Beli Masa

Saya ingin menitipkan satu cerita yang diemelkan kepada saya oleh seorang bekas pelajar saya Muhd Azhar Ariffin yang juga follower pertama blog saya, beberapa hari lepas untuk tatapan dan renungan bersama.

Cerita hari ini dipetik dari blog kawan saya (Muhd Azhar), selamat membaca....

Seorang budak lelaki sedang tunggu ayahnya pulang dr kerja...
Bila ayahnya pulang....,
Anak : Ayah, berapa gaji ayah sejam??
Ayah : Buat apa kau sibuk nak tahu?? (menjegilkan mata)
Anak : (menundukkan kepala) adik nak tahu...
Ayah : RM20, kenapa?
Anak : Boleh adik pinjam RM10 dari ayah.? (muka penuh mengharap utk dptkan duit)
Ayah : Kau nak buat apa dgn duit sebanyak itu?? Beli mainan?? Dah!! Ayah penat!!

(menengking) ……
Dgn air mata yg berlinangan, anak tersebut masuk ke dlm bilik....Melihatkan keadaan anaknya, ayah itu menjadi serba salah.. "mungkin dia perlukan duit", fikir ayahnya..
Ayahnya pun masuk ke dlm bilik anaknya...
Ayah : Nah RM10. Guna elok2.., jimat sikit..,
Anak : (muka terkejut dan senyum) dan mengucapkan terima kasih kpd ayahnya..
Kemudian, anaknya itu mengeluarkn sekeping duit kertas RM10 dari bantalnya dan mencampurkn dengan duit RM 10 yg biberi ayahnya.... Melihatkn itu ayahnya mulai marah..
Ayah : Kan kau dah ada RM 10.., kenapa minta lagi RM10 dari ayah...
Anak : (menghulurkan RM 20 kpd ayahnya) sambil berkata.. Ayah ambillah RM 20 ni.., Adik nak beli masa ayah sejam... esok ayah balik awal dan kita makan mlm bersama-sama yaa...
Ayah : (tersentak dan memeluk anaknya sambil menitiskan air mata terharu ....)

Asparagus

I just received a forwarded email from my very good friend and long time varsity mate from Taiping, C.H.Lim about the wonderful thing asparagus can do. I would like to share this article with those who are now in this blog. Please be reminded that this article is only to inform what asparagus has done good to cases stated in this article and it may not necessary be the same for others. Therefore I do not bear resonsibility for any decision taken by those who have read this article in this blog and who have decided to consume the items as stated in the article. All decisions are by one own risk.

Just take a few minutes and its worth reading.....whether U believe it or not.....
Pls. read the contents below & pass to your friends.
Three types of asparagus on a shop display, with white asparagus at the back and green asparagus in the middle. The plant at the front is Ornithogalum pyrenaicum, is commonly called wild asparagus.
Several years ago, I had a man seeking asparagus for a friend who had cancer. He gave me a photocopied copy of an article, entitled, `Asparagus for Cancer ' printed in Cancer News Journal, December 1979.
I will share it here, just as it was shared with me: 'I am a biochemist, and have specialized in the relation of diet to health for over 50 years.
Several years ago, I learned of the discovery of Richard R.Vensal, D.D.S. that asparagus might cure cancer. Since then, I have worked with him on his project. We have accumulated a number of favourable case histories. Here are a few examples:
Case No. 1:
A man with an almost hopeless case of Hodgkin's disease (cancer of the lymph glands) who was completely incapacitated. Within 1 year of starting the asparagus therapy, his doctors were unable to detect any signs of cancer, and he was back on a schedule of strenuous exercise.
Case No. 2:
A successful businessman 68 years old who suffered from cancer of the bladder for 16 years. After years of medical treatments,including radiation without improvement, he went on asparagus. Within 3 months, examinations revealed that his bladder tumor had disappeared and that his kidneys were normal.
Case No. 3:
A man who had lung cancer. On March 5th 1971, he was put on the operating table where they found lung cancer so widely spread that it was inoperable. The surgeon sewed him up and declared his case hopeless. On April 5th he heard about the asparagus therapy and immediately started taking it. By August, x-ray pictures revealed that all signs of the cancer had disappeared. He is back at his regular business routine. *
Case No. 4:
A woman who was troubled for a number of years with skin cancer. She finally developed different skin cancers which were diagnosed by asking specialist as advanced. Within 3 months after starting on asparagus, her skin specialist said that her skin looked fine and nomore skin lesions. This woman reported that the asparagus therapy also cured her kidney disease, which started in 1949. She had over 10 operations for kidney stones, and was receiving government disability payments for an inoperable, terminal, kidney condition. She attributes the cure of this kidney trouble entirely to the asparagus.

I was not surprised at this result, as `The elements of Materia Medica', edited in 1854 by a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, stated that asparagus was used as a popular remedy for kidney stones. He even referred to experiments, in 1739, on the power of asparagus in dissolving stones.
We would have other case histories but the medical establishment has interfered with our obtaining some of the records. I am therefore appealing to readers to spread this good news and help us to gather a large number of case histories that will overwhelm the medical skeptics about this unbelievably simple and natural remedy. For the treatment, asparagus should be cooked before using, and therefore canned asparagus is just as good as fresh.
I have corresponded with the two leading canners of asparagus, Giant Giant and Stokely, and I am satisfied that these brands contain no pesticides or preservatives.
PROCEDURE:
1) Place the cooked asparagus in a blender and liquefy to make a puree, and store in the refrigerator.
2) Give the patient 4 full tablespoons twice daily, morning and evening.

Patients usually show some improvement in from 2-4 weeks. It can be diluted with water and used as a cold or hot drink. This suggested dosage is based on present experience, but certainly larger amounts can do no harm and may be needed in some cases.
As a biochemist I am convinced of the old saying that `what cures can prevent'. Based on this theory, my wife and I have been using asparagus puree as a beverage with our meals. We take 2 tablespoons diluted in water to suit our taste with breakfast and with dinner. I take mine hot and my wife prefers hers cold.
For years we have made it a practice to have blood surveys taken as part of our regular checkups.
The last blood survey, taken by a medical doctor who specializes in the nutritional approach to health, showed substantial improvements in all categories over the last one, and we can attribute these improvements to nothing but the asparagus drink.
As a biochemist, I have made an extensive study of all aspects of cancer, and all of the proposed cures. As a result, I am convinced that asparagus fits in better with the latest theories about cancer. Asparagus contains a good supply of protein called histones, which are believed to be active in controlling cell growth. For that reason, I believe asparagus can be said to contain a substance that I call cell growth normalizer. That accounts for its action on cancer and inacting as a general body tonic. In any event, regardless of theory, asparagus used as we suggest, is a harmless substance.
The FDA cannot prevent you from using it and it may do you much good. It has been reported by the US National Cancer Institute, that asparagus is the highest tested food containing glutathione, which is considered one of the body's most potent anticarcinogens and antioxidants.
Please spread the news...
...the most unselfish act one can ever do is paying forward all the kindness one has received even to the most undeserved person *
All the very best

The World Is Your Playground When You Master English

(Excerpt from the The Edge Malaysia, Jan 15, 2009)

The world can be their playground if rural students have a strong command of the English language. Despite facing the many challenges, these students could have the edge if they make an effort to speak and write in the language fluently. "If you have a strong command (of the language), you can acquire more knowledge and be far more marketable in job markets worldwide, said Information Communication and Culture Deputy Minister Datuk Joseph Salang. Nevertheless, the minister also reminded the rural students to master the Bahasa Malaysia, as well, as it was a passport to local job markets, too.

China's Formula To Success

Lee G.L, a mathematics genius friend from Bukit Mertajam, Penang emailed me the above story and I would like to share it here.

INTERESTING SUCCESS STORY FROM CHINA:

US President Obama visited China last week, primarily to find out what exactly & how exactly China is doing things that makes it such a success story, surpassing all the so-called "expert economic planners" of the US & Europe. His team found these 5 basic lessons behind China's success - it applies equally to our country:

LESSON No 1 - BE AMBITIOUS
The Chinese believe in Setting Goals, Making Plans, & Focusing on Moving Ahead - there is always the sense of foward motion.
As an example, a huge 6-lane highway in Shanghai took only 2 years from planning to ready for traffic. In the US, 2 years will only get you the environment and local authority permit if you are lucky and then in Malaysia in 2 years, they will still....

LESSON No 2 - EDUCATION MATTERS
The Chinese are obsessed with ensuring kids get the right education - English, Maths & Science. They made sure that ther education system reached even the most remote rural areas - today the literacy rate in China is OVER 90%, surpassing even the USA 's 86%. According to American Educationists, the Chinese kids are way ahead of the kids in the USA. How about in Malaysia?

LESSON No 3 - LOOK AFTER THE ELDERLY
The Chinese DO NOT send their elderly to nursing care centres - they personally look after & care for their parents. In the US , nursing care of the elderly is now costing each resident USD 85,000 annually, & this is rising. The Chinese also believe that the grandparents at home make the best tutors for their children. It also provides a sense of cultural continuity - this helps bind society. Here, its a growing trend to have children brought up by maids, of the lowest educational & moral quality - so our children (the future leaders) grow up with similar language & outlook capability.
LESSON No 4 - SAVE MORE
In the USA, savings dropped to zero in 2005, and is only now slowly rising to 4%. In China , the savings rate for every household has exceeded 20%. The Chinese believe that fugality & a healthy savings rate are a sure indicator of a country's financial health. High savings lead to increased investments - results in increased productivity, innovation & job growth. In the West, & aped by our Malaysians, the status symbol is to spend more than you earn, with as many credit cards as possible. In the end, the whole country gets into debt.
LESSON No 5 - LOOK OVER THE HORIZON
In China, eveyone is foward looking - never backwards. New graduates make a vow - never ever will their children & grandchildren ever work in the fields again. With this kind of foward mentality, people are always thinking & planning how, not just to succeed, BUT how to be the best in the world in everything they do. In Malaysia, we are still, after 24 years, trying to get the window switches of the Proton to work properly.

Anyone Can Stop This - Then What To Fight About?

This two photo combination shows above, in a May 20, 2004 file photo provided by the Canadian Department of National Defence, the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Below is the National Palace photographed Wednesday Jan. 13, 2010, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, one day after a powerful earthquake crushed thousands of structures, from schools and shacks to the National Palace and the U.N. peacekeeping headquarters. Untold numbers were still trapped.

(Source: Yahoo News Jan 13, 2010)

Beware Ladies, Men Do Have Sex On Their Mind

(An edited version on an excerpt from NST 2006)

Beware ladies when you are engaging in a friendly or social conversation or anything that is equavalent with men.

Scientists have found out that, most of the time men do have sex on their brain. Men seem frequently to be mistaken friendliness for flirting when they talk to a woman and believe a sexual chemistry is there when none exists.

A research by American reserachers on 43 male universities students who were paired off with female students aged between 18 and 22 , where each pair was sent to a room and encouraged to have a five-minute conversation about college life, and later they were asked to rate their partners on extroversion, agreeableness and physical attractiveness and judged sexual traits such as flirtatiousness, seductiveness and promiscuity, found that;

1. Men were much more likely than woman to infer a sexual chemistry,

2. Men are prone to oversexualise conversations with women,

3. Those who see themselves as sexy are more likely to perceive a sexual dynamic,

4. Women and men perceive sexiness in different ways where;

* women link sexiness with attributes such as extroversion and friendliness,

* men tend to rate sexiness with physical attractiveness where a pyhiscally attractive woman would be rated as sexier.

Perhaps this is one of the reasons why women were encouraged not to expose their physical assets in the public and not to engage in long, extremely friendly or inimate conversion with men who were not related to them!

God Is Watching Us, From A Distance

Actuary Is The Best Job

Actuary, the job of calculating statistics to determine probablity and risk is rated the best job. An actuary earns about US$85,000 (RM287,000) a year and has few physical demands, little stress, a good work environment and a positive outlook for employment and income growth, according to CarreerCast.com when it analysed 200 jobs in North America.

The second-best job is software engineer, followed by computer system analyst, biologist and historian.

Roustabout is the worst and dangerous job and it pays about US$31,000 a year, with high unemployment and a negative outlook for growth. This is followed by lumberjack, ironworker, dairy farmer and welder.

The worst jobs are rated as fairly miserable. They tend to require working outdoors regardless of the weather, have elements of physical danger and do not pay well.

(Excerpt from NST, 7 Jan 2009, p. 24)

Rhetorik Atau Realiti?

Sabtu lepas saya telah membawa anak perempuan saya mendaftar masuk tingkatan 1 di sebuah sekolah menengah kebangsaan. Pihak sekolah telah berusaha dengan gigih untuk memastikan proses pendaftaran berjalan dengan baik dan sempurna dan sememangnya pihak sekolah tersebut, terutamanya guru-guru yang terlibat dalam urusan pendaftaran tersebut telah melaksanakan tugas dengan cemerlang.

Bagaimanapun satu perkara di luar kawalan pihak sekolah dan sememangnya pihak sekolah tidak boleh disalahkan ialah apabila murid-murid masuk ke bilik darjah mengikut kelas masing-masing untuk memulakan urusan pendaftaran yang mana, sama ada sedar atau tidak sedar, murid-murid ini telah memilih tempat duduk mereka mengikut kaum masing-masing.

Dalam kelas anak perempuan saya, diperhatikan murid-murid Melayu duduk sesama mereka dan dalam satu baris bangku ke belakang, murid-murid Cina seboleh-bolehnya dengan kaum sejenisnya, begitu juga dengan murid-murid India. Sekiranya tidak dapat duduk dengan pasangan kaum sejenisnya murid Cina akan memilih duduk dengan murid India atau sebaliknya dan juga dalam satu baris bangku ke belakang. Anak perempuan saya yang tidak agresif dan sentiasa lambat bertindak akhirnya duduk dengan seorang murid India di baris belakang kelas. Di hadapannya adalah murid-murid Cina. Jelas di sini memperlihatkan keselesaan murid-murid itu duduk sesama kaum sejenisnya atau mengikut bumiputra atau bukan-bumiputra dan memperlihatkan satu trend yang tidak sihat apatah lagi bila kedengaran rhetorik sana sini dari banyak pihak slogan paling panas masa kini 1Malaysia atau sebelumnya slogan-slogan perpaduan dan sebagainya.

Saya percaya keadaan ini bukan hanya berlaku di sekolah baru anak perempuan saya itu sahaja tetapi dikebanyakan sekolah, termasuklah sekolah saya! Rhetorik atau realiti?

Bukan sahaja keadaan ini berlaku dikalangan murid-murid kita sahaja, malah kalangan guru-guru pun demikian! Dalam mesyuarat, seminar, kursus atau berbagai bentuk perhimpunan antara guru-guru malah tempat duduk dalam bilik guru sendiri pun memperlihatkan trend ini.

Malang atau teruknya apabila ada guru yang colour blind, bermacam tohmahan atau sindiran dikenakan! Contohnya, jika seorang guru Cina berada dalam kumpulan guru Melayu atau agak mesra dengan guru Melayu dan petah berbahasa Melayu, dicopnya OCBC. Begitu jugalah jika seorang guru India mesra dengan guru Melayu dicopnya OIBI (malangnya tidak ada bank bernama OIBI atau sesiapa mungkin boleh tubuhkan bank bernama Oversea Indian Banking Incorporation). Tidaklah pula kedengaran sama ada sindiran OMBM (apa pula nama bank ini!)dicop ke atas guru Melayu yang mesra dengan guru bukan-Melayu!

Ada pihak melihat perkara ini remeh dan cuba menutup kelemahan masing-masing tetapi realitinya mereka ini adalah insecure dengan diri masing-masing, maka secara psikolgi sedar atau tanpa sedar, cuba melemparkan kelemahan kepada orang yang dijadikan sindiran itu. Itulah realitinya dan boleh diperhatikan apabila sesama mereka apabila berkumpul, banyak bahan bualan berkisar kepada kritikan, kutukan, tohmahan dan mempelekehkan orang lain bukan dari sejenisnya atau ke atas sejenisnya yang mereka perasan menyebabkan mereka berasa insecure.

Di khalayak ramai hebat dirhetorikkannya 1Malaysia, perpaduan dan macam-macam sandiwara.

Next Big Earthquake Due Under Mentawai Islands, Indonesia (and Tsunami too)

(Excerpt from NST 27/12/2009, p.46)

A massive undersea earthquake is long overdue beneath the Mentawai Islands in Indonesia and could trigger another deadly tsunami.

Unlike the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami which killed about 226,000 people, this tsunami is expected to be smaller but may be very deadly as it would hit Sumatera's densely populated coast, according to Kerry Sieh, director of the Singapore-based Earth Observatory.
A major quake measuring around 8.6 magnitude is expected beneath Siberut Island, along the Sunda megathrust, where the Indonesia-Australian tectonic plate butts up against the Eurasian plate.
Sieh said, the big quake will most likely strike in next few decades, somewhere from thirty seconds to 30 years. He predicted such occurance of the quake based on the study of geological records which showed that major quakes have occured along the Sunda megathrust every 200 years for the past 700 years.
According Sieh, there have been three major quake cycles: the late 1300s, the 1600s and between 1797 - 1833 and the timing between those three sequences is about 200 years. Therefore the next cycle will be between now and the next 30 years!
The Sunda megathrust extends from Myanmar in the north and sweeps in a south-east arc through Sumatera, Java and towards Timor.
In 2004, the northern 1,600 km section, from Myanmar to Acheh, ruptured, sending the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed about 226,00 people.
In March 2005, a powerful quake hit the second section near Nias Island, though there was no occurance of tsunami but causing more than 11m defomations beneath the island.
In 2007, an 8.4 and a 7.8 earthquake hit the southern end of the third section, called the Mentawais Patch.
In September 2009, an earthquake hit Padang, Sumatera but that quake resulted not from the rupture of the megathrust beneath the Mentawais but was on a deeper fault.
This means that another 300 km section of the northern part of the Mentawai Patch has not yet broken up into a quake. The last time this section has broken up into a quake was in 1797.
So, from now on to the next 300 years, anytime, a massive quake could occur from that section of the Mentawai Patch and it could create a significant tsunami and deadly too. Be alert to those who frequent to enjoy yourself at the beaches surounding the area!

Kena Saman Polis

Kira-kira jam 8.00 malam, 24 Disember 2009, ketika penganut agama Kristian sedang sibuk membuat persediaan terakhir sebelum menyambut ketibaan Hari Natal, saya pula mengalami nasib malang kerana disaman oleh polis trafik.

Sebenarnya kejadian itu sepatutnya tidak berlaku sekiranya saya membuat pertimbangan yang rasional dengan tidak mengikut tindakan pemandu sebuah kereta Proton Waja di hadapan saya yang membuat belokan ke kanan memotong garis kembar jalan raya ke arah satu lorong sebagai jalan pintas mengelak dari menunggu lampu isyarat di hadapan jalan yang baru sahaja bertukar ke warna merah dan juga sebagai jalan pintas ke destinasi saya.

Aduh! saya nampak polis telah menunggu di hadapan sebaik sahaja saya telah membelok ke kanan masuk ke lorong jalan itu. Nak berundur sudah tidak boleh. Maka, kereta Proton Waja yang di hadapan saya dan kereta saya telah diarah berhenti.

Dalam hati timbul rasa kekesalan tidak terhingga kerana mengambil tindakan membuat belokan 'haram' itu. Tanpa berkata apa-apa saya menunggu dan membiarkan sahaja seorang polis trafik berpangkat koperal datang mengeluarkan surat menyaman saya. Dalam pada itu teringat saya kepada kata-kata anak saya yang memberitahu saya bahawa dia telah diberitahu oleh kawanya, anak seorang polis mata-mata gelap, bahawa adalah salah bagi pihak polis membuat operasi 'serang hendap' sedemikian. Tetapi saya mengambil tindakan mendiamkan diri dan menurut sahaja arahan polis trafik berkenaan dalam proses dia menyaman saya.

Ego manusia ialah tidak suka ditegur atau dicabar autoritinya. Jadi sekiranya saya bertanya atau bersuara, pastinya saya dianggap mencabar autoritinya, tidak kira sama ada benar atau tidak benar atau berbahasa lembut. Begitu juga jika saya membuat rayuan atau melakukan perkara yang boleh didakwa memberi suap. Jadi lebih baik saya mendiamkan diri disaman.

Tetapi, di dalam waktu saya berfikir-fikir itu dan menunggu polis datang menyaman saya, tiba-tiba saya nampak kereta Proton Waja di hadapan saya itu bergerak meninggalkan tempat itu tanpa diambil apa-apa tindakan. Dengan lain perkataan pemandu kereta Proton Waja itu telah dilepaskan oleh polis berkenaan dari dikenakan saman. Aduh! bertanya di dalam otak saya, di manakah konsistensi pihak polis ini dalam melaksanakan penguatkuasaan undang-undang. Kenapakah ada dua bentuk tindakan di atas satu kesalahan yang sama! Macam manakah pihak penguatkuasa ini akan dihormati dan disegani sekiranya tindakan yang diambil tidak konsisten dan menimbulkan kecelaruan. Kalau begitulah tindakannya, bagaimanakah pengguna jalan raya akan setia untuk mematuhi peraturan-peraturan jalan raya.

Apa pun, pengajaran yang diperolehi dari episod ini adalah;

1. Sentiasa bertindak rasional ketika memandu.

2. Jangan langsung berfikir mengambil jalan pintas yang tidak dibenarkan.

3. Tidak perlu tergesa-tergesa ketika memandu yakni perlu sentiasa bersabar.

4. Sentiasa mematuhi peraturan jalan raya.

Dalam pada itu, saya akan mencari jawapan sama ada benar pihak polis tidak boleh melakukan operasi 'serang hendap' ke atas pengguna jalan raya sebagaimana yang banyak kita perhatikan.

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010

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Plastic Goreng Pisang!

Oh! My God, would you believe it?

This is what I come to know through an email sent by David Ng. Please read through then you would realise how unethical these people are and just because of money!

This is how the email goes:

Saturday, April 19, 2008

PLASTIC GORENG WILL MAKE YOU SICK:

This is a true story (from my friend). Was in the newspaper too. Mum said my uncle saw it in Tunjang (Kedah) and the pasar malam in Titi Chai Kangar (Perlis) where goreng pisang was sold in afternoons. The hawker added a plastic drinking straw into a wok of hot oil and let it melt completely before he started to fry some bananas in the bubbling oil. This is why some fried bananas and ubi are so crispy... for hours...!! My uncle asked the hawker about this, but the hawker did not answer him. When my uncle told my mum about this, they realised this is how the hawkers ensure that fried food stays crispy for their customers. My mum said that in Thailand, they do the same thing to keep fried ikan bilis and fried onions crispy, even if left in the open for hours!!

Another time, I was with my family in Cameron Highlands, it was 3:00 pm and we were hanging around the market area, where there were several hawker stalls. At one of the stalls, there was a big wok of boiling oil with an empty plastic bottle floating on it and slowly melting away. At first I thought the plastic bottle had accidentally fallen into the oil, but then I saw a little girl, about 7-years old, holding a pair of chopsticks and stirring the bottle around in the hot oil. At that moment I came to realise, oh! My God... These people were using melted plastic to fry the foodstuff, so that the fried snacks would not turn soft when it cooled down later.

Please forward to all your friends..... DO NOT EAT CRISPY FRIED SNACKS from the hawkers!! Even if you don't see them melting the plastic in hot boiling oil, they might have added the plastic a few hours before or even from their earlier preparation at home. After all, they keep the black oil for next day's frying as well, to save cost on cooking oil.

Aiyoh! Mana boleh ini macam maa...!

Beware Ladies When You Are On High Heel Shoes

David Ng emailed this warning and ask to pass it to the ladies we care about... So ladies, beware! Not because want to be looked upon pretty, elegant and sexy but sacrify your healthty body....

TEARS

David Ng has emailed me this short article about TEARS which perhaps he wants you all, especially those who always in self pity or sad or be bullied to cry out loud and do not hold back but to pour out all tears so that you probably will get good health... But to those who always in happy mood, better do not cry due to your happiness because tears from that moment do not give any goodness! Ha..ha..ha...

The article goes like this....

There was a study done where a control group of 100 people were divided into two:
50 people watched a very funny, tears-of laughter type movie; and another 50 watched a very sad and tears of compassion type movie. At the end of the sessions researchers collected the 'happy tears' and the 'sad tears' with eye droppers.

They found that 'happy tears' are made up of brine...salt water and not a great deal else. However the 'sad tears' were found to contain the very same chemicals and enzymes that are found in tumors, ulcers and other such lumps and bumps sicknesses through out the body.

This test concluded that the body, when crying in sadness etc. is literally flushing out all of the toxic-chemicals that accumulate and are a part of the sadness or heartache experience. Therefore if one holds back those tears, those toxic-waters will find somewhere else to deposit themselves... and prolonged lack-of-crying-release will guarantee that the body will accumulate a huge amount of internal pollution and toxicity that should have been released through the tears... is it any wonder that the eyes sting so much when we hold back our tears?

LESSON FROM THE STUDY:

CRY YOUR HEART OUT WHEN YOU ARE SAD, LONELY, ALONE, DEPRESSED, ETC... IT IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH!

An Egoist Project Which Is Now Becoming 'Flu' To World Economy

Sekolah Tidak Boleh Memaksa Ibu Bapa Atau Murid Membeli Buku Kerja Tambahan (Sedutan Dari Laman Web KPM)

The STAR bertarikh 14 Disember 2009

FORCED TO BUY: CAN SCHOOL FORCE STUDENTS TO BUY EXTRA WORKBOOKS? MOE, PLS CLARIFY.

Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia (KPM) ingin mengucapkan terima kasih dan merujuk kepada SMS Akhbar The STAR bertarikh 14 Disember 2009 – FORCED TO BUY:- CAN SCHOOL FORCE STUDENTS TO BUY EXTRA WORKBOOKS? MOE, PLS CLARIFY.
KPM ingin memaklumkan bahawa penggunaan buku kerja di sekolah rendah adalah tidak diwajibkan dan penggunaannya adalah terhad untuk tujuan pengukuhan pembelajaran selepas guru telah mengajar satu-satu topik matapelajaran di sekolah.
Untuk itu, sekolah-sekolah tidak boleh memaksa ibu bapa atau murid-murid untuk membeli buku-buku kerja tambahan.
Perkara ini boleh dirujuk didalam Surat Pekeliling Ikhtisas Bil. 10/1991 (Penggunaan Buku Kerja Di Sekolah Rendah), Bil. 10/1993 (Penggunaan Buku Kerja Di Sekolah) dan Bil. 1/2000 (Penggunaan Buku Kerja Di Sekolah Rendah) yang jelas menerangkan maksudnya berkaitan dengan buku kerja tambahan.

UNIT KOMUNIKASI KORPORAT
KEMENTERIAN PELAJARAN MALAYSIA
22 DISEMBER 2009

Diterbitkan Oleh: Bahagian Hal Ehwal Korporat

Hong Kong - It's Back To English

Hong Kong Chinese Schools Change Their Language Policy
(Except from The Malay Mail, p.14, Dec 17, 2009)

The number of secondary schools teaching in English will almost double in September next year when the changes take effect, starting from Form One in the next academic year.

Taking advantage of the latest changes in language policy, 16 schools which are now teaching in Chinese will switch to teaching in entirely in English. Another 80 schools will adopt a mixed approach - using Chinese for humanities subjects but using English for science subjects. However, seven schools will do the opposite by switching at least some classes from English to Chinese.

All together there will be 199 schools or nearly half of the 402 secondary schools in Hong Kong will be teaching fully or mainly in English.

Many schools said they made the switch because of an appeal from parents. The principal of one of the schools, said: "Many schools including us, made the switch because of the market or parents' demand."

The Angel Falls That Is No More!

Sun Dec 20, 2009
CARACAS (AFP) – The world's tallest waterfall -- Angel Falls in southern Venezuela should be stripped of the name by which it is widely known in favour of its indigenous one, President Hugo Chavez said.
The falls, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, were spotted by US pilot Jimmy Angel in 1937, bringing international attention to what has become one of Venezuela's top tourist attractions, though it is in remote Bolivar state.
In indigenous Pemon, the falls are called Kerepakupai meru, meaning "waterfall of the deepest place."

For All PC Users

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Learn Mandarin To Foster Better Understanding - PM

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak wants to see more Malays learning Mandarin. By doing so, he believes the language could be a tool for those from different backgrounds to respect as well as honour each other. Through Mandarin too, the nation could relate better to China, which is an economic powerhouse.

"We have a relationship with China that is based on natural linkages that can have strategics and economic advantages. My son is also learning Mandarin at Georgetown University in the United States. Maybe one day, I will bring him here to deliver a speech in Mandarin." He said to a loud applause at the 90th anniversary dinner of Chong Hwa Independent High School last night. News extracted from NST, December 15, 2009.

Obviously, many have perceived that China is going to be the world superpower politically and economically and this is also be seen by the PM. Thus not suprisingly perhaps, the PM has planned far ahead politically where he is grooming his son to be the future leader of the country where relationship with China and understanding of the culture of Chinese people would be foremost important to stir the country to the forefront of international agenda. By learning Mandarin as mentioned by the PM, the future prime minister of the country could relate better to the leader and the people of China, hence provide better advantages economically and politically. How farsighted our PM! Ha..ha..ha.. How about you?

Cinnamon and Honey

Cinnamon and Honey -

Which Country Going To Win The 2010 FIFA World Cup?

The Countries Most Likely To Win World Cup 2010 Revealed By Scientific Analysis

London, Dec 5 (ANI): A massively detailed stats analysis has revealed that Brazil has the maximum chance of lifting the World Cup in South Africa next year, followed by Spain, England and Holland.
According to the predictions by Castrol, who have examined all possible results from every game in the tournament, with a 23.6 percent chance, Brazil are the favorites to win the trophy, followed by Spain on 16.1 per cent, England on 10.4 per cent and Holland on 10.1 per cent.
The predictions involved more than 20,000 calculations, and took into account the form of each nation’s attack and defense. They also looked at overall form in the last five years, with the most recent results counting for more, The Sun reported.
The data also shows that England have a 90.2 per cent chance of going through from Group C, where they were drawn alongside the USA, Algeria and Slovenia.
Four countries, Algeria, Slovenia, North Korea and New Zealand have been given no chance of victory. (ANI)

How To Treat Diarrhoea When Medication Slow To Work!

This article is emailed to me by one David Ng, a relative of mind. Please be noted that decision to engage to the method prescribe in the article is your own and I do not claim resposiblity for any hazard caused from the presciption.

Dear Friends,

This sounds interesting and their is solid science behind it. With recent case on the Geylang Serai food poisoning outbreak in Singapore... would like to share the info received from a friend, please read on. It may be of help...

When someone gets diarrhoea, sometimes the solution is so easy, we wonder why anyone has to suffer. The secret is in rice water. This is already known in this region. Ask your maids -- Sri Lankan, Indonesian, Filipina and they would know about it. (My mother) knew about it. When Dr Albert Winsemius came to Singapore for a farewell and thank you dinner in his honour, he brought along his wife Aly and his granddaughter, Jolijn. Both women came down with very bad gastroenteritis. They saw the doctor who gave them medication. It was slow to work.

Mother boiled some rice in lots of water and went to their hotel with two 1.5L bottles of rice water. I cringed in shame at the offer of this folk remedy, which seemed so primitive to me. Never heard of this cure before. To my surprise, it worked, and they were even able to go out for dinner the next day. Both were exclaiming how the rice water did the trick of making them well again. Well, lucky it worked, I thought to myself. I was discussing this some years back with Kim Ng, the ex-matron of KK Hospital. She said, yes, that is what Professor Wong Hock Boon, the notable paediatrician teaches. I was shocked and made some comment how could he? It was common knowledge so what had he to do with it?

Many months later, I regretted laughing at it. Dr Christina Shanta Emmanuel, who is the CEO of...uh, which group I have forgotten. Either National Health Group, or Polyclinics, or whatever.. regarded me seriously when I brought up the topic like it was good fun. She said that Prof Wong Hock Boon had presented a paper on it. At some conference. After he had done clinical trials.

Then his results were published in the Lancet, the Medical Journal all doctors read. In fact, said Shanta, he was credited for saving the lives of 2 million African babies by this method.

Ah, so! I am impressed.

It is rice water and not rice, that does the trick. I have found it effective again and again. You take a handful of rice and boil it in a large saucepan with lots of water. Like three or four large glasses. Then you cool that and drink the water. If you are in a hurry to relieve the ailing person, take the saucepan off the fire and dunk it in a frying pan or basin of cool water with ice cubes if necessary.

This gives the patient a chance to drink the rice water sooner and cure himself or herself sooner. When drinking the rice water, make sure there is lots of it. You have to tell the patient that enough water must go in to line your guts from throat to other end, all 10 to 12 metres of it. If you take rice, it stays in the stomach. If you take broth, some of it may go into the small intestine. But if you take rice water, it will carry rice grains to every inch of your small and large intestine to the end where the problem is. How does it work? Even Prof Wong Hock Boon doesn't know. Read the attached file. Or go to * http://rehydrate.org/dd/dd06.htm#page2*

It is good to pass on the news to everyone you know because the complaint is so common and people suffer unnecessarily. You would be doing your friends a great favour to relieve them of their misery when the occasion arises.

Thank you.

Time To Think

Another good piece emailed by my good friend, Kok Ah Moi for us to ponder...

10WORDS

My very good coursemate, Kok Ah Moi, from the Headship Course (NPQH 4/2001) at IAB, Genting Highlands more than 8 yaers ago has emailed me this very meaningful powerpoint presentation done by Abhishek Mathur which I find worth to share it here for us to ponder.... Please click to the link below to start the show.

http://d.yimg.com/kq/groups/1838411/446461962/name/10words.pps

Tech News From http://tech.yahoo.com

Christopher Null: The Working Guy Blog
http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/154921
Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:31PM EST

1 in 3 Laptop Die in First Three Years

Buzz up! 267 votes, so your new laptop computer died in inside of a year. "I'll never buy a computer from [insert manufacturer name here] again!" I've heard the protests time and time again.
Yeah, maybe you got a lemon, but no matter which brand you bought, you truly are not alone in this situation: An analysis of 30,000 new laptops from SquareTrade, which provides aftermarket warranty coverage for electronics products, has found that in the first three years of ownership, nearly a third of laptops (31 percent) will fail.
That's actually better than I would have expected based on my experience and observations on how people treat their equipment.
SquareTrade has more detailed information (the full PDF of the company's study is available here) on the research on its website. But here are some highlights about how, why, and which laptops fail:
> 20.4 percent of failures are due to hardware malfunctions. 10.6 percent are due to drops, spills, or other accidental damage.
> Netbooks have a roughly 20 percent higher failure rate due to hardware malfunctions than standard laptops. The more you pay for your laptop, the less likely it is to fail in general (maybe because you're more careful with it?).
> The most reliable companies? A shocker: Toshiba and Asus, both with below a 16 percent failure rate due to hardware malfunction.
> The least reliable brands? Acer, Gateway, and HP. HP's hardware malfunction rate, the worst in SquareTrade's analysis, is a whopping 25.6 percent.

None of the numbers are overly surprising. As SquareTrade notes, "the typical laptop endures more use and abuse than nearly any other consumer electronic device (with the possible exception of cell phones)," so failures are really inevitable.
Want to keep your notebook running for longer than a few years? Ensure your laptop is as drop-proofed as possible (use a padded bag or case, route cords so they won't be tripped on, lock children in another room), and protect it as best you can from heat and dust.

Kajang High School in Early Years

To all the old boys of Kajang High School, this picture surely creates nolstalgic moment and brings your memories back to the sweet, the good and the bad old days at KHS.

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Your Future Depends On Your Dreams!

GO TO BED NOW! doesn't mean you must go to sleep right now on the bright day light. It means don't over stress yourself, example like when do revision for your SPM tomorrow, do not revise till to the early hours. You must have enough sleep so that you'll be fresh to sit for the exam tomorrow morning.

Universal Values!