I would never have expected that this scene is taken from a library. Wow, I must say I'm quite impressed with NIE library. I was revising for my evening exams. It was the last paper and I thought I should treat myself with a carrot cake; actually, I thought I deserve something to sweeten my life a bit ,and of course some sugar rush for my near-dead brain.
Lovely reflection of a sunset.
I understand that the smokers have the rights to smoke, and the non-smokers have the right to smoke-free air. That is why there are areas demarcated for smoking in restaurants, pubs & clubs and coffee shops. I have friends who smoke, and I totally respect their rights to do so.
But is this getting a bit too far. Look at the number of cigarette butt on the ground. Wonder will they do that at their own home - probably they do and never bother clean them up.
Worse - most of the time, the poor old cleaning ladies are the ones who clean them up!
If you think that these devices look intimidating ... It is!
The formulae describing them are worse. I shall spare myself the agony of even recalling them. But this is really funny. These blocks of 'paraffin' , I think, are supposed to block the neutrons. Hmm...
And this giant containers are supposed to shield 'whatever-that-comes-out' during the plasma focus explosion. And what is the nature of 'those-things-that-comes-out'? Well, that's what they are finding out.
Come across this book from National Library, these are a few of them:
1.
Enjoy this moment.
No matter how still we sit,
time passes quickly
2.
Slowly savor sips.
Enjoy as you empty cup.
Life is delicious.
3.
No refills in you.
Thrown away, stepped on, crushed.
Must it end this way?
Every morning I wake up, I will quickly prepare my coffee and drink it with a gulp. That is my daily caffeine boost. This has become so routine that most of the time, I fail to enjoy the smell of it, and actually taste it.
Life is such a rush now that we do things like flowing with the ebb of tides, but seldom stop to appreciate what life has to offer. Even breakfast with colleagues in school has mostly been reduced to filling in the stomach for day , or filled with petty talks and gossips . . . So next time before you ask your friends, have you drank your coffee this morning? Ask them instead, have you tasted your coffee this morning?
So here I present to you a few suggestions to cherish the moment, to slow down and stop for a while. All of us deserve some rest.
1. One way to stop is to - STOP - and see other people rushing by. I catch a 20 min morning coffee on my way to a course. The nice thing about being a teacher is that during the holidays, we get to find opportunities to go to town in the morning and see the morning rush, and enjoy a nice slow breakfast to see the world go by.
2. Appreciate subtlety. A good frothed latte always impedes the sugar sinking into the coffee. Add the sugar little by little and see them sloowwwlly siinnkkingg. Alternatively, you can try to drink black coffee without sugar. Then, you can taste the originality of the coffee.
Of course, this pic has nothing to do with coffee. I took this some time back when I occasionally pamper myself with sinful food. Note the distinct layers: crisp skin on top, follow by a thin layer of fats, then the meat , and then the ... you know what I mean.
3. Add some sweetness to your life. Then hit the gym and running track. Ha Ha. It is not the amount of sweets you take, but amount of sweets you have enjoyed. Take some time to enjoy some desserts ( literally and figuratively ) in life.
Took this pic on the way to the MRT. Thought it is good that share something about Cholesterol.
Do you know:
Your food intake of cholesterol is about 300 mg daily, but your liver produces about 800 mg. This means that your body produces more cholesterol than your food intake, therefore in addition to cutting down on food with high cholesterol, you need to exercise to control the about of cholesterol production by your body. 