Ups & Downs

Tuesday's market share & composite index dropped to the panic button level.  Went to Old Klang Road for Bak Ku Teh last night.  Driving to OKR from Puchong was surprisingly smooth with very low traffic on the road.  

The Fatty Bak Ku Teh that many like was also rather empty during dinner hours.  Retna and I could possible think of 2 reasons - Thaipusam [even non Indian also participate in Kavadi, so must be reasting & remained as vegetarian] & recession-feel is here. 

Wishlist, Interim Health Minister

I have a wishlist for our interim health minister:- 

1. Please ban smoking in public area! 

2. Please ban smoking in school surrounding [this is in place but where's the enforcement?] 

3. Please ban smoking at home, especially parents with children 

4. Please ban smoking in toilet!  This got to stop 

5. Please seriously look into banning smoking..... 

You Watched Brokeback Mountain?

If you have not, consider to do it.  

Only available in DVD, as the movie was banned in Malaysia.  He is the main actor in Knight's Tale & Monster Ball. 

The Oscar best actor nominee Heath Ledger from Australia just died.  At 28, left behind ex-girl friend a 2 year old daughter.  Watched the CNN earlier & caused of death was overdosed. 

    

1980-2008

Letter to Columbia Asia

Columbia Asia Sdn Bhd

No. 1, Lebuh Puteri

Bandar Puteri Puchong

47100 Puchong

Selangor

Tel: 03.8064.8688 Fax: 03.8064.8788

Dear Sir/Madam,

My Visit to Columbia Asia Medical Center Puchong [CAMCP]

I came to CAMCP today at 6:45am to seek medical treatment on diarrhoea and sore throat. The medical officer attended to my case was Dr. T Saravanan. Some of the unpleasant experiences that I encountered while at CAMCP:-

1. There is no clear sign of entrance to outpatient section of CAMCP. Or, CAMCP does not handle outpatient?

2. No one presence at the registration counter when I walked into the emergency ward. I had not been sleeping that well, due to diarrhoea; thus walking around to seek for assistance in a premier medical center was totally unacceptable

3. I was attended by a Malay gentlemen for the body temperature, BP & heart rate check; immediately next to me was a group of nurses and medical aids in the private chat. At the same time, the nurses also corrected the Malay gentlemen on how to handle the BP reader that was used on me. Aren’t medical aid should be trained before getting in contact with patient? Being charged at premium prices, but with government hospital treatment?

4. Privacy should be a key in your medical center. While CAMCP emergency unit might be quiet as there wasn’t any case while I was there, I think I deserve some privacy and quietness while my BP and heart rate are being checked [nurses on loud private chat]. Some suggestions:-

» Pull the curtain

» Stop the chat and assist the patient first

5. Got to be better patient consultation if charges are going to be high. I am doubt whether Dr. T Saravanan has examined my sore throat correctly. What could probably be seen clearly in a distance of 3 feet? I am concern whether I have been diagnosed and prescribed accurately. Furthermore, I am not sure whether the medical officers at CMACP are trained to ask the following questions related to cold, flu & diarrhoea?

» Have you been travelling to Indonesia or countries with Bird Flu? I have not been to Indonesia but I have been in contact with a client who just got back from Indonesia few days ago

» Allergy to any medication? This part is not in the registration form either

» Any one else in your family or work place that might have the same sickness?

Diarrhoea is both acute and severe as a common cause of death in developing countries [source: Wikipedia]. I am wondering why Dr. T Saravan did not offer me an injection that stops diarrhoea.

6. Clear Instruction after consultation and prescription. I was sitting at the “patient sofa” after Dr. T Saravanan completed the “consultation”. There was no clear instruction on where I should be waiting next, where is the payment counter [although registration is the place, but it does not have cashier signage] and pharmacy

I choose CAMCP over Sunway Medical Center mainly of the traffic jam & toll charges at that time. Supposedly, I might made a wrong choice.

My first visit to CAMCP, would probably be the only.

Kind Regards,

Tan Soo Liang

高佬来电。。。。

早几天收到高佬的来电，他说在公司不方便谈。。。。

在等他的回电。。。。

不晓的是不是和 gathering 有关。。。。

Price Control for IT Products? Soon?

I was shopping for Brother ink cartridges at Sunway Pyramid. I initial intention was to shop at Low Yat Plaza or PJ Digital Mall, but due to distance. I decided to settled for Sunway Pyramid.

Look at the pricing for both, same product; but different price.

I shall not disclose the name of the shops that I bought these ink cartridges from. I was first walked into a shop that sells mainly printer ink cartridges & toners. The price quoted was RM58 each, the sales assistant added, "Best Buy sir".

I then visited the next shop, after several rounds of negotiation, I got three ink cartridges for RM38 each. Thinking I got a good bargain, until I walked into Harvey Norman. RM100 for 3 ink cartridges - each works to about RM33.33. I just made a bad business choice that resulted me paying extra RM14.

I forgot the government tagline - Pengguna Bijak.

A good lesson today.

1st Day @ Ladang Harcroft 哈古乐

振强&振意was first registered at Tmn Seri Rampai at OUG, that was where we used to stay.

Once moved to the new place, we have to move them to the nearest school. Suppose to have them register at Seri Sempurna [our home church school], but worry about the school fees [private school].

Ladang Harcroft 哈古乐 became our choice [Chinese school :-)] & we applied for the transfered. God answered our prayer.

Principal, Mr. Tan doing the "taklimat".....

Briefing mainly in Mandarin, resulted Retna to search for information on the leaflet instead

Ladang Harcroft indeed a nice school. Credit to IOI.