Of health & technology
I want to share some articles which I found interesting; some are on health:
Clean Clothes and the Toxins They Hide - er, okay, even clean stuff can be toxic these days.. Shesh…
Breast Cancer: Busting Common Myths - interesting stuff. Evidently, electronic devices, personal hygiene products and underwire bras (??) don’t cause cancer. And even more surprising, men can have breast cancer too.
Others are on technology:
How to Delete Files For Good - "When you delete a file from your computer… that file doesn’t ‘go away’, even if you empty the Recycle Bin." Oh. I didn’t know that. "There’s good and bad in this. The good is that if you accidentally delete something you have a good chance of being able to get it back. The bad: So can anyone else." That’s so NOT good…
Could You Work in a Walkstation? - "walkstation": a work station with a treadmill. Yup, a treadmill. So you can work while actually exercising via walking… Gasp! The horror of it! Perish the thought!
File Sharing Opens Users to Identity Theft - well, it’s lucky then that I’ve never used any file-sharing program before. *grins* And articles like this encourage me not to.
- Walkstation, anyone?
The list
I’ve been tagged!! This is the first time for me… (same as you, Hajare! *grins*)
List down five things you enjoy in your life right now. When you’re done, tag 6 other people.
- Research. When it’s going well, at least. *grins* In particular, I like doing programming.
- Watching TV. I just love watching TV (my housemates can attest to that! *grins*). Sometimes I watch TV shows (like ‘Mythbusters’, ‘ANTM’, etc), sometimes I just like watching/listening to music videos. This sort of mindless activities soothes my mind. *grins*
- Reading. I suppose it’s no secret to anyone who knows me that my hobby is reading. I particularly like to read fanfiction (hey, there are some quite interesting fanfics out there) and manga (only online, because those are the only ones I have access to right now *sob*).
- Eating. I always find joy in eating. Any time. *grins* The highlight of my day (during weekdays) is going to lunch with my friends, where I can multitask i.e. eat and chat at the same time.
- Cooking. Rather surprising, huh? But it does relate to activity #4. *grins* I find cooking can be quite rewarding, but only in small doses i.e. I enjoy it more if I don’t have to do it too often.
Yeah, I guess my favourite activities are quite self-serving, and might appear to be mundane. But hey, sometimes it’s the little things in life that can make you happy. *shrugs*
Tagging: Anniza, Mark, Zufina, Hamadah (even though I can’t read your blog! *grins*), Fidelia, and Nancy Peter.
Life | Comment (1)Of open houses
The month of Syawal is (nearly) coming to the end. How’s life then, you might ask. Well, apart from the increase in workload (as usual), I spent quite a few weekends going to ‘open houses’. Yeah, even in the UK the Malaysian tradition of open houses still lives on. *grins* Anyway, whose open house did I go to last weekend? Well, it’s my own. *grins again* My housemates got the idea to do an open house, and we invited (most of) our friends to come. In different time slots actually, since our house can’t cope with 50 people all at once! Yup, that was the estimated number of people who came. It could be more, but I didn’t count exactly. *smiles* They were mostly Malays, but my housemates did invite a few of their classmates, while I invited a few of my friends from the department. My officemate Steve came, and he even ended up learning how to weave a ketupat! *big laugh*
Anyway, to cook the food for the open house we actually did the preparations a few days earlier (like buying stuff, etc), and started cooking the night before. Well, I have to admit I was only the helper (i.e. helped with chopping stuff, stirring the food, etc) while my housemates were the main chefs. Go Ada and Madah! *grins* So, what was on the menu? Well, we did nasi lemak, laksa Penang, rendang and soto for the main meal, with agar-agar, trifle and carrot cake for dessert. Yum!! You can just imagine the amount of cooking we had to do… The open house lasted nearly the whole day, and it was a very long day for me (and my housemates). What with preparing the food, and entertaining guests, and cleaning up after that. The day after that my whole body ached. But I have to admit, it was fun. It’s good to meet up with all the people. Luckily (for us) it’s a once-a-year only occasion (for me, maybe once in a blue moon). *grins* Oh yeah, thank you people for coming!!!
Yesterday, there were actually two open houses for us to attend. Yes, imagine the shock, the horror, the problem of making a choice! (Melodramatic much? *grins*) Luckily (for me, at least), one of them also put separate time slots for us to attend, so yeah, more food to eat! *evil laughter* I spent most of my time at the other open house though, since the host didn’t specify any time frame… And ended up eating a lot of food. And watched an actual live (albeit short) gig, since their son is into bands. All in all, I had fun. So this time, thanks people (Thornbanks and Kak Za) for inviting me to your open houses!
Well, I suppose it’s true that the Hari Raya celebration is for the whole month of Syawal… *grins*
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