Exercise for Health

Ever since I had to take Neb for 3 times about 2 weeks ago,  and suffer from medication allergy, I kinda decided to improve my lifestyle for better health. Boost up my immune system with healthier body. What other options do I have? More drugs and more problems?

Nothing fancy though. Just play zumba, yoga or aerobic video from YouTube and I'm good to go. I used to love dancing. Terkinja2 in school whenever there were a show. But nowadays I feel like a clumsy big bird trying to follow the steps. Sigh! Need to be agile once again :) However,  that's the beauty of doing it at home. No one to laugh at you. If I managed to do that few times a week,  is a vast improvement from previous lifestyle.

I feel positive after every session.  It's like I'm doing something for myself. Taking charge of my life :) Clumsy big bird pun takper. I could get carried away with dieting though since my midsection has been expanding and I'm feeling every inch of it with tight clothes and shirts that can't be buttoned. But hold on... one step at a time. If I want everything fast, the motivation may wane. So slowwwlyyy do one thing at a time.  This is not a race.

My health is at stake so keep the momentum and motivation going.  Whatever results I get is secondary. Focus on the effort.  Not the result. I know this is different mantra from many goal-setting health guru but I'll take what works for me. Remember... EFFORT!  So just do it... I know I can do it... hehehe... cheering up for myself sikit :)

My Heart's Desire

Finally, after waiting for months I finally got it :) I don't have the time to survey shops in Lowyat Plaza. So I decided to take a package from the only telco service provider I have been using. Just the phone, no accessories, no external SD card, even screen protector. I was told by the girl that Samsung dealer said a screen protector isn't necessary.

I got it yesterday and this is my first blog entry with it. Couldn't get accessories from any other shops either. At least from the few shops I asked on my way back from the shop where I bought the phone. I have to be very careful with my phone then. May we spend few years together being productive and efficient.

On Sharing and Opening Up

"Open your book of life only to a few people because in this world very few care to understand the chapters. Others are just curious to know."

"Be careful who you open up to. Only a few people actually care, the rest just want something to gossip about."

You know, I don't like it when people put holier-than-thou statement on their FB wall. It gives the impression that you think you're good, better than SOME people, eventhough the readers are people whom you claim are your friends. You accepted them to be your FB friends right? They could be just sharing the statement, but to me it might give a different impression.

So the above are 2 such statements that I wanted to let go from my chest. I did not put them on my FB wall. Here I can rant all I want. I can write a long essay of disclaimer to justify what I really mean. I can write a short statement saying I don't bother with what readers think. In this case though, I just want to give myself a reminder.

Learnt a painful lesson about sharing and opening up. Not everyone I know are real 'friends'. Makes me appreciate real 'friends' better and it is a revealation to me on who I can and cannot trust.

Tell Me Again Why Do You Want to Become a Doctor???

Instead of doing the necessary test to detect my allergies, a doctor suggested I took another dose of the suspected allergy-causing-medication, just to be sure!

Instead of troubling her, she expects me to suffer swollen eyes, itchy ears, wheezing, runny nose, sneezing my head off and short of breath again... probably with greater intensity just so that she will not get troubled by the extra work. Hmmm... doctors and nurses, what if you're the one lying on the bed?

Probably doctors KPI nowadays are clearing the bed in the emergency room instead of treating their patients right. I know allergic reactions probably doesn't seem so critical like someone who's about to loose their limb or their life. However, there are known cases of allergic reactions causing death due to blocked airways; asthma have caused paralysis and I have asthma too when I get allergic reactions; and what if I get brain damage without enough oxygen? If Allah wills it, it will happen but all I want is the chance to do my part to prevent my situation from getting worse. Seems like I won't be getting it from the doctors.

Have to take matters in my own hand and improve my health because the doctors don't care about you or me. I wanna get better first, before I can start Saving My Own Life Mission!

For my personal note...

- Monday... training.
- Monday night, started feeling short of breath
- Tuesday... training. Hang-in-there mode till end of the day. Walk to the car while wheezing and it was drizzling.
- Went to the nearest clinic for Neb at around 7 p.m.
- Went to the hospital at around 11 p.m. for another dose of Neb. Prescribed 6 tablet of Prednisolone for the night and subsequently take 1.
- Wed morning felt joints weak and uncomfortable
- After lunch, take 1 Pred as prescribed, noticed tiny swells on the eyelids. Started to wheeze again.
- By 7 p.m. seemed OK, went to the bed feeling OK.
- Woke up Thu morning with swollen eyes and wheezing.
- Went to the hospital for Neb
- Doctor suggested half day monitoring and testing since unlikely for people to develop allergic reaction to Pred. *Pred seems to work before when I can't take antibiotics since I'm allergic to many.*
- Blood test, heart test, X-Ray and the doctor who is supposed to do skin pricked test for my allergy came by where the event above happened.

Sunday Afternoon Thoughts

I prayed Zohor at 3:30, then I have to go out to look for blank certificate paper. I have some leftovers in my stock. I counted them twice. I have 29 pieces. Really?? 29 pieces?? Duh! Sigh! I need 30 pieces. Just for a piece of paper, I have to go out in this heat. Just for a piece of paper I might have to buy a whole stack.  Double Sigh! I prayed... and Allah knows best my level of 'khusyuk'. I wanted to go out fast, just grab what I need and return before 6. I wanted to enjoy my evening in the garden. I have 2-days training starting tomorrow and I might not have the time to enjoy evening in my garden for two days.

Then, I discovered it. A piece of blank certificate paper under the printer cover. I made copies earlier so I can test printing on A4 paper to check the borders and layout without wasting a certificate paper. Yippeee... felt like jumping up and down. Alhmadulillah... Despite my level of 'khusyuk', Allah has make things easier for me. Can you imagine if I didn't check the printer, go out, buy what I need and then return to discover the piece of paper that I need? Alhamdulillah. Take care of your relationship with Him and He will take care of you. How often I hear this but sometimes I tend to take things for granted. Sometimes I forget He's always there for us. We may have no time to remember Him, we may remember Him some time, but He's there for us all the time.

I printed the certificate one by one fearing it might get stuck or printer jammed or something. It's completed, without any glitches.

Samsung Galaxy Note II Functions

Interesting functions of Galaxy Note II.



Things that we can't be certain with a new product launch:-
i) battery life after a year - will it deteriorate?
ii) durability - will it last for 3 years at least. My previous Nokia can really last for a long time.
iii) will it be as fast after installing so many apps - thinking of PC which requires disk defrag every now and then.

I'm thinking of my Canon Powershot A710IS, hyped up with all the latest hardware and functions, and then kinda not really perform as well as my low Megapixel Kodak. Will Note II meet everyone's expectation? We'll have to see.