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小女出世之后，就很常发烧。我从小不爱看医生，所以也不带她去看医生。岳母知道了，非常震惊，千叮万嘱，一定要让她看医生，吃退烧药，不然会烧坏头脑，变白痴。
医生说的话，大同小异，怕小孩夜里发烧，没吃到退烧药，会抽筋。听了很恐怖。

于是，我家常备退烧药水，橙黄色，甘甜如橙汁，小孩微一发烧，就喂她喝，她也甘之如饴，我常感激医药学伟大，药也弄得那么好喝，省了父母很多麻烦。
后来她发烧温度提高，这种“橙汁”失效，改用另一种白色火箭型的药物，塞入肛门里就可以了。活这么多年，没听过发烧有这样的疗法，真的叹为观止。

不过她发烧只有更加频密了。

在她三岁那年，我读了这么一段文字：

⎡现代小孩一出生，就须打预防针来抑制麻疹、水痘，一发烧就赶快打针、吃药来抑制，使人体内的毒素完全没有机会排除，因此使现代小孩的体质一代不如一代，一年不如一年。药物为达到抑制作用，必须削弱人体的抗体，才能阻止人体排毒。现代人因接受现代医学的洗礼，都认为发高烧将烧坏脑细胞，往往都会惊惶失措。假如发高烧就会使脑细胞烧死的话，现代医学兴起至今才二百年，而我们中华民族的存在已超过五千年，在这五千年里就不知我们中华民族是怎么生存呢？古代人的体质特别好，每一个人必然都有发烧过，那么是否我们的祖先们占有大多数人都是白痴呢？⎦

心中很挣扎，要抛开现代医学理论，就是要公然与身边的人为敌，包括至亲。还要冒上女儿变白痴的危险，值得吗？
现代医学很有权威，几乎摆明是一幅“你不信？你去死吧”的嘴脸。你敢怀疑吗？你敢挑战他们吗？

我不敢。

但是为了这个女儿，经常往药房和医院跑，渐渐的，对现代医学失去信心，慢慢的，相信自己的判断和观察多一些。
于是有一次，小女又开始发烧了，我们夫妻俩，毅然决定不让她药物退烧，就让她好好休息，喂她喝大量清水。她也不烦人，昏昏的睡。第三天早上，她突然爬起来，说一句话：“我要去学校。”

烧退了，眼睛闪烁，脸上发光，精神爽朗；我们从满是忧虑和怀疑的深渊之中，嗖的一下解放出来，端详她的脸色，我当时几乎泪下。
小女从小不爱说话，也口齿不清，常抗拒去托儿所，发一个三天的烧，就有这么大的转变，没有一个医师跟我讲过。
如果依照往常的做法，大量喝退烧药，她大约会烧烧退退，持续一个星期。

是那一刻，我义无返顾，把我对现代医学的所知，都加上一个问号，甚至当作反面教材－－谁说知识不是一种累赘？
事隔多年，这一幕还是那么惊心动魄，那是我背叛现代医学的一天，也是我开始走入自然医疗的不归路。

当然，这世上也有很好的西医。有一位脑科医生说，有一种发烧，会损坏头脑，严重的就变白痴。这种发烧，是脑膜发炎引起的，起初不会发烧；发烧只是末期的病症，送到医院，依旧是无法医疗，依旧要变白痴。这类病例很少，现代发烧而变白痴的，多是药物的危害（这个往后有机会再聊）。

现在儿女发烧，我们心中都有一把喜悦，等着看他们发烧过后，身体有一些什么改善。你大概很少见到这样“变态”的父母吧？

后记：
小女最近一次发烧，身体拉高了近一个公分（1 CM）。我的纪录这么清楚，因为发烧之前的十天，帮她量了身高，发烧之后，再帮她量一次，赫然发现她猛长一公分。

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癌症是病？什么是病症？什么是病？
癌症是人的忠臣，不可以拖出去就斩。
治疗癌症，不如用简单的方法预防。
我们生活在一个资讯被扭曲的时代。
每天死于心脏病的人，比 911 死难者多，却没有媒体报告。
我们花大量金钱和资源，去研究如何治疗，却不理会如何防卫疾病。
喝牛奶最多的国家，骨质酥松症反而最多，为何？
医院越开越多，越盖越大，为什么排队挂号的人反而越来越多？
人的寿命加长了？统计学出了问题罢了。
十四岁孩童死于直肠癌，为什么？
花开得早，就谢得早：早熟的孩子好吗？
鱼肉比其他肉类更糟糕？

周泳杉给你答案。

如果你没有时间听四个小时的讲座，这里剪了十分钟出来，看了才决定要不要把其他的看完。
如果财富很重要，那就要确保你有命去享用。只是十分钟的投资，很值得啦。

十分钟预览 (5 Mb), 第一课 (237 Mb)，第二课 (272 Mb)

我去年八月到过金马仑一趟，逗留三天，前两天都下绵绵细雨，户外活动非常有限。
这次再上山，气象局预测也是天天下雨，所幸山上完全不是那么一回事。
早上的空气清爽冷冽，中午过后，烈阳高挂，照在皮肤上，炙痛难耐，只有一阵风吹过，还有一些寒意。到了夜里，又是另一番气象：我们住农村屋，没有暖气供应，村屋的设计也不能卸寒，睡到半夜，如入冰窖，尿急也不舍得离开被窝。
我们住的地方，海拔1650 米，靠近一个市聚（KEA Farm），买菜倒很方便。村屋周围种满各种有机蔬菜，农村的气息浓厚，给城里的孩子体会一下农家的环境，的是个好去处。

我们当夜到小镇上吃有机火锅，蔬菜类是很新鲜，鱼虾类就不敢恭维。我们点的多是蔬菜类，和少量鱼丸、菇类，吃得蛮过隐。

隔早进了蝴蝶园，一个小型的花园。虽说是蝴蝶园，蝴蝶的品种却不多。蛇虫杂物却不少。

走到尽头，有一条山径引向一间类似已经荒废的木屋（夜间拍鬼片可矣），那可是一间标本博物馆呢。

当然，里头的标本对乡下长大的孩子是见怪不怪了。

傍晚的夜市摊是蛮多东西的，只是看起来跟吉隆坡的很相近。
我们星期五傍晚在街上行走，觉得气候凉爽，次日多了很多游客（周末的关系），竟然有点闷热。

最后的一天，我们去茶园，有一个挂半空的咖啡厅，览望大片茶园，可以长人志气，宽人心胸。回路时想到另一个小型动物园，可惜还没走到，因为山路越来越窄，越走越是陡峭，只好放弃了。下山时还得跟上山的车子对卡，那条山径，一辆车也嫌窄，莫说两辆车上下了。

在山上的感觉蛮好的，我的无线宽频3G表现不错，比较往年，简直天壤之别。对那些想出走又走不开的人，至少上网还算容易。

我想我们明年会再来这地方一次。

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Yi Ting’s drawing is kind of amusing. They always put a grind on my face when I see them.
It is more fun when she describe each and every detail of her drawing when I asked. Although I have no idea what is on this particular about.

You cannot touch a deer in Zoo Negara, but you can touch and hug a whole bunch of them here in Deerland.

And feeding them too.

Just a few KM away, there is a National Elephant Conservation Centre (Pusat Konservasi Gajah Kebangsaan). Perhaps the most fun out of it was being tossed by the elephant into river.

Nice and steady….

Walked to the deep water…

Splash….

Not an easy job for the "STAFF", see the water coming out from his mouth?

We went to Taiping 太平 for a colleague wedding. It is a small town over 250 KM from they place we stay.
We start at 10 am, and reach there at 3 pm — a long journey due to heavy traffic along the North South Highway during the festive.
Anyway, Taiping is a small town with a lot of energy – and stomach too. There is a lot of food stalls and hawkers center around, which is outnumber to Petaling Jaya in term of density of hawker stalls per square kilometer.

The lake is awesome.

The zoo is reasonably fun. I had a feeling that it has more fun than Zoo Negara if we have more time – although I consider the admission wasn’t cheap: RM 12 for adult, RM 8 for child – but well worth it to kill a few hours in there.

It was my first time visiting Taiping, but it seems easy enough to drive around in the town, all without much helps from the native friends. Maybe it was due a typical one-street-town.

If you enjoy cruising on highway (like me), and don’t mind the high toll fair (RM 25++ one way from PJ to Taiping), go there.
Make sure you find some place to stay for a night, you’ll probably enjoy the hawker stalls there.

I’ve got an iPod touch recently, to scratch an itch somewhere.
My target was the Google Android phone, but since it will takes years to get to our shore here, I’ll have to make decision fast.

The unlocked iPhone 3G selling for about RM 3,200.00 in Hong Kong. There is no legally available iPhone here. The price is a little steep – and no international warrantee if I bring it back here – not really worth the risk.

That’s why I picked up the iPod touch when I was loitering around Low Yat days ago to get a feel of what an iPhone should be. It was RM 930.00 for the 8 Gb modal, quite an expensive “demo” for the iPhone.

I have to cut my finger nail short to use the gesture screen more efficiently – that is quite a secryfy on me… as I am more comfortable with long finger nail all the time.

I must say I was impressed. I have been thru Apple Newton, Palm Pilot and even attempted to use my Nokia N80 as some form of PDA, none getting close this this.

But the funny things is, I feel the iPod touch was really designed as an “extension” from the Mac (or PC) with iTunes install. They sync to each other, and I can basically update some contents (calendar events, contacts etc) on either the iPod or the Mac at my own convenient time – but it seriously lacks on content generation engine and some real essential things:

- the note cannot be sync, suppose you write something using the iPod note app, there no way to get to your desktop thru sync – you have to email it to yourself, which was one of tricks that I used 11 years ago to transfer a file from Apple to PC in an intranet.

- no sync on Safari bookmark.

- application closes when switching from one application to another. It is however, capable for multi-tasks as the MP3 can be played in the background, and the alarm/alert from the calendar is always on time.

- downloading free apps have to click a “Buy” button to confirm in iTunes. Misleading, and quite scary. I’ve even received a bill from Apple saying that I’ve bought their Remote app, for USD 0.00.

- the new podcast download feature doesn’t work on my account, as iTunes store is not available in Malaysia.

- can’t act as an USB disk. Everything has to go thru the iTunes, which is quite capable but still restricted: how to transfer a PDF file over? Or simple TEXT snippet? Not with the sophisticated, moon landing capable iPod.

In short, I would say it is not so much as a PIM tool or even classify as PDA – it was positioned by Apple as the “funnest” iPod, which I assumed more on the gaming and recreation department.

Will I buy the iPhone when it is available in this part of the planet? Yes. Because Android will not be ready in a few years time – which I am still putting my money there.

I am bringing the iPod touch out more these days instead of the Eee, as it has a small terminal software for me to do some quick fixes on servers. However, it was a pain to “type” on it. I wanted to jailbreak it, but the new generation iPod touch (firmware version 2.2) seems to have no jailbreak available – yet.

How easy to use an iPod touch? I gave it to my 5 years old daughter, she master it in minutes. Then I gave it to my 3 years old son, he master it in minutes too.

There is no training required – which I think Apple has done some magic there.