Category: Living

• Live Simple Life

  06.30.08 |Living| Permalink | Comments Off on Live Simple Life

  With prices hike, we really have to live simple life. I heard a lot of tips on how we save petrol while driving, such as

  1. Pump up your tires to the right pressure.
  2. Drive at moderate speed. No speeding or changing speed rapidly.
  3. Clean the air-filter regularly.
  4. Use thinner tires.
  5. Start up the car properly.
  6. Avoid traveling with unnecessary weight in your car.
  7. Be smart and take routes with less traffic congestion.
  8. Avoid strong acceleration. No Mat Rempit style of driving.
  9. Do not let your engine idle.
  10. Use air condition sparingly.
  11. Car pooling with your colleagues.

  I must say the last tip would be move nearer to your workplace. You certainly can avoid the traffic congestion. If you cannot do that, maybe find work nearer to where you stay. However, one has to sacrifice to make it work. If you cannot, maybe you do not need the savings or you can afford the rise in petrol. If you can, stop complaining.

  If you cannot save petrol, maybe you can save on other things. Buy what you need and abstain what you want. My favorite toast with butter and sugar only cost me less than 20 sens. I should eat more at home.

  
  
  

• Laptop Theft

  06.12.08 |Living| Permalink | 1 Comment

  There has been a rise in car laptop theft. In one of the companies I heard, 5 laptops get stolen every month. It is an alarming figure. I always wonder how the thief does it. Some say that they have a mystery gadget to detect a laptop in the car.

  I read many articles over the Internet, people are saying they used a battery or Bluetooth detector. If it is a Bluetooth detector, maybe they can detect there is a notebook in a car. However in a parking lot, can the Bluetooth detector accurately point out which car is having the notebook? Some say battery detector. Now every car has a car battery so can the detector tell the difference? One engineer claims that detector cannot work over metal. He could be right or maybe not.

  The most acceptable answer would be the theft has a syndicate. These syndicates will be waiting at the gate of the big companies which give out notebooks to most employees. They will follow the employee to where ever they go. Most people will not go home after work. They may have dinner or go do some shopping. If they are silly enough to leave their laptop in the car, they will be the next victim.

  Bottom line, don’t ever leave your laptop in the car. Self awareness is the best defense. Next I will post about how you can catch the theft that stole your laptop.

  
  
  

• Natural Mosquito Repellant

  03.03.08 |Living| Permalink | 1 Comment

  
  
  

  Image Credit: http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokok_Serai

  Lemon Grass (aka Serai) is a plant that can help repel mosquitoes. Lately there have been many cases of denggi due to rainy weather. The easy way to get rid of mosquito is to plant lemon grass. It is very simple to plant, all you have to do is take a bottom part, trim the top. The bottom part will have the root and you can just stick it to the ground. Next you have to keep trimming it as the grass grows to make it need and tidy.

  You can also burn sandal wood oil at home. I know not many like sandal wood smell. It smells like mosquito repellent and most mosquito repellent use the sandal wood oil anyway.

  Last method is to bath with Dettol soap. It helps to keep the mosquito away too. Make sure you get rid of anything that breeds mosquitoes.

• Cleaning Your Microwave

  09.05.07 |Living| Permalink | 1 Comment

  
  
  

  If you have really dirty stain up your microwave and it is difficult to remove. You can take a big bowl of water, squeeze a few lemons onto the bowl of water and dump the lemon in if you want. Close the microwave and turn it on for 5 minutes until the water is boiled

  The vapor of the lemon juice will moist the dirt in your microwave. You can use a damp piece of cloth or paper towel to wipe it clean. The dirt will come out. One good thing about lemon, it will give a nice lemon odor for your microwave. Simple.