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Scientists predict end of the world

2010-10-18T13:18:00.007+08:00

WASHINGTON (AFP) - – The end of the world as we know it cannot be avoided, but it can be predicted, according to a group of astrophysicists who see a 50 percent chance of the final countdown ending in 3.7 billion years.

"Time is unlikely to end in our lifetime, but there is a 50 percent chance that time will end within the next 3.7 billion years," according to the team of US and Japanese scientists, who are challenging a long-standing theory of the universe.

While scientists have long concluded that the universe is expanding, and will do so for an infinite period of time, the researchers say the very rules of physics suggest that "an eternally inflating universe" is far from given.

"The point of this paper is to show that certain methods and assumptions that have been widely used by physicists for years -- most prominently, the use of a time cutoff in order to compute probabilities in an eternally inflating universe -- lead to the conclusion that time will end," Raphael Bousso of the University of California, Berkeley told AFP.

"In other words, the time cutoff, which we may have thought was just a calculational tool, actually behaves like a physical event, whether we like it or not," said Bousso, lead author of the study published on arXiv.org

Current theories of the universe begin with the "Big Bang," which cast our living space into being some 13.7 billion years ago in a massive explosion.

Since then, theorists have assumed the universe will simply continue to expand forever, but have also used a theoretical expiration date to help calculate the laws and rules of physics.

But Bousso and his colleagues says the discipline simply cannot have it both ways.

He cautioned however that the complex thought experiment and calculations proposed by the research could not be used to draw definitive conclusions.

"It's very important to understand that we are not saying that we are certain of the conclusion that time will end (though we cannot rule out that it may be correct)," he wrote.

But he said even if the theory was false, discovering why that was the case would help scientists better understand the universe.

"In science, this kind of reasoning is often valuable: you realize that your reasonable-seeming theory predicts something that sounds crazy, so you have to come to grips with that," he told AFP.

"Either you have to abandon the theory, or you have to understand why the crazy-sounding thing may not actually be so crazy."

For astrophysicist Charles Lineweaver, of Australian National University's Mount Stromlo Observatory, Bousso's conclusions are simply incorrect.

"Bousso's average life of a universe is a set time, only because that's what happens when you introduce a cutoff point to get a reasonable probability," he told ABC Television.

"It's a statistical technique being taken probably too seriously," he added.

But Bousso said he and his team had not invented or introduced anything.

"These cutoffs have been used by many leading physicists for years," he told AFP. "We merely pointed out that it's not such an innocent thing to do.

"The cutoff on time is inevitably physical and hence requires a physical justification. It cannot be considered a mere mathematical trick."

Manusia "Transplantasi Wajah" muncul diTV

2010-07-28T11:42:00.014+08:00

Barcellona.

Lelaki Spanyol yang menjalani transplantasi wajah penuh pertama didunia, muncul diTV hari Senin kemarin untuk yang pertama kali setelah operasi yang dilakukan bulan Maret lalu.

"Kawan, saya ingin berterima kasih kepada koordinasi rumah sakit, tim pengobatan,keluarga para donor dan keluarga saya yang telah mendukung" kata pria berusia 31 tahun ini, yang dikenal bernama Oscar.

Oscar berbicara setelah keluar dari rumah sakit, agak sulit berbicara dan tidak dapat menutup mulutnya dengan wajah yang masih lebam.

Oscar dikabarkan menderita cacat akibat kecelakaan tembakan 5 tahun lalu.

Dia mengenakan scarf biru untuk menutupi bekas luka operasi dilehernya, rambutnya disisir ke depan untuk menutupi bekas luka operasi dikeningnya yang menurut dokter akan sembuh total dikemudian hari.

Tim dokter yang terdiri dari 30 dokter ahli melakukan operas pada 20 Maret 2010 dirumah sakit Barcelona's Vall d'Hebron, atas diri Oscar yang sebelumnya mengalami kesulitan menelan, bernafas dan berbicara normal karesa cedera yang dialami akibat penembakan.

Selama 24jam operasi Oscar menerima otot wajah baru,kulit, hidung, bibir, sebuah rahang, gigi,langit2 mulut dan tulang pipi. Pemimpin tim dokter menjelaskan saat konferensi wartawan.

"Sedikit demi sedikit Oscar mengalami kemajuan, tapi bagaimana Oscar memiliki jalan yang panjang dan sulit untuk bisa berbicara seperti sebelumnya," Jean menambahkan.

Sejak 11 orang diseluruh dunia yang sudah menjalani transplantasi wajah, rumah sakit Barcelona's Vall d'Hebron mengatakan bahwa mereka terlibat hanya pada bagian wajah pasien.

Operasi transplantasi wajah yang sukses pertama kali dilakukan diPerancis tahun 2005, pada pasien Isabelle Dinoire seorang wanita 38 tahun, wajahnya telah digigit oleh anjing kesayangannya.

Sejak itu operasi transplantasi wajah dilakukan diChina, Amerika dan Spanyol yang melakukan operasi pertama kali pada Agustus 2009.

Pada tahun 2009, Spanyol memiliki jumlah tertinggi didunia dalam hal donatur organ tubuh manusia selama 18 tahun berturut-turut.

Vinegar may be a fat buster

2009-08-08T13:19:00.004+08:00

The lasting fat-busting weapon may be found right in your kitchen. According to the health website WebMD, Japanese researchers said that ordinary household vinegars appear to turn on genes that help the body break down fats. This helps prevent fat buildup in the body, thwarting weight gain.

Vinegar has been used in folk remedies since ancient times. In recent years, research has suggested that acetic acid, the organic chemical in vinegar which gives it its sour taste, can help control blood pressure and sugar.

The Japanese researchers, led by Dr Tomoo Kondo from the Central Research Institute of the Mizkan Group Corporation, found that vinegar could influence genes link to fatty acid oxidation and heat-generating (energy-burning) proteins.

They feed mice a high-fat diet. One group of mice was given vinegar through a stomach tube. Another group was given a lower dose – vinegar diluted with water – and a third group was not given vinegar. The experiment showed that all the vinegar-fed mice developed a lot less body fat (up to 10 percent less). Than mice which did not receive the vinegar compound. The amount of the food eaten by the mice was not affected.

The research suggests that vinegar might help a person lose weight or fight obesity.
The findings were published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry August edition.

MJ - No Other Singer Comes Close

2009-08-04T10:18:00.005+08:00

Don’t compare Justin Timberlake to Michael Jackson, especially at this time when Jackson has just left us. Timberlake is nowhere near Jackson.

When you say King of Pop, it’s not about who is dominating the pop music world right now. It’s about who made the pop music scene what it is today.

Before Jackson, there was no one person good at both singing and dancing. He came and artistes who came after him realized they have to do both to be a pop idol.

Billy Jean was the first music video from a black artist to get played on MTV. Jackson broke the color barrier in the music industry before Obama did in the politics. Give him credit for that!

He was also the first artiste to incorporate complex story lines and dance techniques into a music video, transforming it from a promotional tool into an art form.

Before him, a music video was a just a video showing the singer singing to the camera. Don’t forget his trademarks – the moonwalk, toe-stand, 45-degree lean, the spins, the crotch grabbing, the fedora, the glove, the armband. Jackson started them all.

Lastly, Jackson wrote and composed almost all of his songs. He co-produced his solo albums and he co-choreographed his dance routines. (Elvis Presley, who was called The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, did not compose or write his songs).
Michael Jackson has the best selling album of all time. No other artiste has ever come close to his fame and achievements.

H1N1 in Singapore - daily stories recently

2009-07-28T23:11:00.005+08:00

It’s been about three months since Influenza A (H1N1) start hogging headlines around the world. It has been 2 months since the first H1N1 patient arrive in Singapore. Since than, Singaporean has been living with daily updates of how many people were confirm infected with the virus, how many were being quarantine and dead victim. Slowly but surely, with all the publicity, people behaviors have also started to change. From what can be observed on the street level, kiasu-ism has kicked in big-time.

Worries and etiquette

There is one story about a teacher who called up the parents of a pupil to take her home, because she sneezed once.
Then there is the hawker at the popular food center who said to the maid ordering food: “Oi, you don’t cough here lah, I scared to get H1N1 you know.” She had cough many times without covering her mouth.
Recently I observed two women on the MRT who whipped out wet wipes to wipe down the strap before holding onto it.
Yet another woman held up her book as if to ward of germs when the person sitting next to her coughed.
Students came from traveling to infected countries been warned by the immigration officer to take extra 1 week holiday, so nice … but lose 5days lessons.
Then the last experience was happened to me few days ago, I sneezed many times in LRT (I got dust allergic) and the whole passenger kept staring at me … But as long as we don’t lose all our graciousness, awareness of how important personal hygiene is in this fight against an extremely infectious bug is a good thing. Keep up with washing of hands and covering mouths when sneezing or coughing. Turn your head quickly away from people if you are about to sneeze or cough. If you feel unwell, put on a mask when you go out. H1N1 is now pandemic.

It is widely circulating in all countries and communities. The virus is here to stay, just like other influenza strains. It is also a quickly evolving situation. How the authorities deal with it will also change accordingly. For example the Ministry of Health is now moving from trying to contain the disease to mitigation measures, which means that not everyone with flu-like symptoms, travel history and exposure to an infected person, will need to be tested for H1N1. In fact, many no longer routinely test patient for H1N1, hence the number of reported cases has also become rather misleading.

Wonders of Natures

2009-07-27T21:44:00.005+08:00

The Grand Canyon, the Matterhorn and the Great Barrier Reef are competing with 25 other spectacular natural landmarks in the final phase of the global poll to chose the “New 7 Wonders of Nature”.

The New 7 Wonders organization, lead by Swiss adventurer Bernard Weber, released its list of finalist on last Tuesday. Among them are the Amazon rain forest, the Dead Sea and Ecuador’s Galapagos islands.

People can vote by internet or phone. The winner will be announced in 2011 and share in the glory already enjoyed by the seven-man made wonders chosen two years ago.

Over one billion people are expected to vote. Mr. Weber said he was happy the nominees included places that lie in more than one country. Such as the Dead Sea or the Amazon rain forest, which make people work together across borders.

Africa, where most people vote by mobile phones, has had the biggest increase in votes over the last few weeks.

Niagara Falls will not be among the wonders because United States tourism officials have worries their cash-strapped community might have to pay for costly promotional activities.

Finalists are picking depending on geographical balance, diversity and the importance to human life.

Around 100 million people voted in selection of the seven man-made wonders in 2007. The winners included the Colosseum, the Great Wall, the Taj Mahal, Petra in Jordan, Christ the Redeemer Statue in Brazil, Machu Picchu and the Pyramid at Chichen Itza, Mexico.

Choosing world wonders has been a continuing fascination, with Unesco constantly updating its list of World Heritage Sites, which now totals 890 places.

picture is courtesy of www.empire.state.ny.us

Cooping with Stress

2009-07-25T00:38:00.014+08:00

Many experts on handling stress advocate turning to traditional practice such as yoga or taiji, or leaning breathing techniques to restore calm. All these are excellent ways to de-stress. Choose one that suits you.

However in the work place, there are some practical steps you can take to handle stress:

Priorities your work and do what is urgent and important first.
Look at what can be delegated and remember always to delegate according to people's strengths, so that you are confident they can get the assigned task done.

Manage your time
There are many training programs on time management that you can sign up for to help you handle your time more effectively. Or, partner with a colleague who is good at time management and is willing to mentor you.

Being able to say "no"
This is difficult but sometimes you have to reject task diplomatically by making others aware that if something else has to be done, something else will fall off the cliff.

Clarify intent.
If someone seems to be undermining you, it is essential to seek clarification. Sit down with the other party and ask why there seems to be a problem. You might be surprised how wrong you were all along. On the other hand, if there are some issues that need to be resolved, you have made the first step in finding the solution.

Seek support
Seek management’s help. Some managers think that more will get done by squeezing the lemon. They fail to understand that better team interaction will deliver better results.

Manage personal stress
Personal problems that brought to workplace will hinder you from working productively, just adds to your stress. Try to resolve it with pope techniques or seeing a counselor. You will be come to work with clear mind.

Why do you smoke?

2009-07-13T21:26:00.018+08:00

Why do you smoke? It is so familiar question for you if you are a smoker. You are definitely depend on a cigarette anytime, anywhere and for whatever reason, in happiness and sadness, when you need an idea to write, when you bored, as a best dessert after meal, to waste your time while you wait for something or someone, and some people even prefer to be in hunger rather than no smoke. What a fascinating of cigarette, it is became your best soul mate even closer than your heart-the most important thing in your body to support your life.

Maybe you haven’t realize it yet, because you haven’t feel the effect yet to your self-people surround you and your love one especially, or most probably you think that ‘people could die anytime-anywhere, it’s just a matter of God’s willing’ and so on. You can have lots of reasons to say just to legitimate your ‘addicted’ on cigarette, correct me if I am wrong. Sure, you might don’t care about your self, but do you mind to spare your thought to your love one about the effects you gave them?

What is inside your soul mate?

Cigarette loaded harmful ingredients, the most dangerous things are:

Tar: Leave black and sticky spot on to the lungs, it is carcinogenic and a smoking powerful addiction.
Ammonium Hydroxide: absorb nicotine to perform an effective delivery system to the lungs. Inhale it may damage the upper respiratory tract
Nicotine: has fast effect to speed up heart beat and blood pressure.
Benzene: produced during burn processed, high reactive and carcinogenic.
Arsenic: Killer poison.
Carbon monoxide: it block red cell from oxygen absorption in bloodstream to the lungs, it cause short breath.

I’ve been through this for years; go for counseling, fasting and all the good things to prevent me from smoking. But none were giving me good result, because I was not serious enough to quit, because the feel to quit was not there and I did it in a half way. The true willing comes from your heart within, but you also can’t depend on your willing to quit, depend on someone to get the effects or before everything is late. You may ignore the side effect but please consider about this ‘be considerate those helpless people surround you to become passive smoker, which inhale the same amount of toxic you inhaled’.

Saba Fish - What a Nice treat!

2009-07-03T13:59:00.001+08:00

Saba fish is one of famous food among Japanese. Saba fish is Pacific mackerel means ma-saba (Scomber japonicus). With a blue-green back and dark marking, 50 cm length or so and weight up to 1.8 kg, its fat increases from 4% to 15% in the autumn. Being such an oily fish it is good to be grilled, cooked with miso or sunomono, but cooking methods using oil should be avoided to prevent fish oil away from the fish.

One Word Tag

2009-07-02T15:09:00.009+08:00

USING ONLY ONE WORD! It’s not as easy as you might think! Copy and change the answers to suit you and pass it on. It’s really hard to use only one-word answers. Be sure to tag the person who sent it to you!

Where is your cell phone? Bag
Your hair? Spiky
Your mother? Active
Your father? Busy
Your favorite food? Vegie
Your dream last night? None
Your favorite drink? Juices
Your dream/goal? Heaven
What room you are in? Living
Your hobby? Jogging
Your fear? Cockroach
Where do you want to be in 6 years? Holyland
Where were you last night? Mall
Something that you aren’t? Sobber
Muffins? Sometimes
Wish list item? Few
Where you grew up? Jakarta
Last thing you did? Blogging
What are you wearing? Shirt
Your TV? Any
Your pets? Fishes
Friends? Lots
Your life? Happy
Your mood? Good
Missing someone? Sister
Car? Haven't
Something you’re not wearing? Gown
Your favorite store? Esprit
Your favorite color? Pastels
When is the last time you laughed? Now
Last time you cried? Forgotten
Who will resend this? Friends
One place that I go to over and over? Supermarket
One person who emails me regularly? Secret
My favorite place to eat? Outback

Thank you Nance for this fun tag, i'll try to answer it honestly :P. And i'd like to share tag with my friends ... Rosa, Yani, Beth, Donna, Dhemz, Natalia, Fia al Kurosawa, Gab's mom, Clarissa and Donnalyn

What is CHOLESTEROL?

2009-06-27T23:01:00.007+08:00

Cholesterol nowadays become a celebrity... of sickness. It shoot not only to elderly but also youngster to whom love eating processed and junk food. Should we worry about that? Yes, we are.

Cholesterol is a substance our liver can produce. It's needed to build vitamin D, cell walls, hormones and help us to digest fat. Cholesterol is a type of lipid, together with protein (become lipoprotein) cholesterol is traveling to every parts of our body through bloodstream.

There is 2 type of cholesterol :

High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL), well known as good cholesterol
Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL), known as bad cholesterol. When LDL is high it will hardening arteries and decrease blood flow, which put the risk of having heart attack or having stroke.

What cause high in LDL?

Diet in high saturated fat and trans fat.
Overweight
Heredity
Less of physically activity
Age

How to control LDL?

Replace your saturated and trans fat foods to fruits, raw veggies, beans, whole grain and fish.
Eat only skinless poultry when you want to eat meat.
Replace fried foods and ready made baked foods with low fat and non cholesterol snacks.
Eat more legumes (such as peanut, lentil, soybean, beans and peas), carrot, citrus fruits and blueberries to lowering cholesterol level.

Keep in mind on your eating habit, that we serve our body not our tongue.

Picture is courtesy of www.herdaily.com

5th Award

2009-06-26T00:41:00.005+08:00

Was so happy to know my blogger friend Fida Abbot want to share her award to me, thanks a lot for this cute award.

Rules for the award:
Put the award in a post when you receive it.
Name and link to the blogger who gave you the award in the post.
Write the reason why you love to blog.
Pass the award on to other bloggers that you know.
Name and link to your recipients in the post.
Let your recipients know that the award was passed on to them.

The reason why I love to blog:
Is because I can have new friends through blogging, I can learn and share altogether good things I know with my blogger friend- could be as a reminder or just knowledge.
That's it for now.

Than I’d like to pass to my blogger friends...
Dorothy L
Raj
Karumbu
Katie_bug
Shiro
Gazafi Saif
Gab’s mom
Tripzibit
Flying Low
Piter

Fat in Foods

2009-06-22T14:13:00.008+08:00

Fat is an essential nutrient to our body. It absorbs and store vitamins A, D, E, K and carotene. Fat is also provides energies to our activity, biggest calories than carbo and protein. But you need to keep balance between calories consumed with physical activity you do. If you consume more calories than you use through physically activity, you will gain weight.

Toddlers and kids need fat in certain amount for brain and nerve system development, they can get it through whole fat milk.

Both animal and plant food is producing different types of fat, they are:

Saturated Fat
Found in animal product such in meat, the skin, poultry and high-fat dairy product like butter, full cream milk, cheese, coconut milk, vegetables oils, and used cooking oil. A diet high saturated fat may increase the risk of heart attack and raise your blood cholesterol level.

Unsaturated Fat, is divided by:

Monounsaturated Fat
Is the healthiest fat, these are found in plant foods such grape seeds, cashew, almond, avocado, sesame, pumpkin and hazelnuts.
Consume these foods may lower risk of heart disease, lower the cholesterol level, as protection against colon and breast cancer and as anti-oxidant.

Polyunsaturated Fat
This fat is high in calories, but it has essential oil like Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acid. Omega 3 can be found in fishes oil and seafood, known for lowering the risk of heart attack, breast cancer and Omega 6 can be found in safflower oil, sunflower oil, corn and soybean oil. A diet high in omega 6 can lower risk of cardiovascular disease, but also can be a trigger for asthma as it contribute to allergies.

Trans Fat or Hydrogenated Fat
Is solid oil, and margarine/butter-substitute in foods manufacture. Nothing is good about this fat, the benefits are oppositely with others. This fats is found in ready made foods such baked food, snacks, sticks margarine, and fried foods.

picture is courtesy of http://media.photobucket.com/image/fat pictures/hlyautey/blog photos/Funny_Pictures_2918.jpg

Why Fruit and Vegetable is a must?

2009-06-19T17:35:00.011+08:00

Fruit and vegetables are loaded with vitamins A, B, C and E, and mineral such as manganese, calcium, potassium and iron. Fruits and vegetables are also contain phytochemicals (beneficial plant substance) that help to strengthen body's immune system. Vegetables is also lowering the risk of heart disease, cancer (by 30%) and stroke. Fruits and vegetables with their fibre can lower blood cholesterol and promotes healthy bowel functions.

Variety of vegetables serve us variety of nutrients as well. Dark green vegetables are rich in calcium, folate and iron. And brightly colourful vegetables have more nutrients, neutralizing free radicals and help to fight cancer.

What is Phytochemicals?

Phytochemical is plant chemical, produced naturally by vegetables to protect against bacterias, viruses and fungus. Studies shown that phytochemical can prevent our body from cancer, stroke and heart disease.
Phytochemical can be found in:

Carotenoids, found in carrot, crude palm oil and apricot.
Flavonoids, found in apples, onions, Brussels sprout, green and black tea, citrus fruits, tomato, red grapes, onions & berrys family.
Indoles, found in cabbage and broccoli.

How to store fruits and vegetables?

Leafy green should be consume soon after buy, because it spoil faster due to water content.
Vegetables should be store away from fruits, because ethylene produced by ripe fruit can turn vegetables to yellow.
Store banana and root vegetables in cool-dry place but not in refrigerator.
Frozen vegetables like diced carrot, peas, shredded corn can be stored for months in freezer.

How to preparing?

Prepare just before consume.
Rinse thoroughly under running water to remove dirt, bacteria and chemical.
Cut after rinse and minimize cutting to reduce nutrient loss.

How to cook?

Do not overcooked
Cook quickly to prevent nutrient loss
Use less oil to prevent vitamins diluted into oil.

MRT - Mass Rapid Transit

2009-06-11T02:24:00.014+08:00

New MRT facilities can be enjoyed by its passengers in Singapore, now in every door equipped with route display panel as a train direction, the red blinking light shows which station we are now (so, no more self question ... 'where are we now? What station is this?) and yellow light shows the train route.

This changing is really helpful because the train direction is a bit confusing me sometimes, especially when you are in Dhoby Ghaut (read in Indonesia : 'Dobi Got') or City Hall station with lots of train tunnel. And it is refreshing my eyes with it's fancy look, even though it is a bit costly i guess ... of course, with that much train operation everyday in this island wide, in each door installed this route panel display, just imagine how much money government spent for this fresh look in this monetary crisis. That is what common point of view, but if we take a look from other angle that we-our self also need to pamper our self with any (costless if possible) thing we can afford. This blinking route display panel for me is something like costless eyes refresher, give me better view rather than looking at strange looking face.
Anyhow, this is my suggestion to my blogger fellow to take train and buses when you are here, not only it is earth friendly but you also can save more money because you don't have to pay ERP (Electronic Road Pricing) cost that getting higher nowadays (taxi fare exclude).

Dongchimi Kimchi

2009-06-06T21:28:00.000+08:00

Dongchimi is known as winter kimchi. It is consist of Daikon (white radishes) as main ingredient, carrot and pear as optional. The way it's made almost as same as Yeolmu kimchi, we just need to coated radishes in salt and sugar mixture for one day in the room temperature, it will leave salty and sweet taste to the radishes. Repeat soaking with new water, sugar and salt together with other ingredients and sauce, fermented for about 1-2 days until vinegary flavour has risen. Store in the refrigerator with self life about 1 week.

It is nice to be served cool.

Picture is courtesy of park.org/Cdrom/Pavilions/

Yeolmu Kimchi

2009-06-06T06:00:00.002+08:00

Yeolmu or young summer radishes is popular vegetables made into kimchi in the summer. The main ingredient of this kimchi is yeolmu. Yeolmu kimchi to be ferment in the paste liquid that can be made by salt, fish sauce, sugar, water and flour as water thickener, brinned fish can be added to replace fish sauce. After the paste is cool add yeolmu together with garlic, ginger, onion, green and red bell pepper. Keep in the refrigerator after couple of days fermentation in the room temperature. Served cool.

picture is courtessy of htorderinko.webbridge.co.kr

Bok Choi Kimchi

2009-06-05T06:00:00.001+08:00

Bok Choi ingredient is bok choi, jalapeno pepper, red bell pepper (known as paprika), scallion and toasted sesame seeds, with additional fish sauce, ground apple; onion and pear into the sauce. Bok choi kimchi is nice to be enjoyed fresh without fermentation, and can be kept refrigerated up to 2 days.

Oi Kimchi

2009-06-04T06:00:00.001+08:00

Oi Kimchi is known as Cucumber Kimchi. With cucumbers as the main ingredient and additional chopped carrot and Korean Radish in the sauce, Oi Kimchi can be eaten right away after 1 hour fermentation or 24 hours for best fermentation result. Oi kimchi don't need closed jar for fermentation, just put in a bowl and leave it open at room temperature. Keep it in the refrigerator after fermentation and it will last for 1 week.

Picture is courtesy of http://www.flickr.com/photos/maangchi

My 4th

2009-06-03T00:54:00.000+08:00

This beautiful award i received from BitterSweet Life, thank you so much ... it's so lovely. Salamat sa award, mare ...
And here is the message of the award:

"To receive this award your blog must be exceptional in design and content; presenting us with new knowledge, a sense of style, or at times giving us a smile!
Each recipient of this award must acknowledge the person who honored them with the award and then go to http://www.overthetopaprons.blogspot.com to copy/paste the award: Your Blog is Over the Top".

Now I'm passing this award to the following Over the Top bloggers that I know:

Budiawan Hutasoit
Dorothy L
Irfan
Maya
Neslihan

Kkakdugi Kimchi

2009-06-01T02:14:00.005+08:00

Kkadugi Kimchi known as Radish Kimchi is the easiest recipe for kimchi. With Korean Radishes and scallion as the main ingredients Kkakdugi is the easiest recipe for kimchi, just mixed well ingredients with sauce then put in the jar and close the lid tightly for fermenting process at room temperature for 36 hours. Kkakdugi can be eaten right away when desired and must put in the refrigerator after opened, it can be kept for 4weeks.

picture is courtesy of my.agrotrade.net

My 3rd Award

2009-05-22T14:03:00.005+08:00

Thanks a lot Ogiex for sharing ur Friendship Award with me.

My 2nd award

2009-05-21T15:45:00.007+08:00

My 2nd awards given by my dear friend Beth, salamat sa award mare ...
According to her message, i need to pass it to you ...

Andre
Budiawan Hutasoit
Dede
Fia al Kurosawa
Haddy
Irfan 'Melodic' Nugroho
Kang Dwi
Marcellino
Melati
Nance
ogiex.slash
Yani

Baek Kimchi

2009-05-14T03:55:00.011+08:00

Baek Kimchi or White Kimchi is the very first kimchi recipe. The main ingredients are almost as same as Poggi kimchi, with scallions; radishes; chives, watercress, carrot, apple and chestnut in addition. Baek Kimchi can be kept in the refrigerator up to 10 days.

picture courtessy of Alibaba.com

Poggi Kimchi

2009-05-14T03:17:00.007+08:00

Poggi kimchi or napa cabbage kimchi is the traditional Korean kimchi. With main ingredients: napa cabbage, mustard leaves, watercress, scallion, Korean chives and radish.

Start do napa preparation: cut napa into 4 equally. wash under running water, sprinkle with salt evenly between and over the cabbage. Soak it in enough water to cover it then leave it 6-8hours. Drain and wash under running water, then drain it for about 30minutes.

Cabbage to be spread by sauce mixture (additional fish sauce) in between leaf and outside. Put inside the container with lid then live it for 36 hours in room temperature. Put kimchi into refrigerator after opened, and it will last for 6 weeks.

Kimchi

2009-05-13T18:57:00.024+08:00

Do you know kimchi? Kimchi is Korean fermented vegetables during the winter months. It is traditionally made by pickled and preserved in earthenware jars in holes in the ground with steady temperature for about 2 weeks or even a month. There are over 200 kinds kimchi, different variation of original recipes. About 10 kimchi recipes are commonly eaten, those are cabbage, radishes, cucumber, garlic, ginger and onions.

Among Korean it's became a necessary side dish for almost every meal. With it's distinction smell, kimchi with probiotic factor benefits is medically proven long since.

Kimchi basic sauce ingredients are red pepper powder, sweet rice paste, fresh ginger, ground salted shrimp, minced garlic, sugar and salt.

picture is courtesy of www.asianfoodgrocer.com

Happy Mother's Day

2009-05-09T10:10:00.008+08:00

"Nothing compares to a mum's love. She looks with her heart and feels with her eyes. A mum is the bank where her children deposits all their worries and hurt, pleasant and happiness. A mum is the cement that keeps her family together and her love lasts a lifetime".

This is a beautiful card given by my dear son last night.
Son, I will always love you

Mas Selamat Kastari captured!

2009-05-08T23:22:00.012+08:00

Mas Selamat bin Kastari finally nabbed in Johor Baru by Malaysian policeman, after escaped from a Singapore maximum security detention centre in Whitley Road on Feb 27, 2008. The news announced just today after six weeks ago being arrested by Malaysia authorities, he was being held in Malaysia under the country's Internal Security Act.

Mas Selamat bin Kastari, 48years old is Indonesian-born Singaporean. He is allegedly to be the head of the Singapore branch Jemaah Islamiyah. According to Singapore Police Force, he is suspected of plotting to bomb Singapore Changi Airport in 2002 and planned to crashed a plane into the airport. Even though he has never proved and never been formally charged with any terrorism-related offences he was detained under Singapore's Internal Security Act, which allows indefinite detention without trial.

TV's Effects on Kids

2009-05-06T01:58:00.017+08:00

Who doesn't like to watch TV? TV is the most popular entertainment in the world, not only because it is affordable but it is also convenience, just have a multiple entertainment at home that's it.

TV has many viewers from all range of ages. from kids; teens; adult until elderly love to watch.
TV is the most information resources whether local and world news people will look for, up dating technology, science info, education, knowledge and entertainment.

But, as good thing comes along with bad thing, TV also can bring bad influence to us, kids and teens especially. It comes to be bad when you don't know how to clarify what's on TV clearly, can't divide which is wrong or right, and it is mostly happened to kids who don't understand yet what's on. Even sometimes we got wrong message of assuming news news on TV in half way, without full in detail.

Kids with their limited experience in life need us as parent to describe. Be their companion as their censor and interpreter, even for a cartoon movie. But don't feed the kids with TV all the time, because TV is ready made knowledge that doesn't bring creativity in mind comparing with free play and outdoor activities.
And TV is not for infant and toddler consumed, research show aggressiveness more than those who don't watch TV. Consistent, heavy television viewing (more than two hours a day) throughout early childhood can cause behavior, sleep and attention problems.

Don't let our kids watch TV on adult session which exposure sex and violence; movies with fright; crime; stun and special effects, that kids will never understand nor tolerance to it.

How to deal with you kids watching TV's habit:

Set limit of TV uses, only in free time and not more than 2hours.
Plan what to watch, don't flip the channel.
Be their interpreter of what they watch.
Find the right messages.
Explain to them the purpose of commercial break.
Take a qualify movie, check it before you buy or rent it.
Give other option than watching TV, like reading or ever positive thing they like.
Make your self as a role model by limiting TV watching.
Express your view for misleading or inappropriate on TV.
Get more information about safe TV session for kids.

Word Bank

2009-05-02T14:18:00.004+08:00

Carcinogenic:
Cancer-cause

Kiasu:
Scared to lose (Indo: takut kalah)

Miso :
Is a fermented of paste soybeans, is usually mix salt and either with barley or rice.

Sunomono :
Salad dressed with vinegar. It's like thinly sliced cucumber dressed with lightly sweetened vinegar. Slices of seafood may be added or as a side dish.

My 1st award

2009-04-30T21:45:00.007+08:00

Thanks a lot to Dede for the award,
this is my first award.
As his last message (not last word) i'd like to pass by this to :

Dorothy_L
Dede Online
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Natural Way of Asthma cure

2009-04-30T14:20:00.000+08:00

Lot of way how to deal with asthma naturally, I recommend you to look these tips bellow. Natural means fewer side effects, as we know that those chemical have greater side effect, especially after prolonged use, why don’t we try natural remedies:

Ginger
Is the best home remedy. You can make ginger juice with honey added to meet you liking. Or you also can boil it with little bit of water and honey.

Fenugreek
Add fenugreek in a cup of water.

Blend of Radish, Lemon Juice and Honey.
Simmer the blend on the small heat, sip it warm.

Omega-3 Fatty Acid
It may decrease inflammation and improve lung function. Contain most in cold water oily fish like salmon, tuna, mackerel and herring.

Kiwi fruit
Its vitamin C-fruit has protective effect against respiratory symptoms associated with asthma.

Fruits and vegetables contain Lycopene
Lycopene is a bright red carotenoid pigment and phytochemical found in tomatoes, watermelon, pink grapefruit, pink guava, papaya, rosehip puree and apricot. Try to take half glass of tomato juice mixed with a teaspoonful of turmeric, once a day for a week, its effect to clear phlegm will open the airways for easier breath.

Apple Cider Vinegar
Apple cider vinegar reduces the excess mucus that's blocking your airways; you can breath easier after all. Try to take it before you sleep or before you chill out in rainy day. No exact amount how much you should take, try a little bit wisely.

Coffee
Coffee is a home treatment, it works as anti-inflammatory agent. Don’t mix it with cream or milk, because it will produce more phlegm.

Lipton Tea
Drink a hot cup of dark Lipton Tea when you are finding it hard to breath, it works quickly to open your airways. The caffeine from it will ripple you lungs to make you easier to breath. This tip has been used by many people.

Foods allergen to Asthma

2009-04-24T13:22:00.009+08:00

Food allergy involved patients with food-induced asthma, it’s recognized by the symptoms begin within a few hours of eating food allergen. For years many scientific and clinical research investigate that some foods and foods ingredients may cause symptoms triggers with asthma. It is unusual, but food allergies may trigger asthma.

Bellow mentions foods and foods additives can trigger asthma:
• Milk
• Eggs
• Peanuts
• Tree nuts
• Soy
• Wheat
• Fishes
• Smoke especially from tobacco
• Salt
• Tartrazine and other food dyes or colourings.
• Benzoates as food and drug preservative.
• BHA and BHT as food preservatives.
• MSG or monosodium glutamate as flavour enhancer.
• Aspartame as sweetener.
• Nitrat and nitrit as food preservatives.
• Sulphites and sulphating agents such, sodium sulphite, sodium bisulphite, sodium metasulfite, potassium bisulphite, potassium metasulfite and sulphur dioxide.
Sulphites is found commonly in some preservatives or processed foods such dried fruits or vegetables, potato chips, wine and beer, bottled lemon and lime juice, shrimps and pickled foods.

The best way is avoiding and eliminating those foods and food agents from your eating environment. Read ingredients label on the packages for your best protections.

20 mistakes parents made in teaching their children

2009-04-21T13:12:00.001+08:00

1. Want the kids to do their commands without telling them the causes. As parents we have to give the explanation to the kids why they can not to do something, in good manner, calm and wisely.

2. No fixed rule for the kids. To spoil them and give whatever they want make them don’t care with their surround. But giving a hard life is only making them feel bad and waste by parents who do not appreciate their hard work. and what you did is going to be a bad example to them

3. Parents’ weakness in teaching the kids how to control themselves and behaviour, giving love and attention in the same time.

4. Don’t have passionate to handle the kids. Parents know how to control their emotion and passion if they understand:
-   Kids standard is different with adult standard
-   Commit mistakes is the most thing kids will do
-   Kids problematic can’t be finished in one day.

5.  Don’t understand the kids’ motivation in doing mistakes, without response the mistake in the right way.
-   don’t know how to control and improve them
-   don’t know if they don’t understand
-   don’t know how to control their willing to explore the things they want to know
-   their willing to get attention
-   feel boor and uncomfortable
-   their willing to depend on them selves and feel free
-   parents don’t want to accept the way they are, in goodness or weakness
-   don’t have enough soul needs such as:
a.   psychic needs like eating, sleeping, playing etc
b.   feel save
c.   feel loved by parents
d.   need to be appreciated
e.   need to be existed among family and friends.

6.   Parents too scare with the kids’ threat.
7.   Giving to much promises and gifts.
8.   Don’t give support when they do good things.
9.   Don’t give punishment when they do mistakes.
10. Don’t show them a positive behaviour.
11. Make comparison between your kids with other people.
12. Contradictive in teaching your kids.
13. Don’t give enough love and attention
14. Don’t know the limits of physical punishment
15. Don’t care about the kids characters.
16. Don’t know the steps to interact with the kids
17. Make them feel down in front of other people.
18. Don’t have one voice between mother and father in teaching method.
19. Ask the kids to participate in making the rules, so they have respect the rule they made.
20. Follow commons negative ways, such as:
- tyranny
- overprotective
- pessimistic
- spoiled to much
- inconsistent

Asthma

2009-04-13T16:00:00.021+08:00

Asthma Description

Asthma is a chronic lung disease that cause of difficult breathing, due to constriction, tightening of the airways muscle, sorenesss, swelling, and inflamation. This inflamation cause the normal function of the airways to become execessive and over reactive then producing more mucus.

The Triggers
Dust
Tobacco smoke
Changes in weather
Emotional factor
Allergy reactions
Exercise
Respiratory infection
Drugs and chemical, such as aspirin, ibuproven, voltaren,
artificial coloring (tartrazine dye), food preservatives (metabisulfite) and monosodium glutamate (MSG).

The Symptoms
Cough after running or crying
Night cough
Chest tightness and shortness of breath
Difficulty breathing
Wheezing or whistling sounds audible when exhales
Bluish color to the lips and face
Rapid pulse
Sweating
Decreased level of alertness, such as severe drowsiness or confusion
Fatigue

Treatment
Medications, visit doctor for more instruction.
Avoid triggers factor
Airway monitoring,
A peak flow meter is recommended as a monitor. If peak flow values of 50-80% of the child's personal best results mean a moderate asthma attack is occurring or going to occur, while values below 50% suggest a severe attack.

Probiotic & Prebiotic Foods

2009-04-10T12:58:00.006+08:00

What is Probiotic?
According to the currently adopted definition by FAO/WHO, probiotics are: ‘Live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host’. The benefit of this microorganisms in human life pastulated by French scientist Louis Pasteur (1822 –1895).

Probiotic and Prebiotic in Our Foods
Probiotic foods commonly find around us like in certain yoghurt and culture dairy products which has potential benefit to improve gastrointestinal health and systemic immunity. Some fermented products contain similar lactic acid are Tempe, miso, doenjang, kimchi, sauerkraut, and soy sauce.

Prebiotic is defined as the food for beneficial bacterias such as yeast, Bifidobacteria and Lactobacilli, kinds of bacterial species in the colon.

Prebiotic component like Inulin, Frukto Oligo Sacharides (FOS), Polydextrose, Arabinogalactan, Polyols—lactulos and lactitol can be found naturally in whole grains, onions, bananas, garlic, honey, leeks, artichokes. It benefit beside improving gastrointestinal health;it also may improve calcium absorption.

Other Benefits
As lactic acid bacteria it can manage lactose intolerance,with anti-carcinogenic effects it prevents colon cancer, lowering cholesterol level, lowering blood pressure, to reduce inflammation, improving mineral absorption, and reduce diarrhea.

How We See Ourselves and the World

2009-03-07T01:13:00.004+08:00

Experienced of losses can create grief reaction. Grief is associated with life and death, especially sudden death as unexpected death.
Many of us are unable to cope when loss occurs, and unpreparedness can prolong the mourning process. These things affect how we see ourselves and the world, and we mourn for what has gone.
Depression and sickness, guilt and anger are common symptoms of grief, and it’s important if we mourn for any sort of loss to avoid sickness or instability. The better people understand the bereavement process, the better they will be able to cope with loss.

There are many responses to grief and everyone reacts to it in an individual manner.
The stages of mourning process generally:
SHOCK, numbness and disbelief are usually the first responses as mind’s way of protecting self from to much bad news all at once. Person in shock should be protected as they are in vulnerable state, postpone to take major decision is advised.
DENIAL. Adjustment to an overwhelming realty, a refusal to face the fact.
INTENSE EMOTION, overwhelming emotion such regret and longing for what has been lost.
BARGAINING can be express in a litany of ‘if only’, if only I didn’t flirt he won’t go away from me.
DEPRESSION.
ACCEPTANCE, learn to live with loss is take time. Every individual must work through grief at their own pace. People cope with grief can be affected by many factors:
· How prepare were you for the news
· Relationship with the deceased
· Accompanying changes
· Your health and state of mind
· Access to a support network. The presence of loving friends and relative can resolve grief
The important thing is to remember that there is always a way to experience and express grief. The best you can do is to offer support whatever form grieving may take.

How Men Grieve?
They grief by giving sometimes to their feeling alone. Can be manifested in ways such as anger or being very active.

How Children Grieve?
Showing the symptoms of grief by regress such as thumb sucking, bed wetting, tantrums, misbehaving, clingy and insecure.
Encourage children to talk about their feeling and be ready for questions and try to answer honestly. Don’t conceal your own sorrow from them and don’t be afraid to involve them in healing ritual such as funeral.

The day will come when the clouds will lift. You are on the way to recovery when you can think of the deceased without crying.

The Toll Taken By the Grieve
Stress and Disease. Stress suppresses the immune system; make us more susceptible to infection and disease. Depression, as a normal part of grief.
Loss of Identity. Happened to women who lost her husband.
Loss of Self Esteem, for those who has marriage breakdown.
Differing Reactions, the difference how each individual relates to the loss?
Normal or Abnormal Grieving. Abnormal grief reactions when the survivors are unable to progress through the state of grief but stuck at particular phase.

As well as denial another stages of the grieving process may also come into anger, “Why Me”. If the survivor is experiencing pain and other distressing symptoms particularly survivor may become regressive and childish, querulous, demanding and plain unpleasant to deal with. Overtime, survivor may lapse into depression and finally achieve a degree of acceptance of the situation.
Try sitting quietly with survivor, either silently or in conversation, just as survivor choose.

Things That Can Help

You cannot restore what has gone, in the case of other kind loss, might hard to believe, but there is something you can do to work with your grief by:
Viewing and touching the dead body before burial will help you acknowledge realty of dead.
Should involve in the funeral arrangements.
Write a letter to express all the things to the deceased.
Make some soft symbolic statement of how you hurt.
Express your feeling with talk about the deceased, mull over memories and put their relative’s life in perspective.
Use bereavement counsellors to help develop coping strategies and generally assist and expedite the grief work.
Join the group of bereavement people.
Don’t make an important decision.
Postponed all decisions that can be postponed.
Give your self time to thing what you really want and need.
Do not offer food for comfort nor lacking in appetite.
Do not drown your sorrow by chemical or alcohol.
Exercise and relaxation program may lessen the enormous stress.
Pay attention to your self, comfort your self as you would others with little treats.

Source: Loss and Grief, dealing with life crisis
By Megan Gressor

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2009-02-08T13:08:00.074+08:00

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Pregnancy and Fitness

2008-07-02T23:19:00.002+08:00

I used to work before my 2nd pregnancy, and did exercise most of the times-3times a week for 30minutes, at least. Even with my condition now I still want to do it, through out my pregnancy to maintain my fitness level, preparing for delivery and allow my self a quick recovery after all. But I was to scared to do so, then I stop and really full stop from this my favourite habit until the 4th months pregnancy. And guess what was happened? … painful all over my body, nothing miss out, anytime and anywhere, unbearable pain. Can say that I lost my body elasticity ever since. Plus (minus) my gynea never give me the correct answer and explanation, ‘ how should I work on it’, just a simple answer ‘it happened to all pregnant woman’. Funny … my 6th years old so even know it.

And thanks to CHERRY BAKER the author of this book PREGNANCY AND FITNESS, finally I found. Complete with some picture and lots of useful up to date information, that even better than my gynea ( as if I can see her I will give two thumbs up for her, without hesitation).
But still dear readers, you need some consultation with your doctor to do I and their approval, see how your pregnancy goes, your condition and lowering you exercise level to few level backwards, as your body changing naturally during your pregnancy.

Anyway, what ever reason you have for reading this book, I am sure it’s useful for you, whether your planning to be pregnant or in already pregnant.
Have a nice book!

Your problem reliever.

2008-03-14T04:17:00.001+08:00

I do believe that there are sometimes we drown into the problem, until we couldn’t see clearly on what happened to us. Drowning instead of wake up our mind on the things we need to do to solve it.

This afternoon I went out with my buddy, we choose library as our 2nd destinations, after having tea-time in the restaurant nearby. My big intention to go there because I’d like to find a good book to release my tension, as I got problem for the past few years, the problem that never been solved.But fortune is still on me when I found a good book to be read, finally. The title is THE OPPORTUNITY IN EVERY PROBLEM authored by SCOTT L.TAYLOR. The title looked can relieved my heart-pain, I thought … then I picked it up.

Dear reader, sometimes it’s good to take sometimes to think-to realize-to look into our self when we (think) we got problem, but don’t take long wisely. Because unresolved problems are nothing more than our inability to focus on the probable positive outcome that could result from focusing our attention on a solution. We need to realize the opportunity the problem presents, and utilize our creativity and ingenuity.

The simple way is not to avoid the exertion involved in solving problems, but view it as an opportunity then make steps by step solutions such as find the real problem, discover and utilize the best possibilities resources work on the problem, then combine the resources to generate the synergy needed to create an opportunity.

I bet that this is not the book that make your tear drop, nor make you think hard while you are out of your mood. It’s really make up my mind on what’s going on and simply solution. So I recommend this book not only for you in big trouble, but in simply how we manage our daily problems.