Banana muffin - I made it!

Banana muffin
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R要吃pancake今天，我只好起了个早(12:30那，我容易吗？）剩了点香蕉，我灵机一动，就找出买了没用过的muffin pan，做了12 个muffin，R给打了100分。。。第一次做的，PF自己一把。。。:P

I love my phone!

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Originally uploaded by rebezhu.

I took this pict in the car while waiting for R for dinner, the quality is quite impressive given this is a SE but not Nokia. I also loaded MP3s from my iTunes to it, someone commented on me as "if you dare using this 'Walkman phone' at work, you will be so beaten..." LOL.

Unexpected B-day Gift!

Here's my unexpected b-day gift! Yeeh!!! I first saw it hanging on Carrie Bradshaw (JSP)'s neck years ago and liked it, then I saw my sister in law had it hanging on hers...I can't recall that I told R I like it but apparently that he knew it... so here we go, now it's hanging on my neck now... and R said this will bring me the best luck! :)

Happy b-day, to me! :)

Finally one year older, Reyna has been kept reminding me few days ago already... :D My first b-day card is from XJ, very thoughtful and pretty sweet. Sometimes I just wonder that how many people still remember my b-day, or, how many people still remember me. I am not good at memorize people's bday, even the look, so I don't complain. One thing I know for sure, that's my Mom will never forget me b-day, not just because it's the day she gave me birth, IT IS also her b-day too!

Happy b-day, MOM!

4大睡眠NG殺手(ZT)

以此贴跟一个战壕的战友共勉，互相监督，共同进步。。。 :))

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以成年人來說，睡眠需求約7～9小時，睡眠不足（1）容易發生意外災害，美國統計有1／3的車禍肇因和睡眠不足有關。（2）免疫力下降，易生病，病程較久，不容易痊癒。（3）研究發現，睡眠不足導致大腦瘦體素不足，食慾大增，易有肥胖傾向。（4）女性荷爾蒙失調，皮膚狀況變差。（5）和憂鬱症發作有相關性。由此見得，睡眠對人的重要性。

該如何避免失眠或擁有好的睡眠品質呢？光田醫院家醫科主治醫師于全興建議：

1. 養成固定睡眠與起床習慣。
2. 睡前1小時不要看電視或電影。
3. 準備就寢時，不要看書、講電話或想事情。
4. 睡前做輕度伸展操，不要激烈運動。下午4～6點運動，有助於晚上睡眠。
5. 洗熱水澡。
6. 艱澀難懂的書有助眠效果。
7. 把臥房當成單純睡覺的地方，讓臥房與睡眠產生聯結效果。
8. 躺在床上超過15分鐘仍不能入睡，就不要再翻來覆去當煎魚了！起床看書或聽能relax的音樂。

妨礙睡眠因素

（1） 手機　目前對於電磁波研究，好壞各半，能免則免。長期接觸電磁波，影響神經系統與生理功能（褪黑激素分泌降低），影響睡眠。
（2） 手錶　不僅是手錶，睡眠時，會有束縛感或太緊的衣物都要避免。電子錶有微量電磁波，石英錶或夜光錶含有鐳輻射，長期累積可能會影響神經、腦波，導致不易入睡。
（3） 胸罩　影響胸部健康，研究指出每天穿胸罩超過12小時者比短時間或不穿內衣者，罹患乳腺癌的機率高出20倍以上。原因是因胸部組織受到壓迫，導致淋巴液流動受阻礙，使毒素停留在胸部所致。
（4） 彩妝　阻塞毛孔，油脂分泌有障礙，容易有粉刺，影響細胞代謝，加速臉部肌膚老化。

助眠小幫手

以下4項食物，透過實驗證明有助眠的效果，但並非一試就立刻生效，1、2項需要長期調養，3、4是透過刺激嗅覺達到助眠效果。
（1） 含鈣食物：鈣具有安定神經作用，睡前可喝點如牛奶、芝麻糊、玉米湯等助眠。
（2） 蓮藕茶或玫瑰茶也有助安定神經。
（3） 洋蔥切片：研究發現若空間放置洋蔥切片能助眠，因為洋蔥可讓腦波趨於平緩，變成α波，具放鬆效果。
（4） 薰衣草：薰衣草味道可穩定情緒、安定神經，研究證實確有助眠功效。

Got new phone today!

Went to the store during lunch time and picked up this baby. Not too excited with it since it's out for a while already, but it's "free" techniqully, whatelse I can complain... :) Also bundled it with a bluetooth earpiece, remembered the joke Gigi made once to someone else's - "what a big earring!" OK, please don't say that in front of me, I will get really pissed... :D

Heart Screening 2006

Had my heart screening thing this morning.

Cholesterol lever is 127 (Ideal is <180)
Glucose ranges (blood sugar) is 91 (normal is 80-100)
Blood pressure is 98/58 (normal is < 120/80).

The lady from fitness center just said "nice and low" to me, I guess she doesn't have too much to say though I heard she gave a little "speech" to a guy ahead of me... :P Anyways, it's good to know that I am healthy, even with no excecises and eat junk foods (had pizza last night, how dare I AM?) LOL

The thing they used to get my blood was interesting, though I didn't dare to see it closely, it looked like a staple to me, just punched to my left index finger.

Hey, stranger!

A friend sent me this iCard after viewing my album, this seems the most popular one among all the others, and it does look like a stranger to me tho...

Go, Ace!

Ace Young made it again tonite! I was kinda worry about him tho, but I guess the look does matter...

Garden in Kyoto by Chantecaille

OK, I confess, I shouldn't have ordered this one, but it's just so pretty and I just can't take my eyes away from it.:) Plus, I am always in love with Chantecaille's colors.

After reading the novel of "Memories of a Geisha", I could always picture the young Sayuri standing under the cherry blossoms tree with a little paper umbrella on her shoulder, watching the falling petals all over the sky. Kyoto really is a mystery place to me and I'd love to pay a visit if I go to Japan next time.

This is a testing entry from Blogger Widget! :) It only has Bold and Italic features right now. Hopefully they will add the link, image, etc soon. Anyhow, still very nice!

Blogger Widget!

I'd say I have never expected this, but still a nice thing to have and glad to know Google cares about us Mac users. :) Speaking of caring about Mac user, I think Yahoo! really should upgrade their Mac version messenger, I miss the Avatars a lot... :(

Download this Blogger widget here!

What are you faking about?

One of Mac fan plus designer made this fake ipod out, it's fun to see how he/she did it and the most funny part is the simplified Chinese character he got from the translation widget. This comes to his mind probably becasue he knows iPods are assembled in China now... OK, you are way too "smart", but please practice your Chinese handwriting first... (btw, someone has pointed out that this person is using Dutch safari browser...)

Watch it in action

Who's your idol?

I think Ace Young is the cutest one among the final 12 male contestants. His voice isn't bad, but there're few others sure better than him. Now we will see if the look really matters and how far he can go in the following runs. For girls, I like katharine McPhee so far, she's the one who kissed all the judges in the hollywood run, cute, huh? She has pretty face, good voice, somehow I think she lacks of passion, energy, just not unique enough to be an idol.

La Scala Bathtub with TV

Qouted from engadget "Complete with a floating remote control, the tub is big enough for you and your honey, and offers 10 adjustable water jets to make you feel good all over while you’re getting your TV on." Who's gonna getting these things? Celebrities?

I think this tub has the potential to be an all purpose place to stay all day long. By adding a mini bar, combining with a fridge, microwave, a floating bluetooth keyboard, a mouse, assuming the TV has online features. A build-in toilet too, of course it needs to be well designed, I can see a little challenge here. What else am I missing?

共产党 VS. 国民党 － “台湾好 中华民国在台湾”相声观后感

还是要感谢KTSF 26台，史东的night talk和中天频道，在他们的勤勤恳恳，悔人不倦下，我竟然对台湾的政坛情况比我亲爱的祖国还要熟悉。我不得不承认这表现方式太重要了，把政治话题弄的很娱乐性，吸引了一大批象我这样，不爱政治，却爱看热闹的人。”台湾好 中华民国在台湾” － 整台相声两个多小时，洋溢着一片泛蓝的调调，我除了几句台语没听懂 （意料中的），其余的都跟了下来，该乐的跟大家一起乐。倒是朋友的太太，虽说是土生土长的台湾人，据说平时不太爱看电视，她有些还没跟得上。另外还再给候冠群们加分，普通话／国语很是地道，一点口音都没有。最后他们的师傅出场，竟然还是侯宝林大师的徒弟，难怪呢。

一首叫做“台湾好“的老歌自始至终贯穿全剧，很是煽情，最后歌词上了大字幕，下面这段引来了哄堂大笑：

「我们忘不了大陆上的同胞，在死亡线上挣扎、在集中营里苦恼。他们在求救，他们在哀嚎…我们快要打回大陆来了…快要回来了。」

这其实是很公平的，在我们当时幼小的心灵里，国民党被形容成张牙舞爪的恶魔的同时，我们亲爱的党也被海那边描绘成了洪水猛兽。我还是有点被这歌词感动了，毕竟还是把我们当同胞，不论穷亲戚，坏亲戚，那份亲情当时还是在的。

我不讨厌GMD，这倒是因为外公的原因。记得我刚懂点事的时候，在妈妈口里得知外公竟然是国民党员，我第一个念头就是他怎么没被抓起来，我是怎么也不能把和蔼可亲的外公跟张牙舞爪的恶魔联系起来，当时真是把四，五岁的我好好的confused了一把。我到现在也没弄明白他是啥时加入的，当年从一江南小镇的穷书生到怀着一颗拳拳报国之心学成归来，一直都是在做他的学问，带他的学生，怎么会跟GMD挂上的？

家里的第一次“ 共 VS. 国” 是在爸妈结婚后不久，顺便提一下爸爸当年也是热血青年，18岁就入了党。他一次去北京出差，当时有个“总理遗言”事件，感觉那时的严重性跟“64”性质差不多。爸爸大概是看了还是也抄了一份，回家途中停了下上海去看老丈人，也许闲聊是提起过这事。回到家没几天，组织部来人找他谈话，说是老丈人在一次例行汇报中（文革间，“反动派”都是要例行汇报，还都得有内容）供出了女婿有抄写“总理遗言”之嫌，上海组织部勒令地方调查。最后这事也大事化小，小事化了了。多年后，爸爸跟我提起还是悻悻的说, “那个老国民党竟然把我这小共产党给告了!”

说起统一的话题太沉重，看完后朋友的太太感慨道，"大陆的人都希望国民党能当政，这样就能谈统一了。"

"其实也都无所谓啦。" 声明，纯属我个人观点。

朋友立刻接了下去，”看，人家才不在乎呢!"

SE W950 - coming soon!

I changed my mind again this morning after reading XJ's email, I pinged him couple days ago on checking if he can get decent price on W900 since he's with SE... :P he replied me back with the news of W950 is coming within 2-3 month. The W900 is too bulky comparing to this one, plus it's Symbian based, what does that mean? It's indeed a smart phone, yeah!!! :) I hope I could feel smart while holding it, just like the feeling while I am drinking the "Smart Water"....

Post V-Day Thoughts

This past V-day was the only time I didn't get the roses, though R showed me the prove that the 1-800flowers did screw him up and they tried to deliever it again on 15th (of course I asked him to cancel it, so embarrassing.). That makes me wonder wether or not it's a bad sign, after 7-8 years consecutively almost error-free, why this time? (don't kill me, hon)... I have to admit that the Proflowers did screw him once few years ago, they sent it on 13th, people in office were teasing me on - oh, is that for the v-day eve? But having flowers are surely better than having nothing, really?

Do I really care about the flowers or just the fact the flowers represent his love and care which I care more about? If that's the case, why I need the flowers to prove it? And if that's the case for him, why he needs to keep sending it every year to prove it?

I asked Calvin the other day that what he would get for his wife for v-day. He said "Nothing" right the way, his theory was it's really a marketing strategy for businesses so they come out such holidays, why we fool ourselves to buy stuff just for the sake of it. Oh yeah, I really hope your wife thinks the same way, and if that's true (and I believe it), what a lucky man he IS!

Zhang & Zhang - The Offspring of Dragons - 2006 Olympics LP

"The Olympic spirit at its finest." I am proud of her!

花田錯 + W900i

Saw the MV 花田錯 from grouper, and felt in love with Leehom's phone. I can tell right away that's the SE one, so it's easy for me to dig it out from their site... ;)



Apparently, it's only for sale in Asia Pac, and I did check on ebay and it's around $600, OK, let's forget it for now, I will wait once it's FREE for T-mo or Cingular... and are we talking about a year or two later? Here's a full shot of W900 in black, I'd go with the white one.