In the old days,
our family could not afford to buy soft-drinks except during the Chinese new
year period when we bought some for visiting guests. They were mainly F&N
or green-spot bottled drinks with a metal cap where young children keep them as
toys and games. My mum call these bottled-drinks “Holland-water” in Cantonese. I
had never asked her why.
Everyday before
work, my dad would put 2 stacks of coins for my brother and myself. They were our
daily pocket money for the day’s school recess. The amount was just enough to
buy a bowl of noodle and nothing left for the attractive syrup-colored-water. We
only drank plain water.
Now I could
afford it, I still avoid drinking any sugary-soft-drinks. It’s a matter of
personal choice and lifestyle. Our “big brother” could continue to build more
and more hospitals to cater and treat this diabetes but the war against it should
be a personal one. It’s a cause-and-effect analogy. The only weapon and
fire-power to fight this war is nothing but our discipline and will-power.
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