tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196188632024-03-13T03:32:08.868-07:00Self HelpArticles on personal growth, self improvement, self-help, personal power and collection of stories on appreciation & inspiration.Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.comBlogger43011000tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-67484433884033559482023-06-28T07:56:00.002-07:002023-06-29T08:46:31.740-07:00Bruxism and Jaw Misalignment: Managing Stress and Improving Mental Well-being<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMhgLYxh0Qm1eRP2tpOvV_-Eesp7x0KE02iSPox_HlU_06tcutOTn3lhhHlhhMGGLSwMnnvJL3-Jj1VgD9TRrHrNZ6JUNqsuOgnM2ztzFb3WaX-KZSWhGxjo8oPBCTyelrA_bL3SqCJdKIkw0vGWaUtq2XLZ2R2OAjbVqoIm8ZflHBvdidwuHwkw/s611/bruxism%20jaw%20misalignment.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="611" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMhgLYxh0Qm1eRP2tpOvV_-Eesp7x0KE02iSPox_HlU_06tcutOTn3lhhHlhhMGGLSwMnnvJL3-Jj1VgD9TRrHrNZ6JUNqsuOgnM2ztzFb3WaX-KZSWhGxjo8oPBCTyelrA_bL3SqCJdKIkw0vGWaUtq2XLZ2R2OAjbVqoIm8ZflHBvdidwuHwkw/s320/bruxism%20jaw%20misalignment.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">During my recent dental appointment for scaling, an interesting revelation came to light. The dentist detected bruxism, a condition characterized by the grinding or clenching of teeth, which is often associated with high levels of stress. This caught me off guard, as no previous dentist had mentioned bruxism before. However, as I reflected on my experiences, I recalled instances of jaw misalignment in 2021 and 2022, which may have been a result of bruxism. It made me realize the significant impact that stress can have on both my physical and mental well-being.</div></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The years 2021 and 2022 presented me with numerous challenges that tested my resilience. Although I believed I was handling the stress well, my bruxism served as a visible reminder of its effects on my health, particularly my mental and emotional well-being. It was a wake-up call to prioritize self-care and find healthier ways to manage stress.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As I enter 2023, the challenges persist, and the road ahead appears even more demanding. However, I am determined to face them head-on and live life on my own terms. Through self-reflection and personal growth, I have learned to adjust and cope better with the adversities that come my way. I am confident that I can overcome the obstacles and emerge stronger, both mentally and physically.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Bruxism, discovered during a routine dental appointment, shed light on the impact of stress on my overall health. The jaw misalignment I experienced served as a stark reminder of the toll that challenging years can take. Nevertheless, I remain optimistic and committed to improving my well-being. By embracing self-care practices and adopting a positive mindset, I am confident that I will navigate the future with resilience and live a healthier, more fulfilling life.</p>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-30257110400437195572023-05-07T08:32:00.001-07:002023-05-07T08:33:25.111-07:00Start Living Life On Your Own Terms<div style="text-align: justify;">Living is beautiful. Life is a gift, embrace it and enjoy the experiences.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is what I shared with friends and especially the younger generation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The world is getting better, with more populations being highly educated.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The environment will also get better, with the renewable and sustainable green technologies.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim38ICkKZTCQAHQWtcvJ6-tuosJJi9ZWCmpZorjMetYDIlLGP4D7PeCXIZ0QaiJAkE6WKjtfO6bCtzwh06vUzX3AmUjPINMVa6szlJeiGIeE1a-CXVSShwGZISk2U2EWY1NnL0dpNtqtOspFz77nunIgX4vm7vHvRddJpqg_UM1uOh4lH1654/s640/The_Twins_SE_Asia_2019_small.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim38ICkKZTCQAHQWtcvJ6-tuosJJi9ZWCmpZorjMetYDIlLGP4D7PeCXIZ0QaiJAkE6WKjtfO6bCtzwh06vUzX3AmUjPINMVa6szlJeiGIeE1a-CXVSShwGZISk2U2EWY1NnL0dpNtqtOspFz77nunIgX4vm7vHvRddJpqg_UM1uOh4lH1654/w320-h214/The_Twins_SE_Asia_2019_small.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Beautiful KLCC view)<br />By James Kerwin from Tbilisi - The Twins | SE Asia 2019, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=84723947</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">However, while I review my life, I am puzzling that if I am living the life I aspired?</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I do not have the exact answer.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I changed over time, or shall I say I progress over time?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As a middle age man, the purpose of my life is not the same as the younger me.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I would like to live to make the world a better place for living, human, animals & plants.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Not merely serving the greedy corporates, and sadly to say, most of the corporates are managed by bureaucrats. I am at my last few years before hitting golden age, I find I am wasting my precious time on bureaucracy and office politics.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I would like to start living life on my terms.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Not possible now, as I am yet to reach financial freedom.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I give myself 3 years time frame, if I can achieve financial freedom before 3 years period, that will be great. If I can't, upon 3 years time period is due, I shall proceed to take the first step on the journey to live on my terms.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-33754248183190174082018-11-20T05:21:00.000-08:002018-11-20T05:46:14.227-08:00Kuwait International Airport International Hall & Boarding Gate Entry Inspection<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Kuwait, one of the GULF countries in Middle East Region, and is also one of the fastest growing economy entity in Middle East at this moment.</div>
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I learnt new experience on the Kuwait International security inspection, which are inspection prior to entrance to International Departure Hall and inspection to boarding Hall.</div>
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If you are bringing your notebook PC or laptop, please have it fully charged or have the power adapter with your hand carry luggage.</div>
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This is because you will be asked to turn ON your notebook PC and laptop during both of the above mentioned inspections.</div>
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To travel light, I usually have the laptop's power adapter checked in with my luggage. Just imagine, if my laptop battery is flat and I have no adapter with me, what kind of mess and unwanted situation will happen to me? </div>
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If you are a business traveler, and you are traveling in tight schedule, this will mess up your journey.</div>
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-52684076541507523382018-07-11T18:43:00.000-07:002018-11-20T05:47:11.580-08:00Live Present, Live Now, Live Well<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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About the same date in 20 years ago, after my polytechnic diploma final exam, I took a bus with a luggage bag traveling to Kuala Lumpur to look for a job and continue my degree study in UTM, Technology University of Malaysia.</div>
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I was very excited, partly was because another new chapter of my life has begun. However the main reason is my girlfriend was studying in KL as well.</div>
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I shared a room with another 3 friends in one of the apartment in Cheras for the first 2 months.</div>
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I moved out and occupied a room in a double storey linked house.</div>
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The quality of life had downgraded so much after I moved out from my home town. The tap water is yellowish, the toilet was always dirty and the toilet drain is always clogged. Worse off is at that time, water supply crisis was haunting the KL residents.</div>
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After a few months, I moved to another house with some new friends. I painted my room before I move in. Things got better because we invested a unit of water purifier. No more clogged toilet drain however cleanliness was still far behind what I enjoyed back home.</div>
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The stayed in the third house for 5 years until I got married, and my wife and me moved to a rented house.</div>
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The privacy that we enjoyed and customization of stuffs to our liking was the experience we never had when we both stayed at respective bachelor house.</div>
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The joy of having a home even though it was built on a rented house is worthy and necessary.</div>
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I regretted that for the past 5-6 years, I did not rent a house to build a comfortable home. </div>
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Living life does not means we need to compromise the quality of life in present for future. </div>
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Live now, live present, build a comfortable place called home.</div>
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-9992346081941629952018-05-04T13:11:00.001-07:002018-05-04T13:11:21.491-07:00给爸爸的信<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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爸爸,不知不觉,您已离开了我们两年多了。您好吗?在这段时间里,我在梦里见到您,您老人家正在干活,忙着呢,但您不忘叫我放心。</div>
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我们一家过得很好,妈妈,姐姐和媳妇都健康安好,您的三个孙子也都活泼的成长中,由其是小孙儿,调皮可爱得很。</div>
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现在我也己年过四十了。一年前离开了工作十年的工司,在两个月前又换了一家工司。在事业上可算是步步高升,更上一层楼吧。</div>
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在您在世的最后一年,是我倍您最少的一年。小孙儿早产加上工作忙碌,我早出晚归,虽然是同住,但一天却没有两三句话。当您吐最后一口气的时候,我正在搭着泰国回马的飞机。回到家里,只能摸着您冷冷的身体。</div>
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过去一年,新工作因为要时常出差,因此也让我有了一个人独处的时间。我思考了很多关于我的人生的事情,大部分都与家人有关连的。</div>
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我发觉我一向来的人生目标都是要让您为我的成就而感到骄傲。也可能是这样,在过去的一年,我总是觉得好象缺少了什么人生目标似的。</div>
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我什么都有了,但我沒有了一个我很尊敬的父亲。</div>
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在未来的曰子,我会以您为榜样,做个好父亲,好丈夫和孝顺的儿子。</div>
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但愿下一世,我有机会再做您的儿子。<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></div>
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-246504674687602372017-12-08T01:01:00.001-08:002017-12-08T01:01:41.820-08:00Miascor Lounge at Terminal 1, Ninoy Aquino International AirportThe traffic condition in Manila city is consider very congested. A 5 to 6km distance may take you about 2 hours if you travel by car.<div><br></div><div>I also heard that travelling from Makati city to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport can take as long as 4 hours, and it is common. Having said that I have never encounter such horrible situation, maybe because I will request to use Skyway instead of let the driver decide which route to go.</div><div><br></div><div>Because of the unpredictable traffic situation, my Philippines friends always advise me to depart to airport 4 hours before my flight departure time. I think this is a logical advise, however if the flight schedule is delayed, which is very common in Manila, I will end up having to wait for 3-5 hours before taking a 4 hours journey flight in the plane.</div><div><br></div><div>The airport is descent, however with very limited choice of F&B, and the "turtle" speed broadband from Globe or Smart, the waiting time of 3-5 hours are kind of challenging.</div><div><br></div><div>The only way out is to find a descent place to chill, work or perhaps a "me time".</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aM_IChWtIcQ/WipU86m3f5I/AAAAAAAAClE/hLnsAZmp_6Mk7D_tm2GGCYAXH8N6LQbwwCHMYCw/s640/blogger-image-1866746880.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aM_IChWtIcQ/WipU86m3f5I/AAAAAAAAClE/hLnsAZmp_6Mk7D_tm2GGCYAXH8N6LQbwwCHMYCw/s640/blogger-image-1866746880.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The only bet will be the airport lounge. As Enrich member, I will be able to entity the lounge once I qualify for Gold member. I am 9000 Enrich miles away from getting there, hope by January 2018, when I visit Manila again, this Miascor lounge will be a nice place for me to spend my 3-5 hours time in the airport.</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-63849177705768517272017-09-16T21:40:00.000-07:002017-09-17T03:39:12.035-07:00Fake Egg vs Real Egg<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Egg is the most complete source of protein.<br>
As usual, we will prepare half boiled eggs for my family during weekend.<br>
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However, when I clean the eggs shell before I put them into the stainless steel mug for soft boiling, I found the eggs look too perfect to be real. It triggers more suspiscous when my wife told me there is some plastic smell released when she opened the cover of stainless steel mug. The eggs were tasteless as well.<br>
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To test is to compare the suspicous village egg with another farm egg.<br>
The white color egg is village egg, and the brown color egg is farm egg.<br>
Hard boiled both of the eggs. <br>
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Remove the round (bottom) of the egg shell. Natural egg shal have some air space between the shell and the egg white at the bottom.<br>
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The egg shell and the egg white of the village egg leave no air space.<br>
On the other hand, the air space between the egg shell and egg white of the farm egg is clearly visible.<br><br>
Let's peel off the eggs completely and compare the shape of the eggs. <br>
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The village egg has perfect shape, both top and bottm of the egg has round surface. However for the farm egg, the bottom looks flat where this gives air space between egg white and the egg shell.<br>
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I am not sure whether my test result can be conclusive to say that the said village egg is fake. However it is safe to choose for alternative source that I can be assured that the eggs that my family consume is genuine.<br>
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If you have more information, please feel free to share your comment.<br>
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-87900048033616348922017-07-18T21:10:00.001-07:002017-12-02T08:34:26.556-08:00JPJ Petaling Jaya<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
JPJ, also known as Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan is a department that deal with driving license, road tax, change of car ownership, compounds, etc.<br />
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Basically doing one single transaction with JPJ will cost you almost one productive day. </div>
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My question now is why these peoples willingly to burn their productive hours by physically visit to JPJ for transactions? Can't they do it online?</div>
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The government is also not learning. The new government offices like those in Putrajaya are also designed with limited car park spaces. It is really counter productive as the visitors need to spend almost 60 minutes to get their car parked before they can proceed to queue for a number. After getting a number they need to queue for 60-360 minutes for their turn depending on luck. The actual transaction takes you less than 5 minutes.</div>
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If you really need to visit to JPJ, my advise is you shall take Uber or Grab. At least you save the hassle of looking out for car park.</div>
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For any transactions that you can do online, try it and I bet you will love it. So convenient and very productive. It cost you a couple of Ringgit to save you hours, gasoline and tolls.</div>
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-31807802396331056332017-06-03T08:00:00.001-07:002017-06-03T08:00:33.583-07:00A Malaysia political view that resonate with my feelingMalaysia is still a developing country despite we were once on par with Singapore and having higher GDP than South Korea.<div><br></div><div>Malaysia is a country that is so rich with natural resources including oil & gas, strategically located in the centre of ASEAN, however until today, we are still categorized as emerging market, a.k.a. third world country.</div><div><br></div><div>Below is the article that I received from a chat group which echo my view. Please read on.</div><div><br></div><div><div>*C H I N A*</div><div>I lived in Beijing from 1979 to 1981 as a diplomat & was back in China again earlier this month to attend a meeting</div><div>The pace of change in China is simply staggering</div><div>When I first arrived in the country, China had no middle class</div><div>According to some economists, it's wages were just above that of sub-Saharan Africa</div><div>Most people lived in mud brick shacks and there were as many bicycles as there were people</div><div>Vegetables like cabbage were brought from the communes when available and dumped by the truckloads on the roadside; the smell of rotting cabbage was everywhere</div><div>DENG XIAOPING , the paramount leader of China from 1978 till his retirement in 1989, was one of the most remarkable leaders I have ever had the privilege of meeting</div><div>He saw what many of his more ideologically inclined colleagues were too blind to see - that if a way could be found to release the industriousness, creativity and ingenuity of the Chinese people, there would be no stopping China’s rise to greatness</div><div>In my view, that was his greatest contribution to China</div><div>And he set about changing China through the Four Modernisations policy</div><div>It was a big deal then, much the same way as One Belt One Road (OBOR) project is today</div><div>Less than four decades after I first arrived in Beijing, the city is not just a world-class capital city, it is the capital of the world</div><div>The millions of bicycles that once filled the streets of Beijing are gone, replaced by millions of cars both foreign and locally-made</div><div>In the week that I was there for my recent meeting, China’s first locally-built aircraft carrier began sea trials while its first locally-built passenger plane took its maiden voyage</div><div>Almost everything - airports, roads, mass transit systems, telecommunications - is new and more advanced than anything anywhere else</div><div>The old ‘hutongs’ (alleys) are all but gone, replaced by dazzling high-rise condos, shopping malls, stadiums, coffee bars and fabulously expensive restaurants filled not by expatriates but by locals</div><div>Except for the famous historical landmarks, very little remains of the Beijing I first encountered in 1979</div><div>The people I talked to were confident about their future and proud of what had been accomplished</div><div>They were anxious to get the best education, learn new experiences,discover new business opportunities, seek ways to exploit new technologies, and were ready to move to the other side of the world if necessary in pursuit of their aspirations.</div><div>As a nation, there is an eagerness to be the best and the greatest, to climb the highest, go the furthest, to build the biggest, fastest and most advanced</div><div>It doesn’t take long for visitors to sense that this is a nation on the move, impatient to fulfil its manifest destiny as possibly the greatest nation in the world.</div><div>Above all else, it is the strategic thinking and planning behind almost everything that is China today that is impressive</div><div>A country like China does not rise that high that fast by happenstance but by careful planning, thoughtful implementation and dogged determination</div><div>It seems that when China settles upon a strategy, it pursues it with uncommon passion.</div><div>It would not be an exaggeration to say that never in the history of human civilisation has any nation been able to make such a technological, economic and social leap forward in such a short span of time as China</div><div>That is the China that we must deal with and we better be up to the challenge if we are not to share the fate of lambs headed to the slaughterhouse</div><div>It is not to suggest that China is evil or necessarily intent on subjugation; it’s just that the sheer asymmetry of its power and prowess automatically puts other nations at a huge disadvantage</div><div>As I walked around Beijing in awe, I couldn’t help reflecting on our own nation’s journey over the last 35 years or so</div><div>In many ways, witnessing China’s exponential rise to greatness also forces us to come to terms with our own performance, our own vulnerabilities and shortcomings</div><div>It is a depressing exercise to say the least</div><div>During then PM Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s visit to China in November 1985, for example, a few Proton Saga were given to a Beijing taxi company as part of the effort to gain publicity for the recently launched Malaysian-made car</div><div>Admiring crowds gathered around the Proton wherever it was displayed, astonished that a small developing country like Malaysia could produce its own cars</div><div>It was a proud moment for those of us who were there.</div><div>Some 37 years later, here we are , desperately looking to China to rescue Proton from total collapse</div><div>In 1985, China produced about 6,000 cars annually; by 2008, China’s annual production had surpassed that of the United States and Japan combined</div><div>Time and again, we seem to have squandered the lead we had through corruption, mismanagement and misguided policies or wasted resources on hair-brained schemes</div><div>Worst of all, we never seem to learn anything from our follies because we keep repeating them</div><div>Unproductive, self-defeating exercise</div><div>While China was taking giant strides forward with its Four Modernisations programme, we were arguing over language, race and religion. Instead of building a world-class system of education, we were politicising it and pretending that just calling our universities great would make it so</div><div>While other countries were going out of their way to attract the best minds in the world, we were driving them away with bigotry and prejudice</div><div>While China’s leaders were experimenting with ways to release the creativity, ingenuity and industriousness of all its people, our leaders were stifling it with discriminatory programmes and self-defeating policies</div><div>Even now, when countries like China are focused on technological innovation and strategising how to seize global leadership, we are obsessed with religious laws, what people wear or who’s sleeping with whom, never mind that all these things do absolutely nothing to improve our productivity, enhance our competitiveness or prepare us for the challenges ahead</div><div>Of course, we have our great plans - Vision 2020 and now TN2050 - but we have neither the patience nor the determination of China to do whatever is necessary to bring it to fruition</div><div>In the end, it’s all just hype, a “syiok sendiri” exercise, and we know it</div><div>To be sure, Malaysia has made impressive advances as well but surely it is far less than what could have been achieved when measured against our potential</div><div>How do we face external challenges and an increasingly competitive global environment with so much internal baggage ?</div><div>If we cannot get our act together, if we cannot exorcise the demons within, how can we ever hope to face the dragon without ?</div><div><br></div><div>DENNIS IGNATIUS, a former Malaysian ambassador to China , firmly believes that we should put our trust not in the leadership of politicians but in the sanctity of great institutions - our secular and democratic constitution, a democratically elected </div><div>parliament, an independent judiciary, a free press and a government fully accountable to the people.</div></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-30854689015549904722017-05-30T09:14:00.001-07:002017-12-02T08:33:52.284-08:00Little hero is 2-year-old now<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My preterm baby is 2-year-old now.<br />
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Thanks God he is healthy and growing up.</div>
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There are still a lot for him to catch up, especially on his weight. However I believe we shall give him more time. As long as he is progressing steadily, he shall be alright.</div>
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We had a simple celebration in the evening. 2 pieces of sliced cake and 2 candles. The ceremony was simple but accompanied by his parents, grandmother, and two adorable sisters.</div>
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We let him bite and taste the cake twice as we believe the cake is still very challenging for his digestion system.</div>
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My late father came to my memory. He is a very accommodating father, especially for his generation. </div>
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He was a intelligent and hardworking man. He sacrificed multiple promotion opportunities to enable him to have the flexibility to take care of us, including my mother like fetching us to and fro from work, school, tuitions, other activities as well as being able to reach home on time to prepare dinner for the family.</div>
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During his spare time, he will focus on study like how to improve his day time tasks. I still can remember very clearly that he mastered Lotus 1-2-3, the most popular spreadsheet software at that time from scratch. He was self studied, via reading the software handbooks.</div>
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During the 8086, 8088 or XT/ AT era, he was capable of writing simple programming (something like macro for Microsoft Excel in the present) that automating all the variable data calculations based on certain database and parameters. He did show me and it was really amazing!</div>
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He passed away last year. I can only miss him and there is no more chance to repay him for all his loves to us.</div>
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I hope I will be a good father, to my 3 kids.</div>
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Happy Birthday my baby boy!</div>
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Dad, I miss you!</div>
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-265083951007521592017-03-13T23:50:00.001-07:002017-12-02T08:35:20.778-08:00Share Rights Issues Application in Malaysia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It has been a while since my last AMFIRST share rights issue application.<br />
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I was applying for IOIPG (IOI Properties Group Berhad) right issues few days back. And I learnt that the bank ruling has change and below is the summary for your reference to prevent dissappointment, especially to those who buy bank draft at very last minute.</div>
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1. The applicant him or herself must present to bank for bank draft purchase.</div>
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2. Mandatory to bring along Right Subscription Form and Identity Card.</div>
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The bank need to validate the transactions.</div>
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The new requirements has demotivate investors with small portion of share as the trouble against the value of rights issue share may not be worthwhile.</div>
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-81991288003771735022017-01-09T06:45:00.001-08:002017-02-01T07:26:31.530-08:00Biggest regret in my life<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My dad was diagnosed with end stage cancer while my wife pregnancy become complicated.<br />
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During his toughest period, I spare very minimal time with him as I have dedicated my priority to my son. He survived, born as extreme underweight and extreme premature 28 weeker.</div>
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A part from that, I also blame myself for over committed on my day time career.</div>
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My dad passed away early last year. I did not make it to be with him during his last breath. He passed on when I was on my returning flight from Bangkok. </div>
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I knew he will be leaving us a week before the trip, I had told my colleagues and my family I will not travel after this Bangkok trip. I wanted to stay with him at his very last stage of his life.</div>
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I did not make it, but my wife, my 2 daughters and the youngest son were with him during his last moment.</div>
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"Dad, I wish you find peace and healthy at the heaven. Mom just told me that you were waiting for me when you knew you were leaving us. She said you left in peace. Dad, pls forgive me. Miss you."</div>
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-12879406783135625582017-01-08T07:56:00.000-08:002017-01-08T07:56:15.959-08:00Ratan Tata's wisdoms<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Wisdoms from Ratan Tata's speech in London</div>
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So when they grow up they will know the value of things not the price.</div>
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"Eat your food as your medicines. Otherwise you have to eat medicines as your food"</div>
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The one who loves you will never leave you because even if there are 100 reasons to give up he will find one reason to hold on.</div>
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There is a lot of difference between human being and being human.</div>
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You are loved when you are born.</div>
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You will be loved when you die.</div>
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But if u want to Walk Far, Walk Together.</div>
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Maintain them in all stages of Life and enjoy healthy life.</div>
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If you see the moon ..... You see the beauty of God ..... If you see the Sun ..... You see the power of God ..... And .... If you see the Mirror ..... You see the best Creation of GOD .... So Believe in YOURSELF..... :) :) :).</div>
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Please share this post to your love ones.</div>
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-16753736265930287092016-12-25T20:43:00.001-08:002017-01-08T07:57:02.368-08:00Decluttering my kids belongings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Yesterday and today morning I was spending time in decluttering some of my kids stuff at my cabinet and living hall.<br />
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I have thrown out 3 bags of unwanted items and 2 bags of items for donations. However, the clutters remains as they really have many stuffs with them.</div>
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Those items no longer in use but is still in good conditions like pencil box will be donated to the charity. Guess what, those pencil boxes are fully contained with pencils and color pencils.</div>
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I am going to involve them in this decluttering exercise and I want them to adopt minimalism. </div>
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Over the years, I have been explaining to them like it does not matter how many pencils that you have, to write a good essay, what you need is adequate language proficiency, and with that, you just need 1 pencil to deliver your ideas.</div>
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Hopefully this exercise will make them a better person.</div>
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-89845876519566412602016-12-25T03:18:00.001-08:002016-12-26T18:07:03.807-08:00Less is more, minimalism<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It has been a while since I noticed my mind find peace when I travelled for business trips.<br />
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Travelling is tired, and yet I find peace, not only at the hotel room, but also at meetings places. </div>
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Initially I thought it was because of I was away from my home, where my attentions are not needed, so that I can focus on my own stuffs.</div>
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I believe it is because of the minimal belongings that I brought along when I was travelling.</div>
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Usually I travel with only a cabin size luggage and a laptop. I found out that it is because of I have less belongings that I need to take care when I was travelling, it saved me energy for other matters. And because of that, my mind found peace.</div>
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Moving forward, I would like to create more peace at home and at my work place.</div>
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They are many ways of becoming minimalist. My ways will be as below.</div>
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Even I am not minimalist before this, but I am definitely against consumerism. </div>
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Consumerism will not only make you financially broke, it will also a waste of natural resources and energy.</div>
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-23457291363352415122016-12-24T23:28:00.001-08:002016-12-26T18:06:25.273-08:00What goes around comes around<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Below is a good story to share with everyone to make this a better world. However, let start off with the ambitious that all mankind do no harm to others before we even talk about being kind and helpful to others. </div>
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Let's start with "do not make others life difficult." </div>
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My life has gone haywire since 2013 till now (2016). Since the company transferred me to take care of a niche business which did not well manage in the past, and it was left unattended for 3 years.</div>
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-75653937483620207262016-12-21T07:23:00.001-08:002016-12-24T02:20:25.740-08:00Random thoughts from a picture<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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She was driving back from work, it must be traffic jam. "A picture is more than a thousand words", it was beyond words.</div>
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-33515545800066976902016-12-19T05:37:00.003-08:002016-12-19T05:37:59.834-08:00蜘蛛的启示 有一天中午,我们一家人都很特空除了我们的妈妈。我们就想打扫我们肮脏的椷,突然,我们看见一只可爱的小蜘蛛在制网。<div> </div><div> 我们就把网弄破,没想到这么坚持,网破了又制。我们都觉得很谅呀。我们只好又把网弄破,因为我们必须清理干净这么多灰尘的椷。最后蜘蛛还是不放弃的制网。</div><div><br></div><div> 最后,我们就拿一张纸让蜘蛛把上来然后放生后才弄破蜘蛛网。我们都觉得这只蜘蛛很勤劳。并向蜘蛛学习不屈不挠的精神。我们都很佩服这只蜘蛛。</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-85486580285424131312016-12-19T05:37:00.001-08:002016-12-19T05:37:12.726-08:00朋友之间的感情 我们应该如何与朋友和谐相处?当你的遇到不会做的功课时,你就去教他帮他。当你的朋友不小心跌倒时,你就去扶他起来,并问他有没有受伤。如果受伤了,你就带他去保健室擦药休息。这样我们的感情就会越来越好。当你的朋友的亲人去世了,你就去安慰他,然后跟他说不要太伤心,每个人都会经历生老而病死,所以你就不要太过伤心💔。就这样你帮我,我帮你,变成好朋友。Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-33613354912344655932016-12-19T05:36:00.001-08:002016-12-21T06:22:19.460-08:00我的姐姐 星期一早上,爸爸和妈妈去做工了。所以我只好和我的姐姐正在一起玩羽毛球。我玩的佷开心,突然我和我姐姐吵架了,因为我输了太多次所以 我们吵了一个小时后来我们又不吵架了,我和我姐姐玩的很开心。我的爸爸和妈妈刚刚好回到了家🏡。过后我们一家大小就开开心心的吃饭。Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-75049347472178225002016-12-18T20:40:00.001-08:002016-12-21T06:22:23.659-08:00Night market It was a warm and humid evening. I was feeling very hot and humid and wanted some fresh air. Therefore,I decided to go to the night market. It is just a stone's throw away from my house . <div> </div><div> When I reach the night market , I saw rows and rows of stalls along the road. As it was very early,many hawkers started to set up their stalls arranging their things. It was very crowded.</div><div><br></div><div> There were many stalls selling cloths, toy and food. There were many stalls selling variety of food such as nasi lemak, fried chicken, asam lasak, noodles and so on. </div><div><br></div><div> The aroma of the delicious food filled the air. I was attacked to the aroma of the asam lasak soon. I walked toward the stall and bought 2 packets.</div><div><br></div><div> In another corner, there were stalls selling fresh vegetables and fruits sold here were cheaper than in the super market.</div><div><br></div><div> The place was very noisy because hawkers and customers were bargaining very loudly. Some hawkers shouting loudly to attract customer to their stall. </div><div><br></div><div> After that, I headed to the drink stall and bought a packet of sugar cane juice. Later, I decided to buy some kuih for my family.</div><div><br></div><div> As it was getting late, I headed for home. It was a wonderful experience for me.</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-18634317370608363652016-12-18T20:15:00.001-08:002016-12-19T04:39:54.305-08:00伤心的一天 星期六,我和弟弟一起玩球。弟弟玩小皮球,我则在玩皮球。我们都玩得很开心😄。当时,我不小心把皮球踢破窗口,结果窗口破了一大个洞。突然妈妈听到BANG一声,就赶紧的冲过来,发现窗口破了,当时妈妈超级的生气的骂了我一顿。我很伤心😣。Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-81823048949174765182016-12-18T04:19:00.001-08:002016-12-18T04:19:03.474-08:00Credit Card Statement, hard copy or e-statement?Since the implementation of <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Goods and Services Tax (GST), the annual government tax of credit card which cost RM50 has been removed.</span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The previous annual government tax on credit card was a measure to curb the personal and household debts due to over spending with credit cards.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">With the removal of such restrictions, banks were aggressively launching various rebate and loyalty programs to promote their credit cards.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">For instant, I do apply a few new credit cards depending on my spending patterns to enjoy rebates and discounts. The rebate can go as high as 5% with certain capping as well as free entrance to Premier Lounge at the KLIA airports.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">I noticed that by default, the new credit cads are not sending me physical statements. The banks sent me e-statements instead. Due to the change of mode of receiving the statements, I have unintentionally missed the payment deadline and it causing me time to call up to the call centers for penalty fees waiver.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">It was definitely not a very nice experience as I need to communicate with machine before I get to talk to the customer service officer.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Today, not sure what made me think slightly out of box. I did call up the customer service to request for annual fee waiver, before I end my call, suddenly this issue strike my mind, I requested for a physical statement instead of e-statement. The customer officer tried to convince me to compromise with the e-statement initially, however the decision is on the consumer hands.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">If you are someone like me that prefer to have hard copy credit card statement, make a call to the call center and exercise your right.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-19140515713785528992016-12-14T06:58:00.000-08:002016-12-14T06:58:57.383-08:00Deceased of the great master and mentor<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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来自南洋大学校友的信息供大家阅读北京著名女作家杨绛於2016 年 5月高齡105 歲過世. 下面是她在103 歲時的一段鼓勵:</div>
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During one of the evening of last week, my daughter called me with very serious voice, "Dad, there are hundreds of honeybees flying around a tree near our house."</div>
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It is amazing. I am glad that my kids are able to witness this natural phenomenon.</div>
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-72723541333662656452016-11-12T00:45:00.003-08:002016-11-12T00:46:51.132-08:00Selfish and Careless Nissan Sentra Driver WGQ6208<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As usual, the urban streets in one of the Klang Valley townships are busy and full with vehicles, and many of the cars are double parks.</div>
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The driver of Nissan Sentra WGQ6208 is believed to be overshot to the auto accessories shop he wanted to drop by. Instead of making a turn, which will not cause him much time, he was reversing his car along the street that were packed with double parked cars.</div>
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I was just behind this selfish driver. Trying to reverse park my car. It took me a while as the road was narrowed with double parked car. The Nissan Sentra WGQ6208 driver did not care about the road safety, he just reverse his vehicle, going very close to my car, even thought I have put up the "honk" as signal for him to stop. This selfish driver did not stop, and his vehicle go backward all the way to almost hit my car.</div>
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It is not an easy journey if one want to be a hands-on, understanding, process oriented and yet result oriented team leaders.<br />
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A good team lead will be someone who is consistently be on top of the team objectives, driving results and yet looking into the processes that will make the results possible.</div>
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The team lead will be hands on and understanding the challenges face by the team members.</div>
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A team lead is not merely a supervisor or manager that can perform better result if he or she step into the subordinates territories. A team lead shall focus on how to make the subordinates perform up to the company expectations.</div>
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-45312170996076794322016-02-07T07:58:00.002-08:002017-12-02T08:33:24.199-08:00A Better 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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2015 was a very challenging year for me and my family.</div>
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My wife pregnancy turned into complication in weeks 20, at the same time my father was diagnosed with end stage lung cancer.</div>
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My wife was unable to work from her week 22nd pregnancy, admitted to hospital a few times and finally need to deliver the baby at first day of week 28th of pregnancy. My baby was extremely premature and he was admitted to NICU upon delivery for more than 4 months.</div>
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My father fallen down injured one of his arm, the whole family daily routines turned haywire as my kids transportation to school and meals were rely on him. It took him 3 months to recover, and the cancer cells has weakened him over this period, he lost 12kg in 3 months time.</div>
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What I have gone through in 2015 was beyond imagination. I was exhausted, but I told myself that the 2 pillars of the family, my wife and my father were in trouble, both of them and the family need me, I am the backbone of them. Even though I gone through hell, I still need to keep going.</div>
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Despite of all the family issues, I still need to run my operation in my day time job. 2015 was also a very challenging year for Malaysia. I have been not resting for 24/7 for many months in a row.</div>
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There were tears, frustrations, hopelessness and worry in most of the nights.</div>
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There is no room for me to slow down, to think or consider, I just need to move forward.</div>
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There is no luxury for me to fall sick, no reason for me to rest.</div>
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Everything becomes less relevant and not important to me except that I need to keep the family moving on while coping with the circumstances.</div>
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Life is short and none of us know what will happen next. Live life now and appreciate every moments.</div>
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Because life is too short to regret, I will pursue happiness, live a life that is worth living.</div>
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Baby Hao, you did well and finally graduated from Malaya University Hospital today.<br />
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It was a long journey. 140 days period, near to 5 months long.</div>
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You fought well for the past 140 days. You grew from 640g to 3000g today.</div>
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It was a tough journey. You have went through it and become a tough guy.</div>
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In another 30 days, you will need to go through a hernia repair procedure.</div>
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-33650218318584992552015-10-12T09:59:00.001-07:002015-10-17T00:47:53.299-07:00Day 135 - Breathing by yourselfBoy, it was a big surprise when papa visited you in the evening. You are off from the oxygen air blender.<div><br></div><div>The professor of respiration system has decided to take off your nasal cap as you are able to breathe at 21% oxygen. We thought the flow setting at 4.0 is high, actually it is set based on your weight. Based on your current weight, setting below 6.0 will not be able to assist you. This professor believe that you will be able to breathe by yourself and yes, you are doing fine.</div><div><br></div><div>The standby doctor visited you few rounds today to monitor your situation. Your lung is not that bad, commented by the evening standby doctor. The good sign is your are very active. Yes, you are active and demanding, it causes your mom restless nights and both your sisters and papa have to stay late every night to assist your mom.</div><div><br></div><div>Your mom care and love is the main factor that help you to recover fast. Your sisters supports is also serve as important element.</div><div><br></div><div>Your mom sleep less than 3 hours per day for straights 9 days and she is not able to catch her sleep for more than 2 hours <font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">per episode as she need to feed you every 3 hours. It is definitely very tiring and she is able to sustain because of her unconditional love to you.</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Your sisters are exhausted also. They have been travelling to hospitals every night without fails and stay up until late nights for continuous 130 days plus. Most of the time they are sleeping in the car during the journey back home. They are 10-year-old and 8-year-old now. Both are adorable kids.</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">By the time you read this post, your mom may be at her 50s, and your sisters shall be at 20s. Please love them and listen to them if you are a teenager.</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">If you are already an adult, please take care of them. Especially your mom. The unconditional love from her is the greatest remedy to you.</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Being healthy is so important.</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">If you are a teenager now, please spend time in your academic, sports and hobbies. This is the golden chance to acquire knowledge and explore your strengths. Do not spend time in video games and try to be an adult.</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">If you are an adult now, do not pursue material stuffs like getting fancy car, worse still pursuing those car accessories. Focus at your day time career and spend time with your mom and sisters. Last but not least, exercise.</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">To get you to breathe without oxygen needed 135 days. Don't you agree being healthy is vital?</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Stay strong boy!</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">God's bless!</font></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-87339967782688459642015-10-11T01:22:00.001-07:002015-10-11T01:22:03.802-07:00Day 134 - 2925g, infections free, quarantineBoy, until today, your mom has stayed in to take care of you for 8 days. While you are gaining some weight in the measurement of hundred of grams, your mom lost 2kg.<div><br></div><div>You are weighted at 2925g by your mom today morning. You are still on oxygen air blender with high flow setting at 4.0 while oxygen is set to 21%.</div><div><br></div><div>As per the professor that take care of your respiration system, he said that you have been infected by various lung diseases since July until the recent virus infection.</div><div><br></div><div>Papa really hope that with the quarantine you will be shielded with all the infections and gain strength on your lung.</div><div><br></div><div>You look more relax and happy. I believe your mom definitely able to give you more attention and care. </div><div><br></div><div>Please be considerate and listen to her. She is definitely very tired in taking care of you and for sure she is not able to catch enough sleep during this period of time.</div><div><br></div><div>Stay strong and be good.</div><div><br></div><div>God's bless!</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-36961825979498585832015-10-02T21:14:00.001-07:002015-10-02T21:20:33.087-07:00Day 126 - 2680g, RSV Virus Infection, QuarantineBoy, you have been quarantined at general ward due to your lung infection. <div><br></div><div>From the sample, you are identified to be infected with <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">RSV virus is be spreader through air, hence in view of the safety of other infants at NICU, you were sent to a quarantine room in the general ward.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Your mom have to stay in with you as you need dedicated attention and there is no such service in normal ward.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">You are still on oxygen air blender. Air flow at 5.0 and oxygen at 30%. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Because you were sent to general ward yesterday, today morning is the first time you see your sisters with both your eyes widely open. They visited you yesterday evening, but you were closing your eyes whole night long.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Let's recover from the lung infection and discharge by October month.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Stay strong!</span></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-49886861376595264502015-09-26T05:49:00.001-07:002015-09-26T17:39:24.859-07:00Day 119 - 2565g, CPAP, PneumoniaHao, you have weight drop today. It is 95g decreased in 2 days time. We were very worry.<div><br></div><div>You have a lot of secretion which we believe is due to the pneumonia. The good sign is your oxygen setting is lowering down as we believe you are recovering.</div><div><br></div><div>You will encounter apnea during suction procedure. And this phenomenon occurs very often since you caught in pneumonia. </div><div><br></div><div>You were staring at your mom while she was soothing you. Your big eyes are shinning and dark. You utter voices like talking to her. </div><div><br></div><div>You are strong fighter. You inspired me. You make me stronger and a better person.</div><div><br></div><div>The colorful world is waiting for you out there. Get well soon and go see the world.</div><div><br></div><div>God's bless.</div><div><br></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-44398996269224373692015-09-23T23:27:00.001-07:002015-09-26T05:40:34.103-07:00Day 117 - 2640g, CPAP, Blood transfusionBoy, you are sick now.<div><br></div><div>You have several apnea incidents yesterday and in the midnight you were put up with CPAP.</div><div><br></div><div>Your left lung were detected with milk that cause by reflux on 21-sep. It is recovered as per today X-ray. But now your right lung is detected with milk.</div><div><br></div><div>You are also having blood transfusion. This is because of the drop of your hemoglobin in your blood.</div><div><br></div><div>The doctor has also change the antibiotic that covers wider range of infections. I guess they have no clue on what makes your situation deteriorate yet.</div><div><br></div><div>Stay strong boy and we will pray for God's mercy on your recovery.</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-59706735943419319552015-09-22T16:30:00.001-07:002015-09-22T16:30:03.853-07:00Day 115 - 2580g, pneumonia, refluxBoy, you are suffering from pneumonia. It is due to the back flow of the milk from your stomach to your throat, and then the milk was sucked into your air way. <div><br></div><div>We believe this is due to the carelessness of the NICU. Your mom spent 9 hours at hospital yesterday. I can see she is very worry about you.</div><div><br></div><div>You are on antibiotic and the setting of oxygen air blender is high. Flow at 3.0 and oxygen at 40%.</div><div><br></div><div>Doctor has reduced your milk feeding to 50ml maximum per serving. Boy, drink slow. Drinking too fast will cause air captured in stomach and back flow of the milk from stomach to throat.</div><div><br></div><div>Please pray that you will get over the pneumonia soonest and get healthy.</div><div><br></div><div>God's bless!</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-31630536778755657142015-09-21T08:18:00.001-07:002015-09-21T08:18:21.707-07:00Day 114 - Apnea, resumed oxygen air blenderBoy, you were suffering from Apnea this morning. You were resumed with oxygen air blender aid and is on antibiotic now.<div><br></div><div>According to the nurse, put you on antibiotic is kind of standard procedure.</div><div><br></div><div>Most of the apnea for preterm babies will resolve at <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">44 weeks of postconceptional age. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Today, you are 44 weeks and 2 days of postconceptional age. Understand you are extreme low birth weight 28 weeker, I really hope your apnea will resolve soon.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Papa really hope to can get well by October. We want to bring you home.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Stay strong boy. Papa love you.</span></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-55130158975515289452015-09-18T22:10:00.001-07:002015-09-18T22:10:21.362-07:00Day 112 - 2530g, off from oxygen air blenderBoy, you have good weight gain. The curve of your weight over days is steep. Good progress boy.<div><br></div><div>The doctor has taken away the oxygen air blender this morning. This is a trial. If you do well, you will no longer need the oxygen air blender, and very soon you will be scheduled for hernia repair surgery.</div><div><br></div><div>Boy, papa believe you will make it. And you will be doing well without oxygen aid.</div><div><br></div><div>You were with intubation ventilator for too long. That's why the dependency of oxygen flow become your behavior. </div><div><br></div><div>You need to learn on steady breathing and with consistent rythm.</div><div><br></div><div>Try your best son. You can!</div><div><br></div><div>God's bless!</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-53193846041507430222015-09-16T06:13:00.001-07:002015-09-16T06:13:33.188-07:00Day 108 - 2360g, stop breathingBoy, you are gaining weight persistently. It is indeed a good progress.<div><br></div><div>Doctor Choo visited you in the morning. He told your mom that you are doing well, just a matter of time.</div><div><br></div><div>You are now on demand feeding. Understand that the nurses are feeding you in between 80-100ml.</div><div><br></div><div>You drink too fast. This is the general comment from all the nurses. And after you drink, you may get tired, resulted desaturation sometimes.</div><div><br></div><div>You were not breathing yesterday midnight. It was after you taken the 100ml milk. </div><div><br></div><div>Drink slow boy. Remember to breathe.</div><div><br></div><div>Get well soon.</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-21902177565731606232015-09-12T06:54:00.001-07:002015-09-12T06:57:25.409-07:00Day 106 - 2285g, ROP eye exam, on demand feedingBoy, you gained quite a bit of weight. Hope the weight gain is directly contributed to your new lung cells where it will resolve your chronic lung disease.<div><br></div><div>You are still on oxygen air blender. The setting of the air flow is at 1 now. </div><div><br></div><div>The nurse said you often forget to breathe when you drink milk. And you drink really fast. You are also tend to forget that you need to breathe when you shit. She said you only started to resume your breathing when you are done.</div><div><br></div><div>You are on on-demand feeding now. It means on top of your 60ml every 2 hours schedule feeding, as and when you cry for milk, the nurse will feed you.</div><div><br></div><div>On the eye exam, you are basically confirmed free from ROP as of now. A follow up exam will be carried out in another 6 months time.</div><div><br></div><div>Boy, remember to breathe. And breathe steadily.</div><div><br></div><div>God's bless!</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-34343847662280608632015-09-09T09:32:00.001-07:002015-09-09T09:32:49.040-07:00Day 102- 2140g, stopped Ursodeoxycholic acidBaby Hao, you gained 100g in the last 3 days. You are suffering with chronic lung disease, the only way to recover is to grow your lung, where the new cells of the lung is more capable in exchanging oxygen. <div><br></div><div>To do that, the weight does critical matter. You need to continue to gain weight at faster pace. </div><div><br></div><div>Your mom received a phone call from NICU, the doctor told her that you were suffering from desaturation and it was do bad that until the doctor decided to put you back in CPAP. It was happened on last Sunday evening, and you were on oxygen air blender on the Monday morning.</div><div><br></div><div>It was caused by stomach upset/ bloating , I guess. The the abdomen is pushing up, it create pressure to the lung. It resulted difficulties in expansion, hence directly affecting the oxygen saturation. However, it is just my guess.</div><div><br></div><div>What lead to bloating? It is because you drink too fast. I can't expect you to comprehend what I said to you now, but I hope that when you read my post now, you listen to my advise that you need to chew your foods thoroughly before you swallow. It will be great for your digestion system and many other benefits.</div><div><br></div><div>I need you to get well soon and get home in October. Both your sisters accompany us in every of our visitation. And till now, they are yet to have a chance up see you. They are very supportive, and I really hope they will have enough sleep after you get home. And, I believe you will like them very much. </div><div><br></div><div>Doctor has put up order to stop your <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Ursodeoxycholic acid medication. It is indeed a good news.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Boy, be a man. Fight like a warrior and get well soonest.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Love you boy.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">God's bless!</span></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-37659466383554210292015-09-05T09:26:00.001-07:002015-09-12T06:09:25.457-07:00我的爸爸 我的爸爸是一名修理机器的技术人员。他从早做到晚,连晚餐都没有吃就带我们去医院探望弟弟。每天晚上,我都带饼干给爸爸吃,爸爸因为驾车不能吃饼干。所以每天妈妈都喂爸爸吃饼干。我的爸爸很严厉,因为每天晚上在车上,爸爸都问我:“璇,你今天在学校学会了什么?”如果答不出,爸爸就会很生气的说:“你在学校睡觉阿,如果你在你再这样的话,明天你就不用去学校。”除此之外我爸爸也很善良,一次在路上看到有人欺负小动物,他就会上前阻止。<div> 爸爸的爱好是与我们一起打羽毛球。他最喜欢吃沙爹和喝酒。有一次,出席宴会,所以他的同事购买了几瓶酒,妈妈就说:“老公,你最多只可以喝两杯。”因为喝太多酒伤身。</div><div> 我和爸爸做过印像深课的事是,我们一家人一起去云顶玩。我们也带了杯面去那边吃。我们在那边逗留了两天一夜。那时我还三年级。我们玩了好多游戏。我希望改次能再次到云顶玩,可以和爸爸在一起玩乐。</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-24996324469823998542015-09-05T03:56:00.001-07:002015-09-05T03:57:14.929-07:00Day 99 - 2040g, no more feeding lineBoy, you gained 40g over the last 2 days. You are at 1240g now.<div><br></div><div>You are now only attached with the oxygen air blender tube that is close to your nose.</div><div><br></div><div>The line feeding tube has been taken off from your mouth. You are good in sucking the feeding bottle now, but you drink a bit too fast.</div><div><br></div><div>With the removal of the line feeding tube, you shall be more comfortable now. </div><div><br></div><div>You will be able to go back home after your lung & liver are matured and after the hernia repair procedure.</div><div><br></div><div>Rest well and stay strong boy.</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-35201655359215685932015-09-03T07:05:00.001-07:002015-09-03T07:59:09.208-07:00Day 97 - 2000g, 45ml milk, Oxygen Air BlenderBoy, you achieved 2000g today. A remarkable achievement and it is worth celebrating.<div><br></div><div>I believe the strong weight gain for the past few days is due to the strategy that the NICU apply on you, where you are continued to be assisted with air oxygen blender with air flow at 2-3 as well as adjusting the oxygen to 22-23% as and when you are tired. This is to ensure that most of your energy is utilizes to gain weight.</div><div><br></div><div>The nurses also tight you to prevent you from making too much motion. You know, you are known to be very active and strong at NICU since long long time ago.</div><div><br></div><div>Your mom also contribute in calming you down by breast feeding and kangaroo care. You sleep well after every session of skin to skin contact with her.</div><div><br></div><div>Hao, continue to do well and stay strong.</div><div><br></div><div>God's bless!</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-48291870757040958582015-08-28T22:06:00.001-07:002015-08-28T22:06:10.246-07:00Day 92 - 1795g, out of incubatorBoy, you are at 1795g today. The doctor wanted you to gain weight faster, supposingly you will be on new fornula milk that is for better weight gain, but due to your high protein level, your diet is maintain with alternate preterm formula and breast milk plus Carborie.<div><br></div><div>I am writing this post beside your bed. We can see each other. You have a lot of aggressive motions despite you are wrapped by the blanket. The nurses told me because of your hyperactive, it utilizes too much energy that cause you have poor weight gain.</div><div><br></div><div>Your mom is pumping her breast milk at the nursing room at NICU. She loves you so much. Mother's love is unconditional, I need you to remember that, and take care of her by doing good as well as staying healthy and strong.</div><div><br></div><div>You are a fighter, I like you to maintain this attitude and fighting spirit in your entire life. </div><div><br></div><div>You are calm when your mother holding you and having skin to skin connection.</div><div><br></div><div>Stay strong my little man.</div><div><br></div><div>God's bless.</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-21944194401898921852015-08-25T08:20:00.001-07:002015-08-25T08:20:40.970-07:00Day 88 - 1775g, 40ml feedingBoy, you gained 65g in the last 3 days. I would say it is a good weight gain. I hope such weight gain can be persistent.<div><br></div><div>Your feeding volume has increased to 40ml every 3 hours. Hope you digest well.</div><div><br></div><div>The air flow setting of the oxygen air blender has gone down to 1.5 since yesterday, really hope that you will breathe well without it in no time.</div><div><br></div><div>The air pollution is terrible out there. Papa hope while you discharge, the situation has become better. </div><div><br></div><div>Not sure how old are you when you read this post, Malaysia currency has hit rock bottom as compared to past 17 years, RM4.25 to USD1.00 and RM3.00 to SGD1.00.</div><div><br></div><div>Papa is a bit skeptical of the future of you and your 2 sisters in living in Malaysia. </div><div><br></div><div>Malaysia is a nice country to live. Freedom and affordable.</div><div><br></div><div>But, for next generation like you and your 2 sisters shall expose yourself to live in other countries during your schooling life or early working life. Then, you will be able to make a choice that suite you.</div><div><br></div><div>Last but not least, like your mom saying, healthy and safety are the most important blessing that we could have, and should not take it for granted.</div><div><br></div><div>God bless!</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-20071471533484419852015-08-23T08:57:00.001-07:002015-08-23T08:57:39.990-07:00Day 86 - VomitingOh boy, your feeding volume is still at 38ml every 3 hours. 8ml via mouth feeding and 30ml via line feeding.<div><br></div><div>Because you are still aided with oxygen air blender, line feeding is still necessary. And because you are staying in the incubator, it is also very challenging for the nurse to feed you via mouth. Your posture in the incubator is definitely not appropriate for mouth feeding, I guess.</div><div><br></div><div>You vomitted in the evening. Your mom carry you and soothed you. I can see your face that you value her very much. Mother's love is uncondition. You calm down very soon, you smile and fall sleep in a while.</div><div><br></div><div>Boy, you need to learn to breathe without the oxygen air blender, and I strongly believe you will recover faster after the nasal mask is removed.</div><div><br></div><div>God's bless.</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-24665067494891904242015-08-22T19:43:00.001-07:002015-08-22T19:43:43.242-07:00Day 85 - 1710g, Oxygen Air BlenderBaby Hao, your weight gain is not consistent. For the last 2 days, you gained only 10g. Maybe it is time to increase the milk feeding volume.<div><br></div><div>The air flow of oxygen air blender has set to 2.0 now. Yesterday evening, the nurse feed you 8ml of milk via mouth suction and the rest of 30ml via line feeding. You seems to be struggle in drinking the milk. Practise makes perfect, I believe you will be good in another few days.</div><div><br></div><div>You are fairer now, before that your skin color is very dark. Your skin pigment has developed. Another good sign of maturity.</div><div><br></div><div>Stay strong boy.</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-75069644616381336492015-08-22T00:05:00.001-07:002015-08-29T04:04:09.587-07:00Day 84 - ROP Eye ExamBoy, you had your ROP follow up eye exam today. <div><br></div><div>The exam was postponed from morning to afternoon. Professor Doctor Choo performed the exam. </div><div><br></div><div>She told me your left eye ROP stage 1 has regressed. No visible ROP during this round exam. Right eye is alright since day one.</div><div><br></div><div>However you will be diagnosed in another 3 weeks time.</div><div><br></div><div>As per doctor, for preterm birth weight less than 1000g, chances of getting ROP is 90%.</div><div><br></div><div>Because you are still aided with oxygen, continual follow up exam is necessary.</div><div><br></div><div>Stay strong boy.</div><div><br></div><div>God's bless!</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-50715277364914963212015-08-20T07:15:00.001-07:002015-08-29T04:07:51.679-07:00Day 83 - 1700g, IncubatorBoy, you hit another milestone today. Your weight is at 1700g.<div><br></div><div>Your sister discharged from NICU 8 years ago when she reached 1700g. But you still need oxygen air blender, and still living in the incubator.</div><div><br></div><div>Your mom said you did much better in drinking milk via suction as compared to your sister. But you get tired very soon.</div><div><br></div><div>It is alright because you are extreme premature baby with extreme low birth weight.</div><div><br></div><div>You actually did very well in view of your starting point. </div><div><br></div><div>You are less aggressive these days. You are cute and gentle. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-23186405857090798052015-08-19T08:41:00.001-07:002015-08-19T08:41:17.092-07:00Day 82 - 1655gBoy, you have good weight gain. You gained 55g in 3 days time. You are now at 1655g. <div><br></div><div>Over the 80 days journey in the NICU, you gained 1010g against your birth weight at 645g.<br><div><br></div><div>Your feeding volume has increased to 38ml every 3 hours. I believe when your digestion system getting mature, the feeding could be increased further.</div></div><div><br></div><div>The nurse said you did well in milk suction even thought you are still on oxygen air blender. </div><div><br></div><div>Your mom did try breast feeding yesterday, she said you did very well. But you are greedy, you cried for 2 hours upon she put you back to incubator.</div><div><br></div><div>Mom's milk is sweater than honey. I believe you want more than milk, you felt the love and caring from her.</div><div><br></div><div>I hope the mother & son bonding is eternal.</div><div><br></div><div>Stay strong, grow well.</div><div><br></div><div>God's bless!</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-49072864885571913642015-08-17T23:08:00.001-07:002015-08-17T23:08:30.271-07:00Day 79 - 1600gBoy, you are weighted at 1600g yesterday. You have crossed another milestone. Well done!<div><br></div><div>Your milk feeding is still maintain at 35ml every 3 hours. I believe it shall be increased further when the primary doctor exam you on next Monday.</div><div><br></div><div>You are still on oxygen air blender. The setting of the air flow has reduced to 2.5 from 3.0. I trust you will be doing well. Eventually while you cope well with lower air flow setting, you are one step nearer to breathe without any aid.</div><div><br></div><div>Papa is currently in Singapore, on business trip while updating last 2 days status of your medical condition.</div><div><br></div><div>Love you! Stay strong!</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-55912170002837626852015-08-14T06:52:00.001-07:002015-08-15T21:47:19.517-07:00Day 77 - Oxygen Air Blender, 35ml feedingBaby Hao, you are on oxygen air blender for 3 days in a row. You looks abit tired, however I trust you will be able to overcome it.<div><br></div><div>If you continue to do well, you will not be put back to CPAP.</div><div><br></div><div>From your weight lost yesterday, I believe you must have try very hard, consumed a lot of energy. Hopefully the increased of feeding volume to 35ml every 3 hours will put your weight gain back on track.</div><div><br></div><div>Gain strength and move on.</div><div><br></div><div>God's bless!</div><div><br></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-604604218255090962015-08-13T06:51:00.001-07:002015-08-14T06:49:58.658-07:00Day 76 - 1570g, fluticasone propionate nasal sprayBoy, you have weight reduction at 10g over the last 2 days. I believe it does not matter as your total feeding were reduced in past 3 days due to changing of feeding frequency from 2 hourly to 3 hourly.<div><br></div><div>Doctor prescripted you with <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">fluticasone propionate nasal spray to prevent you from lung infection as well as to strengthen your lung because you have prolonged depending on ventilator and nasal mask.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In medical term, you have developed chronic lung disease because you still need ventilator or oxygen air blender upon 36 weeks adjusted age.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">You are now at 38weeks plus. I hope you can breathe by yourself before 40weeks adjusted age.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Stay strong boy.</span></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-53860573433479804172015-08-12T08:58:00.001-07:002015-08-12T08:58:15.829-07:00Day 75 - Oxygen Air Blender, 35ml Milk FeedingBoy, you are on oxygen air blender today since morning. Because you are doing well, the nurses do not switch you to CPAP alternately.<div><br></div><div>I managed to speak to Doctor Choo and Doctor Yip today. They are positive with your progress. They will arrange you for the hernia repair surgery when your weight cross 1700g. <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Your PDA is confirmed resolved by itself as well. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Your feeding has increased to 35ml every 3 hours. Please continue to do well as I believe you need higher volume feeding for better growth.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Your mom has resumed to work since last week. She is pumping breast milk at the office and at home while need to handle tremendous office tasks and spend time visiting you at NICU.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Your good progress will definitely help in relieving your mom from being worry or emotional. She cares of you very much.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Good night & God's bless!</span></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-47666663098295654882015-08-11T08:27:00.001-07:002015-08-11T08:27:48.864-07:00Day 74 - 1580g, 30ml milk feeding, CPAPSon, you are at 1580g today. Your milk feeding has increased from yesterday 25ml every 3 hours to 30ml every 3 hours.<div><br></div><div>As compared to previous record, your total milk feeding per day is still 24ml lesser. However I believe your milk feeding volume shall be increased in another day or two if your digestion system is alright.</div><div><br></div><div>The CPAP settings are still the same with PEEP at 4cmH2O and oxygen at 31%. The good news is your oxygen saturation has improved.</div><div><br></div><div>You have pulled out 2 feeding lines in the morning. To calm you down, the nurse has decided to tight you with the blanket.</div><div><br></div><div>Hao, I believe you are progressing well. Stay strong.</div><div><br></div><div>God's bless!</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-88693792937284960412015-08-10T07:07:00.001-07:002015-08-10T08:33:07.504-07:00Day 73 - 1560g, CPAP, PEEP 4cmH2O, Oxygen 21%Boy, you are not switched to oxygen air blender & CPAP in every alternately. After the last week eye exam, you are on CPAP mode.<div><br></div><div>I guess is doctor wanted to improve your weight gain as during the last Saturday, 8-August 2015, your weight gain is only 10g in 2 days time.</div><div><br></div><div>Your peep setting has lowered down to 4cmH2O and oxygen has reduced to 21%, which is equivalent to room air oxygen level.</div><div><br></div><div>Everytime when the CPAP mask was pulled off, your oxygen saturation reading actually did better. I believe you have no problem in breathing without the ventilator or oxygen air blender. Your challenge is your stamina. You get tired after awhile if you breathe without aid.</div><div><br></div><div>Your feeding has changed to 25ml every 3 hours. This means that you will be fed 64ml lesser milk per day as compared to the old diet. The nurse said if you are doing well, your feeding shall be increased further.</div><div><br></div><div>You look great today. </div><div><br></div><div>Sleep well, gain strength and get stronger.</div><div><br></div><div>God's bless!</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-80571225717518302992015-08-07T09:20:00.001-07:002015-08-07T09:20:57.804-07:00Day 70 - Eye examBaby boy, you have gone thru eye exam today on your ROP. The result is as per last week examination, your left eye developed ROP stage 1 and right eye is alright.<div><br></div><div>It is indeed a good news. I hope your ROP will be recovered by itself.</div><div><br></div><div>I did not manage to visit you yesterday. I was having a whole day event near the hospital. And I will be travelling tomorrow. Since I am attending an event near the hospital, I excused myself for a while after lunch to visit you.</div><div><br></div><div>You were sleeping and on CPAP when I entered the NICU. The prong mask was disconnected, I immediately get a nurse to fix it for you. </div><div><br></div><div>You are sweet and look alike your sisters. </div><div><br></div><div>Papa miss you.</div><div><br></div><div>Stay strong!</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-36270946622186844022015-08-06T09:28:00.001-07:002015-08-06T09:28:24.766-07:00Day 69 - 1535g, Kangaroo careBoy, papa did not manage to visit you today due to my tight schedule. However your mom visited you twice, in the morning and evening.<div><br></div><div>You gained 35g over the last 2 days. You are weighted at 1535g today.</div><div><br></div><div>Your mom did kangaroo care for you. I believe you enjoyed it very much. </div><div><br></div><div>You are still on 22ml feeding. I am not sure if you are already on full feeding. I do hope that the feeding volume can increase further. </div><div><br></div><div>Good night son, I miss you.</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-25996528771363276672015-08-05T06:55:00.001-07:002015-08-06T02:13:38.338-07:00Day 68 - CPAP & Oxygen-air blenderHi boy, your mom is unable to do kangaroo care for you today. It is because you are tired. <div><br></div><div>The nurse just switched you from oxygen-air blender to CPAP. Your oxygen saturation is fluctuating from 83-100. It is indeed a big fluctuation.</div><div><br></div><div>I guess you are alright with your respiration system. The stamina could be your challenge now. I believe it has something to do with the weight as well.</div><div><br></div><div>You still have a lot of secretion. The blockage of your air way is definitely another reason that prolong your dependency on ventilator.</div><div><br></div><div>Stay strong boy.</div><div><br></div><div>God's bless!</div><div><br></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-21227828735267759102015-08-04T07:04:00.001-07:002015-08-04T07:04:46.120-07:00Day 67 - 1500g, CPAP & Oxygen Air BlenderBoy, your mom visited you this morning. You encountered several bradycardia episodes in the morning. <div><br></div><div>The primary doctor then increased your PEEP setting to 6, initially was 5. This incident made your mom very worry.</div><div><br></div><div>The doctor also shares with your mom that during the last Friday eye exam for ROP, you experienced an episode of apnea where you did not breathe and your body turn purple.</div><div><br></div><div>Boy, papa understand you have gone through tough time, you did well, what I need you to do is to be tougher than the circumstances and do better. That is the destiny of a man. We survive at all circumstances and get stronger.</div><div><br></div><div>In the evening, you are on oxygen air blender and all the setting is lower than before. The oxygen setting is 21% (previously 30%), pressure at 2.5 (previously 3.0), and your clinical indicators are all great!</div><div><br></div><div>You also achieved the weight milestone which is 1500g. So, your next milestone will be 2000g. It will be great if you can achieve it in 10-14 days time.</div><div><br></div><div>Let's challenge all the new milestones and be tough boy.</div><div><br></div><div>God's bless!</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-91978525684928515562015-08-03T09:20:00.001-07:002015-08-03T09:20:57.827-07:00Day 66 - Kangaroo care, Inguinal Hernia & ROP updateMy dear little boy, papa met the consultant today, she said you have poor weight gain as you are only weight at 1475g at 37 weeks adjusted age. She said you shall be at 2kg. The consultant has suggested to start kangaroo care for you.<div><br></div><div>So, when we visited you in the evening, your mom was doing the very first time kangaroo care with you on her chest.</div><div><br></div><div>You are so adorable. First time we see you out of the incubator. Your mom hold you with both hands and put you skin to skin with her chest. You were so calm, and you sleep tight.</div><div><br></div><div>I know you must be very happy. Listening to the familiar heart beats, the aroma of your mom body smell, the body warm that went thru your body via the skin to skin connection.</div><div><br></div><div>You are on alternate CPAP and oxygen air blender. You respiration system is still weak.</div><div><br></div><div>Doctor Yip said that you will need to go through the hernia repair surgery before you discharge.</div><div><br></div><div>As for your ROP, one of your eye has developed ROP stage 1. I hope it will be resolved by itself in 2-3 weeks time.</div><div><br></div><div>You started to have good weight gain last week. Hope to see you crossing 1500g mark this week.</div><div><br></div><div>God bless!</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-44894211350119490972015-08-02T06:50:00.001-07:002015-08-02T07:11:02.842-07:00Day 65 - Oxygen-air blender, 22ml feedingSon, you are on oxygen-air blender today. The setting is Oxygen 30%, Pressure 3.<div><br></div><div>Your feeding has increased to 22ml every 2 hours. It is a new milestone for you. Your feeding has been hovering between 16-20ml for many weeks.</div><div><br></div><div>You like to cry a lot. Your mom said it is ok as you are still a baby. She sing songs to calm you down. You hold her finger tight.</div><div><br></div><div>We believe you cry because you are hungry. Maybe the feeding is still lesser than what you really need. To overcome that, you need to digest the milk well, so that doctor will increase the volume gradually.</div><div><br></div><div>You are still medicated with <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">ursodeoxycholic acid, I believe your digestion system is still not mature yet.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">You are very aggressive. I hope you will be having such aggressiveness in pursuing your dreams while you are growing up.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Get well soon.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">God bless!</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-24962734534185342532015-08-01T06:38:00.001-07:002015-08-02T00:57:59.325-07:00Day 64 - 1475g, ROP Stage 1, CPAP Oxygen 23%<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-34198731853725561802015-07-29T06:43:00.001-07:002015-07-29T09:14:39.951-07:00Day 61 - Inguinal Hernia, CPAP Peep 5, Oxygen 25%, rapid breathingMy baby Hao, you are still on CPAP today. <div><br></div><div>When we visit you in the evening, the CPAP prongs mask has disconnected from your nose. Your oxygen saturation is alright, but you breathe too rapid, up to 120 times per minute. Your nose were bleeding as well.</div><div><br></div><div>Your mom get a nurse to fix up the mask for you. You still have rapid breathing even thought the mask is well fitted to your nose.</div><div><br></div><div>I was very at that moment. But I still try to calm down myself so that I can calm down your mom. I told her do not panic, but monitor. I get her to start talking to you so that we will receive her energy.</div><div><br></div><div>Your respiration rate eventually has coming down to 30-40 times per minutes after a while. You must be distressed for hours where no one notice your mask has disconnected from your nose. </div><div><br></div><div>You are detected to have Inguinal hernia today on both side of your groins. I believe you will need to go through a surgery to repair your hernia. Probably when your weight reached 2400g. </div><div><br></div><div>Good boy, let's catch some rest and get stronger tomorrow. </div><div><br></div><div>God bless!</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-57785526227875575502015-07-28T08:46:00.001-07:002015-07-28T09:08:54.444-07:00Day 60 - 1415g, 10th blood transfusion 28ml, CPAP Oxygen 25%Baby boy, you started to have good weigh gain. You are at 1415g today, another 85g to cross the important milestone.<div><br></div><div>You have a lot of secretion, thick one, and mostly in the nose. The nurse told us that you looked tired in the morning. Even after suction, you are still struggling to breathe. Hence, you are returned to CPAP ventilation with PEEP 5, Oxygen 25%. A blood sample is taken due to this as well.</div><div><br></div><div>From the blood test, your red blood count is below 8. Hence, a blood transfusion is warranted. This is your tenth blood transfusion since you are born. And it is 12 days gap from your last blood transfusion.</div><div><br></div><div>I hope your low red blood count is purely due to the immaturity of your bone marrow only.</div><div><br></div><div>I hope over days, your bone marrow, lung, liver and gut are growing stronger and stronger.</div><div><br></div><div>Son, you look tired today. Have a good rest and get well soon.</div><div><br></div><div>God bless!</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-66500218275012369382015-07-27T07:20:00.001-07:002015-07-27T07:20:21.430-07:00Day 59 - Oxygen Air BlenderBoy, the new device that replaced the ventilator is Oxygen Air Blender.<div><br></div><div>The milk feeding has increased to 18ml every 2 hours in the afternoon.</div><div><br></div><div>Be it invasive ventilation, CPAP or oxygen air blender, you are always trying to pull of all the tube that supply you oxygen.</div><div><br></div><div>You did it again on the oxygen air blender mask. Yes, you can breethe without the mask, put it will consume much of your energy which suppose to nurture your organs and improve your weight gain.</div><div><br></div><div>Due to your hyper active behavior, you have poor weight gain. Besides, you have prolong the period of oxygen dependency. </div><div><br></div><div>This directly extended your stay at NICU.</div><div><br></div><div>Be calm boy. You have gone so far, very soon you will be able to breethe without any oxygen aid.</div><div><br></div><div>God bless!</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-49402345737177904922015-07-26T06:58:00.001-07:002015-07-26T06:58:16.422-07:00Day 58 - Off from ventilatorBaby, you cross another milestone today. You are off from the ventilator, and now aided with oxygen & air mixer. You shall be very comfortable now without the CPAP prong mask.<div><br></div><div>Your progress well today. I believe very soon you will be able to breathe by yourself.</div><div><br></div><div>The nurse has decreased your milk feeding to 14ml in the early morning in view of your bloated tummy. Your feeding has resumed and maintained at 16ml in the afternoon till evening.</div><div><br></div><div>In the afternoon, the nurse gave you a try to suck the milk by yourself. As expected, you forget to breathe while you were sucking the milk. But, it was a good try. </div><div><br></div><div>Sucking milk while breathing may be the first multi-tasking skill that you need to learn.</div><div><br></div><div>Boy, papa is proud of you. I can see the strong fighting spirit in you. </div><div><br></div><div>Staying strong and be stronger.</div><div><br></div><div>God bless!</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-16785089755988035462015-07-25T06:53:00.001-07:002015-07-25T06:53:11.174-07:00Day 57 - 1330g, CPAP Oxygen 25%Baby Hao, you gained 50g in these 2 days time. You are now at 1330g. Another 170g to cross the 1500g milestone.<div><br></div><div>Crossing 1500g is a significant milestone for all the preemies. As per doctor Choo, most of the complications of the preemies will be recovered after passing 1500g. </div><div><br></div><div>In the morning, your oxygen setting was at 21%. But in the evening, the setting has been increased back to 25%. It is ok baby, you have tried your best, let's rest for a while and strive again.</div><div><br></div><div>You continue to sleep well after the increased of milk feeding volume.</div><div><br></div><div>As per the nurse, your secretion at the nose is thick and a lot. This shall be the main cause that hold you down.</div><div><br></div><div>I am so sorry that you inherited the sinus nose from me. Your grandfather has similar problem.</div><div><br></div><div>I like to see your chubby face. You are adorable. </div><div><br></div><div>Rest well tonight and challenge the next milestone tomorrow. </div><div><br></div><div>God bless!</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-62204740822067953662015-07-25T06:32:00.001-07:002015-07-25T06:41:32.332-07:00Day 56 - 20ml milk feeding, CPAP Oxygen 25%Boy, doctor has finally increased your milk feeding volume from 18ml to 20ml every 2 hours after so many days.<div><br></div><div>You are less desperate for food after the increase of the milk volume. You sleep better.</div><div><br></div><div>It is because the intention of the doctor is to set you 1 milestone at a time. You are coping well with CPAP, which means you are ready for another milestone challenge, in this case is your feeding intake volume.</div><div><br></div><div>You are still on <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">ursodeoxychohe Achod medication as your gut and liver are still not mature enough. Which both organs have signifant impact on your digestion system.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">You also changed bed location and sleep in another incubator today. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Rest well and get ready to cross another milestone.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">God bless!</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-77949461798298873932015-07-24T06:58:00.001-07:002015-07-25T06:28:16.098-07:00Day 55 - 1280g, CPAP Oxygen 25%, IVH recoveryBaby boy, you have weight lost of 10g against the last measurement.<div><br></div><div>I believe it is because of the change of ventilation mode from nIPPV to CPAP. You need more energy to breethe. A part from that, you always pull off the mask resulted you need to breethe with any aid until the oxygen desaturation alarm trigger the attention of the nurse.</div><div><br></div><div>Doctor put you back to CPAP today morning with oxygen at 25%. You were put at prone sleeping position in the morning and evening.</div><div><br></div><div>We noticed that you were very uncomfortable with the prone position in during our visitation in the evening. You try to move your body.</div><div><br></div><div>You started to pull your leg over, slowly you stretch your body to turn around. Yes. After a few minutes, you managed to turn yourself from prone position to side position.</div><div><br></div><div>We are happy to see that. It tells us that you have strong muscles, strong will power and good motor skill.</div><div><br></div><div>The nurse in-charge told your mom that you have recovered from IVH stage 1.</div><div><br></div><div>You did well and keep doing better.</div><div><br></div><div>Proud of you.</div><div><br></div><div>God bless!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-28918714023177073902015-07-23T08:54:00.001-07:002015-07-23T08:54:40.104-07:00Day 54 - CPAP trialBoy, when your mom visited you in the morning, you were under CPAP mode at pressure 6cmH2O.<div><br></div><div>Moving from nIPPV mode to CPAP mode is a big milestone. I received this good news from your mom and was very delighted.</div><div><br></div><div>In the evening, when we were visiting you, the alarm of your medical monitoring system keep beeping due to desaturation of oxygen. </div><div><br></div><div>The nurse then carried out suction procedure and put you back to nIPPV mode with oxygen at 30%. As expected, you bleed everytime when suction is performed. We can see your blood in the vacuum filter.</div><div><br></div><div>It was extremely heart pain to me. I can see your mom was panic, but she tried to keep herself calm. From her eyes, I see sadness, endless pain and miserable.</div><div><br></div><div>After the suction, the situation improved. But even under nIPPV mode, your oxygen saturation is still not as good as past 2-3 days.</div><div><br></div><div>Your mom is very disappointed. I told her that it is common for preemie to take</div><div>A few step back after some good progress.</div><div><br></div><div>I believe that you are progressing every day. You have strong muscles, and it is alright for you to take some rest after more than 12 hours of CPAP trial.</div><div><br></div><div>I believe you can. Have some good rest and strive when you are ready.</div><div><br></div><div>God bless!</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-39784078640536193382015-07-21T06:48:00.001-07:002015-07-21T07:02:11.933-07:00Day 53 - 1290g, nIPPV Oxygen 23% at 15bpmBoy, you have great improvement on your weight gain. You are now at 1290g, another 210g to cross the 1500g mark.<div><br></div><div>I believe the new CPAP prong mask has significantly contributed to your breathing ability and lung function. You are able to rest well as the mask is always intact despite how aggressive your motion is.</div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">You are still on 18ml milk feeding every 2 hours and your digestion system is able to cope well.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">We can now hear you crying even thought you are inside the enclosed incubator. It means your lung is getting stronger that enable you to cry out loud.</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">You are still suffering from the secretion that cause your nose blockage. I know it is very painful for you to go through the suction every 4 hours, and it causes you bleeding. Bear with it eventually you will recover and be alright.</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">God bless!</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-60688641143790049622015-07-20T09:06:00.001-07:002015-07-20T09:06:38.534-07:00Day 52 - Trial on new CPAP prong mask, nIPPV Oxygen 30%Baby Hao, you must be very comfortable today. Professor Doctor Choo has put you on trial on a new CPAP prong mask. The intention of the NICU is to replace the existing mask which is loosen easily with a new type.<div><br></div><div>You are chosen to be the first trial before they confirm the order because you are the most active baby at NICU. It is normal for you to take out the mask by yourself, multiple times in a day.</div><div><br></div><div>The new mask fit you well. No matter how you fight and try to pull it off, it is still intact. I believe your breathing can improve faster with this new toy. It cost the hospital MYR1000 per piece. At this moment the USD vs MYR exchange rate is USD1.00 for MYR3.80.</div><div><br></div><div>Doctor Yip also mentioned that the incubator that you are staying in cost the NICU MYR180,000. This amount of money can buy us a full specification Toyota Camry or Mazda6 in 2015. It is definitely more expensive than the car your papa is driving.</div><div><br></div><div>You are unable to pull off the new mask. But you did pull out the feeding line.</div><div><br></div><div>Physically you look strong and tough. You have strong muscles especially at your chest. You will be looking great if you can breethe well.</div><div><br></div><div>I am happy that you are contributing to NICU on the trial of the CPAP prong mask. </div><div><br></div><div>I hope you will read all my post at different age of your life. And I can really see how deep your mom love you. Your bonding with your mom is so strong.</div><div><br></div><div>During your stay at NICU, your eldest sister persistently insisted to accompany your mom in every visit. And your elder sister has also been with us in most of the visit.</div><div><br></div><div>Only parents are allowed to enter NICU. Thus, your 2 little sisters are staying outside and waiting for us.</div><div><br></div><div>Can you see the chain of bonding?</div><div><br></div><div>You are the youngest man in the family. You need to grow stronger than me and take good care of all the ladies, especially your mom.</div><div><br></div><div>Stay strong, my man.</div><div><br></div><div>God bless!</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-30056421671219904512015-07-19T06:21:00.001-07:002015-07-20T09:09:25.576-07:00Day 51 - nIPPV Oxygen 25%, 18ml milk feedingBoy, I believe you are inherited with my sensitive nose. You have severe nose block that require frequent suction.<div><br></div><div>You were struggling in the morning. We can see that you were using a lot of energy to breathe, because your nose is block. Your chest and abdomen muscles were seen aggressively expanding and retracting.</div><div><br></div><div>Your mom is very worry on your situation. I told her worse case you will use more energy and resulted slower weight gain. </div><div><br></div><div>You continue to digest well with 18ml milk feeding every 2 hours. Hopefully the primary doctor will increase your milk feeding tomorrow based on your weight.</div><div><br></div><div>In the evening, after the suction, you sleep well. You are so sweat, just like your sisters.</div><div><br></div><div>Stay strong and get stronger everyday.</div><div><br></div><div>Papa, mama, sisters and your grandparents love you.</div><div><br></div><div>God bless!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-49488360525237727902015-07-18T06:41:00.001-07:002015-07-18T06:41:53.422-07:00Day 50 - 1220g, nIPPV Oxygen 25%Baby Hao, you have good weight gain. You have crossed the 1200g milestone. Now, we shall aim for 1500g.<div><br></div><div>The doctor has prescripted to add in 0.6g Carborie into the breast milk. Carborie is glucose polymer module that will give you more energy. </div><div><br></div><div>You are still on alternate feeding between preterm infant formula and breast milk. </div><div><br></div><div>The ventilator oxygen supply has been weaned down to 25% in the morning. I believe you will continue to do well and achieve Oxygen 21% in another 2-3 days.</div><div><br></div><div>Everytime when you are hungry, your mouth is sucking the feeding line. The nurses said you shall be able to get out from feeding line very soon. But before you can do that, you need to get off from the ventilator</div><div><br></div><div>So now, you need to continue to strengthen your lung, chest muscles, abdomen muscle and improve your stamina.</div><div><br></div><div>A part from that will be gaining weight. Size does matter for you. Crossing 1500g is key.</div><div><br></div><div>Stay strong boy.</div><div><br></div><div>God bless!</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-81322891341302198962015-07-17T21:22:00.001-07:002015-07-17T21:22:29.559-07:00Day 49 - 9th blood transfusion, nIPPV Oxygen 30%Today is Muslim festive season, Aidilfitri. <div><br></div><div>We went to hospital in the morning to visit you. Doctor James Liew told me that you are stable now when I met him at the entrance of NICU.</div><div><br></div><div>However when I met you at your incubator, you<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> looked struggling to breathe, and oxygen saturation is hovering at 75% to 85%. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Doctor James Liew came in. He ordered a suction for you and took your blood sample to test your blood gas.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">You were better after the suction. You still have a lot of secretion, and some of them turned into solid.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">The blood gas result was similar to the last few days reading, red blood count at 8.8. Doctor James Liew ordered a blood transfusion for you.</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Your mom become very emotional. The worse off when the doctor unable to put in the line after trying on both of your hands and your right leg.</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Boy, you need to recover faster for your good self as well as to reduce the pain of your mom. </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">I believe you are. </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Stay strong and grow stronger.</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">God bless!</font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-4946056780329085242015-07-16T22:48:00.001-07:002015-07-17T21:22:45.573-07:00Day 48 - 1190g, nIPPV Oxygen 25%Little boy, you at weighted at 1190g today. Since your extubation, your weight gain pace is at 5g per day. It is slower than what we expected. Maybe it is due to the reason that you have been aided with invasive ventilation for more than 40 days.<div><br></div><div>Your feeding has increased to 18ml every 2 hours. Your tummy has no longer bloated. Effective in the evening, you will be feeding with preterm formula milk and breast milk at alternate basis.</div><div><br></div><div>Boy, you have gone thru a lot. You need to stay strong, gain more strength and weight in order to detach from the ventilator.</div><div><br></div><div>The beautiful world is waiting for you outside NICU.</div><div><br></div><div>God bless!</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-49207853913904860212015-07-15T06:34:00.001-07:002015-07-15T06:56:09.904-07:00Day 47 - nIPPV Oxygen 23%Baby Hao, you are doing great today.<div><br></div><div>Doctor has weaned down your oxygen setting from 30% to 25% in the morning and subsequently to 23% in the afternoon. The oxygen at room is at 21%, you are now very close to be able to breathe without the ventilator.</div><div><br></div><div>A part from lung function, you need to strengthen your muscle especially at your chest and abdomen so that you will have the stamina to breathe.</div><div><br></div><div>Doctor Yip commented that you have gone through a lot of up and down. She said that you are now stable and on steady growth.</div><div><br></div><div>Do you know that you are consider senior citizen at NICU?</div><div><br></div><div>There is a serious infection going on at the NICU. Many of the infants are infected. Hopefully it is now curb from spreading.</div><div><br></div><div>Let's pray that all the babies are on their path of recovery and get healthy soon.</div><div><br></div><div>Stay strong.</div><div><br></div><div>God bless!</div><div><br></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-13936929449013745962015-07-15T06:14:00.001-07:002015-07-15T06:35:55.859-07:00Day 46 - 1180g, Eye exam, nIPPV Oxygen 30%Oh boy, you have poor weight gain. You only gained 10g in these 2 days.<div><br></div><div>You have eye exam today for ROP. The result is alright, but you still need to inspect your eyes for another few round to really ensure you are free from ROP.</div><div><br></div><div>Your feeding is at 17ml every 2 hours. Your stomach is less bloated now.</div><div><br></div><div>There is a massive infection at the NICU, the nurses are busy with reshuffling of the infected infants into the other room.</div><div><br></div><div>You are strong boy. You really active. You cried because you are hungry, and you are sort of fighting to protest. </div><div><br></div><div>You need to save your energy to gain weight. Too aggressive is no good. Your hear beat and respiration went sky rocket when you were fighting.</div><div><br></div><div>There are also several occasion that you took out the ventilation cap. You have no problem breathing without aid but it will cause you to deplete your energy very fast which may cause problem in gaining weight.</div><div><br></div><div>Doctor Yip said your blood platelet count has normalized which is a great achievement. But your red blood count is slightly lower at 8.8.</div><div><br></div><div>Rest well and recover soon.</div><div><br></div><div>God bless!</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-8620423289253742452015-07-13T07:03:00.001-07:002015-07-13T08:18:38.769-07:00Day 45 - nIPPV Oxygen 30%Oh boy, when we arrived at NICU, the oxygen cap was out from your nose. Yes, you pulled it out again.<div><br></div><div>Even thought you are not aided, but your oxygen saturation is greater than 90%. But we can see you use more energy to breathe. I would say it is a good sign. I m confident you will be able to permanently take off the ventilation in days or another 1-2 weeks times.</div><div><br></div><div>3 of your neighbors were sent to quarantine today due to infection. I hope you are not infected. Mean while I hope the babies to recover as soon as possible.</div><div><br></div><div>Your abdomen looks much better now. Maybe your digestion system has improved. You are still on preterm formula milk, not sure when will doctor resume you with breast milk.</div><div><br></div><div>Boy, listen to your mom words. She spent hour talking to you everytime she visits you. </div><div><br></div><div>She loves you so much and what you need to do is progress well and let her carry you at her arm.</div><div><br></div><div>Let her bring you home soon.</div><div><br></div><div>God bless!</div><div><br></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-78824725821520544172015-07-12T05:55:00.001-07:002015-07-12T05:55:25.731-07:00Day 44 - nIPPV Oxygen 30%Hao, today is your fourth day after extubation. You are coping with it well. Keep it up.<div><br></div><div>Papa and mama met Doctor James Liew this morning. He said your lung is still weak, and they will continue to monitor your oxygen requirement. These 2 weeks will be very determining to see if your lung can cope with room oxygen 21%.</div><div><br></div><div>Doctor James Liew said it is key milestone for you to be able to breathe by yourself without any aid before your adjusted age at 36 weeks.</div><div><br></div><div>You digest well with the preterm formula milk and you are on full feeding now. I believe you are be able to make it and free from the cpap by 36 weeks adjusted age.</div><div><br></div><div>You are now only on feeding line that go through your throat. Both your hands and your legs are free from any lines. I believe you have never as comfortable as of now. You sleep well everyone we visit you.</div><div><br></div><div>Hopefully the good sleep will also expedite your recovery.</div><div><br></div><div>While I am writing this post, your mom is talking to you. She also hold your hand while she is praying to the God</div><div><br></div><div>Mama's boy, stay strong.</div><div><br></div><div>God bless!</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-80214624313257000692015-07-11T19:15:00.001-07:002015-07-11T19:29:57.944-07:00Day 43 - 1170g, full feeding, nIPPV Oxygen 30%Baby Hao, you are doing well on your third day of non-invasive venlitation. Doctor has weaned down your ventilation setting in the morning, lowered the bpm and oxygen % to 21%.<div><br></div><div>It is a bit tough for you. Nurse has increased your oxygen to 25% and subsequently 30% while maintaining the low bpm parameter.</div><div><br></div><div>You closed your eyes tight since extubation. I believe you are focusing yourself very much in breathing.</div><div><br></div><div>Practise makes perfect. Keep doing it and you will master the skill. Keep practicing it and your lung will gets stronger.</div><div><br></div><div>You are weighted at 1170g. Another 30g to cross 1200g milestone. After that we shall target 1500g and 1800g. </div><div><br></div><div>You are on full feeding today. 15ml every 2 hours. Your abdomen is still bloated. You are free from <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">hypoglycemia now and I hope you can digest well and I do not want to see another blood transfusion on you.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">I believe you hear your mom talking to you everyday. She is the woman whom gives you life, be strong, recover soonest and stop letting her worry.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">My little boy, be brave and strong like a man. I know you are.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">God bless!</span></div><div><br></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-9809996505776976712015-07-10T21:31:00.001-07:002015-07-10T21:31:58.896-07:00Day 42 - nIPPV Oxygen 25%, 12ml feedingToday is your second day of extubation. You did well, thus the oxygen supply has reduced from 30% to 25%.<div><br></div><div>Your waist line increased by 1.5mm. It is bloated but soft. Hence your feeding has increased to 12ml every 2 hours.</div><div><br></div><div>Your mom is still very worry about you despite you are less ill now. To make her relax, I try to crack some jokes. One of them is saying that you are like supermodel, measuring your waist line every day. Hopefully she can has some peace of mind.</div><div><br></div><div>I think you are doing well and believe you are on the right track of recovery.</div><div><br></div><div>Boy, you need to practise breathing seriously and exercise your lung.</div><div><br></div><div>Stay strong and God bless!</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-62010028574360678202015-07-09T08:45:00.001-07:002015-07-09T08:45:45.380-07:00Day 41 - 1145g, Extubation NIPPV Oxygen 30%My little boy, you are on second trial on extubation today at 9:00am. The initial oxygen setting was at 35%, and it has been weaned down to 30% in the afternoon.<div><br></div><div>You have less movement today. Maybe because you are concentrating to breathe with your nose.</div><div><br></div><div>Your are weighted at 1145g. Another 55g to go to achieved 1200g. You shall gained weight faster after extubation, and really hope to see you gaining 20-30g every day.</div><div><br></div><div>Doctor Yip said your IVH is remained the same. And papa also hope you will do well with the eye exam next week.</div><div><br></div><div>You are on 8ml preterm formula milk feeding today. As per the nurse, your abdomen is still bloated but has improvement on your waist measurement (smaller size).</div><div><br></div><div>You are a true fighter. Stay strong and grow stronger everyday.</div><div><br></div><div>Have faith in God and pray for God's mercy.</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-44055957125014417792015-07-08T08:55:00.001-07:002015-07-09T08:48:10.325-07:00Day 40 - 8th blood transfusion, Abdomen bloated, SIPPV Oxygen 35%IMy boy, your stomach is still bloated. Due to that, your feeding is still maintained at 5ml. And you have your 8th blood transfusion today.<div><br></div><div>Doctor has switched your diet from breast milk to preterm formula milk in the afternoon. </div><div><br></div><div>Doctor suspect you are feeding intolerance due to your digestion system is not able to handle the bacteria in your mom's breast milk.</div><div><br></div><div>Papa hopes the preterm formula will work well with you as you shall be feeding at 12-13ml every 2 hours. </div><div><br></div><div>You must be very hungry. I see you sucking the ventilation tube with one of your hand holding on it. </div><div><br></div><div>The good news today is the nurse said your secretion has turned to white color from yellow color. It means the secretion is not as thick as before.</div><div><br></div><div>Stay strong and God bless!</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-69990614516170056012015-07-07T08:37:00.001-07:002015-07-07T08:42:33.074-07:00Day 39 - 1120g, 5ml feeding, SIPPV Oxygen 30%Hao, you have achieved another milestone on your weight, you have crossed the 1100g line. Your weight is at 1120g.<div><br></div><div>Your stomach is still very bloated. Doctor tried to increase your milk feeding to 8ml but it is reduced to 5ml in the evening. </div><div><br></div><div>The doctor has reduced the ventilation maximum pressure setting to 12mmHg from 17mmHg. But the oxygen supply has increased to 30%. You need to continue to improve your breathing effort as papa would like you to be extubated.</div><div><br></div><div>You look slightly pale today. It must be frequent blood sampling due to your <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">hypoglycemia. I hope your bone marrow is more mature now to supply you red blood cells so that the doctor will not order you another blood transfusion.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Brave boy, be strong and recover soon.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">God bless!</span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-21653664575350931452015-07-06T09:27:00.001-07:002015-07-06T09:31:17.423-07:00Day 38 - 5ml feeding, Nystatin Oral Suspension & Ursodeoxychohe AchodToday is an eventful day. Your mom went to visit you in the morning and found out that you are fasting and need to take X-ray for your chest & abdomen.<div><br></div><div>The nurse told her that you are only able to digest half of the feeding of 10ml every 2 hours.</div><div><br></div><div>At that moment, your oxygen setting was at 35%. Increased from 25% yesterday.</div><div><br></div><div>Your mom texted me the above and that made me very worry. I can feel the pain she has, and definitely can imagine it is at least 10 times more painful than me.</div><div><br></div><div>I thought you will need to on several days of fasting and then I quickly call your mom to sign consent form for insertion of the long CBL line for TPN supply, because that procedure require contrast media that warranted for a consent.</div><div><br></div><div>She off her hand phone after texted me. I am unable to get hold of her, I leave her with some text messages and quickly call your grandfather-in-law who accompanied your mom to ensure the consent form is signed.</div><div><br></div><div>I would not want you to delay any seconds in getting nutritions. </div><div><br></div><div>Your mom returned my call saying that doctor requesting her to purchase Ursodeoxychohe Achod for your treatment.</div><div><br></div><div>The pharmacy of the hospital is located at the main tower, and the hospital compound is designed like a maze. I can sense she wanted to get you the medicine as soon as she can, meanwhile I also doubt if she is able to locate the pharmacy. I did not stop her, I let her try. </div><div><br></div><div>I went to hospital in the afternoon to check out the results of your X-rays and also to buy you the medicine. </div><div><br></div><div>Your abdomen X-ray looks fine. Just bloated. Ursodeoxychohe Achod is to improve your bowel movement and digestion. I hope the medicine help. Your feeding has been resumed, 5ml every 2 hours.</div><div><br></div><div>Your chest X-ray shows that your lung is still weak. But while I were leaving the NICU in the afternoon, the oxygen supply has reduced to 25%, and your oxygen saturation is near 100%.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">You are also precripted with Nystatin Oral Suspension. I believe it shall be due to the mouth thrust, even though it is not visible as per papa and mom observation.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Again, you were crying today. You must be hungry due to fasting or feel unwell due to stomach bloated.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Stay strong and we love you.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">God bless!</span></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-42341436450004551842015-07-05T09:28:00.001-07:002015-07-05T09:28:54.265-07:00Day 37 - Hypoglycemia, 10ml feeding, SIPPV Oxygen 25%My boy, today when I asked Doctor James about your condition, he have me a thumb up before commenting. You must be doing great.<div><br></div><div>Doctor James said you are actually ready for extubation last week, but due to your <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">hypoglycemia, the extubation trial will be postponed to this week.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Doctor James also seconded Doctor Yip that your tummy is bloated, and it is common for you and some of the premmies. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Your mom has already hear from Doctor Choo that you will be extubated this week, she keep praying for you and give your lots of encouragement to ensure you will do well.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Today you opened both your eyes wide and starring at your mom. You don't do that to papa, you will just look at me for seconds and then close your eyes. You must be mommy's boy.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">As per the nurses, your digestion is alright. But there are some residue of 0.5-1.0ml of the previous feeding when the nurses performed suction. Even thought it seems to be alright as per doctors and nurses, but it still keep us worry.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Papa strongly believe you will be doing well with the coming extubation and will eventually gain weight and grow healthily.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Both your sisters were with us during the morning and evening visits. They were waiting outside NICU because only parents are allowed to enter.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Boy, when you are extubated, just keep breathing and consciously improve your breathing. Breathe in deep and steadily.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Proud to be your dad.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">God bless!</span></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-63070095496239734352015-07-04T22:50:00.001-07:002015-07-04T22:50:10.168-07:00Day 36 - 1060g, Hypoglycemia, SIPPV Oxygen 25%My boy, your left leg is swollen due to the line. The doctor has remove it and put a new line at your right hand.<div><br></div><div>A part from hungry, it could be a reason that make you cry yesterday.</div><div><br></div><div>You have gained 5mg today. You are at 1060g.</div><div><br></div><div>Your feeding is maintained at 10ml breast milk every 2 hours because of the glucose supplement to treat your <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">hypoglycemia.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">If everything goes well, you will be extubated next week.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Finger cross and God bless!</span></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-87822862898380392932015-07-04T19:05:00.001-07:002015-07-04T19:32:10.137-07:00Day 35 - 1055g, SIPPV Oxygen 23%Baby boy, you will not be weighted everyday because you are off from <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">total parenteral nutrition (TPN).</span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">You gained some weight, you are at 1055g today. The weight gain is a bit slow as compared to doctor expectation of 20-30g per day.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Doctor has also discussed with your mom about her diet. They suspect your glucose deficiency may be due to the quality of breast milk. Which could be also resulted from her diet.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Caeserian section operation for your delivery has caused your mom's red blood cell count dropped drastically. She received blood transfusion 1 day after you were born. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">She was so weak and she looked pale for weeks after discharged from the hospital. She has just recovered 1-2 weeks ago.</span></div><div><br></div><div>Maybe it is a good idea to mix some formula milk for preterm baby when you reach 1200g or above.</div><div><br></div><div>It is painful for papa and mama that you need to go thru so much at the beginning of life. On positive thinking side, I believe this NICU journey will make you a very strong man in the future.</div><div><br></div><div>You were crying when I visited you. Because you are intubated, we could not hear your voice. </div><div><br></div><div>You were fighting, with your 2 hands and 2 legs. You keep crying. We thought you were feeling unwell. </div><div><br></div><div>The nurse was very helpful. She come and soothed you, but you still cry and fight after a very short while.</div><div><br></div><div>She then changed your positions. You finally calm done after she put you on prone position. You were sucking the ventilation tube. Your mama noticed it. You cry because you are hungry.</div><div> </div><div>Boy, continue to improve your lung and breathing, we want to hear your voice.</div><div><br></div><div>Develop your will power and pray to God for blessing and mercy.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-70973085967085474052015-07-04T00:42:00.001-07:002015-07-04T01:32:14.015-07:00Day 34 - SIPPV Oxygen 25%, Glucose deficiencyMy boy, you continue to do well with breathing. Event thought your tummy is bloated, your digestion system is doing fine.<div><br></div><div>Your glucose level is low. Doctor will prescript you with feeding glucose, at the same time restart the antibiotic as it can be an infection that cause the blood glucose level to come down.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile your blood is sent to lab for culture. Hopefully it is not due to any infection. </div><div><br></div><div>Boy, you have gone thru so much at NICU. Really hope that you will be able to extubate next week.</div><div><br></div><div>Continue to stay strong. You have gone thru the most challenging first 30 days of your life, you shall be able to get thru the rest of the days </div><div><br></div><div>God bless!</div><div><br></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-88267843121377109052015-07-01T09:45:00.001-07:002015-07-02T16:55:50.169-07:00Day 33 - 7th blood transfusion, SIPPV Oxygen 25%Baby boy, your mom visited you today morning. Because papa was not around, your mom has to discuss and understand your progress with doctors.<div><br></div><div>Doctor Yip stopped the <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Bromhexine Hydrochloride as she found it is not effective on you. I also think that this medicine may be the root cause for your bloated tummy. </span></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">I hope your respiration system will continue to improve even without </span></font><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Bromhexine Hydrochloride.</span></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">You have the 7th blood transfusion today. I really hope this is the last blood transfusion for you.</span></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">You no longer needed TPN today. The long feeding tube, CBL line has been taken out from your right arm. You must be feeling better today.</span></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Doctor has also reduced the oxygen supply from 30% to 25%, stay strong and continue to do well.</span></font></div><div><div><br></div><div>God bless!</div><div><br></div></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-13579487935490322412015-07-01T09:37:00.001-07:002015-07-01T09:40:57.915-07:00Day 32 - 1045g, 11ml milk feeding, SIPPV Oxygen 30%My little boy, you gained some weight after 2 days of weight lost. Your weight lost is due to reduction of supply from the TPN where TPN will cause water excessive water in the body.<div><br></div><div>You have eye exam today on <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Due to your eyes are still immature, nothing is detected. Another scan will be done in 2 weeks time.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">You must have suffered a lot during the eye exam. We see you opened your eyes and looks very weak. We see that you look vulnerable and scared.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Your mom was calming you down, talking to you. You are active, but less responsive. Papa know, you gone thru a tough day.</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Your tummy is bloated. Doctor Yip said some preterm babies are like that, bloated tummy. I hope you fall into the "bloated tummy" group.</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">You passed motion 4 times today, and you are on full feeding now, at 11ml every 2 hours.</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Hao, get stronger and breathe on your own.</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Love you.</font></div><div><div><br></div><div>God bless!</div><div><br></div></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-62507527597928208102015-06-29T09:34:00.001-07:002015-06-29T09:37:43.667-07:00Day 31 - 1015g, 9ml milk per feeding, SIPPV Oxygen 30%Oh boy, you have weight lost today. <div>You are lighter by 50g as compared to yesterday. Hopefully it is because of the transition between TPN and breast milk feeding.</div><div><br></div><div>Your milk feeding has increased to 9ml every 2 hours. Based on your current weight, your full feeding volume shall be 10-12ml. If everything go smoothly, you shall be on full feeding in another 1 or 2 days time.</div><div><br></div><div>You continue to improve on your respiration system. You are still on SIPPV mode but the oxygen supply has reduced to 30% from 35% yesterday.</div><div><br></div><div>The nurse has put you on prone position to prevent you from pulling off the ventilation tube. Papa know it is not comfortable, but pulling it off is very dangerous. The only way to release from intubation will be get stronger and breathe without ventilator.</div><div><br></div><div>Because you are on prone position, you are facing down and unable to see your mom. When she touches you, I can see you wanted to turn around and see her. You are very strong, I can see your hands and legs are trying very hard to turn your body. I know you want to see your mom.</div><div><br></div><div>If you are studying in primary school while you read this post, please go back and hug your mom.</div><div><br></div><div>If you are studying in secondary school while you read this post, please tell your mom that you will choose your friend carefully and will always behave yourself, give her a hug as well.</div><div><br></div><div>If you are studying at college while you read this post, visit her often and date her for lunch, hi teas or dinner. Hug her always.</div><div><br></div><div>If you are working, be it still bachelor or married, visit her often, update her that you are healthy and happy. Spend times with her together with your sisters. Give her some hugs.</div><div><br></div><div>I can see the bonding between you and her. Both of you love each other so much. </div><div><br></div><div>May this power of love help you to recover soonest and may the power of love nurture your mother's health.</div><div><br></div><div>God bless!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-73689704853253213882015-06-28T09:11:00.001-07:002015-06-29T09:35:04.689-07:00Day 30 - 1060g, 7ml per feeding, SIPPV Oxygen 35%Baby Hao, you are full moon today. Today is your 30th day in this world.<div><br></div><div>The doctor has lowered the oxygen supply % to you from 45% to 35%.</div><div>You breathing continue to be more stable. </div><div><br></div><div>Papa and mama believe that several factors has contributed to your improvement. </div><div><br></div><div>We believe <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bromhexine Hydrochloride has significantly reduced your secretion. Even though as per the nurses your secretion is still thick. </span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Another factor could be your weight. You have crossed 1000g, you are now more energetic than when you were at 700-900g.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">You are off from antibiotics and resumed with breast milk feeding. The doctor has further increased your feeding volume from 5ml every 2 hours to 7ml every 2 hours. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">You have some weight lost. It is normal as you are cutting down a lot from the </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">total parenteral nutrition (<b>TPN</b>). When you are on full feeding, TPN will not be needed and the CBL long line will be taken out from your right hand. It will definitely make you more comfortable.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Papa, mama, and your 2 sisters went to temple after visiting you in the morning. We pray for your good health and your grandfather speedy recovery from his arm injury. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Get well soon son, everyone at home is waiting to welcome you home. We miss you.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Be a tough boy, and be faithful to God.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">God bless!</span></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-58926900840011613822015-06-27T06:34:00.001-07:002015-06-27T08:41:26.378-07:00Day 29 - 1075g, 5ml feeding, SIPPV Oxygen 45%Today is Saturday. Visiting you has become our family event during weekend. <div><br></div><div>Because papa is not working on Saturday and Sunday, I can bring your mama, sisters visiting you twice in a day.</div><div><br></div><div>You gained 15g today, weighted at 1075g. The breast milk feeding has increased from 3ml to 5ml every 2 hours.</div><div><br></div><div>With increased milk intake, I hope you shall be able to gain more weight. 30g per day will be good thought.</div><div><br></div><div>You look pinkish today. This is very important as everytime when your skin turned fair (doctors said it is pale while previously I thought it was your skin pigment getting matured), you will have blood transfusion in a day or two.</div><div><br></div><div>Papa hopes that your bone marrow is functioning well now so that you will not need any blood transfusion.</div><div><br></div><div>Your breathing looks steadier as compared to last few days. Oxygen saturation gets better but still swing up and down sometimes. </div><div><br></div><div>Your stomach looks bloated. But again the nurse said it is ok and you are digesting well.</div><div><br></div><div>The line at your left hand has been taken out because it cause your left hand swollen. You are also not given any antibiotics today. Finger crossed and I really hope your mom's breast milk is able to supply you sufficient antibodies.</div><div><br></div><div>Everytime your mom touches you, you smile. She said you are a happy little boy.</div><div><br></div><div>Stay strong boy, and get stronger everyday.</div><div><br></div><div>Have faith in God, pray for God's grace and mercy.</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-39511914442231615782015-06-26T08:58:00.001-07:002015-06-26T19:32:54.842-07:00Day 28 - 1060g, SIPPV Oxygen 45%Hao, the little man, you are now 4 weeks old. You are 32 weeks old now and doing great!<div><br></div><div>You continue to gain weight, you are at 1060g today and is very near to reach the 1100g milestone.</div><div><br></div><div>Doctor Yip said you are tolerate well with the milk feeding, the volume has increased from 2ml to 3ml every 2 hours today. But your stomach seems to be bloated a little bit.</div><div><br></div><div>You have a lot of secretion today. Mama said it could be the effect of <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bromhexine Hydrochloride that diluted those thick secretion that stuck in your respiration system and enable the thinner secretion flow out from your lung.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The ventilation oxygen % has slightly wined down from 50% to 45% today. We believe you will be able to improve day by day.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">You are considered suffering from </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Bronchopulmonary Dysplasi (BPD) because you are still unable to breethe by yourself without the help of ventilator after 28 days since born.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">What you need to do know is strengthen your lung, breathe steadily, and digest well your mom breast milk.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Stay strong boy.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">God bless!</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-71733236737008290892015-06-25T08:57:00.001-07:002015-06-25T16:04:56.766-07:00Day 27 - 1035g, prescribed Bromhexine HydrochlorideOh boy, your ventilation setting is still high, oxygen supply at 50%.<div><br></div><div>Your secretion is very thick, nurses have difficulties in doing suction for you, and your oxygen saturation will drop tremendously when you are disturbed.</div><div><br></div><div>There was a visiting consultant in the morning. She precripted you with Bromhexine Hydrochloride. It is a syrup that will make your secretion thinner. The nurses will be dosing you at 0.3ml of Bromhexine Hydrochloride every 8 hours.</div><div><br></div><div>Papa & mama hope that the medicine will really help you to clear your lung and eventually improve your respiration.</div><div><br></div><div>Your are feeding with 2ml of breast milk every 2 hours. Hopefully your digestion system is coping well now and will be able to move up the feeding volume and achieve full feeding in no time.</div><div><br></div><div>Since you received a blood transfusion yesterday, doctor Yip scanned your brain today. Your IVH remain at stage 1 for both side of thebrain. What a relief.</div><div><br></div><div>The nurse covered you tight with a blanket, and you sleep very well when we visiting you yesterday evening.</div><div><br></div><div>We have some worries because you were normally very active in the incubator. The nurse on the evening shift is preventing you to pull out the tube by yourself.</div><div><br></div><div>Papa also think that you should rest more to recover faster.</div><div><br></div><div>Rest well son and get stronger everyday.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-59425099003016818352015-06-24T09:26:00.001-07:002015-06-24T09:31:54.113-07:00Day 26 - 1045g, 6th blood transfusionYou are a naughty boy.<div>I noticed your ventilator tube has been changed. As per doctor, your tube came out from your mouth when you cough. And as per the nurse, it was pulled out by your itchy hand.</div><div><br></div><div>Boy, you are very active. It is a good sign. But can you please do not pull any tubes and wires around your body? Especially the ventilation tube, you still need it to breathe. </div><div><br></div><div>If you think it is not comfortable, exercise your lung as you have only one single task, which is to grow healthily. You need to exercise your lung, breathe properly and rest well. As soon as you can breath without ventilator, the doctor is more than happy to take it off from you.</div><div><br></div><div>A part from that, please be cooperative with doctors and nurses when they are performing procedures on you.</div><div><br></div><div>You had your sixth blood transfusion today. It could be due to your bone marrow is still immature. It will normally overcome on 37th week of gestation. It means you need another 6 weeks to overcome this. But I do believe you shall be able to make it in less than 4 weeks time.</div><div><br></div><div>Because of your itchy hand, you are sort of reintubated. Your ventilation settings are going back to high parameters. Boy, can you stop doing that?</div><div><br></div><div>You are a little man. Extreme preterm but with fighting spirit. I shall be confident in you and start to catch up stuffs that I left over for 3 months since your mother pregnancy complication started.</div><div><br></div><div>Buddy, be strong, and do not pull the tubes.</div><div><br></div><div>God blessing!</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-61848482343804023192015-06-23T09:19:00.001-07:002015-06-23T09:27:39.057-07:00Day 25 - I know you miss momHao, our little boy. <div><br></div><div>I know you miss your mom very much.</div><div><br></div><div>Today the nurse put you at the position that you are facing the ventilator.</div><div><br></div><div>Your mama touches you from the other side but you are not able to see her. Like any other days, she talked to you a lot. She give you encouragement and wanted you to grow stronger everyday.</div><div><br></div><div>When she walked over to the ventilator side to see you from front, you opened up your eyes, and your raised your right hand wanting to touch her.</div><div><br></div><div>Your mama wanted to hold your little hand, but the ventilator is blocking her way. </div><div><br></div><div>I am not sure how old you are when you read this post. Just go hug your mom and hold her hand. She is the closest person to you in this world. No one love you like your mom does. </div><div><br></div><div>I can see your ribs, chest and abdomen are less contracting when you breathe. You are recovering from lung compliance, I guess. This is the good sign as you should get away from intubation as soon as you can.</div><div><br></div><div>There is no change on the ventilation parameters as well as oxygen %. I hope it will wean down gradually tomorrow.</div><div><br></div><div>You are still on trial breast milk diet. 1ml every 3 hours.</div><div><br></div><div>Doctor Choo said your bowel X-Ray looks good. Thus, I believe you will be on full breast milk feeding in days to come.</div><div><br></div><div>Son, your mom, both your elder sisters, your grandmom, our friends are praying for your good health.</div><div><br></div><div>Have faith in God, and together pray for God mercy for your good health and recovery.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-39247593490288927712015-06-22T08:57:00.001-07:002015-06-22T08:57:45.212-07:00Day 24 - 1030g, resume feeding, IVH Stage 1Son, we must say a big thank you to Doctor Khoo and her mentor, Doctor See. Doctor Khoo has changed the intubation tube to a bigger size at 5:30am in view of your thick secretion and your physical weight. <div><br></div><div>Your breathing has improved a lot. Your ventilation oxygen % has reduced from 55% to 35%, and your oxygen saturation has improved tremendous. I believe within this week it will be able to reduce further to 21%.</div><div><br></div><div>Doctor Choo and Doctor Yip has proceed with scanning of your brain. They confirmed both your brains are developed with IVH stage 1. What a relief to papa and mama.</div><div><br></div><div>Doctor Choo has also resume you with breast milk feeding. Started with 1ml every 3 hours. I hope you will do well this round and will be able to achieve full feeding in days to come.</div><div><br></div><div>You have increased your weight to 1030g, Doctor Choo said you have slight water retention, hence your nutrien infusion will be adjusted accordinfly. Overall, your weight gain is remarkable.</div><div><br></div><div>Son, you are doing well. Papa and mama want you to continue with the strong spirit. </div><div><br></div><div>Stay strong!</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks God for assisting my son along the NICU journey. God bless!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-56770049185199813962015-06-21T09:20:00.001-07:002015-06-21T09:36:26.115-07:00Day 23 - 1020g, 5th blood transfusion, possible IVH stage 2Today is Father's Day. <div>To papa, since your birthday, I am looking forward to see your progress everyday.</div><div>Nothing is more important than you.</div><div><br></div><div>You have achieved the important milestone, today you are weighed at 1020g. Weight gain of 120g. </div><div><br></div><div>It suppose to be a good news, but I hope it is some technical error instead of other complications that cause the excessive weight gain. You shall be gaining weight at 20-30g per day.</div><div><br></div><div>You are still struggling with breathing. I can see higher ventilation setting and the oxygen level is at 55%. Doctor order a lung x-ray and blood transfusion.</div><div><br></div><div>The good news is as per Doctor See, your lung looks better from the previous X-ray. We are all hoping your respiration will be better after the blood transfusion.</div><div><br></div><div>Doctor Khoo scanned your brand for IVH detection. Your left brain is still maintained at IVH stage 1 while the right brain is suspecting to developement of IVH stage 2. She is unable to confirm the IVH grade of your right brand. Tomorrow the primary doctor will repeat the scan. I hope she is unable to confirm your right brain is either IVH stage 1 or 2 instead of IVH stage 2 or 3.</div><div><br></div><div>In the evening, you are still suffering from brearhing despite post blood transfusion. Papa and mama hope you will get better over the night.</div><div><br></div><div>Have fate in God. We pray for God's mercy and grace for your good health.</div><div><br></div><div>Boy, you need to stay strong.</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-86361107950407846582015-06-20T07:08:00.001-07:002015-06-20T07:08:52.757-07:00Day 22 - 900g, fastingSon, you achieved another milestone. You have crossed 900g mark. It is amazing that you are able to grow despite you are on fasting, recovering from NEC stage 1 & suffering from chronic lung disease.<div><br></div><div>Size does matter. You need to grow in order to overcome all the potential challenges. </div><div><br></div><div>Doctor Jaya said your blood gases analysis is good today as compared to yesterday. The Carbon Dioxide level in your blood today is at ~40% while yesterday level was at ~60%.</div><div><br></div><div>Tomorrow is Father's Day. I hope to received your good health news as my present.</div><div><br></div><div>My boy, you have gone thru much.</div><div>I love you.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-69073252191644829212015-06-20T06:11:00.001-07:002015-06-20T06:52:21.702-07:00Day 21 - 871g, lung compliance, fastingSon, you gained 2g today. Your weight increased from 869g to 871g. <div><br></div><div>Like yesterday, during the suction time, your heart beat, oxygen saturation, and respiration rate were gone to very low level.</div><div><br></div><div>The nurse pulled out some very thick secretion from your nose. </div><div><br></div><div>We were talking with the standby doctor. Doctor Soon adjust the ventilation setting and increase the oxygen % to 40%.</div><div><br></div><div>She said as per your lung X-Ray taken on 15th June, you are considered affected by chronic lung disease.</div><div><br></div><div>You need to grow fast to replace the damaged lung cells with new cells. This process will be able to make your lung stronger.</div><div><br></div><div>You are also lung compliance. Your chest and stomach muscles are compressed during breathing.</div><div><br></div><div>Under such circumstances, you shall be utilizing much of your energy. You are strong, and I believe you will get stronger.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-57751829284034047612015-06-18T09:30:00.001-07:002015-06-18T09:39:55.737-07:00Day 20 - 869g, still fastingSon, even though you have bowel movement, and your abdomen is not bloating, to ensure your intestine will be doing well in the next attempt, the nurses will not feed you with breast milk until next Monday.<div><br></div><div>You gained some weight today. From 840 to 869g. Impressive growth in view with the current circumstances. I hope you will gain another 20-30g tomorrow.</div><div><br></div><div>I noticed that when your mother touches your forehead and your face, you will breathe slower and steadier. Just now you open your eyes for long period starring at your mom. I guess you miss her much. Your mom cried when she was having eye contact with you. She wanted you to stay strong and get away from the ventilation and infections.</div><div><br></div><div>There was a scary incident this evening. When a nurse performing a routine procedure, she reposition your body before she does suction. Your heart beat drop from 140bpm to 80bpm, oxygen saturation dropped from 96% to 70%, followed by your respiration rate dropped to 20-30.</div><div><br></div><div>It get worse off later that your heart rate dropped to 40bpm, oxygen saturation dropped to 60%.</div><div><br></div><div>Papa and mama were panic. Very panic, and helpless.</div><div><br></div><div>You got stabilized after she sucked out some very thick secretion from the ventilation tube.</div><div><br></div><div>Son, remember to inhale, exhale and cough when you have difficulties breathing.</div><div><br></div><div>Stay stronger and grow stronger everyday.</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-44193046298935918672015-06-17T08:57:00.001-07:002015-06-17T08:57:04.003-07:00Day 19 - 840g, 4th blood transfusion, fastingBoy, you have another round of blood transfusion today. It is due to your red blood count again.<div><br></div><div>Even though you have been fasting for few days, you still manage to regain some weight.</div><div><br></div><div>The doctor is still yet to resume your breast milk diet, probably it is because they want to ensure you are 100% recovered.</div><div><br></div><div>You started to bite your fingers today even though both your hands are intruded with lines.</div><div><br></div><div>When you mother touches your forehead, you close your eyes and calm down. I know you can feel that your mom is with you.</div><div><br></div><div>Son, stay strong and keep growing.</div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-65587796791857984322015-06-16T08:37:00.001-07:002015-06-16T08:52:41.995-07:00Day 18 - 800g, fastingSon, your weight has reduced to 800g. Doctor said you have slight improvement on your bowel, as bloating has slightly reduced and the good news is your abdomen is soft, and there is stools in your pampers.<div><br></div><div>You are active in the morning. I can see lots of wrinkles over your face and body. Probably you lost your fat during fasting.</div><div><br></div><div>In the evening, your skin look so much better, it shall be due to the nutrient infusion. However, you seems to be tired. You are smiling when your mom hold your hand and talk to you. You are so sweet. </div><div><br></div><div>I hope you are recovering from infection and there is no additional infection that cause your tiredness.</div><div><br></div><div>My little man, you must remember that you need to be strong, believe in yourself that you will recover soon.</div><div><br></div><div>Together with papa, mama, relatives and friends, We pray for the God's mercy and grace for your good health.</div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-62853505289959881552015-06-15T08:54:00.001-07:002015-06-15T09:06:15.835-07:00Day 17 - Feeding Intolerance & Lung CollapseBoy, looks like the doctor decision yesterday that putting you on fast and applying Meropenem is the right decision.<div><br></div><div>You are very active today. You just look like a full term infant, or even more active than them. Both or hands were swinging here and there, and you are kicking with both your legs.</div><div><br></div><div>The doctor put you on SIMV mode this morning. I was so happy because you are progressing well.</div><div><br></div><div>The morning doctor said you are recovering from the bloating bowel. The X-ray shows that there are some gas at your intestines, and they are bloated. No leakage found. The doctor will order another X-Ray tomorrow. Meanwhile they are investigating your case from the angle of possible <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC).</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Because you are fasting, the doctor need to reinsert the CBL tube, feeding tube. The tube is inserted from your right hand to somewhere near your heart. An X-Ray is filmed after the procedure. From the X-Ray, the doctor found that your right lung has collapsed. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">I believe this is the reason they put you back to SIPPV ventilation mode. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Papa hope both you will overcome both the feeding intolerance and lung collapse problems in few days time. You are my strong boy.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Stay strong. Papa & mama are with you all the time.</span></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-54588780080059070632015-06-14T08:19:00.001-07:002015-06-14T09:17:56.252-07:00Day 16 - Oxygen desaturations, bowel problem<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Boy, you are struggling in keeping pace of the breathing. You were still alright in the morning, but I can see you struggle a lot in the evening.<br />
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The nurse has tried to increase your milk in take to 9ml every 2 hours. But during suction time, they found that there is 4ml left in your stomach.<br />
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In the evening the doctor inspected your bowel, there is bowel movement, however it is bloated. Doctor ordered you an X-ray, and will inject you with Meropenem. Let's hope that you do not developed Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC)<br />
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They will fast you for tonight, and will resume you with breast milk if your bowel is alright.<br />
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It must be tough for you, papa know it.<br />
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You are a boy, and I need you to keep moving on.<br />
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I trust you will overcome all obstacles and be healthy very soon.</div>
Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-34677945468182057782015-06-13T09:56:00.001-07:002015-06-13T09:56:11.219-07:00Day 15 - 820g, re-intubation SIPPV<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Dear Hao, you have been re-intubation today because you did not response well with non NIPPV.<br />
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The doctor has put you back to ventilation mode SIPPV.<br />
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Papa and mama are very worry because pro-long intubation ventilation may cause some complications.<br />
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Your weight has also declined to 820g from 840g. The nurse said it is due to the withdrawal of the feeding tube on your right hand.<br />
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You look skinny, your diet is maintained at 8ml of breast milk every 2 hours.<br />
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To ensure you have sufficient nutrient from the breast milk, I have bought your mom the formula milk for breast feeding women.<br />
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Your eldest sister is preparing the milk with Milo for your mom. She is a good helper.<br />
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Stay strong and we are always be with you. <br />
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-63233902769154998612015-06-12T09:22:00.001-07:002015-06-12T09:37:13.925-07:00Day 14 - 840g, Ventilation mode from SIMV to NIPPVBoy, you are 2 weeks old now. 28weeks in the womb & 2 weeks at Incubator.<div><br></div><div>You progress very well today.</div><div><br></div><div>You gained 35g today, from 805g to 840g.</div><div><br></div><div>Doctor confirmed your PDA has resolved by itself.</div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">You are recovering from </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Intraventricular Hemorrhage Stage 1.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Further increased on your intake of breast milk. 8ml every 2 hours.</span></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></font></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">You are on extubation now. The doctor has changed your ventilation mode from SIMV mode to NIPPV mode.</font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">The on call doctor at night, Doctor Ong found that your right hand is swollen due to the tubing that supply you nutrien. As you no longer needed it, the tube will be taken out from your right hand tonight as well.</font></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Papa believe you shall feel more comfortable with removing 2 tubes from your body, the ventilation intubation tube & the nutrien supply tube.</span></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Sleep well son.</span></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></font></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-47320543575925936982015-06-11T09:03:00.001-07:002015-06-11T09:03:38.997-07:00Day 13 - 805g, Ventilation from SIPPV to SIMVBoy, I believe you have fully get over the water retention. Your body weight without excessive water is at 805g. It is indeed a good news! Now, let's gear toward to cross 900g.<div><br></div><div>At night, the doctor has changed the ventilation mode from SIPPV to SIMV. I do not comprehend the differences, but the switch from ventilation method SIPPV to SMV is the weaning progress of the ventilation aid.</div><div><br></div><div>I have also played you Mozart music. As per some saying in the web, the Mozart music will help you to breathe better while utilizing less energy.</div><div><br></div><div>You are also improved the breast milk intake from 6ml yesterday to 7ml every 2 hours today.</div><div><br></div><div>You are progressing well. Papa believe you will be doing well and get home soon.</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-27370227091844713742015-06-10T08:59:00.001-07:002015-06-10T08:59:07.278-07:00Day 12 - 795g, third blood transfusionYou have totally recovered from the water retention. Meantime, your weight has also slightly reduced to 795g.<div><br></div><div>You are still on conventional ventilator (intubation). I am very worry if your lung or respiration system is having any problem. But doctor keep saying you are doing fine, they just want to assist you as extreme light weight baby like you will need to spend more energy to breathe yourself.</div><div><br></div><div>You are coping well with the breast milk. The doctor has increased your milk feeding from 5ml every 2 hours this morning to 6ml every 2 hours in the evening.</div><div><br></div><div>The setback today is you need another round of blood transfusion as your red blood count is low again. I hope with the increase intake of breast milk, you will overcome the Anemia very soon.</div><div><br></div><div>Son, be strong. </div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-28515260341949244622015-06-09T09:07:00.001-07:002015-06-09T09:24:53.484-07:00Day 11 - 825g, Apnoea &pending echocardiogramYour water retention has reduced. <div><br></div><div>And surprisingly you also gain your weight from 800g to 825g. This is indeed a good news.</div><div><br></div><div>The doctor has increased your milk intake from 2 to 3ml every 2 hours, and further increase from 3 to 4ml every 2 hours at night.</div><div><br></div><div>Doctor has ordered a cardiogram to check your heart because they hear some sounds. Doctor James Liew said it is common for preterm infant like you.</div><div><br></div><div>I have also witnessed an episode of Apnoea on you. Your heart beat drop from 130bpm to 80bpm then further reduce to 40bpm. It happened within the time frame of 20-30 seconds.</div><div><br></div><div>Son, you must remember to breathe. Breathe deeply and with consistent rhythm. I told you exactly on my every visitations.</div><div><br></div><div>Stay strong!</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-49641191288267894332015-06-08T08:34:00.001-07:002015-06-08T08:34:29.472-07:00Day 10 - Water Retention & Possible False Weigh GainSon, you have massive weight gain today. You gain 105g in a day. You are at 805g today.<div><br></div><div>You have also increase the breast milk intake from 1ml every 2 hours to 2ml every 2 hours.</div><div><br></div><div>The doctor has also reduce the ventilator setting to 30bpm. You are coping fine.</div><div><br></div><div>The only not so good news is we noticed you have water retention. The weight gain may be a false result due to water retention. </div><div><br></div><div>I hope the water retention will not cause you any harm. Meantime, the doctor has ordered your nutrition with less water contain.</div><div><br></div><div>Stay strong and you shall get well soon.</div><div>Your mom is expecting you to gain weight until 1kg by end of this week.</div><div><br></div><div>It means you have to gain 40g per day assuming your actual weight is 800g as of today.</div><div><br></div><div>Sleep well and we shall see. Good night!</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-37020580422740638802015-06-07T10:20:00.001-07:002015-06-07T10:27:27.121-07:00Day 9 - Active & Stretching your micro bodyYour mom is still very weak because she delivered you via Caeserian section operation. <div><br></div><div>In the morning, we decided that only papa will be visiting you in the evening.</div><div><br></div><div>While I were on the way to hospital just now, your mom called me three times asking me to bring her along. </div><div><br></div><div>I told her to rest instead. And I have made up my mind to bring her to see you everytime I visit you from tomorrow onward.</div><div><br></div><div>You are more active than morning. You keep stretching your body. If not because of your size, I would say your motions is on par with full term baby.</div><div><br></div><div>You have gone thru 2 blood transfusions & 1 infection by far. I pray that you will have a smooth path at the NICU and come home just like another full term baby in 1-2 months time.</div><div><br></div><div>I know you will make it.</div><div><br></div><div>Last but not least, be strong and overcome all obstacles.</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-67392445063198889442015-06-06T22:01:00.001-07:002015-06-06T22:01:26.955-07:00Day 9 - 700g & Recovering from infectionCongratulations!<div>You achieved the milestone of 700g.</div><div>Your digestion system is coping well with your mama's milk.</div><div>Now, the nurse is feeding you 1ml of breast milk every 2 hours.</div><div><br></div><div>Breast milk provides you natural antibody which will make you stronger & healthy.</div><div><br></div><div>You are recovering from the infection.</div><div>We hope this is the first & last infection in NICU.</div><div><br></div><div>Doctor will stop supplying you Albumin. They believe your body shall be able to produce Albumin by now.</div><div><br></div><div>Doctor Choo said you are doing fine as of today. We know that there is a long journey for you until you are able to discharge from NICU, the estimation is on your due date for delivery, which is 22nd August, 2015.</div><div><br></div><div>But papa believes you can beat the estimation. You shall be able to complete your NICU journey by July.</div><div><br></div><div>Stay strong!</div><div><div><br><div><br></div></div></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-44053526919652278182015-06-06T07:39:00.001-07:002015-06-06T07:39:32.014-07:00Day 8 - Recovery from infectionBoy, you are more active as compared to this morning.<div><br></div><div>Doctor said your urine is clear now, it is still orangy eve thought no visible blood stain.</div><div><br></div><div>We hope you are recovering from the infection.</div><div><br></div><div>You have just done with the second round of blood transfusion. Your sodium level is low, the doctor is going to feed you with what you are lacking off.</div><div><br></div><div>Let's move on and gain some weight.</div><div><br></div><div>Meantime, you need to stay strong and believe in God.</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-83002341979044620132015-06-05T23:37:00.001-07:002015-06-06T00:33:58.230-07:00Day 8 - Infection, reddish urinePapa thought all your complication has over and you shall gain weight again today. <div><br></div><div>The bad news is when papa & mama reached NICU, Doctor James Liew said he is about to call us. We knew it must be something not so favorable.</div><div><br></div><div>Your urine is reddish in color. Doctor has sent the sample to lab for culture to determine the root cause. Meantime they have started you with a stronger antibiotic.</div><div><br></div><div>No wonder you are less active yesterday. Today you seems to be tired as well.</div><div><br></div><div>Your weight maintain at 680g today.</div><div><br></div><div>Sleep well son, you will be alright soon.</div><div>I know you are strong.</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-16706377281994163852015-06-05T02:53:00.001-07:002015-06-05T08:21:51.098-07:00Day 7 - Massive Bruise & Weight GainWhen papa & mama were going to sleep yesterday midnight, it was around 12:00am, the NICU called your mama's mobile phone.<div><br></div><div>She was so anxious, Dr. Khoo called. She informed us that there is a 5cm bruise in your arm, it was due to the mistake from the blood transfusion.</div><div><br></div><div>They have continue with the blood transfusion via the tube insert from your leg. Total blood transfusion was 10ml.</div><div><br></div><div>Doctor said the NICU has taken all necessary steps upon detected there is a bruise on your arm. So far the main artery of the affected area has no sign of compression.</div><div><br></div><div>We were so scared and pain in heart after the phone call. We did not sleep well. The next day morning, around 6:00am I made a call to NICU to check on your status, it was reported fine, and there is no sign of complication that cause by blood transfusion.</div><div><br></div><div>I have also visited to the NICU in the morning. Doctor Choo said you are doing fine, except the bruise which is suspected to be caused by the hair line of the tube that inserted thru your lung.</div><div><br></div><div>A part from the incident that caused by the blood transfusion, you progress well. </div><div>You have gained some weight. </div><div>Day1: 645gram</div><div>Day5: 570gram</div><div>Day6: 590gram</div><div>Day7: 680gram</div><div><br></div><div>Let set some milestone together.</div><div>First target is to cross 700g</div><div>Followed by 800g, 900g.</div><div>Big milestone will be at 1000g.</div><div>Then follow by 1.2kg, 1.5kg & 1.8kg.</div><div><br></div><div>Another good news is your digestion system has started to accept your mama's milk.</div><div><br></div><div>I wish you gain weight steadily & stay healthy.</div><div><br></div><div>Be strong!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-86438633840582231532015-06-04T02:49:00.001-07:002015-06-05T08:21:33.484-07:00Day 6 - Blood TransfusionBoy, your respiration system continue to do well. The ventilator is now supporting 35bpm instead of 50bpm yesterday.<div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The nurse also said you did not digest well with your mom's milk.</span></div><div><br></div><div>The medical officer passed me a consent letter for blood transfusion. The reason is your red blood cell is low.</div><div><br></div><div>I am worry if the blood transfusion will create complications to you. </div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile your mild jaundice reoccur.</div><div><br></div><div>Son, I know you are strong. But I need you to be stronger.</div><div><br></div><div>I have got you your birth certificate today. The last four digits number is meaningful to you. It means live long. I know you will!</div><div><br></div><div>While you are recovering in the incubator, please pray to God for blessing.</div>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-80723529621374156612015-06-03T06:19:00.001-07:002015-06-03T15:57:24.970-07:00Day 5 - Lost weight & Intraventricular Hemorrhage Stage 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-18470085234637365912015-06-02T10:06:00.001-07:002015-06-02T23:34:30.766-07:00Day 3 - Jaundice<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-46969006357991195782015-05-31T18:12:00.002-07:002015-06-06T00:34:27.453-07:00Day 2 - Oxygen supply reduced to 23%<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Papa and mom have chose to name you as "Hao" 浩.<br>
The meaning is the grand, the great and the vast.<br>
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You did well on day 2.<br>
The oxygen supply of the ventilator has reduced from day 1 40% to 35%.<br>
On day 2, it has reduced to 25% in the morning and subsequently further reduced to 23%.<br>
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You are more active now.<br>
You are able to control your fingers better. You can open your palm and grip it.<br>
You kick high with your right leg.<br>
Because you are so active, and your hand tend to pull off the tape that hold the tubes, the nurse has to tie your hand to ensure you do not harm yourself by pulling of them.<br>
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You eye balls are turning right and left, are you wondering where are you?<br>
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I knew you can hear it.<br>
The mom is teaching you how to breathe, inhale, exhale.<br>
Your mom also want you to be strong, and determine.<br>
You get excited when I played you the records.<br>
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You are good boy, and very strong.<br>
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-45647453118706219792015-05-30T18:17:00.002-07:002015-06-06T00:34:40.318-07:00Day 1 - 2 doses of Surfactant<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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You are able to breath well with the aids and oxygen level in your blood is satisfactory .<br>
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I touched your feet and palm. You knew it.<br>
I guessed you like it, you kick back and press your foot on my finger. <br>
You were gripping your palm.<br>
You sensed papa, and I hope you are able to listen to me.<br>
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-36181687572699214762015-05-14T04:36:00.001-07:002015-05-19T23:12:15.004-07:00婆媳实战录三<p dir="ltr">想当年㓜稚到期待婆<u>婆</u>像对待自己的孩子一样的对待媳妇,但在一起<u>住了十年终于悟出了这是不可能的</u>。毕竟女人的心胸是比较瞎窄。<br>
曾经买过一遍文章,说道只要做丈夫的会做人,好事都说是妻子的功劳,那么做婆婆的就会很疼惜做媳妇。<br>
经过十年的经验,告诉我这不是每个人都管用。我的婆婆就很不管用,在她的脑海里,好的肯定是儿子的功劳、不好的肯定是媳妇所教的,不管这话是从谁的口中<u>说</u>出来。<br>
也因此我从以前的忍让及百分百配合到后来的<u>勇于</u>表达和做些自己认为对的事情。<br>
比如回娘家,因为公婆的家也是在同个村,自从公婆搬来城市和我们同住后,回乡下总是一起。后来我尝式在公婆没有回的情况下回乡下和父母和姐姐聚那么一两天。婆婆当然不高兴,因为她觉得我们丢下她,可她忘了我们<u>是365天一起住的</u>。这难免,毕竟这么多年都是一起上街,吃饭,看戏等。也因为这样让我更加珍惜和丈夫及孩子一起的时<u>候,也很期待。</u><br>
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-35975499386326993552015-01-13T05:52:00.001-08:002015-01-16T19:30:18.274-08:00新的一年<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-4603123084604322912015-01-03T03:27:00.002-08:002015-01-03T03:27:19.633-08:00奶奶你要喝coffee吗?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hypermarkets will definitely not in my option because I don't like to search around the giant maze for a toy. Furthermore I found the selection is rather limited in hypermarkets as compared with Toys "R" Us.</div>
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I was looking for Monopoly board game for my kids last week. I really have got no idea where can I get it except Toys "R" Us. But, I find it very troublesome for me to drive to a shopping complex just to purchase a Monopoly board game. Just imagine I need to drive cross the highway, locate a parking (most challenging part), walk in the crowds, queue up to pay car parking fee at Auto car park station, drive out from Multi storeys car park, etc.</div>
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I keep an eyes on Speedmart 99, statonary shops, groceries shops, etc. None of them is carrying Monopoly board game. Until I found the toy shop in Puchong Utama (see picture below).</div>
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The toy shop occupied 2 shop lots area. The entrance is not attractive, but the stuffs inside the toy shop is very complete and attractive. To add on, the price tag of the items displayed are more affordable.</div>
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The address & contact of this toy shop is as below:<br />
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LA MULTI SYSTEM STATION<br />
No.59-61 Jalan PU 7/4<br />
Puchong Utama<br />
47100 Puchong<br />
Selangor<br />
Tel/Fax: +603-8068 1990<br />
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-42151435242678104492014-12-13T19:09:00.001-08:002014-12-28T03:40:31.160-08:00Disposed Amanah Saham Wawasan 2020 & Amanah Saham Malaysia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Malaysia is a lovely place to live, but the ruling government know nothing about the economy & is not doing any good to turn it around.</div>
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The government is still playing the racial to ensure they are still staying in control in the next election.</div>
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The ASW2020 & ASM have been with me for decades, with good dividend yields at more than 6%. But I personally believe that when the nation fundamentals is going haywire, the funds that is supporting national projects will definitely hitted.</div>
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Furthermore I do not want my hard earn money to be used to fund those projects that benefitted the politicians instead of the country.</div>
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A hard decision is made, I have closed both accounts and cash out all my money.</div>
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-34302907808903493142014-12-13T02:44:00.003-08:002014-12-28T03:41:09.065-08:00IOI Skypod Puchong Jaya<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Everyone is speculating that property market in Malaysia is turning south in 2015 due to over supply.</div>
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I agree and disagree.</div>
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In my view, new property that cost more than RM500k in not so strategic location and is not developed by prestigious developer will be at high risk.</div>
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Meanwhile I personally think that new property in good location and is a project under those prestigious developer will definitely still have room to appreciate.</div>
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The Skypod, Puchong Jaya developed by IOI Properties is one of the project that I believe it will bring good return.</div>
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<li>Strategically located opposite IOI Mall, behind IOI business park.</li>
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<li>The only studio units in Puchong Jaya</li>
<li>Walking distance to Puchong Jaya commercial area.</li>
<li>Very near to Chinese primary school.</li>
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The key will be handed over in 2015.</div>
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Let see if my guess is right.</div>
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-55096170990038233922014-12-13T02:44:00.001-08:002014-12-28T03:41:35.434-08:00AmFIRST REIT - Record Low Price<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The AmFIRST REIT has hit rock bottom last week.</div>
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AmFIRST hitted its bottom at RM0.91 in March 2014 and then recovered in 2 weeks time before it price hitted another new record low last week.</div>
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I am not a technical analyst, but as long as the fundamental of AmFIRST is intact, I shall accumulate more of the units at cheap price.</div>
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Based on historical payout, unit holders can expect 8% dividend yield with entry price at RM0.89.</div>
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-26881996078316370182014-12-10T23:49:00.001-08:002014-12-28T03:41:53.389-08:00Wiper Blades Stolen at Guarded Car Park<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Yesterday evening when I was returning home after picking up my spouse, I noticed that my wiper blades were missing when I attempt to clean my windscreen.</div>
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It was very lucky that the heavy rain was just stopped when I were heading home. It would have been a disaster if it was raining to drive without wiper blades.</div>
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I thought it was silly for the thieve to steal such invaluable item. I was wrong as I found out a pair of original wiper blades for my car cost RM300.</div>
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The incident has also trigger me that Malaysia economy is not doing well, and peoples is desperate for money.</div>
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I will definitely log an official complaint via my office as it was stolen at the corporate office basement.</div>
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Maybe I shall consider to move on to a safer place like Taiwan, Hong Kong or Singapore.</div>
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-73115353272187892092014-12-10T23:40:00.001-08:002014-12-28T03:42:22.634-08:00Western Union at IOI Mall Puchong<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is the second time I cash out Google Adsense payment via Western Union.</div>
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The crowd at the money changer is extremely packed, and there are customer waiting outside the shop.</div>
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Most of them are foreign workers, with the purpose of sending transferring their hard earn money to their home country.</div>
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Next time I will come very early to prevent the heavy crowd.</div>
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Alternately I may opt for cheque payment instead of Western Union.</div>
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-9230668978228639542014-10-10T04:24:00.001-07:002014-10-10T04:24:18.049-07:00Tougher living environment in the Greater Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The economy situation in Malaysia has turned to worse from bad after the general election in May, 2013. Government has over spent the money to create feel good factors before the general election. The sweet dream painted by the government was faded off post election, and now the people has to the reality and prepare for a tougher environment especially for residents in the greater KL.</div>
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<b>1. Implementation of 6% GST in April, 2014</b><br />
While government is promoting the pros of the GST implementation, it will definitely create massive inflation and reduce the free capital in available in the market. <br />
GST is said by the government as inevitable measure to sustain the overall national well being. Meanwhile the concepts sounds good, but I personally feel that unless we have an efficient government that spend and invest wisely, if not it is just another tools for corruptions and wrong spending at the people cost.<br />
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Just look at other third world country in ASEAN that implemented GST or VAT, they are still remain in the third world country, and the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. <br />
It is not about GST or VAT, it is good governance that matter.<br />
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<b>2. RON 95 petrol, diesel prices up by 20 sen from 2-October-2014</b><br />
RON95 petrol and diesel price has increased again in 2014. The energy price increase has already create the domino effect on the inflation not forgetting that there is a major inflation waiting for all Malaysians in April 2015 due to the 6% GST.<br />
My personal view is that under the subsidy rationalization program, there shall be further price hike for RON95 and diesel in 2015.<br />
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<b>3. Devaluation of Malaysian Ringgit</b><br />
The massive projects like MRT lines, LRT lines extensions, etc required huge investment to carry out. Government and involved corporates are issuing bond to fund the projects. As such, additional supply of Malaysian Ringgit are "created" and pumped into the market. <br />
If the real GDP is not growing at the same pace as the Malaysian Ringgit currency, the value of the Malaysian Ringgit will decline.<br />
The property price surge is a good evidence of the phenomenon of Malaysian Ringgit devaluation.<br />
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When living environment get tougher, the phenomenon of "Rich get richer and poor get poorer" will occurs. Folks, stay tough and get through this together.</div>
Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-29121688466101957872014-09-07T04:10:00.001-07:002015-01-03T03:21:46.515-08:00越有本事的男人越没脾气<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-sizing: border-box !important; font-weight: bold; max-width: 100% !important; word-wrap: break-word !important;">五、能开口说出的委屈,便不是委屈;能离开的人,便不算是爱人。</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-sizing: border-box !important; font-weight: bold; max-width: 100% !important; word-wrap: break-word !important;">六、女人最可悲的,不是年华老去,而是迷失自我。女人最可叹的,不是红颜不再,而是自信全无。</span></div>
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-71765310864736706452014-08-29T07:22:00.001-07:002014-08-30T08:11:10.769-07:00如何达到性高潮<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-7723440782677524822014-07-27T04:03:00.001-07:002014-10-06T15:34:31.177-07:00AmFIRST REIT<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In March 2014, M-REIT were facing strong sell down, namely AMFIRST, QCAPITA, KLCC, CMMT, UOAREIT, IGBREIT, SUNREIT, ARREIT & YTLREIT.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Most of the share price of the mentioned M-REIT have recovered except AMFIRST, YTLREIT & ARREIT.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As a retail investor, buying stock at discount is my key strategy. I have bought in all the above mentioned REITs in March and are still holding on due to their steady dividend payout.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">AMFIRST is a REIT that is backed by Arab Malayan Bank Berhad and is also a business entity that JV with ARA which is own<span style="font-family: inherit;">ed</span> by Hong Kong property tycoon Li Kah Seng.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In summary, I will be accumulating AMFIRST at RM0.94. Let's see what turn out in the future.</span></div>
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-66924996826690694972014-04-24T06:58:00.001-07:002014-04-24T06:58:20.233-07:00成功的四大条件<p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1.5em; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: normal;"><strong style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">1.不要过分在乎身边的人,也不要刻意去在意他人的事。</strong></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1.5em; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1.5em; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">在这世上,总会有人让你悲伤、让你嫉妒、让你咬牙切齿。并不是他们有多坏,而是因为你很在乎。所以想心安,首先就要不在乎。你对事不在乎,它就伤害不到你;你对人不在乎,他就不会令你生气。在乎了,你就已经输了。什么都不在乎的人,才是无敌的。</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1.5em; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1.5em; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: normal;"><strong style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">2.活得糊涂的人,容易幸福;活得清醒的人,容易烦恼。</strong></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1.5em; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1.5em; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">这是因为,清醒的人看得太真切,一较真,生活中便烦恼遍地;而糊涂的人,计较得少,虽然活得简单粗糙,却因此觅得了人生的大滋味。</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1.5em; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1.5em; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: normal;"><strong style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">3.欲成大器,先要大气。</strong></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1.5em; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1.5em; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">大气之人,语气不惊不惧,性格不骄不躁,气势不张不扬,举止不猥不琐,静得优雅,动得从容,行得洒脱。大气之人,能安安心心做好本分的角色,认认真真干好手头的事情,不为名利而争斗,不为钱财而纠结。大气之人能让自己的世界海阔天空,即便一时失意,终得大器晚成。</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1.5em; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: normal;"><strong style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></strong></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1.5em; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: normal;"><strong style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">4.爱人是路,朋友是树</strong></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1.5em; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1.5em; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">人生只有一条路,一条路上多棵树,有钱的时候别迷路,缺钱的时候靠靠树,幸福的时候莫忘路,休息的时候浇浇树。</span></p>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-36324947849177370282014-02-21T06:41:00.000-08:002014-02-21T06:41:09.825-08:00AmFIRST REIT & Quill Capita Trust, time to add position?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">不过两年连公婆也搬了下来一起生活。从此我的生活更加精彩!我想身为男人的哪会明白一个女人的苦聰呢?</span></div>
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果然我开始了解结婚并不是两个人的事,这可是两家人的事情呀!</div>
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和一个不是一起成长的人生活在一块儿已是不容易,可现在还要和四个,我的天,女人真不容易做!</div>
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接下来的日子更不用说三天两日都有惊喜,出呼预料之外。</div>
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幸运的是一天两餐有公公来准备。这也是因为夫家的三餐从小都是由他爸爸一手包办,婆婆可说是位职业女性。</div>
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婆婆从家乡远上城市来同住,当然寂寞是其中一个原因,同时也是担心儿子被他的太太给抢了。</div>
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也因为婆公都一起住,所以自然地把孙儿们都交由他们来看顾。是一个很典型地中国家庭。只是有一个很不一样的是,他们可是拿着和市场上的保姆一样的薪资,而且三天两头还嫌少呢。而我在想那以后当需要孙子们代顾婆公时,那他们可不是也要求同样的价钱呢?</div>
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Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887797151013544047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19618863.post-82610764729570317772014-02-10T07:46:00.002-08:002014-02-10T07:50:10.651-08:00Will Malaysia bankrupt by 2020?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-57jTSHRwYrk/Uvj1HkL6wtI/AAAAAAAACSA/Z9KBlreZn9I/s1600/KL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-57jTSHRwYrk/Uvj1HkL6wtI/AAAAAAAACSA/Z9KBlreZn9I/s1600/KL.jpg" /></a>Today is the 11th day of the Chinese New Year. I am going to spend 3 days 2 nights in Singapore on my day time career official assignment. The exchange rate between Singapore Dollar and Malaysia Ringgit is SGD1.00 = RM2.625. Malaysia Ringgit has reduced its value by more than 10% in less than a year time.<br />
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As per my previous post <a href="http://selfhelp4u.blogspot.sg/2014/01/singapore-vs-malaysia-2.html" target="_blank">Singapore vs Malaysia 2</a>, Malaysia is now facing the challenge of hyper inflation phenomenon, and personally I am pessimistic over the turnaround plan of the current ruling government in view of their track record and reputation.</div>
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One of the Malaysian economist mentioned that the power of compound effect of the deficit budget. Malaysia Government has recorded more than 15 years of deficit budget since 1999
till 2013. To turnaround the situation is not easy, any efforts that put in may not even strong enough to counter the negative impact of the compound effect that caused by the deficit budget over these years.</div>
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Will Malaysia bankrupt by 2020? My wild guess is it is unlikely, but the situation is not going to be far better than bankruptcy.</div>
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