Written by crizlai on Aug 24th, 2008 | Filed under:
life,
lifestyle,
living,
rant
How would you love to move into an apartment where you can just close your eyes, sit back to relax while basking in the warm rays of the morning sun and listening to the tranquil sounds of the waves rolling onto the golden sandy shoreline? It sounded like a dream but lifestyle like this can be achieved along the coastal area of some prominent beach fronts.
This is my ideal home. This is where I would be spending my life in the future admiring the beauty of the sunsets while enjoying the cool sea breezes. My dream apartment would be with large balconies to allow me to arrange a few deck chairs to laze the day away to enjoy the view of the passing ships. After all, it is designed for the purpose of pampering one from all the stresses after a hard day’s work.
The only worry I have now is not on the purchase of the beach front property but on how I am going to get all my furniture and stuff over to such a high rise building. It will take months if I were to pack and shift them over to the new apartment. It is going to be tiring with the amount of work I have to handle each day. I ought to consider getting the moving experts for this tedious job. Not only will they help in packing all the furniture with greatest care, they have a fleet of moving trucks to handle the job all in a day. The sooner I get everything into the apartment and arrange them in order, the more time I have to get away from the hustle and bustle of a hectic life. After all, when one gets older, this is how one should enjoy a more quality life.
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Written by crizlai on Aug 24th, 2008 | Filed under:
health,
life,
lifestyle,
massage,
rant
I am one of those people who would sit long hours in front of the computer and work long hours on my projects. By the end of the day, my body will feel lethargic and I have backaches all over my body, from my neck downwards to my spine and waist. Some told me that it could be due to bad body positioning but others told me that it could be due to overwork and tensions. Well, one thing I am sure of now is that I really need someone to help me massage my back.
Well, I was thinking of trying out a new spa outlet down the road as I heard that all their employees are graduates from some famous massage therapy schools. It must be quite an experience there to surrender my body to the experts and at the same time rejuvenate my soul so that I have a better concentration on my work.
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Written by crizlai on Aug 8th, 2008 | Filed under:
deals,
life,
lifestyle,
living,
product,
rant,
technology
I had spent many month browsing through the web in search for a good HDTV for my living room. All the reviews and recommendations were detailed but I had some problems with the price tags. Some of the best would cost between $3K and $4.5K which was way beyond my budget.
After considering the prices for brands such as Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba, Pioneer, Samsung, LG and many others, I finally settled for Samsung HL52A650 which would cost me around $2K or more. Although it is relatively expensive and with a red frame, it has a superb black-level performance; highly accurate color; improved 120Hz de-judder video processing; fine standard-definition processing; broad selection of picture setup options; ability to display weather, news, and stock info onscreen; energy-efficient compared with most like-size LCDs.
Since this model is one of the top selling models in 2008, I better get it fast before it goes out of stock. I should also be looking for new tv lifts as my existing TV cabinet would not be able to fit in this new 52” LCD TV. I guessed I should not have any problems at all as I have already found out where to get the best deal.
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Written by crizlai on Aug 5th, 2008 | Filed under:
diet,
food,
health,
life,
rant
During my younger days, I used to be a swimmer under the guidance of a national swimming coach. Although I was tanned from head to toes, I was extremely fit with a “V” shape body and all the girls would drool over me. Ever since coming out into the working world, everything changed. No longer had I the time to go for any sort of exercise with the amount of working stacking on my table each day. As a result, I cannot even see my toes now!
From a fit 50kg person, I ended up as a fat 85kg person. I did not even realize that I had bloated up so much until signs of sickness began to show up one after another. My body got weaker and seemed to be attracted to those seasonal viruses within the air. Finally, I did a full blood test and the results were real shocking. I was like a walking time bomb and the percentage of having heart failure was high. I could even become a diabetic as my glucose level was also extremely high.
My doctor put me on a strict diet with a long list of dos and don’t. I was given pills to cut down on my cholesterol level and some natural diet pills to help burn off that excess fat in me. I was skeptical at first as I was a person who lives to eat and not eat to live. I doubted my lack of motivation to finish the diet course. Surprisingly, after weeks of staying at home to cook my own healthy meals instead of going out and get tempted by the amount of nice food, I lost 5kg. Seeing the possibility of reducing my weight within such a short period, I monitored my food intake and lost another few kilograms.
Presently, I am maintaining a 60kg body weight. I got healthier now with less sickness and I feel just great to be able to perform my tasks with better concentration and speed. Losing weight is not so hard after all. All you need is a bit of determination to strive for a healthier lifestyle. If I can do it, why can’t you?
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Written by crizlai on Jul 28th, 2008 | Filed under:
home,
life,
living,
rant,
solutions,
tips
It always gets into my nerves when some inconsiderate housemates force unwanted food down the kitchen sink and caused it to clog. Not only will the sink emit unpleasant odor, it will also stall my process of preparing a meal as more and more unwashed dishes get stacked up. I still wonder why some people have that bad habit when the rubbish bin is just a step away. What would you do when you have clogged kitchen sinks or drains in the house? Using harmful chemicals to unclog the kitchen sinks might not be a good idea as that is where we handle all the food we consume, not forgetting the utensils that we wash there daily.
Here are some of the measurements I applied to prevent such happenings. Firstly, I would use a food trapper to trap all the remains from the washing of the dishes and throw the remains into the rubbish bag. With this preventive measurement, I still get some inconsiderate housemates forcing food remains down the pipeline. When will they learn to be more responsible? That’s a big question mark!
Whenever situation like this occur, I would have to think of the next step which is to mix up some non-chemical based solution to flush the food remains down the drain. One of the more commonly used solutions I did was to mix half a cup of baking soda with half a cup of vinegar in a large container and pour fizzing solution quickly down the sink pipeline and left it covered for about 10 minutes. The combined solution will break the fatty acids into soap and glycerine. I would then pour a kettle of boiling water down the pipeline to further flush it down. This method has never failed so far as I have smooth flowing drainage after each application. If you have problems with clogged kitchen sinks or drains, you should try this method out.
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