Growing up with Ed!

Antibiotics causing thrush ?

Awesome Guy — Wed, 19 May 2010 18:49:08 +0000

Well I must say this, parenting is a tough job but it’s definitely worth every minute.
Watching my son grow each and every day, learning new skills is ever so entertaining.

Lately there have been ups and downs. He’s 9 months now and such an amazing kid. Recently we had to get him to go see the doctor as he had croup.
It was quite frightening at first as I thought he had difficulty in breathing with the sounds he made.
He was also prescribed with antibiotics to help reduce swelling of his throat and such.

He has recovered from croup, however there appears to be some side effects from the antibiotics treatment.
Quite recently he had started developing thrush around his inner lips on and his tongue. I first noticed this 2-3 days ago which I calmly though it was due to weather causing his lips to dry up.
My wife figured out it was thrush. Googling around, it appears thrush does occur when one is under antibiotic treatment.

What happens is best explained below (taken from Yakult FAQ page, after finding out that acidophilus helps treat thrush) :

When taking a course of antibiotics, some of the beneficial bacteria in the digestive system may be destroyed. The resulting imbalance of the intestinal flora may result in problems such as thrush or diarrhoea. Drinking Yakult with its unique strain of bacteria has shown to be most helpful in re-establishing a balance of beneficial bacteria in the digestive system during antibiotic treatment.

Well, it looks like I’ll be giving him some taste of Vitagen, Yakult and Yoghurts for the next few days in hopes it will help reduce thrush. InysAllah.

Hobby 01 : TMNT Technodrome

Awesome Guy — Sun, 02 May 2010 03:00:30 +0000

Hey all… Can’t believe I left this for quite sometime.
I’ve been busy moving.. cleaning up the new place.. working and a hell load of things.

I’ve decided to add a new addition to my blog which is Hobby… Yeah, I actually have one!
Heres the thing… I’m a kid who grew up in the 80’s and 90’s.. Back then it was Transform and Roll Out! Cowabunga! and Turtle Power!

As I grew up watching those Saturday morning toons, interests towards their action figures never have really died down.
I started digging up my old toys one day and realized many more people out there were just like me.

Well I don’t want to go into much more details but here is a lil peak of what came to the doorstep just recently.

UnseenTV

Awesome Guy — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:31:58 +0000

During my stand up act, UnseenTV were there to record.

We were all interviewed at the end and here’s the clip from UnseenTV.

Stand Up

Awesome Guy — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:32:51 +0000

This was the first time I have ever done stand up comedy.
February 4th 2010 marked the first time ever at Velvet Underground, Zouk, KL and definitely will not be my last.

Comedy Thursday was organized by the awesome people from TimeOut KL Magazine.

The feeling is overwhelming when you get the crowd into your joke. I must admit I was pretty damned nervous to get on stage.
I still need to improve a lot on my delivery and set up. Practice makes perfect and thats exactly what I plan on doing.

A special thanks to Arshad Zhafri, my best buddy who found out about Young Comedians of Malaysia for me.

Special thanks to Phoon Chi Ho, who booked me on February, tolerated my messages on Facebook and made me feel most welcome.

Special thanks to Papi Zak, my long lost friend of 18 years ago, for the guidance and advice.

I shared the stage with veterens Dominica Malcolm, Papi Zak, Yugi, Kavin and Steve Northcott, it was a humbling experience and I can’t wait for trying out on any other gigs. Below are pics of me on stage, thanks to Safriz Photography.

Spider-baby

Awesome Guy — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:35:17 +0000

Recap

Awesome Guy — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:51:00 +0000

It’s amazing how time flies when I think back of all the stuff I’ve been through, it’s amazing to know I’m alive and kickin’ and loving every moment of my life. I have an amazing wife and an awesome kid and they have made each and every step of my life much more happier.

Some of the highlights so far :

- Marrying the love of my life.
- Having an amazing kid.
- Watching Muse play live in KL.
- Watching KoRn play live in KL.
- Meeting Manchester United legends and getting their autograph. (Giggs, Rooney, Scholes)
- Performing stand up comedy. (Coming this 4th Feb 2010, Velvet Underground, Zouk, KL)
- Directing my own short film. (definitely not going to be the last)
- Getting a picture with Danny Choo and featured on his blog. (AFA 2009)

These are a few highlights, of course there were many more, but these are by far the amazing ones in the past 2 years.

Me and my late mother.

Barf Vader Strikes Back.. With Master Byoda!

Awesome Guy — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:35:15 +0000

Barf Vader is back and now he’s chillin’ with Master Byoda. The cool cats sure know how to chill!
For more pics, check out my Flickr Set!

Mikael – 5 Months!

Awesome Guy — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:40:51 +0000

Wow! It’s been an amazing 5 months already! More pics of lil’ Mikey at Flickr!

Love you son!

I Miss My Son.

Awesome Guy — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 08:38:29 +0000

There comes moments in which while I sit here starting in front of the monitor, this sudden need to be next to my son comes piercing, crunching my heart. And, it’s just easy to explain.. I simply miss him. I never get bored looking at him… His ramblings are music to the ear…

And the best yet is his smile, the smile which just steals my heart. His smile is like a blackhole which just sucks all my worries away.

Son.. I love you. Below, an earlier pic of him.

Updated Air Asia Red A!ert Technical Error ?

Awesome Guy — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:04:57 +0000

*Updated 11/01/2010*
AirAsia has now rectified the “subscribe” link in their Red A!ert mail!

Well done!

09/01/2010 Post :

Okay so earlier today (actually a few minutes ago), I received an email from AirAsia.com, to be precise it was from their subdomain, fly.airasia.com, the same domain I received email updates from when I purchased tickets from AirAsia X.

Now here’s the content of the mail :

Dear TENGKU EDZUAN,

Missed our low fare promotions because you didn’t know about them? Subscribe for the RedA!ert e-newsletter
and be informed about our LOW fares one day ahead of promotional launches. Enjoy exclusive fares only for RedA!ert subscribers, get invites to fun and exciting AirAsia events and even win amazing prizes.

Hurry, subscribe now and you could be one of the lucky winners of free seats and holiday packages. No slogans or questions to answer, just subscribe and you could win great prizes!

Perks you’ll enjoy:
Exclusive fares for RedA!ert subscribers
Be the first to know of our low fare promotions.
Low Fares & Discounts!
Priority updates on our innovative services
FREEBIES, gifts & merchandise
Exclusive invitation to AirAsia events

All this and more just by subscribing to our RedA!ert! Isn’t that great?
Find out about promotional seats a day ahead of everyone else and get those seats before they’re snapped up!

Want to be a RedA!ert subscriber? You’re just one click away from getting the hottest news!
Logon to your AirAsia member profile to subscribe if you change your mind later.

Did I win? Bookmark this page to see if you’re one of the winners after 23 Jan 2010.

Looks alright ? Now here’s the catch.. When I clicked on the subscribe link. The following popped up instead :

Hold on a sec, thats not my email… cjku2000@yahoo.com ???

I quickly searched to find out who it belongs to.. And by the power of Facebook and Twitter.. I bring to you Ivan Ku. Employee of Air Asia perhaps ? I have no idea.

I won’t paste screenshots of him here because I don’t even know him for one.

Now I’m not to sure about the technicalities involved in this subscription for Red Alert but it’s pretty obvious something is not right.. Anyone from Air Asia would like to clear this up ? Or at least get it fixed.

It’s embarrassing to let such things slip out especially if you’re one of the top guns out there.

I will gladly update this post with the correct info if anyone from Air Asia care to explain.