Mystical crap

There is this one friend of mine spreading a news of a place where he would get a treatment for his diabetic and liver problem. I am not sure how chronic he is (I presume not that life threatening else he would not have the time to spread the news). He referred the place as pusat perubatan traditional – as it is not a recognized hospital or medical center with qualified doctors or medical specialists. The place offers treatment with supernatural medication and numinous surgery to all kind of illnesses. Cost-wise, a treatment is charged at an average of 1 to 2 grand!

I would imagine a place manned by a sick-psycho whose childhood dream was to become a doctor but failed miserably, dressed only in sarong with untrimmed moustache and beard and huge stoned-rings worn at every other finger. Waiting for his prey….ready to con…

Well I don' tknow what to say here …. but personally I’d rather spend that much money getting the right treatment at the right place. I heard there are just too many of these traditional crap centers nowadays (flip Bacaria, centerfold, you’ll see one big ad...and try Mastika too!). Ironically they are all surviving recession-proof up till now. Do these places need to be registered with some ministry or whatever requirements there are?

OK, may be, they are people who actually went there and coincidently recovered thus strengthen their belief in craps they have been prescribed by these centers and off course the most all-time-popular authenticity indicator – when buses of Singaporean thronging the place ..I don’t know why Singaporeans presences at these places justify the genuineness.

I am not totally discounting the genuineness of these sorts of treatment and what wonders they can do (though I truly believe the only traditional way of cure is to go for conventional way of treatment – revert to proper diet and exercise) but there are just too many of these places nowadays... like at every kilometer you go.