Dodol - effortless but no fun

Saw this machine swirling around dodol in the traditional big wok over a gas cooker in Bukit Gantang R & R. Neat and even swirls and that makes the dodol cook nicely. The traditional way was to use firewood and to turn over the dodol manually using a paddle - a process that takes maybe 6 hours to complete by volunteers with strong arms and the work gets harder as the mix turns from a watery mix to heavy viscous semi-solid once it gets cooked . With this machine there's no hassle with whose turn it is to do the swirl and nobody gets smoke in their eyes. Neat and clean but no fun.

The Whistleblower

I'm 3/4 through the book " The Whistleblower - Confessions of a Healthcare Hitman" by Peter Rost MD. What the author went through amazes me. He has a very strong will and courage indeed to be going through all the legal wrangle as a result of his whistleblowing actions. He's helped a great deal by laws in the US that protect whistleblowers. The law makes it illegal for companies to fire whistleblower. And the fact that he spoke against company policy - though in his personal capacity & not as representative of the company he worked for - on national television irked his employers. The company did all it can to exempt him from all company operations and monitored his call and e-mails. Very interesting book and exposed some of the dealings by the large drugs companies today.