H1N1 deaths marches on unabated....

These days people are more concerned about their health. You see people all masking up when they leave the house either for work or to go to college and schools.The government can do so much. So far, 70 people have succumbed to the deadly H1N1 virus.

So, we have to take care of ourselves. Currently there are H1N1 vaccine kits sold for RM180. It is not expensive. We should avail ourselves to them. We can never get enough of protection. It's good to have the seasonal Influenza A shot just to boost our antibodies to face the current potential onslaught of the H1N1 virus.

Soil-less Planting of Vegetables and Fruits.

A new device may soon come into the market which will enable you to grow your own fruit and vegetables without using any soil.As such you can possibly reduce your grocery bills if you want. Through this manner of growing, you dispense with the slugs, dirt and physical labour of planting, not to mention freeing you tiem to do other things.

This scientific method, via a machine called the Power Plant, grows crops and flowers without any soil.It is a NASA technology used by by astronauts to grow fresh fruit and vegetables while in space. Here,seeds are placed on to a 'grow sponge' and a mains-generated microjet system sprays them with oxygenated, nutrient-rich water.

The device can be used to grow fruits such as strawberries and small vegetables such as beans and peas, and is also perfect for herbs such as basil and coriander.

Just fancy that! Hope it hits the market soon!

That Extra from Wal-mart.....

This is one funny joke. Do laugh at glee speed and at a few octaves higher!

One day, in line at the company cafeteria, Joe says to Mike behind him, ‘My elbow hurts like hell. I guess I'd better see a doctor.' 'Listen, you don't have to spend that kind of money,' Mike replies. 'There's a diagnostic computer down at Wal-Mart. Just give it a urine sample and the computer will tell you what's wrong and what to do about it. It takes ten seconds and costs ten dollars . . . A lot cheaper than a doctor.'

So, Joe deposits a urine sample in a small jar and takes it to Wal-Mart. He deposits ten dollars and the computer lights up and asks for the urine sample. He pours the sample into the slot and waits. Ten seconds later, the computer ejects a print-out:

'You have tennis elbow. Soak your arm in warm water and avoid heavy activity.It will improve in two weeks. Thank you for shopping @ Wal-Mart.'

That evening, while thinking how amazing this new technology was, Joe began wondering if the computer could be fooled. He mixed some tap water, a stool sample from his dog, urine samples from his wife and daughter, and a sperm sample for good measure. Joe hurries back to Wal-Mart, eager to check the results. He deposits ten dollars, pours in his concoction, and awaits the results.

The computer prints the following:

1. Your tap water is too hard. Get a water softener. (Aisle 9)
2. Your dog has ringworm. Bathe him with anti-fungal shampoo. (Aisle 7)
3. Your daughter has a cocaine habit. Get her into rehab.
4. Your wife is pregnant. Twins. They aren’t yours. Get a lawyer.
5. If you don't stop playing with yourself, your elbow will never get better!
Thank you for shopping @ Wal-Mart.

A Funny Thing Happened on the way to.....

Well, the proxy papers did not arrive. A lady at the registration counter promised to help us perhaps by putting us on the invitee lists, if the Directors should have no objection. Then came the Company Secretary. With her stern countenance, she satred at us and disagreed. so, do not only expect only bureaucracy and inflexibility in the government service. They are inflexible in public listed companies too. I then asked her who I can talk to to resolve this problem. He pointed me to someone in a black suit-I think he could be the Chairman. He listened to my tale of woe but stood his ground. It was a negative. No proxying without proper forms formally lodged.I told him I am not interested in breaking the rules of his company as well as the Companies Act. All I asked was for him to help save the situation as suggested by the Secretary that we be placed on the Invitee List. This did not cut either. It was a flat No! So, we requested if he could resolved our car-park payment as it has cost us money just to come for the meeting from so far away. I guessed he felt that he did not want any more hassle or trouble from us. He then quickly fished out RM10 from his wallet to pay for the parking charges. I guess it was his way to summarily get rid of us! That he succeeded!

I do not blame QL for the trouble we were in this morning but I thought the Chairman or whoever he was, could have save us the day by making us invitees.

After all, there were not many who were in the same quandary as us this morning! Sadly, it was just poor goodwill on his part. A shame, I would say for a company that made RM1 billion+ per year!