Bananas

Was actually in a team meeting the other day where one of my colleagues was supposed to give a talk on some frameloading (warehouse operational term whereby totes were being put onto metal frames - they call it dollies - and then onto the vans to the customers) stuff and mentioned something about certain foods that cannot be chilled, for e.g. bananas. Some what interesting to know...

1. Why bananas go black in the fridge - http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2001-08/998138054.Gb.r.html


2. Never put your banana in the refrigerator - http://www.eatingbritain.com/208_never-put-your-banana-in-the-refrigerator.html

Quoting from the first article, it says bananas develop chilling injury below 12 degrees celcius. Hmm, does that mean I have to keep my bananas warm during winter!? Yea, keep the heater on to save the bananas! :P :)

The second article is somewhat more informative, to the extend of describing how bananas saved the world! Interestingly...

• PMS: Forget the pills - eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood. .. Hmm worth a try?


• Hangovers: One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system. ... Ohyea comes in handy!


• Mosquito bites: Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation. ... Would like to try this back home!

Anobii

Many people may think I love books. Or at least that I love reading. Although I can't say this statement is completely true, I can confidently admit that it takes much more than a book to make me finish it. i.e. I normally end up reading books half way. I find that not many books are "interesting" enough to sustain my concentration. And most of the time, I drifted off into my daydreaming world...

I came across Anobii and thought it will be fun to keep a record of books I'm reading and have read. And most importantly, to look for any other interesting books other people are reading...So if you love reading or at least do read once a while, why not try out this Anobii beta version and create your own shelf. And if you have, do add me to your friends list :))

P/S: Check out my shelf under Nico's reading...

WAGged

Was actually searching for a Tokidoki bag for my brother, and came across this website. Found it interesting and therefore would like to bring your attention to it, although I think in general females will be more interested in reading the whole article :).

---> It's time to kill off the inner Wag in us all

If your thinking what WAG means, it is actually an acronym used my the British press to describe the Footballers Wives And Girlfriends. Women who "display" themselves with a style or look of a footballer's wife are categorised as WAGs.

The author has some points there! But I don't agree with it totally. Yes it is madness for middle class women to buy a bag with a £20,000 price tag on it. Yes it just unclassy to clone what celebs are wearing. But hey why can't we just pamper ourselves with a bag worth the whole month's salary once in a while?

The last bit is more interesting...my answers not in black :)

Quiz from the article:

Have you been wagged?
Yes - if you can answer in affirmative to three or more of the following:
• Do you own a set of hair straighteners?
Nope, used to buy one but have never used it. I have a straightener comb though. o.O
• Is there anything in your wardrobe from Dolce & Gabbana/Karen Millen?

Don't really fancy D&G, but loved Karen Millen. Too bad I don't have anything from Karen Millen
• Do you own a velour tracksuit?

Emm yea, what's wrong with that?!?!?!
• Have you ever had a French manicure?

Twice? o.O
• Do you own any jewelled shoes?

Does none real jewels count?
• Have you ever owned, or wanted to own, a vanity case?

I think I had three so far :P, but have not used any of it for a really long time...
• Do you own sheepskin boots - even fake Uggs?

Oops, yes of course
• Do you wear a baseball cap?

Nah, I don't look nice in baseball caps :)
• Do you regularly use fake tan?

Never, still love to be fair
• Have you ever had a personal trainer?

Emm does the one in the gym counts?
• Have you spent more than £300 on a bag?

Well, not with my own money ^^
• Have you ever copied a celebrity's outfit (be honest now)?

Don't think so. Even if I had, it must be a coincidence!
• Do you read Heat/Ok!/Hello!/Grazia magazine?

Nope
• Have you ever had Botox?

Nope
• Have you had your teeth whitened?

Nope

So am I wagged? O.O

Another Blogger Thing

Your Birthdate: May 30

You are certain and confident when you choose to love someone. Even though your romantic choices may be unconventional - you stand behind them. Your friends never know you as well as a romantic partner does. Number of True Loves You'll Have: 6 Number of Times You'll Have Your Heart Broken: 6 You are most compatible with people born on the 3rd, 12th, 21st, and 30th of the month.

What Does Your Birth Date Mean For Your Love Life?

Oh god...look at this! 6 true loves and 6 times heart broken...quite sad eh

Look a likes ... Hmmm

Got this from Hui Leng's blog hehe...

New Hair Do :))

Went to cut hair today...still thinks the fringe is a bit too short...hmm 

The Story of 5 Monkeys

Heard this story from a colleague today...

The Story of 5 Monkeys is a social experiment and analysis of common corporate behaviour.

An experiment was conducted by putting 5 monkeys in a cage. In the cage is a ladder and on top of the ladder is some bananas. One of the monkeys climbed up the ladder to get a banana, another monkey at the bottom of the ladder would be sprayed with water. Every time a monkey attempts to get a banana on top of the ladder, another monkey at the bottom will be sprayed. After a while, the 5 monkeys realised this trend, none of them make any attempts to get the bananas.

The experiment is continued by removing one of the 5 monkeys and replaced with a new monkey. The new monkey sees the bananas on top of the ladder, looks around and climb up to get it. The other four monkeys beat up the new monkey before he manage to climb up since they knew they would get sprayed if the new guy would have got the bananas. Confused, the new monkey tried again and got beaten up again.

One of the old monkeys is removed and a new one replaced. As a newcomer, the new monkey tries to get on top of the ladder and got beaten up as a result. The previously beaten monkey participates in punishing that poor new guy.

The experiment continues by replacing an old monkey each time with a new one until the original five monkeys are replaced with new ones. At this point, none of the monkeys will climb up the ladder to get the bananas and none of them know why! All they know is that if they do, they'll get beaten up.

That's what is happening in some organisations where employees just adhere to policies that doesn't make sense to them at all.

The danger of blogging

If it's not of the fact that it is quite dangerous to blog about other ppl, my blog would have been full of rants!

I once read a random singaporean article about ppl losing their jobs, losing friends, couples breaking up etc etc because of what they write in their blog. You are so free to blog about anything to a point where you forgot it is also a so public source that everyone have access to. And that you might just be complaining about how bad your boss is, bs on some shitty colleagues or talk crap of someone else without realising that they might also be reading your blog.


But hey that is the frustrating part. The main purpose of blogging is to spill out what you want to say and tell other ppl although its about any good or bad gossips about other ppl haha. Anyway...I guess that also makes blogging a form of art. Blog it in such a way that'll let your blog readers make up what you're trying to address themselves. ;)

1024人応援団 ???

http://www.madin.jp/ouen/index.html

It's jap...but pretty obvious what the website's function is! (source: wanson)

cute!