Massage and Spas - Good for health?

Spas and massage parlors (or parlours?) have been mushrooming all over Kuala Lumpur and Malaysia. I guess people go for various reasons (ehem ehem) but let me share some actual benefits for massages.

Health Benefits of Massage

Sure kita semua menikmati ketenangan and the relaxation of massages but they too have various physical, mental and emotional health benefits. Read the rest of this entry »

“Hari Bersama Belia” with Menteri KBS Datuk Ismail Sabri

Hari Bersama Belia by KBS

Was fortunate to be invited by En Yusri dari Kementerian Belia and Sukan Negara untuk menhadiri their “Hari Bersama Belia” last Monday, 2nd June 2008.

The event’s objective was partially for KBS’ departments to showcase their programs and activities to various visitors, clients and of course also to meet with Menteri Kementerian Belia dan Sukan Malaysia, YB Datuk Ismail Sabri (I didn’t know Dafi was his son until the recent election). Read the rest of this entry »

RM7 for a glass of milk at Starbucks?!

Sedih i tell you. I am here sitting at Starbucks Great Eastern Mall, Ampang. I got my typical cup of coffee which I know ain’t great for my health but hey…..we only live once and I should be able to enjoy it in balance, kan?

Got Milk?

So while ordering my coffe which dah la is mahal gile…I wanted to curb my hunger and asked if I could order a glass to regular cold milk. The cashier said that I would need to bayar. Fair la and I was expecting to pay a buck or two for a regular glass of milk. but then she said “a regular glass of ice milk here at Starbucks is RM7″.

…a regular glass of ice milk here at Starbucks is RM7…
Starbucks Cashier

RM7 for a regular glass of milk?…please lah!

What? You are charging me RM7 for a regular glass of milk!? Thats ridiculous lah. Might as well I head down to the grocery store and get myself 1L of Milk for half that price. Afterall Starbucks themselves are using regular milk…Farmleaf if I’m not mistaken.

Milk is the perfect snack

Milk is great. Its a complete balanced meal if you go for the low-fat types. especially when one the road, I’ll make sure to get a small kotak of susu when isi minyak or whenever I can.

SPM 2008 - Whats Happening To Our Education System

I write about this every but every year it annoys me more and more……oh yes people its SPM time. And of course:

• “5.2% increase in number of students obtaining straight As” (TheStar)
• “SPM: Azali Azlan dapat 21 A”(Utusan Malaysia)

….the value of an “A” in Malaysia’s SPM is a joke….it has no value.

Pendidikan Malaysia Hari Ini

I feel its very sad….menyedihkan. All the system is concerned bout is academic performace. How is it measured? Simply by how many A’s or where one is ranked among kawan-kawan setingkatan. Read the rest of this entry »

Why 50% of Malaysians Are Really Obese and Overweight?

Eat right, enjoy life! - Yeah Right!

I was doing some online research (yes I do research! hahaha) and came across a couple of interesting articles:

• “Eat Right, Enjoy Life” - TheStar Sunday April 20, 2008
• “…Promotion Of Lifelong Health Campaign…” - Bernama June 06, 2008

Our government obviously has a role to promote health, wellness etc tetapi it is the right of the people (like me) to express our opinions - for the goodness of our nation…chewah hahaha. Read the rest of this entry »