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December 20, 2012
Marijuana Isn't a Pain Killer—It's a Pain Distracter
One of the chief arguments for the legalization of medicinal marijuana is its usefulness as a pain reliever. For many cancer and AIDS patients across the 19 states where medicinal use of the drug has been legalized, it has proven to be a valuable tool in managing chronic pain—in some cases working for patients for which conventional painkillers are ineffective.
To determine exactly how cannabis relieves pain, a group of Oxford researchers used healthy volunteers, an MRI machine and doses of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. Their findings, published today in the journal Pain, suggest something counterintuitive: that the drug doesn't so much reduce pain as make the same level of pain more bearable.
"Cannabis does not seem to act like a conventional pain medicine," Michael Lee, an Oxford neuroscientist and lead author of the paper, said in a statement. "Brain imaging shows little reduction in the brain regions that code for the sensation of pain, which is what we tend to see with drugs like opiates. Instead, cannabis appears to mainly affect the emotional reaction to pain in a highly variable way."
As part of the study, Lee and colleagues recruited 12 healthy volunteers who said they'd never used marijuana before and gave each one either a THC tablet or a placebo. Then, to trigger a consistent level of pain, they rubbed a cream on the volunteers' legs that included 1% capsaicin, the compound found that makes chili peppers spicy; in this case, it caused a burning sensation on the skin.
When the researchers asked each person to report both the intensity and the unpleasantness of the pain—in other words, how much it physically burned and how much this level of burning bothered them—they came to the surprising finding. "We found that with THC, on average people didn't report any change in the burn, but the pain bothered them less," Lee said.
This indicates that marijuana doesn't function as a pain killer as much as a pain distracter: Objectively, levels of pain remain the same for someone under the influence of THC, but it simply bothers the person less. It's difficult to draw especially broad conclusions from a study with a sample size of just 12 participants, but the results were still surprising.
Each of the participants was also put in an MRI machine—so the researchers could try to pinpoint which areas of the brain seemed to be involved in THC's pain relieving processes—and the results backed up the theory. Changes in brain activity due to THC involved areas such as the anterior mid-cingulate cortex, believed to be involved in the emotional aspects of pain, rather than other areas implicated in the direct physical perception of it.
Additionally, the researchers found that THC's effectiveness in reducing the unpleasantness of pain varied greatly between individuals—another characteristic that sets it apart from typical painkillers. For some participants, it made the capsaicin cream much less bothersome, while for others, it had little effect.
The MRI scans supported this observation, too: Those more affected by the THC demonstrated more brain activity connecting their right amydala and a part of the cortex known as the primary sensorimotor area. The researchers say that this finding could perhaps be used as a diagnostic tool, indicating for which patients THC could be most effective as a pain treatment medicine.
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""CBD (Cannabidiol). It is one of approximately 70 Cannabinoids, the most well known being THC. CBD is an amazing compound, it can be used to treat chronic pain, anxiety and other mood disorders, as well as being a neuro-protectant and a very promising anti-cancer drug. CBD's value in treating chronic pain is enhanced over THC because it is non-psychoactive.
CBD works against pain primarily in the peripheral nervous system. It does not work like typical pain meds by effecting the central nervous system; it works at the neuro-synapse. When we sustain injuries, often the pain is acute and disappears completely. Other times we have persistent or intermittent pain, however, with many disorders the pain is either part of the underlying problem itself (Multiple Sclerosis, Rheumatoid Disease, etc ) or the pain becomes a syndrome of it's own. In other words, the pain takes on a life of it's own and is now crippling the patient.""
From: http://canchewbiotech.com/pain-management-and-cbd
There's case studies clinical trials in the website posted above. Please get educated; stop the propaganda.
THC is not the only active component in Cannabis. There are 483 different identifiable chemical constituents known to exist in cannabis.
Almost sounds preferable to me. Killing pain altogether can be dangerous, your body uses it to inform you of problems for a reason.
Well this misses the point entirely, doesn't it? Does anyone who knows anything about this field (even as a layman) really expect THC to be the saviour when it comes to pain?
@Midian: Plenty of people are already well aware that there is a problem and could really do with a break from the pain to help them either (a) deal with said problem or (b) continue to live a normal life.
Certainly, there are many other active components in Cannabis, but when they are all mixed together in the natural herb, they affect each other's action, and make it harder to link particular effects to any one chemical. Now that the researchers have a baseline for how THC affects brain activity, they should compare these results to those obtained from patients using the whole herb.
were there healthy volunteers, meat-eaters?
I think if they looked at vegan or vegetarians, they might come to different conclusions. -
Hey Sam,
Where did you learn that vegans and vegetarians had nervous systems that functioned differently than meat-eaters?
@Gustavo: "CBD works against pain primarily in the peripheral nervous system. It does not work like typical pain meds by effecting the central nervous system; it works at the neuro-synapse."
This statement doesn't make much sense. You say that CBD does not affect the central nervous system like most pain meds, but then you say it works at the neuro-synapse. First, the brain (which contains these "neuro-synapses" which are the small gaps between neurons where messages are transmitted) is part of the central nervous system. Second, the synapses are where ALL medicinal/drug effects take place in the brain. Thus, based on what you stated, CBD would work like other pain meds.
Just, please… stop typing. Please read some books on communication and critical thinking and then come back to the internet.
Anyone who is familiar with marijuana could have told you this was the case, I'm surprised the researchers found this to be a new development. Why would people think its a painkiller in the first place? The researchers are obviously pretty uninformed
Sam, how so? What would be the difference between veg*s and meat eaters?
No they were not vegans, it says they chose *healthy* volunteers. Also, this has no bearing on this unimpressive study…
Anything that helps. I hate suffering!
well dude, that's like…your opinion…man
You did forget to mention CBDs, which have been credited as providing the pain killing effects we find in certain strains of cannabis. If my memory serves me. . . THC is responsible for the psychoactive effects which provide us with the indicators that the cannabis is effective. CBDs on the other hand for me is less detectable even in percentages as high as 10% which is hard to find in most strains, only the ones specifically cultivated for their pain killing properties such as the strain Harlequin. I'm no doctor, but who wrote this article that fails to mention the other chemicals besides the widely known THC?
This reminds me of the old fable about the drunk man searching on hands and knees for something under a street lamp late one night
A friend of his walks by and asks him what he's doing on his hands and knees in the dark…
The drunk man answers "searching for my key"
So the friend helps the drunk man and starts to look around for the lost key
After a number of minutes, the friend asks, "Where exactly did you drop it?"
The drunk man waves his arm back toward the darkness. "Over there, in my house."
The friend, bewildered, asks, "Then why are you looking for it out here?"
"Because there is more light here than inside my house."
had they used the entire plant (containing all of the cannabinoids) in their research instead of merely THC tablets they might have discovered something much more useful.
Wow, significant bias shown in this 'science', and no mention of the relaxant or vasodilation effects of marijuana – these two characteristics alone can account for the treatment of most common types of muscle pain and migraine. If the blood-viscosity ruducing effects of asprin are considered to be analgesic, then so must the vasodilation effects of marijuana, which is arguably far more effective.
Why does this not just make it a different type of "pain killer"? Our everyday conception of pain seems to be a bit confused when you split the previously simple concept into multiple parts.
Ex.) What does this mean, "same level of pain"?
A child who is scared of getting a shot will experience more pain from the act because the body has been conditioned to create a larger pain response to the same level of input. This is not merely a matter of perception, but it actually hurts more. Comparing this child to one who is not scared, is their "level of pain" the same? If yes, does that not seem misleading considering one is in more pain? If no, does marijuana work in this manner, and thus actually change the "level of pain" experienced?
@Sam: I'm curious where you're going with this. What's your idea?
Last paragraph – it's amygdala, not amydala :)
This is not a study, this is propaganda. I wonder who is funding these people. From the methodology to the wording, it is clear that there is an agenda here to dismiss the use of medical marijuana. A serious study would have talked about affecting stimuli vs. affecting threshold, not about killing the pain vs. getting you distracted (high).
I have an injury right now and I tried both opioids and marijuana. I feel much less impaired with marijuana and can go through my day and work better. I'm also much less concerned with addiction, since opioids are much more addictive than marijuana.
You do have to be quite savvy to use marijuana, carefully chose a high CDB strain (please note the study uses only THC), carefully find the right dosage for you, etc. With opioids is much easier, you just give money to a big pharm company…
Opiate based meds which are over prescribed and wildly abused and addictive don't kill pain either. They just make you not care that you are in pain.
I feel like this study is a little bit too conclusive based on the results. For one, saying that it is not like typical pain killers in the amount that individuals react to the drug is illogical, different people require different doses of pain killers to gain the same effect, so why would this not be the same with THC? Also, I have trouble trusting a study with 12 participants, in my opinion that is way too small of a sample size for a study containing as many variables as this.
This looks like a small but good study. The questions above, about this only testing one cannabinoid of the many in marijuana, is a good point. This is how science works, small building blocks of good, double blind studies adding knowledge to our baseline of understanding the world. Often leading to more questions (peer review).
If this is how MJ works in pain management it is a good thing! The side effects of narcotics in chronic pain treatment can be horrendous. Sounds like all physicians should consider MJ in combination with lower doses of narcotics for pain management over 3 days. We need some serious research in this country , kudos to these Oxford researchers.
"THC, the active ingredient in marijuana"
How does the world not know about CBD yet? THC this, THC that. CBD is the wonder ingredient that everybody needs to be talking about.
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/can-cannabidiol-cbd-fight-metastatic-cancer-according-to-the-latest-research-the-answer-is-yes-170681736.html -
The plants in the picture is in horrible shape you monsters! It hurts looking at them. Please fix them and take better care in the future. Thanks
Junk study. Gave them THC in a pill, not MJ in its natural form. So now we know that THC in pill form does not block pain in the same way as an opiates. And nothing more.
This article is trash.
The Smithsonean isn't even credible. About anything. They have an agenda, their research reflects it, and they suck at hiding it to anyone who does 30 mins of research. They were even attacked at the TEDtalks.
I've been a chronic pain sufferer for twenty plus years and I agree that cannabis works best for me as a pain distracter. I've noted that in my stories when being published. But I think most important here is: it is effective in helping chronic pain sufferers cope with pain and improve their quality of life. We should not be concerned if it kills pain or not. It's safe and effective and that is what is most important. Peace..DD
I also believe that the effect in pill form is different from that of the original way it is to be taken in the body. The pill already has something mixed into it to make it into medicinal form while the original has not been tainted thus giving the pure effects of the plant. Thus, this study has not really proven much since it is expected to yield a different result in the first place.
as someone with a chronic pain condition…i have used both opiates and cannabis…for ME opiates are pain distracters (as in they simply don't work very well for me) while cannabis actually alleviates my pain. opiates and cannabis work on different bodily systems: opiates on the central nervous system and cannabis on the limbic system…
This is an interesting article, that I can personally identify with. I am not a pain patient (thank God since I am highly allergic to the opiod class drugs) but during one personal episode I found the use of marijuana to allow me to ignore the pain.
Rob -
Since when should we accept anything published by any government agency? They all follow their stringent agenda that's formulated by agencies who publish propaganda and studies that are aimed at a certain objective. Do you believe 100%, 80%, 50%, 20% of what this government tells the public?
Do your own DD and research independent agencies that are not backed by any govt.
$$$. -
Medical persons will tell you that when you take "pain killers" it actually prevents your body from healing that area as well. The findings should support the use of Canabinoids as a medical product. I think it's strange that they didn't talk about CBD or any of the other canabinoids but talked about THC… which has been well documented not to be a pain killer.
All I know is when I use it for my I.B.S. pains from colonic spasams the pain does not become bearable it disappears completely
I cannot believe that this article mentioned nothing about the other cannabinoids. CBD, CBN and others are extremely important in treating pain along with THC
Wow what a joke of a publication.
See ya…never will read you again.
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LTB said:ah, kind of a young'n huh? how old are you? stick with it. Your beat showed some knowledge of music.Classes are good to take and learning music theory will be a huge asset, not just for beats, but for life in general . If you haven't already, you should learn piano or some instrument because, not only is it good to know, but it will be a world of help especially when using MIDI. I barley know any music theory, but enough to get by. I learned a little guitar by ear when I was 7 years old and took lessons for a few years. Guitar it's what sparked my interest in beat-making and helped shape the way I "composed" music. Good luck to you my dude.
Jake Beighey said:Yeah My parents said if I take some music classes, and get good grades this year they'll buy the full version and help me with the midi stuff.
LTB said:oh man, that sucks! I've been there before. I used to have to do the same thing. I could never save any beats and always had to make them in one siting because I couldn't save them. A headache.
Jake Beighey said:Yeah I know what you mean. I have the demo version of Fl for now so I can't re-open anything so I had to work with the beat i had open and thats the only accapela that would fit the beat. I have other beat but i couldn't re-open them.
LTB said:thanks everyone! Jake, I had a hard time getting into it. the vocals seem to drift off and on beat.
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THE SHREVEPORT TIMES Tuesday, June 26, 1973 7rB. Selber Gift Resulted in Heart Unit When Mandel Selber Sr. died; in 1967, his widow, Mrs. Annette' Wiess Selber, wanted some type of memorial which would be appropriate for him. Her immediate reaction, ac-cording to an earlier interview with her son Mandel C. Selber Jr., "was that she wanted to do something that would advance the treatment of heart patients in the Shreveport area." The $18,000 donated by the Mandel C. Selber Sr. Memorial Fund for the Confederate Me-morial Medical Center's Coro-nary and Medical Intensive Care Units was the impetus which started plans for such a unit, according to Dr. Marion C.j Hargrove Jr., head of the Department of M e d i c i n e at Confederate and the LSU School of Medicine. The money was donated by the memorial fund and a supplemental gift given by his widow. Selber said his father was a heart patient 10 years before he died in Houston after under-going heart surgery. "Dad suffered an aneurysm," Selber explained, "We couldn't get to Houston for eight hours because planes didn't fly." "He was already in shock by the time the doctor operated. The operation was a technical success, but his kidneys did not work," he added. Selber said that he hopes his family's contribution to' Confederate will open doors to| other private contributions. Mrs. Selber also said that she wanted the money to go to an agency with a special need, to help local people. Hargrove said the new units will significantly help provide for a level of care for critically fill people at Confederate. At the time of his death, Mr. Selber was a director of the National Retail Merchants Asso-ciation and held active member-ships in the Shreveport Rotary Club, Shreveport Petroleum Club, Shreveport Masonic Lodge No. 115, the Shriners, The Elks and B'nai Zion Temple of which he was a former director. Checking The Monitoring equipment at the nurses station of the new Coronary Care Unit at Confederate Memorial Medical Center are (left to right) Dr. Stephen Glasser, head of the unit, and Dr. Marion C. Hargrove Jr., head of the Department of Medicine. (Times Photo by Billy Upshaw) Special Units to Open at Confederate By MARGARET MARTIN Times Medical Writer The Mandel C. Selber Sr. mem-morian Coronary and Memical I n t e n s i v e Care Units at Confederate Memorial Medical Center will open this week, according to Dr. Marian Har-grove Jr., head of the Depart-ment of Medicine. The units are being named after Mr. Seller because the Mandel C. Selber Sr. Memorial Heart Fund donated $18,000 for the facilities 'and this original grant provided the stimulus for starting the centers," Hargrove said. Although at such state centers as the Texas Medical Center, Houston, Tex., memorials and gitts are routine, they are unusual at Confederate. Mr. Selber was president of Selber Bros, when he died in 1967, a position to which he was detected in 1960. The initial estimated cost for the units was $143,234, but bids for three Confederate projects, including also the surgical inten-sive caie units and the radiation therapy cobalt unit totaled $604,273. Hargrove said the new units will improve patient care and make a major contribution to the training program of the LSU Medical School students, and Confederate residents and in-terns. "The units will make it pos-sible to concentrate the seri-ously ill patients in one area with the proper personnel and other resources necessary for their total care," he said. Presently, both heart patients and seriously ill patients are kept in the regular wards, Hargrove said. The units could be filled the day they are open, he added. The four Coronary Care Unit (CCU) beds are divided into separate curbicles, all of which can be watched from a central nursing station. The Medical Intensive Care Unit (ICU) includes six open rooms and two isolation sec- I tions. Two nurses' stations can see into every room. Monitoring equipment in each room includes a heartbeat moni-tor and module capabilities to check the patient's temperature i and 'blood pressure. At each desk is sophisticated electronic equipment which — monitors every heartbeat. In the CCU, for instance, there is a memory bank to record each patient's EKG (heart beat) prior to, during and after an irregular heart-beat. After the nursing person-nel has seen about the patient, the tape can be kept and played back. Monitoring equipment at the' nurses' station can record the patient's heart beat prior to the time he has an irregular beat; sound an alarm, and print an EKG (heart beat) tape when the beat is irregular; and record the beats of four patients on a closed circuit television screen. When a patient in the CCU needs to be watched wittr special care, a more sophisticat-ed monitor can be hooked up to any one of eight irregularities which might occur, or a trend record can be set which tapes the EKG over a 24-hour period. Nancy Hess is supervisor of the units. Head nurses are Jackie Bos-tick, CCU; Sarah LeBlanc. ICU and Jean Durr, relief head nurse. Other nurses are Pat Gould, B r e n d a Grant, Pam Hanna, Alice Reaux; Ginger Russell; Sharon Walters, Jim Wheeler, Kathy Boening, Irene Finklea, Doris Martin, Kim Beaourgeois and Margaret Jones. Nurses aides are Hazel Smith, Pearlet-ta Smith, Adele Moore, George Le Mans, Janis Carmack and Jessie J. Roberts. Nurses will be involved in an active in service training pro-gram on a continuing basis, Glasser said. Mrs. Bostick is in charge of the program. The program will start next month. Mrs. Bostick said, and both local and visiting speakers will discuss the latest tech-,, niques for nursing. Most of the nurses have [completed a five-week, 40-hour | course which included every phase of cardiac amd ICU nurs-ing. The surgical units and the cobalt therapy units will be o p e n i n g later this summer, according to Dr. Rod M. Yea-ger, director of Confederate.
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Title | Selber Gift Resulted in Heart Unit ; Special Units to Open at Confederate |
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Glasser, Stephen P. Coronary and Medical Intensive Care Units (Confederate Memorial Medical Center - Shreveport, La.) Confederate Memorial Medical Center (Shreveport, La.) Funding |
Notes | photo of Marion C. Hargrove, Jr. and Stephen Glasser. |
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Date | 1973-06-26 |
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Charlie and his wife, Kristine, both members of the Englewood Shell Club, live in Boca Grande most of the year and visit Illinois from time to time. They both grew up outside of Rockford, Ill. and were friends for many years before marrying. The family has grown since their marriage in the early 1980s, and now includes their four kids – Elizabeth, Alison, Andrea and David – and 10 grandchildren.
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"They had a class where you design a residence, and the professor suggested I might be interested to pursue architecture as a career," he said. "It turns out it was the right thing to do."
He then transferred to the University of Illinois and graduated with honors with a degree in architecture in 1965. He earned an M.A. at Columbia in 1966 and immediately went to work for Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, the firm responsible for designing the Hancock building and the Sears Tower, Charlie said. The three years he spent there made him eligible to obtain his professional license.
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Kristine had graduated from Washington University in St. Louis and had since been working for a newspaper in Rockford and doing some promotional work for the firm for which he was a partner, Winters, Barr, and Hynes.
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But as an architect and designer his first experience with the shells that line our beaches, with their variety of colors and shapes, was fascinating.
That fascination, Charlie said, grew into a more serious studying and collecting habit. He began making his compositions to serve as a reminder of where he'd been when he returned to Rockford after their visits.
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"We've been collecting shells in Florida, Texas, California, Oregon, Washington, in the Caribbean, the Bahamas, Venezuela, Mexico, Canada, Fiji and the Philippines," he said. "Each of these is a reminder of where we've been. They're interesting to have around and look at and they're also mementos of the places we've been and the people we were there with."
Because they were familiar with Sanibel, it was only natural they'd find their way to the Sanibel Shell Show in 1993, when Charlie began entering shows. He has always entered pieces in both divisions, scientific and artistic, which he said few people do. Sanibel's show is the largest annual show in the state, held the first or second weekend every March, Charlie said. He is also involved in production there, helping arrange and design layout for more than 200 of the exhibits. The show is typically attended by 4,000 people – even more if it rains.
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If you can use a 2-3/4" barrel, this is the biggest barrell, and the biggest sweet spot of any bat I have ever seen. And its still a -10. Only taken a couple swings but its dropping bombs!
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Phil Vassar (born May 28, 1964 in Lynchburg, Virginia) is an American country music artist, most notable for his songwriting and use of a piano as his most prominent backing instrument. Prior to signing with Arista Records in 2000, Vassar's songwriting talent was no stranger to the airwaves, penning number-one hits for some of the most popular country artists of the late 1990s: Jo Dee Messina ("Bye, Bye" and "I'm Alright"), Alan Jackson ("Right on the Money") and Tim McGraw ("My Next Thirty Years" and "For A Little While").
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Phil Vassar (born May 28, 1964 in Lynchburg, Virginia) is an American country music artist. Vassar made his debut on the country music scene in the late 1990s, co-writing singles for several country artists, including Tim McGraw ("For a Little While", "My Next Thirty Years"), Jo Dee Messina ("Bye, Bye", "I'm Alright"), Collin Raye ("Little Red Rodeo"), and Alan Jackson ("Right on the Money"). In 1999, he was named by American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) as Country Songwriter of the Year.
Later that same year, Vassar was signed to Arista Nashville as a recording artist. His debut album, Phil Vassar, was released in early 2000; it produced five hit singles on the U.S. Billboard country singles charts and was certified gold in the United States. He followed it in 2002 with American Child, Shaken Not Stirred in 2004, and finally Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 in 2006 before Vassar left the label for Universal South Records. His first album for that label, Prayer of a Common Man, was released in early 2008. He has charted nineteen singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including two Number Ones: 2000's "Just Another Day in Paradise" and 2004's "In a Real Love".
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It is hard to define what creates the mystique & magic that surrounds the shag. The dance itself is a simple little step that drifted inland after it was concieved along the coast of North & South Carolina. The basic, the central element of the shag, is meant to be improvised upon by the individual dancers. The music is a mix of classic rhythm & blues, country, pop, & everything in between. The dance clubs are a combination of your favorite local pub & shrines to the past. The people are carefree & fun-loving. Add all of this together & you get the shag. Let us guide you on your trip into the shag world. Whether you are new to the dance, looking to pick up some new steps, or are trying to shine up your style we have an option to help you reach your goal!
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I think you guys are right. I should appreciate the fact that my dad accepted me for who I am. After all, he still talks to me and we still hang out together laughing and stuff like that.
But beneath all that, I know that he's uncomfortable of my sexuality, but in due time I think he'll get over it. My act of wanting to bring Zach along was due to the fact I wanted things to happen faster while I guess the discomfort zone my dad is having just couldn't take the sight of his son with another guy yet.
So all in all, I think my act was for good intention but just merely at the wrong time. My dad was merely expressing his discomfort which is the rightful thing to do.
Thus, I made up my mind, I'll be going back to Ipoh next weekend for a get together with my family since my sisters are on holiday as well. My parents will be delighted to have all their 3 children back at the same time. It's truly wrong of me for not giving them this happiness if I don't go back just because I had ill feelings due to dad's inability to accept Zach yet.
RPM classes rock big time! I just lost another 2kg! Let's hope I keep this up and I get my ideal body soon!
By then, I'll just look into the mirror and wank. Lol. Yes, I'm narcissistic.
On a side note, Fitness First at Menara MBF kinda sucks for the lack of variety of gays. I've seen sissies most of the time and a few non sissy ones. But sadly, there were hardly any gays with a good face. For me, I think facial features comes first, then body, then the personality.
Yes, I'm shallow.
I'm deprived of durians. Last Friday we canceled our trip to Shanghai 10 as we accidentally slipped our mind that our new colleague has restriction to consuming food in non-halal places (Shanghai 10 sells pork dishes). That kinda made me upset a little but I went ahead and asked for a takeaway of durian pancake but it was just alright.
Then yesterday I decided I should just eat the real durian instead of all these substitutes of the real thing after my gym session. Much to my horror, it was raining when I was done with RPM and weights. With durian in my mind, I endured the raindrops and headed for a bus to go home.
Guess what?
The durian stall was not open because it was raining! FML
But, Miao informed me that there's this damn jeng durian buffet in Melaka and said we could head over there during our trip to Melaka. However it's RM35 per adult which is quite steep.
But hey, look at the varieties of durian served in their orchard! They even have Cibei No 7! Yes, they serve Cibei! Lol.
But I'm not sure if my dream will come true as half the Nuffies are against this. :(
*Crosses my finger that this will materialize*
A friend of mine has been rotting in Ipoh for 2 months and asked if I could go back Ipoh and accompany him as he's dead bored. I understand that it's always mundane to be in Ipoh but wondered why would he be in Ipoh for such a long time. He told me that he'll be in Ipoh for quite awhile and uncertain when he would be leaving.
At first I thought he lost his job or committed a crime in Singapore (he was working there the last I heard) so he's hiding in Ipoh or something. But it turned out to be something bigger.
His dad was diagnosed with liver cancer at terminal stage thus he's spending all the time with his family nowadays.
I felt sorry to hear the news. As I'm not good with consoling words, I told him that I'd be coming back the next weekend so I'll be able to talk to him in person.
This literally reinforced what I believe in life all the time.
Life is short, You should enjoy every single moment of it with everyone you care if you can. That's the sole reason why I live my life to the fullest every single day. However, I think have not been spending enough time with my family.
From now on, I'll start to think more of dad, mum and my sisters and try my best to get back regularly, yea? :)
I think I grew a little these few weeks (Not my dick size, I think it's fixed unless I go for penile enlargement which I don't think I need to) and I think the credit goes to you, my dear readers for giving such wonderful opinions on my life's happenings. Many many thanks. :D
P.S. I have a plagiarizing-Mahathir syndrome now. I use snippets as titles for entries like these from now on, okay? Lol.


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