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I am sorry if I sound so cruel but it is crueler to inflict misery on others.

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Spare Rib Soup

The most delicious part of a pig is probably its spare ribs. It is free of fat. It is tender and it is sweet. I like mine cooked with salted bean paste, chili padi, laced with a little lime juice - steamed until it is soft & tender and sprinkled with spring onions and parsley. Wow, this is delicious.

To me, it will be a waste as a soup base. But now, it is a craze in south-east China to order ‘Spare Rib Soup’. This is a special soup where customers can’t order off the menu. It takes 8 hours to double-boil the soup to draw out its effectiveness. This ‘spare rib’ together with chicken meat and a concoction of expensive herbs are specially prepared to boost the vigor of a man’s sexual strength and stamina. Sounds interesting. Mmm Good N 7up.

This palatable dish which originates from China is better than synthetic Viagra for it is natural. But the catch is, not anyone with a faint heart dared to enjoy it. For these ‘spare ribs’ are actually unborn babies or premeditated aborted babies.

Eating fetuses is nothing strange to the Chinese. According to old-wives’ tales, fetuses have nutritional properties which include cure for asthma, kidney defects, a beautiful skin and most important to improve sex drive.

One would asked, where from do they obtain a steady flow of supply to cater to the demand. There is no other obvious place but from state hospitals. They have abundant supplies. Some hospitals even give them away free. Hospitals staff frequently take home fetuses and placentas to make broth to maintain poor health. As fetuses and placentas are now widely known, enterprising individuals have started to sell them to restaurants, research centers for the development of vaccines for polio, hepatitis A, chicken pox and rubella and cosmetic companies in the manufacturing of creams or Botox-like injections.

How much is a fetus worth? The price of a dead fetus (which died a natural death) costs RMB2,000. Aborted fetus goes for only a few hundreds. If couples do not wish to sell their dead babies, the placentas can fetch for a couple of hundreds.

This is the result of China’s family planning policy of ‘one child to one family’. Right from our ancestors, a son is preferable to a daughter. A son carries on the family name and the family legacy. A daughter is a ‘loss’ and is looked upon as an outsider after marriage.

With their dislike for female children, abortions are the only way out to acquire a male in the family. In China, abortion is an ongoing affair, nothing new, nothing to frown upon, and nothing to be afraid about. Li Wei once shared that in the urban areas where the population are saturated; the one child policy is effective. In the rural prefectures, they are allowed to have two or three children depending on the population density. And government officials can be very ‘strict’ about this policy.

Idi Amin, the Ugandan military dictator fed on testicles of young boys, like wise the Chinese have a meal of placentas and fetuses. And I can’t bring myself to swallow any of them. Cannibalism is very disheartening.

Speaking the Euro Way

I received this through my email and find it interesting and entertaining. Whoever composed this must have taken a long strenuous time perfecting it.

The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.

As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as 'Euro-English'.

In the first year, 's' will replace the soft 'c'. Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy.

The hard 'c' will be dropped in favour of 'k'. This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome 'ph' will be replaced with 'f'. This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.

In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.

Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.

Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent 'e' in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.

By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing 'th' with 'z' and 'w' with 'v'.

During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary 'o' kan be dropd from vords kontaining 'ou' and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensi bl riten styl.

Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.

Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.

If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl.

Ich verstehe das nicht. Deutsch? Nein, es ist nicht.

Faulty hypodermic needles

The Chinese is plagued with endless problems. The latest scare was a faulty hypodermic needle snapped in an infant’s vein.

Whenever Dr Jenny inserted her hypodermic needle into my vein, I would pray it will not snap. I will try to relax my elbow and let its sharp pointed tip penetrated my skin to withdraw blood from my vein. I would not add fear into my mind so I redirected my face as she pulled the plunger and blood was collected inside the cylinder tube.

I am now familiar with the tiny prick as Dr Jenny boasted her medical needles are very sharp and small. If it snapped, the tiny fragment will follow the flow of blood to my heart and that is it. I do not want to think what will happen. Dr Jenny uses disposable syringes and needles and these steady my fear for HIV infection.

I will be going for my blood test soon to check on my cholesterol and sugar level. My blood platelet count is slightly higher than others and she said that if biten by an aedes mosquito I have a better chance of survival but she forgot to inform me that I can die of thrombosis.

Rhino Water

It goes by the name “Three Legs Cooling Water”. It has been a very popular drink for over 60 years according to its manufacturer. My mum used to give it to me when I have sore throat. We called it rhino water.

As required under Malaysian health law, it is classified under traditional medicine and is safe to drink. It is recommended for a number of ailments which is listed as follows:

* Relieves heat stroke
* Relieves constipation caused by body heat
* Good bye to pimples and acne caused by body heat
* Forget mouth ulcers caused due to body heat
* No more headaches due to body heat
* Relieves burning sensation caused due to body heat
* Ideal for body heat caused by pungent/spicy food

It claims it has no side-effects. It does not contain salt, sugar, fat, preservative and chemicals. Its active ingredient is gypsum fibrosum extract or hydrated calcium sulphate or simply Shi Gao (gypsum).

Gypsum is commonly known as plaster of paris. It is a very useful mineral and comes in crystal forms or in the form of sand. If you have a quarry of gypsum, you will grow rich. The construction companies will kow tow to you because gypsum is a component in the building industry for wall partition and ceiling roofing and concrete setting. It is used to coagulate soya bean curd, as blackboard chalk, to cast broken legs and hands, in the preparation of shampoos, foot creams, binding tennis court clay and as fertilizers.

We have often been told, Shi Gao powder is bad for our kidney and should not be taken regularly. This is a wonder drink which works wonders. Then why is it dangerous for our health. Now I am very confused.

Kiwanis Funfair

Since the day Elaine told me about the Kiwanis Funfair I was excited. I couldn’t wait for the day to arrive. We would share a table to peddle our food. She, her bread and me, my Nigella Mineral Coffee.

The Kiwanis Down Syndrome Foundation Centre held a fund raising funfair on Sunday, October 19 to collect funds towards their centre’s maintainance costs.

It was a combination of food and entertainment affair. I never expected such a good turnout. Parents brought their children for the fun, games and food.

There was the music stall that did not only blast out a selection of songs from Alley Cats to hip hops but also provide the dance music to a group of volunteered line-dancers and bamboo stick hoppers. Throwing a slipper at some soft drink cans was fun although the token will win you only a can of sprite. The wheel of fortune gave out a complimentary gift even though you didn’t strike well. A clown distributing balloons of various designs to keep the kids grinning with happiness. At the entrance of the community hall was a recycled magazines and book stall. If you browsed through you could get a good bargain. Follow the trend, paint your arms and faces even if it is not a permanent tattoo.

Fruits, fried mee and rice, sandwiches, cupcakes, curry puffs, chapatti, laksa, curry mee, the list was long. An enthusiastic family displayed their skill in making angku. The candy floss man was there. This time around there was no smell of kerosene to deter us from buying. His machine was powered by electricity. Toys, clothes, titbits and household items sourced from factories. Please do not ask me which factories, the participants have ways to source for products. A small nursery to delight green thumbs. Fishing for prizes from a kid’s play pool.

We need not be afraid we could not handle our stall. 2 trainee doctors from University Kebangsaan and a lady whose husband is attached to Nestle came to render their help. Leong contributed 10 boxes of pickled vegetables. While Jovina advertised and peddled our contributions, Elaine and I were practically pushed aside and reduced to bench-watch.

Everything was fun that day. I managed to sell all my coffee (90 cups) before 12 noon. We left at 12.30 pm because Elaine wanted to go home to make some bread to fulfill her orders.

London’s calling

Air Asia put up its advertisement for its first air travel to London at RM499.00. Their carrier Airbus A340 will fly non-stop from KLIA to London commencing March 11, 2009. Not to Heathrow but to the ‘biggest low cost carrier airport” Stansted Airport.

The booking period started yesterday to Nov 30, 2008. Travel period from March 11 to October 24, 2009.

Their ad has conditions attached to it. Seats are limited and may not be available on all seats, all flights, public holidays, school breaks and weekends. Seats exclude airport taxes and admin fees. Flights to London commences on 11 March 2009 and are subject to regulatory approval. Other terms and conditions apply.

They also include a travel package “5 days 4 nights return flight plus hotel stay for as low as RM1,699.00 per pax”. This sounds very interesting. I can travel at my own pace, visit places I like and maybe drop by York to visit Jae han and Bristol to say hi to Irene. Food? I heard their servings are in big portions. Breakfast free from hotel, buy one time and keep the other half for dinner time! As I will be traveling on a low budget, that will leave me with limited funds for shopping and entrance fees at tourist spots. The exchange rate is equivalent to RM7.00 for ₤1.00.

Oh, if I am not interested in their package deal, then the RM499.00 is only one way, how to come back? No ticket money to comeback. Guess I have to stay in London and work for my air ticket home. Afterall, I can stay for six months! Good idea.