Would you Dare?

One thing that I have been wanting to do is 'bekam'. It's a techinque of cleansing toxic from the body by pumping out blood or other fluids from the inner skin. A small suction cylinder is used for each selected point in the body, normally at the back or on the foot. The skin is first scratched with small cuts to allow the process to work. Eventually anyway between 10 to 30 of those cylinders would be used depending on own choice.

Bekam is actually a sunnah, or following our prophet's example. It is said to maintain the chemical balance in the body or even facilitate the cure of a number of ailments. The only shop that I know which offer this in KL is located at Ampang Park. The after effect on the skin is not a nice sight to see though, takes a few days for the scar to disappear. I have never been convinced of traditional medicine until this one. Worth a try.

On a different subject, one thing we found quite interesting at the new and sleek Pavilion shopping centre is that there is a small surau but somewhat hidden from normal view. The sign at the door is the only sign that a surau exists, not even mentioned in the electronic building directory. Wonder why? It's at 5th floor, next to Cannon shop. I only knew it because my bro-in-law told me so. Inside, the surau is actually quite nice.