I recently found a great relief for my stubborn and chronic sinus problems. I have been using nasal sprays and every now and then end up on antibiotics when the sinus gets infected.
One day, while chatting with my friend Sharon who is residing in US, she mentioned this neti pot that had helped relief her chronic sinus problems. She told me that she now does not need to go for surgery anymore and that this wonder pot helped her. This set me off on an extensive research on the net and around the pharmacies for this "pot" None of our pharmacies here had the pot. Some had customerse asking about it also. Then another friend mentioned that she saw it on Oprah Winfrey where they interviewed Dr. Oz. And I managed to see it on the net.
How does it work?
The neti pot looks like a little aladdin's lamp. You have to place in it a saline solution made of warm filtered water and some non-iodised salt. Place the spout of the pot in one nostril and tilt your head. Amazingly you will find the saline solution flowing out of your other nostril. Yes I know it sounds gross but it works!!
How did I get the pot?
I asked Sharon to get the pot and the salt for me from US. I tried it two weeks ago and found that I could breathe so much easier. Now, Kenny and I dutifully "clean out" our noses daily.
So for those of you sinus sufferers, this is a good solution. Much better than spraying all that sterroid into your noses and introducing toxin to our fragile bodies.
I showed the neti pot to my regular pharmacist in Damansara Utama PJ. Hope she will bring it to Malaysia and all of you can soon find it on the shelves of our local pharmacist.
A million thanks to Sharon for sharing n shipping!
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
DATING ALL OVER AGAIN
It was a nice weekend that I spent with my laokong (i.e. husband for those of you who r not familiar with Chinese :) ). We spent Friday evening looking for a dinner spot before cell meeting. Ended up at ss2 PJ. Having parked our car near Poh Kong, we noticed a whole bunch of folks flocked around the shop next to Poh Kong. We walked over n saw that they were watching Malaysia's very own Olympic medalist doing his stuff on the court. It was fun n thrilling watching the match together with these guys............even the regular Alliance Bank guard was there cheering! Some of these guys placed bets n were anxiously waiting for the match to go on.
We decided to try out "The Cave" restaurant. We had been wondering what it was about. They stated on their banner it was a "couple cafe". Hehe. It was fun. We were ushered right up to the first floor. The whole place was dimly lit and had the setting of a cave.........very rough walls all around. We were seated in one of the caves. Each cave could seat at least four people. They had big scatter cushions all around the sofa. I could not even order my food and my hubby had to do it for me. The lighting was just way too dim for my eyes. I had a ceasar salad with turkey ham and a fruit flavored tea (ymmy!) and Kenny had a carbonara based pasta with iced lemon tea. The food was average in quality but it was a fun experience. The aircond was super cool and they offered me a scarf of which I glad accepted. So dinner ended and off to cell group meeting we headed. It was inspiring sharing by Kim San and Wei Yin on the mission trip they made. Will share more another time.
Saturday evening saw us at The Pavillion, Bukit Bintang. We went by MRT from Brickfields. Er, it was a date but we had my sister tag along............haha. So we shopped about and got some good bargains on clothes. We ended up at Sakae Sushi for dinner and had a long wait for our food as the place was jam packed. Later, we walked around Bintang Walk. Man, the whole place was jam packed with tourist but it was fun! By the time we got home was passed midnite.
I enjoyed the time spent with my darling hubby. It is good to take some time off our busy schedules to just have undivided attention for each other. It helps to bring us closer. Ahem.........I hope that when the young ones come along, we will be able to find willing aunties and uncles to babysit for us while we go off dating once in a while to keep the fire burning!!
We decided to try out "The Cave" restaurant. We had been wondering what it was about. They stated on their banner it was a "couple cafe". Hehe. It was fun. We were ushered right up to the first floor. The whole place was dimly lit and had the setting of a cave.........very rough walls all around. We were seated in one of the caves. Each cave could seat at least four people. They had big scatter cushions all around the sofa. I could not even order my food and my hubby had to do it for me. The lighting was just way too dim for my eyes. I had a ceasar salad with turkey ham and a fruit flavored tea (ymmy!) and Kenny had a carbonara based pasta with iced lemon tea. The food was average in quality but it was a fun experience. The aircond was super cool and they offered me a scarf of which I glad accepted. So dinner ended and off to cell group meeting we headed. It was inspiring sharing by Kim San and Wei Yin on the mission trip they made. Will share more another time.
Saturday evening saw us at The Pavillion, Bukit Bintang. We went by MRT from Brickfields. Er, it was a date but we had my sister tag along............haha. So we shopped about and got some good bargains on clothes. We ended up at Sakae Sushi for dinner and had a long wait for our food as the place was jam packed. Later, we walked around Bintang Walk. Man, the whole place was jam packed with tourist but it was fun! By the time we got home was passed midnite.
I enjoyed the time spent with my darling hubby. It is good to take some time off our busy schedules to just have undivided attention for each other. It helps to bring us closer. Ahem.........I hope that when the young ones come along, we will be able to find willing aunties and uncles to babysit for us while we go off dating once in a while to keep the fire burning!!
Monday, August 11, 2008
A hectic weekend
This was a rather hectic weekend for both of us. Saturday saw me at the hair saloon trying to "rescue" my hair. It all started on Tuesday night when I had my hair rebonded and had a hair cut. I was told not to wash my hair until Thursday morning. I dutiful followed the advice. After a nice hair wash on Thursday, I set out for the office with Kenny. I touched my hair and it felt strange. Soon Kenny began to notice that I had that "afro" look. Omigosh!! The hair was all dried up and frizzy. So I marched right back to the hair saloon that Saturday and had them "redo" it. It seemed better after that.........but it was still rather dry.
Anyway, it wass off to a meeting with some friends for a potential business "tie-up" discussion at McD over at Centrepoint. Nothing formal - just shorts and tees over some burgers. Then, it was off to our usual dinner at my in-laws at USJ. On the way there, I received an sms from Stephanie requesting for backup in church during the worship service. So I said I would back her up on Sunday and got the dress code and all.
Come Sunday, we had worship service. Then off to lunch with my sister Daph and then back to office. I had a bunch of clients coming over later that nite to sign some documents on an urgent basis. I tried to keep awake while preparing the documents................zzzzzzzzzz......Then off home we went. Took a nap in front of the TV watching the awesomely strong women weightlifting. Then it was off to a steamboat dinner at Bandar Puteri with my folks and sister. You guys should try the porridge steamboat there. It is cool!
Then after dinner we took a quick round at Giants and ended up buying some new plants for the house. We started this new hobby a week ago and now our little balcony boasts of some 15 pots of an assortment of indoor ferns!! Hehe! It is more my hubby taking care of these new "babies". He even bought some anti slip mats to spread out on the floor of our balcony.
10 pm sharp we clocked in at the office. Parked the car right in front of the office and looked across and saw a couple that had just arrive also. Assuming it was the new clients we walked over and asked wether they were the ones and vice versa. Hehe! My other client was supposed to arrive before them to make the formal introduction but that was now no longer necessary. So at 1145pm we were done. We said our goodbyes and locked up the office and headed to the lifts. To our horror both lifts had been turned off. So I remembered I had the security office no. in my handphone and in a matter of minutes they lift was turned on. Gladly we took it and made our way home. So glad to have my hubby to accompany me throughout the whole time. Even the client commented that it was good of him to be there!! So it was a tiring but fruitful weekend all in all!
Anyway, it wass off to a meeting with some friends for a potential business "tie-up" discussion at McD over at Centrepoint. Nothing formal - just shorts and tees over some burgers. Then, it was off to our usual dinner at my in-laws at USJ. On the way there, I received an sms from Stephanie requesting for backup in church during the worship service. So I said I would back her up on Sunday and got the dress code and all.
Come Sunday, we had worship service. Then off to lunch with my sister Daph and then back to office. I had a bunch of clients coming over later that nite to sign some documents on an urgent basis. I tried to keep awake while preparing the documents................zzzzzzzzzz......Then off home we went. Took a nap in front of the TV watching the awesomely strong women weightlifting. Then it was off to a steamboat dinner at Bandar Puteri with my folks and sister. You guys should try the porridge steamboat there. It is cool!
Then after dinner we took a quick round at Giants and ended up buying some new plants for the house. We started this new hobby a week ago and now our little balcony boasts of some 15 pots of an assortment of indoor ferns!! Hehe! It is more my hubby taking care of these new "babies". He even bought some anti slip mats to spread out on the floor of our balcony.
10 pm sharp we clocked in at the office. Parked the car right in front of the office and looked across and saw a couple that had just arrive also. Assuming it was the new clients we walked over and asked wether they were the ones and vice versa. Hehe! My other client was supposed to arrive before them to make the formal introduction but that was now no longer necessary. So at 1145pm we were done. We said our goodbyes and locked up the office and headed to the lifts. To our horror both lifts had been turned off. So I remembered I had the security office no. in my handphone and in a matter of minutes they lift was turned on. Gladly we took it and made our way home. So glad to have my hubby to accompany me throughout the whole time. Even the client commented that it was good of him to be there!! So it was a tiring but fruitful weekend all in all!
DRAMA AT THE SERVICE STATION
DRAMA AT THE PERODUA SERVICE STATION AT JALAN 227 PJ
It started off as a normal visit to the service station. I had handed the car keys to the staff and was letting them know what needed attention in my car. All of a sudden, the staff started shouting "oh, sudah bakar!" I was puzzled and thought it was a fire within the service station. Then the attendant that was taking down my request pointed outside the building to a lamp post that was on fire. There was intermittent small explosions that was taking place. Then the guys started pointing to a kanchil that was parked pretty close to the lamp post. They quickly got out a trolley and about 4 of the men managed to push the car off to a safe place.
As the lamp post continued to send out sparks and all the curious onlookers had gathered around the scene, but maintained a safe distance from the fire. Soon, a fire engine arrived, and in a matter of seconds they managed to put out the fire. They however remained there for some time and the mini explosions started up again. Then came along the Tenaga folks. Soon the whole drama was over.
It was however one very very hot waiting for my car. The electricity in the service station had been cut due to the fire. So the moment they called out my car no. I rushed to the clerk, quickly settled the payment and was out of the place in a jiffy.
It started off as a normal visit to the service station. I had handed the car keys to the staff and was letting them know what needed attention in my car. All of a sudden, the staff started shouting "oh, sudah bakar!" I was puzzled and thought it was a fire within the service station. Then the attendant that was taking down my request pointed outside the building to a lamp post that was on fire. There was intermittent small explosions that was taking place. Then the guys started pointing to a kanchil that was parked pretty close to the lamp post. They quickly got out a trolley and about 4 of the men managed to push the car off to a safe place.
As the lamp post continued to send out sparks and all the curious onlookers had gathered around the scene, but maintained a safe distance from the fire. Soon, a fire engine arrived, and in a matter of seconds they managed to put out the fire. They however remained there for some time and the mini explosions started up again. Then came along the Tenaga folks. Soon the whole drama was over.
It was however one very very hot waiting for my car. The electricity in the service station had been cut due to the fire. So the moment they called out my car no. I rushed to the clerk, quickly settled the payment and was out of the place in a jiffy.
Friday, July 25, 2008
My Second Encounter With The Big "C"
Recently, during a visit to my doctor for a skin allergy, Kenny asked the doctor to do a pap smear for me. I had never done this test before as a single as I couldn't bear the thought of someone examining me in that part of my anatomy.
During the test, I saw the look of shock on my doctor's face and I knew something was not right. I was bleeding and she told me that there was something in there. As I got off the examining table, she asked me to call Kenny to her office as she wanted to explain the situation to both of us. As we set nervously in front of her, she said that there was a polyp in there and that I should get it removed asap. During that time, I walked out to take a call. The appointment was then made to see her husband at Tawakal Hospital on the following Friday. As we drove home, Kenny told me that during the time when I stepped out to take the call, my doctor told him to be prepared that the growth may be cancerous. I already suspected that as I saw the "horrified" look on her face and how she said she was so sorry to have to tell me that there was this "alien" object inside me.
So off to Dr. Fong's clinic at Tawakal on Friday and the appointment was made to have it removed on the following Tuesday. Early Tuesday morning, I was up by 5 am. I spent some time praying before preparing to leave for the hospital. We left our home in the pouring rain. As we were about to arrive at the hospital, a Kanchil sped by from behind and hit us at the back. Before we could do anything the car had sped off. I determined in my heart not to let the incident affect me. So at 7.30 am we signed in. They took my blood sample, my blood pressure etc. Off to the operation theatre and it was all done in 20 minutes.
When the general aneasthetic wore out, the doctor came in to check on me. He insisted both of us take a good look at the polyp. It was a gross pale looking tissue the size of an adult thumb. I was discharged on Wednesday morning and went home to mom to recuperate.
On Friday afternoon, my family doctor called me up and was so glad that she could not wait to tell me the biopsy results - the growth was benign!! Praise the Lord for His saving grace and mercy again. He did it once for me way back in 2001 when there was a growth on my tongue.
On Saturday afternoon, I went back to my family doctor for the detailed biopsy report. They said the growth was inflammed, bleedy and had very perforated walls. So it was not a normal polyp that is usually small and smooth. My doctor said that she and her husband felt very uneasy when they saw it and thought it was a malignant growth. Thank God for His hand upon our lives.
Ladies, please do go for a regular pap smear test as this could save your life! My doctor said that regardless of whether a person is married or not, it is essential to have this done in order to have early detection of any abnormality in the cervix. I thank God that my hubby insisted I did the test.
During the test, I saw the look of shock on my doctor's face and I knew something was not right. I was bleeding and she told me that there was something in there. As I got off the examining table, she asked me to call Kenny to her office as she wanted to explain the situation to both of us. As we set nervously in front of her, she said that there was a polyp in there and that I should get it removed asap. During that time, I walked out to take a call. The appointment was then made to see her husband at Tawakal Hospital on the following Friday. As we drove home, Kenny told me that during the time when I stepped out to take the call, my doctor told him to be prepared that the growth may be cancerous. I already suspected that as I saw the "horrified" look on her face and how she said she was so sorry to have to tell me that there was this "alien" object inside me.
So off to Dr. Fong's clinic at Tawakal on Friday and the appointment was made to have it removed on the following Tuesday. Early Tuesday morning, I was up by 5 am. I spent some time praying before preparing to leave for the hospital. We left our home in the pouring rain. As we were about to arrive at the hospital, a Kanchil sped by from behind and hit us at the back. Before we could do anything the car had sped off. I determined in my heart not to let the incident affect me. So at 7.30 am we signed in. They took my blood sample, my blood pressure etc. Off to the operation theatre and it was all done in 20 minutes.
When the general aneasthetic wore out, the doctor came in to check on me. He insisted both of us take a good look at the polyp. It was a gross pale looking tissue the size of an adult thumb. I was discharged on Wednesday morning and went home to mom to recuperate.
On Friday afternoon, my family doctor called me up and was so glad that she could not wait to tell me the biopsy results - the growth was benign!! Praise the Lord for His saving grace and mercy again. He did it once for me way back in 2001 when there was a growth on my tongue.
On Saturday afternoon, I went back to my family doctor for the detailed biopsy report. They said the growth was inflammed, bleedy and had very perforated walls. So it was not a normal polyp that is usually small and smooth. My doctor said that she and her husband felt very uneasy when they saw it and thought it was a malignant growth. Thank God for His hand upon our lives.
Ladies, please do go for a regular pap smear test as this could save your life! My doctor said that regardless of whether a person is married or not, it is essential to have this done in order to have early detection of any abnormality in the cervix. I thank God that my hubby insisted I did the test.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
My first posting on my blog!
Well, this is my maiden post on my very own blog spot! Having seen so many of my buddies blogging, I got inspired to start my very own blog. So folks, welcome me on board in this "virtual journaling"!
Much has taken place in my life in the past one year! I have a new love in my life......and his name is Kenny! I thank the Lord for bringing my soulmate into my life and we have been discovering this new phase in life called marriage in the last 7 months. It has been a wonderful and interesting journey and I thank the Lord for His hand and guidance on our lives through this phase of our lives.
I thank God for the many friends and family members that have been there for me all these years. It is also wonderful to have found a new family in my in-laws. More folks to love me and to love! I am so deeply touched by the love they have bestowed on both of us through these months. May the Lord throughly bless them richly in their health, career paths and their walk in God!
Well, this will be all for my first posting! I am looking forward to penning down much more of the chapters of our lives in this virtual journal!
Much has taken place in my life in the past one year! I have a new love in my life......and his name is Kenny! I thank the Lord for bringing my soulmate into my life and we have been discovering this new phase in life called marriage in the last 7 months. It has been a wonderful and interesting journey and I thank the Lord for His hand and guidance on our lives through this phase of our lives.
I thank God for the many friends and family members that have been there for me all these years. It is also wonderful to have found a new family in my in-laws. More folks to love me and to love! I am so deeply touched by the love they have bestowed on both of us through these months. May the Lord throughly bless them richly in their health, career paths and their walk in God!
Well, this will be all for my first posting! I am looking forward to penning down much more of the chapters of our lives in this virtual journal!
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