How often do you wash your towel? Some people wash once a week, while some, once a year. The towel is a fertile breeding ground for millions of microbes, especially those found on human skin and on the gut. No wonder the towel is one of the objects that facilitate fecal-oral contamination (literally connecting the two ends of the gut). Worse still, most people keep towels in the bathroom (near the toilet). Every flush of the toilet sends mist with millions of microbes, ranging from H.pylori, salmonella and other deadly bacteria and viruses. When you wash your hands ready for a meal, and dry them with your body towel, there's high chance you are directly ingesting your fecal matter, or, if in a shared lavatory, someone else's faeces. Unless cleaned well, viruses such as human papillomavirus (causes warts, anal cancer and cervical cancer) can be transmitted when towels are shared with infected individuals. So, what to do? 1. Launder towels once a week. 2. Use hot water and det...
This Easter weekend, people will be planning their holiday break and thinking about a rest from their busy lifestyle. However, regardless of your Faith and how you observe or do not observe Easter, the fact is that it is a crucial, if not the most crucial element of Christianity. The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is the very foundation of the Christian Faith and underpins much of its teachings. So what messages are there for the wider community those who do not believe in Christianity or those who believe but don't go to church? What lessons can the secular society take away from the principles espoused by teachings of the Easter period? One of the main messages of the Christian Faith arises from the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ is forgiveness. The Bible records Jesus saying "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing". This is regarded as the ultimate act of forgiveness. So the message that we may take away from Easter in the secular society is one of being prepared to forgive people who have done us wrong. Generally, we do not see a lot of forgiveness in today's society. More and more we want to take action against people who aggrieve us whether in the workplace, at home, on the road, at schools or the modern meeting places shopping centres. Forgiving can be very hard in many cases. We tend to hold a grudge rather than forgive and get on with life. Give it some thought this weekend while you are relaxing or having fun. CAN YOU FORGIVE?
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