Guys, it's springtime at the stockmarket!

Confidence has started to trickle in at the stock market since four to five weeks ago.. time to buy and keep and lock in your profit at a percentage you are ready to accept. Do not miss this.. though I have just bought the government bond (sukkuk) out of sheer fear of a further tumbling and a wee bit late to enter but still enter I will just look at the plantation stocks... all have been rising.

I will also buy BSDREIT to get its regular dividend of more than 7% per annum, just to diversify my portfolios. TM also looks attractive for obvious reasons... time to trot in again.. gingerly? Hope the springtime will last for us to enjoy the summers!

Doctor, I have migraine......

A petite tudung-clad 14-year old girl came in today and when asked what she was suffering from, she said she had migraine. Wow! How clever of her to diagnose her own medical condition. When asked who told her she had migraine, she admitted that she had seen a private practitioner five days ago and was told that she was suffering from migraine.

When asked to describe her symptoms, she said she had frequent headache on one side of the head and usually accompanied by a slight nausea.... obviously the migraine medication had not given relief and her symptoms continued. Yes, a migraine attack can actually last for days and, in this instance, one would have been tempted to treat her as such... but something she said about feeling faint just before the so called headache, appeared to have rung a bell..... Ahah!

Everting her lower eyelids, one would have instantly noticed how pale they were! Blood test ordered based on that observation, showed her haemoglobin (oxygen-carrying red blood cells) to be 8 mg/dl (normal 12 to 14mg/dl)... the poor girl was suffering from anaemia, giving rise to frequent headache!... When probed further, she finally revealed that she often felt tired and weak and was having difficulties concentrating on her studies... Ahah!..

So, when you next visit a doctor, do not tell her/him of other doctor's diagnosis of your medical condition, but just tell her/him about your symptoms.