Today is my third day staying home due to flu and high fever. Lately it has been affecting me quite often. This year alone I had it thrice and down with 7 days of medical leave. For the past thirty years it was like once every four to five years. What has gone wrong?
Is it sign of ageing? Perhaps it is but I’ve kept to my daily exercises and watch my diet closely. For the past fifteen years, I would only drink a cup of sweetened drink per day and abstain from red meat to a certain extend. My annual medical check up is always good except for my cholesterol level which is slightly on the high side. So what happened then? Ahhhh…..perhaps it’s the occasional smoking. I realized when I smoke I would cough and followed by blocked nose and thus the flu. So smoking could be the culprit. Lets see if this is true.

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Last Saturday I was invited to join a day trip to Muar by the Police Co’op for officers who retired in 2008. Its good to meet up with old friends again. Some of them are still in the Force on reemployment and some were doing something else within the Ministry.
The trip of four coaches brought us to the Gersik hot spring where everyone had a “leg spa”. The water was so hot that if you are not careful may end up with “soup kaki”.
We then headed for lunch at a fruit farm and end our meal with the king of fruits, the durian. Ahhh… this could also be the contributing factor to my fever.
After lunch it was shopping at Jusco Tebrau and dinner at Senibung Seafood Restaurant. We reached home at 2300 hrs tired but enjoyed.







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Last week 7th July was my birthday. We celebrated it in the sky on the Singapore Flier. It was a bit irony though as I was afraid of height. Anyway I managed to endure the fear through out the thirty minutes. I guessed no one notice it. hehehehe

My DIY turntable has been spinning almost every night lately. It’s a joy to listen to and aesthetically it is also pleasing to look at. I’ve already installed a 2nd arm, Mission L74 with Nagaoka 110 cartridge. Now with 2 arms, it looks more “high end”, at least to me.
I am happy with this first DIY project.


Now, thinking of building a Horn Speaker using a full range driver. After some googling on the internet, I thought the Rear Horn enclosure designed by Fostex would be a better choice in terms of simplicity to build and its aesthetic look apart from it being acoustically tested.


Something like this. But this is Jericho Horn.



A timber supplier near home has agreed to cut the planks to size for a minimal sum. The question now is whether I am confident to build it as I do not have any formal woodworking background. A friendly forumer from an Audio forum has also agreed to build it for me for a sum.

If I want to save on cost, I have to take the risk building it.
If I want to ensure the project to be successful, then someone with skill needs to build it. But this may push the cost 80-90 % more. Urghhhhhhh…….

A good poetry I'd read somewhere. Just for sharing.
THOUGHT ABOUT PRAYERS

I got up early one morning
and rushed right into the day
I had so much to accomplish
that I didn't have time to pray
Problems just tumbled about me
and heavier came each task
'Why doesn't God help me?' I wondered
He answered, 'You didn't ask'
I wanted to see joy and beauty
but the day toiled on gray and bleak
I wondered why God didn't show me
He said, 'But you didn't seek'
I tried to come into God's presence
I used all my keys at the lock
God gently and lovingly chided
'My servant, you didn't knock'
I woke up early this morning
and paused before entering the day
I had so much to accomplish
that I had to take time to pray


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Today is Tini's 24th birthday but looking at her size, no one could tell.
We had seafood dinner to celebrate her special day at Makan Shiok.