Malaysia International Wushu Tournament 2017

I accompanied my wife last weekend for the 2 day event which was held at The One City. It was an exciting time to give my support to my wife who had been practicing very well for many years. It was the first time seeing so many foreign participants from China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Singapore and others which attracted a big audience to this spectacular event.

I am extremely pleased with my wife's success when she won in her categories for Sabre and Sword Fighting. She displayed very well and vowed the panel of judges to clinch a GOLD and a BRONZE medals.

In less than 2 weeks, she will be competing again in Hong Kong with her team of Tai Chi experts against many other participants from whole China and many countries on this world's stage level.

 DAY 01:

 All participants from all nationalities had to march in

and assemble at One City. My wife belongs to the

famous Hua Ying Wushu & Tai Chi Academy which

is owned by a famous Henan instructor who had won

many Wushu championships in Mainland China.

 

 The excited participants came all the way from China, Taiwan,

Indonesia, Singapore and others.

  

Many young & talented participants like

the novice monks in yellow robes attracted

many audience.

Everyone could not stop clicking photos of these

Shaolin Novice Monks! They just stared at me

with poker faces.

 DAY 02:

  

My wife has been practicing yoga daily therefore

her flexibility is still awesome.

Her toes can stretch out to cubit my nose!

OUCH!

 

 She can easily do the Yoga's head & hand stands too.

Sadly, I cannot even touch my toes. 

Can you?

 My wife beat all the foreign participants &

won a GOLD medal for this Sabre event.

 I was thrilled & over the moon

when I heard her score was 8.80!

I knew that she had beaten all others.

 She won a BRONZE for this Sword fighting category.

Her score was 8.58 which was so close to the

Gold and Silver medalists by 2 numbers.

 In my eyes, her Sword movements were graceful

and swift all the way. She is the winner in my eyes.

Hundreds of people congratulated her in her facebook

and warned me to behave myself otherwise

she might chop me down like a tree!

Muahahahaha

Practice Makes Perfection.

 Photo by PanRan

This young Ms Lauren is a talented participant who

has bagged many Gold medals. Both her parents have

fully supported & encouraged her all the way.

 Photo by Yap Zheng Yan Avi

Graceful Fan Dance participants of my wife's Tai Chi School.

 Photo by Yap Zheng Yan Avi

A senior Chinese Hui Muslim from Mainland China.

 Photo by Yap Zheng Yan Avi

Participants could swirl & fly swiftly with pole.

 Photo by Yap Zheng Yan Avi

Another participant who could fly up in the air with a pole.

  Photo by Yap Zheng Yan Avi

This was my all time favourite too!

I always wish to be a boxer or Muay Thai fighter.

I love violence sports always.

 The audience loved all the team events and cheered 

very wholeheartedly.

Aiyoyo! Our friend just knocked out from exhaustion and

slept right on the carpet! These Chinese Mainlanders are so

famous for doing anything without qualms.

Heeheeheehee!

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Unpleasant Homecoming

My sister and her hubby are finally back home from United Kingdom. They had a very great and glorious time visiting all their friends and the famous landmarks from London to Thames, Reading and Middlesex & everywhere! They went on big shopping and eating spree as the weather was very beautiful with no rain but sunshine which was a rare treat. Husband & wife updated their Facebook with scenic photos almost every hour like college kids. Their precious daughter's graduation was the happiest joy and pride for them on the final leg of their trip. She majored in Chemistry just like my father who specialised in liquids. My father was sent to study in Sunderland, England under the Colombo Plan which offered scholarships to the top students.

So my "housesitting" job came to an end after the 2 cats got used to me as their new Master of The House. On Saturday night, we went over to feed the cats for the last time and watered their hanging gardens on the balcony. My wife was hungry and decided to cook Maggi Mee before we adjourned to a proper dinner & Spiderman movies. She took the egg out from the fridge and realised the egg was so warm!! Dang! The whole big fridge had died. Oh My God! The stench and smell of morgue flowed out and filled the whole kitchen sending the 2 cats to flee to the balcony for fresh air.

Eewww! I have removed half the bottom rack & look at the almost
empty freezer with all the rotten meat and bloody water. Horrors!
The Maggots were all alive and dancing happily in the
pools of blood while singing 

"We Are The World".

I had to remove so many packets of the decayed salmon slices, 

bacons, beef chunks, mutton, dory fishes and gallons of mixed blood!

The smell was the most horrible Rigor Mortis stench and stained
all my beautiful fingers. I texted my sister at London'd Heathrow
to notify her on the death of her +2 year old Hitachi fridge.

That night I had a frightful nightmare in my sleep that

those toxic blood had penetrated my skin into my body.

I woke up in cold sweat and regretted for not using a 

pair of rubber gloves. I didn't see any gloves anyway.

Look at the lovely gifts we received from my sister and hubby

from all their shopping & strolling around Camden, Thames

and St James Park.. My eyes went very wide to see 

"Rolling Stones" tee shirt and shorts for me! LOLOL. 

She is a big fan of Rolling Stones but not me! 

We often received dozens of chocolates from all 

her overseas travels. This time we received "Crumpets" which 

is something new & alien to me. Has anyone ever 

eaten Crumpets?

When they finally landed at Kuala Lumpur and arrived

home to see their fridge in comatose mode, they

read shocking news that Camden is on FIRE!!

They just had their last meal there.

Photo Source

Besides Soho and Covent Garden, this place at Camden Town 

is the most popular rendezvous hub in North West London

for both locals and tourists to Eat, Drink, Shop & Dance!

There are over 1000 shops here & now the Camden Market 

is razed down to ashes! I will always remember

our shorts and tee shirts for a long time.


Note:
Many thanks for all the kind comments at the post
of Chronicles Of The Caregiver. I have just replied
all the comments.

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Chronicles Of A Caregiver (Part 1)

I have been reading up many articles lately after seeing too many deaths of patients and close friends. When I was a volunteering as a caregiver at Hospice, I had to fetch endless of terminally ill patients to different hospitals around Klang Valley for various chemotherapy and nuclear treatments. They were all suffering from cancer's final Stage 4 and passed away eventually, not after having many heart to heart talks with me about their whole colourful and miserable lives of regrets. They would share their many hopes that, should they ever recovered, they would be doing a long list of things they have missed out. They would wish to turn back the clocks and probably remained single too. I was providing free transports at my own accord as most of them had children or family members who were not free, unavailable or not bothered to send these patients to hospitals. It was not an easy task for me as I had to juggle in between my working hours to fetch them to & fro. Each patient had their own special needs & attention to be handled and I had to provide small comfort pillows and disposal bags inside my car, in the event when they threw up vomits of blood and toxic phlegm from time to time.

Case #1: 

One Indian lady named Preema, had 15 grown up children and all 14 of them were married with sound financial background while several had retired. None of them were available to fetch their poor mama who was diagnosed with throat and thyroid cancer for weekly treatments. This old lady in her 80s had money but lived near Putrajaya and no taxis wanted to fetch her back and forth. That was long ago before the Uber and Grab taxis were available. So I was her complimentary taxis. The treatments had closed up her whole throat until she could no longer swallow food & liquid. She had to be fed through the tube and carried the attached bag on her stomach everywhere. Her unmarried daughter accompanied her for every trip and would speak to me on her mother's behalf. The most shocking thing was that Preema would be greeted at the hospital's entrance by a young handsome doctor during her every visits. This Indian doctor was doing his housemanship at the hospital and would greet Preema by going on his knees ritually to kiss her feet using his hand's gesture. I was shocked and speechless to discover that he was Preema's own grandson!! WTF?? Why nobody was free to fetch her?? We caregivers had all been well trained to carry out our duties diligently without conditions and with so many do's & don'ts. We have to refrain from preaching religions, asking personal questions, discuss their sickness, talk politics or even sell them any MLM products. We can only engage into these conversational topics if the patients themselves spoke up. Preema passed away peacefully in her sleep at home a few months later after all treatments had stopped.

Case #2:

John Lim was just 38 when I met him on his death bed. He was from my hometown Penang and had been a successful top salesman in Selangor. He was a macho sweet talker who sold all the imported brands of cigarettes to all the distributors. Naturally he was a chain smoker himself to be able to trade so well. He could brag to me that he smoked at least 4 packets of cigarettes daily since they were all free samples for him to enjoy. He was heavily sedated with morphine to ease the horrible pain of both his lung cancer. We chatted a lot in between his sleep when his eyes closed for 2-3 minutes where he was being drifted out with his soul floating about as claimed. John repeatedly swore to me that he wanted to regard and join me like his own brother to be a caregiver volunteer if God heals him back to robust health again. John passed away 2 nights later, leaving behind his mother, young wife of 30s and a primary school daughter. I went to his funeral at the Section 17's funeral parlour and John's face looked peaceful & free from pain inside his coffin. That was my first time seeing white lights of angels dancing & hovering in circles above his coffin as the church members sang all the hymns for him. John's smiles and words still echo in my head today after more than 10 years.

Case #3:

Selva was just 32 when he was diagnosed with Stage 4's lung cancer. He lived in a flat in Puchong somewhere opposite IOI Mall. I had to fetch him to UH and HUKM on different days for his chemotherapy sessions which had to start at 8:00am sharp. Imagine the traffic crawl and stress for having to drive hurriedly to beat the jams and even red lights so that my patients would not be late for their life treatments. The hospitals would be full of patients waiting and when you are too late, you have to come back again another day after making a new appointment. That is the difference between a private and government hospital. Selva was very talkative and could not accept his fate that he was dying. He would often scream in acute pain and burst out crying inside my car. I had to hold the steering and used my left hand to comfort him. I would give him a small pillow to hug while he crouched his body to lessen the pain. The smell of his decaying lungs filled my whole car whenever he breathed out hurriedly in pain. He asked me why his colleague who was in his 50s was not suffering from cancer since he had smoked much longer than Selva. I could only stare at Selva's eyes and wiped his tears away without any good words that could pacify him. I could only advise him to be brave and continue the treatment since many patients had recovered or managed to live on for several more years. That was a white lie as the number of recoveries were quite slim and small. Selva begged me to tell all my friends to quit smoking as he did not want others to suffer and go through the severe & hellish pain that was like tearing up his lungs with knives. That was Selva's own words! He passed away a month later and left behind his wife in her 20s with 3 young children.

That's all my case stories for today and it could run over 100 but it might bore my readers. So I will continue to recall the stories for part 2 & 3. All the stories are real incidents and non fiction using real names.

Besides cancer, the next deadly sickness that took away most of my friends was heart attack. You might think that it was a quick and sudden deaths but they all died too young. The other surviving friends often tried to analyze the whole lifestyle of the deceased and I would conclude that they all had very successful career that came in a package of unhealthy diet, big stress and no exercise! I need not elaborate on this topic except to look at my own lifestyle. The recent case of my close uncle who had multiple strokes really frightened and saddened me. The fact that he may have to be a vegetable and bed ridden for many years is scary and too troublesome for everyone. I am not a doctor or physician but merely sharing my own thoughts for my own well being.

I don't deny that I often eat out all the time with groups of different friends

and we would eat just anything unhealthy & nice. When I eat alone, I would

try to eat more vegetables to detox and balance my diet. Today I went to my

favourite Rimbun Restaurant to eat their Malay food. The whole plate costed

me just RM3.50 with a Limau Panas drink at RM1.30. You can only find cheap

meals like this in Sungai Buloh. I ate raw cucumber, tomatoes, long beans, okra

and acar pineapple-cucumbers with lots & lots of fiery hot sambals.

I told myself that I must drink fresh coconut water at least twice

weekly to cool my system and build my immunity besides

lowering down my blood pressure which had shown significant

improvement now.

 One coconut is just RM4.00 and that could bring abundance

of goodness for one's health.

I read up some health articles which ranked this pomegranate as

the best fruit juice that would greatly help to clear up all our

clogged arteries. That would cost me RM18.50 just for this

bottle of fresh pomegranate juice. This is really a bomb price

for me, so I would drink it probably once a fortnight.

I have been reading all these healthy juice charts like a bible.

I would probably print them out and paste them on my doors

and all over the house as reminders.

 I do drink many other juices from time to time

and eat some supplements daily besides

increasing my exercises at the gym & pool.

Health Is Wealth.

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My New Job - Housesitting

My big sister and her Swedish hubby are away in England for a fortnight, to attend their daughter's graduation at the University of Reading. They had actually "gone back home" as they hold the British PR and once lived for a long time in a typical English house that was huge with spacious gardens spanning across 400 feet which came with a natural river at the back of the house. Those who live in houses with clean river or canal waters running across would often reap windfalls and abundance of wealth according to some Feng Shui beliefs. Hearing this theory and seeing their windfalls, kinda made me believe it.

So they have entrusted the duty for poor me to be their house sitter! One week has passed so swiftly and I am having another week of dreadful chores to undertake. I just googled on the internet that one could work as a housesitter and live all over the world for free and get paid too. Why not hire me??

 

I don't get paid but I am required to sleep at their luxurious guest room 

at the pinnacle of Mont Kiara. It is on the higher floors that command a 

panoramic view of KL silhouetted behind the stunning concrete jungles 

in the vicinity. 

 

They have a balcony filled with so many plants including strawberry, papaya, 

roses, mint, basils and so many other trees. Every plant has got their own

specific requirements to be watered using measuring cups, sprays 

and watering cans! I also have to fetch their cleaning maid 

over to thoroughly clean and  wash their whole place. 

There are 2 precious cats too which were air flown all the way from United Kingdom! 

They are terribly spoilt and pampered pussies that need to be fed with the best cat food

twice a day besides getting good brush on their fur coats daily. The lights, air cons
and ventilation fans must be promptly turned on, to keep them relaxed & happy. 

I must stay over so that the royalty cats would not be depressed 

with their "missing parents".

I just noticed that every single house below comes with their own lap pools!

The developer is so thoughtful.

 Introducing you - Their Royal Highness Prince & Princess Pussy Cats

 of United Kingdom. They were both born in England & carry their own

birth certificates too. I am not surprised if they have passports too. 

I didn't know that English cats have birth certificates!

Do they pay taxes too?

Every evening both the Royalty Pussies would perch on

the balcony to watch the golden sunset. They amazed me

to see what a blissful life to become cats like them.

Bluek!

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