Cleffairy's Blog, page 197

Mandy Chicken Rice

The first thing that I crave after recovering from the long fever was an Arabic dish: Mandy chicken rice.

Mandy rice is originally a traditional dish in Yemen and is now very popular in the rest of the Arabian Peninsula and in many other Arab countries such as Egypt and Syria.

Mandy is usually made from meat, usually lamb or chicken, basmati rice, and a mixture of spices. The meat used is usually a young and small sized lamb to enhance the taste further. The main thing which differentiates Mandy and the briyani from India is that the meat is cooked in the tandoor which is a special kind of oven.

Tandoor usually is a hole dug in the ground and covered inside by clay. To cook mandy, dry wood is placed in the tandoor and burned to generate a lot of heat turning into charcoal. Then the meat is suspended inside the tandoor without touching the charcoal. After that, the whole tandoor is closed without letting any of the smoke to go outside.

Mandy is considered as the main dish served in special events such as wedding banquets and feasts.

And so, feeling like I'm up to a feast, I dragged my husband to our regular Arabian restaurant, Wadi al-Nile to satiate my cravings for Mandy chicken rice.

I was really pleased that their budget meal is still available. The meal cost us Rm9.90 and it comes with a bowl of potato stew, chilli dip and a glass of either syrup drink or ice lemon tea.

The portion was really big, as usual.

And it comes with a quarter chicken and was more than enough for the two of us to share.

This budget meal also come with a bowl of sourish potato stew which is absolutely heavenly. I just love these stew and the chicken soup from Wadi al-Nile. They're absolutely heavenly. I had their ABC chicken soup once back then during Ramadan with Smallkucing and his family and I practically wished that I did not stop at the second bowl. (Hmm, next visit I'll be sure to order that. LOL)

The chilli dip goes really well with the Mandy rice. Highly appetizing.

Not bad for Rm9.90, don't you think? With that much of money, you get a big portion of flavoured rice along with stew, chilli dip and a glass of iced drink.

Wanna give this a try? Here's the address for the restaurant:

Wadi AL-Nile Restaurant, No 72-0, Block J, Platinum Walk, No. 2, Jalan Langkawi, 53300 Setapak, Kuala Lumpur. Tel : 03-41312356.

 Cleffairy:  This is not a paid food review or an invited food review, but I highly recommend this restaurant to those who loves exotic Arabic food. The food from this restaurant is really good and the owner of this restaurant is also very friendly. Good food, good service, and good price. I can ask for nothing more.

Related posts:Kabsa Rice I got bored eating the same old, same old food...
Arabian Knight Well, not exactly Ariabian knight, but an Arabian cuisine night....
Roasted Spring Chicken I had this roasted spring chicken not long ago at...

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Beer Brewing Process

Are you a drinker? I'm not a drinker. I don't have heads for beer. But then again, even if I had a head for alcohol, I wouldn't exactly touch beer because I don't like the smell and what it can do to me.

I know some people who drink beer on daily basis. But their drinking habit made me wonder if they know the process of brewing beer? I don't know how beers are made, and so, one fine day, I asked a friend who drinks beer everyday, assuming that since he drinks regularly, he would know how beers are brewed.

Unfortunately for me, the friend in question is not the type of person who cares how his drinks and foods are made. I had to Google the information on beer brewing myself to satisfy my curiosity instead, and here is what I found, an infographic on beer brewing process:

http://edit.imgzlla.com/organization_files/1147/beerbrewingprocess/beerbrewingprocess.png

Click to Enlarge [image error]

Source: CaliforniaCulinarySchools.org

Interesting piece of info. Now I know how beers are made.

 

Cleffairy: How many of you bothered to find out how your food and drinks are made? Or you're the type of people who duzzin care how it's made as long as it tastes nice?

Related posts:Web Media Sources and Content Media, both social media and the conventional mainstream media played...

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

How to prevent dengue…

I had a dengue scare earlier this month when my whole family fell ill and couldn't recover from fever. I thought it was dengue.

Dengue is contracted from the bite of a striped Aedes aegypti mosquito that has previously bitten an infected person. The mosquito flourishes during rainy seasons but can breed in water-filled flower pots, plastic bags, and cans year-round. One mosquito bite can cause the disease. It is important to note that the virus is not contagious and cannot be spread directly from person to person. There must be a person-to-mosquito-to-another-person pathway

After being bitten by a mosquito carrying the virus, the incubation period ranges from three to 15 (usually five to eight) days before the signs and symptoms of dengue appear in stages. Dengue starts with chills, headache, pain upon moving the eyes, and low backache. Painful aching in the legs and joints occurs during the first hours of illness. The temperature rises quickly as high as 104 F (40 C), with relatively low heart rate (bradycardia) and low blood pressure (hypotension). The eyes become reddened. A flushing or pale pink rash comes over the face and then disappears. The glands (lymph nodes) in the neck and groin are often swollen.

Fever and other signs of dengue last for two to four days, followed by a rapid drop in body temperature (defervescence) with profuse sweating. This precedes a period with normal temperature and a sense of well-being that lasts about a day. A second rapid rise in temperature follows. A characteristic rash appears along with the fever and spreads from the extremities to cover the entire body except the face. The palms and soles may be bright red and swollen.

Here's sharing with you on how to prevent dengue:

Avoid stagnated water pools. The breeding place for the dengue mosquito is stagnated waters. So steer clear from any pool of water that is left still and standing for more than a day. This is the deadliest since it will be an avenue for the mosquitoes to breed and form health hazards not just in your place, but in your entire community.
Housecleaning. Another thing that makes mosquitoes party is dirt. Keep your house clean and you will be able to prevent unnecessary dengue risks.
 Deal with sweat A.S.A.P. The problem with sweat is that it is the favorite scent of mosquitoes. Chronic sweaters are really at a higher risk. So that talcum powder for your back may do more good in absorbing excess sweat that will serve as invitation for mosquitoes to pounce. Use an all-natural insect repellent.
 Check drainage. You may not have pools of water in your midst, but you need to check your drainage regularly to see if the water is flowing correctly.
 Minimize crowding. Crowding is another lure for mosquito bites. So make sure you stay in a place with ample open spaces.
 Mosquito nets. You can't really guard the mosquitoes in your sleep, but you can filter them out of your bed with the use of mosquito nets. They may be unattractive and a nuisance for some, but in reality, you can style it to suit your home décor.
 Neem tree and Basil leaves. The neem tree is a bit of an investment, but it purifies your air well against unwelcome elements like mosquitoes. The basil leaves, when boiled and served as tea, builds up the body's immune system.

Cleffairy: Prevention is better than cure, and if you have dengue symptoms, do not wait and seek medical attention immediately.

Related posts:Did I do the right thing? I haven't been well. In fact, my family and I...

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Web Media Sources and Content

Media, both social media and the conventional mainstream media played an important part in our lives and our decision-making whether we realize it or not. It keeps us informed and helps us make decisions in many things.

When I was studying journalism in college, I was told by my journalism lecturer that journalism is the first step in history making, and as a journalist, especially those who chooses to practice mainstream journalism instead of Yellow journalism (tabloid line), we have to report unbiased truth so that the public knows what's going on around them.

That is the basics of journalism ethics. Informational truth. But I quit being a journalist because I discovered that it's not the case in my country. There is no such thing as reporting unbiased truth

I felt really disappointed with the journalism industry as soon as I started practising. In my country, mainstream media is not quite just a source of information for the public, but functioned more like political tool by the ruling government to spread their ill sentiments towards the opposition.

Journalists are not given freedom to report news and most of the time, editors are under pressure from the ruling government.  We are restricted and whatever makes the government looks bad in the eyes of the public are not allowed to be published. If they are somehow published, so-and-so will contact the head editor and pressure for retraction.

There's more nonsense news and propaganda in the mainstream media than anything else.That is why I quit. I did not want to be like a marionette being controlled by a puppeteer. I rather be a freelance than be attached to a news agency that does not practice ethical journalism and provide informational truth to the public.

I've quit reporting for the mainstream media in my country, but I still do keep in touch with my former colleagues and the going-ons in the media industry. There's still a journalist in me.

Look at what I found when I was browsing around on what's going on in the media industry these days; an infographic on web media sources and contents. It's an amusing piece of information.

Click here to enlarge the infographic:

http://edit.imgzlla.com/organization_files/1147/mediasourcesandcontent.jpg

[image error]

More at Article-Writing-Services.org

Cleffairy: Writing this article somehow reminds me of a quotation by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, first Baron Acton. "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men."

Related posts:Bloggers and events When I was still practicing journalism, I attended loads of...
BERSIH 2.0 Demands I chatted with a friend earlier today, and I was...
Laying low… I feel sick… and tired of the things that's going...

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Kids these days…

If I were to grow up in this era, I would definitely freak out. True, kids these days are spoiled and pampered with various gadgets and whatnot, but in my humble opinion, kids these days have less time to enjoy their lives in comparison to the times when I was growing up. I feel that kids these days are not really given a chance to be creative and make mistakes.

When I was growing, I was not expected to over-achieve. I was only expected to do well in school and get reasonably good result and not be at the bottom of the class.My parents don't expect me to be a straight A student back then, but they do expect me to not create trouble in school and they also expect me to be reasonably obedient.

But kids these days must are different. They must be a straight A student and their time is occupied going for extra classes or enrichment classes. If they don't get good results, parents will chide them instead of telling them that it's all right and getting bad results is not exactly the end of the world and they should work harder to improvise themselves next time.

I wonder…since parents always make their children achieve more and put more values to their children's academical achievements than anything else and refuse to allow any mistakes, how do these 'over-achieving' children learn how to deal with failures?

 

Cleffairy: If you never know how it's like to fall down, how do you exactly learn how it's like to hurt yourself and make effort to get back up?

Related posts:Did I do the right thing? I haven't been well. In fact, my family and I...
Kids' Guide to Bible Animals Title: Kids' Guide to Bible Animals Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc....
Long time ago… on rainy days… Have you ever played boardgames or card games? I used...

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Puss in Boots

So, what did I do when my whole family was not well? Well, apart from getting knocked out by those damn meds, I took the chance to chill out with my son a lil bit.

I stayed away from the PC and slowed my pace in writing my novel abit, leave some of my piling work undone and picked out a few good movies to watch with my boy when we're not well.

I know we're supposed to be resting in bed and stuff, but then again, I take this as an opportunity given to us by God to slow down in life a little bit and learn to get all cozy even though we don't feel comfortable. There's no point in complaining, right? It gets you nowhere and at the end of the day, it complaining just gets you irritated.

A couple of days ago… my boy was still coughing and sneezing and having fever. I did not allow him to go to school and he was getting rather bored despite the fact that I gave him some writing exercise to do. Even my Doraemon comics doesn't seems to amuse him. ( I know I'm a bad mum, but tell me a mum who lets her kids read comic books? See, I am not THAT bad of a mum. I let my kid have fun! LOL) He doesn't seems to have interest in anything and so I turned on the PC to look for some movies to watch online.

Puss in Boots caught my interest and I decided to watch that with my boy, and we're got really hooked on it. *grinz* I know that it's somewhat illegal to watch those movies online, but hey, who cares…the quality is good and I don't even have to step out of the house to have some quality time… so why not?

Puss in Boots is highly entertaining and engaging. It's really a good movie to watch with your little ones if you're a fan of comedic misadventures, that is. I'm telling you, if you love Shrek movies, you will definitely love Puss in Boots.

Puss in Boots is actually the prequel to Shrek movie instalments, telling the misadventures of Puss, Humpty and Puss's love interest/sidekick, Kitty Softpaws. The three friends were pitted against Jack and Jill, two murderous outlaws who discover an ancient power which threatens the world.

The story takes place before Puss met Shrek and Donkey, when he was a swashbuckling hero who protected the innocent.

The movie opens with Puss escaping a bounty hunter and entering a nearby town. Puss learns that two murderous outlaws, Jack and Jill have the magic beans he's been looking for half his life, which lead to a giant's castle holding valuable golden goose eggs. When Puss tries to take them from the two outlaws, another cat with a mask interrupts. Both fail and escape, and Puss follows the cat back to his hideout, where they have both a dance and a sword fight. After getting hit in the head with a guitar by Puss during their fight, the other cat reveals that she is female, much to Puss's surprise.

Puss then meets his old childhood friend Humpty Dumpty who introduces her as Kitty Softpaws, one of the best cat thieves in the world. They ask him to join them in finding the beans, planting them, and getting the golden eggs which lie at the top. Puss refuses to work with Humpty due to a past betrayal that left him falsely accused for robbery, alienating him from his hometown and adoptive mother.

So… what happens next? I'm not going to spoil it for you, but I have to say that the movie is highly entertaining and is filled with moral values. It's something you might wanna watch with your little children this coming school holiday.

If I were to rate this movie, I'd give it a 4 out of 5 stars. I thought Shrek was much more funny and wacky in comparison to Puss in Boots.

Watch the trailer for Puss in Boots below.

If the trailer caught your interest, you may proceed to watch Puss in Boots online for free HERE. Don't forget to bring your kids to the cinema this coming holiday to watch this, though. It's a different experience altogether.

 

 

Cleffairy: If life gives you lemon…squeeze it into a tequila and throw a cocktail party.

 

Related posts:Hindustan Movies and I Work is getting too much for me these days. The...

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Are you an after-hours athlete?

Are you an after-hours athlete? Well, when I was younger, I was an after-hours athlete. I like playing games after my classes and my lectures,  but I stopped being one at some point because I had no one to accompany me to be one. Nobody seems to be interested in playing those late night games anymore.

But last week, I was invited to the Puma Social event where loads of after-hours athletes were gathered.

Invitees and members of the media alike were invited for this fun after-hour event.

Puma kicked off their after-hours athlete event  at Cosmic Bowl, Mid Valley Megamall on 11.11.11.

A few lanes were closed and dedicated for this event and Puma friends (such as Jay Menon, Ben Jern, Josiah Mizukami, Roshan Narayan, Adrian Tan)

Bloggers that were exclusively invited for the event get to enjoy bowling games where they battle different teams to win the goodies and whatnot. See the colourful wristlets above? Invitees were placed into different teams, and we get to compete with each other in the most peculiar and hilarious way.

I don't know how it was for others, but to me, it was fun to be able to bowl again after almost 10 years hiatus. (Gosh…it's been ages since I last bowled!)



This event is known as Puma Social Club Nights where all after-hours athletes will be heading to different bowling centres and towns to bowl at designated corners in each participating club.

List of clubs as follows:-

Outstation

1) 2nd December, Fuel, Autocity, Penang

2) 9th December, Movida, Johor Bahru

3) 10th December, Hola Pub & Bistro

Klang Valley

4) 25th November, Ecoba, Damansara Perdana

5) 26th Novemeber, Movida, Sunway Giza

The Grand Finale will be taking place on the 16th of December 2011, back to where it all started – Cosmic Bowl, Midvalley.

I heard there would be more lanes closed that night exclusively for Puma friends, so what are you after- hours athletes are waiting for?

Join in the fun and head over to www.puma-social.com.my and answer 3 simple questions so you can win Puma vouchers and get the invites for the Grand Finale!

You can also LIKE Puma Facebook page to get all the latest updates and happenings that's going on in Puma Social.

Related posts:Play online game Do you play online game? Sometimes, I do play online...

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Did I do the right thing?

I haven't been well. In fact, my family and I haven't really been well these days. I blame it all on the terrible weather. Well, what else I can blame it on? Friends around me seems to be falling sick one by one, and most of them had the same thing: high fever, cough and flu.We did not get it from each other cuz we haven't been seeing each other for quite some time, so it MUST be the terrible hot and cold weather.

Truth be told. I was really worried. I was afraid of the dengue outbreak. You see… I believe that the recent flood in Thailand brought various disease that has been spread through both water and air. You know how it's like when you don't manage flood properly. All sort of diseases will plague your country and the countries around you, and dengue is one of it, considering how easy Aedes mosquitoes breeds in stagnant flood water. (I really resent the way Thailand manages their flood! What the hell is their government doing? Aren't they gonna do anything about those stagnant water?)

I was really afraid that my family and I had dengue fever or something, but thank God, that was not the case. It was just nasty high fever that lasts very long and terrible flu and cough that can't seems to stop. Seriously speaking, it is not easy to recover from all of these fever, flu and cough because it seems to be really contagious.

I spent the last two weeks in bed, trying to desperately recuperate. But unfortunately for me, medicines doesn't seems to work effectively because when I'm about to recover from fever and stuff, I keep getting it back from my son and my husband.

Anyway, enough about that. I feel a little bit better now, and hopefully will stay that way. What I want to say is that as a mother, I feel abit guilty of letting my son skip school. Yes. I let him skip school because I don't see it fit to send him to school. It's as simple as that. Whenever the boy is unwell, I will just tell him to stay at home and rest instead of going to school.

It's been two week since he last attend school. I really feel bad cuz it is expected of us modern parents these days to encourage our children to be competitive, but frankly speaking, I'm not that sort of mother. I don't have high expectation on my son. It's okay if he's not at the top of the class or the not brightest crayon in the box as long as he's doing okay in school, it's fine with me. I don't expect him to get all As and whatnot.

Did I do the right thing, imposing self-quarantine whenever my boy is sick? Some parents and teachers condemned me for taking this course of action, but I don't think going to school is going to do my son any good when he can't concentrate in his studies.

This may sound conservative and old fashioned, but I always feel that when your children is sick, just let them stay at home and recuperate instead of letting them go to school and spread their germs to other children and make them sick as well.

Sure, some parents will tell you that they had no choice but to send their kids to school when their kids is sick because they are working and nobody can help take care of their kids and stuff, but I still think it is unfair to let other children mingle with your kids when they are having something contagious.

True, some school or kindergarten will isolate the children who are sick, but it does not guarantee that other children will not get infected as well cuz some sickness is spread by air.

Having said that… I think I did the right thing by not sending my son to school when he's sick. He may lag behind a little bit, but at least, I am humane enough to keep him at home so that his fever, flu and cough doesn't spread to other children.

So… parents and teachers… why are you complaining and condemning my action? I spared you from getting sick and I also spared the misery of having you taking care of a sick child who would do nothing but whine, moan, groan and annoy you… I think instead of condemning me, you ought to say thank you to me.

Cleffairy: I don't understand why parents these days are overly ambitious and expects too much of their children. Come on, they are just kids! Let them enjoy their childhood instead of forcing them to work like a robot just to make you proud!

 

 

Related posts:ACT Tutoring I was having a chat with one of my ex-colleague...
What is dyslexia? As most of you probably know, I have a son...
Connected moments I'm really getting sick and tired getting bullied by little...

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Search Malaysia Homes For Sale

I wonder how many of you out there are living in a house that you owned? Some of you may tell me that you're living in your own house, while some others would say that they are still renting.

I am one of those people who is not living in a house that I bought. Right at the moment, I am renting a 3 rooms and 2 bathrooms apartment unit somewhere in Kuala Lumpur and I'm living in it with my husband and my son.

I'm pretty happy with this arrangement because despite the fact that the in laws and whatnot are pestering my husband and I to buy a house of our own, I know that truthfully, we're not financially ready for such a huge long term commitment yet.

Seriously, buying a house is easier said than done. Searching for homes for sale is as easy as 1,2,3… but paying for it is not. You're not just talking about paying the home off for about 5 to 10 years, but you're talking about hundred thousands of loans that you'll be paying off in the next 30 to 40 years.

So, unless you'll be paying off these amount of loan for me, I would appreciate it if you folks stop nagging me to buy a house. I will buy one when I'm financially stable and ready. Nobody should be forced or coerced to buy something as big as a house when they are not ready to buy it yet, don't you agree on that with me?

I may not be ready financially to buy a house of my own yet, but I know most of you out there are not only ready for such a big commitment, but already scouting for a second or third home as a form of investment.

If you're one of those people who are scouting for a property to buy, you might want to consider looking up PropWall website when you search for homes for sale.

Basically, PropWall is a Malaysian property website that's listing all kinds of properties that's on sale at a very competitive price.

You can say that it's a one-stop place for property listings and it's definitely useful for those who are looking for properties to buy or for those who wants to sell off his or her properties.

All you need to do is register and login to the site and you'll soon not only be able to search for properties that you wanted, but you can also put up your own properties for sale for others to search. So far PropWall have about 2,000 properties in it's site and the list is growing with each passing day.

Looking up real estate directory such as this one is a much more effective way to go property hunting, don't you think? People used to go to real estate agent to look for properties that they wanted, but they are charged with consultation fees and whatnot. With sites like this one, it's not only cost effective as the site is completely free to use, but it is also very result oriented because you'll be completely in control of the price range and what sort of house or property that you're looking to invest in.

So, ladies and gentleman, if you're searching for Malaysian homes for sale, be sure to look up Propwall. They might have something that you've been looking for all these while.

 

Related posts:Check Out iBilik How many of you remembered what it's like to live...
Malaysia Open Source Conference 2011 I may have led some of my friends to believe...

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Claustrophobia and motion sickness

I went into a ship during a floating bookfair not long ago. The ship was known as Logos Hope. I'm sure most of you have heard about it. It's one of the famous ship ministry in the world, and apart from selling over 5,000 books at a reasonable price in the name of charity, Logos Hope and it's crew also travels around the world to provide knowledge, aid and healthcare to the poor.

I have heard a lot about their wonderful work. I admire their effort, and I was really looking forward to pay this ship a visit while it was docking in Glenn Cruise Terminal, Port Klang recently.

While it's known to the public as the world largest floating bookfair, I don't really see it as a bookfair. Some people were making so much noise that the ship is not worth going into cuz the books are not cheap and there's not much choice in comparison to another local bookstore's warehouse sale that was held almost at the same time as the Logos Hope's docking.

Well, that's plain shallow in my opinion. I did not plan to go there just so that I can buy a book or two. I wanted to go and see what this ship and it's wonderful crew have done for humanity. I think what they did was really wonderful, and somehow, I feel inspired and wanted to see for myself.

My husband and I have been planning ahead to take a day off and whatnot so that we can visit this ship. You see, he's as excited as I am when we talked about Logos Hope. My husband did not even complain whenever I reminded him the date that we'll go and have a look at this ship. He's in fact, excited about it as I am.

And we were… you know, imagining that one day, our whole family would be on board of the ship as part of the Logos Hope's crew, doing charity along with other 400 crews of different nationality. I told him that perhaps one day, we would do just that… when we're retired and he thinks that it's a great idea to travel the seven seas while bringing health, hope and knowledge to people around the world.

I certainly do think that it's a good way to spend your retirement. You not only can travel the world, but can do good for the humanity as well. Talk about killing two birds with one stone. I'll be sure to remind my husband of this when we're older. It's definitely much more appealing to me than returning to that home town of his to retire. I think living there would cut my life short cuz I have nothing constructive to do. ( I think I'd probably suicide too if we're to retire in some small, quite town, cuz I would feel that I have no direction in life and death would be a better way out)

Anyway, let's put this dream of ours aside. Something happened when I went abroad Logos Hope. I was fine the first few minutes on the ship, but as soon as I reached the book section, I feel extremely claustrophobic. You see, during the time we visited the ship, it was quite crowded. Well, at least my brain seems to think that it's crowded and it started to send awful signal to my body.

I started to have cold sweat when I was in the book section. You see, the shelf was close to one another and it was rather cluttered there. I feel overwhelmed with the crowds, and breathing became hard to do. Nausea hits me terribly, and soon, I started to panic and rushed to the restroom to vomit. I vomited twice, and was still feeling terribly queasy after attempting to go back to the book section again.

I really wanted to be there in the book section, but I simply couldn't as there's too much people around and the space simply feels cluttered, and my body simply goes against me. Trying to clear my head and breathing in and out did not help either.

Don't get me wrong. I am not complaining. And I am eternally grateful to the Logos Hope's crews who were so concern for me when I was on board. They're so attentive and I want to thank them over here for offering to bring me to their doctor on board so that I can have the medical attention that I need. That was so thoughtful and I am so touched.

To cut the long story short, I gave up on browsing for books at the book section. It's too overwhelming for me, and instead of attempting to go to the book section once again, I decided to go to the cafe area where the furnitures are not so cluttered and less crowded, and have better air ventilation.

I felt better immediately and went on a sugar spree while I was in the cafe. I ordered a Vanilla Coke, a huge chocolate chip cookie, an ice cream cone and a ham sandwich to eat. It was a wonderful way to kill time and I enjoyed it so much to the point I did not notice that my blogger friends were behind me with their respective children.

As I was enjoying my goodies in the cafe, Alice asked me if I'm claustrophobic, and I told her yes. =.= (darn, there goes my image… I must have made a terrible first impression on her) My other blogger friend, Littlemermy on the other hand was perplexed on why my body behaves that way. She wondered why I feel nauseous when the ship is not even moving.

Now, there's a difference between claustrophobia and motion sickness. I did not feel nauseous because I feel the ship was swaying or something. I've been on a ferry and boats for countless times back then and I had no problems with the nasty swaying.

I had cold sweats and feels nauseous cuz  I feel overwhelmed with the crowds and the cluttered furnitures. It is the confined space and poor ventilation that made my body behaves weirdly. Trust me, put me in a cluttered and a confined place, and you'll get a vomiting me.

I am claustrophobic, and can be affected by motion sickness under certain circumstances too, but when I was on Logos Hope, it was definitely not motion sickness, but claustrophobia. I feel fine as soon as I stepped out of the ship and away from the crowd back then. *sigh* Some people may say I'm just being a fuss, but trust me, it's not something that I can control. My body reacted automatically, and I can't do anything to stop it from happening.

Neway, despite it all, I stayed on board til it was quite late…because I enjoyed mingling around with the friendly crew and I loved the inspiring stories that they tell me.

Overall, being on board Logos Hope was a good and eye-opening experience. If only I could enjoy the whole thing without vomiting, though.

Cleffairy: How the hell am I gonna retire and join the Logos Hope crew? I have no idea. Help me God!

Related posts:Spring For Susannah Spring for Susannah by Catherine Richmond is a very meaningful...
The Magician King Title: The Magician King SubTitle: A Novel Publisher: Penguin Group,...

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.