Futsal

Another activities of the Carnival, at 3pm, the fittest brothers of Wo Men came to the toughest activities of the years - futsal at Gembira Parade.

The Hui Chang Team consists of Hui Chang, Huey kaey, A Pek, a Pong and also Pong & Howko juniors. Opui Team formed by Opui, Keun Wei and 2 other imported friends.

Lau Ee came at 4.30pm just in time to have after games hawker food session.

After 45minutes of tough fight. Opui kena yellow card by knocking Apek to the ground and nearly sent to Lam Wah Ee. Apong and Howko handsome sons played very well and could be next Beckham 10 years later.

Finally, Hui Chang Team beat opui Team by 10-8 mainly contributed by 2 fattest brothers, Huey Kaey and APong, thinest Apek and Liverpool No. 1 fan hui chang. This also proof that who said fat can not win.

Squash with China National players

We had our non competition squash session at Bukit Dumbar Squash Center also known previously as Pepsi Squash Court. A bunch of China National players also joined us at the adjacent courts. We were told that they were trying to learn from the best of wo-men. paiseh paiseh.

One of the male players commented "看你们的身材，一定是一星期打三次"

This is definitely a very true and honest comment. We are so fit that I would not blame you if you can't recognise from the pictures

- which one is the China National player

- which one is Aaron Soyza (the Penang state coach)

- which one is Keun Wei

- which one is Huey Kaey

- etc.

Supper on Christmas Night.

I received an instruction from our hui chang to blog the above pictures. The pictures were taken after the yum seng session on the Christmas Night. You can see hui kaey was enjoying his supper even though his stomach has blocked him from seeing his L for many years.

3rd Program - hiking & jungle trekking to No 3

Only the 4 fittest brothers get to join this adventurous and tough junggle trekking. The starting point is near the Children's Playground Youth Park. The hills and the checkpoints have boring names in No 2 Checkpoint, No 3 Checkpoint and No 5 Checkpoint. We wanted to ascend via Youth Park and descend via Ayer Itam Penang Hill route but decided to drop the idea after Ah Pee told us he has a house warming party to attend.

We stop at No 3 peak. Rumors have it that this is the toughest outdoor actvities in recent years for Ah Pee.

The reward of this trip

- beautiful scenery of Penang - overseeing the northern part of the island and the sea

- nice bird chirping sound

- fresh air and green

- curry chicken! Really looked and smelt good!! The good samaritans must be good cooks too. No kidding, you can have curry chicken at the 3rd checkpoint!

However, our captain Keun Wei banned us from eating the curry chicken. Pee, Huey Kaey and I were devastated. We understood the reason of the captain though, at the end of the trip. We were grateful for his leadership.

And, we vow to come back again - to eat the curry chicken.

2nd Program - Bah Kut Tea at Carnation Cafe

What happened this morning is quite typical of wo-men's gatherings:-

9.15am - Arrival of O Pui at Carnation Cafe. O Pui grabbed the seat and read newspaper.

9.30am - Arrival of Keun Wei. Keun Wei sat down.

9.35am - Arrival of Pee and Hong So. We saw Keun Wei and sat with him.

9.38am - Arrival of How Kor. He saw the three us and sat with us.

9.39am - Bah Kut Teh was served with Yu Char Kuih, Soup, Yam Rice.

9.50am - Arrival of Pek and his family. He saw the four of us. Uncle and Auntie Lee and Ah Lah chatted with us.

9.51am - O Pui saw Ah Lah and suddenly ran to us. He cursed us for not noticing him - making him like gong kia. He then join us to enjoy the Bah Kut Teh.

10.30am - Arrival of Huey Kaey citing jam at Green Lane loh tao for his delay.

10.45am - Photo taking sesssion.

11.15am - Ah Pee paid the bill (thank you Ah Pee). We adjourned.

11.16am - End of the 2nd Program.

11.17am - Start of warming up for the 3rd Program

Kick off Event for Year End Celebration

We had the meeting cum drinking session at the new usual place -

O'reileys Pub

near Queensbay. Keun Wei, Turkey, Pee, Pek joined the planning meeting. It was decided that we will have 2 programs the following day followed by a few badminton, squash, futsal sessions and some yum seng and makan gatherings next week. Pek was sick but obliged to join us too. He should get few awards for his excellent engagement.

He further confirmed that Turkey can go ahead to plan for his big day.

We had the Kueh Teow Ting to cap off the good chat session. This duck meat noodle soup is really really nice. In case you don't know, this Wash Coth Bridge place is the branch and is located near O Bah's house at Pantai Jerejak/Batu Uban- not the one next to Shell Station opposite MBS.

One of our brothers made a blunder and ended up turning at the wrong Wash Cloth Bridge many years ago.

再见了 春满园

This is where you can get the best bargain for school uniforms, stationeries, tuala (or for that matter, any general items that you can think of) and the most complete necessities required for a wedding. I brought my mother to buy pagoda shirts and pajamas for my dad yesterday.

Ham's dad said that they are forced to move out in 2008 to pave the way for another development. They will move the 心益shop to their Lebuh Noordin's house.

All of us have very fond memory of this place. At times, we hope that Ham's mum, dad, sister, uncles would continue to be too busy selling stuffs in 春满园so that we would not get caught watching interesting movies at Ham's house.

Ham's house has to be the undisputed club house for us in 80s!

Farewell 春满园。Sadly, when I was trying to take the picture of the writing of the place, I could not find any. It was either covered by other signboards or it was just simply dissapeared.

I also tapao ow-chiang at the stall nearby. Ham used to claim that 邓丽君ate there before. It is still taste very good.

Tan Yuen Fui

Hi brothers,

Today, I was surprised to learn from the newspaper that our good friend, Tan Yuen Fui has returned to the God for 6 years. Thus, pls take good care of your health and treasure the people around you.

Hoe

Happy Birthday Joo Chuan!

It's Joo Chuan's day today. I wish Joo Chuan

- happy and successful in whatever you are doing

- continue to play good badminton

- continue to win more trophies in badminton

- continue to dance well

- publish Hui Xuan as soon as possible!

Dr Lim's advice #2

This is another advice from Dr Lim. The interview took place in April 2007.

防洗腎食用指南

“腎病”與“洗腎”仿彿已成了文明疾病的代號，大馬的洗腎中心如“雨后春筍”般建立，絕不是一個好現象，背后的隱憂是腎病患者的年輕化及普遍性，著實令人擔心！

要如何預防腎病，就得先了解腎病。要了解腎病，就必須理解腎臟操作功能。什么是腎臟？腎臟是形成尿的器官，俗稱腰子。它位于腰背部兩邊，形狀像蠶豆，左右各一顆。腎臟長約十多公分，寬約 6公分，厚約 4公分，重約110克，是人體非常重要的臟器，但也很容易患上疾病。

人體為維持生命需要攝取食物，食物經過代謝后就會產生廢物，腎臟除了維持人體的水份和電解質平衡外，還有排泄代謝后的廢棄物的功能。

腎臟專科林進成醫生表示，腎衰竭(renal failure)是任何嚴重的腎臟疾病的最后結果。當腎臟因各種疾病的傷害而漸漸失去功能時，稱為慢性腎衰竭。

“腎臟是人體最重要的排泄器官，如果腎臟功能衰退，有害物質就無法排出體外，引起健康問題。”減輕腎臟負擔低鹽低蛋白質腎病患者攝取過多的鈉和鉀，可能導致組織內水聚集和心臟併發症。

腎臟一旦受損，即很難復原，唯一方案就是“換腎”，所以避免腎臟邁入此境界，是最好的解決方案。

林進成醫生指出，一旦腎臟受損，就需要“大量”休息，最直接的治療方法，是盡可能減輕腎臟清除體內“廢物”的負擔。慢性腎功能衰竭患者的飲食，最主要是限制攝取高蛋白質食物。慢性腎功能衰竭患者，在攝取高蛋白質食物后，因為腎臟不能完全清除蛋白質代謝所產生的有害物質，常會引起體內的“廢物”蓄積。

“慢性腎功能衰竭患者飲食治療的另一個目標，是限制磷酸鹽的攝取和增加鈣的攝取。腎功能衰竭患者，常常出現血磷酸鹽水平昇高和血鈣降低。這些病理變化，導致骨骼代謝障礙，使骨質脆性增高，並出現骨痛。”他說，許多高蛋白質飲食均富含磷酸鹽，因此低蛋白質飲食也可減少磷酸鹽的攝取，通過這種方法，可以糾正高血磷症。

另外，限制鈉和鉀攝取亦非常重要，它可以預防組織內水聚集和心臟併發症。低蛋白質飲食的同時，需增加碳水化合物和脂肪的攝取，以供應身體正常活動所需的能量。這是非常重要的，因為它可以防止體內蛋白質分解和體重減輕。為何要洗腎？許多疾病最終可能導致慢性腎功能衰竭。最常見的原因是腎小球感染（腎小球腎炎）和腎盂感染（腎盂腎炎）。

慢性腎功能衰竭會越來越嚴重，其病情惡化的速度，取決于原發病，腎功能減退可能逐漸發展，需要許多年才進入末期腎功能衰竭；也可能進展迅速，僅僅幾個月就進入末期腎功能衰竭。腎臟因病導致功能受損無法恢復，而致血中尿素氮和肌酸酐濃度升高，則為慢性腎衰竭。其中最嚴重者為末期腎病（尿毒症），此時即需要腎代償治療，包括透析和腎移植。透析治療主要是利用擴散和超過濾的原理，排除體內的尿毒素和過多的水份、鹽份，目前最常用的透析治療法是血液透析和腹膜透析(可活動的)。

其實“血液透析”就是一般所說“洗腎”，而“腹膜透析”則是一般所說“洗肚子”的意思。什么情況需要做血液透析，即急性腎衰竭、慢性腎衰竭、頑固性水腫、急性藥物中毒、體內代謝異常、如血中尿酸過高和血鈣過高等。飲食搭配藥物延緩腎功能惡化治療方案：良好飲食方案配搭嶄新腎病藥物──Ketosteril為了減少體內有害物質的產生而限制蛋白質的攝取，可能造成必需氨基酸缺乏。

嚴重腎功能衰竭患者，蛋白質攝取量必須非常低，因而又面臨必需氨基酸的問題，解決此問題的最簡單方法，是減少飲食中蛋白質含量和服用必需氨基酸─Ketosteril。林進成醫生表示，當腎臟功能減退，這種疾病稱為慢性腎功能衰竭，醫生會要求患者采取極低蛋白質飲食及配合服用Ketosteril，以延緩腎功能在數月內迅速惡化。

“在疾病的不同階段，治療方式也不同。對于輕度腎功能衰竭患者，應採取積極措施控制高血壓，糾正水鹽代謝紊亂和治療泌尿系統感染。不需要限制蛋白質攝取量。”對于II期和III期腎功能衰竭患者，需要給予適當的飲食治療如限制蛋白質和水的攝取，及按時服藥，以避免併發症，減緩病情迅速惡化。Ketosteril含有必需氨基酸和無氮必需氨基酸前體一酮酸。酮酸可以轉化為機體內需要的相應氨基酸。通過這種方法，體內的氮就可以變成氨基酸被儲存起來，從而減少“含氮廢物”的產生。酮酸以鈣鹽的形式呈現。服用粡酸的另一個好處，是可以同時補鈣、鈣又可以和磷酸鹽發生反應。因此，能糾正慢性腎功能衰竭患者的血磷酸鹽昇高的問題，有利于骨骼代謝。

隨著腎功能損害程度加重，腎臟排水的能力也逐漸下降。水的需要取決于前一天的尿量。可用下面的公式來計算液體需要量:前一天的尿量+500ML=液體需要量。慢性腎病患者飲食建議良好的飲食習慣，可以預防腎臟受到傷害。

1.緊記面包、面條、意大利面，某些蔬菜如豆類和啤酒都含有蛋白質。吃面條時，最好選用米或西谷米做的，如米粉和粿條。一定要注意食用量，不可以吃太多。

2.一般而言，高蛋白質食物，如肉、魚、蛋、奶和乳制品磷酸鹽含量也較高。少吃高蛋白質食物，自然就會降低磷酸鹽的攝取。

3.奶制品只有奶油和牛油可以吃。不可以吃奶酪和乳酪，至于可以喝多少牛奶，請詢問醫生和飲食治療師。喝茶時加無脂奶精。

4.向醫生詢問鈉和鉀的每日限量。

5.少吃含鉀量高的新鮮蔬菜和水果（如菠菜、干果、竹筍、香蕉）。將新鮮蔬菜燙熟，瀝干水份才炒，就可減少鉀的攝取量。避免吃腌制食物、醬油和其他豆制品。

6.增加脂肪和熱量的一個方法是吃油炒食品（如蔬菜、面條或少量肉）。其他的高熱量食品有糖、果醬、無脂奶精。

7.煮菜時，用玉米粉代替明膠來調配醬汁。

8.不要吃干果或杏仁。

■限制鉀原則

1.不宜食用高鉀食物，如：芹菜、茼蒿、空心菜、菠菜、莧菜、香菇、馬鈴薯、硬柿、番石榴、香瓜、香蕉、龍眼、葡萄、柳橙等。

2.熱量攝取要足夠，否則會引起體內組織分解釋放鉀。

3.蔬菜類應先用水煮 3～5分鐘，瀝去湯汁，以油拌或油炒，可減少鉀的含量，而菜湯宜少食用。

4.柳橙汁、無鹽醬油含鉀高，不宜食用。

■限制磷原則

1.忌食含磷高的食物，如：酵母、健素、內臟類、全穀類（如糙米、胚芽米、全麥麵包)、豆類、堅果類、蛋黃、奶類、巧克力。

2.服用磷酸鹽結合劑等藥物，可減少食物中磷的吸收，但注意此類藥物應咬碎，與食物一起咀嚼充份混勻，才能發揮效果。

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Happy Birthday Dr Lim!

I googled 林进成 and found many articles on him - mainly the interviews on health and kidney. So I decided to post a more serious article today. Well, I am not sure how many of us would live for another 38 years (or 37 years in Chin Seng's case). Let's take care of our health but at the same time live to the fullest!

Happy Birthday Dr Lim!

http://www.shenyounet.com/article.asp?id=784

武当药枕-高效治疗高血压

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林进成："肾"防尿毒症 2005/08/17 报导：林艾萱 摄影：杨智聪 　　

不知道你是否和我一样，在前往透析中心看到一群人在透析时，心底忍不住为患者哭泣，也唤起警惕之心：肾脏一坏，已难痊愈…… 　　

今天与你一起了解肾脏功能的奥妙。俗话有说：“预防胜于治疗”，一起掌握对肾脏病的正确观念和预防之道，让大家有健康及美好的人生！ 　　

著名的史密斯医生曾作过一首打油诗：“骨头可以断裂、肌肉可以萎缩、腺体可以腐烂，这皆对生命没有影响，可是一旦肾脏衰竭，骨头、肌肉及腺体都无法工作。”这首诗对普通人而言听起来很轻松，然而对肾病患者来说，心里却非常沉重。是的，肾病患者所需忍受的疾病折腾，单凭言语书写，实难形容…… 　　

这是因为俗称腰子的肾脏，是人体的过滤器。它位于腰背左右两边，肩负着多种重要的功能。肾脏可调节体内的水份及盐份至适当的浓度、排除体内毒性废物、调节体内的血压、调节红血球的生产及活化维他命 D。 　　

肾脏是人体一个重要器官，身体内许多生理机能，都必须靠正常的肾脏运作，才能有效进行，因此若肾脏一出现问题，身体每一个器官都会受到影响。

马来西亚有一万人透析 　

肾病包括肾肿瘤、肾结石、肾感染、肾衰竭等，然而其后遗症都是一样的，即肾脏无法正常操作，身体无法排水、排毒，甚至会造成尿道感染，严重者将引发尿毒症(慢性肾衰竭）。 　　

30年前，尿毒症是一种绝症，然而随着透析治疗及肾脏移植的发达，尿毒症得以治疗。然而，医学界至今对肾病仍有许多待研究探讨的部份。 　　

肾脏内科专科林进成医生接受专访时表示，随着人民的饮食及生活西化，肾脏病在大马已有增加的趋势，至今大马有高达 1万人接受透析治疗，此数据已属偏高。 　　

“基于肾病在病发之前并没有一个明显症状，导致许多患者忽略病征，待病发时已太迟，必须接受洗肾的事实。”

肾脏病 无明显症状 　

林进成医生表示，肾脏病的危险，是发病前征兆并不明显，导致患者在发现肾脏出现问题时，已经到了无法挽回的地步，属晚期肾脏衰竭。 　　

晚期的肾脏衰竭，病人必须进行肾脏病功能补替疗法，或许得付出昂贵的医疗费用，同时，此病亦有偏高的死亡率。 　　

“高血压或糖尿病患者，必须提高警惕，改善饮食、生活习惯，避免病情恶化。” 　　

虽然肾衰竭征兆并不明显，然而你依然可通过身体的变化，观察和了解到自己的肾脏是否有问题。

“若你发现自己有疲劳、呕吐、食欲衰退、失眠、尿量减少、脚及眼肿胀、呼吸急促、皮肤发痒、月经失调／不举、昏迷等，或者你必须前往医院作深入的肾脏检查。” 　　

林进成指出，若患者已开始有警告性的症状，如身体肿胀、背部肋骨下处疼痛、排尿刺痛、红或黑色尿液、疲倦、高血压、小便有灼热感、小便次数增加等，可能是肾脏病已开始出现严重问题。 　　

“无论如何，基于个人体质有别，一些患者可能在病发前是毫无征兆，一旦发现即已属晚期肾衰竭，患者或必须进行透析，因此定期做体检是必要的。”

糖尿病患 高风险群

根据数据显示，目前在大马接受透析的患者中，男性占了55％，肾衰竭已是极为普遍的病症。然而，许多人都不了解，为何会患上肾病？ 　　

“根据2003年新的透析治疗档案，有51％肾病患者是属糖尿病患者，这显示有超过50％的病人，是因糖尿病而衍生肾病问题。” 　　

林进成医生指出，导致肾脏病的原因很多，除了半数是糖尿病患者，5～10％是遗传性肾脏多囊症、30％是不明原因、5％是肾脏炎（肾血球发炎）及其它因素包括高血压、尿道流通问题、药物、草药和细菌感染。 　　

“饮食习惯也扮演着非常重要的角色，摄取过多盐份、咸鱼等食物或服食过量药物，都会导致肾脏不胜负荷，出现状况。” 　　

为了避免肾病问题，病人首先需从控制糖尿病方面着手，“糖尿病是促成肾衰竭的原因之一，因此控制糖尿病，有助减低肾病的罹患率。”

三方法治疗 尿毒症

早期发现的肾脏病大部份可通过药物治疗，并有效挽回肾脏的功能，避免患者承受洗肾痛苦。“然而，若发现为时已晚，病人必须做人工洗肾。” 　　

林进成医生指出，当肾脏无法正常和有效工作时，将形成所谓的尿毒症。身体内血中的尿毒素是一项很好的指标。目前最好的测定尿毒方法是肌酸酣，肌酸酣可以作为肾脏衰竭的一个指标。 　　正常的肌酸酣是1.5左右，如果高于 8以上，就表示已患上尿毒症，必须进行透析治疗，如果是处于10以上的话，对生命会有危险。利用测定血中的肌酸酣，可知道我们肾脏功能的情形。 　　治疗肾脏衰竭，可分为治疗尿毒并发症的前期及尿毒症发生的晚期，在尿毒症发生以前治疗的目的是减缓尿毒症发生。而特殊的食物疗法，有助于减缓尿毒症的发生。 　　林进成表示，一旦患上尿毒症，就必须使用透析治疗或肾脏移植，目前有效治疗尿毒症的方法有血液透析、腹膜透析及肾脏移植三种。 　　

“血液透析是利用人工肾脏在血液透析中心进行，血液透析必须一星期进行三次。腹膜透析是利用你身体的腹膜作为人工肾脏，可每天在家里自行更换透析液体。” 　　肾脏移植可以避免透析的麻烦，基于肾脏的来源需有人捐献及配合得当，因此大马的肾脏移植的机率非常低。 防治须从饮食着手 　　肾脏一坏，病人或需承受极大的心理、健康及经济负担，因此预防永远是最佳的方案。林进成指出，良好的饮食习惯，是保护肾脏最佳方式。“饮食中应以健康烹煮为佳，多采取烤、烘及蒸食法。” 　　

一旦进入晚期肾脏病，除透析疗法外，病人更须改变饮食及生活习惯，以免肾病恶化。 　　林进成表示，低蛋白、低磷、低胆固醇、低糖的饮食疗法是肾病患者的最佳选择。“由于肾病患者的肾脏已无法正常操作，高蛋白食物将导致肾脏病问题恶化，因此病人必须减少摄取过多肉类、豆类食物。” 　　

此外，病人也必须摄取低磷食物，减少牛奶、肉类的摄取。“在病发后，肾病患者须控制血压、血糖及降低胆固醇。” 　　

值得注意的是，高盐份的食物，是造成肾脏病恶化的重要因素之一，因此平日应减低盐份、油份的摄取，多摄取高纤维食物。 　　

林进城医生认为，定期检查身体是非常重要的，定期检验血压、血胆固醇及血糖，可及早发现肾病问题，提早治疗。 　　

“良好的生活习惯，包括时常运动、精神轻松、戒烟及定期服用医生处方药物，会有一定的帮助。”

Engkok Su Liao!

Decided to post this since Low Tech Ju called me at 6.30pm saying that he just heard the news. It is a terrible game with very limited flashes of brillance from Beckham and Crouch.

England 2 Croatia 3 in a match that England just needed a draw to qualify.

That's the end of Euro 2008 for Engkok, and I believe for many brothers too.

When Russia unexpectedly lost to Israel on Saturday and threw a qualification lifeline to Engkok, HueyKaey has this to say "Life is unpredictable. Must always have hopes."

When Engkok lost this morning, Huey Kaey said "New Order of soccer world. Stronger stay. Dun feel sad."

OPui also said "Tatt, don't cry."

Aiya, I still have not stopped crying in my heart...

Happy Birthday to Elephant

They indeed make a good pair. Yesterday was the birthday for Prince. Today is the birthday for his partner. Happy Birthday Elephant.

May United win the Champions League match tonight but may Liverpool win Champions League and English Premier League this season.

May England qualify for Euro 2008

May you improve your ranking in the next Wo-Men badminton competition.

May you blood pressure always stay at the right level.

May you and family stay healthy and happy.

Happy Birthday Prince!

Dear Prince,

Happy 38th to you!

May you stay healthy.

May you stay as prince forever.

May your business expand bigger and wider.

May you always have small school and middle school mates for tea time.

P/S I am using the birthday post to publish all the 遗珠 photo's from Carnival.

Happy Birthday Ham!

Ham, happy birthday! Wish you all the best in your reviving your squash career. Hope you can sien new liaos with the power of the new racquet.

Hope to also see you 处女 posting in conjunction with your birthday.

When are we going to build Justine Plaza?

I passed by a building named Wisma TCT at Jalan Segambut. This reminds me of our "Justine Plaza" dream 20 years ago. So are we ready to make first step to realize this?

New Toys for Ham and Tatt

Ham and I decided to give our squash career a new lease of life. We have got ourselves new toy in Prince O3 Tour Squash Racquet. It is signed by Peter Nicol and was used by Nicol David when she won her first British Open in 2005. Really excellent racquet and it made the retrieval of balls expecially the difficult volley so much easier.

One lesson learnt from this is you can get cheaper racquet in Singapore than in KL. Ham said even a car jack costs RN2500 in KL. He is right.

So let's add squash in our next Carnival, in addition to Futsal.

Dream House?

Ah Pek brought Elephant and I to visit under-construction house of his elder sister. Both of us keep wowing when touring the house. The maid's kitchen is definitely bigger than our living hall!

How can you be so rich?

May be the secret of success is to be a King Scout when you are young.