Stop Pain Plaster

It was a hot afternoon, Friday, 4 Jan 2008. I know it rained in the evening...but then..here is wat happened


My mother-in-law has tasked me to buy some “koyok” for her . "No hurry" is what she told me. "If convenient, on the way buy then some along the way." she said.

So after a short dilly dally,as I tried to reduce one item off my to-do list, I started to look around this box of plaster (koyok) for her. With a sample of the used wrapper , things should be as easy as ever. I don’t even need to open my mouth….just need to show the wrapper and the seller should know what I want. Right?
My first stop, Simei. All Chinese medical shop turned out to be none. Stocks coming in when? “Dunno” is what I get as the reply. Next, confidently I tried AMK Hub. Sure have, one, dun worry…is the thinking that I have before I embark on my long search for this “Stop Pain plaster” (Literally translated from Chinese)




My 2nd phase of search is route 1. I walked the entire AMK hub going from one Chinese Medical shop to another…all in vain and with no “Stop Pain Plaster” in sight. Imagine big, full Chinese medical shop never hear of this plaster? Cannot be, wat, I tell myself. Compassionately, some even offer me alternative brands (probably seeing me so tired that they are just being kind in trying to end my search there and then) Hey! What kind of plaster is this that I gotta go through this search?
So upon returning, I think and think……ah! then I remember a small half shop which just across from I where am. Try my luck. No harm it is just only about 200m. Then I took route 2 to embark on my 3rd phase of my search. BINGO! This shop has it…not only 1 box or 2 boxes.. she has more than 6….

How many do I want she asked me. I said “Wait, nid to call” She can’t really speak English but I am sure she can understand some. She heard me repeated the quantity “SIX” on the phone with my in-law and she readily pack 6 packet of this plaster and before I could hung up, there she is smiling and waiting for payment for the 6 packets of the plaster.

Thinking back life is sometimes is like a one big circle…you started out trying to find GOD, trying to know HIM, where is HE etc……… which can take up the most part of your entire life and only to come to realize at the end of it all GOD for is just so near to you…. All the time! No regrets...at least I learnt another vaulable lesson in life.


Here is the “Stop pain plaster":


Albert