Jogging is a very good exercise which benefits our bones (by increasing bone density in the lower body), muscles (by increasing muscular strength and stamina in the lower body) and joints (by strengthening tendons and ligaments in the lower body). It can also increase lung capacity, strengthen the heart, improves blood circulation, increase metabolism, burn [...]
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Beware of the April Fools’ Computer Worms!!!
Posted in Computers, Safety, Virus, tagged April Fool, CNN, Conficker, Conficker.c, Don DeBolt, Enigma Software, Microsoft, Millennium bug, New York, Patrick Morganelli, Windows on 01/04/2009 | 4 Comments »
Mum and dad showed to me this piece of news from CNN online: (CNN) — Remember the dire predictions surrounding the “millennium bug?” The doom-and-gloom scenarios bandied about by security analysts on how computers could act when their clocks turned to January 1, 2000? (Computer users will not know that Conficker.c has infected their machine.) [...]
Dry Ice
Posted in Creativity, Family, Fun, Safety, tagged Baskin Robbins, Carbon Dioxide, Dangerous, Dry Ice, Education, Experiments, internet, Safety Rules, Science on 13/01/2009 | 1 Comment »
Dry ice is frozen carbon dioxide which sublimates at room temperature and at atmospheric pressure. Dry ice is very useful as one can use it to keep things cold, to make carbonate drinks, making smoke effects, trapping insects. One can also use dry ice for lots and lots of fun science experiments. On the 31st [...]
Mangosteen
Posted in Fruit, Safety, tagged America, Anti-inflammatory, Anti-oxidant, Antibacterial, Antifungal, Antimicrobial, Antiseptic, Bladder Infection, Burma, Calcium, Diarrhoea, Dokong, duku, Durian, Endocarp, Exocarp, Exotic Fruit, Fruit, Fruit Season, Gonorrhea, Iron, Juvenile, Kalamazoo, Kuala Lumpur, Mango, Mangosteen, Moluccas, Orchard, Potassium, Queen of Tropical Fruits, Rambutan, Skin Rashes, Sunda Island, Thailand, Tropic, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B6, Vitamin C, Xonthones on 19/08/2008 | 6 Comments »
Wow! The fruit season is back! I just love this time of the year when I can enjoy all kinds of fruits; some of which are not available through out the year. And what an awesome sight it is to see fruits of different shapes and colours being sold all around Kuala Lumpur – mangosteen, [...]
Crimes And More Crimes
Posted in Safety, tagged Ampang, Ampang Point, California, Chicago, Columbus, Crime, Kuala Lumpur, Nurin Jazlin, Ohio, Palo Alto, Safety, San Francisco, Sharlinie, Stanford University on 09/07/2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today, picked pocket, snatched theft and stealing are considered as a part of our everyday lives in KL (and also other cities and town in Malaysia). It is very unfortunate that more people are getting so ruthless and commit crime openly. A few months ago someone smashed the window of my aunty’s car. The car [...]
A Sad Incident in Ampang
Posted in Safety, tagged Ampang, Ampang Point, Chicago, Illinois, Islamic Society of North America, ISNA, Kuala Lumpur, Safety on 02/07/2008 | 2 Comments »
Last few months after having dinner at a restaurant near Ampang Point we were shocked to discover that somebody had smashed the windows of my aunty’s car. Among the things stolen were my bag and (believe it or not) my sister’s school bag! My poor sister broke down to tears thinking about her school books [...]
