Rats bit patient's penis

This is not one of the everyday news article you get to read! Although the news kind of happened a month ago. Didn't read it at that time, was busy kai-kai'ing.

According to the Yahoo News (24 Dec 2011) report:

"NEW DELHI, Dec 24 (Bernama) -- A pneumonia patient is alleged to have bled to death after rats nibbled off his penis in a government-run hospital in Kolkata, reported local media.

The horrific incident happened at the SSKM Hospital on Friday where Arun Sandhukh, 53, was seeking treatment for pneumonia, reported the Asian Age newspaper.

The hospital authorities admitted the prevalent of rat menace in the wards but did not comment further.

"No nurse was found at the scene and he was writhing in pain. His penis had been nibbled by rats," the victim''s relative only known as Bishwanath told the media. Only family members who came to visit Arun discovered him dead in a pool of blood, said the news report."

Who would have thought a patient lying on a bed would have his penis come under attack by rats?

Biting off enough to cause significant bleeding and death?

Tak pasal2 kene tembak

Nyampah tul ari ni.

Tak pasal2 kene tembak dgn sorg makcik.

I order sel utk eksperimen bulan lepas, dah kire thn lepas dah ni. Tp xsampai2. Dah tanye dah staff kat lab, ade trima x. Sume kate x nampak pun sel, kit ade la. Kit mmg I tau dh sampai, I dah pakai pun.

Jadi I emel la opis tanye dah proses ker blom order I tu. === Xde reply.

Tunggu pas seminggu, I emel lg tanye. === Xde reply jugak.

Arini, cakap dgn lecturer, lecturer kata, mintak kat opis nombor rujukan, jadi bley call company tanye barang dah anta blom. I pun emel.

Pastu, makcik tu telepon i, kata "Kalo ko dah order suatu, tolong tanye org kat lab u, jgn asyik tanye opis, benda tu dh sampai, org lab u dah trima, u tanye sini buat ape?"

Gerammmmmmmmmmmnyeerrrr... Eh makcik, kalo makcik cakap awal2, dah ade org trima, I kejar la sape yg dah sign trima tu. Ni, emel emel x reply. I tanye org2 kat lab, sume kate x trima, mana i tau.

Ko tembak aku buat apo?! Bongok betul!!

Ish ish ish.... sendiri x reply emel org, x cakap awal2, nak salahkan orang plak.. 

Ntah ape org ni.

Words with responsibility

Just read a news article about a tertiary student 'threatening' to bomb the Malaysian Prime Minister's helicopter on TheStar "Student detained after bomb threat on Facebook".

There are times when we say things jokingly just merely for an expression for nothing. Basically, we don't really mean what it says. It's all just for entertainment/effect/satisfaction.

To certain extend, I guess there's no harm at all. But there's a line which after we've crossed, then things can be taken 'too seriously' as in it may be taken as a 'reality' rather than just a mere 'joke'.

This is when somebody gets hurt, either the subject of the speech or the person saying the 'words'

There was this movie, can't remember what the title is, but in one scene, a person told the other that all the phone lines and internet are 'tabbed' by the secret service, and when certain high priority words are mentioned, e.g. president, bomb, terrorist, etc, then you will be on their watch-list.

But that was in the movie. This Facebook incident in Malaysia is a reality. Meaning, we are accountable for our 'words' (normally put as 'we are accountable for our own actions').

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With the story aside, on the same note, I wonder why certain people are very irresponsible with what they do and what they say.

They make fun of others for their own entertainment, say things about others which they think is funny and can appeal to the audience at that particular time.

But they never gave some thought about what they said can actually hurt others. What they said, can sometimes have a ripple-effect, spreading in all directions, so fast like wildfire, giving terrible consequences to the victim.

And when questioned, they often just say "It's my mouth what, I have the right to say anything I want".

Words though not like sticks and stones, cannot break one's bone, but they can be more hurtful breaking something more important, the heart.............



Singapore Major Pay Cut

Just read about an article about Singapore Cabinet's salary being cut by a large chunk!

Seems like there are grunts about how highly paid the ministers are in the island country.

Fast facts:

- After 36% cut, the Prime Minister of Singapore still gets SGD2.2 million

- After 37% cut, the cabinet Ministers still get SGD1.1 million

- Singapore PM has a much higher salary compared to the US President or many European leaders

Enough with facts. So, the question is "Do they deserve it?". I mean the high pay.

May be 'yes'. (Somebody is going to beat me up *stares left & right*)

Well, let's give the people some credits!

After leaving Malaysia (or being kicked-out; however the history states it, I'm not here to debate about that portion about history), the country, just a small island without natural resources, small workforce, had to battle all odds to become what it is today, a developed-nation, one of the Asian-Four-Little-Dragons.

Now, that really needs some praising! A lot in fact!!

No matter how much complaints there are against the island country's government in office. There's no doubt that the ruling party has done well, very well in bringing up the country to what it is now, the superb status, on par with many other which never looked highly upon an Asian country.

One way of acknowledging their contribution would possibly be the high pay. But others may contest this saying monetary reward isn't the way. Moreover, the current leaders aren't the ones who brought the country to what it is now, but the old ones.

Then again, the current ones must 'maintain' the status. Creating something can be hard, but to maintain it when it has achieve a certain benchmark is even harder.

Regardless, the government has accepted the cut. That also in some sense deserve some praises...

Real Steel (2011)

Ok, I'm supposed to be writing a 60-page essay, but I really don't have any idea now, so I'm here writing a short review of this movie called Real Steel.

The story was about Charlie (actor Hugh Jackman, was Wolverine in X-men) and his son, Max (Dakota Goyo). The part about his son isn't anything new. Basically Charlie had a relationship with his mum, Max was born, and Charlie ran away. Unfortunately, Max mum passed away one day and Charlie, according to the law, should have custodial right on him or sign the right to someone else, in this case, Max's aunt (mum's sister), Debra asked for the right.

As Charlie earns a living in robot fighting tournaments, after retiring from boxing long ago and he hasn't been doing very well at that time, having tonnes of debts/rents, and having his robot just being destroyed in one of the tournaments since he was too busy looking at a female spectator, he decided to give Max away to Debra with some cash. But as Debra and her husband, Marvin was going for a vacation, Marvin asked Charlie to take care of Max while they are away.

The story continues with Max discovering an old sparring robot which he named Atom at an old junkyard.

In our Eastern culture, we often assume wisdom comes with age. Hence, in some way, we often listen to someone older or the elder would be the one teaching us something. And indirectly, this sometimes introduces a gap between the different age groups. It's often different how we interact with someone of our age with someone older, right? The way we interact with someone older can be rather similar with how we interact with people we are unfamiliar with.

The nice thing or lesson to learn from this rather touching movie is that the above concept may not always be true. The elder person can actually learn something from one younger.

Having retired from his boxing career and indulging in robot fighting/gambling. Charlie basically lost his true motivation in life, he was almost a failure. But the appearance of Max, let him relive his former glory as a boxer through Atom, teaching him to 'fight' again in life rather than just living a mere life of gambling and running away from problem, and running away from Max, his son.

Although this was just a movie, but the lesson here is true in reality too, just that we might not see it or even try to realise it often. 

Very touching and meaningful movie in my view.