When we are living,we should live without inhabitation and do the things we want to do. in other words, we live and celebrate life. We have to live out our dreams and do not let our dreams remain as unfulfilled dreams as much as possible. So, in our end, we leave this world in a light and easy way.
In Chinese custom, when a person passes away when they reach a 100 years, their wake must be celebration and the decendants will wear red colour outfit to celebrate the achievement and express their happiness. This is the right way but it should not be based on reaching a 100 but at the ending of a fulfilled life which is not measured by the length of each natural life. It is not how long we live but how well we live. How fulfilled our life have beern.
There is a purpose in all our living and we to go deep into our self and search for purpose. Don't short change your self and compromise your purpose before starting. Once, you get your purpose convert into dreams and continue pursue your dreams. Move towards your dreams by taking the appropriate actions. Adjust your actions on the way. It is important that the process to pursuing your dreams is more important the end result. The means is more important then the end.
Namaste.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Malaysia - where are we going
'Learn from history to break out of middle income trap'
Hazlan Zakaria • 2011-07-31 10:17:34 +0000
The failure to learn from history's school of economic hard knocks is the biggest hurdle for Malaysia in its journey toward a high-income country.
This was the warnining issued by assistant secretary-general for economic development in the United Nations' Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Jomo K Sundaram.
"It is important to learn from our failures and successes. If we don't know about our history, how can we go on?" he argued.
Jomo was speaking today in Kuala Lumpur at the 5th Annual Malaysian Student Leaders Summit, part of a panel of speakers on the topic of how Malaysia can achieve its high income economy aims.
He was referring to Malaysia's experience through the economic downturns of the early 80s and mid 90s. Something he said could have been averted if our government was more astute.
Be that as it may, the UN official saw the lessons of yore as valuable signposts in our journey to a high income nation, but worried that the government is yet again turning a blind eye to the same pitfalls and problems.
Most prominently, Jomo (left) lamented that despite warning signs from past difficulties, Malaysia's economy continue to be "unnecessarily FDI oriented".
"In most countries domestic investment leads and FDIs follow. But here FDIs lead but domestic investment follow," the economic expert point out.
Such a policy, he said, debilitates the government as it then in turn becomes beholden to foreign investors who expects incentives and other sweeteners.
We can posit from Jomo's argument that Malaysia will be held hostage by foreign investors who may pull out if things are not to their liking.
'Over reliance on finance sector'
Another anomaly in Malaysian economy, Jomo continue to point out, is the reliance on the financial services sector which may be problematic.
He cautioned that the finance sector while instrumental in moving around millions of ringgit does not really create any value added to the economy in reality.
"Similarly in other countries investment leads and finance follows. But here finance leads and investment follows."
The former Universiti Malaya lecturer added that the financial industry's influence is so big that it even led to the liberalisation of the stock market.
The focus on the twin money spinners of the stock market and finance led to the devaluation of real growth engines like the industrial sector.
Indeed Jomo shared statistics which showed that Malaysia has been in the process of de-industrialisation that saw the sector shrinking in the last decade.
He warned that this may be a bad move and may lead to problems.
"Rather than recognise where the growth is coming from, there was too much focus on the stock market," said the UN official.
'Finance minister of the year'
Jomo explained, the situation was made worse with the emergence of the business media and receiving its accolades, at the expense of implementing well-considered financial policies.
"How do you become the finance minister of the year? Well you do all you can to please the stock market.
This act more often than not led to inappropriate incentives and caused problems.
Problems that led to the stock market collapse of 1993 and 1997 - the result of an overheated investment environment as government allowed the bubble to grow too fast and then was helpless as it burst.
The collapse further leading to "disastrous consequences", such as the bailouts of BN-linked companies that caused taxpayers millions.
However, not all our past experience was negatives ones, Jomo argued, pointing to the cogent industrial policy of previous administrations that led to the rapid growth in the late 80s and early 90s.
He posited that a strong and government-led industrial policy may be our saviour in meeting the growth we need to achieve high income, giving as example, state intervention in palm oil which opened new doors and generated a boom in Malaysian business.
This despite the anti-palm oil lobby at the time causing major problems to market access in traditinal palm oil consumer nations like Europe and the US.
He gave credit in large part to the centralised governemnt effort to our palm oil success, as individually the palm oil producers would not have been able to clinch the deals and come up with plans that was put in place such as the barter deals with new markets like India and China.
However he cautioned that most regulations and laws that form the backbone of Malaysian policies currently are either "inappropriate", "selectively enforced" or not enforced at all.
Jomo advised a redressing of our problematic regulations and laws as well as the fomulation of a government policy to find, support and develop new and promising sectors as our future engine of growth.
Achieving a high income economy is the holy grail of Premier Najib Abdul Razak's New Economic Model and Economic Transformation Programme. A journey which the government say we are well on the way of, though critics and economists like Jomo may hold a differing opinion.
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Hazlan Zakaria • 2011-07-31 10:17:34 +0000
The failure to learn from history's school of economic hard knocks is the biggest hurdle for Malaysia in its journey toward a high-income country.
This was the warnining issued by assistant secretary-general for economic development in the United Nations' Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Jomo K Sundaram.
"It is important to learn from our failures and successes. If we don't know about our history, how can we go on?" he argued.
Jomo was speaking today in Kuala Lumpur at the 5th Annual Malaysian Student Leaders Summit, part of a panel of speakers on the topic of how Malaysia can achieve its high income economy aims.
He was referring to Malaysia's experience through the economic downturns of the early 80s and mid 90s. Something he said could have been averted if our government was more astute.
Be that as it may, the UN official saw the lessons of yore as valuable signposts in our journey to a high income nation, but worried that the government is yet again turning a blind eye to the same pitfalls and problems.
Most prominently, Jomo (left) lamented that despite warning signs from past difficulties, Malaysia's economy continue to be "unnecessarily FDI oriented".
"In most countries domestic investment leads and FDIs follow. But here FDIs lead but domestic investment follow," the economic expert point out.
Such a policy, he said, debilitates the government as it then in turn becomes beholden to foreign investors who expects incentives and other sweeteners.
We can posit from Jomo's argument that Malaysia will be held hostage by foreign investors who may pull out if things are not to their liking.
'Over reliance on finance sector'
Another anomaly in Malaysian economy, Jomo continue to point out, is the reliance on the financial services sector which may be problematic.
He cautioned that the finance sector while instrumental in moving around millions of ringgit does not really create any value added to the economy in reality.
"Similarly in other countries investment leads and finance follows. But here finance leads and investment follows."
The former Universiti Malaya lecturer added that the financial industry's influence is so big that it even led to the liberalisation of the stock market.
The focus on the twin money spinners of the stock market and finance led to the devaluation of real growth engines like the industrial sector.
Indeed Jomo shared statistics which showed that Malaysia has been in the process of de-industrialisation that saw the sector shrinking in the last decade.
He warned that this may be a bad move and may lead to problems.
"Rather than recognise where the growth is coming from, there was too much focus on the stock market," said the UN official.
'Finance minister of the year'
Jomo explained, the situation was made worse with the emergence of the business media and receiving its accolades, at the expense of implementing well-considered financial policies.
"How do you become the finance minister of the year? Well you do all you can to please the stock market.
This act more often than not led to inappropriate incentives and caused problems.
Problems that led to the stock market collapse of 1993 and 1997 - the result of an overheated investment environment as government allowed the bubble to grow too fast and then was helpless as it burst.
The collapse further leading to "disastrous consequences", such as the bailouts of BN-linked companies that caused taxpayers millions.
However, not all our past experience was negatives ones, Jomo argued, pointing to the cogent industrial policy of previous administrations that led to the rapid growth in the late 80s and early 90s.
He posited that a strong and government-led industrial policy may be our saviour in meeting the growth we need to achieve high income, giving as example, state intervention in palm oil which opened new doors and generated a boom in Malaysian business.
This despite the anti-palm oil lobby at the time causing major problems to market access in traditinal palm oil consumer nations like Europe and the US.
He gave credit in large part to the centralised governemnt effort to our palm oil success, as individually the palm oil producers would not have been able to clinch the deals and come up with plans that was put in place such as the barter deals with new markets like India and China.
However he cautioned that most regulations and laws that form the backbone of Malaysian policies currently are either "inappropriate", "selectively enforced" or not enforced at all.
Jomo advised a redressing of our problematic regulations and laws as well as the fomulation of a government policy to find, support and develop new and promising sectors as our future engine of growth.
Achieving a high income economy is the holy grail of Premier Najib Abdul Razak's New Economic Model and Economic Transformation Programme. A journey which the government say we are well on the way of, though critics and economists like Jomo may hold a differing opinion.
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Saturday, July 30, 2011
Trap within the body
Just imagine when our mind is active but our body is damaged. What we can do if we have the consciousness or awareness in our sicken body and frequently, we have to endure the intense pain which float up to disturb our peaceful mind. Yes, we can not do anything about the pain and we would be just living in a shell, only to see , hear and feel the touch yet we cannot move.
It is like sleeping there waiting to die. With a clear mind and a beautiful breath. The pain gets gradually intense and will blur the mind and quicken the breath. So, before this time, we have to focus on the breath. Each breath is beautiful and if we run scare or confused what isW the use ? Can we become better? So, if we cannot do anything about it , then why we need to be scare? Death is no more an option and what we need to stare in the face of death. The quicker we realized the situation and accepts , we will calm down to dispel the disturbing thoughts and troublesome pain.
Yes, we have to concentrate on the beautiful breath. It is the only thing left apart from the clear mind and its wonderful memories. Even the memories, we have to focus and keep out the disturbing thoughts. We have to constrantly remind our self, there is no more other options but to die a beautiful death when the time is up.
The body will gradually be worn out and life will gradually be taken out. We have to maintain the upmost consciousness and awareness when the last breath happens. Our mind should be vivid and we should prepare to open the door to the next world. At that moment, we do not know whether there is a next world or not. We will be curious and the result could be a big surprise. It does not matter, we still have to take the step forward.
On the way, it will be a daily tussle between pain, our clear mind and our beautiful breath. Our mood will swing and our emotions will be uncontrollable at times, But, we should constantly remind that there is no option and we will need to let go , let go all our burdens and prepare for the next world.
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We do not know what is waiting for us But , does it really matters.
Namaste.
It is like sleeping there waiting to die. With a clear mind and a beautiful breath. The pain gets gradually intense and will blur the mind and quicken the breath. So, before this time, we have to focus on the breath. Each breath is beautiful and if we run scare or confused what isW the use ? Can we become better? So, if we cannot do anything about it , then why we need to be scare? Death is no more an option and what we need to stare in the face of death. The quicker we realized the situation and accepts , we will calm down to dispel the disturbing thoughts and troublesome pain.
Yes, we have to concentrate on the beautiful breath. It is the only thing left apart from the clear mind and its wonderful memories. Even the memories, we have to focus and keep out the disturbing thoughts. We have to constrantly remind our self, there is no more other options but to die a beautiful death when the time is up.
The body will gradually be worn out and life will gradually be taken out. We have to maintain the upmost consciousness and awareness when the last breath happens. Our mind should be vivid and we should prepare to open the door to the next world. At that moment, we do not know whether there is a next world or not. We will be curious and the result could be a big surprise. It does not matter, we still have to take the step forward.
On the way, it will be a daily tussle between pain, our clear mind and our beautiful breath. Our mood will swing and our emotions will be uncontrollable at times, But, we should constantly remind that there is no option and we will need to let go , let go all our burdens and prepare for the next world.
\
We do not know what is waiting for us But , does it really matters.
Namaste.
Latest marriage trend - delays marriage
NEW YORK - Young adults are slowing the road to marriage with "stayover relationships," a dating trend that allows them to enjoy committed relationships without living together, new research shows.
A study from the University of Missouri-Columbia revealed that as an alternative to fully cohabiting couples are spending three of more nights together a week and still maintaining their own homes, which could help to explain recent U.S. census data that indicates people are getting married later.
"Instead of following a clear path from courtship to marriage, individuals are choosing to engage in romantic ties on their own terms -- without the guidance of social norms," said Tyler Jamison, a researcher in the university's Department of Human Development and Family Studies.
"There is a gap between the teen years and adulthood during which we don't know much about the dating behaviors of young adults. Stayovers are the unique answer to what emerging adults are doing in their relationships."
The findings, which are published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, are based on interviews with college-educated adults in committed relationships.
Jamison and the co-author of the study, Lawrence Ganong, found that comfort and convenience are the biggest attractions of stayover relationships among young adults, which allow them to maintain a form of control over the pace of their relationship and their possessions.
"None of them saw themselves as cohabiters," Jamison explained, even if they spent six or seven nights together. "It is interesting how separate they felt about their living arrangements to the point where they would act like a guest in the other person's place."
The need to control the pace of the relationship is mostly based on timing with many young adults not at a point in their lives to make long-term commitments. The stayovers acts as a stopgap measure between casual dating and long-term commitments.
"It is not a different relationship form," Jamison said. "It is one thing that people do while dating."
(Reporting by Paula Rogo; editing by Patricia Reaney)
A study from the University of Missouri-Columbia revealed that as an alternative to fully cohabiting couples are spending three of more nights together a week and still maintaining their own homes, which could help to explain recent U.S. census data that indicates people are getting married later.
"Instead of following a clear path from courtship to marriage, individuals are choosing to engage in romantic ties on their own terms -- without the guidance of social norms," said Tyler Jamison, a researcher in the university's Department of Human Development and Family Studies.
"There is a gap between the teen years and adulthood during which we don't know much about the dating behaviors of young adults. Stayovers are the unique answer to what emerging adults are doing in their relationships."
The findings, which are published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, are based on interviews with college-educated adults in committed relationships.
Jamison and the co-author of the study, Lawrence Ganong, found that comfort and convenience are the biggest attractions of stayover relationships among young adults, which allow them to maintain a form of control over the pace of their relationship and their possessions.
"None of them saw themselves as cohabiters," Jamison explained, even if they spent six or seven nights together. "It is interesting how separate they felt about their living arrangements to the point where they would act like a guest in the other person's place."
The need to control the pace of the relationship is mostly based on timing with many young adults not at a point in their lives to make long-term commitments. The stayovers acts as a stopgap measure between casual dating and long-term commitments.
"It is not a different relationship form," Jamison said. "It is one thing that people do while dating."
(Reporting by Paula Rogo; editing by Patricia Reaney)
Chewing our food slowly promotes less eating ( news)
NEW YORK - A new study finds that people who chew their food more take in fewer calories, which may help them control their weight.
Chewing food 40 times instead of a typical 15 times caused study participants to eat nearly 12 percent fewer calories, according to results published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Jie Li and colleagues from Harbin Medical University in China gave a typical breakfast to 14 obese young men and 16 young men of normal weight to see if there were differences in how they chewed their food. The researchers also looked to see whether chewing more would lead subjects to eat less and would affect levels of blood sugar or certain hormones that regulate appetite.
Previous research has explored the connection between obesity and chewing, with mixed results. Several studies have found eating faster and chewing less are associated with obesity, while others have found no such link.
In the current study, the team found a connection between the amount of chewing and levels of several hormones that "tell the brain when to begin to eat and when to stop eating," said co-author Shuran Wang in an email.
More chewing was associated with lower blood levels of ghrelin, a hormone that stimulates appetite, as well as higher levels of CCK, a hormone believed to reduce appetite.
These hormones may "represent useful targets for future obesity therapies," Wang told Reuters Health, since regulating their levels may help people control their appetite.
The authors found no difference between the size of bites taken by obese or normal-weight men, and no link between chewing duration and blood sugar or insulin levels in any of the men.
Since the study was small and only included young men, it does not necessarily predict how extended chewing will affect the calorie intake of other people, the authors noted.
The 12 percent reduction in calories eaten by the group who chewed their food 40 times in the study could potentially translate into significant weight loss, however.
If the average person cut their calorie intake by 12 percent, they would lose nearly 25 pounds in one year, said Adam Drewnowski, director of the University of Washington Center for Obesity Research in Seattle.
But since the typical diet includes foods that are not chewed -- such as soup and ice cream -- the actual amount of weight one is likely to lose by chewing more is much less, he cautioned.
"I suppose that if you chew each bite of food 100 times or more you may end up eating less. However, I am not sure that this is a viable obesity prevention measure," said Drewnowski, who was not involved in the current study.
Despite the study's limitations, the authors say the relationship between eating behaviors and obesity is worth studying further, to help slow a growing health problem worldwide.
More than a third of American adults are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Obesity is an important risk factor for a number of health problems, including heart disease and diabetes. A 2010 study from the Brookings Institution estimated the economic cost of obesity in the U.S. to be over $200 billion per year.
Chewing food 40 times instead of a typical 15 times caused study participants to eat nearly 12 percent fewer calories, according to results published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Jie Li and colleagues from Harbin Medical University in China gave a typical breakfast to 14 obese young men and 16 young men of normal weight to see if there were differences in how they chewed their food. The researchers also looked to see whether chewing more would lead subjects to eat less and would affect levels of blood sugar or certain hormones that regulate appetite.
Previous research has explored the connection between obesity and chewing, with mixed results. Several studies have found eating faster and chewing less are associated with obesity, while others have found no such link.
In the current study, the team found a connection between the amount of chewing and levels of several hormones that "tell the brain when to begin to eat and when to stop eating," said co-author Shuran Wang in an email.
More chewing was associated with lower blood levels of ghrelin, a hormone that stimulates appetite, as well as higher levels of CCK, a hormone believed to reduce appetite.
These hormones may "represent useful targets for future obesity therapies," Wang told Reuters Health, since regulating their levels may help people control their appetite.
The authors found no difference between the size of bites taken by obese or normal-weight men, and no link between chewing duration and blood sugar or insulin levels in any of the men.
Since the study was small and only included young men, it does not necessarily predict how extended chewing will affect the calorie intake of other people, the authors noted.
The 12 percent reduction in calories eaten by the group who chewed their food 40 times in the study could potentially translate into significant weight loss, however.
If the average person cut their calorie intake by 12 percent, they would lose nearly 25 pounds in one year, said Adam Drewnowski, director of the University of Washington Center for Obesity Research in Seattle.
But since the typical diet includes foods that are not chewed -- such as soup and ice cream -- the actual amount of weight one is likely to lose by chewing more is much less, he cautioned.
"I suppose that if you chew each bite of food 100 times or more you may end up eating less. However, I am not sure that this is a viable obesity prevention measure," said Drewnowski, who was not involved in the current study.
Despite the study's limitations, the authors say the relationship between eating behaviors and obesity is worth studying further, to help slow a growing health problem worldwide.
More than a third of American adults are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Obesity is an important risk factor for a number of health problems, including heart disease and diabetes. A 2010 study from the Brookings Institution estimated the economic cost of obesity in the U.S. to be over $200 billion per year.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Ghost festival - 7th Chinese month
This article is about the Chinese Ghost Festival. For the festival in Loei province, Thailand, see Pee Ta Khon. Ghost Festiva
Taoism and Folk Belief:
Observed by Buddhists, Taoists, Chinese folk religion believers
Significance The opening of the gates of Hell, permitting all ghosts to receive food and drink
Date 14th night of the 7th lunar month
2010 date August 24
2011 date August 14
2012 date August 31
Observances Ancestor worship, offering food (to monks as well as deceased), burning joss paper, chanting of scriptures
The Ghost Festival, also known as the Hungry Ghost Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival and holiday celebrated by Chinese in many countries. In the Chinese calendar (a lunisolar calendar), the Ghost Festival is on the 15th night of the seventh lunar month (14th in southern China).
In Chinese tradition, the fifteenth day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar is called Ghost Day and the seventh month in general is regarded as the Ghost Month (鬼月), in which ghosts and spirits, including those of the deceased ancestors, come out from the lower realm. Distinct from both the Qingming Festival (in Spring) and Chung Yeung Festival (in Autumn) in which living descendants pay homage to their deceased ancestors, on Ghost Day, the deceased are believed to visit the living.
On the fifteenth day the realms of Heaven and Hell and the realm of the living are open and both Taoists and Buddhists would perform rituals to transmute and absolve the sufferings of the deceased. Intrinsic to the Ghost Month is ancestor worship, where traditionally the filial piety of descendants extends to their ancestors even after their deaths. Activities during the month would include preparing ritualistic food offerings, burning incense, and burning joss paper, a papier-mâché form of material items such as clothes, gold and other fine goods for the visiting spirits of the ancestors. Elaborate meals (often vegetarian meals) would be served with empty seats for each of the deceased in the family treating the deceased as if they are still living. Ancestor worship is what distinguishes Qingming Festival from Ghost Festival because the latter includes paying respects to all deceased, including the same and younger generations, while the former only includes older generations. Other festivities may include, buying and releasing miniature paper boats and lanterns on water, which signifies giving directions to the lost ghosts and spirits of the ancestors and other deities.
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Taoism and Folk Belief:
Observed by Buddhists, Taoists, Chinese folk religion believers
Significance The opening of the gates of Hell, permitting all ghosts to receive food and drink
Date 14th night of the 7th lunar month
2010 date August 24
2011 date August 14
2012 date August 31
Observances Ancestor worship, offering food (to monks as well as deceased), burning joss paper, chanting of scriptures
The Ghost Festival, also known as the Hungry Ghost Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival and holiday celebrated by Chinese in many countries. In the Chinese calendar (a lunisolar calendar), the Ghost Festival is on the 15th night of the seventh lunar month (14th in southern China).
In Chinese tradition, the fifteenth day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar is called Ghost Day and the seventh month in general is regarded as the Ghost Month (鬼月), in which ghosts and spirits, including those of the deceased ancestors, come out from the lower realm. Distinct from both the Qingming Festival (in Spring) and Chung Yeung Festival (in Autumn) in which living descendants pay homage to their deceased ancestors, on Ghost Day, the deceased are believed to visit the living.
On the fifteenth day the realms of Heaven and Hell and the realm of the living are open and both Taoists and Buddhists would perform rituals to transmute and absolve the sufferings of the deceased. Intrinsic to the Ghost Month is ancestor worship, where traditionally the filial piety of descendants extends to their ancestors even after their deaths. Activities during the month would include preparing ritualistic food offerings, burning incense, and burning joss paper, a papier-mâché form of material items such as clothes, gold and other fine goods for the visiting spirits of the ancestors. Elaborate meals (often vegetarian meals) would be served with empty seats for each of the deceased in the family treating the deceased as if they are still living. Ancestor worship is what distinguishes Qingming Festival from Ghost Festival because the latter includes paying respects to all deceased, including the same and younger generations, while the former only includes older generations. Other festivities may include, buying and releasing miniature paper boats and lanterns on water, which signifies giving directions to the lost ghosts and spirits of the ancestors and other deities.
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Facebook's top 50 delicious food in the World.
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50. The only food that tastes better when it's inside out.
50. Buttered popcorn, United States
Corn ─ the workhorse of the industrial world ─ is best when its sweet variety is fried up with lashings of butter till it bursts and then snarfed in greasy fistfuls while watching “Commando” late at night.
49. The best versions are actually served in Singapore
49. Masala dosa, India
A crispy, rice-batter crepe encases a spicy mix of mashed potato, which is then dipped in coconut chutney, pickles, tomato-and-lentil-based sauces and other condiments. It’s a fantastic breakfast food that’ll keep you going till lunch, when you’ll probably come back for another.
48. Potato chips, United States
Potato chips were invented in New York when a chef tried to play a trick on a fussy diner. Now they’re one of the world’s most child-friendly foods. But think of them this way ─ if a single chip cost, say, US$5, it’d be a far greater (and more popular) delicacy than caviar, a prize worth fighting wars over.
47. So fresh you'll think it's flirting with you.
47. Seafood paella, Spain
The sea is lapping just by your feet, a warm breeze whips the tablecloth around your legs and a steamy pan of paella sits in front of you. Shrimp, lobster, mussels and cuttlefish combine with white rice and various herbs, oil and salt in this Valencian dish to send you immediately into holiday mode. Though, if you have it in Spain, you’re probably there already.
46. Som tam, Thailand
To prepare Thailand's most famous salad, pound garlic and chilies with a mortar and pestle. Toss in tamarind juice, fish sauce, peanuts, dried shrimp, tomatoes, lime juice, sugar cane paste, string beans and a handful of grated green papaya.
Grab a side of sticky rice. Variations include those made with crab (som tam boo) and fermented fish sauce (som tam plah lah), but none matches the flavor and simple beauty of the original.
45. The cucumber's an afterthought, the rest though is right on message.
45. Chicken rice, Singapore
Often called the “national dish” of Singapore, this steamed or boiled chicken is served atop fragrant oily rice, with sliced cucumber as the token vegetable. Variants include roasted chicken or soy sauce chicken.
The dipping sauces ─ premium dark soy sauce, chili with garlic and pounded ginger ─ give it that little extra oomph to ensure whenever you’re not actually in Singapore eating chicken rice, you’re thinking of it.
44. Poutine, Canada
French fries smothered in cheese curds and brown gravy. Sounds kind of disgusting, looks even worse, but engulfs the mouth in a saucy, cheesy, fried-potato mix that’ll have you fighting over the last dollop.
Our Canadian friends insist it’s best enjoyed at 3 a.m. after “several” beers.
43. Two tacos are just never enough.
43. Tacos, Mexico
A fresh, handmade tortilla stuffed with small chunks of grilled beef rubbed in oil and sea salt then covered with guacamole, salsa, onions, cilantro or anything else you want ─ perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner. This is the reason no visitor leaves Mexico weighing less than when they arrived.
42. Buttered toast with Marmite, Britain
OK, anything buttered is probably going to taste great, but there’s something about this tangy, salty, sour, love-it-or-hate-it yeast extract that turns a piece of grilled bread into a reason to go on living. For extra yum factor, add a layer of marmalade.
41. Stinky tofu, Southeast Asia
Nothing really prepares you for the stench of one of the strangest dishes on earth. Like durian, smelly tofu is one of Southeat Asia’s most iconic foods.
The odor of fermenting tofu is so overpowering many aren’t able to shake off the memory for months. So is the legendarily divine taste really worth the effort? Sure it is.
40. How can something taste this good? It's just nuts.
40. Marzipan, Germany
Don’t be fooled by cheap imitations, which use soy paste or almond essence. The real stuff, which uses nothing but ground almonds with sugar, is so good, you’ll eat a whole bar of it, feel sick, and still find yourself toying with the wrapper on bar number two.
39. Ketchup, United States
If Malcolm Gladwell says it’s a perfect food, then it’s a perfect food. Let’s face it, anything that can convince two-year-olds to eat their carrots rather than spitting them onto the floor is worthy of not just a “delicious” title, but a “miracle of persuasion” title, too.
38. A measly 500 calories is all this bad boy will cost you.
38. French toast, Hong Kong
Unlike its more restrained Sunday brunch counterpart, Hong Kong-style French toast is like a deep-fried hug. Two pieces of toast are slathered with peanut butter or kaya jam, soaked in egg batter, fried in butter and served with still more butter and lots of syrup. Best enjoyed before cholesterol checks.
37. Chicken parm, Australia
Melted Parmesan and mozzarella cheese, and a peppery, garlicky tomato sauce drizzled over the top of a chicken fillet ─ Aussie pub-goers claim this ostensibly Italian dish as their own. Since they make it so well, there's no point in arguing.
36. Pigs can't fly, but they can grill beautifully.
36. Texas barbecue pork, United States
A saucy mash of chili, tomatoes, onions, pepper and various herbs gives each barbecue chef his or her own personalized zing to lay on top of perfectly prepped pig. Like the Texas sky, the options are endless.
35. As hot, and as tasty, as it looks.
35. Chili crab, Singapore
You can’t visit Singapore without trying its spicy, sloppy, meaty specialty. While there are dozens of ways to prepare crab (with black pepper, salted egg yolk, cheese-baked, et cetera) chili crab remains the local bestseller.
Spicy chili-tomato gravy tends to splatter, which is why you need to mop everything up with mini mantou buns.
34. Maple syrup, Canada
Ever tried eating a pancake without maple syrup? It’s like eating a slice of cardboard. Poorly prepared cardboard.
In fact, Canada’s gift to parents everywhere throw some maple syrup on the kid’s broccoli and see what happens ─ makes just about anything worth trying. Pass the cardboard, please.
33. It's not posh, it's not refined, but it is damn good eating.
33. Fish ‘n’ chips, Britain
Anything that’s been around since the 1860s can’t be doing much wrong. The staple of the Victorian British working class is a crunchy-outside, soft-inside dish of simple, un-adorned food fundamentals.
Sprinkled with salt, vinegar and dollops of tartar sauce, it is to nouveau cuisine what Meat Loaf is to Prince (or whatever he's calling himself now).
32. Ankimo, Japan
So, who’s up for a chunk of monkfish liver with a little grated daikon on the side? Thought not ─ still, you’re missing out on one of sushi’s last great secrets, the prized ankimo.
The monkfish/anglerfish that unknowingly bestows its liver upon upscale sushi fans is threatened by commercial fishing nets damaging its sea-floor habitat, so it’s possible ankimo won't be around for much longer.
If you do stumble across the creamy, yet oddly light delicacy anytime soon, consider a taste ─ you won’t regret it.
31. Only ham this great can make fresh melon even better.
31. Parma ham, Italy
You see it folded around melon, wrapped around grissini, placed over pizza, heaped over salad.
There’s good reason for that: these salty, paper-thin slices of air-dried ham lift the taste of everything they accompany to a higher level, following the same theory as the Italian guy who thinks carrying around a copy of “Candide” makes up for the tiny Speedos.
30. Goi cuon (summer roll), Vietnam
This snack made from pork, shrimp, herbs, rice vermicelli and other ingredients wrapped in rice paper is served at room temperature. It’s “meat light,” with the flavors of refreshing herbs erupting in your mouth.
Dipped in a slightly sweet Vietnamese sauce laced with ground peanuts, it’s wholesome, easy and the very definition of “moreish.”
29. Handle with care, devour with gusto.
29. Ohmi-gyu beef steak, Japan
This premium Japanese Wagyu beef from famed Takara Ranch has been recognized by the Imperial Palace of Japan as one of the greatest beef stocks to be raised in the past 400 years.
Called the “Rolls-Royce” of beef, it’s best eaten sashimi style, anointed with a drizzle of kaffir lime and green tea sea salt. Marbled fat gives each mouthful texture as the beef melts away, leaving a subtle but distinctly classic beef flavor.
28. Spare us the just-add-water pots, this is what real noodles should look like
28. Pho, Vietnam
This oft-mispronounced national dish (“fuh” is correct) is just broth, fresh rice noodles, a few herbs and usually chicken or beef. But it’s greater than the sum of its parts ─ fragrant, tasty and balanced, the polar opposite of the moto rider who brought you to the little café where you find the best stuff.
27. Montreal-style smoked meat, Canada
Day and night, lines form outside of Schwartz’s, Montreal’s best Hebrew delicatessen and Canada’s oldest. Here clerks slice up the best smoked meat in North America.
Following a 1928 recipe, the meat is cured for 10 days. Order your smoked beef sandwich medium-lean, heavy on the mustard, three pickles and with extra pommes frites, the way the Rolling Stones have supposedly enjoyed it.
Schwartz’s, 3895 St-Laurent, Montreal, Canada; +1 514 842 4813; info@schwartsdeli.com; www.schwartzsdeli.com
26. If only every food could be wrapped in a tortilla.
26. Fajitas, Mexico
This assembly kit of a dining experience is a thrill to DIY enthusiasts everywhere.
Step 1: Behold the meat sizzling on a fiery griddle. Step 2: Along with the meat, throw side servings of capsicum, onion, guacamole, sour cream and salsa into a warm, flour tortilla. Step 3: Promise all within hearing range that you’ll have “just one more.” Step 4: Repeat.
25. Thankfully you don't have to catch these prickly fellas yourself.
25. Butter garlic crab, India
This one claims no roots in Chinese, Continental or Indian cuisines. It comes from Butter Land, an imaginary place balanced on the premise that anything tastes great with melted butter.
This delicious, simple dish is made by drowning a large crab in a gallon of butter-garlic sauce, which seeps into every nook and cranny and coats every inch of flesh.
The sea gods of Butter Land are benevolent carnivores and this, their gift to the world, is their signature dish.
24. Champ, Ireland
Irish national dish champ goes down faster than the first pint of Guinness on a Friday night. Mashed potato with spring onions, butter, salt and pepper, champ is the perfect side with any meat or fish.
For the textbook plate of creamy goodness, we suggest the busiest pub in any Irish seaside town. Around noon somehow feels right.
23. So good, they gave it five levels.
23. Lasagna, Italy
Second only to pizza in the list of famed Italian foods, there’s a reason this pasta-layered, tomato-sauce-infused, minced-meaty gift to kids and adults alike is so popular ─ it just works.
22. Brownie and vanilla ice cream, global
There are some who will not frequent an establishment if it does not have brownie and ice cream on the dessert menu. You may call them fools.
We do, too, but having done so we then happily leave the first restaurant after the main course to visit one we know has this perfect dessert on offer.
21. Best way to eat this? In bed, at 3 p.m. in a gite in Brittany.
21. Croissant, France
Flaky pastry smothered in butter, a pile of raspberry jam smeared over the top and a soft, giving bite as you sink in your teeth; there’s nothing not to love about this fatty, sweet breakfast food that must be married to a cup of strong coffee.
20. Arepas, Venezuela
A corn-dough patty that provides a savory canvas onto which you can paint any number of delicious toppings: cheese, shredded chicken, crisped pork skin, perico, beef, tomato, avocado … it’s the most beautiful thing to come out of Venezuela since all those Miss Universe winners.
19. Nam tok moo, Thailand
Grilled pork combined with lemon juice, green onions, chili, mint sprigs, fish sauce and toasted rice. Legend has it the blood from the meat along with the dressing inspired some happy carnivore to name this brilliant dish “waterfall (nam tok moo) meat.”
18. It's as if sunny Sunday afternoons were created just for shish sizzlers.
18. Kebab, Iran
For keeping starvation at bay for the entire student population of the United Kingdom, the doner kebab should clearly be honored. But they are hardly the delicious prototype worthy of representing a region.
For that, summon the shish kebab. Pick your meat, shove a stick through it, grill. Then wonder why you don’t eat like this every day.
17. If you were on a million menus you'd have big claws too.
17. Lobster, global
Forget all your fancy, contrived lobster dishes deployed by showoff chefs eager for Michelin endorsement. When you have something as naturally delicious as these little fellas, keep it simple. The best way to enjoy lobster is simply to boil it and serve with a side of melted butter and slice of lemon.
16. Egg tart, Hong Kong
Like many classic dishes, the Hong Kong egg tart marries two contrasting textures: crusty, flaky pastry and jiggly, trembling custard. It’s sweet, it’s delicious and it’s best eaten hot from the oven on the street while queuing up to get just one more.
15. Kalua pig, United States
Only commercially available in Hawaii, the kalua preparation turns a meal into an epic event, with a whole pig roasted in an underground sand pit for six or seven hours.
But it’s not just for show. Smashed banana tree trunks, sea salt and shredded (never sliced) meat means this smoky, aromatic piece of pig will linger long on your tongue and even longer in your memory.
14. Yeh, you'll get fat, but you'll have a great time doing so.
14. Donuts, United States
These all-American fried wheels of dough need no introduction, but we will say one thing: the delicious guilt of snacking on these addictive calorie bombs makes them taste even better. If that’s possible.
13. Corn on the cob, global
God probably created corn just to have an excuse to invent melted butter. There’s something about biting down on a cob of corn ─ it’s a delicate enough operation to require concentration but primal enough to make you feel like the caveman you always wanted to be. Great food is caveman food.
12. Good food day and night, shepherd's delight?
12. Shepherd’s pie, Britain
Some might say England’s greatest inventions were the steam engine and the Jaguar E-Type. We like to think shepherd’s pie ─ minced lamb topped with mashed potato ─ comes somewhere in that list.
Tastes best at the end of a gloomy, rainy day with an open fire licking at the chimney breast and Ricky Gervais insulting people on the telly. Which is lucky, as that’s what most days are like in England.
11. Don't judge an awesome food by its dour appearance.
11. Rendang, Indonesia
Beef is slowly simmered with coconut milk and a mixture of lemongrass, galangal, garlic, turmeric, ginger and chilies, then left to stew for a few hours to create this dish of tender, flavorful bovine goodness.
Tasting it fresh out of the kitchen will send your stomach into overdrive, but many people think it gets even better when left overnight.
10. The real McCoy ... although there are many variations.
10. Chicken muamba, Gabon
A bastardized Western version of this delectable Gabonese dish swamps everything in peanut butter. Oh, the insanity. The proper recipe calls for chicken, hot chili, garlic, tomato, pepper, salt, okra and palm butter, an artery-clogging African butter that will force you into a second helping and a promise to start using your gym membership.
9. Who put that stinking fruit in there?
9. Ice cream, United States
You may have just gorged yourself to eruption point, but somehow there’s always room for a tooth-rotting, U.S.-style pile of ice cream with nuts, marshmallows and chocolate sauce.
Thank God for extra long spoons that allow you get at the real weight-gain stuff all mixed up and melted at the bottom of the glass.
8. Try it in a hot pot.
8. Tom yum goong, Thailand
This Thai masterpiece teems with shrimp, mushrooms, tomatoes, lemongrass, galangal and kaffir lime leaves. Usually loaded with coconut milk and cream, the hearty soup unifies a host of favorite Thai tastes: sour, salty, spicy and sweet. Best of all is the price: cheap.
7. Best eaten al fresco on the island of Penang itself.
7. Penang assam laksa, Malaysia
Poached, flaked mackerel, tamarind, chili, mint, lemongrass, onion, pineapple … one of Malaysia’s most popular dishes is an addictive spicy-sour fish broth with noodles (especially great when fused with ginger), that’ll have your nose running before the spoon even hits your lips.
6. The best cows come minced and in a bun.
6. Hamburger, Germany
When something tastes so good that people spend US$20 billion each year in a single restaurant chain devoted to it, you know it has to fit into this list. McDonald’s may not offer the best burgers, but that’s the point -- it doesn’t have to.
The bread-meat-salad combination is so good that entire countries have ravaged their eco-systems just to produce more cows.
The bread-meat-salad combination is so good that entire countries have ravaged their eco-systems just to produce more cows.
5. A real quacker of a food.
5. Peking duck, China
The maltose-syrup glaze coating the skin is the secret. Slow roasted in an oven, the crispy, syrup-coated skin is so good that authentic eateries will serve more skin than meat, and bring it with pancakes, onions and hoisin or sweet bean sauce.
Other than flying or floating, this is the only way you want your duck.
4. If this was a "most beautiful" foods list, this would be no. 1.
4. Sushi, Japan
When Japan wants to build something right, it builds it really right. Brand giants such as Toyota, Nintendo, Sony, Nikon and Yamaha may have been created by people fueled by nothing more complicated than raw fish and rice, but it’s how the fish and rice is put together that makes this a global first-date favorite.
The Japanese don’t live practically forever for no reason ─ they want to keep eating this stuff.
3. Chocolate -- a bad husband's best friend.
3. Chocolate, Mexico
The Mayans drank it, Lasse Hallström made a film about it and the rest of us get over the guilt of eating too much of it by eating more of it. The story of the humble cacao bean is a bona fide out-of-the-jungle, into-civilization tale of culinary wonder.
Without this creamy, bitter-sweet confection, Valentine’s Day would be all cards and flowers, Easter would turn back into another dull religious event and those halcyon days of watching the dog throw up because you replaced the strawberry innards of the pink Quality Street with salt would be fanciful imaginings.
2. No place for pepperoni in this list.
2. Neapolitan pizza, Italy
Spare us the lumpy chain monstrosities and “everything-on-it” wheels of greed.
The best pizza was and still is the simple Neapolitan, an invention now protected by its own trade association that insists on sea salt, high-grade wheat flour, the use of only three types of fresh tomatoes, hand-rolled dough and the strict use of a wood-fired oven, among other quality stipulations.
With just a few ingredients ─ dough, tomatoes, olive oil, salt and basil (the marinara pizza does not even contain cheese) ─ the Neapolitans created a food that few make properly, but everyone enjoys thoroughly.
1. One more reason to fall in love with Thailand.
1. Massaman curry, Thailand
Emphatically the king of curries, and perhaps the king of all foods. Spicy, coconutty, sweet and savory, its combination of flavors has more personality than a Thai election.
Even the packet sauce you buy from the supermarket can make the most delinquent of cooks look like a Michelin potential. Thankfully, someone invented rice, with which diners can mop up the last drizzles of curry sauce.
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| Thailand's Tom Yam Khong - No: 1st placing in the world. |
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Eat vegetable to prevent cancer - news
Women who eat lots of fiber have less breast cancer
Thu Jul 28, 2011 4:09PM EDT
By Eric Schultz
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A fresh look at the medical evidence shows women who eat more fiber are less likely to get breast cancer.
Chinese researchers found those who ate the most of the healthy plant components were 11 percent less likely to develop breast cancer than women who ate the least.
Their findings don't prove fiber itself lowers cancer risk, however, because women who consume a lot of it might be healthier overall than those who don't.
The results "can identify associations but cannot tell us what will happen if people change their behavior," said John Pierce, a cancer research at the University of California, San Diego, who was not involved in the work.
While earlier research has yielded mixed conclusions on the link between cancer and fiber, it would make scientific sense: According to the Chinese researchers, people who eat high-fiber diets have lower levels of estrogen, which is a risk factor for breast tumors.
So to get more clarity, the researchers combined 10 earlier studies that looked at women's diets and followed them over seven to 18 years to see who developed cancer.
Of more than 710,000 women, 2.4 percent ended up with breast cancer. And those in the top fifth of fiber intake were 11 percent less likely to do so than women in the bottom fifth.
That was after accounting for differences in risk factors like alcohol drinking, weight, hormone replacement therapy and family members with the disease.
Still, it's impossible to rule out that big fiber eaters had healthier habits overall that would cut their risk, Jia-Yi Dong of Soochow University in Suzhou and his colleagues write in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
And the potential effect was "very small," Dr. Eleni Linos of Stanford University, who wasn't involved in the research, told Reuters Health in an email.
About one in eight American women get breast cancer at some point, with less than a quarter of them dying from it.
Although the connection between breast cancer risk and fiber is a small one, fiber is "something that we know is healthy for you anyway," said Christina Clarke, a research scientist at the Cancer Prevention Institute of California in Fremont.
Known benefits of a high-fiber diet include lower cholesterol and weight loss. If it turns out to cut cancer risk as well, that would be an extra bonus, Clarke said.
Fruits, vegetables, beans, and whole grains are all high in fiber.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's 2010 Dietary Guidelines, most Americans don't get enough fiber. The guidelines recommend that women eat 25 grams of fiber per day and men eat 38 grams, while the average Americans gets just 15 grams a day.
"Increasing dietary fiber intake in the general public is of great public health significance," the Chinese team concludes.
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/qKtsU2 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, online July 20, 2011.
Thu Jul 28, 2011 4:09PM EDT
By Eric Schultz
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A fresh look at the medical evidence shows women who eat more fiber are less likely to get breast cancer.
Chinese researchers found those who ate the most of the healthy plant components were 11 percent less likely to develop breast cancer than women who ate the least.
Their findings don't prove fiber itself lowers cancer risk, however, because women who consume a lot of it might be healthier overall than those who don't.
The results "can identify associations but cannot tell us what will happen if people change their behavior," said John Pierce, a cancer research at the University of California, San Diego, who was not involved in the work.
While earlier research has yielded mixed conclusions on the link between cancer and fiber, it would make scientific sense: According to the Chinese researchers, people who eat high-fiber diets have lower levels of estrogen, which is a risk factor for breast tumors.
So to get more clarity, the researchers combined 10 earlier studies that looked at women's diets and followed them over seven to 18 years to see who developed cancer.
Of more than 710,000 women, 2.4 percent ended up with breast cancer. And those in the top fifth of fiber intake were 11 percent less likely to do so than women in the bottom fifth.
That was after accounting for differences in risk factors like alcohol drinking, weight, hormone replacement therapy and family members with the disease.
Still, it's impossible to rule out that big fiber eaters had healthier habits overall that would cut their risk, Jia-Yi Dong of Soochow University in Suzhou and his colleagues write in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
And the potential effect was "very small," Dr. Eleni Linos of Stanford University, who wasn't involved in the research, told Reuters Health in an email.
About one in eight American women get breast cancer at some point, with less than a quarter of them dying from it.
Although the connection between breast cancer risk and fiber is a small one, fiber is "something that we know is healthy for you anyway," said Christina Clarke, a research scientist at the Cancer Prevention Institute of California in Fremont.
Known benefits of a high-fiber diet include lower cholesterol and weight loss. If it turns out to cut cancer risk as well, that would be an extra bonus, Clarke said.
Fruits, vegetables, beans, and whole grains are all high in fiber.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's 2010 Dietary Guidelines, most Americans don't get enough fiber. The guidelines recommend that women eat 25 grams of fiber per day and men eat 38 grams, while the average Americans gets just 15 grams a day.
"Increasing dietary fiber intake in the general public is of great public health significance," the Chinese team concludes.
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/qKtsU2 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, online July 20, 2011.
A lesson today - know when to shut up
*Daddy's car in the woods.*
Little Johnny watched his daddy's car pass by the school playground and go
into the woods.. Curious, he followed the car and saw Daddy and Aunt Jane
in a passionate embrace.
Little Johnny found this so exciting that he could hardly contain himself
as he ran home and started to tell his mother 'Mummy, I was at the
playground and I saw Daddy's car go into the woods with Aunt Jane. I went
back to look and he was giving Aunt Jane a big kiss, and then he helped
her take off her shirt. Then Aunt Jane helped Daddy take his pants off,
then Aunt Jane.........'
At this point Mummy cut him off and said, 'Johnny, this is such an
interesting story, lets save the rest of it for supper time. I want to see
the look on Daddy's face when you tell it tonight.'
At the dinner table that evening, Mummy asked little Johnny to tell his
story. Johnny started his story, 'I was at the playground and I saw
Daddy's car go into the woods with Aunt Jane. I went back to look and he
was giving Aunt Jane a big kiss, then he helped her take off her shirt. Then
Aunt Jane helped Daddy take his pants off, then Aunt Jane and Daddy
started doing the same thing that Mummy and Uncle Bill used to do when
Daddy was away on the oil rigs....'
Moral:
Sometimes you need to just shut the f##k up and listen to the whole story
before you interrupt!
(See attached file: C.htm)
Little Johnny watched his daddy's car pass by the school playground and go
into the woods.. Curious, he followed the car and saw Daddy and Aunt Jane
in a passionate embrace.
Little Johnny found this so exciting that he could hardly contain himself
as he ran home and started to tell his mother 'Mummy, I was at the
playground and I saw Daddy's car go into the woods with Aunt Jane. I went
back to look and he was giving Aunt Jane a big kiss, and then he helped
her take off her shirt. Then Aunt Jane helped Daddy take his pants off,
then Aunt Jane.........'
At this point Mummy cut him off and said, 'Johnny, this is such an
interesting story, lets save the rest of it for supper time. I want to see
the look on Daddy's face when you tell it tonight.'
At the dinner table that evening, Mummy asked little Johnny to tell his
story. Johnny started his story, 'I was at the playground and I saw
Daddy's car go into the woods with Aunt Jane. I went back to look and he
was giving Aunt Jane a big kiss, then he helped her take off her shirt. Then
Aunt Jane helped Daddy take his pants off, then Aunt Jane and Daddy
started doing the same thing that Mummy and Uncle Bill used to do when
Daddy was away on the oil rigs....'
Moral:
Sometimes you need to just shut the f##k up and listen to the whole story
before you interrupt!
(See attached file: C.htm)
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Staring at the face of death
Last night, I stared at the face of death as my FIL was suffering in pain on his bed. He is already terminally ill and it is only a matter of days or weeks before he walk to the other side. Memories of the healthy him rushed through my mind in quantum leaps. The scenes flushes through including the moments at the death bed of my MIL nine years ago. The Doctor have advised us to make him as comfortable as possible and sent him off peacefully.
Some of his loved ones still struggling to accept the fate and his illness. They are still having hope and try to make him live better by trying every ways to make him live longer. His eating and drinking is already difficult and painful yet sentiments still rules the head as attempt to make him eat and drink to preserve his life. Yeah, who would want him to go if there is a choice? If eating and drinking water would cure him or prolong his life then by all means we do it. But, if the outcome is certain, his comfort should be the top priority. If we start to wonder and have confusing thoughts or doing illogical things, the result will be the same and the going will be more difficult.
We should not impose our judgement or our thinking on the patient and we should consult with the Doctors who have great experience in handling these cases. If you thinking you are smarter than the Doctors who have been treating hundreds and thousands of these cases, it is not only foolish and sinful. We are inflicting more pain and discomfort on the patient. It is not doing good but in reverse, we are doing negative things. At this moment, don't let the sentiments rule the heart but keep a cool head and just follow the advise of the Doctor.
From this experience, we can learn that some people can do idiot things or silly things not to help the patient but make themselves feel better by imposing their ways. These loved ones have good intentions but doing it the wrong way and for selfish purposes.
Namaste.
Some of his loved ones still struggling to accept the fate and his illness. They are still having hope and try to make him live better by trying every ways to make him live longer. His eating and drinking is already difficult and painful yet sentiments still rules the head as attempt to make him eat and drink to preserve his life. Yeah, who would want him to go if there is a choice? If eating and drinking water would cure him or prolong his life then by all means we do it. But, if the outcome is certain, his comfort should be the top priority. If we start to wonder and have confusing thoughts or doing illogical things, the result will be the same and the going will be more difficult.
We should not impose our judgement or our thinking on the patient and we should consult with the Doctors who have great experience in handling these cases. If you thinking you are smarter than the Doctors who have been treating hundreds and thousands of these cases, it is not only foolish and sinful. We are inflicting more pain and discomfort on the patient. It is not doing good but in reverse, we are doing negative things. At this moment, don't let the sentiments rule the heart but keep a cool head and just follow the advise of the Doctor.
From this experience, we can learn that some people can do idiot things or silly things not to help the patient but make themselves feel better by imposing their ways. These loved ones have good intentions but doing it the wrong way and for selfish purposes.
Namaste.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Let's live , let's die.
When we live,we should live to the fullest and when the end comes we should let go if the time comes. We should follow nature's way. The leaves will grow and when it is dry , it just fall off if their time is up. Sometimes, a storm will come and some weaker leaves will fall prematurely. This is nature's natural evolution.Like the leaves,human beings will die when they gets old and some fall sick and die. This is also natural.
When a child is born, they cry at birth because of their coming sufferings on this earth and when they die cry the last time because they cannot let go of their earthly possessions. This is really an irony. Nevertheless, nobody can escape the circle of life. Some circle can be small and some can be big. Nobody would know.so, the message is to live to the fullest when you are alive.
If there is a sudden death, then nothing came be done. If we are terminally ill, then there comes a point to decide to go. The people besides us are not the best decision makers because they are emotional. It is the terminal being who is sick will know better. So, when is the time to let go? This is subjectivem and the choice should be left to the patient if he is still Conscious. Otherwise, he must leave his or her words to his love ones when to pull the plugs when the sufferings is too much to bear.
Life is a journey , not a destination.
Namaste.
When a child is born, they cry at birth because of their coming sufferings on this earth and when they die cry the last time because they cannot let go of their earthly possessions. This is really an irony. Nevertheless, nobody can escape the circle of life. Some circle can be small and some can be big. Nobody would know.so, the message is to live to the fullest when you are alive.
If there is a sudden death, then nothing came be done. If we are terminally ill, then there comes a point to decide to go. The people besides us are not the best decision makers because they are emotional. It is the terminal being who is sick will know better. So, when is the time to let go? This is subjectivem and the choice should be left to the patient if he is still Conscious. Otherwise, he must leave his or her words to his love ones when to pull the plugs when the sufferings is too much to bear.
Life is a journey , not a destination.
Namaste.
Who am I ? The real me.
I attended a seminar on corporate strategy today and in one of the workshop, there was an exercise to find the real you. The exercise to find our truth self is very important as it will find out our strength and weakness and map our strategy to strengthen our weakness. In the Art of War, there was a theory that if you know yourself and your enemy, the victory in any battle will be assured. It was an amazing revelation and at the same time, it can be ugly.
The characters in this exercise is separately basically in 4 types ie A, B, C and D. The A type is a Mr Bean,the B type -Mr Discipline , C type - Shi Huang Ti type and D is the SunTan. The A type is a fun loving guy, the B type is very discipline and serious , the C type is a tyrant and the D type - like to relax by the sea side and enjoy the sun. An all rounder of each type is the best combination and will be well in balance. While the C type is a tyrant and is not much like by the employees but a strong leadership personality. For the A and D type, they tend to live longer as A is fun loving while D is a very relax type. The B and C type is a high risk person and they have to moderate their weakness ,otherwise , they could die early.
After the lecture, I realized the importance of knowing our strength and weakness. If we let our weakness rule us, we can be very stressed and could hurt our health and we could suffer serious illness without knowing why. Hence, knowing our DNA or the map of our self, we can navigate our re-actions or emotions more effectively and stop in time to change our habits to be a better person.\\
If we fight a war here , there and everywhere, in the end , we fight no war. Knowing our strength and weakness is focus our energy and awareness and strategize our self to win our internal battle.
Namaste.
The characters in this exercise is separately basically in 4 types ie A, B, C and D. The A type is a Mr Bean,the B type -Mr Discipline , C type - Shi Huang Ti type and D is the SunTan. The A type is a fun loving guy, the B type is very discipline and serious , the C type is a tyrant and the D type - like to relax by the sea side and enjoy the sun. An all rounder of each type is the best combination and will be well in balance. While the C type is a tyrant and is not much like by the employees but a strong leadership personality. For the A and D type, they tend to live longer as A is fun loving while D is a very relax type. The B and C type is a high risk person and they have to moderate their weakness ,otherwise , they could die early.
After the lecture, I realized the importance of knowing our strength and weakness. If we let our weakness rule us, we can be very stressed and could hurt our health and we could suffer serious illness without knowing why. Hence, knowing our DNA or the map of our self, we can navigate our re-actions or emotions more effectively and stop in time to change our habits to be a better person.\\
If we fight a war here , there and everywhere, in the end , we fight no war. Knowing our strength and weakness is focus our energy and awareness and strategize our self to win our internal battle.
Namaste.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Amy winehouse - fate or choice ?
Amy Winehouse family pleads for "privacy and space"
Sun Jul 24, 2011 4:14PM EDT
By Tim Castle
LONDON (Reuters) - The family of Amy Winehouse sought "privacy" from the public eye on Sunday, one day after the young, beehive-haired soul singer's untimely death, which sent fans rushing to download her songs in remembrance.
The "Rehab" singer was found dead at her London home on Saturday, becoming the latest in a grim tally of music superstars who died at the seemingly cursed age of 27.
"Our family has been left bereft by the loss of Amy, a wonderful daughter, sister, niece. She leaves a gaping hole in our lives," her family said in a statement. "We are coming together to remember her, and we would appreciate some privacy and space at this terrible time."
Police say it is too early to speculate on how Winehouse died and a post mortem will not be conducted before Monday morning, but Winehouse's struggle with alcohol and drug addiction were well documented.
Her best known song, the booming "Rehab," from 2006 album "Back to Black," bore witness to her doomed struggle to get clean. Other members of what has been dubbed the "Forever 27" club include Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain, who died at that age in different circumstances after chaotic lifestyles associated with rock'n'roll careers.
"The thing that links them together is the fact that all of them have been pop cultural shifters, all of them have helped push the sound of modern music to new levels, and some of them have pushed it on a very large scale, be it Amy Winehouse, Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones," said Eric Segalstad, author of "The 27s: The Greatest Myth of Rock & Roll".
In many cases the musicians' posthumous fame has surpassed the success they enjoyed in their career, with their recordings still selling and enjoyed by a new audience.
That may be the case for Winehouse, considered by some as among the most talented singers of her generation, who leaves only a slim set of recordings showcasing her talent.
SALES SURGE
Winehouse occupied top slot on the iTunes UK download chart 24 hours after her death with "Back to Black," the album that won five Grammy awards in the United States and turned the troubled north London girl into an international star.
"Back to Black," knocked fellow female British vocalist Adele's "21" off top spot on the iTunes chart.
Winehouse, who was on the Universal Music label, also occupied third spot, with a package comprised of "Back to Black" and her 2003 debut "Frank," while a "Deluxe Edition" of "Back to Black" was number four.
Her death came too late to influence the top 40 chart of downloads and disc sales released by the Official Charts company Sunday, but she is likely to top the list next week.
Sales of Winehouse's albums increased by 37 times between Friday and Saturday, with track sales up by 23 times, the Official Charts Company said. "We would expect an even bigger impact to roll through over the coming days," said Official Charts managing director Martin Talbot.
The sales surge mirrors the 2009 example of Michael Jackson, whose songs leapt to the top of the charts after his death.
Jackson's estate is estimated to have generated more than $310 million from album sales and spin-offs since the "Thriller" singer died two years ago. Jackson also struggled with drug addiction during his life, and his death was caused principally by an overdose of a powerful anesthetic, propofol.
Winehouse slid from being a chirpy teenage singer from a north London Jewish family to someone who could barely walk at her final concert performance in Serbia.
She won critical acclaim after the release of her debut album "Frank" in 2003 before becoming a worldwide phenomenon with the success of "Back to Black."
"It was between the two albums that she went off the rails, partly in reaction against the fame. And I think she was quite scared of her talent," biographer Chas Newkey-Burden told British broadcaster Sky News.
While Winehouse had been regularly recording songs, she had not released a new album since "Back to Black."
Her spokesman said it was unclear what use would be made of her unreleased recordings. But a posthumous album would seem inevitable given her huge popularity.
"She constantly wrote music, that's what she did. There are lots of demos knocking around and all sorts," the spokesman said.
(Additional reporting by Keith Weir in London and Bob Tourtellotte in Los Angeles; editing by Todd Eastham)
Sun Jul 24, 2011 4:14PM EDT
By Tim Castle
LONDON (Reuters) - The family of Amy Winehouse sought "privacy" from the public eye on Sunday, one day after the young, beehive-haired soul singer's untimely death, which sent fans rushing to download her songs in remembrance.
The "Rehab" singer was found dead at her London home on Saturday, becoming the latest in a grim tally of music superstars who died at the seemingly cursed age of 27.
"Our family has been left bereft by the loss of Amy, a wonderful daughter, sister, niece. She leaves a gaping hole in our lives," her family said in a statement. "We are coming together to remember her, and we would appreciate some privacy and space at this terrible time."
Police say it is too early to speculate on how Winehouse died and a post mortem will not be conducted before Monday morning, but Winehouse's struggle with alcohol and drug addiction were well documented.
Her best known song, the booming "Rehab," from 2006 album "Back to Black," bore witness to her doomed struggle to get clean. Other members of what has been dubbed the "Forever 27" club include Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain, who died at that age in different circumstances after chaotic lifestyles associated with rock'n'roll careers.
"The thing that links them together is the fact that all of them have been pop cultural shifters, all of them have helped push the sound of modern music to new levels, and some of them have pushed it on a very large scale, be it Amy Winehouse, Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones," said Eric Segalstad, author of "The 27s: The Greatest Myth of Rock & Roll".
In many cases the musicians' posthumous fame has surpassed the success they enjoyed in their career, with their recordings still selling and enjoyed by a new audience.
That may be the case for Winehouse, considered by some as among the most talented singers of her generation, who leaves only a slim set of recordings showcasing her talent.
SALES SURGE
Winehouse occupied top slot on the iTunes UK download chart 24 hours after her death with "Back to Black," the album that won five Grammy awards in the United States and turned the troubled north London girl into an international star.
"Back to Black," knocked fellow female British vocalist Adele's "21" off top spot on the iTunes chart.
Winehouse, who was on the Universal Music label, also occupied third spot, with a package comprised of "Back to Black" and her 2003 debut "Frank," while a "Deluxe Edition" of "Back to Black" was number four.
Her death came too late to influence the top 40 chart of downloads and disc sales released by the Official Charts company Sunday, but she is likely to top the list next week.
Sales of Winehouse's albums increased by 37 times between Friday and Saturday, with track sales up by 23 times, the Official Charts Company said. "We would expect an even bigger impact to roll through over the coming days," said Official Charts managing director Martin Talbot.
The sales surge mirrors the 2009 example of Michael Jackson, whose songs leapt to the top of the charts after his death.
Jackson's estate is estimated to have generated more than $310 million from album sales and spin-offs since the "Thriller" singer died two years ago. Jackson also struggled with drug addiction during his life, and his death was caused principally by an overdose of a powerful anesthetic, propofol.
Winehouse slid from being a chirpy teenage singer from a north London Jewish family to someone who could barely walk at her final concert performance in Serbia.
She won critical acclaim after the release of her debut album "Frank" in 2003 before becoming a worldwide phenomenon with the success of "Back to Black."
"It was between the two albums that she went off the rails, partly in reaction against the fame. And I think she was quite scared of her talent," biographer Chas Newkey-Burden told British broadcaster Sky News.
While Winehouse had been regularly recording songs, she had not released a new album since "Back to Black."
Her spokesman said it was unclear what use would be made of her unreleased recordings. But a posthumous album would seem inevitable given her huge popularity.
"She constantly wrote music, that's what she did. There are lots of demos knocking around and all sorts," the spokesman said.
(Additional reporting by Keith Weir in London and Bob Tourtellotte in Los Angeles; editing by Todd Eastham)
The use and purpose of wind chimes.
Roman bronze wind chimes called tintinnabulum were hung up in gardens and porticoes where they would make a tinkling sound as the wind passed through them. Bells were believed to keep off evil spirits and so they were often combined with the phallus, which was also a symbol of good fortune and a charm against evil. The image shows one example with a main phallus portrayed with wings, and the feet and tail of an animal, perhaps a lion. These added to its protective powers.[1]
Eastern and Western Asia
In India during the second century CE and later in China extremely large pagodas became popular. At each corner small wind bells were hung; the slightest breeze would swing the clapper and cause a melodious tinkling. It is said that these bells were originally intended to frighten away not only birds but also any lurking evil spirits. Wind bells are not limited to pagodas. They are also hung under the corners of roofs of temples, palaces and homes.[2] Japanese glass wind bells known as Fūrin (風鈴) have been produced since the Edo period,[3] and those at Mizusawa Station are one of the 100 Soundscapes of Japan. Wind chimes are thought to be good luck in parts of Asia and are used in Feng Shui.A crazy trip to Bangladesh
This time it was a short trip. A 12 hours time with a change of three planes for each way and return within two days. That means, only 24 hours in Chittagong with eight hours of sleep in a hotel. A 16 hours of working time. At the end of the trip, it was a flat out. Totally exhausted and drained. The trip there was Penang-Bangkok-Dhaka-Chittagong and the return flight was Chittagong-Dhaka-Singapore-Penang. When I re-cap the trip, It sends shiver down my spine. Cold sweat.
When I was back in Pennag on Saturday, I could not sleep and the rest of the day , I wonder around like zombie. A bit of the jet lag and drifting in a lost time zone. I have not done such crazy trips before but there was a long trip to Switzerland more than 10 years ago. It was a 16 hours trip with a brief stop over in Dubai. I remembered the effect of the trip. I could not walk properly after landing in Switzerland and there was blood in my shit on the same day. Some part of me have been suppress for a long time and it has affect a sensitive portion of anus. Such impact of the trip went deep into my memory and before each trip, this suffering will surface and torment me. I could feel the pain before the trip and this is very real. It does not surface only once but a few times before the trip. Our thoughts will continues distract us and put us through the discomfort of my past experience.
After such long trip experience, I understand the discomfort especially on a business trip. The feeling is completely different if I travel for leisure and on a holiday. There is a focus on such trips and we are relax. For business trips, there are so many distractions and pending issues to be thought about and to strategize to resolve these matters. It takes a lot of experience and wisdom to relax on a business trip. Like i have learned that those season tennis players only return necessary shoots to preserve their energy to win a tennis game instead of chasing after every balls.Similarly in a travel , it is important also to preserve energy and mental focus to be relax and enjoy the work in comfort.
But, one thing is real. It is harder and harder to travel when we are getting old. If we keep our health in good shape, it will be manageable when we aged but if we do not take care, it will be a hassle and pain when we age and it will take more effort or energy to take the similar trips as when we young and strong.
Remember , a season traveller is just like a season tennis player . You don't have to chase after every shots. Work smart and live wisely. Life is not a destination but a journey and enjoy all the dots on the way.
Namaste.
When I was back in Pennag on Saturday, I could not sleep and the rest of the day , I wonder around like zombie. A bit of the jet lag and drifting in a lost time zone. I have not done such crazy trips before but there was a long trip to Switzerland more than 10 years ago. It was a 16 hours trip with a brief stop over in Dubai. I remembered the effect of the trip. I could not walk properly after landing in Switzerland and there was blood in my shit on the same day. Some part of me have been suppress for a long time and it has affect a sensitive portion of anus. Such impact of the trip went deep into my memory and before each trip, this suffering will surface and torment me. I could feel the pain before the trip and this is very real. It does not surface only once but a few times before the trip. Our thoughts will continues distract us and put us through the discomfort of my past experience.
After such long trip experience, I understand the discomfort especially on a business trip. The feeling is completely different if I travel for leisure and on a holiday. There is a focus on such trips and we are relax. For business trips, there are so many distractions and pending issues to be thought about and to strategize to resolve these matters. It takes a lot of experience and wisdom to relax on a business trip. Like i have learned that those season tennis players only return necessary shoots to preserve their energy to win a tennis game instead of chasing after every balls.Similarly in a travel , it is important also to preserve energy and mental focus to be relax and enjoy the work in comfort.
But, one thing is real. It is harder and harder to travel when we are getting old. If we keep our health in good shape, it will be manageable when we aged but if we do not take care, it will be a hassle and pain when we age and it will take more effort or energy to take the similar trips as when we young and strong.
Remember , a season traveller is just like a season tennis player . You don't have to chase after every shots. Work smart and live wisely. Life is not a destination but a journey and enjoy all the dots on the way.
Namaste.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Health risk in hospital.
Going into hospital far riskier than flying: WHO
Thu Jul 21, 2011 2:23PM EDT
By Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA (Reuters) - Millions of people die each year from medical errors and infections linked to health care and going into hospital is far riskier than flying, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
"If you were admitted to hospital tomorrow in any country... your chances of being subjected to an error in your care would be something like 1 in 10. Your chances of dying due to an error in health care would be 1 in 300," Liam Donaldson, the WHO's newly appointed envoy for patient safety, told a news briefing.
This compared with a risk of dying in an air crash of about 1 in 10 million passengers, according to Donaldson, formerly England's chief medical officer.
"It shows that health care generally worldwide still has a long way to go," he said.
Hundreds of millions of people suffer infections linked to health care each year. Patients should ask questions and be part of decision-making in hospitals, which must use basic hygiene standards and WHO's checklist to ensure safe surgical procedures were followed.
More than 50 percent of acquired infections can be prevented if health care workers clean their hands with soap and water or an alcohol-based handrub before treating patients.
Of every 100 hospitalized patients at any given time, 7 in developed and 10 in developing countries will acquire at least one health care-associated infection, according to the United Nations agency.
"The longer patients stay in an ICU (intensive care unit), the more at risk they become of acquiring an infection," it said. Medical devices such as urinary catheters and ventilators are associated with high infection rates.
'HIGH-RISK BUSINESS'
Each year in the United States, 1.7 million infections are acquired in hospital, leading to 100,000 deaths, a far higher rate than in Europe where 4.5 million infections cause 37,000 deaths, according to WHO.
"Health care is a high-risk business, inevitably, because people are sick and modern health care is delivered in a fast-moving, high-pressured environment involving a lot of complex technology and a lot of people," Donaldson said.
A heart operation can involve a team of up to 60 people, about the same number needed to run a jumbo jet, he said.
"Infection is a big problem, injuries after falls in hospitals is a big problem and then there are problems that are on a smaller scale but result in preventable deaths. Medication errors are common," he said.
Risk is even higher in developing countries, with about 15 percent of patients acquiring infections, said Dr. Benedetta Allegranzi of the WHO's "Clean Care is Safer Care" program.
"The risk is really higher in high-risk areas of the hospitals, in particular ICUs or neonatal units in developing countries."
About 100,000 hospitals worldwide now use the WHO's surgical safety checklist, which the agency said has been shown to reduce surgery complications by 33 percent and deaths by 50 percent.
If the checklist is effectively used worldwide, an estimated 500,000 deaths could be prevented each year, it says.
"Frankly, if I was having an operation tomorrow I wouldn't go into a hospital that wasn't using the checklist because I wouldn't regard it as safe," said Donaldson.
Thu Jul 21, 2011 2:23PM EDT
By Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA (Reuters) - Millions of people die each year from medical errors and infections linked to health care and going into hospital is far riskier than flying, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
"If you were admitted to hospital tomorrow in any country... your chances of being subjected to an error in your care would be something like 1 in 10. Your chances of dying due to an error in health care would be 1 in 300," Liam Donaldson, the WHO's newly appointed envoy for patient safety, told a news briefing.
This compared with a risk of dying in an air crash of about 1 in 10 million passengers, according to Donaldson, formerly England's chief medical officer.
"It shows that health care generally worldwide still has a long way to go," he said.
Hundreds of millions of people suffer infections linked to health care each year. Patients should ask questions and be part of decision-making in hospitals, which must use basic hygiene standards and WHO's checklist to ensure safe surgical procedures were followed.
More than 50 percent of acquired infections can be prevented if health care workers clean their hands with soap and water or an alcohol-based handrub before treating patients.
Of every 100 hospitalized patients at any given time, 7 in developed and 10 in developing countries will acquire at least one health care-associated infection, according to the United Nations agency.
"The longer patients stay in an ICU (intensive care unit), the more at risk they become of acquiring an infection," it said. Medical devices such as urinary catheters and ventilators are associated with high infection rates.
'HIGH-RISK BUSINESS'
Each year in the United States, 1.7 million infections are acquired in hospital, leading to 100,000 deaths, a far higher rate than in Europe where 4.5 million infections cause 37,000 deaths, according to WHO.
"Health care is a high-risk business, inevitably, because people are sick and modern health care is delivered in a fast-moving, high-pressured environment involving a lot of complex technology and a lot of people," Donaldson said.
A heart operation can involve a team of up to 60 people, about the same number needed to run a jumbo jet, he said.
"Infection is a big problem, injuries after falls in hospitals is a big problem and then there are problems that are on a smaller scale but result in preventable deaths. Medication errors are common," he said.
Risk is even higher in developing countries, with about 15 percent of patients acquiring infections, said Dr. Benedetta Allegranzi of the WHO's "Clean Care is Safer Care" program.
"The risk is really higher in high-risk areas of the hospitals, in particular ICUs or neonatal units in developing countries."
About 100,000 hospitals worldwide now use the WHO's surgical safety checklist, which the agency said has been shown to reduce surgery complications by 33 percent and deaths by 50 percent.
If the checklist is effectively used worldwide, an estimated 500,000 deaths could be prevented each year, it says.
"Frankly, if I was having an operation tomorrow I wouldn't go into a hospital that wasn't using the checklist because I wouldn't regard it as safe," said Donaldson.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
I am emotionally tired …but yet not tired.
The words just came into my mind. Emotionally tired ? Is there such a term ? I do not know whether it is the correct term. I feel tired but I am not physically tired. Yeah, something like mental tiredness. A burn-out feeling but actually, not burned out. Just like on a suspended string and a hanging feeling.I have been in this stage for sometime now. I do not know the answer but maybe, every night seeing my father-in-law suffering in pain. This sight could have been eating me up, little by little without me knowing until the tipping point. Yes, like the frog in a pot of boiling water until they are cooked alive. As the water heat up, the frog gets more and more comfortable with the boiling water until it gets cook finally without realizing it. This maybe the case and it is very dangerous.
As I got stressed up, the distractions or some imperfection seems more serious than in normal times. The emotional strike back is getting more and more difficult to control and it starts will some outburst of anger and it will gradually intensify. If I do not stop it , it will blow my mind.
It seems funny when I start to realize the stress it building up, I know it and feel it but I cannot control it. After each outburst, I felt sorry for the people I have hurt or for myself. How many nights more can I continue to see my father-in-law in pain ? There must be a way out. I can see the strain in my wife’s face but she is still managing well but for me, I could feel the stress building up like a balloon. I need to break free and release the pressure in me. Yes, exercise is the best way but the body is finding the excuse to avoid it. I should focus and do away with the distractions and also persuade my wife to do more exercise. Yes, my wife is torn between two lovers , one is time and another is her father. All of us should learn how to dance in the rain and live with adversity.
If worries can cure your pain, by all means keep worrying , otherwise, we should not let it control us. Live and live well, eat and eat well , otherwise, it is not worth living.
Namaste.
Another version of 100 kisses.
Punjabi lawyer wrote to his wife...
A Punjabi lawyer working in UK wrote to his wife in India ...
Dear Sunita Darling,
I can't send you my salary this month because the global market crisis
has affected my Company's performance, so I am sending 100 kisses.
You are my sweetheart, please adjust.
has affected my Company's performance, so I am sending 100 kisses.
You are my sweetheart, please adjust.
Your loving husband,
Tuna Singh
His wife replied...
TINKU KE PAPPA ,
Thanks for the 100 kisses. Below is the list of expenses I paid with the
Kisses...:
Kisses...:
1. The Milk man agreed on 2 kisses for one month's milk.
2. The electricity man, Kooldip Singh, agreed not to disconnect only after
7 kisses.
7 kisses.
3. Your landlord Kapal Singh comes every day to take 2 or 3 kisses instead
of the monthly rent.
of the monthly rent.
4. Supermarket owner Jaswant Singh did not accept kisses only, so I gave
him other items, I hope you understand..
him other items, I hope you understand..
5. Miscellaneous expenses 40 kisses.
Please don't worry about me, I still have a balance of 35 kisses and I
hope I can survive the month using this balance... Shall I plan the
same for the next month?
hope I can survive the month using this balance... Shall I plan the
same for the next month?
Your Sweet Heart,
Kichi
Incredible answers- Good for the brain.
Awesome Answers In IAS (Indian Administrative Service) Examination
YOU MAY THINK THE ANSWERS ARE FUNNY. BUT THEY ARE THE
CORRECT ANSWERS. THINK BEYOND BOUNDARIES
CORRECT ANSWERS. THINK BEYOND BOUNDARIES
Q. How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without
cracking it?
cracking it?
A. Concrete floors are very hard to crack! (UPSC Topper)
Q. If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would it take
four men to build it?
four men to build it?
A. No time at all it is already built. (UPSC 23rd Rank Opted for IFS)
Q. If you had three apples and four oranges in one hand and four apples
and three oranges in the other hand, what would you have?
and three oranges in the other hand, what would you have?
A. Very large hands. (Good one) (UPSC 11 Rank Opted for IPS)
Q. How can you lift an elephant with one hand?
A. you will never find an elephant with one hand. (UPSC Rank 14 Opted for
IES)
IES)
Q. How can a man go eight days without sleep?
A. No Probs, He sleeps at night. (UPSC IAS Rank 98)
Q.. If you throw a red stone into the blue sea what it will become?
A. It will Wet or Sink as simple as that. (UPSC IAS Rank 2)
Q. What looks like half apple ?
A: The other half. (UPSC - IAS Topper )
Q. What can you never eat for breakfast?
A: Dinner.
Q. Bay of Bengal is in which state?
A: Liquid (UPSC 33 Rank)
MARVELLOUS ANSWERS :
Interviewer said "I shall either ask you ten easy questions or
one really difficult question. Think well before you make up your mind!"
one really difficult question. Think well before you make up your mind!"
The boy thought for a while and said, "my choice is one really difficult
question."
question."
"Well, good luck to you, you have made your own choice! Now
tell me this. What comes first, Day or Night?"
tell me this. What comes first, Day or Night?"
The boy was jolted into reality as his admission depends on the correctness
of his answer, but he thought for a while and said, "It's the
DAY sir!"
of his answer, but he thought for a while and said, "It's the
DAY sir!"
"How" the interviewer asked.
"Sorry sir, you promised me that you will not ask me a SECOND difficult
question!"
question!"
He was selected for IIM!
A matter of words... be careful.
A toast to India's 'refined' English Language:
Relex Singh was travelling in a crowded bus. He was carrying the passport-size
photograph of his son for college admission.
photograph of his son for college admission.
Accidentally, the photograph dropped from his pocket.
He started searching for it frantically & found it on the floor below
the ends of a woman's saree.
the ends of a woman's saree.
He asked her, "Can you lift your saree? I wanna take photograph"....
THE REST IS HISTORY....
He was beaten so badly that he had to be admitted to hospital. He was suprised
to see Jaswan Singh on the next bed to him in a worse condition.
to see Jaswan Singh on the next bed to him in a worse condition.
Jaswan explained what happened to him.
He had gone to a remote village to work. He finished late & missed
the last bus.
the last bus.
He couldn't find any
hotel nearby.
hotel nearby.
So he approached a nearby house & asked the owner whether he can stay
there for a night.
there for a night.
The owner replied "I have 2 grown-up daughters. Sorry, you can't stay
here."
here."
Then he approached the next house & asked the owner
whether he can stay there for a night.
whether he can stay there for a night.
The owner too replied "I have 3 grown-up daughters. Sorry you can't
stay here."
stay here."
So he went to the next house & asked "Do you have grown-up daughters?"
The owner asked "Why?" and Jaswan replied,"I want to stay
for a night."
for a night."
THE REST IS HISTORY... boommmmm..!!!
The moral of the story is :
His and her diaries...Notice the differences.
Her Diary:
Tonight, I thought my husband was acting weird. We had made plans to meet at a nice restaurant for dinner. I was shopping with my friends all day long, so I thought he was upset at the fact that I was a bit late, but he made no comment on it. Conversation wasn't flowing, so I suggested that we go somewhere quiet so we could talk. He agreed, but he didn't say much. I asked him what was wrong; He said, 'Nothing.' I asked him if it was my fault that he was upset. He said he wasn't upset, that it had nothing to do with me, and not to worry about it. On the way home, I told him that I loved him. He smiled slightly, and kept driving. I can't explain his behavior I don't know why he didn't say, 'I love you, too.' When we got home, I felt as if I had lost him completely, as if he wanted nothing to do with me anymore. He just sat there quietly, and watched TV. He continued to seem distant and absent. Finally, with silence all around us, I decided to go to bed. About 15 minutes later, he came to bed. To my surprise, he responded to my caress, and we made love. But I still felt that he was distracted, and his thoughts were somewhere else. He fell asleep - I cried. I don't know what to do. I'm almost sure that his thoughts are with someone else. My life is a disaster.
His Diary:
Boat wouldn't start, can't figure out why , got laid though .
Monday, July 18, 2011
Wise sayings from above (ext)
*Someone has written these beautiful words.
Must read and try to understand the deep meaning of it.
1] Prayer is not a "spare wheel" that you pull out when in trouble,
but it is a "steering wheel" that directs the right path throughout. *
*
2] So a Car's WINDSHIELD is so large & the Rear view Mirror is so small?
Because our PAST is not as important as our FUTURE. So, Look Ahead and Move
on. Concentrate and focus ahead always.
3] Friendship is like a BOOK. It takes few seconds to burn, but it takes
years to write.
4] All things in life are temporary. If going well, enjoy it, they will not
last forever.
If going wrong, don't worry, they can't last long either.
5] Old Friends are Gold! New Friends are Diamond! If you get a Diamond,
don't forget the Gold! Because to hold a Diamond, you always need a Base of
Gold!
6] Often when we lose hope and think this is the end, GOD smiles from above
and says,
"Relax, sweetheart, it's just a bend, not the end!"
7] When GOD solves your problems, you have faith in HIS abilities;
when GOD doesn't solve your problems HE has faith in your abilities.
8] A blind person asked St. Anthony: "Can there be anything worse than
losing eye sight?"
He replied: "Yes, losing your vision!"
9] When you pray for others, God listens to you and blesses them, and
sometimes, when you are safe and happy, remember that someone has prayed for
you.
10] WORRYING does not take away tomorrow's TROUBLES, it takes away today’s
PEACE. *
Must read and try to understand the deep meaning of it.
1] Prayer is not a "spare wheel" that you pull out when in trouble,
but it is a "steering wheel" that directs the right path throughout. *
*
2] So a Car's WINDSHIELD is so large & the Rear view Mirror is so small?
Because our PAST is not as important as our FUTURE. So, Look Ahead and Move
on. Concentrate and focus ahead always.
3] Friendship is like a BOOK. It takes few seconds to burn, but it takes
years to write.
4] All things in life are temporary. If going well, enjoy it, they will not
last forever.
If going wrong, don't worry, they can't last long either.
5] Old Friends are Gold! New Friends are Diamond! If you get a Diamond,
don't forget the Gold! Because to hold a Diamond, you always need a Base of
Gold!
6] Often when we lose hope and think this is the end, GOD smiles from above
and says,
"Relax, sweetheart, it's just a bend, not the end!"
7] When GOD solves your problems, you have faith in HIS abilities;
when GOD doesn't solve your problems HE has faith in your abilities.
8] A blind person asked St. Anthony: "Can there be anything worse than
losing eye sight?"
He replied: "Yes, losing your vision!"
9] When you pray for others, God listens to you and blesses them, and
sometimes, when you are safe and happy, remember that someone has prayed for
you.
10] WORRYING does not take away tomorrow's TROUBLES, it takes away today’s
PEACE. *
Who is bigger ?
Does size matters? I have seen smaller size people winning over bigger size opponents. It is a matter of guts. When two cars is racing towards each other, who will turn away first. It is a test of guts.What is actually guts ? Guts cannot be seen or located. Some people points it to the heart or some people indicates the location to the brain. Some men indicates guts as our balls ? So what about ladies ? They have no balls,then they have no guts ? So, guts like mind is an abstract and it can be located in anywhere in our body.
For those bike racers, guts can be their confidence and their skill. If they can handle their bikes very well, then they have a lot of confidence and it is converted into guts. In matter of time, they become fearless and some of them exceeded their tolerance level and they get killed in accidents or incidents. Death in an accident. Hence, our health, awareness and skill are components in making our balls bigger.
Skillful means the co-ordination of our body and mind. The stillness of our mind and steady bodily re-actions. Our mind must be focus and we kick out all the distractions. Our body-mind combination must be one to cut out distractions. One simple slip could be fatal and if we can fine tune our mind and body, then our guts will be bigger and bigger until we move in perfection and the margin of error is zero.
There was a story of a monk who was meditating in the jungle. As he was meditating , he heard a noise and it was getting louder and louder as he meditates. He dare not open up his eyes and his thoughts were troubling him. It could be a tiger or lion or a big bear. Finally, he could not bear it anymore and he open his eyes and in front of him, it was a mice playing around with a piece of cake. So, you can imaging how we magnify the situation and he multiply our fear many times over. Stay focus and be confident.
Namaste.
For those bike racers, guts can be their confidence and their skill. If they can handle their bikes very well, then they have a lot of confidence and it is converted into guts. In matter of time, they become fearless and some of them exceeded their tolerance level and they get killed in accidents or incidents. Death in an accident. Hence, our health, awareness and skill are components in making our balls bigger.
Skillful means the co-ordination of our body and mind. The stillness of our mind and steady bodily re-actions. Our mind must be focus and we kick out all the distractions. Our body-mind combination must be one to cut out distractions. One simple slip could be fatal and if we can fine tune our mind and body, then our guts will be bigger and bigger until we move in perfection and the margin of error is zero.
There was a story of a monk who was meditating in the jungle. As he was meditating , he heard a noise and it was getting louder and louder as he meditates. He dare not open up his eyes and his thoughts were troubling him. It could be a tiger or lion or a big bear. Finally, he could not bear it anymore and he open his eyes and in front of him, it was a mice playing around with a piece of cake. So, you can imaging how we magnify the situation and he multiply our fear many times over. Stay focus and be confident.
Namaste.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Choice of medical care- study
Patients worse off with more-experienced docs?
Fri Jul 15, 2011 4:35PM EDT
By Eric Schultz
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a study that flies in the face of common sense, sicker patients turned out to fare worse under the care of seasoned doctors than when newcomers to medicine looked after them.
According to findings in the American Journal of Medicine, patients whose doctors had practiced for at least 20 years stayed longer in the hospital and were more likely to die compared to those whose doctors got their medical license in the past five years.
The results highlight "issues that we have as a medical profession in keeping up to date" with the latest medical knowledge, said Dr. Niteesh Choudhry of Harvard Medical School, who was not involved in the new study. It is "a quality of care problem that has been recognized for five to 10 years," he told Reuters Health.
Dr. William Southern and colleagues looked at records of more than 6,500 patients who'd been hospitalized between 2002 and 2004 at New York City's Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.
Montefiore is a teaching hospital where patients are first seen by a junior doctor who randomly assigns them to one of the hospital's six medical teams. Each team has a medical student, recent medical school graduates, and at the top, a senior doctor known as the attending physician.
Over the course of the study, there were 59 different attending physicians. The researchers divided them up based on how long they were practicing: five years or less, six to 10 years, 11 to 20 years, or more than 20 years.
Because the researchers thought doctors might behave differently with their own long-time patients, they confined the study to cases in which patient and doctor had never met before.
In comparing the most and least experienced doctors, researchers saw the most-experienced group had more patients die in the hospital.
At first glance, compared to patients with the newest doctors, those with the most experienced physicians had more than a 70 percent increase in their odds of dying in the hospital and a 50 percent increase in their odds of dying within 30 days.
However, when the researchers took into account how sick the patients were, they found that only the sicker patients -- those with complicated medical problems -- were at higher risk in the hands of the more experienced doctors.
Southern's group also found that while the doctor's experience played a role in how long patients stayed in the hospital, it also mattered how many hospitalized patients he or she was taking care of.
When doctors weren't very busy, they kept patients in the hospital for roughly the same average time no matter how many years of experience they had. But when they did have a lot of patients to see in the hospital, those with more than 20 years of experience kept patients there about half a day longer than their peers who'd been practicing for less than five years.
Previous research has found similar results across a variety of physician specialties. Earlier studies have also shown that physicians with more time in practice are less likely to adhere to practice guidelines.
"It's not quite as simple to say that as you get further away from training, your quality gets worse," cautioned Choudhry.
The problem, he said, is not with the capability of the more experienced doctors, but rather, their familiarity with more current guidelines and practices. The results suggest the need to rethink the way doctors are continually educated in the years after completing their certification, he added.
The authors suggest that physicians with more than 20 years in practice be required to recertify periodically. Most of the older doctors in the current study are presently exempt from having to take recertification tests, they say.
Most doctors do participate in "continuing medical education" programs after they finish their training. But much of it is passive, consisting mostly of attending lectures and reading articles by medical researchers. While these are important ways of learning new findings, said Choudhry, it would be better to develop educational programs that would actively engage the more experienced physicians.
Dr. Steven Weinberger, executive vice president and CEO of the American College of Physicians, cautioned that it is premature to make drastic changes based on the results of the study, which only looked at small numbers of attending physicians. He also came up with several alternative explanations for the findings.
For instance, the fact that patients were in a teaching hospital might have contributed to the different rates of death, since more experienced doctors might give the doctors-in-training more autonomy. And the different lengths of time patients stayed in the hospital could reflect a cultural difference in today's younger physicians, who are taught to focus on reducing hospital stays.
Despite his concerns about the study, Weinberger agreed, "It is important for physicians to stay as current as possible."
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/pvz5xz American Journal of Medicine, online July 11, 2011.
Fri Jul 15, 2011 4:35PM EDT
By Eric Schultz
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a study that flies in the face of common sense, sicker patients turned out to fare worse under the care of seasoned doctors than when newcomers to medicine looked after them.
According to findings in the American Journal of Medicine, patients whose doctors had practiced for at least 20 years stayed longer in the hospital and were more likely to die compared to those whose doctors got their medical license in the past five years.
The results highlight "issues that we have as a medical profession in keeping up to date" with the latest medical knowledge, said Dr. Niteesh Choudhry of Harvard Medical School, who was not involved in the new study. It is "a quality of care problem that has been recognized for five to 10 years," he told Reuters Health.
Dr. William Southern and colleagues looked at records of more than 6,500 patients who'd been hospitalized between 2002 and 2004 at New York City's Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.
Montefiore is a teaching hospital where patients are first seen by a junior doctor who randomly assigns them to one of the hospital's six medical teams. Each team has a medical student, recent medical school graduates, and at the top, a senior doctor known as the attending physician.
Over the course of the study, there were 59 different attending physicians. The researchers divided them up based on how long they were practicing: five years or less, six to 10 years, 11 to 20 years, or more than 20 years.
Because the researchers thought doctors might behave differently with their own long-time patients, they confined the study to cases in which patient and doctor had never met before.
In comparing the most and least experienced doctors, researchers saw the most-experienced group had more patients die in the hospital.
At first glance, compared to patients with the newest doctors, those with the most experienced physicians had more than a 70 percent increase in their odds of dying in the hospital and a 50 percent increase in their odds of dying within 30 days.
However, when the researchers took into account how sick the patients were, they found that only the sicker patients -- those with complicated medical problems -- were at higher risk in the hands of the more experienced doctors.
Southern's group also found that while the doctor's experience played a role in how long patients stayed in the hospital, it also mattered how many hospitalized patients he or she was taking care of.
When doctors weren't very busy, they kept patients in the hospital for roughly the same average time no matter how many years of experience they had. But when they did have a lot of patients to see in the hospital, those with more than 20 years of experience kept patients there about half a day longer than their peers who'd been practicing for less than five years.
Previous research has found similar results across a variety of physician specialties. Earlier studies have also shown that physicians with more time in practice are less likely to adhere to practice guidelines.
"It's not quite as simple to say that as you get further away from training, your quality gets worse," cautioned Choudhry.
The problem, he said, is not with the capability of the more experienced doctors, but rather, their familiarity with more current guidelines and practices. The results suggest the need to rethink the way doctors are continually educated in the years after completing their certification, he added.
The authors suggest that physicians with more than 20 years in practice be required to recertify periodically. Most of the older doctors in the current study are presently exempt from having to take recertification tests, they say.
Most doctors do participate in "continuing medical education" programs after they finish their training. But much of it is passive, consisting mostly of attending lectures and reading articles by medical researchers. While these are important ways of learning new findings, said Choudhry, it would be better to develop educational programs that would actively engage the more experienced physicians.
Dr. Steven Weinberger, executive vice president and CEO of the American College of Physicians, cautioned that it is premature to make drastic changes based on the results of the study, which only looked at small numbers of attending physicians. He also came up with several alternative explanations for the findings.
For instance, the fact that patients were in a teaching hospital might have contributed to the different rates of death, since more experienced doctors might give the doctors-in-training more autonomy. And the different lengths of time patients stayed in the hospital could reflect a cultural difference in today's younger physicians, who are taught to focus on reducing hospital stays.
Despite his concerns about the study, Weinberger agreed, "It is important for physicians to stay as current as possible."
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/pvz5xz American Journal of Medicine, online July 11, 2011.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Tlhe ghost of yesteryear.
Last night, I was sitting on the balcony at the 32nd floor of a Condo overseeing the whole of Georgetown and by the sea with my SIL, MC and my wife . The view was breathtaking and the moon was half hidden by the clouds. The bright lights below was multi-colored while we can see the traffic crawl like ants below. Our view of the town was partially hidden by many other blocks of condos and apartments.
MC have invited us to her home which have left unoccupied after the death of her husband about a year ago and we ere there to help her chase the ghost away. No, not the ghost of her husband but any other uninvited guest. It was only a joke but she told me that every home have its own story and she still have warm feelings for her late husband. She told me that she have kept his ashes in an urn and she is not keeping it at the temple but at her home in Kuala Lumpur. Her late husband love to stay at the condo in Penang and he would sit at the same balcony and look out at the sea if he can. MC told us that she would bring try to bring his ashes to travel with her when she come to Penang by car. She also told us that her step daughter, S also like the condo very much and she is more obsessed with the beauty outside the Condo and even know when the ferry is passing and the timing of the rising tides. She spend most of her time idling and looking to the sea day and night when she is holidaying in Penang.
Yes, every house have a past and a story through time. The longer the existence of the house, the more history and ghost. Just like every human being . If they live long enough, they will have a story to tell and there will be many skeletons in their closet. These skeletons and like ghost which will haunt them through their life. Some story can be told but some have to remain untold and will be lost after every passing.
Before we left for our home, I told MC that the building will stay for many more generations after we are gone and we will be become the ghost in the house. Hopefully, we will not be chase out from our hiding when the day, the building comes down for another building. If that happens, we will be gone forever.
Namaste.
MC have invited us to her home which have left unoccupied after the death of her husband about a year ago and we ere there to help her chase the ghost away. No, not the ghost of her husband but any other uninvited guest. It was only a joke but she told me that every home have its own story and she still have warm feelings for her late husband. She told me that she have kept his ashes in an urn and she is not keeping it at the temple but at her home in Kuala Lumpur. Her late husband love to stay at the condo in Penang and he would sit at the same balcony and look out at the sea if he can. MC told us that she would bring try to bring his ashes to travel with her when she come to Penang by car. She also told us that her step daughter, S also like the condo very much and she is more obsessed with the beauty outside the Condo and even know when the ferry is passing and the timing of the rising tides. She spend most of her time idling and looking to the sea day and night when she is holidaying in Penang.
Yes, every house have a past and a story through time. The longer the existence of the house, the more history and ghost. Just like every human being . If they live long enough, they will have a story to tell and there will be many skeletons in their closet. These skeletons and like ghost which will haunt them through their life. Some story can be told but some have to remain untold and will be lost after every passing.
Before we left for our home, I told MC that the building will stay for many more generations after we are gone and we will be become the ghost in the house. Hopefully, we will not be chase out from our hiding when the day, the building comes down for another building. If that happens, we will be gone forever.
Namaste.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Reciting the Dai Pei Chao ( Buddhist chants)
I have great impression on the citation of the Dai Pei Chao. This chant is for people who is sickly and nearing their end to chant and hold on to belief that it will open up the path to a better world in their next life. In Buddhism, the next life can be anything depending on a person's karma which is the merits, a person have gathered in his or her past lives. It could be higher rank or or rank in life and involves around these different layers of realm until Buddha hood.
When my eldest brother was a devoted Buddhist and when he die of heart attack, a lot of his friends came as well as his Buddhist friends and they recite the Dai Pei Chao . When he was alive, he has been reciting the Dai Pei Chao in his temple sessions. During his wake, one of his wife's sister, who was another devoted Buddhist came a few nights to recite this Dai Pei Chao besides his coffin. We were very curious and we asked her what is the merit in this recitation and she explain that this recitation will bring thousand of Buddhas to open up the path to his next life and for her, she will get good karma for these recitation because of her loving compassion and her good intention. Yes, definitely she will get the merits because her chanting help us to relief our stress during the wake. The chanting gave a sense of calm , quietness and peace.
The verse of this mantra have been recited by hundred of million people through the centuries and it has been sent to the Universe and entrenched as a echo in the system and it becomes very powerful when you recite the Dai Pei Chao. I do not know how powerful it is but I do know and experience the calmness and the stillness of the mind if I recite this mantra. I want to learn the recitation for this purpose. The meditative purpose to still my mind and enjoy peace.
My purpose is to spread the message for everyone to experience the lesser or greater effect in chanting this mantra.
Namaste.
When my eldest brother was a devoted Buddhist and when he die of heart attack, a lot of his friends came as well as his Buddhist friends and they recite the Dai Pei Chao . When he was alive, he has been reciting the Dai Pei Chao in his temple sessions. During his wake, one of his wife's sister, who was another devoted Buddhist came a few nights to recite this Dai Pei Chao besides his coffin. We were very curious and we asked her what is the merit in this recitation and she explain that this recitation will bring thousand of Buddhas to open up the path to his next life and for her, she will get good karma for these recitation because of her loving compassion and her good intention. Yes, definitely she will get the merits because her chanting help us to relief our stress during the wake. The chanting gave a sense of calm , quietness and peace.
The verse of this mantra have been recited by hundred of million people through the centuries and it has been sent to the Universe and entrenched as a echo in the system and it becomes very powerful when you recite the Dai Pei Chao. I do not know how powerful it is but I do know and experience the calmness and the stillness of the mind if I recite this mantra. I want to learn the recitation for this purpose. The meditative purpose to still my mind and enjoy peace.
My purpose is to spread the message for everyone to experience the lesser or greater effect in chanting this mantra.
Namaste.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
The importance of prayers and chanting
Life have stages. That is birth, age, sickness and death. This is Buddha’s insight and teaching. The line of this stage is unclear except the birth and death which is certain. Aging is a process but age can be only a number as each person’s biological age is different from our birth age and sickness can occur anytime. Some life threatening sickness can occur before they are old and some at a much later stage. When is the beginning of old age ? This is very subjective and the feeling is different.
It is a generally accepted rule that when we get old , sickness will come and death will follow. With advancement in medicine and health supplements, the life expectancy is changing. In the past, the average life span was about 50 in the less developed country and 70 in an advance country and in recent years, it is getting longer and longer. Now, touching 100 years is not an abnormal thing anymore. So, with all these developments, death gets further and further away. If life is not within our expectation, we will let go so easily and we become restless and agitated with our creator. The question of “why me” gets louder and louder inside us.
In order to reduce this stress and pent-up anger and to let go easier, we need to bring in spirituality to unwind the stress and the pain of holding on. Just words may not be effective by if we instill a prayer or chanting, it changes the mental understanding of a person. If prayers and chants are repeated many times, it forms a part of our thoughts and it changes our outlook in life. It maybe useless in the end but the process of aging and dying is more comfortable or bearable. Furthermore, the meditative tone of the prayer and chants will help to still the mind or eradicate unnecessary thoughts. The calming feeling can help in pain control and mitigate the side effects arising from pain.
Any simple prayers and chants will help and numerous repetition will change our emotions, our thoughts and our body –mind condition and could bring unexpected benefits to our body controls or our sickness. When our mind is calm, this relax the body and the body can concentrate and focus to repair the damages to our body. This is a logical deduction and the outcome could be different but one thing is sure, our quality of life will improve.
Namaste.
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