Compiled by C. ARUNO and ALLISON LAI
A WOMAN who indulged in stinky tofu at a night market ended up at the intensive care with a RM14,000 medical bill due to food poisoning, Sin Chew Daily reported.
Known by her online handle Qingqing Zijin, the woman shared her ordeal which began on Aug 10 when she bought stinky tofu from a hawker in Kuala Lumpur.
The next day, she became feverish and started vomiting, besides suffering from diarrhoea.
Zijin was rushed to a hospital and was immediately put in the ICU as her blood pressure dropped to just 60mmHg.
Tests revealed that she contracted vibriosis, which is commonly caused by consuming raw or undercooked seafood.
“In the beginning, I was unsure if the stinky tofu was the cause of it. It was later when my elder sister was hospitalised for food poisoning that I became certain,” she said.
The medical treatment for her five-day stay at the hospital was mostly covered by insurance, with Zijin having to pay only RM1,000.
> Hong Kong superstar Tony Leung revealed that the tough days of his childhood had helped to shape him as an actor, China Press reported.
He grew up in a single-parent family after his father left them when he was six years old.
Leong, 61, said he began working before he finished secondary school to help his mother support the family.
“This experience made me more attuned to emotions, an important asset when I became an actor later,” he said during a charity event.
The best part of being an actor, he said, was that it allowed him to express his repressed feelings.
“Many people do not know that it was actually me. The audience assumed that I was portraying a character,” he said.
Leung also said his childhood trauma had caused him to have social anxiety.
For example, he said he refused to learn Japanese despite his annual ski trips there every year “because I do not want to have to speak with anyone”.
He said his trips to Japan were a way to relieve stress and he enjoyed holidaying as a “normal person” and immersing himself in a country foreign to him.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
