New Year Greeting - From SMS To Facebook

A year ago, and two years ago, and three years ago, at this time, was busy thinking about new year greeting message to SMS to family and friends. Also, handphone was non stop receiving SMS greeting messages.

Today, it seems to be a bit quiet. Not because I have less friend, but most New Year greeting messages were posted on Facebook, rather than SMS.

So much social changes happening in a year!

Look further back, from New Year Greeting Card, to e-card, to SMS, to Facebook, the way we greet others has changed drastically. The only constant is still the will to wish and greet.

I don't like to wish, I like a more affirmative greeting, the one I started using since 2009:

Spread your joy, share your love, keep your health and claim your wealth in the coming year. Happy New Year 2011!

Famous For The Wrong Reason

Bandar Utama BU4, a community with 554 houses, has one of the lowest crime rate in Bandar Utama. But now BU4 is famous again for the wrong reason. There were >35 cases of dengue in BU4 from April to June 2008 and this is an alarming statistic.

Data wise, the dengue incidence rate (per 100,000 population) for Malaysia in 2006 was 64.37. The current dengue incidence rate in BU4 is >1,200. In another analogy, the probability of hitting the 4D first prize is 1/10,000, but the probability of getting a dengue fever in BU4 is 120/10,000.

MBPJ had been fogging and checking BU4 surrounding regularly recently. But most importantly, the residents must help to ensure that there is no aedes breeding grounds left in BU4. We cannot depend on MBPJ solely, it must be a joint effort in order to solve this epidemic. The gotong royong campaign tells it all.

Papaya Leaf - Cure For Dengue?

You could have received the following email on cure for dengue: "Accordingly it is raw papaya leaves, 2pcs just cleaned and pound and squeeze with filter cloth. You will only get one tablespoon per leaf. So two tablespoon per serving once a day. Do not boil or cook or rinse with hot water, it will loose its strength. Only the leafy part and no stem or sap. It is very bitter and you have to swallow it like Won Low Kat. But it works"

From our observations in few dengue cases in our community recently, different people reacted to it differently. Some positively, but there are also negative reaction. However, since there is no western medicine that can cure dengue, why not give it a try.

Not knowing that papaya leaf can be used for papaya leaf tea, stomach ailment, mosquitoes repellent, malaria prophylactic, cancer prevention and antiseptic/digestive.