Chiang Mai (Nov 8 - 12th 2015)

This is my boys' first overseas trip. We did a one day elephant safari and Karen Long Neck village.
I think if you are here you should not miss this tour.  It is truly an experience of a lifetime especially the elephant ride.

It was so scary. The elephants have to climb on the uneven terrains and the path is so narrow. We have to hang on to our dear life. After completing the ride, you will be so glad you went on it. ...amazing experience.

To get to the safari , we need to cross this slightly wobbly bridge.

Elephant ride. May not look scary from the pictures but it is truly scary.

Elephant massaging a sporty audience. She uses her trunk then her foot!!!!

 

Elephant show : Elephant playing basketball.

Elephant playing harmonica

Elephant dancing to the tune of gangnam style.

The pictures there were painted by the elephants. Selling for 500 baht.

Elephant poo paper making factory .

Ready made paper to be sun dried.

Karen Long Neck Village....one of the long neck tribes. The place that they stay is so basic. A school is just an open hall. No fan and they use wood to start fire.

 

We also visited the orchid and butterfly farm.

There were a few more activities i.e ox-cart riding, bamboo rafting which was quite fun too. More activities during the elephant show is also not depicted here i.e elephant cycling

One thing about doing these activities is , you got to tip the driver/guide/mahmood for each and every activity. Wish they have bundled in together with the cost....cos it can be quite annoying to keep giving tips.

We also visited the famous Sunday Market at Tae Pae Gate which was so big and long. Besides Sunday market we also visited almost every market that was nearby!!!!!!

Food is so so.............though. 

Now back to the grind...................................................................

Gone....

Just came back from my Fil's wake and funeral. We thought he was getting better after the treatment in KL. Had a fall and his health deteriorated rapidly. The bright side is fil passed away in his sleep.

It was a truly tiring and stressful 3 days. Thank God my sil had experience and know what arrangements required to be made for the burial ceremony. Hubby and bil was so tired.

I thought my stressful weeks has come to an end but this is the peak. I was and  am so exhausted. I drove back with my son after many years of being chaffeured by hubby. He was home earlier. My shoulders were all aching ......sign of 'lack of exercise'.

Our days will never be the same as we now have mil staying with us. I can only hope for the best.

My mind is so clouded, body is tired,  .....but next week we're off to Chiang mai and when we're back the real challenge starts. May I be recharged after that and not the other way round.

May the next post be a happy post. This is suppose to be a 'relax' blog but my state is entirely the opposite. Just want to get it off my chest. Gosh I don't even know what I've written.

Stressful Weeks

Have been staying away from the computer for the past 2 weeks.

Older kid just finished his PT3. Younger one's exam kept postponing due to haze holidays.
Finally , the school asked to go back to sit for exam on Wednesday irregardless of what the government declare.

After 2 days of exam, school kena warning from KPN. Alamak...so back to square one. But then no holiday was declared after that. The biggest headache is the reshuffling of subjects for the exam. Today he has both Science and Sejarah......pengsan. There is so much to cover and all subjective somemore. If it is the older boy, that would not have been a problem as he studies on his own. But my younger was is so lazy...and poor memory which I suspect is the lack of interest because he can remember all the TV ads very well while I who has seen it like forever still can't remember much. Why didn't they just follow the original timetable but move those papers to later days instead of reorganising the whole thing at last minute.

Apart from that, I had my in-laws around. FIL wasn't well . Uurrgh...I always had butterflies in my stomach when they are around.

In the span of 3 weeks, 2 of my relatives passed away.

And another 2 days of stress next week before my boy finishes his exam. No more haze holidays for now ....please. I beh tahan already!!!!!!

Hydrogen Water For Health

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I went for this talk to learn more about hydrogen water and its benefits since I am consuming hydrogen water everyday. I have to say the English translator really sucks. Hopefully I don't interpret wrongly (don't shoot me) because some of the translation has sentences hanging. The speaker is actually the son of Prof. Shigeo Ohta who pioneer the study of molecular hydrogen and its effectiveness in medicine. He spoke in Japanese.

The hydrogen that we talk about is the same hydrogen that one learnt in school. It is an unstable gas that has no odour, taste nor colour.

The first medical aspect of Hydrogen report was published in 2007 in the Nature Medicine magazine ( apparently a prestigious magazine) which only select about 30 reports in a year. From the year of 2007-2014, a total of 400 of this research reports has since been published with different contents.

Hydrogen Water verses  Conventional Medicine.

Hydrogen  water works in most organs with no side effects whereas conventional medicine works only for a specific organ or sickness. For example , if  you have stomach pain, your stomach medicine only helps your stomach problem. It doesn't heals your headache. With hydrogen water, it heals both the stomach and headache at the same time.

Another example given was : A high blood pressure patient that takes the hb medicine, will have their hb pressure reduced. A normal person that takes the hb pressure medicine, will lower their hb pressure even more. However with hydrogen water, it will only reduce those that have hb pressure, for normal person their bp remains.

Aging and diseases are due to the active oxygen (O2) or also known as free radicals. Active O2 oxidises substance around them ...i.e metal get rusted due to oxidation. 10 years ago, it was discovered that oxidation starts aging and diseases. About 80-90 % of diseases are due to active O2.

Energy comes from the mitochondrial(DNA) which exists in human cell.  Mitochondrial works as a generator. It produces energy for life processes.  Cell that produces new cell needs energy. Everything we do needs energy. Mitochondrial can also fail to discharge energy properly ( i.e discharges outside the cell). O2 + discharge energy is called active oxygen. Active O2  is not good for our body but it is needed for energy.

When we smoke, drink , stressed up, inhale toxic emission, our body produce active oxygen. People looks older than their age due to a lot of stress. There are different kinds of active oxygen. Not all are bad, some are needed and those are the good active oxygen.

Good active oxygen is needed to protect body and boost immune system.  Hydrogen will only react to very strong active O2 ( bad active O2). Bad active O2 has high oxidising power - 100 times stronger than normal active O2. Hydrogen react to bad active O2 and produces water.  Hydrogen will make the mitochondrial(DNA) work properly. Active O2 cause ageing. It oxidised mitochondrial in the cell. 

After the age of 40, our mitochondrial starts to deteriorate. Hydrogen can stop this deterioration.  Hydrogen will not only protect the body from active O2, it also has anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic effect. Latest research shows that Hydrogen produce hormones to protect our nerve system.

Mr Fumiaki showed some examples of how hydrogen water aids healing of wounds due to teeth extraction faster and better compared to normal water. 

Efficient way to consume Izumio.

Since hydrogen is the smallest molecule in the universe, it can go through most substance like the human body and plastic bottle. So we need to drink quickly.  Although not encouraged, one can still pour the Izumio into a glass of water. Apparently hydrogen will still stay in the water for approximately 3 hours. But most of us 'Kiasu' will try to finish the water in one sitting from the Izumio pack.

Do not boil the hydrogen water , warming is ok.  Best time to drink is when tired or stress. Drink before or after drinking alcohol to feel better. 

How much should I drink?

Drink more if sick. This is when the mitochondrial deteriorate and a lot of active O2 is produced. On normal days drink about 300cc - 500cc. Drink more ( big gulps) at one time so that the hydrogen can go thru all over the body. In other words, don't sip a little at a time.

How to store?

Terbalik. The pack must be stored with the cap down to reduce hydrogen from escaping over time.

There was a survey done in Japan to find out the which aspect of effectiveness is Izumio to male and female. Results showed that most males find that Izumio is most effective for hangover and fatigue. While the females find it best for constipation.

Mr Fumiaki also showed a diagram of all the diseases that has already had clinical trials done on human and also ongoing trials...but too bad, I don't have the diagram.

Before closing, Mr Fumiaki conveyed a message from his dad to us.

"If you don't put a lot of effort in what you do - no results

 If you put too much effort in what you do - you cannot do it for a long time

 If you work too hard, you will produce lots of active O2 - health affected

So continue to drink hydrogen water, then you can work hard and produce results !!!!"

( Those are almost the exact words from the English translator . Too bad I couldn't understand Mandarin, I think that guy is far better . People laugh at his jokes but we have nothing to laugh from the English translation!!!)

Crying Face

When I had my first child, I'll jump to the rescue at the very sound of my baby crying.
Ever ready to soothe, comfort and stopped the crying. So kancheong. First time mom mah.

When the second one came two years later,  I was not so freaky about baby crying anymore ...at home I mean not outside. If I am outside have to be mindful of the people around...can't let baby bawls and distract everyone.

Once we went to Cameron for a holiday, and my younger child slipped and fell at the bee farm. At that time, daddy took our pictures with the crying face and for the first time I felt baby crying face is quite cute afterall.

Nowadays if I see a baby crying, I'll 'enjoy' the facial expressions first. So evil right?
Actually, you know your child would be alright and it is okay for them to cry....no need to go and rescue lah immediately especially when one is not in danger.

When I saw this mom posting on her crying child, I can't help finding it so cute actually.
Sorry ya!

So tempted to post some baby crying face...but dare not lest kena saman!

Wait a minute....while searching for some cute baby crying face I stumbled on a very interesting article that I could really relate to..some of them at least .....eerr minus the not-so-polite words!
http://youngfashioned.com/2015/07/21/10-types-of-people-that-should-be-punched-in-the-face/

I hate cooking

I hate cooking. Period.
I have a super duper picky kid. He kills my interest in cooking.

ok...not entirely true. Let's just say I am pretty inefficient in the kitchen. I spend the whole day coming up with only a few dishes. And after  I cook, I feel so tired I don't enjoy my food at all.

And I have to crack my head to think of breakfast, lunch, pack lunch for school, tea time and dinner! Aarrgh....that's why weekends my kitchen is closed for business...most of the time.

Still remember when I first started staying at home, I was so gungho in my cooking. Followed all the recipe book, bought all the ingredients. Soon....everything becames expired. Vegetables withered, onions sprouted, potato turn bitter.....

So now I only buy at most 3 days worth of vegetables.
And today is no different, I don't know what to cook except this 'chap pa lang' dish.

Dig into the fridge, find all the leftovers, dump into spaghetti and fry!

Really admire those who can cook a storm. I have friends like that. They actually like cooking and inviting guest over. I'll be worried sick if I have to do the hosting...ended up buying most of the dishes!!!!

They say, the way to a man's heart is through the stomach.....
Sori...lor lou kong....you married the wrong gal!!!!

Holiday...

Today's is the last day of school before the term break. I am already on holiday mood.
So lazy...to do house chores, so lazy to cook , just want to relaxxxxxx.............

When kids were small we used to go somewhere locally every holiday. When they were in Kindergarten , we used to ponteng during schooldays whenever hubby has a trip. Once started primary school, minimized the pontenging as you know chinese school has no mercy on homework.

Now in secondary school  even harder to ponteng because there is this thing called PBS and if you miss it, you won't get to do the worksheets.

But this holiday we would not be going anywhere overnight. The boys have exams shortly after the break. This is what I hate the most. Why do they have to have exams after break? Why can't have exams first then break!!!!

I really enjoyed the time when they were in pre-school. No stress, can pack and go anytime....ah...the time is too short. Those of you who have kids in preschool, these are your best years. Start formal schooling.....all the stress will visit you!

Happy Holidays!