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Photo Friday: My Little Secret

May 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

My little secret? What do you think you can see from this photo about my little secret? I love butteflies!! Not many people know about this and I never tell anyone about it also. This is my little secret hahaha… I’m always fascinated with butterfly theme jewelries or accessories but I didn’t own much that’s why not many people know about it hahaha… Now… It’s no longer a secret! How lame am I? :P

photo friday, butterfly, insect, plant

Location: At maternal grandmother’s house.
Comments: Just resized. Taken with the preset macro mode with 2.4X zoom under the very hot afternoon sun.
Taken with: Canon DIGITAL IXUS i zoom
Date taken: 24/12/2006

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Photo Friday: Electricity

April 25th, 2008 · No Comments

When there’s no electricity, many things we can’t do. All the electrical appliances will not be able to function. When this happens, we can only rely on candles and torchlights to give us light. This photo was taken when there’s a blackout at my area. I just realised that it’s on the night of my sister’s birthday last year hahaha… Took tonnes of photos and this is the only one turned out OK.

photo friday, electricity, candle, flame

Location: At home.
Comments: Just resize.
Taken with: Canon DIGITAL IXUS i zoom
Date taken: 11/6/2007

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Avoid A Cold Before It Strikes

April 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

I’m sure all of us know that when we will be down with flu, fever or cough. So? How are you going to stop it from coming when you feel so? Usually the signs are headache, fatigue, and aching body. I found out this tip, it’s pretty interesting, no wonder my teacher always told us to eat lots of vitamin C when we feel that way.

Just eat a whole large orange once every hour, as well as drink at least 4 ounces of water. By the end of the day, what could’ve been a week long cold/flu may be entirely cured.

WOW! Whole large orange once every hour, hmm… one day 24 hours, so means we must have at least 20 oranges with us! Hahaha…

Tags: Health · Useful Tips

Photo Friday: Cold

April 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Can you feel the cold? This was taken in the morning from the window of First World Hotel at Genting Highlands. It wasn’t that cold but when you see such view, you will thought that it would be very cold as it’s way up there on the mountain, in the cloud!

cloud, mountain, Genting Highlands

Location: First World Hotel, Genting Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia.
Comments: Just resize.
Taken with: Canon DIGITAL IXUS i zoom
Date taken: 10/1/2008

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Photo Friday: Fragile

April 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Life is fragile, just like this little plant here.

plants, flora, fauna, nature, leaf, water droplets

Location: At home.
Comments: Just resize and adjust the curves.
Taken with: Canon DIGITAL IXUS i zoom
Date taken: 28/11/2007

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TV & Your Heart

April 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Heart disease is one of the killers of mankind nowadays. I’m sure many of us know of someone with this problem. How to keep your heart healthy? One way is by watching TV. What? I know you will ask this but wait till you read further.

Every time you walk into or out of your TV room, do make a promise to do 20 (you can change this number) press ups or sit ups. It sounds strange but I know some people have been doing this and have seen a difference.

Besides that, you can workout in front of your TV, then it won’t be so boring.

Exercise is good for your heart.

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How To Make Your Own Facial Scrub

April 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Been spending lots of money on facial scrubs? Maybe you want to try to make your own. Sounds interesting? It’s free from harmful chemicals, you can even eat it! Hahaha… The ingredients are easy to get, it’s all from your kitchen.

Here is an easy recipe for a homemade facial scrub:
Simply grind 2 almonds and mix with 1 teaspoon of lemon juice and one teaspoon of honey.

That’s it! As simple as this!

This scrub is natural, inexpensive, and suitable for all skin types.

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Photo Friday: Far From Home

April 4th, 2008 · No Comments

The cloud… Love the clouds! It’s like you are inside the cloud don’t you think? In fact, you are! This is one attractions of Genting Highlands. If you can see the evening sky, it’s going to be really breathtaking! Too bad it was a rainy evening when we were there. Looking at this picture, it feels like you are far away from home, you can’t see your home, it’s too far away to be seen.

This was taken in the morning from the window of First World Hotel at Genting Highlands before we headed for breakfast.

cloud, sky, Genting Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia

Location: View from First World Hotel, Genting Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia.
Comments: Just resize.
Taken with: Canon DIGITAL IXUS i zoom
Date taken: 10/1/2008

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Make Your Own Cranberries Lipgloss

April 2nd, 2008 · 3 Comments

Found this very interesting recipe for making your own lipgloss which is totally free from harmful chemical. It’s all made from things that are edible. This yummilicious cranberries lipgloss recipe is suggested by the US National Honey Board.

Ingredients:
1 teaspoon of honey
1 drop of vitamin E oil
1 tablespoon of sweet almond oil
10 fresh cranberries

Instructions:
1. Mix the honey and oil together in a pot with low heat until it reaches to the brink of boiling.
2. Stir cranberries into the mixture and remove from heat.
3. Gently crush and mix the cranberries until they are lukewarm.
4. Strain and pour the mixture into a small container or empthy lipblam tube before it cools.

DONE! You got your very own yummy lipgloss and I’m sure your kisser will be gald that he’s kissing something edible *LOL*

Did you know you can recycle your empty lipgloss bottle for this?

Tags: Beauty · Do-It-Yourself(DIY) · Love Our Earth · Useful Tips

Photo Friday: Emotions

March 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments

This challenge is a bit hard as I don’t take photos of human. After browsing around my photo archive, I found this photo that was taken by me while waiting for the jossticks to finish burning at the tomb of my late grandparents. My first time bringing my camera to the graveyard and shoot around. Many people actually warned me that I might shoot “something”, well… I didn’t get any kind of shoot like this.

So, what is it about emotions? Qing Ming(Old Souls Day) is coming soon, it happened that the Chinese will be going to the graveyards to do the annual cleaning of their ancestors’ tombs and then provide offerings to them. It can be an emotional event to many people.

flowers, jossticks, graveyard

Location: At my late grandparents tomb.
Comments: Just resize.
Taken with: Canon DIGITAL IXUS i zoom
Date taken: 1/4/2007

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