plus: good news for nutritionists

this is an adapted article, kindly read till the end...

Millions of Malaysians will be encouraged to report regularly to government clinics for health counselling from next year.

Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said health checks and counselling on a one-to-one basis to prevent or control conditions like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and obesity would be available at the clinics by then.

Currently, one in four deaths in government hospitals can be traced to such conditions, known as silent killers.

“The ministry encourages the people to come to the clinics when they are healthy. Please do not wait until you are sick.

“It is best if you can come as a family,” Liow, adding that such visits would be on a half-yearly basis or once a year, depending on the person’s condition.

Government hospitals and clinics treated 23 million outpatients and two million inpatients yearly, Liow said, adding that preventive measures like health checks and counselling would help to reduce the incidence of people falling sick.

He said it was alarming when people told him that they did not know the meaning of high blood pressure and never had their pressure taken.

He said two thirds of the estimated five million Malaysians with high blood pressure were not aware of their condition.

The ministry’s statistics found that 43% of Malaysians aged 30 and above were prone to high blood pressure.

Apart from that, 60% of Malaysians had weight problems, 30% were overweight and another 30% were listed as obese based on the Asia-Pacific Body Mass Index guidelines.

Liow said 200 nutritionists would be employed for the 800 government clinics in stages, adding that he would present a paper on its implementation to the Cabinet soon.

>this article is sourced from The Star online 29/6/09<

makhluk part II

stelah bercakap mengenai makhluk yg aku jumpa masa LI ni dlm episod yg lepas, aku dpt peluang dr sorang lagi member aku yg LI skali ngan dia. so ini update yg terkini mengenainya....

seperti yg sume maklom atau tak maklom, sume budak yg LI di unit pemakanan penang ni, kene buat satu kajian mini sepanjang LI mereka. so, sume dak3 kat cni dh buat sal kajian, masing2 ngan tajuk sendiri. so makhluk ni pon kene buat kajian gak. ketua unit pemakanan kami ni mmg baek, so, utk memudahkan urusan kami, dia ada bg cth kajian yg budak2 lepas la. si makhluk ni ambik kesempatan ke atas kebaekan ketua tuh, dulu ketua ni keje kat terengganu, skang ni kat penang. so, makhluk ni ambik tajuk yg sama ngan budak lepas yg kat terengganu, dh la ambik tajuk yg sama, borang soal selidik pon dia copy paste, tanpa ubah apa2, dn dh print abes sume. bila nk tunjuk kat ketua, ketua tuh tanya ' kenapa ada terengganu?'. so dh pecah tembelang dia yg copy paste dan memalukan sume pelajar di ctu...then dia cume potong n tulis ngan tangan apa yg salah/ xbetol...aishhh xmenghasilkan satu keje yg original..katakan tak nak kepada cetak rompak.

then, dia kene edar kepada staff kat ctu utk dptkan data, so sperti selalu dia gunakan bhs dia yg sangat menghormati org laen. 'boleh kau isi utk aku?'-inilah cara dia bertanya soalan. apakah......

then satu lagi, makhluk ni disamping ber-LI pada ketika ni, dia juga membuat keje part time. relevannya dia buat part time kita xleh persoalankan sbb mungkin dia ada sebab tertentu utk tuh. lepas abes LI, dia keje part time sampai kol satu pagi camtuh, then pagi kene bangon awal sbb dia kene naek bas. then, keesokan ari-nya dia dok tdo la kat opis, smpai bpe kali dh ditegor ketua pon dia still camtuh...nk buat camne...

so, ini lah serba sedikit mengenai makhluk tersebut...kita xleh nk kata apa sgt kat dia, cuma dia yg kene berubah utk kebaikan diri sendirinya. ada makhluk yg xpernah nk kata tak tahu walaopon dia tak tahu mengenai sesuatu isu dan dia just terus bercakap dan mengulas (kalo xtau kata je la xtau). ada plak yg walaopon dh bg info salah sbb dia mmg xtau, xpernah nk minta maaf atau mengaku kekurangannya. so kalo dlm cter makhluk ni, adakah dia bercakap lebih/ mmg tak tau. adakah dia naif atau ego?? pertimbangkan...sekian...

post ni adalah utk renungan bersama, dan bukan utk memalukan mana2 pihak. so, len kali jgn nk copy-paste. -villaserista-

week 6: part II

salam sejahtera sume...sebenarnya dh terlupa sal update LI utk week 6 ni, baru ternampak n teringat...so kita sambung je la.......

khamis: ari khamis dlm jadual tertulis sbg aktiviti di klinik kesihatan ibu dan anak sg bakap.. so, terus gi klinik tuh, kami berhasrat nk sambong balik ngan kajian kami la, abeskan borang yg tertinggal. sv aku plak kene bg rundingcara pemakanan arituh, so, sambil2 tuh kami buat yg questionaire tuh, kejap tuh kami gi nk jumpa sv aku jap,nk tanya ada tempat tak ng buat data entry sbb nk guna laptop, kebetulan ada patient kzm indian, dia terus soh aku bg kaunseling dlm bhs tamil...huhu..so, i end up giving kaunseling to 5 kzm cases...skang dh improve skill ckit, sbb dh pandai ckit korek rahsia dr parents...so bila kita sendiri yg bg kaunseling kpd patient yg sebangsa, senang ckit sbb kita tahu corak pemakanan, penilaian sosiodemografi secara observasi dan gaya hidup kanak2 tuh...pd hari yg sama gak, masa aku nk parking moto, aku terjumpa satu kes pokok pisang yg kzm...mmg kesian la masa aku tgk pokok tuh...punyala kurus, xde daun sekeping pon, jantung dia tumbuh kot atas (selalunya ada pucuk daun kat atas, then akan ada buah kat tepi, dn bawah buah ada jantung di, tp pokok ni pelik-buah kat bawah, jantong kat atas), buah dia dok gugur sebiji2, buah yg ada pon kzm dan beberapa biji je. so aku terpk kejap...sbb pokok ni kzm, then kita yg makan buah ni, so xsemestinya sume buah dr spesis yg sama yg kita makan sama khasiatnya. dh la pokok tuh kat kk ibu dan anak, cam cth yg xsesuai la...tapi takkan kita nk buang pokok tuh cantuh je...huhu

jumaat...jumaat, kami sambong buat keje data entry, sbb tinggal satu part je, so kami buat benda tuh di samping ber-FB...then aft lunch plak, kami dh start buat intro n ulasan karya. itu je yg kami buat satu hari. sv aku plak miting kat tempat laen...tats all...minggu depan kene abeskan report kajian, sbb member upm tuh dh nk balek...sempat ke???

villa insite

salam sejahtera dan salam perpaduan kepada semua. kpd pembaca setia, kami mengucapkan time kasih sbb terus bersama kami. pengunjung baru plak, selamat dtg dan amat dialukan ke villaserista. silakan bersama kami dan njoy segalanya yg disediakan kpd anda. ok, villa insite telah kembali dgn isu2 terkini dlm villaserista utk kali ini.

villaserista telah diteruskan dgn post2 dr labels LI dan focus. selain tuh villa plus dan scene pon dh mola dgn isu2 yg berkaitan. yg donate utk charity bersama digi pon boleh dgn cara yg mudah melalui villa plus. banyak lagi yg akan dimuatkan dgn pembaca dalam villa plus. pengalaman Li diteruskan dan cter focus pon ada post iaitu shreya saran dan pulau aman. selain itu perkembangan dlm villa plak ialah,poll mengenai segmen yg disukai tuh, ada la juga dua individu yg vote setelah tempoh mengundi dipjgkan dan selepas meraih simpati dlm villa insite yg lepas. then, gadget yg disediakan pon telah disusunatur supaya lebih produktif(uish perkataan up sgt ni). untuk pengalaman pembaca yg lebih menarik dan informatif, kami tambahkan ruangan LINK. dimana pelbagai link telah disediakan dan akan dipertingkatkan dr semasa ke semasa mengikut keperluan. sorang rakan pembaca mengesahkan dan mengatakan tidak boleh dinafikan blog ni blog iklan. so, saya pon tak paham maksod sebenar. apabila kami mendapatkan maklumat lanjut, beliau berkata, villaserista ni cam2 ada, cam astro lagutuh. juz utk pengetahuan, kita bukan dok letak iklan barangan2 apa2 ke dan dapat keuntungan dr ctu, kalo tgk villa focus, kita bukannya mengiklankan tapi, berkongsi informasi dgn pembaca. kalo LINK kat sebelah tuh plak, pihak villa lebih memfokuskan link kpd media massa cetak spt suratkhabar, sbb lecturer kami slalu galakkn baca newspaper. selain tuh ada link to perkhidmatan telekomunikasi dan juga kementerian, penaja pengajian dan utk cari kerja pon. villa iklankan sume ni sbb ingin bg exposure dan link mudah dan informasi dan peluang (byknya dan) utk mereka senang mendapatkan maklumat. bila sy 'iklankan' ni sya xde la dpt komisen ke apa, cuma sbg satu perkhidmatan masyarakat je. ok? (xpe la nk kata blog iklan pon) sebenarnya blog ni xde pon iklan nuffneng (sengaja dieja salah sbb xnk bgtau namo sebenar) ke dan sbgnya, sbb itu yg dikatakan blog iklan, dan krew villa pon bukan buat keje sampingan jd sales promoter...huhu

pastuh ada juga org yg tanya apa maksod villaserista, aktuali, dh lama dh nk bgtau maksodnya, tp xsempat, kita bgtau kali ni. villaserista, perkataan ini leh dibahagi kpd 3 iaitu villas+seri+ista. villa as usual sebuah villa, tp kali ni villas(english), sbb ni villa yg kedua selepas villa de livina, seri(melayu) maksodnya villa yg berseri dan ista (tamil) villa berseri kegemaran...hehe camtuh la. kalo tgk betol2 namanya digabongkan sebegini iaitu villa(s)er(i)sta..ketiga2 nama tuh disepadukan dgn huruf perantaraan tersbt. aku pasti dlm masa ni, ada rakan pembaca yg akan menyoal especially sorang pembaca villa ni, bahawa kenapa xde bahsa cina ka? jawapan yg didahulukan ialah tidak, sbb aku xreti bhs cina. post dlm villa ni pon dikuarkan dlm 3 bahsa je, melayu, english, tamil. itu la al-kisah villaserista.

satu lagi isu ialah berkenaan layout blog..sorang lg pembaca telah byk kali memaklomkan mengenai isu ketidakbolehan mengomen di blog ni, so, spt yg dh bgtau seblm ni, kami telah pertimbangkan, dan skang dlm fasa try n error utk menukar layout di arena yg len, kene ada trial dulu sblom tukar layout, takot nnt tukar, xleh komen plak...so apabila fasa trial tamat, akan ditukar layout yg mesra pembaca.

so, inilah updates terbaru utk villaserista, so teruskan bersama kami, baca post2 kami dan villaserista akan memulakan weekends@serista* di mana setiap weekend akan ada post yg menarik utk dibaca, so anda dpt mengunjungi kami dan enjoy pd hujung minggu. sekian, terima kasih. -villaserista-

*tertakluk kepada terma dan syarat serta resources.

week 6: part I

salam muhibbah kepada yg terus mengikuti perkembangan pengalaman LI aku. skang ni juz dok tunggu finish my practicals. ok we just continue to the story...

monday: arini, kami agak sibuk kerana kami telah lakukan keje menyibuk...sebabnya kami kene sambung tugas buat kajian tuh, nk edar questionaire/interview. so pagi tuh, lebey kurang 8.30 turun gi kk kat depan pkd je. masok2 ramai gak la ibu2 yg ada bersama anak mereka, so start je la kajian sambil observe, sume responden yg disoal selidik oleh aku mesra dan sgt membantu, so xde masalah la, juz continue je..lebey kurang kol 12, dh letih dah, xlarat nk cakap lagi, so balik opis, rehat2 jap sambil beronline...petang plak ingat nk gi sambong balik kajian, tapi kami buat kesimpulan sendiri yg petang xramai patient, so xyah gi la, sbb sv aku pon half day je..so apa lagi kami dengan rakusnya beronline...online punya online sampai cam2 berlaku kat fesbuk...klao ada org buat wall post, then ada la org yg nk komen dan kupas isu2 berkaitan sampai dh xjd berkaitan ngan wall post tuh. akhirnya tertubuh la plak semak wall club (sbb dok komen cam2 sampai dok menyemak wall org, kdg2 tuan punya wall, xkomen pon, org len plak yg jadikannya arena utk berbicara dan menyemak dan menyebabkan semah tumbuh meliar...so wat to do...kita komen je la...

selasa plak...pagi2 tuh dok tunggu kat opis tuh sebelom masuk bilik, sv aku tanya 'nk ikot tak, unit sekolah gi pulau amam?'...uishh aku terus menjadi gumbira...tapi dgn lantas 'tapi kene gi sendiri la sbb van dh penoh.' huh, kalo camtuh nk gi camana, takkan nk ikot nek motor blkg tuh kot, then member aku ni plak xde transport, dlm ati plak nk sgt pergi ctu...then aku kata xpela...(nk buat camana, keadaan tak mengizinkan dan keje kajian pon perlu berjalan)...then satu hari aku berduka cita...then, ingat nk gi klinik sambong buat kajian, masok2 klinik, todia eh, xde kanak2 ataupon ibu, yg duduk sumenya warga emas, sbb ari hipertensi n diabetes. so sbb xde potential 'mangsa' kajian, kami pon polang smola ke opis. bgtau sv aku yg xde mangsa kajian...dia plak satu ari tuh dok ada cam2 miting, so xde kat bilik dia, kami pon skali lagi ber'online' dgn rakusnya. sambong keje semak wall club. then, time nk balik tuh, tiba2 sv aku mai bgtau breaking news ni, 'sabtu ni mai cni ek, ada karnival kesihatan, u all buat yg cek berat bmi tuh la'. huhu dgn pasrahnya.......

rabu: rabu hari yg agak sedih n gembira. sbb apa? sbb arini sv aku ada training, tp dia kata kami xyah gi (tapi, bdk2 LI kat daerah pergi la plak), ada demo masakan kat KKIA sg bakap. so kami kene pergi ctu terus, xyah nk gi opis, then kalo xde keje, boleh balik terus. so planning awal nk buat skali kajian kat ctu lah..pagi tuh, punya la ramai ibu dan anak kat ctu, sampai kami nk berdiri pon xde tempat...bila ada kesempatan, kami ambil kesempatan nk soal selidik tuh la. then nk start demo dh, penonton: sorang, xpe la, at least ada org kan, ingatkan nk demo masak apa benda ntah, tgk2 target group utk bayi 7-9 bulan. 7-9bulan nk masa apa sgt...aku pon dok pk la sgt...tgk2 demo dia cuma la utk lecek makanan, bukannya nk masak apa2 yg sedap ke...huhu....tp xpe la, sbb ada aliran masuk maklomat ckit utk aku, i gained sumting, so ok la. then dh abes tuh, kami buat data entry ckit, then kol 12 dh abes keje, kami pon maklomkan kat SN dan balik.......sedih sbb demo dia xberapa dan happy sbb balik awal gler...

focus : pulau aman

salam sejahtera dan salam perpaduan. kali ni kita akan memfokuskan satu destinasi pelancongan. destinasi kali ni ke pulau aman. (ada org kata blog ni blog iklan, kalo iklan, selalunya pihak yg mengiklankan dpt untung atau bayaran tapi blog ni cuma berkongsi apa yg diketahui oleh villa bersama pembaca, kami xdpt bayaran, cuma memberitahu anda sedikit maklumat tambahan.

kalo bercakap sal pulau pinang, sume org tau sal pulau pinang ataupon pulau jerejak, tapi xbyk yg dikenali sal pulau aman atau island of peace, seprt namanya, pulau ni mmg aman dgn populasi seramai 300 org je yg kebanyakkannya kanak2, wanita dan org tua di pulau yg seluas 115hektar. antara tarikan di pulau ni tak la byk sbb pulau yg kecil dan rata2 penduduknya ialah nelayan, so tarikan di sini ialah memancing, jungle trekking, dan water sport. akses terdekat ke pulau ni ialah dr bukit tambun. skang ni dh bina jeti baru di batu kawan. jeti di bhgn pulau aman plak ada satu restoran nelayan terapung yg menunya berasaskan udang, mee udang dan nasi goreng udang.

eksplorasi di p.aman xlah byk sgt. ada satu jalan simen utk pejalan kaki sepanjang 4km, yg membawa pelancong ke pantai berbatu-batuan ekcil (pebbles) dan pokok kelapa. ada gak satu telaga yg dipanggil telaga emas yg terletak tepi pantai. air telaga ni xpernah kering dan walaupon di tepi pantai, airnya bersih suci dan takkan masin w/pon ditambah air laut. di sebelah p. aman ada setu lagi pulau iaitu pulau gedung. kalo nk gi pulau ni ada bayaran laen n kene sewa bot khas. tarikkannya adalah makam batu perompak dan gua lanun, sbb pulau ni dulunya tempat persembunyian lanun.

kalo anda nk ke p.aman, perlu keluar di exit bkt tambun dan ke jetinya. perkhidmatan bot bukannya sepanjang masa ttp hanya pd pukul 10am, 1,4 dan 7pm dr bukit tambun dan pkol 8am, 12, 3 dan 6pm. tambangnya lebih kurang RM 4 ke 6. program homestay dan chalet juga disediakan dgn kadar berpatotan. buah yg paling banyak kat cni ialah buah sukun/bread fruit.

pulau aman ni xleh dibandingkan dgn pulau pangkor/langkawi/kapas/redang or perhentian, tp kalo rasa nk tinggalkan kesibukan harian dan berjalan2 sepanjang pantai pulau ni boleh la. juz nk jalan2, or gi makan mee udang tuh. ada sorang pengunjung melaporkan yg dia dh pusing satu pulau dlm masa 1 jam setengah.

so decide for yurself nk dtg ke tak, kpd yg tinggal kat penang ni la. im planning to go wit my frens pada minggu depan....hehe...kalo nk ikot bgtau la.

focus : shreya saran

She is the one and only (ye ke?) debuting in more than five languages, moving ahead, bringing the Indian movie industry to greater heights and into the big business of hollywood, she is one of then, none other than the glamourous SHREYA SARAN. She is among the Indian actress who entered into multi-lingual Indian cinema industry which produces up to nearly 600-800 films a year of various languages. she is in more than five languages film industry inclusive of tollywood (telugu language), kollywood (tamil language), bollywood (hindi language), kannada film industry (kannada language) and also Hollywood.

Shreya Saran born in September 11 (tarikh bersejarah ni) 1982 is an Indian actress. She began her career acting in music videos while attending acting studio. Shreya's first opportunity in front of the camera came whilst she studied her second year at the LSR College in delhi, which she quit to participate for the shoot. Shreya first screen appearance was in the music video of Tirakthi Kyon Hawa, which she was given a chance to perform in by her dance teacher who had recommended her. The video shot prompt Ramoji Films to offer her the lead role in their film Ishtam. After her debut in Ishtam (2001), she gained Telugu cinema attention and in 2002 in Santhosham, her first major hit. Following that film, she appeared in several Telugu films with prominent actors and the same time making into Hindi and Tamil film industry. In 2007, Shreya became the national figure after her performance alongside with Super Star Rajinikanth in Sivaji: The Boss (most expensive film ever made in India at that time), after which she has signed several bollywood, kollywood and also hollywood film. She performs in leading heroine roles in high-budget films ranging from romantic comedies, drama, science fiction and also action films. Her most popular films include Santhosham (2002), Tagore (2003) and Sivaji: The Boss (2007). Shreya also made ads for brands like LUX and Head&Shoulders.
She made her Tamil movie debut in Enakku 20 Unakku 18 (2003). The film was an average hit at box-office, but it was more importantly a musical hit due to music composed by A. R. Rahman. She has made her comeback in Kollywood after a year in Tollywood through the film Mazhai. The movie did well at the box-office. She beat other top actresses for the lead role with Rajinikanth in Shankar's Sivaji: The Boss which is the most expensive Indian film till date after Dasavatharam. Most recently she appeared opposite Vijay in Azhagiya Tamil Magan, and lately Kanthaswamy and Thoranai

Her films by year and industry:

2001 – Tollywood – Ishtam

2002 – Tollywood – santosham
- Chennakeshava Reddy
- Nuvve Nuvve

2003 – Tollywood – Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu
- Tagore
- Ela Cheppanu
- Bollywood – Tujhe Meri Kasam
- Kollywood – Unakku 20 Enakku 18

2004 – Bollywood – Thoda Tum Badlo Thoda Hum
- Shukriya
- Tollywood – Nenunnanu
- Arjun

2005 - Kollywood – Mazhai
- Tollywood – Balu ABCDEFG
- Naa Alludu
- Sadaa Mee Sevalo
- Soggadu
- Subhash Chandra Bose
- Mogudu Pellam O Dongodu
- Chatrapathi
- Bhageeratha
- Bommalata

2006 – Kollywood – Thiruvilayadal Arambam
Tollywood – Devadasu
- Game
- Boss

2007 – Tollywood – Munna
- Awaraapan
- Tulasi
Kollywood – Sivaji: The Boss
- Azhagiya Tamizh Magan
Kannada - Arasu

2008 - Kollywood – Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan
Bollywood – Mission Istanbul
Hollywood – The Other End Of the Line
2009 – bollywood – Ek-The Power of One
Hollywood – What’s Cooking Stella?*
Kollywood – Kanthaswamy
- Thoranai
- Jaggubhai*
- Kutty*
- Chikku Bukku*

(*filming)


This pretty lady, whom for me has the characteristic of an actress to the range of hollywood. Whether her acting (is good or even satisfactory or worst maybe caused by ‘invalid’ expressions due to language barrier) is doubtful but the way she portrays herself in different roles and presents herself as an actress, breaking the traditional and homely type of actress rule, of course attracts many. Her dancing skills made her shine in most films making her songs usually super hits. However, some still do not like mainly coz of her brave attire choices unsuitable for the traditional Indian community and her invalid expressions. As she is currently becoming the famous actor in telugu and tamil, its better for her to learn the language and dub her own movies. Most of her tamil movies either performed fairly well or a super hit at the box office level, but she isn’t so lucky in tollywood facing up and downs. So we can look forward for her movies especially in tamil and English about 5 and 1 movie each in the near future. However, I like her because of her dancing skills and generally all her songs are usually hits. If you do have the chance to get a copy of her movies with subtitles do watch them. The Tamil movies which I would suggest are Sivaji and Azhagiya Tamizh Magan (both this films were screened in GSC, and only very few Tamil movies are screened, making a perception that only quality films make its way into GSC) and yes this movies are quality movies in terms of direction, music (slumdog millionaire fame AR Rahman) and technical terms.