Obama is white and christian, idiot!

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/131820/Malaysia-debates-possibility-of-Obama-like-leader

If you read through the above article, you just can't help how stupid
these people are to compare with a non-muslim candidate in Malaysia.

Obama may look black but his mother is certainly white. His white
grandmother feature prominently in his campaign.
He is certainly not Muslim either, rather a devout Christian.

It is understandable that the majority of US citizens are white and
christians. Obama, by having white christian upbringing and cultures
share the visions and aspirations of the majority white and christians
of the US populatioin.

Similarly for Malaysia. The majority of the citizens in Malaysia are
Muslims and Malay, and it is only natural that a Muslim Malay will be
the prefered leader for the majority of Malaysians.

I'm sure there are much smarter pure Blacks in USA compared to Obama,
but if they are not practising Christians and have Whte families and
upbringing, they will have no hope at the moment, or in the immediate
future. The only time this will happen will be when White Christians
were to become the minority.

Similarly for Malaysia. It will be too much and certainly undemocratic
if Chinese non Muslims were to be elected as the leader of Malaysia as
long as Muslims with Malay cultures are still the majority. The
equivalent to Obama in Malaysia or Indonesia will be a half-malay
muslim with non-typical Malay surnames to be chosen as leaders of
Malaysia or Indonesia. This is already happening as many of these
leaders are only half Malays, e.g. Mahathir, whose father is Indian.

The only racial bias barrier that Obama has overcome is his name.
Obama is not a White Christian name, Mahathir is a typical Malay
Muslim name. When names like Kee Mustapha were to be the Prime
Minister of Malaysia, it will be the day, Malaysia can match Obama in
racial tolerance, but Kee Mustapha is already a State Secretary of
Sabah, but very few people notice the chinese surname, Kee.

Dengue Stupidity and Platelet Donation

My wife nearly died because of our ignorance of dengue fever. It is so fortunate that she had taken a routine blood test. In that test, her blood platelet was 8 when normally it should be 200. If it were 5, she would have died.

The problem is that there was no warning at all. She only suffers slight fever. There was no clear blood spots but on the second more thorough inspection, there were tiny blood spots on her legs and hips.

The only sure way of detecting haemorrhagic dengue fever, is by taking a blood count test that costs about RM25, the moment you feel cold and your bones painful. Your bones, not the joints. That is why dengue fever is also called bone-breaking fever.

Once the platelet were replenished, she should be safe. It is not blood donation that is required but platelet donation. You can extract platelet from blood but it is not efficient. It requires about 16 litres to extract about 100 cc of platelet so it is very inefficient. This is what is done at Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

There is an excellent article regarding platelet donations provided by Malta Blood Transfusion Service.

It shows that pooled blood is more risky because there are many donors. Also the platelet machine at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, is painful and requires two insertion points. The machine at Sabah Medical Centre, uses only one insertion point for the vein and is less painful. The donor will feel cold and there is a danger of heart fluttering(jantung berdebar).

The cost per extraction is RM1000 but it allows donors to recuperate faster (2 weeks) despite spending more than an hour with the machine. We should wait for the day when machines can extract platelet efficiently even on normal blood that is already outside the body.

http://www.health.gov.mt/nbts/plateletph.htm