Does anyone know of a good home remedy for cough and phelgm? I’m having this nasty cough that just won’t go away for 3-4 weeks now. Its disturbing my sleep. I’m always confused about the Chinese believe of heaty vs cooling. There is supposed to be two types of coughs, the heaty type or the […]
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Month: August 2008
Having a maid complicates the family dyn...
My maid used to look after the two young kids of her previous employer. I get the impression from her that her main job was looking after the kids and doing some light housework. She wakes and gets the kids ready for school each day. This includes fixing and feeding them breakfast, tying the little […]
Misconceptions about Epilepsy
Over the weekend, my sisters and I attended a health talk about nutrition for people with Alzheimer’s. Since the speaker was talking about the brain, one of the participants went up to him with a question about epilepsy or how to handle someone in a seizure because she had seen her neighbour having one. Sad […]
Beware of thieves that strike in the rai...
We are having a rainy season again with rain mostly in the late afternoon and evenings. This is a good time for thieves. Because the heavy rain muffles out sounds and people are more likely to be in their houses instead of outside. A friend told me that his opposite neighbour had a break-in case during […]