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Rainy season is the blessing season to Cambodia and its people. It is the farming time. Farmer normally starts their farming in the early morning and end at the late evening. The main crop during the rainy season is rice planting.

One important notice of this year is the lightning kills many people and animal at the field and event in the city. The news reported that farmer who went out to do their farming were killed at the field. A few cases were dead as in group while they were serving at their land or outside the house to look after their animal. Others are individual who were killed by the lightning. A few days ago there was a lightning case that killed a young lady who came for chitchat with her partner at the riverfront where many people like to hang out.

After the lightning killed the young lady, the man who is her partner get on the motor and run away, kohsantepheap reported on Friday 15^th August 2008. And at the same week and this week there were a few other cases on the news reported to kill a few more people and animal. That is abnormal that something like this happen in Cambodia where it was not happen to be very frequent that the lightning kill people like this at all in the past.

I wonder whether it is because of the natural disaster or the loose of natural resources and as a result it brings this phenomenon? Maybe, it is because of the growing and expansion of magnetic area with all the cable and stuffs like that around the living area that’s why it causes such problems. In order to prevent or to avoid something like this happen then individual should be aware of that and should not go under the big tree or big light stand during the raining and not using any mechanic tools while it is raining. Prevention better than treatment!

In Phnom Penh this week there were a heavy raining for two days on Thursday and Friday in the evening betwwen 4 to 6pm. With 1 hour heavy raining can make the city flooded and as the result it was flooded in Phnom Penh. All the road were filled with raining water and this is not a good raining water as it mixed up with all the dirt that come up from under the ground.

During the rainy season, Phnom Penh face the difficulty of traffic jam and cause many motors and cars stuck on the road as they can move slowly one after another. The owner who control the vehicle seem not happy at all because some of them got their machince stop woring under the water on the road. Many houses and building a long the low road got wet and flooded inside the house.

After raining, the people will be likely to get sick if they don’t properly care for themselves because of the dirty flood in the city. It is very poison and bring lots of serious illness with all these dirty flooded water.

The water system is contructed everyday but it seems cannot solve the problem yet for now and i hope it will be better in a few more years to come. I hate raining in the city as i also face problem traveling a long the road during the flooded in the rainy season. Nothing we can do so i just come to complain.

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For every human being health is very important. Withouth having a proper good health people will be likely feel so lonely and sad from the society. Specifically for women’s health care, the breast cancer is one of the problem. Look for more detail about breast cancer information of Five Breast Cancer Myths.

German doctors have carried out a complete double arm transplant. This is a story of a 54 years old man that has lost his limbs when he got an accident 6 years ago. And it works miraculously how the doctor can help him. The full text of farmer has double arm transplant here.

INSTANT NOODLES
Dear instant noodle lovers,
Make sure you break for at least 3 days after one session of instant noodles before you eat your next packet! Please read the info shared to me by a doctor. My family stopped eating instant noodles more than 5 years ago after hearing about the wax coating the noodles - the wax is not just in the Styrofoam containers but it coats the noodles. This is why the instant noodles do not stick to each other when cooking.

If one were to examine the ordinary Chinese yellow noodles in the market, one will notice that, in their uncooked state the noodles are oily. This layer of oil prevents the noodles from sticking together.

Wanton noodles in their uncooked state have been dusted with flour to prevent them sticking together. When the hawker cooks the noodles, notice he cooks them in hot water and then rinses them in cold water before cooking them in hot water again. This process is repeated several times before the noodles are ready to be served. The cooking and rinsing process prevents noodles from sticking together.

The hawker then ‘lowers the noodles in oil and sauce to prevent the noodles from sticking if they are to be served dry. Cooking instructions for spaghetti require oil or butter to be added in the water when boiling the spaghetti to prevent the pasta from sticking together. Otherwise, one gets a big clump of spaghetti!

There was an SBC (now TCS) actor some years ago, who at a busy time of his career had no time to cook, resorted to eating instant noodles everyday. He got cancer later on. His doctor told him about the wax in instant noodles. The doctor told him that our body will need up to 2 days to clear the wax. There was also an SIA steward who after moving out from his mother’s house into his own house, did not cook but ate instant noodles almost every meal. He had cancer, and has since died from it.

Nowadays the instant noodles are referred as ‘ cancer noodles

SATAY LOVERS (BARBECUE)
If you all eat Satay, don’t ever forget to eat the cucumber, because eating Satay together with carbon after barbequing can cause cancer.
But we have a cure for that… Cucumber should be eaten after we eat the Satay because Satay has carcinogen (a cancer causing element) but cucumber is anti-carcinogenic. So don’t forget to eat the cucumber the next time you have Satay’s.

PRAWNS (SUGPO) VIT C
DO NOTeat shrimp / prawn if you have just taken VITAMIN C pills!!
This will cause you to DIE in ARSENIC (As) toxication within HOURS!!

PORK AWARENESS
Try this and see whether the pork you bought has worms. There goes with your ‘Bak Kut Teh’ for those who love it. Most men love to eat this so watch out before it’s too late. If you pours Coke (yes, the soda) on a slab of pork, wait a little while, you will SEE WORMS crawl out of it. A message from the Health Corporation of Singapore about the bad effects of pork consumption. Pig’s bodies contain MANY TOXINS, WORM and LATENT DISEASES.

Although some of these infestations are harboured in other animals, modern veterinarians say that pigs are far MORE PREDISPOSED to these illnesses than other animals. This could be because PIGS like to SCAVENGE and will eat ANY kind of food, INCLUDING dead insects, worms, rotting carcasses, excreta including their own, garbage, and other pigs. INFLUENZA (flu) is one of the MOST famous illnesses which pigs share with humans. This illness is harboured in the LUNGS of pigs during the summer months and tends to affect pigs and human in the cooler months.

Sausage contains bits of pigs’ lungs, so those who EAT pork sausage tend to SUFFER MORE during EPIDEMICS of INFLUENZA. Pig meat contains EXCESSIVE quantities of HISTAMINE and IMIDAZOLE compounds, which can lead to ITCHING and INFLAMMATION; GROWTH HORMONE which PROMOTES INFLAMMATION and growth; sulphur containing mesenchymal mucus which leads to SWELLING and deposits of MUCUS in tendons and cartilage, resulting in ATHRITIS, RHEUMATISM, etc.
Sulphur helps cause FIRM human tendons and ligaments to be replaced by the pig’s soft mesenchymal tissues, and degeneration of human cartilage.

Eating pork can also lead to GALLSTONES and OBESITY, probably due to its HIGH CHOLESTEROL and SATURATED FAT content. The pig is the MAIN CARRIER of the TAENIE SOLIUM WORM, which is found in its flesh. These tapeworms are found in human intestines with greater frequency in nations where pigs are eaten. This type of tapeworm can pass through the intestines and affect many other organs, and is incurable once it reaches beyond a certain stage. One in six people in the US and Canada has RICHINOSIS from eating trichina worms, which are found in pork.

Many people have NO SYMPTOMS to warm them of this, and when they do, they resemble symptoms of many other illnesses. These worms are NOT noticed during meat inspections.

SHAMPOO
Cancer-causing substance in shampoos. Go home and check your shampoo. Change before it’s too late… Check the ingredients listed on your shampoo bottle, and see they have a substance by the name of Sodium Laureth Sulfate, or simply SLS. This substance is found in most shampoos; manufacturers use it because it produces a lot of foam and it is cheap. BUT the fact is, SLS is used to scrub garage floors, and it is very strong!!! It is also proven that it can cause cancer in the long run, and this is no joke. Shampoos that contains SLS: Vo5, Palmolive, Paul Mitchell, L’Oreal, the new Hemp Shampoo from Body Shop etc. contain this substance.

The first ingredient listed (which means it is the single most prevalent ingredient) in Clairol’s Herbal Essences is Sodium Laureth Sulfate. Therefore, I called one company, and I told them their product contains a substance that will cause people to have cancer. They said, Yeah we knew about it but there is nothing we can do about it because we need that substance to produce foam. By the way Colgate toothpaste also contains the same substance to produce the ‘bubbles’. They said they are going to send me some information.

Research has shown that in the 1980s, the chance of getting cancer is 1 out of 8000 and now, in the 1990s, the chances of getting cancer is 1 out of 3, which is very serious. Therefore, I hope that you will take this seriously and pass this on to all the people you know, and hopefully, we can stop ‘giving’ ourselves cancer-causing agents.

Because of spending a lot of money for just entertaining your time at the pool and the prices are increasing everyday by using the sources to generate the power for the swimming pools. Today the solar energy can cut the cost of your expense and slow down your energy as well it keep the environment clean. The solar pool heaters is a wise long term investment for you.

There are reasons that why you want to change from using the normal power generator to the solar pooling heaters because you are effectively use the power with the new conventional. It is anyway cheaper than you spend for the other sources of energy.

After you get the solar pool heaters, you will have it install and ready to use at your pool. It is quite simple because it will lay on top of your roofs to generate the power for you. Especially at the hot season the power generator doesn’t work well and consume more to generate the power, but the solar energy works quite good with the light and start to generate good sources of power to use.

It is not going to work well if a cloudy day because your solar pool heaters need the clear day to absorb the sun light to generate enough power. However, it costs you less than to spend for a power generates by other kind of sources.

When a solar pool heater is used in conjunction with a solar pool cover though, you can expect your pool to be perfectly warm and comfortable for the majority of the swim season.

One thing that some people do is to have a conventional and a solar pool heater installed in their system and rely on the solar pool heater to bear the brunt of the heating work and use the conventional heater now and again for things like night time parties in the winter.

by Mr. Ieng Somonea, ADRA Food Security and  Mr. Bouy Kim Sreang, Department of Training and Research (MRD)

SODIS is a simple water treatment technology, which functions without electricity, running water, moving parts, or any other added inputs. Methodologically, it is developed using local materials and plastic bottles which are available in communities. It is developed for household use and provides safe drinking water for community beneficiaries.

SODIS in Cambodia

In Cambodia it started in 2004 (one year project) with 200 household in Preah Vihea province as pilot project (Phase 1). Its second phase (one year project) was in Siem Reap and Kamong Thom provinces with 4.000 households. And the third phase is in only Siem Reap, especially Peri-urban area (one year project).

SODIS Key Finding

Capacity of SOIDS markedly increased as a result of the trainings and meetings. The access to safe water from SODIS is perceived to reduce incidents of water born diseases.

CCs and VLs played important role in mediating and promoting communities to participation, contribution and information dissemination on SODIS, while PTs and LPs were facilitating local community participation through consultations, meetings. Many respondents believe that SODIS can be effectively used in dry season due to great level of sun light, but not rainy season. The SODIS methodology can be used with many different water sources as long as it is clear enough, no toxic substances.

Benefits of SODIS to community beneficiaries

According to respondents, water borne diseases are reducing such as diarrhea, stomachache, vomiting, and skin infections. They even believe that water from SODIS is safe and clean. With SODIS the resource depletion is reduced such as cutting or collecting fuel wood from the forest. 60% of respondents save money (from 0.00 up to $5.10 per month) by not buying fuel wood, and 60% of respondents save times (from 0.00 up to 17:00 hours) by not boiling water before consumption. 57% of respondents save fuel wood (from 0.10 up to 1.10 cubic meters per month).

SODIS Challenges

Some people still do not trust completely, as they are not sure the water from SODIS is safe (even dry and raining season). It is also hard to convince them due to their habits. 34% of responses stated that they always boil water. Insufficience of clean and clear bottles (in both rural and peri-urban areas) is one of the challenges for the project. In addition to the above mention, there is also limitation of following up activities at the household and community level, and selection of SODIS users is not paid much attention. Capacity of LPs and community beneficiaries in use and maintenance of SODIS are insuffient.

SODIS sustainability

However, SODIS sustainability is still problematic as a result of keeping bottles, numbers of bottles provided less than demands due to lack of follow up activities. 50% of respondents did not know what kind of bottle they need to use for SODIS (interviewing result). To ensure sustainability, we need to build capacity of VLs and community beneficiaries in use and maintain SODIS, and incentives program for LPs and Vls need to set up and perform effectively. In addition to these a regularly follow up activities need to take action.

Further assistance includes training on importance of clean and clear water to health needs to increase. The clean and clear bottles for exposing water at least 10 bottles per families need to be distributed. The coordination between SODIS project staff and local authorities needs to strengthen. SODIS project officers need to do supervision TPs and LPs regularly. SODIS users should be selected carefully based on their demand and willingness to contribute and use.

Conclusion

SODIS methodology is more active and better use in peri-urban than rural area. It is an appropriate option for potable water if education and bottle supply issues are worked out. It worked well for pro-poor with very little income and the forest area is very far away.

Just to focus only one factor of drinking can keep us healthy. For this is the coming of the hot reason in Cambodia. The hot temperature normally consume you a lot of energy unlike the normal temperature where you can sustain your strength longer. March is the beginning of the hot season after a few times of rain pouring to welcome the hot season where known to fall on in April during the Khmer New Year season.

So one important advice to make your healthy and sustain your energy then keep drinking more water daily. By doing this you avoid visiting the doctor frequently and save your expense as well. Rather than spending your money just to visit the doctor for a treatment then we spend it in other simple way by buying water to drink.

Well, i think is a bit funny but it is true. However, this is just one important factor where many other edges would be also available for good practices. I sometime experience very exhausted after sitting and work for the whole morning without drinking any drop of water. I bet it is just turn to be true to me and as well if you try to observe your daily activities with drinking and without drinking.

Why Water is So Simple Important? 

Water is a resource to renew your sources of energy every single minutes and everyday. So if you take the right amount of water in your body not just to keep your healthy avoiding from the fighting of any diseases. According to the research compare to eating and drinking water; Water is more effective to keep life longer.

Credited picture by Chesda. Eating is a good habit for healthy practice. Today eating is very important that help us to survive our lives and make healthy body. Together eating is also a problem if we don’t know how to eat properly with proper foods.

At the market, people sell different type of food that we can buy for our daily cooking. However, recently if you talk to people or your neighbors you will surely found that food is something that effect their health care. It is because of the chemical problem contains in every food. Fruits, meats, and every other thing at the market now contain the chemical that could lead to serious health problem.

I talk to people at my work place and they said, some of their family members got poison from eating fruits that sell at the market. Other said, they bought the meat from the market to cook and they had a serious vomit for several days. I had several time not well after eating fruits and a certain type of food too. That is bad new because we have to eat everyday but the quality of the food is different now. So we have to be very be careful eating our daily foods.