The Walk of Life

My holiday ended last night, coinciding with the departure of my sister-in-law florence who returned to the US. While she was staying with us for the past 3 months, she took over most of the cooking and marketing and I am really grateful and thankful for that. I needed some relief from my caregiving as well as household chores badly! Managed to read a few books and spend some time learning how to earn some money online.

Lately, I went for my full medical and was given a scare. The X-rays showed a growth in my lung and the physician ordered a ct-scan and a biopsy to be done immediately! Things have it that the ct-scan was delayed for about a week and it was a time of great anxiety, an unusual experience for me and my family members.

What if this growth turned out to be malignant? If so should I go for chemotherapy, radiotherapy or alternative cures? What if I have limited time on earth? If so how should I make arrangements for rock? and so on and so forth. Was I afraid? Strangely No, for somehow there is a peace in my heart all the time. I even thought of getting someone to write my obituary and I can read it! I guess very few people managed to read theirs! Ha ha! Quite funny really! Family members and relatives tend to be solemn and quiet when I was around! Hey! they think of the worst scenario already! Rock was really courageous and when I told her of the ct-scan she took it very well. In fact when she noticed the delay in the scan she thought I was afraid to face reality! She advised me to do it quickly and at least we know what we should do as a next step! I am truly amazed at her strength which I never noticed before.

Anyway, when I was going through the ct-scan procedure, the physician explained to me in detail what he was going to do to me. The scariest part was when he explained the biopsy whereby he would poke into my lungs to take a tissue sample after the ct-scan. I would have experience air escaping from my lungs as well as some bleeding in my cough! So after the ct-scan, with me lying on the narrow bed, there was a long pause before the biopsy. The nurses were sticking nipple like valves on my chest in preparation for the Super Poke! Suddenly the physician said something and the nurses removed everything and a biopsy was not necessary! Boy! that was music to my ears! It seems everything is fine and that growth was some calcification or nodules; non-tissue! Nothing to worry about said the physician. Now I wonder are my lungs hardening or turning to stone?

Everyone was so happy when I called them from the hospital telling them the end results! I can sense their relief and so was I too! Well, what have I learned over this experience? One thing for sure is having been reconciled to God, I do not fear death! Strange but its true! Remembered the last words from my late brother-in-law, florence's hubby when he was gasping for his last breath, he said "O death where is your sting!" I fully understand now, how very important it is to be reconciled to God, for it minus the fear out of dying. Those who knows Him knows where they will be going! Perhaps its a God given rehearsal in preparation for the time when I really have to check-out! Nothing can teach you more of dying than to go through it yourself be if for real or just a scare! My life was in suspension over that couple of days!

Today's news carried the story of Opposition MP Theresa Kok's parent's home had two Molotov Cocktails thrown into the compound sometime early this morning. Fortunately no one was hurt and no serious damaged to the house except for some broken pieces of glass scattered around.

I am rather troubled by such actions. Police do not know who did it and hopefully they can catch the person who did it. A series of statements by the Malaysian or Barisan Government officials on Theresa Kok were quite amusing if not so pathetic. For non-Malaysian readers, a bit of background information will help to make you understand better the events that happened.

Theresa Kok was 'arrested' under our Internal Security Act (ISA) for purportedly making a call to two Mosques to tone down the 'Azan Call' which is the Islamic Call for Prayers. Theresa Kok denied any involvement in this and even the two Mosques concerned supported Theresa's statement. If I am not mistaken Theresa was detained for a couple of days. Upon her release from the ISA detention, she made a police report against those who accused her in this issue. Of course the police are now investigating and we are patiently waiting for the outcome of their investigation to see whether justice be done or just die off.

Certain Government Official said that Theres was NOT under arrest but being taken in for her own protection! I presume the police must have had information or evidence that Theresa's life was in danger or else they would not have taken her in for her own protection. Then when Theresa was released, she complained about the food being served was horrible and there was again a hue an cry over the inhuman treatment of detainees!

Another Government Official came out explaining that as 'criminals' what do you expect? So now we are totally confused! Was Theresa taken in for her own protection or taken in as a 'criminal' which in this case would be causing security threat to the country. This again is not proven but based on certain people making an accusation!

I find the whole thing so ridiculous and I wonder what sort of people we have in our Government. Interpreting our 'Laws' as they deem fit or convenient? Well, one lesson in life I have learned is that if you want to lie, you need to have a very good memory or else something you said at a later date will expose your lie!

Coming back to the Molokov Cocktail incident, I am very concern!

Theresa Kok's release from ISA by the police sort of exonerated her involvement and yet there are still those who prefer to take the law in their own hands and tried to implement 'justice' or 'retribution' on someone who is innocent? Heinous crimes are on the increase plus this incident make me wonder whether Malaysian Society is deteriorating into a state of 'Lawlessness'! What can our Police do to protect law abiding citizens?

As for the detention food issue, it was reported in the local News that only RM $4.50 per day was allocated for food! It works out to be approximately US $1.30 per day for food! I guess even the poor in our Nation eats more than US $1.30 per day! The amount is barely sufficient to cover the cost of a simple meal let alone for a day! I think it would be much humane to shoot them or hang them rather than to torture them this way! It may work out to be cheaper. Perhaps now we can understand why certain NGO's are accusing our Nation for infringement on Human Rights!

I sincerely believe that although they may be 'criminals' under detention but it is still a basic human right to decent food! Now our famous blogger of Malaysia Kini, Raja Petra Kamaruddin or RPK is sentenced to 2 years detention without trial under ISA and I guess he is experiencing the ISA Fast! Let's pray and uphold RPK and his family during such trying times and pray that justice be done in his case and there will be an option for his case to be heard soon! Hey! how about sending him a Hari Raya Card to cheer him up and show him some moral support? The address is as shown below:-

Y.B. Raja Petra Kamarudin

Tempat Tahanan Perlindungan,

34009 Kamunting,

Taiping.

Perak

Malaysia

Yeah, the title of this post is music to my ears as well as every family member of ours. I went for a full medical check-up lately and the results of my blood test and chest X-rays came back with 'bad news'! This means further tests required to see how serious. I have Diabetes Mellitus Type I and my blood tests showed 'poor control'. This is not so worrying as compared to my chest X-ray which showed some 'growth' in my lung!

Everyone in the family was concerned. Nowadays any 'growth' is to be frowned upon and I was scheduled for a CT Scan and a Biopsy a week later. For the whole week everyone seems to be rather quiet. Our family is a joyous bubbly group and when everyone is quiet especially when I was around, it means something serious lah!

Yesterday I had my CT Scan done and when the doctor was going through the results, it was a tense moment. If he saw something 'bad' then a Biopsy would be done immediately. There was I lying on the bed with two nurses on my right and left ready to stick probes inside my lungs to take tissue samples for testing! Then suddenly, the nurses removed all the attachments on my chest and said "Congratulations! You are OK!" and boy, what a relief! No need to do biopsy for the growth was non-tissue but a small calcification measuring 1cm by 2cm in my lung and shown as a shadow on the X-ray.

I post this as an appreciation and thanks to friends and fellow bloggers who wish me well when I posted about my medical check-up 10 days ago! So now I have a clean bill of health, sort of except I have to see the doctors for some prescription for my diabetes to bring it to a healthier level! Thank the Lord for seeing me through it all!

Remember the little girl who was on the World's Center Stage during the recent Beijing Olympics? she is now highly sought after for advertisements. I do not know her name but ever since I saw her on the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics where she sat beside the pianist and even managed to play a few keys, I am unable to forget her face! she has such a sweet, innocent and lovely face.

Received some great photos of her and post here so that others can appreciate this Angelic looking Chinese girl. I guess by now she is a very famous 'girl' in China.

Recently our local weather is HOT! It seems that every time we are in the Ramahdan Month we usually hit the HOT period! Don't really understand why because Ramahdan in the Islamic Calendar changes every year, sometimes in December, or January then this year in September etc. Yet the HOT climate seems to follow it!

Well what I want to share and serves as a Warning to you folks is the danger of leaving your cellphone in the car under such hot weather! I received this information from a friend and not sure about the authenticity of it but its better to be safe than to get this shocker! Take a look at the photos here before I try to explain what happened!

Yeap! these photos show an EXPLOSION! According to the report from Middle East, a cellphone left inside a car under the hot Sun exploded and caused such severe damaged to the car! Quite unbelievable though, that a tiny cellphone exploded like a hand-grenade, that can caused such severe damage! The report further warned locals there not to leave their cellphone in their cars parked outside or not in shaded places! Boy! I know how hot the Middle East can be in the day time.

Will this happen in Malaysia? Our temperatures seldom goes beyond 40C but the temperature inside a car under our local Sun for a couple of hours can get to such degree of hotness! True or not just be warned about this danger! Perhaps someone can check this out!