po chin expressed considerable surprise that my arteries have not yet shut down with a loud clang from a diet of nasi lemak. i hasten to assure you all that no doubt it will come in good time, that clang to end all clangs, in, say, give it another two years' time, but in the meantime, i'm drinking chrysanthemum tea and pear soup to balance the heatiness. i was distressed to find out that dr minyin's tolerant but scientific bosom doesn't abide the heaty/cooling nature of foods. centuries of folk wisdom and philosophical worldview dismissed as superstitious tosh!!! oh! oh!!! i don't mean to sound so su-lin but but do people not believe in that anymore? i do! i have now polled julian and poach and yeenteck and joel and poon and tjan and we all do even if we don't all agree it's scientific! and kinweng, who's a med student!



appendix a: in which i submit to you some foods well-known to have cooling properties
water chestnut
chrysanthemum
barley
pears! 
mangosteens! 
most melons. 
and many other fruits but not durians 
green beans
many teas


and then for now, a short list of heaty foods:
ginger
durian
mangoes (according to tjan)
most fried things
chocolate
chicken essence




the list will expand tomorrow after i speak to my mater
who will also say that almonds and dates are good for lungs.
and that black beans are good for strengthening blood.
or something
i think
i should pay attention