Weird stuff in your country...

[syilla]

:salamext:

i just love these

bitter melon

more info : source

Laboratory tests suggest that compounds in bitter melon might be effective for treating HIV infection [7]. As most compounds isolated from bitter melon that impact HIV have either been proteins or glycosproteins (lectins), neither of which are well-absorbed, it is unlikely that oral intake of bitter melon will slow HIV in infected people. It is possible oral ingestion of bitter melon could offest negative effects of anti-HIV drugs, if a test tube study can be shown to be true in people [8]. In one preliminary clinical trial, an enema form of a bitter melon extract showed some benefits in people infected with HIV (Zhang 1992). Clearly more research is necessary before this could be recommended.

wow...never knew that

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[north_malaysian]

:salamext:

i just love these

bitter melon

more info : source



wow...never knew that

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what's the Malay name for it? Is it "Peria .......something...":rollseyes

 

[syilla]

yup...peria katak (frog).

 

[north_malaysian]

yup...peria katak (frog).

yupp... "peria katak" (frog melon?) ... I've seen it in the market. But never consume it. Is it for "ulam" (Salad?) or for its juice?

 

[syilla]

you can eat it raw, cooked or make it into juices (never try though).

 

[starfortress]

that's a weird thing that attracted thousands of people in Penang last year...

like a jeeper creepers

 

[north_malaysian]

like a jeeper creepers

Jeepers Creepers 1 really ... awfully scary...hew

But jeepers Crrepers 2..... not scary at all+o(

 

[syilla]

Coming soon...in your nearest cinema...SPIDERMAN IN MALAYSIA

Alain Robert a.k.a Spiderman, the well-known solo climber tried to climb the Petronas Twin Towers again yesterday.

And yet he failed to finish the climb as he did on 1997. In 1997 he was caught at the 60th floor, 28 short of the 88th storey skyscraper. And he failed again at the 60th floor when the Malaysian authorities caught him again.

After some research, I found out that Alain Robert is quite famous. He has managed to climb Taipei 101, the tallest building in the world, currently. The best part is that he climbed buildings using his bare hands, without ANY rope! Crazy guy!

Maybe the Malaysian government should take this oppoturnity instead. Let the Spiderman climb the KLCC for the Visit Malaysia 2007 campaign. That will bring a lot of media publicity - one time Alain climbed the National Bank of Abu Dhabi and there were 100,000 plus spectators! Sometimes he will do all the climbing for charities, so maybe we can use it to fund some Rumah Kenangans or Rumah Orang Tua-Tua.

I think that the Malaysian government should give this guy a chance. Something could go wrong but I think Mr Alain Robert would not mind. With 70 buildings already conquered in his already impressive resume, I believe he can do it well.

End note: It’s funny the guards did not saw him trying to climb the KLCC. 60th floor? That’s quite a record. FYI, the Sabah state government allowed him to climb the Sabah Foundation building (Yayasan Sabah) once and it was successfully done.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgR7ztH-Ioc

WARNING : Please do not do this at home.

:uuh: :uuh:

 

[Tania]

He has guts:X If i look down from a tall place always i enter in panic.

 

[Woodrow]

What is so great about a guy that has not learned how to operate the elevator?

 

[syilla]

What is so great about a guy that has not learned how to operate the elevator?

mashaAllah...u are right about that.

what is so great about ppl who don't know how to use the elevator

 

[syilla]

He has guts:X If i look down from a tall place always i enter in panic.

I'm sure...he had his experience :X

 

[lyesh]

rofl! crazy guy!

 

[syilla]

Land-clearing at highlands


TANAH RATA: Massive land-clearing activities at Lojing Highlands in Gua Musang, Kelantan, involving 25,000ha, is a disaster in the making, warned Natural Resources and Environment Ministry parliamentary secretary Datuk Sazmi Miah.

“The activities are clearly a blatant disregard for the laws on highland development,” he said.

He added that the ministry would immediately freeze all approvals for environmental impact assessment (EIA) applications at Lojing.

“We will not approve any EIA until we are able to rectify the current environmental damage at Lojing,” he told reporters after carrying out an air surveillance to check on land-clearing activities at Cameron Highlands and Lojing Highlands.

Sazmi said one badly destroyed area at Lojing Highlands was the clearing of 300ha of flat land situated about 1,400m above sea level for a paku-pakis (fern) planting project.

“We don’t know how the state government can do this as we only allow agriculture development to take place at areas below the 1,000m mark,” he added.

He said he was shocked to learn that the Kelantan government had issued land titles to 22 companies to develop three-quarters of the highland.

On Cameron Highlands, he said, illegal land-clearing had greatly reduced since the air-surveillance was introduced last year.

On a different matter, Bernama reports that Sazmi warned users of the East-West Highway not to honk at elephants that strayed onto the road as it would startle them and start a rampage.

“It is safer for motorists to stop their vehicles and wait for the elephants to go into the jungle before continuing their journey,” he said.

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I'M SO ANGRRYYYYYYYY!!!!!! :raging:

 

[barney]

Has to be the Emo's

 

[north_malaysian]

What is so great about a guy that has not learned how to operate the elevator?

First of all, he is a French... so he should be the weird stuff of France doing a weird stuff in Malaysia

I've heard that, the police advised him to stop climbing at 59th floor, but he decided to stop at the 60th floor as Al Jazeera studio is located on that floor.... PUBLICITY!!!!!

Since 9/11, KLCC has a reputation of being the most secured place in Malaysia. The massive parking lot also has the reputation of being the safest parking lot in Malaysia. When I was in KLCC during the eve of Independent Day on 2002, the security strictly asked thousands of people to get out from KLCC as they have to close all the door by 12.00 AM.

But since this guy managed to do this... the KLCC management should implement more strict laws and to have a very good security enforcement. I dont want some wackos putting bombs and blown up thousands of people...

 

[Tania]

But still sis Syilla has right. If he can advertise the country he should be allowed to climb it after a check up and some safety measures (parachutes or something, don't fall down if something goes bad).

 

[north_malaysian]

But still sis Syilla has right. If he can advertise the country he should be allowed to climb it after a check up and some safety measures (parachutes or something, don't fall down if something goes bad).

If he did it the right way (i mean officially)... it's ok....

But seeing him defying the strict security of the most popular building in Malaysia... is annoying....

I'm not hating him... I just think that the KLCC's management should impose stricter enforcement of the security of the place...

Imagine if a terrorist climb up the building and put some bombs on it....

thousands could be dead.... Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Christians etc.....

 

[cal]

rats was nasty zak omg

 

[muzna]

Lets tell story...or post pictures about weird stuff at your place.



I go first....


This is the smelliest fruit...but most of the Malaysian love them :giggling:






;D ;D ;D

if someone else post...then i'll post another.

ooo...durian..dont ask me why..but sri lankans love it too...gosh the stink...+o(
and bitter melons..we call them bitter gourds..love them fried!