X'mas Gift

3 days before x'mas, we brought Thad to choose his X'mas gift. Since this is his first 'understood' x'mas, so we decided to let him choose himself. He took almost 45 minutes to shop around at toy's department and put all his choices in the trolley. He took 'too-too' train, helicopter, lorry, & some of cars for his choice. Before we proceed to cashier, he saw few kids was playing with a keyboard and show his interest on it. Then he quickly go to find the keyboard. The keyboard cost almost RM500.*wah! wah! wah!*

Since Thad shows his different interest this time, so we bought a keyboard for him as this year x'mas gift. But is a smaller...*hehe*

*Merry X'mas !!!*


What Tarot Card Are U??


You are The Empress


Beauty, happiness, pleasure, success, luxury, dissipation.


The Empress is associated with Venus, the feminine planet, so it represents,
beauty, charm, pleasure, luxury, and delight. You may be good at home
decorating, art or anything to do with making things beautiful.


The Empress is a creator, be it creation of life, of romance, of art or business. While the Magician is the primal spark, the idea made real, and the High Priestess is the one who gives the idea a form, the Empress is the womb where it gestates and grows till it is ready to be born. This is why her symbol is Venus, goddess of beautiful things as well as love. Even so, the Empress is more Demeter, goddess of abundance, then sensual Venus. She is the giver of Earthly gifts, yet at the same time, she can, in anger withhold, as Demeter did when her daughter, Persephone, was kidnapped. In fury and grief, she kept the Earth barren till her child was returned to her.


What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.



Get the test from Sabrina's blog. Must ask hubby whether it is true for me..

发展?灾害?

最近的闪电水灾,不只人民,我想政府也措手不及。我住柔佛洲,是这次水灾最大灾区。在我这个地区,已阔别水灾数10年,今天再度看到这种情形,真的有点伤心。虽然灾情尚未严重(碰木!碰木!-请翻译英文),只是纳闷为什么政府在这么积极发展国家的同时,却忽略了对人民这么重要的治水??

昨天报纸登出一位妇女死在儿子怀里,看了真令人伤感。我也只看了头条,不想仔细看内容。今天死亡人数又在增加,只能摇头而已。。

老实说,在新山一段的高速公路旁,一整片的树林被砍伐来做屋业发展,新山一代已有房地产滞销,为什么还要砍伐,再建房屋?发展商一定有话说,可是你们在发展同时,可不可以也想想我们这些人民呢?缺少了这么一大片树林,对闪电水灾多少有影响,这点无法否认吧?!

政府阿政府,我们的安危,也只得靠你们了!替我们出出气,做点事吧!

小朋友的三字经



最近买了《三字经》的CD给小朋友,希望借此可以让他增加多点气质。哈哈!望子成龙哩。。没有啦。。只是要让他有点华语基础及该有的道德。CD里面包括了一位老师念,跟着是一群小朋友念,接着老师解释意识及一位叔叔说启示。

还不错哦,听了几次后,小朋友自己可以把几段背出来了。虽然大家可能听不大懂他在念什么,因为他知道我们在为他录影,有些小紧张,就语无伦次了。过后想要为他再录影,他就没那么乖乖就范了。真是的。。。
到目前为止,小朋友已经会把这一段背出来了,以下是小朋友的《三字经》诗词:

人之初 性本善
性相近 习相远
苟不教 性乃迁
教之道 贵以专

昔孟母 择邻处
子不学 断机杼
窦燕山 有义方
教五子 名俱扬

喝咖啡的好处和坏处----转载

喝咖啡的好处

咖啡可能使你夜里失眠,也可能使你血压升高。但美国范德比尔特大学咖啡研究所所长马丁教授日前说,咖啡含有数百种有益健康的成分,可以抵抗肝受损、各种癌症、哮喘、心脏病和震颤性麻痹等。

他指出,每天喝2—4杯咖啡是有益的。不喝咖啡的人比喝咖啡的人更有可能患这些疾病。近20年的研究证实,咖啡因是咖啡中的有效成分,它能激活中枢神经系统,可用于制造长效镇痛药物,可以抵抗困倦、伤风感冒、哮喘和水肿。其副作用是容易上瘾失眠、紧张和血压升高。

研究表明,咖啡含有抗痴呆物质,这种物质能减少有害物对身体的影响,有助于防范一些疾病。科学家们说,当人体内氧与其他化学物质混合在一起时,会形成盲目破坏细胞和身体组织的有害物质,这是心脏病、血管病、肿瘤、免疫机制衰退和神经衰弱的致病原因。美国咖啡研究所的研究结果显示,咖啡所含抗痴呆症的物质比茶叶高4倍。在加强身体的防病机制中,营养发挥着主要作用,能抗痴呆症的物质包括维生素E、维生素C、大豆中的胡萝卜素、红葡萄酒、某些调味料、水果、洋葱和橄榄等。经过烘焙的咖啡豆抗痴呆性更强,脱去咖啡因的咖啡中这种物质也不会减弱或遭到破坏。

同时,专家指出,清晨起床后喝一杯咖啡可醒脑,白天工作时轻呷一口咖啡可提神。所以,此时的咖啡可稍浓。而餐后或晚间饮咖啡以略清淡为宜。咖啡是公认的健康饮品,但喝咖啡应掌握一定的时间,要适时适度。咖啡或茶不适宜餐中伴饮,应在餐后饮用。喝咖啡时,不管冷热都应喝一些白开水。这样做一是可以去除口腔异味,以便更好的品味;二是由于咖啡有利尿功能,多喝白水,可提高排尿量,保护肾功能,同时也不用担心喝咖啡会“上火”。

黑咖啡历来被称为“健康使者”,它对健康所起的作用主要有:
1.提神醒脑 咖啡因刺激中枢神经,可使头脑较为清醒,思考能力充沛、注意力集中,提高工作效率;

2.强筋骨、利腰膝 咖啡因能使肌肉自由收缩,可提高运动功能。

3.开胃消食 咖啡因刺激胃肠分泌胃酸,可促进肠蠕动,帮助消化、防止胃下垂,还有快速通便作用。

4.利窍除湿 咖啡因可促进肾脏机能,排出体内多余的钠离子,提高排尿量,改善腹胀水肿。

5.活血化瘀 咖啡所含的亚油酸,有溶血及阻止血栓形成、增强血管收缩、缓解偏头痛、降低中风机率等作用。

6.平肺定喘 咖啡因会抑制副交感神经,减少气喘病的发作。

7.燥湿除臭 咖啡因内含单宁,对味道具有极强的吸附能力。如果你的居室刚刚装修过,在室内煮上一壶咖啡,异味会很快去除。

8、喝咖啡可护肝,解酒。

9、咖啡可减肥 喝咖啡瘦身的最佳时间是午饭后30分钟至1个小时内及下班前,品尝一杯浓郁的不加糖的黑咖啡,并配合步行,可促进脂肪燃烧。

10、黑咖啡可有效改善低血压。

11、黑咖啡有抗氧化作用,有助于防癌、抗衰老。咖啡,我们向来是从情感的角度讲的。

今天,就让我们看看它的本质。
1.咖啡含有一定的营养成分。咖啡的烟碱酸含有维他命B,烘焙后的咖啡豆含量更高。并且有游离脂肪酸、咖啡因、单宁酸等。
2.咖啡对皮肤有益处。咖啡可以促进代谢机能,活络消化器官,对便秘有很大功效。使用咖啡粉洗澡是一种温热疗法,有减肥的作用。
3.咖啡有解酒的功能。酒后喝咖啡,将使由酒精转变而来的乙醛快速氧化,分解成水和二氧化碳而排出体外。
4.咖啡可以消除疲劳。要消除疲劳,必须补充营养、休息与睡眠、促进代谢功能,而咖啡则具有这些功能。
5.一日三杯咖啡可预防胆结石。对于含咖啡因的咖啡,能刺激胆囊收缩,并减少胆汁内容易形成胆结石的胆固醇,最新美国哈佛大学研究人员发现,每天喝两到三杯咖啡的男性,得胆结石的机率低于40%。
6.常喝咖啡可防止放射线伤害。放射线伤害尤其是电器的辐射已成为目前较突出的一种污染。印度笆巴原子研究人员在老鼠实验中得到这一结论,并表示可以应用到人类。
7.咖啡的保健医疗功能。咖啡具有抗氧化及护心、强筋骨、利腰膝、开胃促食、消脂消积、利窍除湿、活血化淤、息风止痉等作用。
8.咖啡对情绪的影响力。实验表明,一般人一天吸收300毫克(约3杯煮泡咖啡)的咖啡因,对一个人的机警和情绪会带来良好的影响。

以下六种人不宜喝咖啡:
患高血压、冠心病、动脉硬化等疾病——长期或大量饮用咖啡,可引起心血管疾病。
老年妇女——咖啡会减少钙质、引起骨质疏松。妇女绝经后,每天需要加十倍的钙量。
胃病患者——喝咖啡过量可引起胃病恶化。
孕妇——饮过量咖啡,可导致胎儿畸形或流产。
维生素B1缺乏者——维生素B1可保持神经系统的平衡和稳定,而咖啡对其有破坏作用。
癌症患者———饮用过量的咖啡对正常人有致癌的危险。

和咖啡亲密接触咖啡
因由于有刺激中枢神经和肌肉的作用,所以可以振作精神、增强思考能力,恢复肌肉的疲劳。作用在心血管系统,可提高心脏功能,使血管舒张,促进血液循环。对于肠胃系统,它可以帮助消化,帮助脂肪的分解。

有助于减肥
相信很多人都听说喝黑咖啡可以减肥,其实,这只是其中的因素之一,咖啡因的确可以加速脂肪的分解,但是同时更要靠肌肉的运动,才能将多余的脂肪酸转变成热能消耗掉,如果没有经过与之配合的运动,多余的脂肪酸又顺着血流重新流回,重新堆积起脂肪。所以喝咖啡以后需要同时积极动起来,才能发挥真正的减肥功效!咖啡本身就有热量,但不多,主要的热量是在于你在喝咖啡时所加入奶精和糖。

抗氧化能力
近年,只要是具有抗氧化功能的食物都在市场大行其道,一般所熟知的蔬菜水果含丰富A、C、B族维生素的食物,以及在日本相当流行的茶,之所以被视是健康的食物,就是为它们含有丰富的抗氧化物质,可以对抗自由基对人体的伤害。日前有研究报告指出,咖啡所含的抗氧化物质比茶多4倍,更能对抗心血管疾病,且咖啡本身也符合抗氧化物的原则,色(深)又具有苦味。每一咖啡所含的抗氧化物质也因着冲泡的方式有所不同,如美式咖啡含抗氧化物质量最少,而 Espresso所含的抗氧化最多。咖啡在加了奶精之后,也不会影其抗氧化的作用。

改善眼睛干涩
国外的报告指出:喝咖啡者罹患干眼症的几率,明显比不喝咖啡者低。这主要是和咖啡中的嘌呤成分有关(含嘌呤的滴眼剂,能刺激腺体分泌液体,对眼睛具有某种保作用)。对于爱喝咖啡的电脑族来说,这当然是一个好消息,但要注意的是,咖啡本身具有利尿的作用,即使其中的一些成分具有保护作用,但对于已经罹患干眼症的人,以及有服用任何含有利尿成分药剂的人,必须禁止服用含咖啡因的饮料,以免加剧体内水分的流失。

可以解痛
一夜没有睡好所带来的头痛、或是太阳穴侧因血管收缩引起的疼痛,这些非器质性因素所引起的疼痛,都可以用咖啡来缓解,但必是在早上或是中午喝(注意:午后到夜晚禁用)。

咖啡的量
咖啡对人体然有好处但也不能多喝,每天以不超过2杯为宜,对于容易紧张焦虑的人,喝多了可能就是有害。

喝咖啡的时间
喝咖啡最好在用早餐及午餐后,因为这样可以促进肠胃的蠕动,帮助消化,可以分解吃下去的高热量、高脂食物,也不会像空腹喝咖啡那样,对肠胃造成刺激。最好不要在晚餐后喝咖啡,怕会对睡眠造成影响。
若是想靠喝咖啡熬通宵,可能会在不知不中喝过量,对身体不好。

紧张时添乱
咖啡因有助于提高警觉性、灵敏性、记忆力及集中力。但饮用超过比你平常所习惯饮用量的咖啡,就会产生类似食用相同剂量的兴奋剂,会造成神经过敏。对于倾向焦虑失调的人而言,咖啡因会导致手心冒汗、心悸、耳鸣这些症状更加恶化。

加剧高血压
咖啡因因为本身具有的止痛作用,常与其他简单的止痛剂合成复方,但是,长期大量服用,如果你本身已有高血压时,使用大量咖啡因只会使你的情况更为严重。因为光是咖啡因就能使血压上升,若再加上情绪紧张,就会产生危险性的相乘效果,因此,高血压的危险人群尤其应避免在工作压力大的时候喝含咖啡因的饮料。有些常年有喝咖啡习惯的人,以为他们对咖啡因的效果已经免疫,然而事实并非如此,一项研究显示,喝一杯咖啡后,血压升高的时间可长达12小时。

诱发骨质疏松
咖啡因本身具有很好的利尿效果,如果长期且大量喝咖啡,容易造成骨质流失,对骨量的保存会有不利的影响,对于妇女来说,可能会增加骨质疏松的威胁。但前提是,平时食物中本来就缺乏摄取足够的钙,或是不经常动的人,加上更年期后的女性,因缺少雌激素造成的钙质流失,以上这些情况再加上大量的咖啡因,才可能对骨造成威胁。如果能够按照合理的量来享受,你还是可以做到不因噎废食的。

这些人慎喝咖啡:
肝病患者咖啡
因会延长咖啡因在体内谢的时间。一般正常的成年人咖啡因的代谢需要2小时,可是肝病患者或是肝功能不全者,咖啡因的代谢可能需4-5小时,因此肝病患者在喝咖啡时就要一定要当心,最好不要在傍晚以后喝,以免因代谢时间长而影响睡眠,而且一天最好不超1杯。

消化系统疾病患者
相信经常在胃痛胃病的人都有个经验,就是医生一定会嘱咐,刺激性食物不要吃,包括:酒、辣椒、咖啡、茶、碳酸饮料。
咖啡之所以名列其中,就是因其中的单宁酸会刺激胃酸分泌,如果是消化疾病急性期的患者一定要避免。恢复健康之后,如果偶尔饮用咖啡,也最好是在饭后用,避免空腹喝咖啡。

孕妇
很多女性从怀孕后就开始,对所有吃进去的食物会特别留意,含有咖啡因的饮料当然也被列为禁忌之一。这主要是因孕妇对于咖啡因的代谢慢,咖啡因停留在体内的时间会延长,腹中的胎儿也要到八九个月的时候,才能通过新陈代谢,清除血液中的咖啡因。

小孩
因孩童肝、肾的发育不完全,解毒能力差,使得咖啡因代谢的半衰期会延长,所以一般说来,12岁以下儿童是需要禁止摄取咖啡因的。就算成天把咖啡当开水喝的欧美人士,对于小孩子喝咖啡也是有很严格的限制。

咖啡、可可、茶,均属于碱性饮料,与各类果汁恰成鲜明对比,后者属于酸性饮料。常饮酸性饮料的人易促生肾结石,而常饮咖啡、茶和可可饮料的人,此类危险下降14%左右。这是美国哈佛大学医学院肾病专家跟踪调查得出的结论,其原理尚不清楚小比较一致的看法是,咖啡因和可可碱能兴奋大脑和心脏,每天饮用2 杯可治。心动过缓。

据研究,一般人喜欢饮用咖啡,是因为咖啡中的咖啡因有明显的提神作用,饮用后让人感到神志清醒,大脑兴奋。这是由于咖啡因的分子结构与人体内的一种可抑制神经冲动的化学物质----化学贰的分子结构非常接近。另外与咖啡有利尿强心,帮助消化和促进新陈代谢的作用可能有关。据研究,长期适量饮用咖啡饮料,有恢复青春活力的功能,对儿童多动症也有较好的辅助疗效。对于接触光波、电波、磁波等过量辐射的人来说,咖啡因有防辐射的功能。

科学家们对饮用咖啡的禁忌论述颇多。一是认为在短时间内不宜大量饮用,饮用的咖啡因如超过 10克(一杯饮料中约含100毫克~150毫克)会致人死命。二是常饮咖啡如果“上瘾”,会对咖啡因产生依赖性,一旦停饮,会使大脑受到抑制,出现血压降低及剧烈头痛等症状;有的人甚至会精神异常,喜怒无常。三是过量饮用咖啡且无节制地长期嗜饮,其肾上腺素水平可升高32%以上,其去甲肾上腺素可升高 12%以上,血压升高可达3%以上,这样会增加患冠心病的危险。四是儿童和孕妇过饮咖啡会加大骨内钙质的流失,或对胎儿有潜在的威胁。五是咖啡提神对人体也有负面影响,因为过度兴奋之后必然会出现精神疲惫不堪,昏昏欲睡,这对应付复杂工作而又需要短期记忆的人是有害的。

因此,专家们忠告:晚上最好不要饮用咖啡;白天酒后也不能饮咖啡;不能一边抽烟一边饮咖啡;每次饮用咖啡不能超过10克(含咖啡因0.1克),每天不超过 3杯;常饮咖啡要注意补钙,即在平时要多吃一些豆制品、紫菜、虾皮、油菜等含钙丰富的食物等;患有动脉硬化、高血压、心脏病和胃溃疡的人以不饮咖啡为宜;开车人不能多饮罐装咖啡,以每日4杯以下为宜;喝咖啡时要限制糖量似防血清胆固醇、蛋白质及中性脂肪的浓度增高,并会促进动脉硬化;糖尿病患者,饮咖啡时更不宜放糖;服用西药痢特灵时忌饮咖啡。

1.提神醒脑。咖啡因性味辛香芳醇,极易通过脑血屏障,刺激中枢神 经,促进脑部活动,使头脑较为清醒,反应活泼灵敏,思考能力充沛、注意力集中,提高工作效率;可刺激大脑皮肤,促进感觉、判断、记忆和感情动。
2.强筋骨、利腰膝。咖啡因能使肌肉自由收缩,增加肌腱力量,降低运动阀,增加身体的灵敏度,提高运动功能。
3.开胃主食。咖啡因会刺激交感神经,刺激胃肠分泌胃酸,促进化、防止胃胀、胃下垂,及促进肠胃激素、蠕动激素,使快速通使。
4.消脂消积。咖啡因可加速脂肪分解,增快身体新陈代谢率,增加热能消耗,有助减脂瘦身。
5.利窍除湿。咖啡因可促进肾脏机能,排出体内多馀的纳离子,提高排尿量,改善腹胀水肿,有助减重瘦身。
6.活血化瘀。咖啡所含的亚油酸,有溶血及阻止血栓形成,增强血管收缩,促进血液循环,缓解血管扩张的头痛,尤其是偏头痛。另促进静脉回流,有润泽肌肤,使肌表恢复弹性,预防心血管疾病。
7.熄风止痉。咖啡可增加高密度胆固醇,加速代谢坏的胆固醇,减少冠状动脉粥样化、降低中风机率。
8.喜悦颜色。 少量的咖啡令人精神兴奋,心情愉快,抛开烦恼、忧郁、 纾解压力,放松身心。
9.肺定喘。 咖啡因会促进交感神经,抑制副交感神经,避免副交感神经兴奋而发作气喘病。
10.燥湿除臭 。咖啡因内含单宁,可脱臭,消除蒜、肉味。

贪饮咖啡的害处

咖啡是现代生活中的一种时尚饮品,其主要成分是兴奋大脑的咖啡因,此外还含有脂肪、蛋白质、碳水化合物、无机盐和维生素等。大多数速溶咖啡中含3%~4%的咖啡因,一杯煮咖啡中约含150毫克的咖啡因。喝咖啡的长处是提精神,但是贪饮咖啡会致病。  

诱发心脏病  
美国医学家研究发现,一个人每天喝5杯或更多咖啡,其患心脏病的几率比不喝者高两倍,且嗜咖啡年限越长,饮量越多,患心脏病的可能性越大。通过对858位45~69岁首次患心肌梗死的人和同样人数从未患过心肌梗死的人的调查证明,每天喝5杯以上咖啡者患病的危险增加了70%。  

引起骨质疏松  
咖啡因能与人体内的游离钙结合,并随尿排出。游离钙减少必然引起结合钙的分解,从而导致骨质疏松。研究发现,长期每天饮两杯以上咖啡而不饮牛奶的人,不管年龄、肥胖程度如何,其髋骨、脊椎的骨密度都会降低,且降低程度与习惯延续的时间长短和饮用量有关。  

可能与糖尿病有关  
研究发现,芬兰、美国是消费咖啡最多的国家,患糖尿病的人数最多。相反,日本的咖啡消费量较少,糖尿病患者也较少。此外,研究还发现,咖啡因可透过孕妇胰脏而沉淀到胎儿组织(主要是肝与脑)中,若孕妇嗜饮咖啡,会使出生后的婴儿患糖尿病的几率增加。  

和酒同饮害处大  
酒精被吸收后会影响胃肠和心、肝、肾、大脑、内分泌器官的功能,造成体内物质代谢紊乱,大脑由兴奋渐进入高度抑制状态。而喝咖啡则会使大脑高度兴奋,二者相反的作用会干扰大脑功能,同时刺激血管扩张,加快血液循环,增加心脏负担,这比单独饮用害处更大。

手机是健康杀手,须避免六种坏习惯 --转载

美國專家指出,手機輻射是健康殺手,人們應避免6種使用手機的壞習慣,有8類人最好少打手機。

美國一項最新醫學研究指出,每天使用手機超過4小時的男性,不僅精子數量較手機使用率低的男性少40%,而且品質也較差,生育能力會下降。另據報道,中國的手機輻射標準將於年內出台。

研究顯示,當人們打開手機,手機就會向手機基站傳送無線電波,而任何一種無線電波都會或多或少地被人體吸收,從而對人體的健康帶來這樣那樣的影響。這種電磁波向外傳播的過程,就被稱為手機輻射。

中國《解放日報》周四引述復旦大學公共衛生學院職業衛生、毒理學教授金錫鵬指出,雖然目前醫學界對於手機輻射是否會導致腫瘤等重大疾病還存在著一定的爭論,但在以往的動物實驗中已經證實,手機微波有一定的特點:對含有水分愈多的器官,傷害愈大。長期使用手機會對人體的神經系統、心臟和眼睛有所影響。

上海交通大學無線通信研究所副教授錢良亦指出,手機是一種有一定功率的信號發射器,最大功率在1瓦左右。但由於手機往往會頻繁「親近」人體的大腦部位,從健康角度考慮,人們應該對輻射所產生的日積月累的影響有所警惕。為此,要從生活中的一些細節做起,減少手機輻射對健康的損害。

專家指出6種不利健康的使用手機習慣,包括﹕

一、把手機掛在脖子或腰間﹕
有醫學專家指出,心臟功能不全、心律不齊的人尤其不能把手機掛在胸前。手機如果常掛在人體的腰部或腹部旁,可能會影響生育機能。較為健康安全的方法,是把手機放在隨身攜帶的包中,並儘量放在包的外層,以確保良好的信號覆蓋。

二、撥電話時把手機緊貼耳朵﹕
手機撥出電話而未接通時,輻射會明顯增強,此時應該讓手機遠離頭部,間隔約5秒鐘後再通話。

三、手機信號愈弱,耳朵貼得愈近﹕
據手機的工作原理,在信號較弱的情況下,手機會自動提高電磁波的發射功率,使得輻射強度明顯增大。此時把耳朵貼近,頭部受到的輻射就會成倍增加。

四、「一隻耳」煲「手機粥」﹕
專家建議,不宜用手機長時間通話,可考慮改用固定電話或者使用耳機,如果不得不長時間用手機直接通話,也應每隔1至2分鐘輪換左右耳接聽。

五、私密電話「躲到墻角悄悄說」﹕
對於涉及私密內容的電話,不少人喜歡躲到建築物的角落接聽。而一般情況下,建築物角落的信號覆蓋比較差,因此會在一定程度上使手機的輻射功率增大。

六、東晃西走,頻繁移動﹕
一些人喜歡在打手機時不自覺地踱方步、頻繁走動,卻不知頻繁移動位置會造成接收信號的強弱起伏,從而引發不必要的短時間高功率發射。

此外,以下8類人應少打手機,包括癲癇病患者、心臟病患者、嚴重神經衰弱者、白內障患者、甲亢及糖尿病患者、孕婦及母乳餵養者、兒童及青少年、60歲以上的老人。

Conceive Season?

Recently I heard so many good news surround me...Many of my friends are getting or planning to have a 'piggy baby'...Some more, many 'online mummies' do have piggy on the way...Maybe some of the mommies already knew it from the forum.

Hubby and I actually had plan to have a piggy baby. Since Thaddeus already 2 years ++, it's time for him to have a sibling so that he could have something to busy with *lol* and he could have a playmate as well. One more thing, I love piggy too. :P

Erm...we still left few months time to have a 'piggy baby' ya...Opps...times constraint...

Beijing Day 4

1/12/2006

Day 4 in Beijing. We only go to one tourist place today--Tian Tan 天坛. Then the rest day we'll go SHOPPING!!!

We had lunch at a 少数民族restaurant. They have their traditional dance show while we are having our lunch. But everyone seems excited looking forward for the shopping and having the lunch as fast as we can... *shop til we drop!!*




We are going to the 1st station named 岳秀. This is a so called fashion market. What u need and what they have. According to the tourist guide, this shopping complex is much more cheaper compare with the 2nd station(秀水) we are going later. Everybody is excited and two hours each place is too short for us!!





These are my 战利品. I still found that not enough. Hubby thing is more than me...

Going to pack my luggage. Tomorrow we are going back to KL.

Beijing...We'll be back... :P

Beijing Day 3

30/11/2006
3rd day in Beijing. We are going to Yu He Yuan 颐和园。Our tourist guide said today will be a tired trip for us coz all the place need to walk n walk n walk....

We reach 颐和园quite early today. Cool day...It is a big (suppose to say huge) garden. I must say that the emperor that time are so 好命 to own a garden for them to stroll etc. The whole garden is around 22k sq ft. Big?? ABSOLUTELY!!! But the scenery is so nice and beautiful. The old folks have a habit to write poem on the floor. You can see an 'uncle' or 'auntie' to write doing that around there. We can also see China popular 四合院 in the garden.



The building, the rooms and even the roof are very unique built. They did not using any nails. How they do it?? Wonder wonder wonder....
Next, the Pearl factory...again, I dunno how to 'see' a pearl.... empty-handed...

Lunch time....we had a Beijing most popular food...Beijing Duck北京烤鸭 in the most popular restaurant 全聚德. The duck is very juicy and crispy. Before start eating the duck, the waitress will demonstrate how to 'wrap' the duck. It's a must try food. Hubby was not a 'duck-liker' but he eats a lot too... :)

After filling our stomach, we are heading to our next 2 destination, which are Forbidden CIty 故宫/紫禁城 and Tian An Men 天安门。We took almost 2 hours to walk thru these two places. It's already sunset when we reach Tian An Men eventhough it is only around 5 to 6pm. Luckily, wemanage to see the daily 降旗礼. So many peoplie surround the compound to view it.

Our 3rd day schedule ends with an Acrobatic Show. This is something that all China citizen proud of. The show take around 1 hour. The most attractive part is the 四川变脸。They even come to the audience seat to perform the last 3 faces. Wow...fast n curious...dunno how they do it.

Beijing Day 2

29/11/2006

First morning in Beijing. Our first destination is Great Wall. We can see the Great Wall from far in the bus. Amazing....the ONLY manual workmanship can view from the outer space.

Previously only getting know the Great Wall from books or other materials. But now, I really step on it!! I must say that the people from that time are really bravos!! How can they built the Great Wall manually?? How? How? How?
We took almost one hour to reach the only small part of the Great Wall. Maybe due to our dressing, it is heavy for us to move on. But we also manage to get a souvenir as a memory. At least, we had been here before...

Our next destination is Beijing Jade Craving. Erm...Youngsters dunno how to buy jade..(:P) so we only look around the factory, and see those amazing crafts.

After lunch, we move to the next, Beijing Under Ground City 北京地下(长)城. The 'city' took 10 years to build due to avoid the war between Russia (previously known as Soviet Union) and China. It had been called city coz it has mini cinema, army hospital, school, and many others facilities which are all built underground. The entrance of the 'city' is just a only small door(see the picture) and unlikely can be know by the enemy (if really war). What a pity is, the 'city' are going to be 拆除 due to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Photo taken are prohibited inside the 'city' coz it is still consider a P & C place. But they sell their famous 蚕丝 inside.

Our first shopping destination.....Wang Fu Jin Street 王府井大街. Erm...nothing to buy there but I was quite attract by their food stalls.

We have no much time to hang around in Wang Fu Jing Street coz we have a gather dinner at night. Check this out....Our dinner...

Sweet dreams....

Beijing Day 1

28/11/2006

Me n hubby depart to Beijing today early in the morning. We are going to spend 5D4N there. Heard (hubby's cousin study there) the weather there is beginning of the winter and it is cool now...

We took 8.30am flight and transit thru new Bangkok International Airport. It is a absolutely BIG and LONG airport coz the domestic and international terminal are combined. Unlike KLIA, we took the train to international terminal if want to travel oversea. We have around 2 hours to wait for transit but we walk around 45 minutes to reach the gate. *phew* Can u imagine that?? But one thing I must say, it is a very thai-oriented airport. Very Thai identity. Many Thai building model and mascot u can find in the airport.

We reach Beijing International Airport around 4.30pm. It is already sunset. Very unused to it. Looks like already 7 or 8pm in Malaysia. But the weather is COLD.....around 0 Celsius. It will comes to negative when midnight...wow...looking forward for it...We have a Thai food as our dinner. But I think it is more to Chinese oriented Thai food. Not much Thai taste.

We served by a live performance by the staff from the restaurant. They use the cutlery as their instrument and all of us are invited to dance together with them. Those aunties can dance well too... :)




Zoo Negara--part II


"Zoo Negara....Here we are!!"


"Am I looking good?"




"Phew..Have a drink before continue our journey"



"Daddy, this is parrot!!!"



"The birds are walking around"



"Mummy..This is giraffe!!"

"The orang utan is climbing the rope the the audience"



"Excited watching the Multi Animal Show"



"Saying bye-bye to the animal"

Zoo Negara--part I

Me n hubby had planned for a quite long time to bring Thaddeus to zoo. That day when Thaddeus reading his 'animal book' and able to speak out most of the animal name, then we 'really' decided to bring him to zoo negara at Setapak.

Last Wednesday, when we all reach kl then I started to simply find some info about the zoo negara at its website. The entrance fee is RM15 for adults and RM6 for kids below 3 years old. Wow..I thought is only RM5/6 for adults previouly.Hehe..maybe the price was when I was a small kid??

We bring Thad to zoo on Friday morning. Luckily it was a sunny day since KL was raining most of time especially during noon time. We reach zoo around 9.30am and there was a lot of students (kindergarten)there too. I think it was an activity before the end of school semester. Mummy was a little bit excited too since it was a long time I never visit to zoo. *hehe*

We board on a train to go around the zoo before we decide our view point. Thaddeus was so excited shouting “长颈鹿...!!”and clapping his hand when seeing a real giraffe in front of him!! We took around 15 minutes by train to round the zoo. After that, we went to see the Multi Animal Show presented by Zoo Negara. It was a 20 minutes show. Mmm..thaddeus feel bored at the first because the animal was too small and could not viewed by him ( i think). It was 2 parrots picking up the small ball to throw into the net. But Thaddeus was start gettting high when 2 orang utan come out from the back stage and climbing the rope which is hanging from stage to the audience. Haha..Thad was 傻眼 seeing this. Actually I was little afraid too when see the orang utan coming to audience place. *hehe*

Next coming up is the show by sealion. Ooo...Thaddeus really attract by the sea lion's performance. The sea lion weight 114kg. He saw the sealion jump out from the pond to catch the ball and throw the into the net. He was clapping his hand and show his excited face when see this.

We did not walk the whole zoo. Only show a few animals that Thad interested eg. hippoteneous, pig pig (wild boar), different types of cow, tiger, lion, zebra, and of course giraffe etc. We decided to have a round by train again before we going back. Thad was saying "bye bye 再见" and waiving to the animal that he knews.

The little kid was excited when reach home and telling everyone what he saws in the zoo. My sis was also 'tak boleh tahan' to him too. Hehe..

I think I'll bring Thad to zoo again. But different location next time.

又爱又恨的冰水

談到冰水,時下沒有人不喜歡的,尤其是炎炎夏天,熱死人了,
很多人都會去買冰涼的飲料或冰、冰淇淋來止渴,一口喝下,
更是暢快無比,但是,卻很少人會去注意它的傷害力與嚴重性。

其實,冰水並非不能吃,但是要等到冰氣溢出才不會傷到身體。
為什麼冰水會斷人種呢?

譬如一位小女孩從小就很起喜歡喝冰水,
長大後嫁人可能就會產生不孕症,因為冰氣會聚集於下腹部,
子宮、卵巢就像是一座冷凍庫,男子的精蟲會凍死,
所以,很多不孕的人就是從小就喝冰水引起的,
喝冰水也會產生發育不良的現象,冰氣積於腸胃,
導致營養不易吸收,變成俗語所說的「冷底」,
所以有很多小孩「瘦枝落葉」——面黃肌瘦,
這些都是長期喝冰水所致。

冰水會引起心肌梗塞,很多國小、國中的小孩因長期喝冰水,
到了學校辦運動會時,參加短跑或長跑,中途突然倒下、休克,
甚至猝死,這些都是冰水所「賜」。

喝冰水的人很容易感冒、咳嗽、聲啞,目前,國小、國中、高中,
甚至於專科、大學的學生,百分之八十以上,都有聲啞的現象。
還有,因喝冰水所引起的感冒,靠吃藥、打針不容易痊癒。

最嚴重的就是被冰水「嗆到」、「嗆傷」,在身體熱熱、
呼吸急促時?若狠狠喝冰水止渴而引起的「嗆傷」,
可以說中、西醫都無藥可救,筆者尋遍多年,
至今還未找到可以根治冰水所引起的「嗆傷」的方子。

冰氣一旦因「嗆傷」而逼入肺經八卦或膻中大穴,那就麻煩了,
全身的循環系統因而阻塞,眼睛開始「濛霧」,接著導致假性近視、
耳鳴、中耳炎老花眼、散光、青光眼、頭痛、偏頭痛、胸部緊悶、
心跳加速、心律不整、心臟病、肝病、肝硬化,甚至肝癌,
所謂病症百出,再來就是胃痛、腹瀉、脾土不開、胃口不開、
腎臟功能失調、胰島素無法分泌而引起糖尿病、腳麻手痺,
癌症都跟冰水有關;再者,冰水會引起虛火,虛火屬陰症,
中醫認為陽症易醫,陰症難治,
所以,喝冰水可能引起百種以上的病症,您能不小心嗎?

十年來筆者,眼見芸芸蒼生苦於病中,特執禿筆,
望有緣人能見而慎之,凡事有得有失,
我這樣說畢竟會得罪靠賣冰水生存的人,經衡量之後,
我想,大家都有後代不是嗎?讓我們的下一代能健康成長,
也只好得罪了,其實冰水並非不能喝,
只要教導好大家怎麼喝才健康,才不會傷身,那何罪之有呢?

中醫說吃冰易上火, 尤其女人家更需忌冰 ,常常會 這疼 , 那痛 ,
都是這東東害的唷。^_^


〈转摘自http://chinese.cari.com.my〉

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