so the melamine contamination of milk powder has now spread...
that people are even fearing the use of melamine ware...
and that even recalled products will be repacked by unscrupulous manufacturer to be sold again (good point, I havent thought of this, as I so naively will give BOD that these manufacturers probably will re-think into the safety of consumers...but hey, will they? and afterall PROFIT is the most important thing in business!?)
but seriously, melamine ware has been in use for a long long time and it is known to be safe with proper usage (meaning not using the ware as tools for cooking / microwaving etc, but just to hold cooked food)...therefore it boils down to good handling practices
Monday, 29 September 2008
resisting temptations
...my stay in the current company is reaching two months now...
...i hope i'll be able to stay 2-3 years at least...only then i'll be able to learn more of its operation...
but sometimes it's really hard to resist temptations...which is really bad...my ex-colleague - my senior whom i've much respect for ...she just called me up to inform of an up-coming position in S'pore (I've always thought of working there~!) ..in Shangri-La hotel...hygienist position...however I've previously given consideration to a similar position and decided that my experience is just too shallow to be able to handle such a position in such well established hotel...
so yeah..temptations every now and then...and the rationality to resist...money versus experience ...(after all, SGD is so much more tempting that RM +_+)
but i really need to build up on my profile....ahhhh~~~
...i hope i'll be able to stay 2-3 years at least...only then i'll be able to learn more of its operation...
but sometimes it's really hard to resist temptations...which is really bad...my ex-colleague - my senior whom i've much respect for ...she just called me up to inform of an up-coming position in S'pore (I've always thought of working there~!) ..in Shangri-La hotel...hygienist position...however I've previously given consideration to a similar position and decided that my experience is just too shallow to be able to handle such a position in such well established hotel...
so yeah..temptations every now and then...and the rationality to resist...money versus experience ...(after all, SGD is so much more tempting that RM +_+)
but i really need to build up on my profile....ahhhh~~~
Sunday, 28 September 2008
我家里最小 最野蛮的 小‘妹妹’
呵呵~
这‘位’就是我家最小 最野蛮 的‘细妹’了;PPP
我们吃什么都一定要有Mango的份
平时我在别的地方工作
周末有时会回家
Mango知道我和爸爸回来
我们还在门外站着
铊都已经在屋里面开心到发疯了;P
List of Products declared as safe from melamine in Malaysia
To those who do not normally check out the Ministry of Health Website, here's a link to list of products declared as safe from melamine, and it is updated daily...
Ministry of Health Malaysia Website
Ministry of Health Malaysia Website
Saturday, 27 September 2008
Melamine contamination: Milk powder, milk and dairy products from China
I have quite some things that I wanted to blog about over the past one week…but everything has given way to the hottest food safety issue this week… the case of melamine-contaminated milk and milk products from China (actually I dont remember what I wanted to blog about;PP)…after all, how can this food person leave out such an important issue in her blog?
And to summarize it all especially for those who were too busy to read every single details (but I bet everyone reads, due to the widespread use of such products as well as the love for milk and dairy products…but anyway, melamine, is a plastic compound that has a high content of Nitrogen, and is used either consciously or unconsciously to mask the low content of diluted milk…(why do they dilute the milk some may ask? well, all for the name of profit, money…you make more money by selling milk diluted with water..and you have more to sell…but what happen then is that for the diluted milk to pass testing (to qualify as ‘milk’ there must be a certain minimum level of protein content)..and melamine helps by ‘mimicking’ with its high Nitrogen content…what can you say if farmers are using it on milk without really knowing too well that melamine is poisonous? (well, guess they should know it sub-consciously still, how can anyone not know if the substance they add into a food is edible or not, or in this case, even toxic?!
so yeah…all in all…cheating leads to no where…manufacturers who cheat will not last long…they may squeeze through for a year…or even longer depending on the nature of cheating…but still I believe, as the Cantonese saying goes, “Paper could never contain fire”…and this fire will probably burn a while more, but the ‘burn-scar’ will last for many, many years to come certainly…
and such incident has sparkled my intense interest even more, that I should pursue my interest in food safety training…I have already been using this issue as an example in my training today…and probably in the coming sessions of training too…”all that has been done cannot be undone” but we could learn a great lesson from this…and use this as a good example to tell our own food handler and factory staffs…never to let anything similar to happen…I was listening to 988 this morning and callers were saying that they no longer have confidence in China’s food and other products…some even said they never believed in China food products at all…I would honestly said neither have I…but then again, this does not mean that our own local products are a lot more superior…especially since the Malaysian food industry is made up of SMEs (small medium enterprises)…and people in this field would know about examples of malpractices as well…but just that some are just never made known to the public…as I stay longer in the industry there were more food that I will phase out…most critically I would say try to avoid highly processed foods if you could…if you ask me for examples…I must say that I can’t forget fish balls, meat balls, prawn meat, minced meat (used for har gao, siu mai..dim sums)…
and if I write any longer, you’ll find that you can’t really eat anything else anymore;PPP *even food in restaurants have risk of chemical contamination, mind you, due to their practices, from my previous experience / observation*…what’s more food from hawker / street – worse…well, but then again…if on the other hand scientists are predicting that Earth would not stand another 50 years…perhaps you wont bother too much about all these melamine, or what ever that could get into our foods?! well, something to ponder on…but I myself will never be able to put off my wary eyes when it comes to food…*occupational sickness*
And to summarize it all especially for those who were too busy to read every single details (but I bet everyone reads, due to the widespread use of such products as well as the love for milk and dairy products…but anyway, melamine, is a plastic compound that has a high content of Nitrogen, and is used either consciously or unconsciously to mask the low content of diluted milk…(why do they dilute the milk some may ask? well, all for the name of profit, money…you make more money by selling milk diluted with water..and you have more to sell…but what happen then is that for the diluted milk to pass testing (to qualify as ‘milk’ there must be a certain minimum level of protein content)..and melamine helps by ‘mimicking’ with its high Nitrogen content…what can you say if farmers are using it on milk without really knowing too well that melamine is poisonous? (well, guess they should know it sub-consciously still, how can anyone not know if the substance they add into a food is edible or not, or in this case, even toxic?!
so yeah…all in all…cheating leads to no where…manufacturers who cheat will not last long…they may squeeze through for a year…or even longer depending on the nature of cheating…but still I believe, as the Cantonese saying goes, “Paper could never contain fire”…and this fire will probably burn a while more, but the ‘burn-scar’ will last for many, many years to come certainly…
and such incident has sparkled my intense interest even more, that I should pursue my interest in food safety training…I have already been using this issue as an example in my training today…and probably in the coming sessions of training too…”all that has been done cannot be undone” but we could learn a great lesson from this…and use this as a good example to tell our own food handler and factory staffs…never to let anything similar to happen…I was listening to 988 this morning and callers were saying that they no longer have confidence in China’s food and other products…some even said they never believed in China food products at all…I would honestly said neither have I…but then again, this does not mean that our own local products are a lot more superior…especially since the Malaysian food industry is made up of SMEs (small medium enterprises)…and people in this field would know about examples of malpractices as well…but just that some are just never made known to the public…as I stay longer in the industry there were more food that I will phase out…most critically I would say try to avoid highly processed foods if you could…if you ask me for examples…I must say that I can’t forget fish balls, meat balls, prawn meat, minced meat (used for har gao, siu mai..dim sums)…
and if I write any longer, you’ll find that you can’t really eat anything else anymore;PPP *even food in restaurants have risk of chemical contamination, mind you, due to their practices, from my previous experience / observation*…what’s more food from hawker / street – worse…well, but then again…if on the other hand scientists are predicting that Earth would not stand another 50 years…perhaps you wont bother too much about all these melamine, or what ever that could get into our foods?! well, something to ponder on…but I myself will never be able to put off my wary eyes when it comes to food…*occupational sickness*
Saturday, 20 September 2008
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination
Finally got my first dose of HPV vaccination
and after running around so many clinics...I got it from my family doctor, with among the best price and advice
(forgotten about him totally, so sorry our dearest doc)
for those interested...I read from TheStar (and of coz verified by doc) that there are currently two kinds of vaccine here...one against two weak strains, and one against two weak and two strong (more virulent) strains...and needless to say, the latter is better as its efficiency could reach as high as 90% as I read from the newspaper...and according to doc (who reads research journals)...the current vaccine we have is most effective for the age range 9 - 26 (I read this from the newspaper too and this is why I was almost rushing to get my jabs)..however my third dose will come after me turning 26, but doc says its small matter...
...and good news is that a second batch of vaccine is on the way (this one targets at another age range in terms of efficiency)...
but having mentioned on the vaccine and it's efficiency, although it offers a protection, it does not replace pap smears and other means of checking such as ultra sound etc...but well, unless you have previous activity/experience in ...you know what I mean, then pap smear is not feasible for you...and this has always slipped off the mind of stupid fella here until another doctor asked sometime ago...how stupid of me (more embarassing for not thinking of that);PPPP
so yeah, get your jab today dear girls and ladies...
just for information, doc gave me the info sheet of the vaccine...the vaccine I took was GARDASIL [Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus (Types 6, 11, 16, 18) Recombinant Vaccine]....hmm, Recombinant? remember those days when we were so against Gene-manipulation and GMO etc...now we have this vaccine thanks to recombinant DNA technology...science is just great;-)
and after running around so many clinics...I got it from my family doctor, with among the best price and advice
(forgotten about him totally, so sorry our dearest doc)
for those interested...I read from TheStar (and of coz verified by doc) that there are currently two kinds of vaccine here...one against two weak strains, and one against two weak and two strong (more virulent) strains...and needless to say, the latter is better as its efficiency could reach as high as 90% as I read from the newspaper...and according to doc (who reads research journals)...the current vaccine we have is most effective for the age range 9 - 26 (I read this from the newspaper too and this is why I was almost rushing to get my jabs)..however my third dose will come after me turning 26, but doc says its small matter...
...and good news is that a second batch of vaccine is on the way (this one targets at another age range in terms of efficiency)...
but having mentioned on the vaccine and it's efficiency, although it offers a protection, it does not replace pap smears and other means of checking such as ultra sound etc...but well, unless you have previous activity/experience in ...you know what I mean, then pap smear is not feasible for you...and this has always slipped off the mind of stupid fella here until another doctor asked sometime ago...how stupid of me (more embarassing for not thinking of that);PPPP
so yeah, get your jab today dear girls and ladies...
just for information, doc gave me the info sheet of the vaccine...the vaccine I took was GARDASIL [Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus (Types 6, 11, 16, 18) Recombinant Vaccine]....hmm, Recombinant? remember those days when we were so against Gene-manipulation and GMO etc...now we have this vaccine thanks to recombinant DNA technology...science is just great;-)
and cost for one dose = RM380; will speak about the enquiry i made in Ipoh Specialist Centre (Indian doc, my gosh what 'luck' I have with Indians man?!) and she's obviously trying to nab a sum of money with her 'scheme'...and then my bad luck continued...sourcing for 'quotation' for braces treatment...and then 'bumped' into an Indian Orthodontist who again displayed no interest for anything but money and business!! Speak more on these two issues...
Past Life Regression
I read with much interest last week
an article on Star Two
about Past Life Regression (PLR)
I personally have not read much about PLR before
but when I started reading the article I was very attracted by it
briefly PLR means that (or believing that) you were someone in your previous life
hence believing the concept of reincarnation
the article was really attractive until I read the section on the trial the few Star authors / reporters had...and from their words...what I thought I belief then lost its attractiveness...at the end it felt more like hallucination / imagination afterall...
but well, there is freedom in thinking...
and truth is in the eyes of the beholder
The Star Online Article (the main article was separated into few related article in the online newspaper and the links were provided at the bottom of this main article)
an article on Star Two
about Past Life Regression (PLR)
I personally have not read much about PLR before
but when I started reading the article I was very attracted by it
briefly PLR means that (or believing that) you were someone in your previous life
hence believing the concept of reincarnation
the article was really attractive until I read the section on the trial the few Star authors / reporters had...and from their words...what I thought I belief then lost its attractiveness...at the end it felt more like hallucination / imagination afterall...
but well, there is freedom in thinking...
and truth is in the eyes of the beholder
The Star Online Article (the main article was separated into few related article in the online newspaper and the links were provided at the bottom of this main article)
blog~ blog~ blog~
it felt like ages since i last blogged
why such feeling...?
probably becoz all the blog entries went into thin air instead of here;PPP
it's like i have so much to blog everyday
but as there's no internet access for me normally after work in Ipoh...
so things went unblogged...*gosh, creating new term - bloggie term may we call it;PPP?*
why such feeling...?
probably becoz all the blog entries went into thin air instead of here;PPP
it's like i have so much to blog everyday
but as there's no internet access for me normally after work in Ipoh...
so things went unblogged...*gosh, creating new term - bloggie term may we call it;PPP?*
Thursday, 11 September 2008
Out of Hell
I've just got out of Hell officially on Tuesday
Thank you to the Mgrs who assisted my escape from the grip of the evil
and Evil apparently was beaten by this impact
I dont know how easy or hard my days will be after this...as I am unsure if Evil will really re-look into herself
or perhaps this might even cause the flame in her to burn more
but on the other hand...
I hope with this, I will be able to achieve even more!
To all Evils out there....do not take lambs for lambs...for they are not necessary stupid quiet lambs at all times...when the limit is reached...you might not guess the consequence...so before you commit any evil act...say anything evil ...please think...not so much for the person you are trying to eat up but more for your ownself!!
Thank you to the Mgrs who assisted my escape from the grip of the evil
and Evil apparently was beaten by this impact
I dont know how easy or hard my days will be after this...as I am unsure if Evil will really re-look into herself
or perhaps this might even cause the flame in her to burn more
but on the other hand...
I hope with this, I will be able to achieve even more!
To all Evils out there....do not take lambs for lambs...for they are not necessary stupid quiet lambs at all times...when the limit is reached...you might not guess the consequence...so before you commit any evil act...say anything evil ...please think...not so much for the person you are trying to eat up but more for your ownself!!
Saturday, 6 September 2008
被欺负的日子~
这个月
可能可以说是我工作以来的日子
最难受最难过的日子了
我的上头 是一位印度女人
我做的每一样东西
对她来说都是废的
让我怀疑我是不是真的怎么笨？
我所做的事 是不是真的没有水准？
我之前真的没有遇过这样的一个人
除了我
还有一位老婶子也像我一样
不过他的日子比我更难受
其他同事们都叫我忍耐
连人事部经理也这样说
过一天如过一年
叫我能忍耐多久？
加上我不太会说话
当其他的同事们
也跟我说
她想赶我走
不能接受我有一点点的表现
我能怎么样？！
另外就是我叫女魔头的女人
在这家公司工作还没到一年
不过她对一些比她底职位的老婶子的态度 都是非常不礼貌的
可是她的‘察鞋’技术是一流的！！
可能可以说是我工作以来的日子
最难受最难过的日子了
我的上头 是一位印度女人
我做的每一样东西
对她来说都是废的
让我怀疑我是不是真的怎么笨？
我所做的事 是不是真的没有水准？
我之前真的没有遇过这样的一个人
除了我
还有一位老婶子也像我一样
不过他的日子比我更难受
其他同事们都叫我忍耐
连人事部经理也这样说
过一天如过一年
叫我能忍耐多久？
加上我不太会说话
当其他的同事们
也跟我说
她想赶我走
不能接受我有一点点的表现
我能怎么样？！
另外就是我叫女魔头的女人
在这家公司工作还没到一年
不过她对一些比她底职位的老婶子的态度 都是非常不礼貌的
可是她的‘察鞋’技术是一流的！！
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