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Saturday, October 30, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
From Email
Mathematics Challenge
If you are an Engineer, you should be able to solve it within 3 minutes or less (30 seconds); If you are an Architects, perhaps you will need 3 hours; If you are a Doctor, perhaps you will need 6 hours; If you are an Accountant, maybe 3 months; If you are a Lawyer, maybe you can never find the answer.
|---+----+----+------+------|
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 |
|---+----+----+------+------|
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 20 |
|---+----+----+------+------|
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 30 |
|---+----+----+------+------|
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 66 | 42 |
|---+----+----+------+------|
| 6 | 7 | 8 | ? | 56 |
|---+----+----+------+------|
Find out the number in "?", it is the number to open the attached document.
Once you found the answer, please add your name into the attached document and forward to your friend.
Have fun!! (^__^)
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一項數學挑戰
這是項數學挑戰！有這麼一種說法：
你若是工程師，你應該可在三分鐘內（３０秒左右吧）解開這道題；你若是建築師，
給你三小時；你若是醫生，給你六小時；你若是會計師，三個月吧∼假若你是律 師，
大概永遠也解不出來。
請找出 "？" 格中的數字, 它即是開啟附件檔案的密碼．．．
|---+----+----+------+------|
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 |
|---+----+----+------+------|
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 20 |
|---+----+----+------+------|
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 30 |
|---+----+----+------+------|
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 66 | 42 |
|---+----+----+------+------|
| 6 | 7 | 8 | ? | 56 |
|---+----+----+------+------|
答案就是密碼，可以打開附件檔案。
你若能順利解題，請將你的名字加上，存檔後再寄給你的朋友^^
**Answer is 91
If you are an Engineer, you should be able to solve it within 3 minutes or less (30 seconds); If you are an Architects, perhaps you will need 3 hours; If you are a Doctor, perhaps you will need 6 hours; If you are an Accountant, maybe 3 months; If you are a Lawyer, maybe you can never find the answer.
|---+----+----+------+------|
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 |
|---+----+----+------+------|
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 20 |
|---+----+----+------+------|
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 30 |
|---+----+----+------+------|
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 66 | 42 |
|---+----+----+------+------|
| 6 | 7 | 8 | ? | 56 |
|---+----+----+------+------|
Find out the number in "?", it is the number to open the attached document.
Once you found the answer, please add your name into the attached document and forward to your friend.
Have fun!! (^__^)
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一項數學挑戰
這是項數學挑戰！有這麼一種說法：
你若是工程師，你應該可在三分鐘內（３０秒左右吧）解開這道題；你若是建築師，
給你三小時；你若是醫生，給你六小時；你若是會計師，三個月吧∼假若你是律 師，
大概永遠也解不出來。
請找出 "？" 格中的數字, 它即是開啟附件檔案的密碼．．．
|---+----+----+------+------|
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 |
|---+----+----+------+------|
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 20 |
|---+----+----+------+------|
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 30 |
|---+----+----+------+------|
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 66 | 42 |
|---+----+----+------+------|
| 6 | 7 | 8 | ? | 56 |
|---+----+----+------+------|
答案就是密碼，可以打開附件檔案。
你若能順利解題，請將你的名字加上，存檔後再寄給你的朋友^^
**Answer is 91
From Email: 7%
Written By Refgina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio
"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written. My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:"1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
25. Frame every so-called disaster with these words ''In five years, will this matter?".
26. Always choose life.
27. Forgive everyone everything.
28. What other people think of you is none of your business..
29. Time heals almost everything. Give time, time.
30. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
31. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
32. Believe in miracles.
33. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
34. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
35. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
36. Your children get only one childhood.
37. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
38. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
39. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
40. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
41. The best is yet to come.
42. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
43. Yield.
44. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.
It's estimated 93% won't forward this. If you are one of the 7% who will, forward this with the title '7%'. I'm in the 7%. Remember that I will always share my spoon with you! Friends are the family that we choose for ourselves.
From Email: Are Whole Eggs or Egg Whites Better for You? Good grief!
Are Whole Eggs or Egg Whites Better for You?
by Mike Geary, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer
I was on a weekend trip with some friends recently and one of my friends was cooking breakfast for the whole group. I went over to see what he was cooking and saw he was getting ready to make a big batch of eggs.
Well, to my shock and horror, I noticed that he was cracking the eggs open and screening the egg whites into a bowl and throwing out the egg yolks. I asked him why the heck he was throwing out the egg yolks, and he replied something like this...
"because I thought the egg yolks were
terrible for you...that's where all the nasty fat and cholesterol is".
And I replied, "you mean that's where all the nutrition is!"
This is a perfect example of how confused most people are about nutrition. In a world full of misinformation, somehow most people now mistakenly think that the egg yolk is the worst part of the egg, when in fact, the YOLK IS THE HEALTHIEST PART OF THE EGG !
By throwing out the yolk and only eating egg whites, you're essentially throwing out the most nutrient dense, antioxidant-rich, vitamin and mineral loaded por tion of the egg. The yolks contain so many B-vitamins, trace minerals, vitamin A, folate, choline, lutein, and other powerful nutrients... it's not even worth trying to list them all.
In fact, the egg whites are almost devoid of nutrition compared to the yolks.
Even the protein in egg whites isn't as powerful without the yolks to balance out the amino acid profile and make the protein more bio-available. Not to even mention that the egg yolks from free range chickens are loaded with omega-3 fatty acids.
Yolks contain more than 90% of the calcium, iron, phosphorus, zinc, thiamin, B6, folate, and B12, and panthothenic acid of the egg. In addition, the yolks contain ALL of the fat soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K in the egg, as well as ALL of the essential fatty acids.
And now the common objection I get all the time when I say that the yolks are the most nutritious part of the egg...
"But I heard that whole eggs will skyrocket my cholesterol through the roof"
No, this is FALSE!
First of all, when you eat a foo d that contains a high amount of dietary cholesterol such as eggs, your body down-regulates it's internal production of cholesterol to balance things out.
On the other hand, if you don't eat enough cholesterol, your body simply produces more since cholesterol has tons of im por tan t functions in the body.
And here's where it gets even more interesting...
There are indications that eating whole eggs actually raises your good HDL cholesterol to a higher degree than LDL cholesterol, thereby improving your overall cholesterol ratio and blood chemistry.
And 3rd... high cholesterol is NOT a disease! Heart disease is a disease...but high cholesterol is NOT. Cholesterol is actually a VERY im por tan t subs tan ce in your body and has vitally im por tan t functions... it is DEAD WRONG to try to "lower your cholesterol" just because of pharmaceutical companies propaganda that everyone on the planet should be on statin drugs.
You can read the following article about why trying to attack cholesterol is a mistake, and what the REAL deadly risk factors actually are... Cholesterol Myths
In addition, the yolks contain the antioxidant lutein as well as other antioxidants which can help protect you from inflammation within your body (the REAL culprit in heart disease, not dietary cholesterol!), giving yet another reason why the yolks are actually GOOD for you, and not detrimental.
To help bring even more proof that whole eggs are better for you than egg whites, I recently read a University of Connecticut study that showed that a group of men in the study that ate 3 eggs per day for 12 weeks while on a reduced carb, higher fat diet increased their HDL good cholesterol by 20%, while their LDL bad cholesterol stayed the same during the study. However, the group that ate egg substitutes (egg whites) saw no change in either and did not see the improvement in good cholesterol (remember that higher HDL levels are associated with lower risk of heart disease) that the whole egg eaters did.
So I hope we've established that whole eggs are not some evil foo d that will wreck your body... instead whole eggs are FAR superior to egg whites.
Also, your normal supermarket eggs coming from mass factory farming just don't compare nutritionally with organic free range eggs from healthy chickens that are allowed to roam freely and eat a more natural diet. Your typical cheap grocery store eggs will have lower nutrient levels and a higher omega-6 level and lower omega-3 level. On the other hand, the cage-free organic eggs from healthier chickens allowed to eat more natural feed and roam freely will have much higher vitamin and mineral levels and a more balanced healthier omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acid ratio.
I recently compared eggs I bought at the grocery store with a batch of eggs I got at a farm s tan d where the chickens were free roaming and healthy.
Most people don't realize that there's a major difference because they've never bought real eggs from healthy chickens... The eggs from the grocery store had pale yellow yolks and thin weak shells. On the other hand, the healthier free range eggs from the local farm had strong thick shells and deep orange colored yolks indicating much higher nutrition levels and carotenoids... and just a healthier egg in general.
So next time a health or fitness professional tells you that egg whites are superior, you can quietly ignore their advice knowing that you unders tan d the REAL deal about egg yolks.
And can we all please STOP with this sillyness about eating an omelete with 4-5 egg whites and only 1 egg yolk... If you want real taste and real health benefits, we'd all be better off eating ALL of our eggs with the yolks.
Another interesting thing about eggs...
I read a study recently that compared grou ps of people that ate egg breakfasts vs grou ps of people that ate cereal or bagel based breakfasts. The results of the study showed that the egg eaters lost or maintained a healthier bodyweight, while the cereal/bagel eaters gained weight.
It was hypothesized that the egg eaters actually ate less calories during the remainder of the day because their appetite was more satisfied compared to the cereal/bagel eaters who would have been more prone to wild blood sugar swings and foo d cravings.
Enjoy your eggs and get a leaner body!
by Mike Geary, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer
I was on a weekend trip with some friends recently and one of my friends was cooking breakfast for the whole group. I went over to see what he was cooking and saw he was getting ready to make a big batch of eggs.
Well, to my shock and horror, I noticed that he was cracking the eggs open and screening the egg whites into a bowl and throwing out the egg yolks. I asked him why the heck he was throwing out the egg yolks, and he replied something like this...
"because I thought the egg yolks were
terrible for you...that's where all the nasty fat and cholesterol is".
And I replied, "you mean that's where all the nutrition is!"
This is a perfect example of how confused most people are about nutrition. In a world full of misinformation, somehow most people now mistakenly think that the egg yolk is the worst part of the egg, when in fact, the YOLK IS THE HEALTHIEST PART OF THE EGG !
By throwing out the yolk and only eating egg whites, you're essentially throwing out the most nutrient dense, antioxidant-rich, vitamin and mineral loaded por tion of the egg. The yolks contain so many B-vitamins, trace minerals, vitamin A, folate, choline, lutein, and other powerful nutrients... it's not even worth trying to list them all.
In fact, the egg whites are almost devoid of nutrition compared to the yolks.
Even the protein in egg whites isn't as powerful without the yolks to balance out the amino acid profile and make the protein more bio-available. Not to even mention that the egg yolks from free range chickens are loaded with omega-3 fatty acids.
Yolks contain more than 90% of the calcium, iron, phosphorus, zinc, thiamin, B6, folate, and B12, and panthothenic acid of the egg. In addition, the yolks contain ALL of the fat soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K in the egg, as well as ALL of the essential fatty acids.
And now the common objection I get all the time when I say that the yolks are the most nutritious part of the egg...
"But I heard that whole eggs will skyrocket my cholesterol through the roof"
No, this is FALSE!
First of all, when you eat a foo d that contains a high amount of dietary cholesterol such as eggs, your body down-regulates it's internal production of cholesterol to balance things out.
On the other hand, if you don't eat enough cholesterol, your body simply produces more since cholesterol has tons of im por tan t functions in the body.
And here's where it gets even more interesting...
There are indications that eating whole eggs actually raises your good HDL cholesterol to a higher degree than LDL cholesterol, thereby improving your overall cholesterol ratio and blood chemistry.
And 3rd... high cholesterol is NOT a disease! Heart disease is a disease...but high cholesterol is NOT. Cholesterol is actually a VERY im por tan t subs tan ce in your body and has vitally im por tan t functions... it is DEAD WRONG to try to "lower your cholesterol" just because of pharmaceutical companies propaganda that everyone on the planet should be on statin drugs.
You can read the following article about why trying to attack cholesterol is a mistake, and what the REAL deadly risk factors actually are... Cholesterol Myths
In addition, the yolks contain the antioxidant lutein as well as other antioxidants which can help protect you from inflammation within your body (the REAL culprit in heart disease, not dietary cholesterol!), giving yet another reason why the yolks are actually GOOD for you, and not detrimental.
To help bring even more proof that whole eggs are better for you than egg whites, I recently read a University of Connecticut study that showed that a group of men in the study that ate 3 eggs per day for 12 weeks while on a reduced carb, higher fat diet increased their HDL good cholesterol by 20%, while their LDL bad cholesterol stayed the same during the study. However, the group that ate egg substitutes (egg whites) saw no change in either and did not see the improvement in good cholesterol (remember that higher HDL levels are associated with lower risk of heart disease) that the whole egg eaters did.
So I hope we've established that whole eggs are not some evil foo d that will wreck your body... instead whole eggs are FAR superior to egg whites.
Also, your normal supermarket eggs coming from mass factory farming just don't compare nutritionally with organic free range eggs from healthy chickens that are allowed to roam freely and eat a more natural diet. Your typical cheap grocery store eggs will have lower nutrient levels and a higher omega-6 level and lower omega-3 level. On the other hand, the cage-free organic eggs from healthier chickens allowed to eat more natural feed and roam freely will have much higher vitamin and mineral levels and a more balanced healthier omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acid ratio.
I recently compared eggs I bought at the grocery store with a batch of eggs I got at a farm s tan d where the chickens were free roaming and healthy.
Most people don't realize that there's a major difference because they've never bought real eggs from healthy chickens... The eggs from the grocery store had pale yellow yolks and thin weak shells. On the other hand, the healthier free range eggs from the local farm had strong thick shells and deep orange colored yolks indicating much higher nutrition levels and carotenoids... and just a healthier egg in general.
So next time a health or fitness professional tells you that egg whites are superior, you can quietly ignore their advice knowing that you unders tan d the REAL deal about egg yolks.
And can we all please STOP with this sillyness about eating an omelete with 4-5 egg whites and only 1 egg yolk... If you want real taste and real health benefits, we'd all be better off eating ALL of our eggs with the yolks.
Another interesting thing about eggs...
I read a study recently that compared grou ps of people that ate egg breakfasts vs grou ps of people that ate cereal or bagel based breakfasts. The results of the study showed that the egg eaters lost or maintained a healthier bodyweight, while the cereal/bagel eaters gained weight.
It was hypothesized that the egg eaters actually ate less calories during the remainder of the day because their appetite was more satisfied compared to the cereal/bagel eaters who would have been more prone to wild blood sugar swings and foo d cravings.
Enjoy your eggs and get a leaner body!
From Email: Kids Are Quick
___________________________________
TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America .
MARIA: Here it is.
TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America ?
CLASS: Maria.
____________________________________
TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.
__________________________________________
TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?'
GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L'
TEACHER: No, that's wrong
GLENN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.
(I Love this kid)
____________________________________________
TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD: H I J K L M N O.
TEACHER: What are you talking about?
DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O.
__________________________________
TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.
WINNIE: Me!
__________________________________________
TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty?
GLEN: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.
_______________________________________
TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with ' I. '
MILLIE: I is...
TEACHER: No, Millie..... Always say, 'I am.'
MILLIE: All right... 'I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.'
________________________________
TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted it. Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn't punish him?
LOUIS: Because George still had the axe in his hand...
______________________________________
TEACHER: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SIMON: No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.
______________________________
TEACHER: Clyde , your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as your brother's. Did you copy his?
CLYDE : No, sir. It's the same dog.
___________________________________
TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?
HAROLD: A teacher
TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America .
MARIA: Here it is.
TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America ?
CLASS: Maria.
____________________________________
TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.
__________________________________________
TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?'
GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L'
TEACHER: No, that's wrong
GLENN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.
(I Love this kid)
____________________________________________
TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD: H I J K L M N O.
TEACHER: What are you talking about?
DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O.
__________________________________
TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.
WINNIE: Me!
__________________________________________
TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty?
GLEN: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.
_______________________________________
TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with ' I. '
MILLIE: I is...
TEACHER: No, Millie..... Always say, 'I am.'
MILLIE: All right... 'I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.'
________________________________
TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted it. Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn't punish him?
LOUIS: Because George still had the axe in his hand...
______________________________________
TEACHER: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SIMON: No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.
______________________________
TEACHER: Clyde , your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as your brother's. Did you copy his?
CLYDE : No, sir. It's the same dog.
___________________________________
TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?
HAROLD: A teacher
From Email: Danger of drinking 'pearl' milk tea
roughly translated (from Chinese):
> Bubble tea brings alot of sweet excitement to our taste buds but it is
> also
> very harmful to health.
> Milk essence is the main ingredient in bubble tea. Ten cups of fresh
> milk
> cannot match the taste of
> of a teaspoon of milk essence. The main ingredient of milk essence is
> hygrogenated vegetable oil,
> a type of transfat. Experts says that a glass of 500ml of bubble tea a
> day
> far exceed the allowable
> limit of transfat for any person. It will lead to heart and blood
> vessel
> diseases
>
> Milk essence gives the bubble tea the fragrance and make it tasty. The
> fragrance and tastiness derived
> from a type of chemical. This chemical has trace of arsenic, lead,
> copper
> and many harmful minerals.
> Long term consumption can lead to heart and blood vessel disease,
> cancer,
> asthma and other health
> complications. It reduces the IQ of children.
>
> Consuming the black bubbles is equivalent to consuming plastic. Normally
>
> these bubbles were made from
> casava (tapioca) powder. This alone does not give the rubbery texture.
> To
> make it more rubbery, millet
> protein is added. Some "black hearted" businessmen felt that this is
> still
> not rubbery enough. so, an artificial
> plastic powder is added. This type of artificial plastic material will
> never
> be digested and absorbed into the
> body. It will remain in the body and cause havoc to our health. You can
> imagine what will happen to your
> health after prolonged consumption of transfat and plastic!!!!
>
> FOR YOUR HEALTH SAKE, PLEASE ABSTAIN FROM BUBBLE TEA.
>
>
> Subject: Fwd: 珍珠奶茶 Don't drink bubble tea any more!
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 珍珠奶茶在給人們的味蕾帶來甜美刺激的同時也給人的健康帶來隱患。
>
> "奶精"是珍珠奶茶之魂。十杯鮮奶的味道，也不如一勺奶精來得香濃。奶精的主要
> 成分
> 氫化植物油是一種反式脂肪酸。
> 專家指出:每天一杯500 升(?mL)珍珠奶茶中反式脂肪酸含量已超出正常人承受極
> 限，飲
> 用者易患心血管疾病。
> 奶精”使奶茶變得香濃源自於奶精中一種名為”植脂末”的化學物質.
> 這種物質中含有砷(砒霜)、鉛、銅等有害物質，長期攝入，可增加患冠心病、腫
> 瘤、哮
> 喘等疾病的幾率，幼兒更會變得智力低下。
>
> 吃”珍珠”等於吃塑膠
> 吃 ” 珍珠”等於吃塑膠？珍珠奶茶正因為這些黑色的小顆粒而得名，我們一般叫它
> 為
> 珍珠粉圓，公開的主材料是木薯澱粉。然而，單純的木薯澱粉並不能讓珍珠彈性
> 足，如
> 今比較通用做法是在其中加入小麥蛋白。即使如此，有的商家也覺得彈性還不
> 夠，為了
> 讓珍珠有“嚼頭“，於是再添加人工合成的高分子材料。
>
> 說白了，高分子材料就是塑膠，這也是行業內心照不宣的秘密。這樣的成分不可能
> 被人
> 體吸收，吃塑膠是什麼結果，大家可以想像。
>
> Don't drink any more!
> Bubble tea brings alot of sweet excitement to our taste buds but it is
> also
> very harmful to health.
> Milk essence is the main ingredient in bubble tea. Ten cups of fresh
> milk
> cannot match the taste of
> of a teaspoon of milk essence. The main ingredient of milk essence is
> hygrogenated vegetable oil,
> a type of transfat. Experts says that a glass of 500ml of bubble tea a
> day
> far exceed the allowable
> limit of transfat for any person. It will lead to heart and blood
> vessel
> diseases
>
> Milk essence gives the bubble tea the fragrance and make it tasty. The
> fragrance and tastiness derived
> from a type of chemical. This chemical has trace of arsenic, lead,
> copper
> and many harmful minerals.
> Long term consumption can lead to heart and blood vessel disease,
> cancer,
> asthma and other health
> complications. It reduces the IQ of children.
>
> Consuming the black bubbles is equivalent to consuming plastic. Normally
>
> these bubbles were made from
> casava (tapioca) powder. This alone does not give the rubbery texture.
> To
> make it more rubbery, millet
> protein is added. Some "black hearted" businessmen felt that this is
> still
> not rubbery enough. so, an artificial
> plastic powder is added. This type of artificial plastic material will
> never
> be digested and absorbed into the
> body. It will remain in the body and cause havoc to our health. You can
> imagine what will happen to your
> health after prolonged consumption of transfat and plastic!!!!
>
> FOR YOUR HEALTH SAKE, PLEASE ABSTAIN FROM BUBBLE TEA.
>
>
> Subject: Fwd: 珍珠奶茶 Don't drink bubble tea any more!
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 珍珠奶茶在給人們的味蕾帶來甜美刺激的同時也給人的健康帶來隱患。
>
> "奶精"是珍珠奶茶之魂。十杯鮮奶的味道，也不如一勺奶精來得香濃。奶精的主要
> 成分
> 氫化植物油是一種反式脂肪酸。
> 專家指出:每天一杯500 升(?mL)珍珠奶茶中反式脂肪酸含量已超出正常人承受極
> 限，飲
> 用者易患心血管疾病。
> 奶精”使奶茶變得香濃源自於奶精中一種名為”植脂末”的化學物質.
> 這種物質中含有砷(砒霜)、鉛、銅等有害物質，長期攝入，可增加患冠心病、腫
> 瘤、哮
> 喘等疾病的幾率，幼兒更會變得智力低下。
>
> 吃”珍珠”等於吃塑膠
> 吃 ” 珍珠”等於吃塑膠？珍珠奶茶正因為這些黑色的小顆粒而得名，我們一般叫它
> 為
> 珍珠粉圓，公開的主材料是木薯澱粉。然而，單純的木薯澱粉並不能讓珍珠彈性
> 足，如
> 今比較通用做法是在其中加入小麥蛋白。即使如此，有的商家也覺得彈性還不
> 夠，為了
> 讓珍珠有“嚼頭“，於是再添加人工合成的高分子材料。
>
> 說白了，高分子材料就是塑膠，這也是行業內心照不宣的秘密。這樣的成分不可能
> 被人
> 體吸收，吃塑膠是什麼結果，大家可以想像。
>
> Don't drink any more!
From Email: How to RETIRE - Better Read and Start Planning NOW
Hello Guys,
I am over 60 and still working in an organisation for over 5 years after retirement.. The person who wrote HOW TO RETIRE is a genius. He knows what he is talking about and I agree with him fully. One needs to have a " Plan for Retirement" just like one needs to have a career plan. Otherwise it will turn out to be quite a disaster when you retire. Pay particular attention to the 4 points or pre-conditions stated. At this age I am only at the 2nd point. That explains why I am still working. The last point is interesting and important. It is very true that if one does not keep a regular routine of engagement in worthwhile and beneficial activities ( physical , mental and spiritual ) one would quickly degenerate and succumb to diseases and finally "kick the bucket". I have actually seen a few cases like that. So visualise how the FUTURE is going to be like for you AND then come BACK TO THE PRESENT and plan well ahead if you can. You will not regret you did the right thing in the PAST.
Cheeeers.
4 Pre-Conditions for Retirement
I retired in year 2000 at age 52. I am now 61, thus I can claim that
I got more experience at retirement than most! I thought I should
share my experience with mariners because I have seen too many friends
and neighbours who became so bored that they have become a nuisance to
their spouse and children and to others!
A few of them have solved the problem by going back to work. They
were able to do so because they have a skill/expertise that is still
in demand. The rest (and many are my neighbours) live aimlessly or are
waiting to die - a very sad situation, indeed..
You can retire only when you fulfil these 4 pre-conditions:
1) Your children are financially independent (e.g. they got jobs),
2) You have zero liability (all your borrowings are paid up),
3) You have enough savings to support your lifestyle for the rest of
your life,
AND most importantly,
4) You know what you would be doing during your retirement.
DO NOT retire till you meet ALL 4 Pre-Conditions. And of course you
should not retire if you enjoy working and are getting paid for it!
The problem cases I know of are those who failed to meet
Pre-Condition #4.
When asked, "What would you be doing during your retirement?"
some replied, "I will travel/cruise and see the World". They did
that, some for 3 months and then ran out of ideas. The golfers
replied, "I can golf every day." Most could not because they are
no longer fit to play well enough to enjoy the game. Those who could,
need to overcome another hurdle - they need to the find the
"kakis" to play with them.
It's the same with mahjong, bridge, badminton, trekking and karaoke
- you need "kakis"! Most could not find others who share their
favourite game and playing/singing alone is no fun. AND when they do
find them, a few of them found that they are NOT welcomed like my
obnoxious neighbour whom everyone avoids.
Thus if you are into group sports or games, you must form your groups
BEFORE you retire. You need to identify your "kakis", play with
them and discover whether they "click" with you.
The less sporty "can read all the books bought over the years". I
know of one guy who fell asleep after a few pages and ended up napping
most of the time! He discovered that he did not like to read after
all. We do change and we may not enjoy the hobbies we had..
Routine Activities To Fill Your Week
For most people, your routine work activities are planned for you or dictated by others and circumstances. When you retire, you wake up to a new routine - one that you yourself have to establish as nobody else would do it for you!
The routine to establish should keep your body, mind and spirit "sharpened". A good routine would comprise:
a) One weekly physical sport - you need to keep fit to enjoy your
retirement. If you are the non-sporty type, you should fire your maid
and clean your home without mechanical aids. Dancing and baby sitting
are good alternatives.
b) One weekly mind stimulating activity - e.g. writing, studying
for a degree, acquiring a new skill, solving problems or puzzles,
learn or teach something. You need to stimulate your mind to stay
alive because the day you stop using your brain is the day you start
to die.
c) One weekly social activity - choose one involving lots of
friends/neighbours.. Get yourself accepted as a member to at least 3
interests groups. Unless you prefer to be alone, you do need friends
more than ever as you get older and less fit to pursue your sport.
d) One weekly community service activity - you need to give to
appreciate what you have taken in this life. It's good to leave some
kind of legacy.
With 4 weekly activities, you got 4 days out of 7 covered. The
remaining 3 days should be devoted to family related activities. In
this way, you maintain a balance between amusing yourself and your
family members. Any spare time should remain "spare" so that you
can capitalise on opportunities that come your way like responding to
an unexpected request to do a job or to take advantage of cheap fares
to see places or to visit an exhibition.
Mind stimulating activities
Most judges live to a ripe old age. They use their brains a lot to
decide on cases. I am sure MM Lee's brain works overtime. He's 80+
and still going strong. In "Today" you would have read of 2
inspiring oldies. One is a granny who learned to play the guitar at
age 60 to entertain his grandchildren. She's 70+ today and those
grandchildren have grown to play with her. Another is an Indian
radiologist who on retirement, qualified as an acupuncturist. He's
age 77 and still offers his services (by appointment only) including
free ones to those who have no income. I guarantee you that they are
happy people who discovered a "2nd wind" to take them to the
sunset with a smile on their faces.
Mind stimulating activities are hard to identify. They require your
will to do something useful with the rest of your life, a mindset
change and the discipline to carry it through.
Your Bucket List
Despite your busy routine, you will at times be bored. Then it's time to turn to your Bucket List.
Your bucket list contains a list of things to do before you kick the
bucket. They are not routine and are usually one off activities. You
need them to have something to look forward to. These include
anniversaries, trips (and pilgrimages), visits to friends and
relations abroad, re-doing your home, attending conferences (related
to your hobbies), acquiring a new set of expertise. 4 such activities
that are spaced our quarterly would be ideal.
Retirement Is A Serious Business
If you can afford to retire and want to, do prepare to live to your
fullest. You need to be fit to enjoy it - therefore get into shape now.
You do not want to get up on a Monday and wonder what to do each
week, therefore identify your set of weekly routine activities now and
try them out to confirm that they are the activities that you will be
looking forward to doing each week, week after week.
You bucket list of "rewards" or "projects" or "challenges" is needed to
help you break away from the routine thereby make live worth living.
Start listing what you fancy and refine it as you chug along in your retirement. You will have so much fun, you would wish you were retired since your turned 21 ! !
I am over 60 and still working in an organisation for over 5 years after retirement.. The person who wrote HOW TO RETIRE is a genius. He knows what he is talking about and I agree with him fully. One needs to have a " Plan for Retirement" just like one needs to have a career plan. Otherwise it will turn out to be quite a disaster when you retire. Pay particular attention to the 4 points or pre-conditions stated. At this age I am only at the 2nd point. That explains why I am still working. The last point is interesting and important. It is very true that if one does not keep a regular routine of engagement in worthwhile and beneficial activities ( physical , mental and spiritual ) one would quickly degenerate and succumb to diseases and finally "kick the bucket". I have actually seen a few cases like that. So visualise how the FUTURE is going to be like for you AND then come BACK TO THE PRESENT and plan well ahead if you can. You will not regret you did the right thing in the PAST.
Cheeeers.
4 Pre-Conditions for Retirement
I retired in year 2000 at age 52. I am now 61, thus I can claim that
I got more experience at retirement than most! I thought I should
share my experience with mariners because I have seen too many friends
and neighbours who became so bored that they have become a nuisance to
their spouse and children and to others!
A few of them have solved the problem by going back to work. They
were able to do so because they have a skill/expertise that is still
in demand. The rest (and many are my neighbours) live aimlessly or are
waiting to die - a very sad situation, indeed..
You can retire only when you fulfil these 4 pre-conditions:
1) Your children are financially independent (e.g. they got jobs),
2) You have zero liability (all your borrowings are paid up),
3) You have enough savings to support your lifestyle for the rest of
your life,
AND most importantly,
4) You know what you would be doing during your retirement.
DO NOT retire till you meet ALL 4 Pre-Conditions. And of course you
should not retire if you enjoy working and are getting paid for it!
The problem cases I know of are those who failed to meet
Pre-Condition #4.
When asked, "What would you be doing during your retirement?"
some replied, "I will travel/cruise and see the World". They did
that, some for 3 months and then ran out of ideas. The golfers
replied, "I can golf every day." Most could not because they are
no longer fit to play well enough to enjoy the game. Those who could,
need to overcome another hurdle - they need to the find the
"kakis" to play with them.
It's the same with mahjong, bridge, badminton, trekking and karaoke
- you need "kakis"! Most could not find others who share their
favourite game and playing/singing alone is no fun. AND when they do
find them, a few of them found that they are NOT welcomed like my
obnoxious neighbour whom everyone avoids.
Thus if you are into group sports or games, you must form your groups
BEFORE you retire. You need to identify your "kakis", play with
them and discover whether they "click" with you.
The less sporty "can read all the books bought over the years". I
know of one guy who fell asleep after a few pages and ended up napping
most of the time! He discovered that he did not like to read after
all. We do change and we may not enjoy the hobbies we had..
Routine Activities To Fill Your Week
For most people, your routine work activities are planned for you or dictated by others and circumstances. When you retire, you wake up to a new routine - one that you yourself have to establish as nobody else would do it for you!
The routine to establish should keep your body, mind and spirit "sharpened". A good routine would comprise:
a) One weekly physical sport - you need to keep fit to enjoy your
retirement. If you are the non-sporty type, you should fire your maid
and clean your home without mechanical aids. Dancing and baby sitting
are good alternatives.
b) One weekly mind stimulating activity - e.g. writing, studying
for a degree, acquiring a new skill, solving problems or puzzles,
learn or teach something. You need to stimulate your mind to stay
alive because the day you stop using your brain is the day you start
to die.
c) One weekly social activity - choose one involving lots of
friends/neighbours.. Get yourself accepted as a member to at least 3
interests groups. Unless you prefer to be alone, you do need friends
more than ever as you get older and less fit to pursue your sport.
d) One weekly community service activity - you need to give to
appreciate what you have taken in this life. It's good to leave some
kind of legacy.
With 4 weekly activities, you got 4 days out of 7 covered. The
remaining 3 days should be devoted to family related activities. In
this way, you maintain a balance between amusing yourself and your
family members. Any spare time should remain "spare" so that you
can capitalise on opportunities that come your way like responding to
an unexpected request to do a job or to take advantage of cheap fares
to see places or to visit an exhibition.
Mind stimulating activities
Most judges live to a ripe old age. They use their brains a lot to
decide on cases. I am sure MM Lee's brain works overtime. He's 80+
and still going strong. In "Today" you would have read of 2
inspiring oldies. One is a granny who learned to play the guitar at
age 60 to entertain his grandchildren. She's 70+ today and those
grandchildren have grown to play with her. Another is an Indian
radiologist who on retirement, qualified as an acupuncturist. He's
age 77 and still offers his services (by appointment only) including
free ones to those who have no income. I guarantee you that they are
happy people who discovered a "2nd wind" to take them to the
sunset with a smile on their faces.
Mind stimulating activities are hard to identify. They require your
will to do something useful with the rest of your life, a mindset
change and the discipline to carry it through.
Your Bucket List
Despite your busy routine, you will at times be bored. Then it's time to turn to your Bucket List.
Your bucket list contains a list of things to do before you kick the
bucket. They are not routine and are usually one off activities. You
need them to have something to look forward to. These include
anniversaries, trips (and pilgrimages), visits to friends and
relations abroad, re-doing your home, attending conferences (related
to your hobbies), acquiring a new set of expertise. 4 such activities
that are spaced our quarterly would be ideal.
Retirement Is A Serious Business
If you can afford to retire and want to, do prepare to live to your
fullest. You need to be fit to enjoy it - therefore get into shape now.
You do not want to get up on a Monday and wonder what to do each
week, therefore identify your set of weekly routine activities now and
try them out to confirm that they are the activities that you will be
looking forward to doing each week, week after week.
You bucket list of "rewards" or "projects" or "challenges" is needed to
help you break away from the routine thereby make live worth living.
Start listing what you fancy and refine it as you chug along in your retirement. You will have so much fun, you would wish you were retired since your turned 21 ! !
From Email
This method had been tested by many people. One of the best methods to stop cough. a) Cut off the top part of the orange, put some salt into the orange, and put back the top part.
Steam it 10 minutes and eat all the flesh including the juice at the bottom of the bowl.
Taste not very nice but cures your prolonged cough in few short days.
b) Hi, friends,
I tried it before, it work!
My mom in law taught me when my son was coughing at night time but my method is without adding the salt.
I just steam in the rice cooker. No harm trying!!!
c) Cut off a little shelf of top.
Add ½ teaspoon of salt.
Place in a bowl and steam it 20 minute and finish the whole orange.
Don’t forget to finish the water left in the bowl. Its taste sour and salty, good for cure.
From Email
'Stewardesses'
is the longest word typed with only the left hand
And 'lollipop'
is the longest word typed with your right hand.
No word in the English language rhymes with
month, orange, silver, or purple.
'Dreamt' is the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth,
but our nose and ears never stop growing.
The sentence:
'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog'
uses every letter of the alphabet.
The words 'racecar', 'kayak' and 'level'
are the same whether they are read
left to right or right to left (palindromes).
There are only four words in the English language which end in 'dous':
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: 'abstemious' and 'facetious.'
TYPEWRITER is the longest word
that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
A snail can sleep for three years.
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
Babies are born without kneecaps.
They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast,
the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
The cruise liner, QE 2
moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls
froze completely solid.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
Winston Churchill
was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
is the longest word typed with only the left hand
And 'lollipop'
is the longest word typed with your right hand.
No word in the English language rhymes with
month, orange, silver, or purple.
'Dreamt' is the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth,
but our nose and ears never stop growing.
The sentence:
'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog'
uses every letter of the alphabet.
The words 'racecar', 'kayak' and 'level'
are the same whether they are read
left to right or right to left (palindromes).
There are only four words in the English language which end in 'dous':
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: 'abstemious' and 'facetious.'
TYPEWRITER is the longest word
that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
A snail can sleep for three years.
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
Babies are born without kneecaps.
They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast,
the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
The cruise liner, QE 2
moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls
froze completely solid.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
Winston Churchill
was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
2d@y
time is passing by
as she
sat there
in the dark
feeling contained
can't get out of here
been tied up for too long
forgotten what is it like out there
don't wanna be left here
don't wanna be in the dark
don't wanna to be enclosed
just wanna get out of here
just wanna see it
just wanna feel
what is it to be out there
what is it to be free
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Still In Love
after quite awhile
they finally have a new song
a new album actually
this song...
just like what they say
chills down the spine...
I'd say
hauntingly beautiful
Link: Still In Love
they finally have a new song
a new album actually
this song...
just like what they say
chills down the spine...
I'd say
hauntingly beautiful
Link: Still In Love
Sunday, October 10, 2010
2d@y
she watched them
from a corner
as she saw them doing their everyday activity
everyone around her
so much movement
so much energy
but she was just sitting there
not a movement
lifelessness
wishing they would just leave her alone
let her be alone
somehow
by coincidence
they have to leave
as they left
the room felt silence
ah...peace
she thought
she finally started her own activity
as she checked the list in her mind
busying
she suddenly felt cold
wondering what was it that made her felt cold
wait
don't be distracted by this
follow your list
finish it
she thought to herself
but
she couldn't stop herself from thinking about it
so
she sat there
thinking deeply
into her heart
what was it
why did she felt like that
is she feeling tired
is she feeling sick
or
...
loneliness
she felt alone
no one was beside her
she wished for them to go
but she wanted them to stay
......
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