I often go to Causeway Point with my family for dinner and sometimes I visit the Banquet foodcourt for Char Kuay Teow. However, what peeve me off, is that the cook at the Char Kuay Teow stall persist in using a plastic plate to scoop the food from the blazing hot wok. I reminded the [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Banquet foodcourt gets a “D” grading from me.
Posted in Health, Unwise on June 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Proper way to do Pull-ups (overhand chin-ups)
Posted in Exercise on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am writing this for my elder son, Mervyn, who is now trying to do a proper pull-up as compared to “kick-propelling” chin-ups. Actually I always use the term, “overhand grasps chin-up” or simply just “underhand chin-up” for both methods.
Well, this site seemed to explain the difference. (link)
http://stronglifts.com/how-to-do-pull-ups-and-chin-ups-with-proper-technique/
However, after visiting the site, it is still [...]
A novel approach to treat heatstroke?
Posted in heat stroke, tagged heat stroke on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is very saddening to hear about young people dying from “heat stroke” and we should try to not only to seek ways to detect and prevent such untimely deaths but especially to try novel approaches in treating those “fallen” victims.
I noticed that many such deaths do precede with splitting headaches, disorientation and nose bleeds. [...]
Killing Butterflies for all the Wrong Reasons
Posted in Philosophy, Uncategorized on June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When Clement, my youngest son, appeared at the doorway, he was holding a squarish clear plastic cover over a styrofoam base. I was about to go for my evening exercise but stayed on to see what he had been learning for his one-day life sciences course.
Inside the squarish plastic cover were two insects; a large [...]
