Healthy Mind, Body & Spirit

As usual, CNY is a time of celebration. And to the Chinese, a celebration would not be complete if there is no session of drinking. Beer, Martell, champagne, red or white wine or any liquor would do. It does not matter what brand as long as it is liquor. Do I drink liquor? Yes, of course. Only when I have it, or when I’m feeling cold and need extra heat for my body and occasionally when I have to attend Chinese wedding dinner. Other than that, I’m not a drinker. I don’t really like the effect of alcohol in my body. Overall, it is not healthy to take alcohol. My brothers would gather together and drink during CNY. I joined them for the conversation but not for the drink unless it is a champagne or grape juice.

I thank God that none of my brothers are addicted to alcohol or drugs. If one of them are, then I will have to google for drug abuse rehab to find a drug abuse rehab center nearby my place. Also, I do not want my children to think that drinking is good. Therefore, I must set a good example to them. That goes for smoking too. I really hate it when people smoke and the foul smoke smell reaches my nose. I consider people who smokes as stupid people wanting to be stupider. Anyway, to those who are celebrating CNY, please don’t drink more than what your body can handle. It is better to be sober and enjoying the company of your relatives and friends than to be in stupor and making a fool of yourself.

CNY is tomorrow and all my family members are back. We look forward to this celebration as it is a time to catch up with my 10 other brothers and sisters. A time to build up family relationships and letting our children get to know their cousins better. And of course it is a time to eat. To eat food that we normally would not cook everyday. Food like Ayam Buah Keluak, Seh Ark, Itik Tim, Udang Masak Nenas and many others. And during visitation day, we will be served will various cookies and delicacies at every house. This year, as usual, we make the traditional Kuih Dodol. Praise God, this year’s Kuih Dodol turns out good. The hard work of almost 5 hours stirring the kuih made it worth it.

Learning from the past few years, I must learn to eat in moderation. Yes, there are lots of good food but I know my body cannot take in so much food at one time. I guess it is a sign of getting old. Just eat a little bit of everything or just eat the one that I really like. Hopefully the body will stay healthy throughout this CNY

Thanks to Erasmo Cortez

My husband got let go from the company he had worked for many years. They called it early retirement and downsizing. I just call it plain disrespect for an employee that has made you so much money. That is not the only thing I called it. Be that as it may, my husband is now a self-employed independent contractor or consultant who works out of our house. He brought home all his personal computers and bought a few extra things to go with them. Now we have all this expensive equipment in our house. I told him that I was not comfortable with all that equipment in our house without some kind of security system. He said that we had plenty of insurance to cover everything. But, when I told him that he could lose all the information he had stored on the computers if they got stolen, he had second thoughts. Then he decided to look at security systems to see what they had to offer in the line of security for our home. Then before I knew it the company was out installing everything that we could possibly need in the way of security. I feel much safer now knowing that we have that all in place.