† Apple Juice In Colon Cleansing †

You probably never thought that apple juice could be used as a natural colon cleanser. Talking about colon cleansing, many people might be thinking of taking all kind of fibers, detox diets, or even gastrointestinal stimulant medicines. However I think drinking apple juice to cleanse you colon can be so much easier than anything else.


Have you ever tried drinking apple juice in an empty stomach? I've tried it a lot of times and I always had a very bad diarrhea each time approximately 15 - 20 minutes post-consumption. I thought that was an expired product but it wasn't. The diarrhea persisted even though I've switched a few brands. Many people suffered from the same condition and here's a few complains that I've found from the internet.


As I was searching for information about apple juice, it gave me a shock when I found out that apple juice is actually a natural colon cleanser. Its ability to stimulate bowel movement can be the reason of my diarrhea. People often say "an apple a day, keeps a doctor away" and sometimes I think its true. Apple juice contains very good source of soluble fibers and antioxidants.

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† Google Calender: Colors & Events †

As I mentioned in my previous blog post, Google Calendar has become my essential daily online planner. It is indeed my important secretary reminding all the things that I need to remember.


The picture above shows my previous version of calender. The daily events are all green in color and personally I think it looks extremely unattractive.


Here's something I've tried out to make your personal calender looks more lively. Simply categorize your events into different group according to colors may be very useful. So how do we go about it?


First of all, you need to create a category simply by clicking on the 'create' word at the '1' shown above. What you need to do next is of course name your desired category and finally click on 'create' calender.


When a category is generated, it will appear at the very left side of your screen. Colors can be selected from a list of colors as shown above.


Finally, you can create your event and choose which group the event should be categorized. As an example of my calender, green color is for the use of my pharmacy courier such as on-call, extended services, reports and etc. Blue color indicates my personal daily events. Purple is my expenditure while pink color is used as the birthday reminder.

† Olympic 2016 In Rio de Janeiro †

Rio de Janeiro was picked as the host city for Olympic 2016, beating Madrid, Tokyo and Chicago at the International Olympic Committee voting in Copenhagen on 2nd October 2009.


Its truly a joyful moment to be selected as the host of the legendary Olympic event and no wonder the Brazalians were shouting and dancing in triumph.


So where is Rio de Janeiro? It is the second largest metropolis located in Brazil, famous for its nature settings such as the beach and forest, wonderful arts and monuments especially Christ Reedemer that you can see in the picture above, as well as interesting culture, music and carnivals.


I think Brazil is truly a great destination just like China Olympic 2008. I think countries with their unique cultures are always the best destination to host Olympic.

† Tsing Tao Traditional Chinese Beer †

Tsingtao is the most globally known brand of traditional Chinese beer. Interestingly, after seeing the brand new packaging as well as the brand design shown below, I think this brand taking a great but worthy challenge simply by converting its originally eastern traditional look into a brand new western look. Further more, this new package has a NBA logo that makes it even more westernized.




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† Managing Your Life With Google Calendar & Docs †

I've been using Google Calendar and Google Docs for almost 2 years and I realize many people still do not aware of their existence. Many people may think its a waste of time storing information online but to me, having a backup of your daily plans and appointments online is a brilliant idea.


Google Calender is my most preferable online calender service that I've ever found. I've used it store all my important events such as on-calls, meetings, group counseling, bills and rental paying, birthdays etc. The best thing about Google Calender is that users can receive SMS reminder from Google before each event.


The next service that I use on daily basis is Google Docs. This service is very important to me because most of my documents including chemo drug purchasing, patient's detail, chemo regimes, and even personal pictures as well as powerpoint presentation can be stored online.


Many people are familiar with Microsoft Excel as it is one of the most important programme to be used to create tables, making statistics and graphs. Most satisfying of all, the Excel file (.xls) can be stored in Google Docs and it can be viewed online without downloading it. That is why I think Google Docs is really worth a try.


One of the reasons that I think Google Calender and Docs have not been noticed by many people may be due to its visibility to the Google surfers. If you see carefully in your Google page, try click on the 'more' option as shown in the picture and you will see 'Calendar' and 'Documents' options.

† Akihabara's Capsule Inn †

Ever heard of the capsule inn of Akihabara, Japan? This is a unique style of accommodation in Japan designed in order to overcome the overcrowded situation of Japan especially in certain well-known places.


As you can see from the picture, big cities in Japan are always crowded with people and I'm sure accommodation is going to be a big problem in such megalopolis. The cases of business men who work too hard and miss their train are something common that happen in Japan and therefore finding a place to overnight is always important.


I think the concept of capsule inn is inspired by the architecture of a bee hive. Such layered and compacted arrangement of the capsule inn rooms will ultimately improve the problem of overcrowded in Japan.


According to the homepage of Capsule Inn, the typical a typical capsule inn is composed of two major sections; a public lounge space including bathing, and the other is a private space where the sleeping rooms (capsules) are arranged. The actual sleeping room is a capsule unit made of reinforced plastic and designed in the image of a jet airplane's cockpit.


In the capsule unit, all the basic amenities are also provided such TV, radio, alarm clock, adjustable lighting, curtains as well as table. Regular hotel in Japan may cost 8000 to 12000 yen per night however a capsule inn only cost 4000 yen per night. Personally I think it is worth spending a night in such unique accommodation at least once when we visit Japan.

† Write Your Name In Elvish †

This interesting post is taken from the original website written by Ned Gulley. With this we learn to write our name in Elvish.

The following alphabets are going to be used in generating names in Elvish.

I think I'll just explain the first lesson about writting Elvish and the others can be read from Ned Gulley website.

First of all, write the name ROBERT in a piece of paper.

Identify the vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and shift them upward, then bring them to the left.

It is then become OE on the top, and RBRT at the bottom.

By looking at the Elvish alphabets above, try substitute the current alphabets with that of Elvish and you will get what is shown in the picture on the bottom left.

Of course there are many more websites of writting Elvish in full sentences but I find this version that I posted is so much easier to read. Perhaps if you have the time, you can give it a try here.

As for downloadable Elvish course, the English version can be downloaded here. Its always fun to learn foreign language isn't it?

† Expensive Beer †

Men and beer are both inseparable. If you do not believe in this fact, go ask your father or your male colleagues this question: do you hate beer?

I love Tuesday because its an 'All Night Long Happy Hour' in Kuantan's After Seven Club where I can order 3 buckets of beer (4 bottle of 375ml beer in each bucket), with a reasonable price of RM88. Imagine if were given a choice to spend my money on beer, I wonder if I will ever spend it on the beers that I'm going to show below..


Tutankhamen Brew: This beer ranked number three in the world's most expensive beer, costing around $52 per bottle. The production is also limited and the edition is also numbered.


Samuel Adams' Utopias: Second most expensive beer in the world and it costs around $100 per bottle. Rumors said that this beer contains 25% alcohol and its the highest alcohol containing beer in the world too.


Vielle Bon Secours: Finally, the world most expensive beer ever found. Can you believe it? It costs $1,000 per bottle. Gosh... I really wish to taste it. It can only be found in a bar called the Bierdrome in London.

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† Beer + Milk †

Instead of typing the word 'milk' in Google, I made a slight mistake by typing 'bilk' and because of that, I found something interesting. So there's really something known as bilk exist in this world O_o

A brewery in Hokkaido has succeeded in producing a low-malt beer with milk. The drink is therefore called “Bilk”... (Beer + Milk)

"Since milk has a low boiling point, the brewery took care to control the temperature during the boiling process so the milk wouldn't boil over. After they put beer yeast and hops into the drink and began the fermentation process, the beverage looked and smelled like tea with milk. However, when fermentation was complete and the drink cooled down, it had the same color as beer."

Bilk, is believed to contain higher amount of calcium and lower in alcohol than traditional brew, and can help many milk companies find a use for their extra milk before it spoils. Good idea huh?

I'm quite curious about its taste since 1/3 of Bilk consists of milk. A few websites mentioned that despite the slight milky scent, it also has fruity taste. Read some good comments here regarding Bilk and what actually caught my attention me are the replies made by the readers.

And the price... Each 330 ml bottle costs 380 yen. Personally I don't care whether its expensive or not. But I would like to try it out.

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† Athleticism vs Celebritism †

I was searching for videos of ping pong matches in YouTube and after a few pages of searching, I finally parked my vision at this Japanese ping pong player: Naomi Yotsumoto, 四元奈生美. This girl catches my attention because of her colorful clothing in the video preview clip. Initially I thought it was just an entertainment ping pong game but I was totally wrong. Although Naomi lost the match in this video, but still, I think she did a great job.



As I continue searching her name in Google, I found many people are actually looking at her pretty face and dresses instead of ping pong skill. This reminds me of Anna Kournikova.