Baby born on plane.... HURRAH!!

It has been a while since I have heard about these kind of news. It is great news! BUT... lets not hope that many more pregnant women will attempt this just to get those free flights. (Airlines used to give them to women who gave birth on plane but I don't think it is that common now, but kudos to Air Asia who had done this) :

 

Baby arrives prematurely on AirAsia flight to Kuching

2009/10/22
Regina Lee
PUTRAJAYA: A baby boy arrived unexpectedly during an AirAsia flight to Kuching.
Liew Siaw Hsia, a 31-year-old waitress from Taiping, took the flight from Penang last night when she was just 27 weeks pregnant, a week shy of the recommended travel ban for pregnant mothers.

When she boarded the flight, she said that there was already some discomfort.

But 20 minutes into the journey, she started feeling contractions and the flight crew immediately made an emergency diversion to Kuala Lumpur.

"When I started feeling a lot of pain, I was still too nervous to ask for assistance. It was when I couldn't take it anymore that I asked the passenger beside me for help," said Liew.

She said that the flight attendants tried to calm her down and to hold on from giving birth, but the pain was too unbearable.

"They immediately asked the other passengers sitting around me to move elsewhere, and asked for a doctor on the PA system," she said.

On the flight was Dr Ronald Tang, another passenger, who quickly volunteered his services to the nervous mother while the cabin crew held her hand throughout the entire ordeal.

The baby was safely delivered in mid-air when flight AK 6506 was being re-routed to Kuala Lumpur.

As soon as the aircraft landed, a waiting ambulance and paramedics whisked the baby and mother to the Putrajaya Hospital here.

AirAsia director of operations Moses Devanayagam visited the mother and child yesterday to congratulate them, and to also present them both with free flights for life.

"I would like to congratulate Liew and wish her all the best of luck.

"Delivering a baby at 2,000 feet is indeed a very rare experience, and certainly she will cherish the moment forever," he said.


Flight AK5606 was on its way to Kuching but had to be re-routed to the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) in Sepang when a pregnant passenger told crew members she was in labour pains.
Liew Siaw Hsia, 31, gave birth through the normal delivery to a premature but healthy boy, who became the first born in an AirAsia aircraft.

Edd Razhe, the personal assistant to the AirAsia chairman, said when the pilot was informed of the emergency, he contacted the control tower requesting a re-route to LCCT.

"The ambulance was already at the airport to take the woman and her baby to Putrajaya Hospital," he said when contacted here, today.

Edd said although it was an emergency, situation in the aircraft was normal and under control.

AirAsia will provide a lifetime of free flights to both Liew and her son to all destinations. - BERNAMA

Malaysian food!! What's ours will be ours|!

Well well well... finally someone has spoken up!! I am tired of telling people that the famous belacan is not from Singapore, and that the coconut rice package that they sell in the stores in Chinatown is not Singaporean either but Malaysian. It's frustrating when we go to some of the Restaurants and they serve Singaporean noodle and laksa but... not MALAYSIAN NOODLE OR LAKSA. Has this ever happen to any Malaysians abroad out there??? Well, Winnipeg is a small city but to find your own hometown products being sold in other country's labels is absurd! I was quite insulted, when I asked the owner of the store near my home if they have Malaysia's belacan instead of Singapore's Belacan.... the answer is "Isn't it the same? Malaysia used to belong to Singapore right?? It's all from the same place" Oh!!! HeloOoo...?? I have tried to be patient with such people because hey, it is a big world, and there are many countries out there with many complicated histories that go waYyy back. I've even been asked 10 years ago when I first came here if we in Malaysia still lives on trees. The answer is yes!! we do it with style! We love to preserve our local ethnic cultures and beauty and the answer is also no not every one of us live on trees and if we do, we will think that that's a cool think to do. Malaysian government has been depending on the locals in Malaysia to educate the tourists about Malaysia over the years. We are not much in the news or limelights besides those pirate news that we occasionally hear on NBC, ABC or CBC. Really...................................... I love my Malaysian food. The first think I've tried to do when I took my in laws for the first time to Kuala Lumpur is to introduce them to the food haven in Malaysia. Oh yes..... have I even mention that the famous Malaysia Satay sauce is even sold under a different country's label here in Canada? It's sad,.. why don't anyone know much about my home? Don't Malaysians who live abroad talk about Malaysia? Mind you there are not many of us around so I think it's about time the Malaysian government do something about promoting MALAYSIA. Even our smaller neighbors are more popular.... Anyway, kudos to our tourism minister for her recent remarks. Here's what Yen Yen said.

How did this happen?

Rewind, rewind! As far as I remember it, extra curricular activities were mandatory back in the days when I was in elementary school back in Malaysia. It was fun, in fact we all compete with one another to participate. There maybe some kids out there who are wondering if we are from out of space, but truthfully, that's the most enjoyable part of my childhood! We have lots to juggle between schoolwork and extra activities such as language clubs, life-skills clubs, scouts, brownies, etc.... but we somehow manage. I guess without the X-BOX, Wii, and PS1, 2 AND 3, we crave for fun activities besides sitting in front of the tv or doing 300 math exercises a week. A typical Malaysian kid grown in the late 70's and early 80's would probably remember the home practices that we have in our schools when we spent hot evenings doing high jumps, long jumps and distance runs. Whatever happen to those activities today??? Here I am, sitting in front of my computer, and reading about slimming spas for elementary school kids in Malaysia! It sounded almost unbelievable to me. Whatever happen to mandatory sports practice after school, and the annual marathons that almost 100% of the schools in Malaysia would have? I must be missing a lot here being thousands of miles across the ocean. So, obesity have hit hard indeed, in Malaysia. I must still be living in "ga-ga" world to still think that I am FAT in Malaysia after having to always go for the LARGE or X-LARGE sizes there while I can fit into a size 6 here. Why am I surprise? I know I should not even be because obesity IS a worldwide issue, almost a global pandemic so why should Malaysia be left out, right? If all the kids are getting bigger, why aren't the Malaysian kids?? (My sarcasm). Perhaps children no longer appreciate the exercises in the hot Malaysian climate ( but mind you, I always think that's the best way to exercise!). They prefer air-conditioner room and hate the sweat. I may still live in "zaman kuno" (Malay for ancient times) for I think having air-conditioned classrooms in Malaysia is just a waste of money and totally unhealthy! I never had such luxury as a kid. Do I complain about the heat when I go home for holidays? Yes I do, but that doesn't mean that I will lock myself in an air-conditioned room all day. Taking a walk in the sun makes my skin healthier and the humidity felt so good (trust me, it's better than dry heat). So, what's wrong with the kids these days that they need to go to slimming camps and spas???? Aren't plain eating healthy, sleep well, and play healthy under the sun enough? The Malaysian government has been campaigning hard enough to combat childhood obesity. In fact, I have found some very good websites that give pretty good information about eating healthy and living a healthy lifestyle. Here are some: Nutriweb Obese children diet (in Bahasa Melayu) MASO (Malaysia Association for the Study of Obesity)