Archive for December, 2007

30 Dec

Shopping for Blouse

Most Chinese still maintain the tradition of wearing new clothes during Chinese New Year. So do I. Thus, I still shop for my CNY’s blouse. And, I practically stop shopping for pants as I think the 3 new pants are more than enough.

What do you think about this blouse? Looks young isn’t it? To […]

30 Dec

How to reduce Shopping Stress

Ladies will certainly have so much fun while shopping! It’s all because we enjoy shopping. Many of my friends told me that they can immediately cheer up after they have bought something in the mall.
However, sometimes we can just keep on buying until we forget about our budget. In short, we tends to overspend. […]

30 Dec

Arbutin is safe

Arbutin was used in cosmetic industry since 1994 as one of the high quality skin lightening agent that of natural origin. And, Arbutin is actually Mulberry and Berberry Extract. However, there are synthesize-Arbutin too. Always go for Mulberry and Berberry Extracts as these are the real plant origin natural Arbutin.
Arbutin is produced through […]

29 Dec

Useful disposable gloves

 
I always spare one box of disposable gloves at home. I feel it is a must for hygienic purposes. Sometimes, it is used as protection too. If you are curious, a household can use disposable gloves to protect our hands form germs and detergents while:
1) Cleaning toilets
2) Disposing garbages
3) Washing clothes
4) Handling baby’s discharge (tools […]

29 Dec

Stress cause Acne

Sometimes treatments do not work on pimples. As pimples can be cause by stress. When we are stressful, chemicals are released into our brain signaling oil glands to release more oil onto the skin. Thus, more outbreaks during exams or when we have heavy workloads.
In fact, my skin is sensitive and acne prone too. And, […]

27 Dec

Travel Medical Insurance

Many of us is busy traveling in this holiday season. I am going to leave for Hong Kong by 5th January too. And, I will always buy travel insurance before I leave for holidays.
Travel insurance not only cover travel delays or baggage losses, mostly importantly it provides International Accident and Medical Insurance too. […]

27 Dec

Immediate DIY Perm

If you are afraid of hair damage after you perm your hair with the perming tonic through saloons, you can actually skip that and just do this simple trick at home.
In fact, I used to do this at home. If you do this everyday at home for more than 3 hours each time, there […]

27 Dec

About Alcohol

May be you are thinking of giving the legendary Absinthe Green Fairy or any other liquors a trial during this festive season. In fact, absinthe is making a dramatic comeback after its near global ban for about a century. Most members of the European Union now allow the sale of absinthe, with a […]

27 Dec

No Green Tea for Pregnant lady

There is a recent research published in the Journal of Cancer Research found out that drinking too much green tea at the time of conception and during early pregnancy could increase the risk of birth defects.
Even though green tea has 3 times less caffeine than black tea, but it contains five times more EGCG ( […]

26 Dec

Slimming Tips

Many friends considered me lucky cause I hardly get fat even though I eat a lot. Even my brother — Bill has the same impression too. He always grumble that why he always see me eating non stop, but still do not gain weight. On the other hand, he can hardly loose wight even if […]

26 Dec

Why we eat bees?

Do you take bees? Within these 2 days, my old maid — Ah Hwa has almost lost her voice completely due to sore throat. And, she is a typical Chinaman who trust only Chinese alternative medicine.

So, she decided to take bees. These bees are certainly not like the bees that we saw around us. It […]

25 Dec

Medical Insurance

My mum was diagnose with kidney stones last Thursday. Thus, she was admitted. However, she has discharged from the hospital right after the next day. This is because the kidney stones are all tiny ones. Thus, no medical intervention required.
Anyway, the medical cost today is ridiculously high. Even staying one night in the hospital can […]

25 Dec

70’s blouse

I have bought a few pants recently. Thus, I am busy looking for blouse to match the pants now. And, I have found one on Thursday in the Next Shop at Queensbay Mall, Penang.

The latest fashion are mostly long 70’s blouse that we have to match with tight lining pants. Frankly, I like this type […]

25 Dec

Financial Stress

Stress is very dangerous. As in the long run, stress can leads to many critical illnesses including both mentally and physically. And, I realized many people became quite stressful when they have financial problems especially when times are bad.
Bare in mind that debts can incur various emotional stress including:
1) Feelings of insecurity
2) Fear
3) Depression […]

25 Dec

What is Gallstones?

Other than kidney stones, our body can develop gallstones too. And, Gallstones form when the liver is consistently stagnant. When the liver is stagnant, sediment often settles out of the bile and form accumulations that resemble stones, sand, or mud in the gall bladder. (Bile is a form of liquid made in the liver, but […]

25 Dec

Platform shoes

I realized our latest fashion is all based on the 70’s fashion. Thus, we even wear platform shoes now.

However, this is the platform shoes from 1970’s. it looks a bit rough for me. It’s hard for us to look sexy if we put this pair of 70’s platform on. Frankly, I don’t like […]

24 Dec

Result for Attention Test

Below is the overall result I get from the online free Attention Test:
You appear to have occasional difficulty paying attention, but when it really counts you seem to be capable of getting around this difficulty and accomplishing your goals. You could, however, be more efficient and do better quality work if you were able to […]

24 Dec

Psychological Studies

I find it useful to understand people psychologically. However, most of the free online psychological tests are for personal use. Thus, if I want to learn more about others psychologically, I will have to get an online psychology degree.
However, there are many types of psychological studies including:

Clinical Psychology
Counseling Psychology
Educational Psychology
General Psychology
Industrial or Organizational Psychology
Leadership […]

23 Dec

Attitudes of Poeple with Alzheimer

The Alzheimer’s patients normally has these responses to their own behavior and condition:

Denial (in the early stages)
Blame others for making them “look ridiculous”
Complete self-awareness (“I’m sorry, I have […]

23 Dec

Be patient with Alzheimer’s Patient

If you are living with an Alzheimer’s patient like me, please be more patient and try to check on their activities every now and then. My grandma woke up on 3.30am during Friday night. She saw my mum was not in the room. Straight away she thought it was time to wake up. And, […]

22 Dec

Lemon Juice can help

My girl just recovered from fever yesterday. But, hubby is still having cold. I hope daddy can recover soon. For the past few days, he suffered from sore throat too.
Yesterday, I went to the organic shop to get a bottle of lemon juice for my mum. Hopefully, it helps to flush away the kidney stones. […]

21 Dec

Live Happilly

 
I strongly believe that our emotion is affected by the environment. On the other hand, it is proven that our health is affected by our emotion. If we are happy, we tend to be healthier. Thus, I always try my best to improve my current living environment.
I will take some practical steps to lift up […]

21 Dec

My 3 new pants

Yesterday was a public holiday. Since it’s Malaysia year end carnival sales now, I have decided to go for shopping. I have to admit that shopping is kind of fun. And, look what I’ve bought…

3 pairs of pants.  As you can see, 2 of them ( the black and the beige) are actually same design. […]

21 Dec

T-Shirts

Most of the time I wear T-shirts at home. I think it is the most common casual wear as it is comfortable. But, instead of wearing common T-shirts, do you collect funny T- shirts with funny statements like what’s on top? I think sometimes we ladies can look sexy in this way.
This […]

21 Dec

DIY Kidney Stone Flush

 
I am going to get my mum 10 bottles of organic lemon juice today. And, let her try this out:
DIY Kidney Stone Flush:
Duration : 10 days
Remedy:
Organic Lemon Juice, 200 ml 10 bottles
Method:
Dilute 1 bottle of lemon juice with 7 times of water. And, Drink through out the […]

19 Dec

Diamond watch

I just bought a new waterproof camera a few weeks ago. I bought this model just in case I want to have a few shots under water. May be it’s time for me to get a new Technomarine watch in this holiday season too.

May be after I own a beautiful diving watch like this, I […]

19 Dec

Symptoms and Causes of Kidney Stone

Beware of Kidney Stones if you are suffering from:

Sharp abdomen or lower back pain
fever
urination pain  and
blood in the urine

And,

not enough of water intake and
over exposure to the sun

can leads to kidney stones. Your diet is critical too. Also, if there are someone in your family history do have kidney stones, you will bear the same […]

19 Dec

Pain Killers are drugs

Pain killers were commonly prescribed by doctors to stop the severe pain of a patient. In fact, we must know that pain killers do have many side effects. For example, pain killers can cause confusion, hives, itching, slow heart beat, rapid heart beat and muscle rigidity.
On the other hand, pain killers is a kind of […]

19 Dec

Kidney Stones

Do you know that kidney stones are one of the most painful disorders to affect human? They develop from crystal that build up inside the kidney and occur more frequently in men than women.
The unbearable pain presents when the stones begin to obstruct the natural flow and function of the urinary tract. If the stones […]

17 Dec

Benefits of playing Golf

 
As we all know, all sports are good for health in their distinctive ways. And, playing golf can reduce stress and cholesterol. In fact, it sounds like golf is a very good sports for our society now as most of us are facing these 2 problems.
On the other hand, as we play golf, we walk […]

17 Dec

Prune Rose Tea

When I read through the June “feminine” Chinese Magazine while I am having a hair do, I saw one interesting recipe to eliminate constipation.
Rose Prune Tea
Ingredients:
1) 5 California Prunes
2) A pinch of Pink roses (dried form that used for tea)
Preparation:
1) Get ready 500 to 600 CC of water.
2) Put in the prunes and […]

17 Dec

Luxury drug treatment center

Frankly, all the while I thought drug treatment center will only be located in an isolated place. And, they will only provide appropriate physical treatments for the patients in the closed room like what mostly shown in the movies.
However, Sunset Malibu has changed my thoughts. If you are looking for top notch drug treatment centers […]

17 Dec

Drug addiction

Do you know that people initially take the drugs to make them feel good. But over time, they take it because they want to feel normal.
“George Koob, M.D., a professor of […]

16 Dec

Ireland Fashion

The traditional Ireland fashion is certainly very attractive. Their dresses is perfect as kids’ party dress. However, I just found out that adults can find beautiful shoes of latest fashion from Ireland too.

In fact, there are so many attractive places in Ireland too including Dublin castle (Dublin hotels), Llandaff Cathedral, The Quayside, St. […]

16 Dec

How to avoid getting sick while traveling

 
As for me, I always afraid that I will get sick while traveling. As long as we get sick, we will feel tired and uncomfortable. In this case, we will not enjoy the journey so much and it’s a bit stressful just as what happened during my Egypt trip.
In order to avoid sickness while traveling:
1) […]

15 Dec

Gold Mask

Gold is proven to be tremendously valuable for centuries. Buying gold is a great investment as the price of gold will rise from time to time. It is also the best way to preserve one’s wealth and purchasing power.
However, there are other functions of gold too. In fact, now there is a […]

15 Dec

Functions of Skin Care Mask

We will always include mask in our skin care set. But, do you know what’s the function of the mask? Initially mask is used to clarify the skin, including:
1)  Adsorb dirt form the skin’s surface
2)  Clear excessive sebum that was buried deep in your pores.
3)  Wash away the  dead cells
These functions will successfully clean the […]

14 Dec

How to deal with cultural shock

I just found out today that hubby’s sister is considering moving together with her kids to one of our neighboring country. As her husband would have to travel between these 2 place now due to his job, I think it’s best that she move over. In this case, the family do not need to separate […]

14 Dec

My first Rockport

I am someone who only wear high heels for dinner or any other formal functions. Most of the time, I prefer flat shoes. And, I don’t go for fancy flat shoes. Thus, I will buy those comfortable leather shoes from some of the brands that are famous for comfortability including Leecock, Hush Puppies and Scholl.
This […]

14 Dec

My new high heels

Penang is having sales everywhere now. Thus, last week I went to shop for some shoes. Finally, I came back with 2 high heels.

However, both of the heels are less than 2 inch I think. In fact, I already stop wearing high heels for some time. Every time when I wear high heels, I will […]

14 Dec

Why we should not wear high heels

High heels definitely make us look taller and slimmer. However, we ladies who wear high heels most of the time are actually inviting foot problems based on the medical point of view. For instances:
1) Foot ache
2) Heels pain
3) Toe deformities
4) Blister
5) Cornes
There are other serious problems possibly caused by wearing high heels too. For […]

14 Dec

Handphone’s Fashion

I think nowadays other than bags, clothing and shoes, mobile phone has become one of the fashionable item that we ladies concern too. Many are changing their mobile phones almost every few months or within a year. However, I did not.
And, I realized many youngsters go for handphone accessories. My younger cousin who is at […]

13 Dec

I am back!

I think for weeks I never update this blog. Thus, first of all I would like to apologize to all of you who actually visit this blog frequently. So sorry! But, I am back!
For the last 2 to 3 weeks, I am actually busy preparing my girl’s birthday. Besides, I enjoyed holiday shopping and made […]