The Flu is here

Crap. The flu outbreak is rearing it's head on our shores. This I'm scared off. No. 1 on my list with bugs coming second.

Well, if something were to wipe out humankind I guess this would be it. Unlike HIV it depends on your lifestyle, this one could mean that no matter if you're goody two shoes or not you're in it's sight.

I mean how could the unlucky guy/girl even board a plane undetected. Just imagine being stuck in a flight from the US and I know I been there. People will sneeze, cough and countless running noses. Everyone breathing each others air. I'm sorry for the other passengers. They must be worried sick.

Anyway, here's some info on the virus on wikipedia of course
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza_A_virus_subtype_H1N1 . Let's just hope that it's an isolated case and this is the last we'll hear of it here.

For the times they are a-changin

That's it...I quit reading the papers. I mean what's to learn. It keeps getting preposterous day by day. The juice of it will be about grown men acting like kids. Yes, I'm referring to politics today. I hate talking about politics. I saw the Perak State Assembly mess on YouTube, to me the smartest guy in the fracas was the one who finally took the chair out. Yes, tickled me blue that one.

I love my country. I hate the weather but this is where I live. I love the peace. Today, I wonder in my aging mind how long will it last?

Well, let's worry about that another time. Star Trek rocks by the way...

and Bob said...

Come gather round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
Youll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin
Then you better start swimmin
Or youll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin.

Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance wont come again
And dont speak too soon
For the wheels still in spin
And theres no tellin who
That its namin.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin.

Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Dont stand in the doorway
Dont block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
Theres a battle outside
And it is ragin.
Itll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin.

Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And dont criticize
What you cant understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road isRapidly agin.
Please get out of the new one
If you cant lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin.

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order isRapidly fadin.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin


Live Long and Prosper

Still kickin' it old school

Wow! It's been ages since I wrote anything anywhere. I don't have any excuses. A lot happened this past few months. My daughter caught Kawasaki Disease. It was a bad time for my wife and me. Partly the reason I dropped out of the radar. It was harrowing nonetheless.

At the time, her temperature was 40 degrees. She had cracked and bloodied lips due to the extreme body temperature. She lost about 2kg's of body weight. Kawasaki Disease is lethal if not treated at the right moment. From what I can understand, it inflames the arteries of the heart and has long term side effects which includes stroke.

She was admitted for two weeks at Serdang Hospital. Two weeks of despair, doubt, and hope. It was scary. The sound of the machines incessant beeping that suddenly flatlines due to lose wires was gut wrenching.

Alhamdulillah, she pulled through and I know I've got me a fighter. Now she's healthy. No signs of her disease is present. She had a minor relapse but it was the last phase of her disease. A bit underweight but healthy, life's little blessing's.

As for me, I'm still kickin' it old school. Keeping myself busy with work. Working on your own you need to work constantly as not to fall into life's many distractions. Just turned 31 yesterday. Time flies. Enough for now let's see what comes next. Take care.

It's very warm tonight. It rained this afternoon but the heat still hangs in the air. My wife is sleeping beside me and the 40th rerun of 'Primeval' is on the tube. I just got back from hanging out with a good friend of mine in Kota Damansara, about 20 minutes drive away from my place. Friends...that's a dwindling resource nowadays. I say this because throughout my life I've had been in occasions betrayed by them. It affects me a bit. Friendship that turns sour is worst than losing someone you love. When you fall in love you expect it to fail...but when you become friends you don't expect it to fail. I miss good friends, I have them but as you get older time spent with your mates gets less without you noticing it. Though a bit morbid, I envision my friends are the ones that will carry casket into the ground when I die. To me 4 good, trustworthy friends are better than 20 friends. So keep your friends which you trust close for a good friend is worth more than all the money in the world.

In life there are few occasions that we will remember the most. The sight of love, the cries of anguish or triumph or the first time your child looks at you. Scientifically, a newborn can't really see you however the first time she looks at you is mesmerising. I had such an occasion 9 days ago. My first child came into this world at 9.47am on a beatiful Tuesday. My wife had to be operated upon so I was not allowed to witness the whole process, however I watched a couple of videos on YouTube so I guess that excuses me for not being there for I am not a fan of trickling blood moreover gushing blood. To describe this moment on a primordial level how it feels is impossible. You're looking at a human being bundled up in colourful cloth with the face that's the size of your fist. You look at her thinking what qualifies you to claim her as yours. First and foremost, you are not the man your father is. Highly undependable, child-like intelligence, bad reflexes sums up the man writing this blog so hence the nagging question. So we come to the part when she opens her eyes. I've seen beautiful things, I studied in New Zealand where the trees and the sky are actually that color we see and not what you get here in Malaysia. However when I look into my child's eyes....there the silence again. I have no words to describe it. Beauty ceases to be the appropriate word to describe it...I've tried for this past 9 days to find a word for it but none comes to mind. All I can say is now I am complete and I feel that life has given me more than what I deserve and I am thankful. Though just a month ago I had to go through some of the most gruelling moments of my career, now it doesn't matter anymore. Her name is Bayu Iman Rania and she weighs a measely 2.15kg. She is my reason for being. Am I blessed for having her...you bet I am.