the emerging disease

i am feeling better right now, having gotten out of my depression funk. visited the pasar malam last night, and gorged myself on things i havent' eaten in a long, long while. the one good thing about malaysia is the pasar malam. i can't imagine going overseas and not enjoying the food from here. i absolutely love the free standing steamboats and their dips, the satays, the cakes, everything that i want to eat is there.and yes, the everpresent illegal dvd's and their porn material.i honestly thought they stopped selling those blue movies years ago. it is so degrading to see women being treated like that. Especially asian women. it just reminds me that asia is stil a third world country in many aspects no matter what the government claims to say.

anyways, the major topic today is about diabetes. i have seen more cases of diabetes in the hospitals when i went there. if one were to go to a ward, probably 4 out of 10 would have diabetes. and the consequences of having this diesase is severe.Not that other diseases aren't but the effects are so obvious that its scary for me to see.i saw a video about the diabetic foot for an hour today, and i was reminded of my visit to the hospital where i saw many elderly patients with the diabetic foot. to see an ulcerated foot is one thing for the patient, but not to have any sense of touch is another thing. it is also scary to note that diabetes is rapidly rising in many parts of the world.

with this in mind, i am definitely going to change my eating habits. still having the occasional ice cream and pizza, but not so much as before. and the most interesting part is that i haven't been to kfc for two months! its a record, considering i usually go there twice in a month.

today will be epidemiology, and not many ppl should be going for class. i will be going cos i just had my csu practice just now. my blood glucose level was 4.9 and i thought it was kinda low cos i didnt' fast and had two eggs this morning.

exam is one week away and i think i am finally going to the ball. i found out i've lost a bit of weight, but i'm 2 kg more to my ideal weight. i have 2 more weeks to lose it. lets see how it goes.