SELAMAT MENYAMBUT

HARI RAYA AIDILADHA

1427 HIJRAH

DENGAN IRINGAN DOA AGAR KITA TERUS MENDEKATKAN DIRI KITA KEPADA ALLAH SWT DAN LEBIH KUKUH LAGI IMAN KITA. SEMOGA SEGALA AMAL IBADAT DAN PENGORBANAN KITA DIREDHAI OLEH ALLAH SWT.

AngkasaOne signing off

INFO~CANCER SERIES #5: The Anti-Cancer Diet

INFO~CANCER SERIES #5: The Anti-Cancer Diet

Some foods have been known to enhance your chances of developing cancer. They do not directly cause cancer, but when various cancers were discovered, these foods were often prominent in the diet of the cancer victims. These include:

1. Fatty red meat (lean meat should be consumed instead and in moderation)
2. Processed food and meat of any kind
3. Organs - liver, kidney, brains, etc.
4. Skin of fowl
5. Fried food
6. High-fat dairy products
7. Alcohol
8. Sugar

The food you should include in your diet for good health, cancer prevention and maximum energy include:

1. Fowl with skin removed
2. Cleaned fish at least 3 times a week
3. Low-fat dairy products
4. Lots of fruits and vegetables
5. Pasta
6. Beans and lentils
7. Grains and nuts but watch the fat content
8. Soy protein
9. Fibre
10. Garlic
11. Calcium, Zinc, Iron, etc.
12. Folic acid
13. Milk thistle - a herb that aids in liver health, both by protecting it from toxic damage and helping it regenerate
14. Anti-oxidants such as vitamins A, C and E; betacarotene, etc
15. EPA (Eicosapentaenoic acid) - a fatty acid from cold water fish that helps to limit tumour development
16. Gamma Linolenic Acid (EFA) - an essential fatty acid which prevents a metastasis in some cancers by increasing the strength of a cellular glue called E-cadherin. This holds the cells tightly to one another and prevents them from breaking loose and spreading.
17. Lots of fresh, clean water

Even with a healthy, balanced diet, you must never discount the importance of watching your calorie intake as well as exercising and keeping fit.

+++++++++++++++

This Community Service Message Is Brought To You By AngkasaOne.

This is the last series on Cancer for the Year 2006. There will be a new series in 2007 concentrating on the types of Cancer.

AngkasaOne signing off...

DAULAT TUANKU

DAULAT TUANKU

DAULAT TUANKU

Menjunjung Kasih

Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin

Ibni Al-Marhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail

Dan

Duli Yang Maha Mulia Tengku Fauziah Binti Al-Marhum Tengku Abdul Rashid

Di Atas Pemerintahan Sebagai Seri Paduka Baginda Yang Di Pertuan Agong Yang Ke 12

Dan Seri Paduka Baginda Raja Pemaisuri Agong

Menjunjung Duli Setinggi-Tinggi Tahniah

Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Al-Wathiqu Billah Al-Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin

Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah

Dan

Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultanah Nur Zahirah

Sempena Perlantikan Duli-Duli Yang Maha Mulia Tuanku

Sebagai Seri Paduka Baginda Yang Di Pertuan Agong Yang Ke 13

Dan Seri Paduka Baginda Raja Pemaisuri Agong

AngkasaOne signing off...

Urgent Appeal for Adik Mohd Syazwan Johari, 3 years old

Dear Friends,

I just want to highlight an urgent appeal for Mohd Syazwan Johari, 3 years old will be going to seek a very urgent cancerous right eye treatment at Wills Eye Hospital,Philadelphia, USA.He already lost his left eye due to retinablastoma. He will be accompanied by his blind mom and my colleague, Puan Fadzilah Wan, Volunteer Coordinator for MAKNA.

The trip is supposed to be funded by Ministry of Health Malaysia (for the treatment cost & lodging) and Yayasan Kebajikan Negara (for travel cost) and my organisation, The National Cancer Council MAKNA (for daily stipends). We already making the arrangement with Malaysian community in Philly to help out with food and winter clothing during their stay for 18 days course of treatment.

However we received a very bad news today when Ministry of Health of Malaysia didn't approved the funding for unknown reason. He is supposed to go last Sunday 10th Dec.Now without the funding, the trip looks bleak.Still, we believe it can be done.

What they need:Funds of USD12,500 or RM50,000 for the treatment cost. The rest is covered by MAKNA and Yayasan Kebajikan Negara. Just the treatment cost.

What you can do:
Help to fundraise for this young boy.

Every dollars and Ringgit counts!

Help to spread the word!

You may donate directly to Syazwan through his Mum's Bank Account:

AMBANK - 1260020004692 (NUR SAKINAH LEONG ABDULLAH)

If you are interested to help or further info please contact me via email:iskandar@makna.org.my or my mobile 6019-6925192.

I can give you further details ( medical reports/treatment cost/bank account details)

* Iskandar works for the National Cancer Council.

ANGKASAONE: I have met this lovely boy and his family at their home in a Flat at Kota Damansara early this year and had the opportunity to meet him and his family again at MAKNA HQ a few days back.

Syazwan's parents are both blind. Syazwan and his parents rely on his sister which is still in primary school, to go to the market and do daily chores. I appeal and invite you to come forward and help. Give Syazwan a chance to live a normal life...

Lets spread the word and do what we can to save Syazwan... Insya-Allah.

AngkasaOne signing off...

All That I Am

I can't buy you fancy rings
Or all of the expensive things you're used to baby
No trips around the world no diamonds or pearls
To give to you baby
But what i've got a give is more precious
Than you'll ever know
My deepest inner feelings my heart and soul

Cause all that i am is a man in love with you
Cause all that i am is a man who's heart is true
And in love with you

Girl i know you're not blind
Cause when i look into your eyes, you meet me half way
Yes you do, Just accept me as i am
Try to understand, that i want you always
Just give me the chance and i'll show you
The world my love
My deepest inner feeling, my heart and soul

Deny it all you want
I know you have your doubts about me
Just put them all aside
And follow where your heart leads

Cause all that i am is a man who loves you
All that i am is a man whose heart is true
Cause all that i am is a man who loves you
Man in love with you



Joe - All That I Am

I was reading my previous posts… the one in particular about love….

The past couple of days brought me thinking about relationships in general. Why do people get into relationships? What is the pull factor of the opposite party? Do people get into a relationship because they share the same passion and interest? Or would one be in a relationship with a partner that is completely the opposite… as the saying goes, “Opposite Attracts”? Or would they be in a relationship because they complement each other… like that movie… Jerry Maguire was it? “You Complete Me…”

I’m pretty sure that there must be some things that are in common between two people that attract one another. One might adore and respect someone for the work he/she has done. But can that be constituted as having feelings of love? The attraction can be purely platonic, such as two people share the same hobbies or interest. The commonness may also lead to an attraction of love and/or lust.

For me, attraction, affection, the magnet of love, what ever you may want to call it, does not only lie in sharing the same interests and passion. Yes! I agree that I would like my other half to share some, not all, but some of my interests and passions. At least, I will not be doing my hobbies alone… and I do have someone to talk to which understands what I like…. and understands me. I too want to share and experience the interest of my other half…

I would also want my other half to be some kind of the opposite of me, so that I can learn and embark on new things… to go on an adventure of life… to go where no one has gone before…. Who else to better do it with? My other half.. right??? :)

I would also want my other half to complete me… to be the best of me… to some extent… to be who I am not… in a good way, that is. (if I can put it correctly)
I want my other half... to be my better half...


What makes a couple bind so strongly and can be together all their lives? To Cherish, To Love and To Hold, Till Death Do Us Part?

As for me… I need not look far too…. I live with my parents… They have been together over 35years… they are a very happy couple…. And they don’t really share the same interest and passion… do there are common things that they share…. I dare to say that they are also somewhat opposite in character…. But they complete each other… and the most important thing is…. They love one another and they love me! :)


I remember my visit to Kuala Krai a few months back. I was visiting a cancer patient’s Home. Patient lives with her husband in a rundown PPRT house they proudly call home. Patient suffers from Breast CA and is mute. Husband is also mute and is partially paralysed due to a stroke recently and still recovering. They have a child whom is currently in KL working. When I arrived at their home, both of them welcomed us with open hands and hearts. I could see that in their expression. They seem to be a very loving couple… considering that both of them are mute and they are recovering from their illness. The patient’s husband was working as a rubber tapper before the stroke. With little money in hand, they had to travel to HUSMKK every couple of week for C/T treatment. Its amazing isn’t it…. With a rundown home, both being mute, suffering from their separate illnesses, with minimal income… they are happy living together as husband and wife…

What made them attracted to each other? What made them be together all this while? Through thick and thin… Be it married couples, people in relationships, people just getting or planning to be in a relationship…. There’s a lot to be learned from this couple. Well… it definitely caught my attention after I visited them…


This brings me to the lyrics of a song:

“Berkorban Apa Saja, Harta Ataupun Nyawa, Itulah Kasih Mesra, Sejati Dan Mulia…”


I’ve yet to watch the famous movie “CINTA”. I hadn’t had a chance to watch it at the cinema… I guess… I will have to wait until the Original VCD/DVD comes out… I’ve been watching the advert on TV though…. And I kinda like the quote…

“Kadang-kadang, orang yang paling kita sayanglah yang paling susah untuk di sayangi. Bukan senang nak dapat teman hidup yang sanggup terima buruk baik kita, sanggup berkorban untuk kita, sanggup hidup bersama sampai ke akhir hayat…”


“Kita sayang sangat kat dia… Awak tau tak? Perasaan dia bila kita jumpa orang tu… Pastu kita terus tahu… yang dialah teman hidup kita… Awak tau tak???”

AngkasaOne signing off...

Aizan Azrina Rosli for Young Humanitarian Award

Congratulations Coach Aizan!!!

Congratulations Projek Tekad Family!!!
Congratulations Winners and Nominees!!!

Below is the excerps of the speech by YAB Dato' Seri Abdullah Hj Ahmad Badawi at the NSTP-PwC Malaysia Humanitarian Award Presentation Ceremony 2006.

1. THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO SAY A FEW WORDS AT THE NSTP-PWC HUMANITARIAN AWARDS PRESENTATION. I AM INDEED HONOURED TO BE IN SUCH EXALTED COMPANY – AMONG INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE DEVOTED THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS, THEIR BODIES AND SOULS TO THE SERVICE OF HUMANITY.

2. BY THEIR VERY NATURE, HUMANITARIANS PLACE THE WELL-BEING OF OTHERS ABOVE ALL ELSE AND THEY THEREFORE DO NOT COVET FAME OR REWARD. THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS SHOULD GO UNNOTICED OR THAT THEIR SACRIFICES SHOULD GO UNACKNOWLEDGED. SOCIETY IS ALL THE RICHER BECAUSE OF THE SHINING EXAMPLES THAT THEY SET. I AM SURE THE ORGANISERS WOULD AGREE WITH ME THAT THESE AWARDS ARE NOT MEANT TO GLORIFY, BUT TO EDIFY.

3. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE HUMANITARIANS THAT HAVE BEEN NOMINATED SPAN A WIDE ARRAY OF DEEDS AND CONTRIBUTIONS. YOUNG AND OLD, INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS – THE COMMON DENOMINATOR IS THAT THEY HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES BY HELPING OTHERS. INCLUDED AMONG THE NOMINEES ARE THOSE WHO HAVE CONSISTENTLY DEVOTED THEMSELVES TO CARE FOR THE LESS FORTUNATE. OTHERS HAVE HARNESSED THE PHILANTHROPY OF THE PUBLIC FOR WORTHY CAUSES. SOME HAVE, THROUGH THEIR ACTS OF COURAGE AND CONCERN, HAVE SAVED AND CHANGED LIVES.

4. WHATEVER THE SHAPE OR FORM OF THEIR ACTS OF HUMANITARIANISM, I DO NOT ENVY DATO’ PAUL LEONG AND HIS PANEL OF JUDGES. BASED ON WHAT I HAVE SEEN, ALL OF THE NOMINEES HAVE PERFORMED STERLING SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND IN MY EYES, ALL ARE WINNERS. I SHOULD ADD THAT ALL THE DILIGENCE THAT HAS GONE INTO THE SELECTION PROCESS WILL BE WORTHWHILE IF FELLOW MALAYSIANS ARE INSPIRED TO FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN NOMINATED TONIGHT. AT THE VERY LEAST, IF THESE AWARDS CAN INSPIRE ORDINARY MALAYSIANS TO AT LEAST GIVE A LITTLE TIME AND THOUGHT TO THE LESS FORTUNATE, THEN THESE AWARDS WOULD HAVE MADE A PROFOUND DIFFERENCE.

5. WE IN MALAYSIA CAN CONSIDER OURSELVES LUCKY. OUR COUNTRY HAS ENJOYED POLITICAL STABILITY ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY FOR FIVE DECADES, ALTHOUGH WE CANNOT TAKE THIS BLESSING FOR GRANTED AND MUST CONSTANTLY WORK AT PRESERVING IT. OUR EFFORTS TO COMBAT POVERTY HAVE BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE UNITED NATIONS AS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS OF ITS KIND ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. BY AND LARGE, WE ARE FREE FROM THE MASSIVE NATURAL DISASTERS THAT RAVAGE MANY COUNTRIES IN OUR REGION, ALTHOUGH THE TSUNAMI TWO YEARS AGO WAS A SOBERING WAKE-UP CALL AGAINST COMPLACENCY.

6. THIS RELATIVE STATE OF GRACE HAS ENABLED US TO DEVELOP THIS COUNTRY IN A CONSISTENT AND SUSTAINED MANNER. THE FRUITS OF OUR LABOUR ARE CLEAR FOR ALL TO SEE. ALMOST EVERYWHERE WE TURN, ESPECIALLY IN URBAN SETTINGS SUCH AS THIS, THE MONUMENTS OF OUR PROGRESS BEAR TESTAMENT TO HOW SUCCESSFUL MALAYSIA HAS BECOME.

7. BUT THE TRAPPINGS OF OUR ACHIEVEMENTS SHOULD NOT BLIND US TO THE FACT THAT THERE ARE STILL THOSE IN OUR COUNTRY WHO ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE. THERE ARE STILL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE NOT FULLY BENEFITED FROM OUR STRONG ECONOMIC GROWTH, JUST AS THERE ARE PORTIONS OF SOCIETY WHO STILL REQUIRE A HELPING HAND.

8. OF COURSE, THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE FOR AND IMPROVE THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE LIES WITH THE GOVERNMENT. AND IN THIS REGARD, WE WILL NOT REST IN ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE MALAYSIAN PEOPLE. HOWEVER, THE FACT THAT THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO STEP UP TO HELP THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS IS PROOF OF THE GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT THAT UNDERPINS MALAYSIAN SOCIETY. IT IS ALMOST SECONDARY THAT THEIR EFFORTS COMPLEMENT AND SUPPLEMENT GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES AND THAT THEY HELP TO SHOULDER THE HEAVY TASK. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEIR CARE AND CONCERN FOR THEIR LESS FORTUNATE FELLOW MALAYSIANS, FORM THE GLUE THAT BINDS US TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT THE ESSENCE OF MALAYSIA, RATHER THAN THE SHAMEFUL DISPLAYS OF APATHY THAT ARE BECOMING MORE APPARENT IN MODERN SOCIETY.

9. THEIR GENEROSITY MAKES ME OPTIMISTIC THAT THE QUEST FOR MATERIAL COMFORTS HAS NOT EXTINGUISHED OUR CAPACITY FOR COMPASSION AND DECENCY. MALAYSIA AND MALAYSIANS HAVE ALWAYS ANSWERED THE CALL OF HUMANITARIAN DUTY TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES. WHETHER IN ACEH, PAKISTAN OR LEBANON, IT IS A SOURCE OF PRIDE THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE AMONG THE FIRST ON THE SCENE WHENEVER DISASTER STRIKES. THIS IS A TRADITION THAT I HOPE CONTINUES LONG INTO THE FUTURE.

10. ON A SEPARATE NOTE, I AM ALSO PLEASED THAT MANY OF OUR CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS DO NOT JUST HAND OUT ALMS BUT HAVE GONE A STEP FURTHER BY WORKING TO EMPOWER THE HAVE-NOTS. WHILE WE APPLAUD THE NOBLE ACTS OF GIVING AID TO THOSE IN NEED, I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THE CAPACITY BUILDING ASPECT OF HUMANITARIAN WORK IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT. TANGIBLE AID LIKE MONEY, EQUIPMENT AND OTHER GOODS MAY BE HELPFUL DURING EMERGENCIES OR DURING CRISIS SITUATIONS. IN THE LONG RUN, HOWEVER, IT IS BEST THAT PEOPLE ARE GIVEN THE TOOLS TO HELP THEM REALIZE THEIR POTENTIAL. EVERYONE HAS THE ABILITY TO GROW AND BLOSSOM IF GIVEN THE PROPER GUIDANCE AND THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITIES.

11. BEFORE I END, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER MY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NSTP GROUP AND PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS FOR ORGANIZING THESE AWARDS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECORD MY APPRECIATION TO ALL THE INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO ENSURE THAT THIS EVENT IS A SUCCESS.

12. OF COURSE, MY HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS AND GRATITUDE GOES TO ALL THE AWARD NOMINEES AND RECIPIENTS. I HOPE THAT THE RECOGNITION GIVEN TO YOU TONIGHT MARKS A NEW BEGINNING IN YOUR NOBLE EFFORTS TO WORK FOR THE BETTERMENT OF SOCIETY. MALAYSIA IS A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE OF YOUR GOOD WORK.

13. MANY YEARS AGO, AS A YOUNG BOY IN SCHOOL, I LEARNED SOME WORDS OF WISDOM THAT HAVE STAYED WITH ME ALL THIS TIME. IF MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY, IT GOES LIKE THIS: “I EXPECT TO PASS THROUGH THE WORLD BUT ONCE. ANY GOOD THEREFORE THAT I CAN DO, OR ANY KINDNESS I CAN SHOW TO ANY CREATURE, LET ME DO IT NOW. LET ME NOT DEFER IT, FOR I SHALL NOT PASS THIS WAY AGAIN.” I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT THESE ARE WORDS THAT WOULD SERVE HUMANKIND WELL AND IT IS A CREDO THAT I HAVE TRIED TO LIVE BY. IT IS ALSO A CREDO THAT THE NOMINEES FOR THIS AWARD EXHIBIT EXEMPLIFY MAGNIFICENTLY. MAY WE CONTINUE TO BE MOVED TO SHOW KINDNESS ALWAYS.

THANK YOU.

This speech does not include off-the-cuff remarks made by the Prime Minister.

Source: Communications Unit, Prime Minister's Office

AngkasaOne signing off...