test. The test for H1N1 at private institutions are eye-boggling too damn expensive!! I asked a private clinic and I was given a hefty RM170 tag !! A private hospital in Shah Alam charged a ridiculous RM220!! What are these medical professionals doing? Making money out of people's sufferings?

I am glad I have practised the followings as soon as my children had fever and cough.

1. Take organic multi-vitamin, multi-mineral supplement.
2. Take extra 500 mg of organic Vitamin C supplement which naturally contain bioflavonoids. To be taken 3x /day. Thats a total of 1500 mg of Vitamin C plus phytonutrients.
3. Take 2 tablets of freeze-dried garlic supplement with added veges such as parsley which also contain phytonutrients.
4. Eat a lot green apples, as apples are alkalizing and rich in pyhtonutrients. I believe eating oranges will be equally beneficial.
5. Eat alkalizing foods. Taking chicken soup with watercress or broccoli is a good alkalizing broth. Try it.
6. Eat a lot of greens, like salads or ulam kampung.
7. As all this happened in the month of Ramadhan, I had supplicated to God for his mercy on my children, and family.

Preventive measures

Being in the middle of a pandemic should make us more careful and make positive important decisions to save ourselves and our family from this scourge. Besides cleaning our hands with antiseptic soap, as advocated by the authority, I strongly believe that strengthening our inner biological terrain is a positive step towards prevention from this pandemic. We should assert ourselves to boost up our immune system, and at the same time, ensure to make effort to make our blood and body more alkaline at cellular level.

A MCOBA doctor wrote that, H1N1, like other Influenza A viruses, only infects the upper respiratory tracts and proliferates there. The only portals of entry are the nostrils and mouth/ throat. In a global pandemic of this nature, it's almost impossible not coming into contact with H1N1 in spite of all precautions. Contact with H1N1 is not the problem but proliferation is. While you are still healthy and not showing any symptoms of H1N1 infection, in order to prevent proliferation, aggravation of symptoms and development of secondary infections, some very simple steps -

Gargle twice a day with warm salt water (or any well-known mouth-wash). H1N1 takes 2-3 days after initial infection in the throat to proliferate and show characteristic symptoms. Simple gargling prevents proliferation. Gargling with salt water has the same effect on a healthy individual that Tamiflu has on an infected one.

Similar to above, clean your nostrils at least once every day with warm salt water. Blowing the nose hard once a day and swabbing both nostrils with cotton buds dipped in warm salt water is very effective in bringing down viral population.

Allahu a'lam.....

25 years in service-Majlis Jasamu di kenang.....

On 1st October 2009, I had attended a 'Majlis Jasamu di kenang' at Dewab Sri Budiman, a event to show gratitude to "otai-otai" UiTM who had served with dedication for 25 years, 30 years and till gas ran-out. It was a simple event ,well organised, and as it is still Raya month, we are served with nice lodeh and nasi empit with really delicious rendang and daging serunding. Then came the speech time started with our Tan Sri VC with his usual brand of humor. He talked about many of us now not so very handsome, now with greying hair, and also those who had surpassed menopause era. Then Tan Sri Dr Wan, the Pengerusi Lembaga Pengarah, also began to give his speech. He had praise our VC who had worked so hard to uplift UiTM to what it si now, he talked about the otai who had achieved impressive explicit knowledges, but also had acquired tacit knowledges, or implicit knowledges. This is wise words, as I truly agree with him. The deep understanding and acquistion of knowledges unpublished comes through years of intellectual experiences, and wisdom through aging intelligently.
Not failingly, he also had some wits under his sleeves. He talked about listening very carefully to Tan Sri VC's speech ,and he thought he heard "MEN-NO-PAUSE". That was charming of him. I guess men will always be men, we will always be cheeky, even at very old age...... he he.

Anyway, as a token of good faith, we were given a couple of Bonia watches, His and Hers. I guess it was nice to receive a free gift. Although I wish that they had given me the diamond studded gold watch as depicted on the Bonia paper bag which came with the gift... he he.