PROTECT YOUR EYES

Our vision is one of those wonderful gifts most of us take for granted. The only time we even have cause to think about our vision as such is when we think about a blind person who has no vision at all, or our own vision begins to fail us. Being aware of the importance of protecting your vision can help you to avoid problems with it in the future.

Your eyes care a part of the body like the skin that you can do things to slow the aging process of using certain precautions that take little time to implement and can make a world of difference later in life.

Eye Care is an important factor in all of our lives. We sometimes take sight for granted but can you imagine not being able to see everyday things normally. Imagine not being able to see your kids, to watch TV, to read e-mails and news papers, to take a walk and see all of nature is beauties. People with certain eye diseases are not able to enjoy these experiences to their full extent and sometimes not at all.

There are many eye diseases that can be prevented or whose progression can be slowed down with proper precautions and healthy eating. Eating a lot of Vitamins A, E, C, and some Zinc and Selenium can help prevent many diseases including those that affect the eyes. Visit the nutrition page on what foods contain these vitamins and minerals. Certain diseases might be causes by other factors such as obesity, diabetics, exposure to ultraviolet light, smoking, certain medications such as steroids, and many other factors.

It is a good idea to ask your eye care doctor for specific steps you can take. People with obesity or who are diabetic should have more routine checkups since they are more likely to develop certain eye diseases.

Those who are outside most of the day should use protective sunglasses or eyeglasses to prevent heavy exposure to ultraviolet light. People who smoke or take certain medications should ask their doctor if they are more likely to have eye diseases because of family background. These little measures can help your eyes healthy and keep all the emotional, physical, and financial problems that come with eye problems away.

By having a regular check-up and wearing glasses or contact lenses if you need them, you can prevent problems with your eyes in the future.

Drinking Warm Water Can Prevent Heart Attacks

This article is not only about the warm water after your meal, but about Heart Attacks. The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals, not cold water. Maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habits while eating.

For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. So, it is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

Common Symptoms Of Heart Attack ...

A serious note about heart attacks - You should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line. You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack.

Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. About 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep.

Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive.

A cardiologist says if everyone who reads this message sends it to 10 people, it could save a life.

So, please be a true friend and tell about this article to all your friends you care about. Be sure that we'll save at least one life.

Produk Berasaskan Bahan Melamine Bahaya

Kebanyakan pinggan plastik di Malaysia dibuat daripada MELAMINE yang mengandungi 'urea formaldehyde' dan sangat berbahaya kepada kesihatan. Urea Formaldehyde adalah sejenis bahan yang biasanya digunakan untuk membuat bekas barangan elektrik dan 'insulation' wayar electrik. Bahan ini amat berbahaya jika memasuki badan manusia. Ia boleh menyebabkan masalah sistem penghadaman, masalah pernafasan, batu karang, kegagalan buah pinggang, cancer pundi kencing dan kerosakan sistem pembiakan.

Kebanyakan restoran-restoran di Malaysia juga menggunakan pinggan jenis ini kerana ia tidak mudah pecah dan kelihatan cantik seperti pinggan seramik. Mudah sahaja untuk mengenali pinggan mangkuk yang diperbuat daripada melamine. Pada kebiasaanya di bawah pinggan ini tertulis MELAMINE. Tetapi pinggan-pinggan melamine yang di buat di Thailand atau China selalunya tidak menulis perkataan ini di pinggan tersebut.

Mangkuk pinggan melamine dari Thailand adalah jenis paling berbahaya disebabkan bahan kimia yang terdapat dalam pinggan mangkuk tersebut sangat mudah 'leech out' ke dalam makanan kita, terutamanya jika makanan itu panas. Oleh itu elakkan semua pinggan mangkuk plastik yang kelihatan berkilat seperti seramik, kerana ia kemungkinan besar adalah melamine.

Selain itu, bahan MELAMINE ini juga boleh bertindak-balas dengan bahan makanan dan membentuk racun yang lebih berbahaya, iaitu 'melamine cyanurate'. Bahan ini akan membentuk crystal seperti kaca yang boleh merosakkan salur darah dan buah pinggang.

Baru-baru ini kecoh berita tentang pencemaran melamine di dalam susu kanak-kanak. Kira-kira 15 bayi telah mati dan beratus-ratus sakit buah pinggang di China disebabkan oleh bahan ini.

Pada tahun 2007 juga, telah kecoh di Amerika Syarikat kerana bahan melamine yang mencemarkan makanan haiwan peliharaan telah membunuh beratus-ratus binatang peliharaan. Ini adalah bahan yang sama digunakan di dalam pembuatan pinggan melamine.

Pinggan-mangkuk melamine ini banyak dijual di pasaraya di Malaysia termasuk di TESCO, GIANT, MYDIN, CARREFOUR dan banyak lagi.

Untuk keselamatan, gunalah pinggan yg dibuat dari kaca atau seramik kerana bahan ini adalah sangat 'stable' dan tidak beracun.

Banyak kerajaan di Eropah, New Zealand, kerajaan Amerika Syarikat, dan juga kerajaan UAE telah mengharamkan semua mangkuk pinggan yang diperbuat daripada melamine.

Baca lagi tentang melamine di sini:

Melamine-tainted milk seized from China factory: http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/NewsBreak/20080915125202/Article/index_html
Melamine plates a health hazard http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/05/14/10125274.html

FDA: Melamine found in baby formula made in China
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2008-09-11-tainted-formula_N.htm

Pet Food Recall (Melamine)/Tainted Animal Feed http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/petfood.html

Kisah Sebuah Jam

Alkisah.... seorang pembuat jam berkata kepada jam yang sedang dibuatnya.

"Hai jam, apakah kamu sanggup untuk berdetik paling tidak 31,104,000 kali dalam setahun?"

"Haa..?" kata jam terperanjat. "Mana sanggup saya... " keluh si jam.

"Bagaimana kalau 86,400 kali dalam sehari?" tanya si pembuat jam lagi.

"Lapan puluh enam ribu empat ratus kali? Dengan jarum yang ramping-ramping seperti ini...?" jawab jam dengan penuh keraguan.

"Bagaimana kalau 3,600 kali dalam sejam?" cadang si pembuat jam pula.

"Dalam sejam harus berdetik 3,600 kali? Banyak sangat tu..." kata jam yang masih lagi ragu-ragu dengan kemampuan dirinya.

Tukang jam dengan penuh kesabaran kemudian berkata lagi kepada si jam. "Kalau begitu sanggupkah kamu berdetik satu kali setiap saat?"

"Ohh...., kalau begitu, aku sanggup...!" kata jam dengan penuh yakin.

Maka setelah selesai dibuat, jam itu berdetiklah satu kali setiap saat. Tanpa terasa, detik demi detik dan saat demi saat berlalu sehingga sekian lama. Ternyata kemampuan jam itu sungguh mengkagumkan. Setelah genap tempoh satu tahun penuh ia telah berdetik tanpa henti, dan itu bererti ia telahpun berdetik sebanyak 31,104,000 kali.


RENUNGAN : Adakalanya kita ragu-ragu dengan kemampuan diri kita, segala tugas pekerjaan dirasa terlalu berat dan membebankan. Namun, sebenarnya kalau kita sudah mula menjalankannya dan terus melakukannya, kita ternyata mampu melaksanakannya. Malah pekerjaan yang sebelumnya kita anggap mustahil pun boleh kita lakukan.

Petua Elak Rambut Cepat Beruban

Kebanyakan orang Asia berambut hitam, lagi hitam lagi nampak berseri. Tetapi apabila tumbuh uban sama ada ketika remaja atau tua, anda kelihatan lebih tua dari usia. Bagaimanapun, ada juga individu yang mempunyai rambut hitam walaupun dalam usia emas.

Petuanya ialah:
Ambil segenggam biji betik (banyak pun tak apa) yangg sudah masak, kemudian dijemur sehingga kering. Biji-biji betik yang sudah kering itu digoreng tanpa menggunakan minyak sampai hangus. Selepas itu, ditumbuk sampai lumat sebelum dimasak dengan semangkuk santan pekat hingga menjadi minyak.
Minyak inilah yang boleh digunakan sebagai minyak rambut seharian. InsyaAllah mujarab.

History of Sabah

SABAH is a Malaysian state located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo. It is the second largest state in Malaysia after the state of Sarawak which it borders with on its south-west. It also borders with the province of East Kalimantan of Indonesia in the south. Sabah used to be a British crown colony known as North Borneo prior to partnership with Federation of Malaya, Sarawak & Singapore to form the Federation of Malaysia in 1963.
Currently, its state capital is Kota Kinabalu, formerly known as Jesselton. Sabah is sometimes known as Sabah, Negeri Di Bawah Bayu, which means 'Sabah, Land Below the Wind', because of its location being just south of the typhoon prone region around Philippines.

1500s-1800s

Sabah or North Borneo was part of the Sultanate of Brunei around the early 16th century. This was during the period when the Sultanate's influence was at its peak. In 1658 the Sultanate of Brunei was purported to have given the north-east portion of Borneo to theSultan of Sulu as a "gift" in return for the latter's help in settling a civil war in the Brunei Sultanate.
In 1761 an officer of the British East India Company, Alexander Dalrymple, concluded an agreement with the Sultan of Sulu to allow him to set up a trading post in the region. This attempt together with other attempts to build a settlement and a military station centering around Pulau Balambangan proved to be a failure. There was minimal foreign interest in this region after this failure and control over most parts of north Borneo seem to have remained under the Sultanate of Brunei.
In 1865 the American Consul of Brunei, Claude Lee Moses, obtained a 10-year lease over North Borneo from the Sultan of Brunei. Ownership was then passed to an American trading company owned by J.W. Torrey, T.B. Harris and some Chinese merchants. They had set up a base and settlement inKimanis but this too turned out to be a failure due to financial reasons. The rights of the trading company was then sold to Baron Von Overbeck, the Austrian Consul in Hong Kong, and he later obtained another 10-year renewal of the lease. The rights was subsequently transferred to Alfred Dent, whom in 1881 formed the British North Borneo Provisional Association Ltd. In the following year, theBritish North Borneo Company was formed and Kudat was made its capital. In 1883 the capital was moved to Sandakan to capitalise on its potential of producing timber.
In 1888 North Borneo became a protectorate of Great Britain. Administration and control over North Borneo remained in the hands of the Company despite being a protectorate and they effectively ruled until 1942. Their rule had been generally peaceful except for some rebellions, including one led by the Bajau leader Mat Salleh from 1894 to 1900, and another led by the Muruts which is known as the 'Rundum resistance' in 1915.

Second World War and the road to independence

From 1942 to 1945 the occupation and control over North Borneo was taken over by the Japanese forces in the Second World War. The Japanese forces landed in Labuan on January 1, 1942 and assumed control over North Borneo. Bombings during the war resulted in the devastation of most towns in North Borneo, including Sandakan, which was totally destroyed. When Japan lost the war North Borneo was administered by the British Military Administration and in 1946 it become a British Crown Colony.
Jesselton (now Kota Kinabalu) was chosen to replace Sandakan as the capital of British North Borneo. The Crown continued to rule North Borneo until 1963. On August 31, 1963 North Borneo attained self-government and independence from the British.
On September 16, 1963, North Borneo together with Malaya (Tanah Melayu), Sarawak and Singapore formed the Federation of Malaysia and from then on it became known as Sabah.

Philippine claim

The Philipines claims the east part of Sabah as part of its territory, based upon theSultanate of Brunei's cession of its north-east territories to the Sultanate of Sulu in 1703, because of military assistance given by the latter to the former. However, as the Philippines government itself does not currently acknowledge and recognize the sovereignty of the Sultanate of Sulu, their claim has been drastically weakened.
Today quite a significant number of the population are Filipinos, but most of them are refugees who arrived in Sabah in the 70s, and the others are recent migrants (including ilegal imigrant) seeking a better life. Some Filipino residents have assimilated into Sabahan society. At one point President Ferdinand E. Marcos ordered that all Philippine maps should include Sabah, but this may have been a mere political statement.

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