August Snippets

It's already mid of August and time is flying fast. Will reach 26yo next week.huhu...

Still so many things that need to be done. After one settled, others would come and it had been really tiring for the past few weeks. Taking up some more projects at the office, need to expand my network as well as learning on a new business. It's also time to spend more money as my new house is already ready to be moved in...pening2...

Retail Therapy

It's already August and the Mega Sale has been around for quite some time but surprisingly this year my habits of shopping is no longer the same as previous years where the spirit is just lost. Have not been shopping 'gile- gile' for quite some time except this weekend but mostly nothing. Dont really feel buying new clothes etc. Guess my mind is more on my coming new house and the inflation these days so i'm saving the money for it. Still, i went to KLCC, One Utama, Midvalley, Ikano, Curve on Saturday and Sunday. Not doing the shopping for me but helping my friend looking for an attired to wear for the dinner that he's organizing next week. However, I ended up buying different things at British India...Bought quite a lot where it's impossible for me to carry had i went there all alone..hahaha...Spent some money as well at the PC Fair..gosh i really need to find more money!!!

An Incredible Love Story

An incredible love story has come out of China recently and managed to touch the world. It is a story of a man and an older woman who ran off to live and love each other in peace for over half a century.

The 70-year-old Chinese man who hand-carved over 6,000 stairs up a mountain for his 80-year-old wife has passed away in the cave which has been the couple's home for the last 50 years.

Over 50 years ago, Liu Guojiang a 19 year-old boy, fell in love with a 29 year-old widowed mother named Xu Chaoqin..

In a twist worthy of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, friends and relatives criticized the relationship because of the age difference and the fact that Xu already had children. At that time, it was unacceptable and immoral for a young man to love an older woman.. To avoid the market gossip and the scorn of their communities, the couple decided to elope and lived in a cave in Jiangjin County in Southern ChongQing Municipality.

In the beginning, life was harsh as hey had nothing, no electricity or even food. They had to eat grass and roots they found in the mountain, and Liu made a kerosene lamp that they used to light up their lives. Xu felt that she had tied Liu down and repeatedly asked him, 'Are you regretful? Liu always replied, 'As long as we are industrious, life will improve.' In the second year of living in the mountain, Liu began and continued for over 50 years, to hand-carve the steps so that his wife could get down the mountain easily .

Half a century later in 2001, a group of adventurers were exploring the forest and were surprised to find the elderly couple and the over 6,000 hand-carved steps. Liu MingSheng, one of their seven children said, 'My parents loved each other so much, they have lived in seclusion for over 50 years and never been apart a single day. He hand carved more than 6,000 steps over the years for my mother's convenience, although she doesn't go down the mountain that much.'

The couple had lived in peace for over 50 years until last week. Liu, now 72 years, returned from his daily farm work and collapsed. Xu sat and prayed with her husband as he passed away in her arms. So in love with Xu, was Liu, that no one was able to release the grip he had on his wife's hand even after he had passed away. 'You promised me you'll take care of me, you'll always be with me until the day I died, now you left before me, how am I going to live without you?' Xu spent days softly repeating this sentence and touching her husband's black coffin with tears rolling down her cheeks.

In 2006, their story became one of the top 10 love stories from China , collected by the Chinese Women Weekly. The local government has decided to preserve the love ladder and the place they lived as a museum, so this love story can live forever.

I'm back...

Finally after a few attempts of recovering my username and password, i managed to log in into this blogger's account. Have not been accessing my blog for a few months had almost caused me amnesia on the login process.

Was quite bz and also lazy all this while and therefore I lost interest on blogging. However, seems at this moment in the middle of the nite, I kinda get my mood and the groove back and so hopefully I will continue with the blog...

Elysyle Spa - Where East Meets West

On last Saturday, I've decided to try out the Elysyle Spa. Unplanned, Ezran & Anas also joined in after having our breakfast at the Old Town Kopitiam at Old Klang Road.

Elysyle Spa is a world-class fusion spa that combines Eastern and Western elements in its setting, ambience and therapies. It is the first in South East Asia to offer gemstone spa therapy and the first in Malaysia to provide Balneotherapy. With the 10,000 square feet of tranquil surroundingss, ELYSYLE Spa is dedicated to providing a renewing experience within an exclusive, professional environment which integrates advanced technology and natural sciences, accompanied by the warmth of the human touch.

Gemstone Spa

Balneotherapy

The seconds the lift door open, you'll be transported away from the maniac city lifestyle to experience a tranquil retreat. Greeting your arrival the moment u step out of the lift is a semi circular reception area with its bamboo decor, interesting beaded hanging and lightly scented atmosphere. Then, the spa assistant will come bringing bathroom slippers in a tray for you to slip out of your heels into the slippers and you will be lead up the curved pathway into a short passageway.

The corridor then opens up to a large area with its cosy ambience and exclusive decor together with little rivers that run around the perimeter of its marbled floor. The surroundings had elicited some 'oohs' and 'aahs' from the 3 of us and the promise of a totally balanced experience for our body, mind and soul can already be felt.

To express my experience in words are really hard, but all i can say this is the best spa among all the spas that I have experienced. You can just lay down listening to the sounds of birds chippering accompanied with a light music that would really make you relax and doze off. My treatment was supposed to be only for 2 hours but I've spent for almost 4 hours. Time really stops in here and you'll be treated as royalty.

I think I will be visiting again either this week and the next coming week. Also for members promotion till June, I'm enjoying a 30% discount for all treatments plus a free scalp massage (worth RM98) and Elysyle Signature Stone Spa (RM78). I managed to get the discounts for my 2 friends who are non members as well that day and we only paid RM145.53 each from supposed to be RM282.93. For 4 hours treatment, it's really worth everything...haha..

If anybody interested, don't hesitate to let me know so that I can help you to get the discount...

The Great FJ Benjamin Branded Sale

Went to the sale at Bangsar Village on the 2nd May (first day of sale) which was only for HSBC cardmembers. We arrived around 9.30am and there's already a very long queue. Gosh how people like to go to sale...haha...Queued for more than half an hour and then when it's opened, it took us another 15 minutes just to walk round and round the path to get inside..haha..

However i did not buy anything cos nothing was interesting to me. There were really old stocks for Raoul shirst which i've seen in the previous sale and the price was even much more expensive. I remembered before that I saw a shirt for only RM80 but here it was RM100..Guess only La Senza is worth the sale there as according to my friend, it was really cheap. As for Guess, Banana Republic, Gap, not really worth the sale to me...hehe

Spent less than half an hour inside and when we went out, to our surprise, there was still a long queue and even longer than before it's open which had now reached another floor below...haha

Antibiotik dan Kisahnya

Not sure who wrote this but just wanna share utk tatapan semua:



Subject: Antibiotik & Kisah nya

Assalamualaikum,

Ramai ibu bapa yang meminta saya menulis tentang antibiotik. Antibiotik menjadi subjek yang sangat penting di dalam bidang perubatan sehingga kini. Sejak ia dijumpai oleh saintis Perancis Alexander Fleming pada tahun 1928 (sebelum itu dijumpai oleh seorang pelajar perubatan dari German pd 1896 - tapi tak popular), penicillium yang merupakan produk dari sejenis kulat didapati berjaya membunuh pelbagai bakteria. Penicillin kemudiannya digunakan secara meluas ketika perang dunia ke 2 sebagai rawatan utama.

Sehingga kini berpuluh-puluh antibiotik d igunakan secara meluas diseluruh dunia. Antibiotik boleh dibahagikan kepada kesannya yang membunuh bakteria (bactericidal) atau kesan yang merencatkan aktiviti bakteria (bacteriostatic) . Kedua-duanya memberi kesan untuk melumpuhkan bakteria daripada merebak di dalam badan.

Sesuai dengan kesannya, antibiotik hanya berkesan untuk membunuh bakteria dan bukan virus. Virus biasanya menyebabkan batuk, sakit tekak, selsema dan sakit badan. 80% sakit tekak dan selsema adalah disebabkan virus. Virus biasanya akan hilang dengan sendirinya selama 7 hari hingga 14 hari walaupun tanpa penggunaan antibiotik.

Sebagai contoh - Denggi ialah sejenis virus, jadi tiada antibiotik apa pun di dalam dunia ini yang boleh membunuh virus denggi. Ia akan hilang dengan sendirinya selepas 10 hari, tetapi perawatan yang lain seperti mengawal hidrasi tubuh dan pemerhatian kadar platelet diperlukan. Kenapa tiada antibiotik digunakan untuk merawat denggi? Ya, kerana denggi ialah sejenis virus. (pandaaaii.. ... :) )

Sekiranya semua doktor memberikan antibiotik kepada pesakit yang mempunyai sakit tekak dan selsema, dan semua pesakit mengambilnya, ini bermakna 80% daripada antibiotik tadi yang tidak memberi apa-apa kesan kepada virus adalah satu pembaziran, sia-sia malah boleh mendatangkan bahaya kepada tubuh.

Kenapa Perlu Berhati-Hati Mengambil Antibiotik?

1. Antibiotik boleh menyebabkan alahan. Alahan boleh jadi sedikit seperti urticaria iaitu timbul ruam gegata di seluruh badan sehingga ke alahan yang teruk seperti kulit melecur dan sesak nafas.

2. Antibiotik mempunyai kesan sampingan. Antibiotik boleh menyebabkan kesan sampingan kecil seperti loya, pening, muntah dan cirit birit sehingga ke yang teruk seperti kerosakan buah pinggang, usus dan hati, pekak dan sawan. Steven Johnson Syndrome adalah satu kesan sampingan kepada beberapa jenis antibiotik berasaskan sulfa. Ia menyebabkan keadaan kulit seperti terbakar dan juga menyerang kawasan seperti mulut mata dan lidah. Kesan sampingan ini boleh membawa maut.

3. Antibiotik sebagai bom nuklear. Bukan semua bakteria di dalam badan adalah jahat. Bakteria baik di dalam usus sebagai contoh lactobacillus, memenuhi usus supaya bakteria jahat seperti Clostridium Difficile tidak dapat memenuhi ruang tersebut. Malah ada bakteria di usus yang boleh membantu penghadaman dan menghasilkan sejenis vitamin yang membantu manusia. Begitu juga contohnya dengan kawasan vagina wanita. Bakteria baik yang terbunuh boleh menyebabkan "candida", sejenis kulat senang membiak di kawasan itu.

Malangnya, antibiotik tidak mengenal musuh. Ia seperti sebuah BOM NUKLEAR. Kawan atau lawan, semuanya disapu, disembelih dan dibunuh dengan kejam. Pembunuhan beramai-ramai tanpa belas kasihan ini ternyata membawa padah. Selepas tiada lagi bakteria yang baik, maka bakteria yang jahat akan bermaharajalela. Jadilah episod cerita koboi bila sherif dah tak ada.

Antibiotik Seperti Harimau Hilang Taring

Apabila antibiotik diambil dan digunakan sewenang-wenangnya, maka Bakteria yang tidak terbunuh oleh antibiotik akan menjalani mutasi. Ia menjadi kebal dan semakin kuat. Bakteria ini akan membiak dan tersebar di kalangan manusia yang dekat dan jauh.

Apa yang berlaku, antibiotik yang sama apabila digunakan tidak lagi berfungsi seperti sebelumnya. Maka, doktor terpaksa menggunakan antibiotik yang lebih kuat kerana yang lama tidak berkesan. Kitaran ini akan menjadi lebih menakutkan. Antibiotik yang kuat ini pula digunakan sewenang-wenangnya. Maka apabila bakteria mula bermutasi dan menjadi kebal, antibiotik yang kuat tadi semakin hilang belangnya. Antibiotik yang lebih kuat lagi digunakan... ia akan berterusa n sehingga tiada lagi antibiotik yang berkesan terhadap manusia.

Kos Perubatan Meningkat

Semakin kuat antibiotik digunakan semakin mahal antibiotik tersebut. Anda yang kaya mungkin tak kisah dengan kos antibiotik yang meningkat sekarang. Tetapi buat yang susah, RM 60 untuk 7 biji Augmentin memang memeningkan kepala. Di hospital kos perbelanjaaan rawatan juga semakin meningkat. Ini kerana antibiotik yang kuat tidak mungkin berharga murah. Syarikat farmaseutikal terpaksa membelanjakan jutaan wang untuk menghasilkan antibiotik yang lebih kuat dan siapa yang harus membayar harga itu?

Kenapa Antibiotik Digunakan Sewenang-Wenangnya?

1. Sebelum menuding kesalahan kepada orang lain, lebih baik salahkan diri sendiri dahulu. Doktor seperti saya, kadangkala selalu memberikan antibiotik walaupun tidak perlu. Biasanya General Practioner (GP) di klinik-klinik swasta lebih suka melakukan demikian. Ada beberapa sebab...

a. Satunya mungkin tidak beberapa yakin kepada diagnosis yang dibuat. Terdapat garisan di antara jangkitan bakteria dan virus. Mungkin garisan itu sukar dibezakan untuk sesetengah pesakit.

b. Untuk mengelakkan secondary infection. Jangkitan bakteria di atas jangkitan virus yang sedia ada. (ini alasan yang baik bagi doktor untuk menjual antibiotik)

c. Menghindarkan persepsi buruk pesakit kepada doktor dan klinik. Kalau anda nak tahu, ada jenis pesakit yang mempunyai tanggapan buruk kepada doktor yang tak mahu memberikan antibiotik. "Apalah ini doktor, tarak bagi antibiot ik, next time tarak mau datang sini lagi". atau "ini klinik tak bagus, takda bagi antibiotik". Hilang seorang pelanggan...

d. Meningkatkan keuntungan dengan memberi antibiotik. Ya, jualan antibiotik boleh menguntungkan. Itu sebab ramai doktor swasta akan memberi antibiotik walaupun dengan sebab-sebab yang tidak logik.

2. Pesakit juga bersalah di dalam hal ini. Saya sudah banyak kali menceritakan ada ibu bapa yang terlalu menekan doktor untuk memberi antibiotik. Ada yang masam mencuka bila tak bagi antibiotik. Padahal anak tak ada demam pun, atau hanya sedikit selsema. Jikalau ibu bapa tahu betapa teruknya kesan Steven Johson Syndrome, sejenis lecuran kulit disebabkan alahan antibiotik pasti anda lebih berhati-hati.

"Anak saya takkan baik kalau tak diberi antibiotik". Ini adalah ayat cliche untuk ibu ayah yang selalu bagi anaknya antibiotik walaupun sedikit demam.

Cara Saya

Anda patut percaya, saya sendiri sebagai doktor, tak perna h memberi antibiotik kepada anak saya yang batuk, demm atau selsema selama seminggu. Saya akan memberinya ubat-ubat yang perlu sahaja, vitamin C tambahan, minum air kosong banyak dan makan banyak buah-buahan. Pada kebiasaannya, selepas seminggu batuk itu akan hilang.

Sekiranya selepas seminggu batuk, dengan adanya demam tinggi dan selsema, saya mungkin akan mulakan antibiotik yang paling rendah. Antibiotik mesti dihabiskan.

Perlu diberitahu di sini... Ubat antibiotik bukanlah ubat demam, atau selsema atau ubat sakit perut. Ia adalah untuk membunuh bakteria dan . Kalau demam, makan lah ubat demam dan kalau selsema makanlah ubat selsema. Antibiotik digunakan sekiranya terdapat jangkitan bakteria.

Doktor, Tolong Bagi Antibiotik Paling Kuat!

"Doktor, saya batuk dan sakit tekak, esok saya ada meeting. Boleh bagi saya antibiotik paling kuat supaya saya boleh pergi meeting esok".

Pertama sekali saya nak bagi tahu, Allah bagi kita sakit selain daripada ujian dan menghapuskan dosa, ialah untuk memberitahu kita yang badan kita ini perlukan rehat kerana bekerja terlalu kuat. Antibiotik tak boleh membantu anda mengembalikan kesihatan anda seperti sediakala sekiranya anda mengidap jangkitan. Berilah masa untuk badan anda berehat.

Kedua, untuk memberi antibiotik, perlu ada caranya. Mulakan dengan antibiotik yang tak beberapa kuat dahulu. Kemudian baru naik selangkah demi selangkah sekiranya tidak berkesan. Kalau kita nak bunuh seekor nyamuk, janganlah rumah hendak dibakar. Kalau nak bunuh bakteria yang tak beberapa kuat, jangan gunakan antibiotik yang paling kuat. Itu salah cara.

Tujuannya adalah untuk memastikan antibiotik yang paling kuat disimpan untuk menghadapi kuman yang sama ku at juga. Sekiranya kuman biasa pun dah menjadi kebal kepada antibiotik yang paling kuat, apabila tiba kuman yang paling kuat, tiada antibiotik lagi yang boleh digunakan. Bayangkan, tiada lagi ubat untuk membunuh bakteria... Sedikit luka di kaki pun boleh menyebabkan kematian. Kita seolah-olah kembali ke zaman sebelum Perang Dunia Kedua!!