With so much being said and reported about Coronavirus Pneumonia (previously known as SARS) and the war in Iraq... that's all we hear about while walking in public areas, and read about in the newspapers. Heck! Even TV stations are putting up hourly updates regarding the war. There's no escape from it all!

For instance - last Saturday morning. While taking a "cool down round of walking" around the Botanical Gardens after hiking halfway up the tar road trail to Penang Hill and down a dirt trail with Kok Keong - a bunch of people jokingly asked their acquaintance, who they bumped into, if he had SARS when he was heard coughing...

Next thing you know, they were playfully interrogating him along the lines of making a diagnosis to confirm whether he is a health threat to the public or not.