September 2011

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• Household Tips: Smelly Shoes

  09.24.11 | Permalink |Household Tips| Comments Off on Household Tips: Smelly Shoes

  You know what is the natural way of getting rid of smelly shoes stink? It is very simple. All you have to do is to take some newspaper and crush it, make it into a ball. Stuff it into your shoes. Put it there over night. Next morning the bad odor will be gone.

  Newspaper has carbon and carbon is the best thing to absorb bad odor. You can do the same for your fridge.

  Just put a few piece charcoal wrap in cheese cloth or any cloth with holes. The cloth is to prevent the charcoal from dirtying your fridge. I bet the smell will be all absorb by the charcoal. It is natural and definitely safe!

• Household Tips: Lemon & Microwave

  09.15.11 | Permalink |Household Tips| Comments Off on Household Tips: Lemon & Microwave

  It is the most natural way to clean your microwave. It is really simple. All you need is a microwave container, I use one of my pyrex bowl. Fill half with water. Cut 1 lemon into 2 pieces and throw it in.

  Set it on high for 25-30 minutes. After that, keep it close for 1 minute for the lemon water vapor to fill up the inside. Take a cloth and start to wipe off the dirt inside. The stain will come off easy. It is amazing.

  You don’t need any strong chemical to remove stain. Some chemical can leave residue inside your microwave which may end up in your food.

  At the end of it, it gives a nice lemon smell too!

  
  
  

• Portable EKG Machine

  09.15.11 | Permalink |Uncategorized| Comments Off on Portable EKG Machine

  Wow now you can have a ekg machine on your notebook. How cool is that? In no time, I guess it can be connected to an iPhone or any smartphone.

  
  
  

  This unit above is able to provide a full-featured electrocardiograph. Imagine if you are working in your office and your boss give you stress, you can show him your electrocardiograph on the spot. I am sure he will back off from giving you more stress. *chuckles*

• Household Tips: Folding Bed Sheets

  09.13.11 | Permalink |Household Tips| Comments Off on Household Tips: Folding Bed Sheets

  I always dragged folding bed sheets because no matter how I fold it, it is messy. It is mainly due to the elastic part of the bed sheet. Do you have the same challenge?

  One day, someone show me this video and it makes my folding so much easier. I master it in no time and now my cupboard is so neat with this fold. Try it…

  Guess what, now I am addicted to folding bed sheets….

• Household Tips: Removing Gum From Hair

  09.07.11 | Permalink |Household Tips| Comments Off on Household Tips: Removing Gum From Hair

  Recently I read on my FB that a boy had gum on his hair and the mother’s maid cut off the portion of the hair leaving an empty patch. This is a common problem, somehow the gum likes to get into children’s hair. I remembered when I was young, I had the same experience. I suspect that my brother put it there.

  Actually I read somewhere that you can remove the gum without chopping the hair. You can use ice to harden the gum and apply some virgin oil on to the hair with gum. The gum will somehow slip out of the hair. Others recommend peanut butter but I think that is way too messy.

  Here is a video of how a mum remove gum from her child’s hair using olive oil.

• Household Tips: Folding Underpants

  09.06.11 | Permalink |Household Tips| Comments Off on Household Tips: Folding Underpants

  I have discovered some method of folding underpants and would like to share with you. Actually the first method, I learn from my part time maid. It is very neatly done and you will not mess up your other underpants when you try to choose from the lot. It is like folding your socks. It does save a lot of space when you pack your underpants in your luggage too.

  
  
  

  Here are the videos that were made by others on the fold. Enjoy and hope you have a more organized cupboard.

  Look out for the next tip on this blog.

• Penang Hard Rock Hotel CheckIn Not So Rock!

  09.03.11 | Permalink |Hotel, Service| Comments Off on Penang Hard Rock Hotel CheckIn Not So Rock!

  Recently I was really frustrated with the check in process at Penang Hard Rock Hotel. I made a reservation for a seaview room 4 to 5 months back, using my stage pass complimentary voucher. It is clearly written, if I booked on Sunday to Thursday, I am guaranteed a seaview room.

  On the check in day, the front desk told me no seaview room. He argued with me that it is only based on availability. I am really annoyed that he didn’t know the stage pass terms and condition. He still insisted it was based on availability. Next he told me that I booked a hillview room. My reservation clearly stated a seaview room.

  Then he asked me to wait 15 to 20 minutes. My family waited. He didn’t bother to update me after 30 minutes. I had to go to the front desk to ask again. After which he told me that he cannot get a seaview room for me. I asked him to escalate to his manager. He pulled along another staff.

  I had to repeat my situation, she told me that she will check but need to wait another 15 minutes. I waited. Still no news after 15 minutes. I didn’t see any action being taken either, no updates.

  By the way, I arrived at the hotel at 1:45pm, they finally gave me the room at 3:10pm. Lastly, one of the staff told me that the check in time was 3pm. The staff should have told me that upfront rather than asked me to wait 15 minutes after 15 minutes. They didn’t even bother to serve us any welcome drink while waiting. It really spoiled my entire stay at the hotel.