Chickenpox Infection: Modern Practices versus Old Folks Advices

1) Yes, Malaysia Government provides vaccination for chickenpox infection at baby's age. This to prevent the infection gone wild uncontrolled. The main factor to the infection, I myself do not even know until today. When the government asked us to take the vaccination, we obeyed unquestionable. This entry would discuss about these two practices between modern and old folks advices to cure the infection.

My Lalin's back after infected  

2) After I did some study on the infection, this would be good infos for sharing: Chickenpox, which is caused by the varicella virus, is highly contagious, and it can spread quickly. The virus is transmitted by direct contact with the rash or by droplets dispersed into the air by coughing, breathing or sneezing.Your risk of catching chickenpox is higher if you:

• Haven't had chickenpox
• Haven't been vaccinated for chickenpox
• Work in or attend a school or child care facility
• Live with children

Most people who've been vaccinated against chickenpox or who've had chickenpox are immune to the virus. However, the immunity seldom fragile because many babies in Malaysia will have taken the vaccination but the they still get infected.

3) According to The New York Time (visit www.nytimes.com/health/guides//disease/chickenpox/risk-factors.html for detail info about the infection) The writing reviewed by: Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Associate) 

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General 

Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc. The writing revealed that, Between 75 - 90% of chickenpox cases occur in children under 10 years of age. Before the introduction of the vaccine, about 4 million cases of chickenpox were reported in the U.S. each year. Since a varicella vaccine became available in the U.S. in 1995, however, the incidence of disease and hospitalizations due to chickenpox has declined by nearly 90%. A patient with chickenpox can transmit the disease from about 2 days before the appearance of the spots until the end of the blister stage. This period lasts about 5 - 7 days. Once dry scabs form, the disease is unlikely to spread.The disease usually occurs in late winter and early spring months. It can also be transmitted from direct contact with the open sores. (Clothing, bedding, and other such objects do not usually spread the disease.)

Semambu Tree found along the way near Presint 9, Putrajaya 

4) Meaning to says it's normal for children to get that infection due the reasons above. As my experience through reading and asking, the infection cured naturally. If we wish to get consultation from doctors, they only provides us a medicine named calamine as antibacterial cream. The rest of the practices they offered, the disease would cure after a week. If we look back to our childrens' condition, they couldn't stand because it rashes. Of course we couldn't bear to see them in restless and uncertainty due to itches / rashes.

5) That's why I think I should bring this matter for discussion by comparing what old folks and modern could offer. Our goal is to make sure the varicella virus disappear from our childrens' body. 

Semambu trees 

6) My wife at one time asked me to bring my little Lalin' to clinic to get medicines. However, later she refused to see doctor because her mother / relatives asked her to not apply any medicines from any clinics on my daughter's body. This is what I said old folks advices; they laid some advices to cure the disease. My wife told me their relatives convinced her; don't cook at home in the kitchen, don't feed oily foods to Lalin', don't shocked Lalin' - If she over_shocked more chickenpox would appear, drink coconut water as much as possible. All the advices work well to cure the disease, claimed them. Actually, I'm not totally confidence but deep in my heart sometime old folks advices are true and couldn't be disputed its result. I followed all the advices. Then, my friend advised me to try "semambu leaves" to cure the virus. The "semambu leaves" suggested to mix with water in a pail then make it for a bath. It also could be placed on the bed covered with fabrics to coolen body and to avoid itches / rashes.

The Calamine cream that commonly provided by most clinics

  

7) I followed all the advices and I noticed it worked well and my confidence tend to old folks advices. I'm from Kedah, when I mentioned about "semambu leaves", the Kedahian seem unknown what is that. I think the leave might be pronounced differently in my hometown because I myself don't know it at all. The friends who advised me to try "semambu leaves" are from central and southern regions. Of course it differs from northern region.

Semambu leaves mixed in water for bath

8) The varicella virus is the worst virus who infected my daughter. Those who have children infected the virus might refer the useful advices in the paragraph six (6). The "semambu leaves" could be found in Putrajaya near Presint 9. The Putrajaya Holdings planted the trees a long the way at that place. 

9) To be a parent of a child is one of the best experience ever. We want the best for them. I hope this would be a great reference for you guys. 

The feature of Semambu leaves

Coconut water is believed as a cure for chickenpox infection ( old folks advice)

The feature of Semambu leaves

Budget Deficit VS Budget Surplus

1) Those who are in middle class and - of course low class experienced insufficient notes every months. I myself unexcused from that due to many commitments I shouldered. I believe that those who are wise in financial planning also sometimes slid to budget deficits.

2) Yes, we should spend our notes as what we have and don't over-spent until we have to lend from others to fulfil our demands. Then, were we satisfied of what we have for all these while in term of demands? We want to experience to go to holiday or shopping but due to insufficient, we sacrificed and take a stand to stay at home at all times. How boring our life are? I noticed, the surrounding supplies are in line with current lifestyles that made us want more and more. I always think that, we can't live under-budget. We must get financial freedom. When we want something, we afford them as well without calculate deficits we have.

3) In term of spending our notes, I don't say that all what we want, we must get them. I mean, the current lifestyle need us to have a car, to go shopping groceries, to eat at the restaurants sometimes and so on. We want to experience all those lifestyle but due to insufficient, we put them aside. I don't think we satisfied of our lives. For my previous post, I once mentioned about wants and needs but sometimes wants also should be brought for consideration. For example, we want to eat at Arabic Restaurant but we don't have cash in hand. How spoil/ruin our intention if that happen. 

4) My thought was to have a credit card is good - because I believe discipline make everything goes well. Unfortunately, I failed to manage my expenses then I stuck in debt. I was in budget deficits when my cash flow-in minus with expenses I did every months. What must I do?

5) After I did some reflections evaluate myself; I found that the best ways are to +restructuring my debts, +generate passive incomes, +Discipline in credit card usage. These three saved me from continuously in financial problem.

   I) No matter how condition are we in term of financial planning- bad, worse or even the worst. We have to restructure our debts as well.How to do that? Pay off the debts we afford and be clear that every months there must be a certain allocation to pay our monthly commitment. What I want to stress here is, pay off what we afford. For example we have debt in certain amount and we afford to settle it. Just do it! Don't think the money you could clear that debt is turning for shopping or something else. Do what is the priority then followed by other wants. I'm trying to practice this such method but first of all we must have SURPLUS, if deficit; forget it! The money also is for our needs and don't we ever neglect.

   II) How to have SURPLUS? Good question. The answer is we must generate income as much as we can. I'm moving to this such method. My choice is to be a tutor. I did before and I think I have to restart because if there's no surplus how are we going to restructure our debts. This is very important and we must act now. We are considered the worst in term of financial if our cash in-hand less than 50% from our actual income. I think many of us gone to the worst financial habit. In coming 2015, we start again and we get more cash as much as possible.

   III) Today every young people is unexcused to own credit cards. This habit will slide to budget deficit if we have no discipline on it. We would always over-use the amount contrasting with our actual income received monthly. How terrible are we. That's why, discipline play vey important role in this part. I once gone astray one time before, I have to restart everything new by limiting my monthly budget so that the amount used is affordable to be paid off. The limitation is for the sake of our happy lives.

6) Last but not least, set to our mind; money should be our eternal slave and we don't chase after the money then we'd turn to be the slave of them. The best practice is our discipline on managing all the notes we owned. Happy New Year 2015!!

2nd Birthday Celebration

1) 14/12/12 was the Lalin' born day. And today, 14/12/14 is her second birthday. Times' running so fast from year to years and today she's two year-old.

2) As the first birthday, we celebrated as well. The same goes to her second year. What come easier was, the day is my brother-in-law's wedding. The day we celebrated the feast and the night we planned for my little princess birthday celebration. We prepared only what important because the other foods and beverages were still remain.

3) As usual, of course when we celebrate birthday; the "must" things are cake and some decorations. We were lucky because my sister-in-law bought a cake and I myself just added another one more cake with "Frozen" background to make sure everyone could eat. There were many siblings, relatives and friends gathered at home on the wedding feast . It was great moments to stay together sharing anything about life, current issues and so on. The precious moments were difficult to have; and only in the feast we have!

4) Ok, meaning to says there were two cakes for Lalin' birthday celebration. The other things we prepared were balloons, trumpets and the things to have fun and for decorations.

5) The fist experience Lalin' was exposed with many children crowded around her paying 100% attention. She was excited because the first birthday I think she knew nothing. But when she was two, everything totally changed. She just waited the next action from the crowd. Then I led the crowd with " Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday to Nur Syifa, Happy Birthday to You". I noticed she was more excited. It was wonderful moments for a parent to see their daughter happy.

6) I believe that making our children happy is one of the greatest moment we would satisfy. When we have children, we care more on them rather than ourselves. The priority are on them because they are everything and invaluable.

7) This great moment will be proced to the next years onward. We hope, she would be the best for us. She is the one unchangeable and the one we love very much.

8) Happy Second Birthday Lalin'. (From Abah and Ibu)