曇花

曇花夜間9至12時開放

曇花學名為Epiphyllum（Night-blooming Cereus），屬於仙人掌科（Cactaceae），別名月下美人、瓊花、葉下蓮、金鉤蓮及鳳花，原產地在墨西哥及巴西。

曇花當盆栽觀賞外，花朵可作菜餚食用或入藥，具清肺活血之效，晒干可和肉同煮，味鮮美。藥用可清熱、止血、清肺止咳、化痰；治氣喘、肺癆、咳嗽、高血壓症及崩漏；莖可清熱解毒，治咽喉痛及疥癤。

曇花生於葉狀莖緣凹處，結蕾就不再抽枝，抽枝即不再結蕾。花大形，於夜間9至12時開放，凌晨前即凋謝。

花連筒狀長約30公分，開放時筒部下垂翹起，花筒外面具有帶紫色線裂，漸上成闊倒披針形，花瓣狀，純白色，先端為尖，有毛。在台灣，其花期在初夏或深秋。

至於果實是紅色漿果，長約有1.5公分，直徑約1公分。種子黑色，小型。

Sarawak Assembly's Lethal Weapon

The weapon can shoot you anytime, regardless you are right or wrong, as long as you are against the mighty BN. A weapon to shut the mouth of PR adun for a year or less. BN misuse the House’s Rights and Privileges Committee to act against PR adun.

Pakatan Rakyat assemblymen Dominique Ng Kim Ho and Chong Chieng Jen were each suspended for one year by the Sarawak State Assembly for offensive remarks allegedly made last year.

Time to punish the BN in Sarawak in the next state election!!!

OPR up 0.25%

Monetary Policy Statement


At the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting today, Bank Negara Malaysia decided to raise the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) by 25 basis points to 2.50 percent. The floor and ceiling rates of the corridor for the OPR are correspondingly raised to 2.25 percent and 2.75 percent respectively.




so guys, prepare to pay more interest!!!!

UPDATE: AmBank Group will increase the base lending rate (BLR) for AmBank (M) Bhd to 6.05%, up by 25 basis points from 5.80% per annum effective today.

OPR may increase again this Thursday

OPR may increase by another 0.25% this Thursday. Meaning loan interest will increase again compare to the return of FD as i am sure we have more loan than FD placement in banks. Anywya, it is a sign of economy recovery. Is that true?